Two Hot Takes - 95: Ho-Ho-Wholesome..

Episode Date: December 22, 2022

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Hell yeah. Days? Yeah. I got a lot more of those. I'll just keep sending them to you. Okay. Not mom's puking, but like of the same humor level. I figured.

I feel like talking low tonight. I think you didn't have a storage of mom's puking. You never know with Justin though. It's not true, not that unpredictable. Kind of. Okay, I like that. I like to be unpredictable actually. It's boring to be with someone who isn't.

I can't get that video out of my fucking head. For those of you that are like, what are they talking about? Justin decided to share a video of people throwing up. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, it's much, much more than that. Explain the video. I would not watch a video that's just people puking. That's weird. What do you mean?

Wasn't there a movie scene though where everyone starts puking together? Bridesmaids. Yeah. No, I saw a weird scene on TikTok where it's in some movie from a different country and he walks up and he's like, what'd you say? And he just keeps slapping the shit out of everyone at this family gathering. Even the kid, everybody. What movie was this?

He walks up to, I don't even know. It's most disturbing clip I've ever seen. Damn. I'll share this one after our recording. Yeah. Came across on TikTok. I don't know how to make this microphone. I feel super far away from you guys, but am I like, we're on the screen and everything?

Yeah. We're equally spaced. Okay. Did you explain the puke video to people so they're not confused? Uh, well, I'm sure a lot of people have seen it. It was pretty viral. But what if they haven't? It was a, basically the scenario would be your mom visiting you at college, it'd be

like parents week and your mom has a little too much elkie and starts doing the whoo, thing. Oh God. And then like it happens and then as she's running to the bathroom slips and falls on her back. It's so bad. She like is projectile vomiting and trying to hold it in and it's coming out in front of her as she's running into it and then slips on it.

It's just, sorry, I was just saying there's just something about like slipping on one's own puke. That is just like the ultimate like L. And if you're eating, we are sorry. Yeah. It's an epic video because it all happens within like five seconds. So much happened in five seconds. It definitely gives vine energy.

Yes. It's some vine energy. These stories don't have a lot of vine energy today. They're very happy and wholesome. That's why I'm here. Yeah. That's what I need. Yeah.

You, you definitely take the Reddit stories. We read probably the hardest. I feel for people and animals. Yeah. Yeah. You do. So, yeah, it'll be a really good episode. It's the last one of 2022, which is crazy, absolutely crazy to think about.

Are we cheering to the year? Yeah. Two hot takes. We had so much fun this year with all of you and it's just been a wild ride and our second anniversary slash like two hot takes is birthday will be February 10th. Yeah. Like it's just been. Is that from the first episode?

I believe so. I believe like when the first logo was made, like when the first asset was created. How about the text when Morgan goes, I'm thinking about calling it two hot takes. Yeah. I don't know. I have a text from when I was like, I want to start a podcast and it was like April of 2020. Yeah.

Took almost a full year to come out with this thing. True. But. I mean, that's the story. You don't have the equipment. You can twist it. If you're worried about things haunting you, I wouldn't have that bear in here. Look at the thing's eyes.

It seems nice. Yeah. Lauren, do you want to take them home with you? No. I can't. Why? Because I'm working on decluttering and this would just add to. No, no, no, no.

That's not clutter. That's friend. Fair enough. Okay. Well, welcome to the last two hot takes episode of 2022, you guys. I'm your host Morgan. I'm Lauren. I'm Justin.

And let's dive in. Let's do it. Look at us introducing at the beginning. I know. I was like, what? I don't know how I remember that. I'm not used to that. Skips my brain every time.

Well, all Hunter was saying that you guys always do it. She must be good at. She reminds me at the end. She reminds me at the end. Okay. Just have so many. I just want to make sure I got the best of the best. We'll start with the first one that probably has gone the most viral, I think out of anything

I've come across on Reddit. And once I tell the story, you'll probably be like, okay, I remember seeing that. So this was originally posted in r slash Boston by yours truly. And it is coming from the best of Redditor updates with permission from OP. The original post was titled seeking random internet strangers to help fill a small theater where I will surprise proposed to my girlfriend December 6, 2019. Back story. My girlfriend and I were high school sweethearts.

We split up when we moved away from college, but through free cap and stance, reconnected 10 years later and got back together. On 1230, I planned to propose to her during a screening of her favorite movie. Sprinkled into the audience, hidden will be our family and friends to surprise her and celebrate afterwards. In an effort to prevent her from noticing these familiar faces, I've reserved 20 seats surrounding hers as a buffer. If you are interested in filling one of the seats, please DM me.

In return, you will get a free screening of most of Sleeping Beauty, pizza and or beer afterwards, a wholesome and memorable Monday night, a successful entry into the annals of quote, we did it Reddit. My eternal gratitude. Thank you. Edit. Damn, I love you guys. That was way more interested in this than I was expecting.

Thank you everyone who has reached out. Right now it's skewing mostly 20 somethings, go figure. So to even it out, please let me know if you're a parent and have a Disney age son or daughter that would like to attend. You will have first priority update. I proposed to my girlfriend with the help of some random internet strangers. We did it Reddit. And there's a video of the proposal that OP shared.

I saw it on TikTok, I think. I bet you did. Yeah, I remember this one. Clever. Have you seen this one? That's amazing. That was so cool how we threw it out of the screen. Isn't that crazy?

Custom animation to fit them and really cute. So their wedding happened recently and I went on their Instagram and creeped on them and it was absolutely beautiful. I mean, they're just a gorgeous couple and it just was so magical. If it wasn't going to be a wholesome episode, I was going to be like, oh no. And they broke up. No, I thought there's going to be some drama like I'm writing in again. I'm the guy who proposed at the movie and I need your guys' help.

That would be not so good. But he spent six months on that animation. He did it? He did it. Apparently. Yeah. For the past six months, I've been innovating my girlfriend and myself. Wow.

That's fucking phenomenal. So so cool. I think that's just the power of the internet and Reddit. It's just how you can bring so many people together. I saw another one too where someone did it as like it was a trailer before the movie. I'll find it. I'll find it. I'll post it.

But it was something similar to where the trailer all of a sudden came on and it was a video of him doing XYZ and then like it all led up to the theater again and it was really cool. I'll find it. Oh, I like that too. Okay. Moving along. Got to get clever these days.

I saw Lauren with some tears already so I'm liking it. I got chills right when the cartoon threw it up and then he grabbed it. That was just so cool. It was really cute. Okay. So this next one is from r slash daddit. So it's like a subreddit for dads. And it's titled advice on having a difficult conversation.

My daughter is now six years old. I've been in her life since before she was a year, but I am not the biological father. February 2019, the adoption was finalized. Every year we have our special anniversary where we get dressed up. She gets a corsage and we go out to a fancy restaurant and do whatever she wants for the whole day. We discussed what to do for this year and I could see she had something troubling on her mind.

I'm nervous. She's going to ask why we have a special anniversary. Any advice on how to address it? If she asks, a bit of information. Her biological father never had any kind of relationship with her. She looks like me, acts like me and has no memory of before the adoption. And best of retro updates kind of put some of the best comments together. Okay.

Hey, so lurking mom here, forgive the intrusion. I was in a similar situation to your daughter, except it was never celebrated. My parents started dating when I was a few months old. I always knew my dad wasn't my bio dad, but I was never talked about. She doesn't really understand what biological means at this point. What she does know is that you're the dad she's always ever known. Here's the story I would have loved. I wasn't around when you were born.

I met you and your mom when you were X years, months old. I love you and your mom so much. I wanted to be a part of your family. So today we celebrate the date that you became my daughter and I became your daddy. It's kind of like a second special birthday that just you and I get to have. It's awesome that you celebrate this day. Love and positivity around the adopting of a child is amazing. And OP responds, thank you.

I've been overthinking what to say. So this is very helpful. We were blessed to have a great support group. It took 18 months of court battles. And when I finally went before the judge to make it official, he asked me one question. What do you call her? I smiled and said nugget. He told me the sign of a loving dad is that he gives her a special name.

The next Sunday we were thrown a surprise party at church and everyone pitched in to cover the legal expenses. We occurred over the last year and a half. The update was posted 31 days later. Update on telling my daughter I adopted her. Her mother told her about it last week without consulting me. At first I was upset, but opted to just wait and see how things played out. Fast forward to yesterday.

I was sitting on the couch and my daughter came up to me and asked if she could talk to me. The conversation goes as following. Daddy, mommy told me you adopted me. Yes, what did she say? She said, a man didn't want me and you loved me so much you adopted me. That's right, baby. I loved you from the minute I saw you and love you more every day.

I love you too. I'm happy God made you my daddy. Me too. Do you have any questions about anything? Do we have to tell people I'm adopted? Do you want to? No, you're my daddy. It can be our secret.

Can we still have our special anniversary? Of course. What color corsage do you want this year? Purple. Now I'm sleepy. After she went to bed, I was bawling like a baby. So many nights thinking about having that conversation and it couldn't have gone any better.

She's an amazing, beautiful little girl and I'm so beyond lucky to have her. Thank you to everyone in the sub for all the encouraging advice regarding the prequel post to this one. You're an amazing group of dads and lurking moms. So this episode is just going to be me fighting back tears the entire time. Same. So she didn't know, right? No, the little girl.

So the mom then ended up bringing it up. She must have or just like told her last week, I don't like that she didn't consult her, but like it turned out fine and I don't like that she didn't consult him, but I mean it turned out fine in the end, but still like, I almost lost it at Nugget. What do you call her? I know, because that's what you say all the time. I'm like, oh, fuck. You say that.

I know. It's just, it is, there's something, I think for like any parent, it takes such a strong, amazing kind person to be a parent. Like there's a difference between someone who can have kids, but then someone who is a parent. I like that judge. Yeah. Really cool.

So I just think it's amazing and to take on a kid that's not yours to come into a kid's life and adopt them. I mean, Jerry did the same thing for me and my siblings and it's one thing to be a parent of a kid of your own, but to be a parent and love a child that is not yours and to love them just wholeheartedly, no strings attached. Yeah. It's amazing. Well, I know it's different.

Really cool. You know, Jerry and you have been together for a very, very long time, but no matter who it is, I feel like with Jerry, everyone almost has that feeling because I've only known him for what, four years, and he practically calls me his kid. You know, you just feel so welcomed by people like him. Yeah. He's pretty amazing. Well, and something that I've mentioned before, but what I thought was so cool is that we

have a mutual friend who has two children and she was telling me recently that, you know, she wanted to donate her eggs and that she doesn't mind the idea of thinking that like some of her DNA is out there and that she wouldn't know them. And she was saying that if she goes, I honestly think that being a parent is all about raising them. She's like, if you were to tell me right now that my children were somehow not biologically mine, it wouldn't make me feel any different, not even slightly. And I just thought that was so beautiful, you know, it's, it really is, it's raising

children. It is. It's all about the effort it takes to make them into nice, functional kind humans. Okay. On to the next one. This is going to be kind of a rapid fire episode too because there's not much to say about these ones. Yeah.

I think we can keep the people listening if you just put one slice of drama right at the end. I definitely have. I can handle it. I do have some like quirky wholesome ones that are more so like malicious compliance petty revenge that I find wholesome. So we, we will have those sprinkled throughout. Okay.

I was actually thinking about this recently. It's kind of shocking to me because I do feel very deeply like if I'm talking to a friend who's confiding in me and some issue that they're going through, it's like, I'll take on some of that pain. And I don't know that I do that with the podcast. Like you guys talking about how it's really hard on Justin, I never leave and I'm just like, wow, that was really hard on me. And I don't know what it is, but I don't know if I get softer stories or if it's just because

when we talk through it, it feels in a way resolved a lot of times. I'm not really sure what it is, but it doesn't like, I don't go home and feel drained. Yeah. I know it is interesting. Justin, Justin kind of does. I mean, it's fair to feel that way. That's why I'm like, I'm shocked that I, I'm realizing that I don't think that I do. Yeah.

That is interesting. If anything, I feel energized because I'm like being Morgan just had so much fun together. Well, and there is the thought like, well, everything that I was really stressed about at least it's not as bad as these stories, like, I mean, not in this episode, but in those other ones. I don't know. There's, there's some heavies. There's some heavy hitters that turn around.

Right now. Yeah. Oh. Okay. I'm a little confident then. Got a little cocky down there. Okay. So this is originally from r slash found paper coming from best of predator updates now.

And it's titled, I found this on my husband's desk. He's either so romantic or having an affair. And it's a note, handwritten note. And it says, being with you and around you is a gift. You light up my life and others. You make life so much easier. You inspire. You conquer and master highlighted comments that people pulled from best of predator updates.

That twist, he wrote that about himself as a positive affirmation to lift his own spirits. Next person, who's going to tell her between the pen at the very top, indicating the testing of the pen, the whole punched spiral bound, not letter paper and the bullet point format. This really looks like a rough draft of some kind, whether it's for a card, him writing stuff down so we can better formulate strongly worded compliments for you or even self affirmation. I think there's almost no way this could be anything other than very sweet and wholesome. Update I found a love note on my husband's desk, and it was either romantic or bad news bears.

Okay, first of all, this got way more attention than I expected. It made my day so much fun. So thanks for all your comments. Lots of people wanted update, so I thought I would share. This afternoon, the note was in the trash. I asked my husband why there was a love letter in the trash, and he was so confused. So I really love St. Patrick's Day, and I was really depressed around that time this year.

He wanted to do something special for me, so he bought me six gifts to make me feel better. Like a ball of yarn, a pepperoni stick, slippers, craft supplies, and I forgot the rest. I think Brie, but each gift came with a mini card that had one thing he loves about me. That note was his brainstorm of things he loves about me. I love that. I thought this was going to be the one that flips around since she was dangling that in front of you. That was great.

He said he wrote a totally different list for his mistress. What? Oh, you're fucking with me. I love it. No, that's on here. What? You're fucking with me? No, it's a joke.

Oh, okay. Opie goes, he said he wrote a totally different list for his mistress. So there's that. Yeah. Like he must have been kidding. Yeah. So you need to be able to have that. No, but if so.

Lauren straight panics. Well, I was in the zone. I know, but you need to be able to have that kind of response in a relationship. I mean, that's just perfect. No. If you have that sense of humor. Cheeky. Yeah.

100%. And I love sarcasm. I just did not pick up on that one. I mean. Morgan has a good poker face. Yeah. I think. Not really.

Actually. Yeah. But if you saw a note like that, the last thing my mind would go to is it's for someone else. I don't know. I had a nightmare last night that you were cheating and having another people in your bed. Oh, let's get into the hat.

I just, you know, those nightmares that you have about your partner and you're just like, you wake up just mad and you're like, what the fuck? Yeah. Having other people. Oh yeah. In my bed that we were sleeping in. Yeah. It was like, it was a dream where you literally had like another girl in your bed.

What the fuck? And you just like happened to pop by. I don't even know. I was just so, I was raging. I have. Did you hit me? No. Dude, I will have a dream like that.

I've had that before where the person that I'm with, they're with somebody else and I see that, I catch them and I'm like, what are you doing? And they look at me with like a stone cold face and they're like, what, what? And like not being able to get through to them, like how painful it is is so hard. And I'll like, I'll like hit them and I, they're like a brick wall. I'm like, why don't you understand? Why don't you get it? Like, and it's just like,

Oh, that's crazy. Yeah. It's happened a couple of times and it's just the worst thing because they're just like, what are you talking about? And I'm like, what do you mean? I had a crazy, I had crazy dreams all night last night too. I don't know what it was. Why?

What was it? Most of mine, I swear, the majority of mine, or either I'm like getting run shot at, killed something, the world's ending or very apocalyptic, I have the most of me the same. Sure. And those always happen when I'm in the middle of a triathlon, like on the run portion. Interesting. Like everything. You do those.

I used to. That's very cool. But most of mine deal with school and I'm in class and I don't have an assignment completed. I feel like, I feel like we've had this conversation on here. Probably. Or I'm showing up to school and it's like one of the first days and I can't find the classroom. Or the locker.

Or my bus. Or my bus. Yeah. I'm in class and I just literally don't know what's happening and I have no ability and I'm getting called on. I don't know how to answer. And it's like, that is so many of my dreams. I'm like, what the hell dude?

I've been out of school forever. Do you know what the worst ones are? What? Server nightmares. If you've ever been a server and I still have them to this day and in my dreams, I'll like have a busy packed restaurant. It's usually Perkins from where I worked in high school. I worked out of Perkins, which is basically Denny's for those that don't know.

And I would like go from table to table and each table asked me for something I forgot. Do you have my waters? Oh no, I forgot your waters. Let me go right. I'll go get them right now. That was kind of like the school one. Go to the next one. Hey, where's my bacon?

Oh, I'll go get it right now. And I keep going table to table, like forgetting, messing up orders. Like, do you guys ever have the dreams where all the bathrooms are completely flooded or I've like shit all over them so you can't get to them? No. I have ones where I cannot find. What's that about? It's a stress stream.

I looked it up. I have one where I cannot find a bathroom in a particular place and I have to go. Fortunately, usually it's just the number one. But yeah, you had to clarify the thing is sometimes I will find the bathroom and in my dream I will go. Oh, that's interesting. I'm surprised you haven't wet the bed. Yeah.

And I wake up and I'm like, wait, and I wet the bed and I'm like, wait, wait. And it, no. I didn't happen. Oh God. I just pull out my eyelashes a lot. Really? That's the dream I have the most out of any I remember. And this weird one with Justin Bieber where we're riding a ski lift and then it starts

collapsing because it's like the war of the world robots are coming down. One less lonely girl action. Yeah. What? But the most common one is me. I like pull out, I touch my eyelashes and then they start falling out in my hands. I haven't had that one, which is, I probably have had like almost every dream that you could think of because I remember my dreams almost every night.

Like last night I had a dream that my, one of my exes was stuck underneath the clubhouse that my grandpa built for me as a kid in my backyard. Oh, that's crazy. I know I haven't thought about that clubhouse in forever. Why was he under there? It's so crazy. I wish we knew more about that stuff. So weird.

That's an interesting one. I keep talking about this for a long time. I know. I want to go to a dream analysis. I would love that. How do you know it's real? It's still fun. Yeah.

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Dealer inventory may vary. Okay, so this next one's a little quirky, a little funny, maybe, to me it was. So it's from Am I the Asshole and it's titled, Am I the Asshole for taking family photos to send out without my actual mom and stepdad and with friends in costumes as them after they took their family photos without me. I was born to a teen mom. My mom had me at 17. She later married my stepdad and they had my step siblings, who are 9 and 12 respectively.

I'm 18 and in college now. Before Easter, I was at college and I found out that my mom and stepdad took family photos without me for the cards. My mom said it was just because she needed them printed in time and I was at college. But college is only 25 minutes away and I feel like my stepdad is resentful that their family includes some other guy's kid. He also described the photo as, quote, close family, but then backpedaled and said, I just wasn't as close physically because I'm at college.

So I decided to play a little joke. I took my younger siblings and two of my best friends to the Walmart Photoshop and we took deliberately cheesy family photos, all wearing blue jeans and jean jackets. My friends dressed as my mom and stepdad. My female friend wore a bald cap to be my stepdad and my male friend wore a wig and a denim dress to be my mom. My friend is really talented with makeup and honestly did a great job making them look like them.

That's dope. We took a bunch of pictures with props and picked a favorite of all of us standing in silly action poses wearing raccoon skin hats. In the makeup, hair and big hats, we all agreed my friends looked like my parents when the picture was postcard sized. It was honestly a really funny photo, really different than the serious ones my family always takes. I had it printed on cards and signed them with, quote, love the blank family.

I swapped the cards in the envelopes my mom had prepared and resealed them with the sort of stickers she uses. Apparently a couple of my extended family members didn't look hard enough at the picture to notice something was off and just displayed them. But a few people mentioned to my mom that the picture was funny, which pissed her off because she thought they were talking about her very boring photo of them all sitting on a picnic blanket with a giant Easter basket. Then my aunt sent a photo of the card to the family group chat and said, quote, this isn't

you, is it? Oh. And the gig was up. Nice. My mom was furious at me for sending out the joke cards and embarrassing the family and also for not sending the cards she had made and wrote in. That's hilarious. That's so good.

I told her that I didn't get why she was upset about being left out of the family photo. Apparently it isn't a big deal to be treated like you're not part of the family. She said that I was making a mockery of her and my stepdad by having, quote, cross-dressers be in the photo. Okay, mom. I said that I just wanted a photo with my close family just like my stepdad did and I considered those friends of mine my closest family because I guess that's just something we can choose now.

My mom got so mad at me sassing her and she told me to leave and I went back to college. Am I the asshole for pulling that stunt with Easter photos? That's kind of asshole. No. Justified asshole. I think parents can't handle when kids outplay them. Oh my God. No.

When they get outplayed and they know exactly, they can see the wrong doing it. Oh, it's just beautiful. She can't actually say anything so it's, she's... It's beautifully done. Shut a loss for words. But why is it such a big deal? Some people are too serious about the Christmas card thing. I think it's awkward when people's cards are so proper and they almost remind me of

the paintings that they used to have in old mansions. It's not Bridgerton where it's like, you sent out what photo? Our family image is ruined forever. And you're just like, everything's a big deal and every little tiny mistake makes your family shameful. It's just, I don't know, get out of the past, people. There's this series that I always, I know, I think it's funny too. Like, I've talked about this before too.

When your family is so worried about impressing like your external family, extended family, that they're going to like ruin relationships with like the people right in front of them. Like, I'm like, what are you doing? Why do you care more about what great Aunt Bernice thinks than what little Susie thinks? I think it kind of comes out of family familial competition though, a little bit where it's like, we're great, we're doing awesome. Like, because, you know, you have a family and in larger families, you have smaller divisions, which is like, you know, a partner, a couple, and then kids, right?

Or some sort of smaller family unit. And then like this family unit is doing better than this one. Oh, we have to show everyone. Let's take a picture in front of the house we got this year. And let's put that little Johnny got on the honor roll and blah, blah, blah. And it's like this show offy thing, which I think if I ever do little holiday cards or anything like this, I'm just going to do something weird and just funny. I think the JCPenney type photo shoots like this are so cool.

I think we need to do two hot takes one now. But we did the other day. Basically, our Christmas photos, our holiday photos are pretty wild. But I don't mind that so much, like the little updates with like family, especially people you don't like interact with that much where they're like, Timmy is in seventh grade and he had an A in science with this astronomy poster or like whatever. Like I like when people can like share themselves. I was more talking about the weird competition that comes up in between.

I didn't mean to drag it into the cards. I just mean, there's always this competitive nature between different smaller family groups. Yeah. And it's funny that you say that too, because I've thought this before where it's like siblings. When they're growing up together, a lot of times they're very competitive with each other. But then once they move out of the house, they become best friends. And then once they have kids and their own family units, then they become competitive again. My kids are better in sports than yours.

Like, I don't know. It's so interesting. Yeah, it is. I know it's wild. People were like, how did you get your siblings to keep quiet? And OP responded back, they are obsessed with playing spies. So all I had to do was put it in terms of us doing a top secret mission. Oh, nice.

So good. So much respect to OP. I know. And someone was like, this keeps getting better and better. And OP responds and goes, it's so funny because they weren't very good spies. They kept whispering and giggling about the secret mission. But my mom and stepdad literally just thought they were playing and never asked what the secret mission was.

Oh, that's so well played. I think this is absolutely justified, especially like you look at the first story we had about the dad that adopted this little girl and then this stepdad who still kind of came in at a younger point and like is threatened by an 18-year-old child that his wife had before he existed. Like, people like that, why are you with them? If you are dating someone that has a problem with your child, why are you with them? That's your child.

And also to be far away too. So speaking, all of my entire family is in Minnesota and I'm in Los Angeles, obviously. And normally it's my choice. Like, I know that I'm the one who decided to move away from everybody. And so when I get left out, that's totally fine. But you guys, I lost my shit one time because I found out that they had been doing, I never go back for Thanksgiving because I always come back for Christmas and it's like the tickets are expensive.

They're so close together. I just, I just don't. And I found out that they do like this like Thanksgiving tradition every single year and I was, I lost my shit. I was so heartbroken. What was it? They all like write into a piece of a paper of what they're thankful for every single year and they put it into like a, they put it into a container.

So they keep it every single year and then they like read it off every year. They keep all of them. They keep them from every year and they started literally when I moved away. So there's, I've never been a part of this tradition. I never even heard about it until like six years later, whatever it was. And I was, did you go back for Thanksgiving this year? No, hell no. Oh my God, they should give you a mail-in ballot at least.

That's what I said. I was like, you could FaceTime me and write it down for me. It's got to be in your handwriting. So you got to mail it. No, because this is how I found out is that we were doing a FaceTime and my brother also wasn't there that year and we were doing like a family FaceTime and they were to him. They were like, Michael, we need to know like your thingy.

Yeah. And that's when I was like, wait, what thingy? Yeah, that's, well, that's justified. I was crushed, you guys. That's betrayal. So I'm, I mean, it was one of those. Well, it was also, it wasn't, I didn't do it on purpose. Like it was a young one who said it to my brother and it was just

because all the names are right there. So it was like, we need yours. And so, and it was one of those things that they just started casually. They didn't think it was going to turn into such a tradition. And I, you know, once I talked to them about it, like I, it didn't hurt so bad. But when I first found out, I was, I was, I've, I've never felt that left out with my family before. And, um, and so anyway, well, the story is that this stuff can, this

stuff can hurt. And so the way that OP handled this in just such a funny manner, mannerism to like show what it felt like to just give an example. Like, well, you said this and so I'm doing that. Why is it a big deal? I think that's really cool. Well played. Well played.

I like that. Okay. Sorry. I hope, no, I hope you can get involved in the next one. I think it would be good. We have a, we have a tradition like that at my family where my great grandma, Ellen always would go around and be like, what are you thankful for?

And that's been carried on. So every year we sit there and what are you thankful for? And Justin stole mine this year. Well, listen, I'm not going to join the trend of people. I'll be in like, well, and I'm not making fun of it. I'm just saying it's not my thing. He said it in kind of a making fun of voice. He did, didn't he?

He just kind of, yeah. I'm going to say it then. No, no. Holding it in. Next story. Next. No, let's hear it. I'm pulling the Jerry.

Next. Say it. I said I was thankful for air travel. Yeah, which I was going to say, you stole mine. But I was saying air travel because I wasn't just going to be like, well, family and us being together and everything here. Cause. Of course, that's why you're here.

Like, sometimes you need to say it, but air travel. Why? Cause it got us here. That's the easy answer, but really because it makes traveling anywhere easy. Okay. Next. Two plus two equals four.

I didn't want to say it. You know, you could have gone without it. Just left it at the, the subliminal message. We'll leave it up to the editors. Me. Okay. So this next one comes from r slash true off my chest. Another best of redditor updates though.

Yeah. It's titled my girlfriend, 27 female did the sweetest thing for my brother 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. He still invited his whole class to his birthday party. That was on Friday, but nobody came. None of the kids.

It was really heartbreaking. See all of the empty tables when he was really looking forward to it. My girlfriend of four years decided to call her brothers asking them to come over. And she took off to go pick up her nephews. They're a little older, but 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 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. But I'm also just super grateful to my girlfriend because she made it happen. I was watching her the whole time going, wow, I want to marry this woman. She's the one for me. Now I'm literally browsing online for engagement rings.

Some comments people pulled. Your little brother was playing with his future family. I love this. Give me all the feels. I wish you the best life ever. Make sure you have her back, my bro. Good women can greatly improve every aspect of your life. As someone who recently had his five year old, not have anyone show up to his birthday party

and saw him get crushed. 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, brother? O.P.'s response. I'm sorry to hear about that. It's a really heartbreaking feeling, especially for a little kid. I hope you guys were able to do something to cheer him up. My dad and I were thinking of taking him somewhere, so we didn't focus on that.

But luckily, my girlfriend came to the rescue. That is a good question. I don't know if I could just take one of the rings she already has. She's got a bunch of them and find a place I could maybe figure out the size. If anyone's got ideas on how to figure this out covertly, I'm open to hearing it. So the update. So this happened June 20th of 2022, this year. And this update came July.

So less than a month later, July 6th, less than a month later. Update. My girlfriend did the sweetest thing for my brother, and now I know she's the one. She said yes. I proposed to her on Sunday after we decided to go on a camping trip. Y'all, she would not even let me finish my speech that I've spent all week practicing for nothing, LOL. I know some of you were telling me ways to figure out her ring size without her

getting suspicious, but I just wasn't built for that level of stealth. So I brought in her sister to help me. My girlfriend, oh, sorry, my bad, fiance, was crying. I was crying. She said yes. And that's all that matters to me. She's made me the happiest guy. Seriously, I'm still beyond happy.

It all worked out. We haven't been able to stop smiling at each other anytime we're in the same room. And I love it, LOL. All that's left is the wedding and the rest of our lives together. Oh, God. I, one of the things that really got me is the comment about that's a life-changing moment, because it really is. And that's why, I mean, that's why I think so highly of teachers, because when

you're working with these children and when you make a really positive impact, that can really stay with them forever. And it's such a beautiful thing. Like actually forever. Yeah. People don't realize the effects you can have on kids. It's unbelievable. It's unreal.

We had a kindergarten teacher on our Spotify live tonight and just hearing about like what it's like in a kindergarten classroom is just, it's so cute. And I, I worked in one for a little bit when I was in high school. We had like special credits we could take where we went and like worked in a kindergarten classroom and these kids, like they're so cute. Like nuggets. Well, and they're just so impressionable. Like what, what they learn at that age is so, so important.

And like, I just remember this one moment where we had a little girl who had Down syndrome in this classroom I worked in and she was adorable. Like the kindest little soul just wanted to be included, wanted to have fun, wanted to make friends. And I remember I was leading the line from the kindergarten classroom to like the music room one day and all the little girls like clamor to the front of the line to like be close to me and this little girl, her, I'll just call her T. So I don't give her name away.

But like T came up and like wanted to like hold hands with these other little girls that were holding hands and one girl like swatted her hand away. And I remember looking at them and I go, that is absolutely not acceptable. I go, if you're not going to hold hands with everyone, no one's going to hold hands, everyone drop hands and we all walk to music. And I just like, I just like, I'm like, they're in kindergarten and they already know how to bully, but I like, you just think and I'm like, if I maybe helped create not bullies right then, it's just like, they're

so impressionable. Absolutely. It's crazy. That's amazing. I love that you did that. Let me just toot my own horn here. Good, you should, you should. Like those moments are important to talk about.

They're so impressionable. Like, and I remember the first time I got bullied on a elementary school playground, this kid threw a hot wheel at my head, like asshole. It's like, if someone would have been there for me or when I got bullied in high school, like if someone would have been there for me, I feel like I go into a kindergarten classroom and be like, aliens are real. We need to go to space. We need to find it.

We need to get to the next star. We need to go to the nearest plants. Sign up for the astronaut academy. You've always wanted to be an astronaut, right? What about, what's the new moon that we found? Want to Jupiter's moon? It's just Titan Saturn's moon. We just got a clearer view of it.

Yeah, but it looks like Earth. Yeah. We've got to go there. I want to see what it's like. No, I know. So some of these kindergartners will be on those missions. So let's get it going. Let's inspire them now while they're impressionable.

They're going to go home and have nightmares. No, they are not. They're going to be inspired and excited compared to all the boring stuff you learn in school. I think I told you guys this before, but I, when I was, this is a little bit older, but I was in seventh grade, still a kid. And I want my mom just like never took or dad. Like my parents step mom.

No one ever like took me to back to school shopping. Ah, or if they did, I don't know. I just never really went back to school shopping. So what'd you do? You were the kid on the first day who was like, Hey, you got a pencil. Hey, you got a piece of paper. I would get supplies. I meant, I mean, close, close.

Yeah, that's really common though. Yeah, it's really common, especially for people that just can't afford it. Well, and, and my mom would be, it was like, there was attempts in some sorts. Like I'm not like throwing anyone under the bus. Like I remember one time, like my dad and step mom took me make sure, throw them under and, and it was super overwhelming for me. And we like didn't get too far. And then I know, like another time, um, well, my mom used to always just say,

like, no, we'll just go shopping. Like after it's like, there's sales right after like the, yeah. And which was true. But then it was like, we didn't always end up going. I don't know. It was just, everyone was all over the place, but it was definitely a core memory for you. It was because I was wearing these sandals that were like the only shoes that were comfy for me.

I also does another thing is I had a really hard time with shoes, but, um, they're the only things that were comfy for me and it started getting really cold and I'm still wearing these sandals. And I was so embarrassed because this guy next to me was just like, what are you doing wearing sandals? That's so weird. It's cold outside. And this other guy looks over and they're like both popular and I was not.

And this other guy looks over and he was just like, what's the problem, dude? I'm wearing shorts. What's the big deal? And he goes, uh, there's, there's no big deal. And like, you guys, you don't even understand how much that meant to me. Like that was everything that stuck with me. It was, it's a core memory.

I can't even explain it to you. And I still know who that guy is. And like every time I run into him, I'm like, you said my sandals were okay. Isn't it crazy though how some little things, I have a bunch of those from school that I can remember. Yeah. Cause you had it rough. You like didn't have friends.

Yeah. It depended on the year. No, but you went through a really hard time in school. It was mainly like starting middle school. Cause everyone I knew, my whole, no, no, I didn't. Well, like you moved, right? Cause like why is that a, where you went to school was so big. Everyone kind of shifted.

God, I forget that you went there. Yeah. So we had like so many elementary schools and then there was three middle schools, so they all diverted, but mostly people from my elementary school went to the other middle school. And I think me and maybe five to 10 others from my elementary school, everyone I knew went there. And then it was all the other kids from all the other elementary schools.

And you know, by that point, all those little clicks are formed. Everyone has their friends so far. And it's like everyone's so mean. But I just, yeah, I, the other thing I was going to say is how crazy would it be if you would have certain experiences? Even to this day, I'm sure we're all still going to have experiences. They'll stick with us for like, they're little moments in time. They're not even an experience, right?

Like a trips and experience, but one little moment time where someone just looks at you and says something or something unexpected happens. Yeah. What if you knew like as that moment was happening, it's like, this is something I'm going to retain forever. Those one little moments because at the time you're like, oh, it's just another like 20 seconds of another day, even though it's special, right? It sticks out, but for it to stick with you for that long is crazy.

The brain is nuts. Like, where is that shit stored? Where is that? It's amazing. Well, and that's why I think I remind that guy, like every time I run into him, which is probably so fucking annoying, but like. No, it's cool you still see him though. Yeah, but it's just like, I want him to know that that's so important.

And that that moment, like you said that like tiny moment that he probably didn't even remember. I think he told me he doesn't remember it. It's like to him, he was just it, it didn't, it wasn't like a lot of like skin off his back, but to me, it, oh yeah, it's made me who I am today. Just kidding. But like seriously, like it is, it's so important. Yeah.

I mean, you don't know what that changed. Like you don't know how, how that affected your confidence just going forward butterfly throughout the rest of school. You don't know that chicken. Yeah. Exactly. Oh, I just love kindness. I, um, I came across this thing called the angel tree.

It's like from the salvation army, you can post like your kids and their list and what they need for the holidays. And there's, there's so many other organizations that, that do this. And I learned about angel tree from a Tik Tok and it's like, I wish there were just more ways to find out about all these programs to help because I went and looked and like today was the last day you could have shopped. And I was like, fuck, I would have gone and like, I would have gone so much shopping, like I love shopping.

You know, it's, it is my Olympics. I'm so good at it. I would have crushed. I think you could start setting up your own too. Like what you did with the teachers in the classrooms. I know, I need to. That's the most powerful thing you can do. I mean, I know there's just so many areas of like people I'd love to help.

And so it's like, I know it just needs to be a general, general thing. We can all pull together. Like I just look at how many subscribers are on YouTube. There's like 468,000 of you guys right now. And it's like, if every person donated $1, $1, think about how many people we could help next year. Okay. Let's get it in the books 2023.

That would be amazing. You're helping. Well, then I think we could, you know, upfront we could pick here are the causes we're passionate about 50 episodes, 50 causes. That'd be cool. That is pretty cool. 50 episodes, 50 causes. That would be interesting.

You guys are giving me chills just thinking about it. Let's do it. Cheers to that, you guys. Dollar and episode. I, um, I'll wait. From each person. I just thought I like really reached for it. I'm kidding.

I'm kidding. Okay. Thank you. Well, I mean, if it was, if it was a dollar and episode each person, that's 50 bucks. That kind of gets expensive for everyone. But like a dollar a month, like $12 a year, we could set it up as like something like a, I'll, I'll look into it, but God damn January's coming fast. I got to get to work.

Let's do some shit though. Let's do it. There's so many people we could make a difference. It's just, it's so important to me. So let's do it. Maybe one year in the future, we could have like a million dollar donation and we just have one of those giant checks. Can you imagine?

That'd be incredible. That'd be dope. That'd be fucking insane. Think about how many people that would help. We're going to do it. Wow. We're doing it. Are you going to cry?

Well, yeah, I'm picturing like, I'm picturing that moment happen. And then we replay this clip and it's literally, yeah. We're going to make it happen. Oh, yeah, we are. Oh, okay. 2023, the year of, what do we call it? Can't just be like the year of change, year of something. Post in the comments.

Let me know what we should call it, but it's going to be a good one. It's going to be a good one. I'm thinking the gears are spinning. Yeah. The thought of my sons growing up without me inspired me to quit smoking. I talked to my doctors and then I threw away all my cigarettes, ashtrays and lighters. I started exercising instead of smoking.

Staying away from alcohol when I was first quitting was key. I kept on trying, learned something each time. Do whatever it takes, no matter how many times it takes. We did it. So can you for free and confidential help. Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW or visit waytoquit.org, developed by CDC. Okay. This next one is from r slash ask reddit and it's titled any chance.

There's anyone out there who could help save my wedding. Oh, so this one was posted 11 years ago. What? Whoa. Yeah. How old is Reddit? 11. That's what my thought was.

Reddit's pretty old. Reddit's an OG. Wow. Yeah. Posted 11 years ago by big poppy sea dog. Nice. 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.

That way anyone who wanted to stay over could crash on the floor or whatever. The property owner emailed me today talking about a quote lawsuit and 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'm 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 at 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 fiance 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 slash reception anymore. 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. Decaturers, 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'm failing miserably at the moment.

Does anyone know of a good venue that is somewhat unique and interesting? That would be available June 11th and meets the requirements. At it, we are both atheist and while this may sound snobbish or elitist or whatever, we find the idea of getting married in a church rather unappealing. I know beggars can't be choosers, but I'm not at the end of my rope just quite yet. At it too, should have mentioned this in the original post, but we were expecting about 150 people at it three.

Thanks so much everyone for all the kind words and support and some amazing ideas. I'm leaving my work now and driving to the hotel. It's about an hour. And then I'm going to go through all the suggestions and figure this out. I am much more optimistic about this than I was two hours ago. My best man called me to tell me he saw this on the front page. I promise to post how it went to edit for last for tonight.

I said in the comment below, but I wanted to say it again where everyone could see. I was upset and cynical about this earlier because the guy venue owner was a bit of a dick. It is impossible to feel that way now. One guy acted in his own interest and over 800 redditors have commented and made terrific suggestions or just wished me well. This is why I come here.

Just as I start to lose faith in humanity, you people all remind me how good other human beings can be to each other without any sort of motive or incentive. Except comment karma. Thanks so much to everyone for your suggestions and kind words. I again promised to post pictures of the special day and update with something more than it went. Okay. Update.

I'm the guy who's wedding venue canceled on him three weeks before the big day. Here's how it went. All bold. Caps lock. Awesome. I can't even say, quote, it went okay as a joke. It was epic. We took the have it in a field idea and really ran with it.

After three solid weeks of work, cleaning and prepping. My wife's uncle's farm was ready for action. It was a big property and he has horses, cows, pigs and goats. We cleared out a cow pasture for parking and set up a tent by the stables. The stables were filled with his best horses. Pasofinos for those who care. They're fucking fancy y'all. And that's mean on him.

I call them fancy. And one of the stalls had some weak and half old puppies that were just born. We moved the wedding from six to seven and the weather was perfect, not a cloud in the sky 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 from the rich doctor who canceled on us. We were able to have other stuff. Some of the highlights of the evening included amazing food and a shit load of

liquor, which makes everything better, a roasted pig, two bounce houses. Holy shit. Was that the best idea ever? I'm doing that carrot wedding cake, a big ass fire complete with schmores. Schmores. Why did I say it like that? Oh my God. Schmores, mini petting zoo with goats, two big air conditioners for the tent.

More shit. I am sure I'm forgetting. Even without all the 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. So as promised, here are some pictures. That thing I'm drunkenly eating with a friend is one of them is pig eyes, not gory, just tasted pretty shitty.

The girl behind me has a hilarious reaction of how it went. Thanks again for all the help and support, Reddit. You guys are the best. And the pictures. Big poppy sea dog. There's the venue set up a bunch of chairs and a little arch over what looks like a pasture gate. Yeah.

The tent with all their tables. Nice. Very nice. The bride and groom. So cute. Who's a little. Who's a little homie. I don't know who the little homie is, but after looking at this picture, this groom

kind of looks like my ex-boyfriend. Oh, yeah. Does he? Yeah. Step on a Lego. Wait, the guy that you got caught in bed with. Yeah. My dad did walk in on us when we were visiting California once.

Oh, I didn't know that was the one. Yeah. But very nice wedding. He's in sandals on his wedding day, Lauren. You never have to feel bad about sandals again. That's amazing. I'm wearing sandals on my wedding day. He showed the dogs.

Oh my God. Look at their big group. I want a group shot like that. That's a really cool. It is dope. We'll break out the drone. We could break out the drone. Little boob grab action.

That's me. Amazing photos. I'll be sure to post the link for their photos in the description. The photos aren't like, they're just like so chill. Yeah. See. Well, this is also from a wedding 11 years ago before the pressure of Instagram made everyone take crazy pics.

Back when life was nice. Look at the bounce houses. Look at them. The bride and groom in the bounce house. What an amazing, honestly, I think that I think that's a big reason why I don't leave feeling drained is because of what this person is saying right now. It's like the people on here and the people offering their advice and their comments, it's such a comforting feel.

Like there's so much constructive advice that's been given that it's just, it gives you faith in humanity. Yeah. Except for the ones where everyone's like, yeah, you're the asshole. And they're like, screw you. I'm deleting my account. You're all wrong. It's like, there's a lot of them that are not resolved.

Well, yeah, it's not perfect. This episode is very different. This episode is great. I know it's not perfect, but I'm just saying that like, even there are so amazing sense of community that comes together to help everyone. But some of the problems are just like, well, those people are just assholes and they deserve to get handed a new one. But some are just like, aren't even some like where it's just there aren't any

assholes and it's just a terribly tragic situation. Just like, ah, but at least they're then supported by a great community. Like typically in the comments, you do see people really come together and pump everyone up. Okay. Moving along. So this one was posted in true off my chest and it's titled, my brother writes notes to me and my little sister pretending to be our mom and he doesn't

know we know my dad isn't in the picture and my mom works long hours every day. So she's usually gone by seven and comes back around eight. She's still a great mom though. And I love her very much. One day I 15 female found a note in my bag the day of a major exam from my quote mom telling me not to give up and that she's proud of me no matter what. It really made me happy, but the handwriting was a bit wonky. I didn't think much of it.

A while later, I catch my brother 20 male packing something into my bag at night. I play it off and pretend. I play it off and pretend I don't think much about it. The next day I find another note in my bag. Then I realized my little sister seven female had been getting notes to from mom every day because I was helping her pack her bag in the morning one time. She told me that quote, I know it's from brother, but I still like them. My brother always puts on this bad boy front for everyone like quote, I don't

care about anything and I wear leather jackets. So it's super sweet and kind of funny to think about him writing in wonky cursive and drawing heart shapes at night leather jackets have to do with it. Just that bad boy persona. He has no idea we know and I don't plan on telling him. I don't really use Reddit, but I just think it's really sweet. And I got another note this morning. Adorable.

There is an update update is just titled my brother writes notes to me. My little sister pretending to be our mom and he doesn't know we know. I don't know if I'm doing this right. So sorry if I get the formatting wrong or anything, the original posts on my profile, I'd like to thank all of you who left kind words for my brother and for all the awards and uploads. So this isn't the most exciting of updates, but this post kind of got kind of viral and my brother actually sought on tick talk.

Yeah, it was an awkward conversation to have, but he said you guys are all really wholesome and he thanks you for your compliments as for his reaction. I don't know if he's going to see this, but he shrugged it off. Like it was no big deal, but I can tell he was secretly really pleased. By the way, to some of you who asked if my mom knew, I actually didn't ask her, but she told me when it came up the other day that my sister already showed her his notes. She thinks it's really cute too.

He doesn't do the mom thing anymore, but I think he figured we still liked getting notes from him. So he still leaves them, just not signed off by mom. Oh, he writes in his normal handwriting and the notes aren't as cheesy, but they're still really sweet. Sorry if you were expecting a wedding post or something. A wedding post. I don't know what they mean, but that's adorable.

Like that is adorable. And older brother, just like taking care of his little siblings, making sure they have sweet notes to send them on their day and like kind of like, like looking out for mom too. Like mom is busy working. Mom has it so hard. Single mom to three kids. What a selfless little cutie.

Yeah. Oh, I love that. I know I do too. One of the top comments on the original, man, if he ever gets married, you have got to give a speech and tell this story, which is probably what the wedding thing was about. And they go, yep, he already has a girlfriend who is amazing by the way. And I'm pretty sure they're going to tie the knot because I've dated for so long.

This is definitely going to be on my list of things to say in my speech. If I make one, um, and just top comments on the update. He sounds ridiculously adorable. So cute. I really want to give a wedding speech. You do. I've always wanted to, yeah. I think you'll give one for both of your friends.

Like it, maybe I'll have to do it on my own. I don't think you can do that. Can you? I think you give like a thank you rules. I think you give like a thank you speech at your wedding. I don't want any like wedding rules. I'm not worried. Speak, are you going to do a wedding speech for yourself?

Yeah. This guy, Justin, Justin, you know, wow. I just, I don't even have any words. He knows all about space. Coolest thing ever. Yeah. Uh, no, I actually don't want to do a speech at someone's wedding. Well, I, that's unfortunate.

I invite you to give a speech at the wedding. What? I invite you to give a speech at the wedding formally. You're very good. You have great timing. In front of the thousands. You actually have really good comedic timing. Like you, I think, could take standup comedy classes and like be the next

standup comedian of the millennial gal generation. Wow. You are talking a big game over here. No, but you just have really great timing. And you're these like snappy little quick one-liners. You're pretty good. You do really well working with a crowd. Hmm.

I could see it. I was thinking more like one-on-one. You know, I don't know about crowds. Like a small intimate room. Public speaking was a lot for me. Well, you do a really good job at our live shows. You're, you're a little, well, you can have alcohol as a comedian. You can have a drink if you want.

Fair enough. You're Lauren at the end of our last in-person live show at the bourbon room. We were all like kind of getting cheesy at the end saying, thank you. And Lauren, I don't remember exactly what you said, but you're like, and I wouldn't be up here without alcohol and everyone just lost it. It was so funny. Yeah. It was good.

It was true. It was really good. It was true. It was true. Okay. We ready to move along? We are. Last but not least.

No, we still got a couple more. Oh, how many? A couple. We're only an hour and nine minutes in. Oh, wow. No way. I feel like I've been sitting here all night. Same.

It's just because they're like so happy and we don't talk about them as much. Yeah. You need to go to bed. I'm getting there. We have some survivor to watch. The funny thing is though, I like by the time the episode's about to end, I'm like, oh my God, I need to go sleep. I need to go sleep.

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Okay. So this next one, it is from r slash relationship advice and is titled in love with my friend's wife. Before any judgment, please let me explain. I, 28 male, grew up with three good friends. We've been friends since we were like eight years old. Let's call them John, Steve, Sean. Steve had a sister who I'll call Mary.

When we were all kids around 12, Mary was 10. Her and John started dating. Yes, you think two kids dating. Well, that went for a very long time. Mary and John grew up dating and got married when they were 20 and 22. Unfortunately, John passed away from cancer three years ago. This was horrible for everyone, and especially Mary, of course. We were all friends as I am close to her too.

I lost one of my best friends since I was a kid in such a horrible way. Mary and John lived in a different state than me. And pretty much everyone just lives in different places. Four years ago, I found a job in the same state as them. It's like 40 minutes away from their house. So I would visit often and was there during John's worst moments. Now for the past year, I think Mary and I grew closer. I really want to know how to explain it since we have all been close,

but it just feels different. She has not dated anyone since John died. She even confessed around eight months ago. She hasn't even kissed or slept with anyone else that she just didn't feel attracted to anyone. She has been on a couple of dates, but it's just weird, according to her. Now, I have been feeling quite attracted to her for the last month. I just feel so happy around her and just really never felt like this

about any other girl before anyone says anything. I didn't have any feelings like this before. She is pretty and always thought that, but never saw her in any other way while John was alive, which is why I feel so incredibly bad about this. I feel like I am betraying my friend. I haven't been able to talk to anyone because I don't even know how I could explain it. I like to tell sometimes that John would actually be happy.

It's me and not some random dude who would hurt her. But I can't really know that and I'm just trying to justify myself. About a month ago, I think there was a moment when I felt like maybe she kind of feels the same way. We went out to a friend's birthday. There was quite some people and she had a few drinks. She took an Uber and so did I, since I knew I would also get some drinks. She asked me to share the Uber and on the way there,

she was talking about a guy that has been flirting with her. And she said, quote, I'm just going to read as is and maybe you guys can't be figured out. And she said, quote, why can't it with them? How it is with you? Why can't I feel it with them? She went home and I went to my house. We never talked about it because I don't even know what that meant.

Maybe she meant it as it's easier to talk to me and open up to me because we've known each other so long. Or maybe she meant it as she likes me, but feels guilty that it's me and would rather to feel like that about someone else. I guess the reason I'm here is to just see if maybe I'm thinking about things too much because of how I feel or there could actually be something there. Maybe she feels the same way. Maybe I should let it go and not ruin the only connection she has

with someone close to him. I mean, there's his family and her brother, who were also literally John's best friends, but they live far away from her. I don't know about telling her I'm terrified of not being how I think it could. So strangers of Reddit, a little help would be helpful. Can you imagine reading that initial post? Just like, what would you say? Like a friend texts you this almost like you are the Reddit.

Well, I actually have people that are. I don't know if I'd call them close to me. Yeah, close to me. Um, where this situation has happened and the God, the best friend actually did get together with the husband. Wow. And they're married. They're incredibly happy.

It was not planned. There was never any thoughts of it. Like during the marriage, I think it was partially that closeness that you, that they built through mourning together grief. Yeah. And that like they could only really understand the grief. And I think that over years, it eventually turned into something more. And it is, I know that it was kind of a hard place for the children.

Yeah. Oh, yeah, that would be really tough. But I mean, it, it ended up working out and everyone's really happy. So. Well, you share the loss. And then you also, when people are that close of friends to where they are best friends, there's got to be similar qualities. There's got to be a similar personality to some extent, because I mean,

they're obviously not the same person, but to be best friends and get along that well with one another, they have to have a good amount in common. Birds of a feather flock together. Exactly. And so it's not surprising because, because of that. And I just had the most intrusive thought. Can you imagine you guys dating if I died? Absolutely not.

All the people that commented on the YouTube a while ago, Lauren and Justin just have so much chemistry. They'd be like, I told you. Well, that would never happen. And that's not true. And those are trolls. It's like close friends, people who all get along and have. Oh, I just hit my tooth.

Sorry. And have so much in common are going to have chemistry. You have chemistry with friends. You have chemistry with people you work with, if you can work well together. Yeah. I mean, there's like obviously levels to chemistry, but it would be weird. Like if us three all didn't get along in some way. So it's like the three of me go, there's just levels to it.

But I this story is not surprising in the fact that. I feel like you share so much. You already know each other. It's not, you don't, you almost don't go back into that dating phase of like, oh, I have to go meet all these random new people and have a bunch of shitty dates and things and the feelings happened on both sides. So it's, you know, I just, I, I was watching a series once manifest and oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah. This was, yeah. Yeah. And I, I hated it. You guys, I hated it so much. I was telling like the person I was dating at the time, I was just like, no, if I die, nope. I was like, don't even look.

Nope. You can't even communicate with any of my friends. I started again. It was basically this, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, and you don't know any different because you, it just was like a regular flight to you. Yeah.

The time. That movie, that show was crazy. I got through like the first five episodes and it was kind of cool. And then I was like, okay, it's just getting too much. Oh, I, I love it. I can't wait to start it again because the new season came out. Oh, but I'm, you guys, I'm having the worst time sleeping at home alone. Like I would, oh, it's so bad.

I just like, I can't like watch scary stuff. You recommended Wednesday and I was like, no, because it already said like murder mystery and then she like had a piranha eat some balls off. And I was like, this is too much for me. It's not bad. It's just like, it's also, it's so far fetch scary. It's like, it's creatures. So you already know how fake it is.

You know what, I, you guys, I'm not fucking kidding. This is so fucked up that I'm admitting this, but from our episode, I still sleep with my closet open. That wasn't a joke. I know I get so scared at night. It's ridiculous. You need to like cleanse your house and like bring, bring in some better vibes. I think you just need to watch some happy ship before you go to sleep.

That's my point. I just want survivor. I'm so obsessed with survivor. I don't know how I've missed 40 seasons of it. It's so good. It's so good. Also, I think, um, I think I want to apply to be on the amazing race. Yeah, but the only talked about that before the only problem is if I take

Justin as my partner, Justin and me both can't eat shit. There's eating challenges. Oh, I can. I know me as a partner. I think so. But then he's going to be sad. When are they going to do trio groups? Like, is there a game show that has three people we can make Lauren eat the weird shit?

Justin can talk about space. We could do a triathlon. I'm just going to talk about space, dude. I'm a better at competitions than that. It's like we're in a competition racing. I'm like, Hey, other team, guess what? There's this thing called Bulba. I like to distract paradox.

Yeah, basically. No, we, we do something really good. I can operate a stick shift. We could go on family feud. We should do family feud. Oh my God. I don't, I'm not really good at that though. I'm not fast enough for family.

You all can talk about it. I'd be like, Morgan, see those. Okay. I'm the worst at those type of question games. I know. I think we got to do an activity game. I can't believe how sexual family feud is actually really sexual, like all the, all the, the questions and answers

lean that way. I know. Isn't it crazy? They're all super horny on that show. Okay. So some comments on the original post. At first I was thinking this was going to be one of those posts where you were interested in your friend's wife, not knowing

any boundaries, but it turned out to be fairly wholesome, but a bit sad. My condolences is my condolences for you and his wife's loss. However, why don't you just ask her if she'd go on a date with you, just tell her you've been enjoying your times together and that you'd like to see how things will work out if she happens to be interested too. I wouldn't recommend telling her you're in love though.

At that point, it might feel too much or even weird since you're just friends after all. Opie's response. The problem is, I don't know how to do that. LOL. I'm scared of everything just being in my head and then ruining things with her forever. I'm sure it would be a weird moment and we could move on from it.

We've been friends for so long. I know it wouldn't be the end of the friendship, but it would be really weird afterwards. Someone asked, or it was the same commenter and they follow up and they go, that's why you shouldn't come on too hard. Suddenly professing your love and affection generally doesn't bring much good in these dynamics. However, there's nothing wrong with asking a friend out for a

drink or dinner. Buildings from there and go out with her a couple of times and you can naturally see how the river flows. Yeah. And Opie goes, we've gone out a couple of times, just the two of us to movies, eat, sort of like dates, but as friends only. So if I ask her like that, I'll have to be specific that it is a date or she won't really know.

Um, someone goes, talk to her brother. She may like you as well. Opie, that is actually good advice. And I never thought about it. I'm sure she would probably talk to him about something like this. I might actually do this. Thank you. Updates or just take her to a movie when she thinks it's just

friends and then put your arm around her and then everything becomes clear. Yeah, that does work out or she gets really stiff. I feel like I would say something. Yeah. Jess was talking about what he did to me. Oh, really? Oh, I, I live in, I had no idea.

I thought he was a friend. I thought he was going to be just like another guy friend or whatever. You guys met on a dating app. But I like didn't really respond to him after we matched. And so he like pulled this whole like, I'm new to LA. I'm just trying to make friends. I saw you're from Minnesota.

I'm from Minnesota. Okay. So he played it off as like a, just trying to make friends. I'm new to LA. And so I was like, oh, new friends. Yeah. So I remember our first date, which was just like us meeting up for drinks. I told Whitney, I was like, yeah, I met up with this guy earlier before

you came and met me out because I went out again after. Um, our drinks. And she goes, was it a date? And I go, I don't think so. I think he's just new to LA and wants to make friends. Oh, four years later. Yeah, cause you, cause of you basically, God, this girl was, this girl was not ready. I just didn't know what the fuck it was.

I know I wasn't ready. Even once, even once you did know what it was, you still said no. So yeah, you did. I wasn't ready, but it worked out perfectly. Yeah. Yeah. We hear. And now I'm in trouble for not being ready.

Yeah. That's a lot. There's that. Everyone's going to be like, see, I told you, Morgan's been dropping ringhands. Yeah. I think, I think four years after four years, you're like, okay, I especially at our age. I mean, we're 28. I'm about to be 29.

It's kind of shit or get off the pot. That's what my brother, that's what my brother's wife, my sister-in-law, Amy, always used to say to Matt and my mom, my mom was always, Matthew, shit or get off the pot. Don't keep wasting Amy's time. That's hilarious. Honestly, guys do sit on the toilet for so long. What are you doing on there?

Not the birthday bounce house guy. I don't sit anymore. He proposed less than a month later. I'm in and out now these days. Really? Just squatting leaves. That's nice. Seriously.

Yeah. You're down from 30 minutes to like five. You were at 30. Not even sometimes. 30. He would disappear in the morning for quite some time. Most days are like two maybe. You're, yeah, you're good.

I'm just explosive. I go in and I'm in and out. I think the most I've witnessed is like 15 to 20 tops with somebody. He was 30. Yeah. Wow. I don't know about 30. It was 29.

It was a while. He would like, we knew he'd go to like a Pilates class or something. He'd be like, I got to get up like an hour earlier before we go and make sure I'm good because he was so nervous about his stomach. You can't hate on someone's health issues. No, no, no one is hating. No one is hating. No one is hating.

I go through this. I almost shit my pants today. Yeah. But even when you go through, you're not cool unless you shit your pants. I literally had to use. So for our new house we got, we have like an unpermitted bathroom in the garage. And it is like, it's not a regular bathroom. Like you guys, it is the size of this chair, like the pink one, the bathroom.

No, not the, not even the pink one. That's, that's a godsend compared to this thing. And I'm in the garage, like my dad just had something delivered to this house because he's using our garage as a storage unit now. And I'm going through this pile of stuff and I'm like, oh, this is interesting. All of a sudden I'm like, oh my God, oh my God, I can't make it to the house. And so there's this bathroom in the garage. So I wreck that bathroom, flush the toilet, wreck.

There's no water. The water's shut off. So I have to like, I have to go find the valve where the water is on the side of the house and turn the valve on. I'm now just realizing I forgot to shut it off. So I'm going to have to go back to the house sometime before I fly to Minnesota. But I couldn't, I couldn't even stay in the garage after. I christened the house.

I couldn't even stay in the garage after. I had to leave because it was, it smelled so bad. Is that where the delivery was going? It was already dropped off, thank God. Oh. Yeah. Did you know about this story? No.

First time I've told it. No, I knew the prequel. It's special. Like I knew the prequel. Because I literally said as we were leaving to go from our house to his house, I was like, oh, I kind of have to use the bathroom, but I think I'll be okay until I get home. But then my dad called me and he's like, yeah, I have some chairs getting dropped off at your house.

Can you go? And I'm like, no, I'm, what? Whose chairs are those? His. Where is that you're going to go? I don't know. No, I miss you. He's staying in there.

Yeah, that's great. Yeah. So then I go back and all of a sudden I'm like, oh my God, like it was, it was. You're going to end up renting a storage unit. So there was no water, like zero water. Like it was just on the ceramic. Just the baby, the baby bit that was in the toe, the bowl. And that room is small.

When I say the room is small, it is literally the size of this chair. Like you sit on the toilet and I couldn't even, as I was sitting on the toilet, you can't shut the door. I couldn't shut the door. I had to shit with the door open to the garage. Wow. You could wash your face while you're on the toilet. It was terrible.

With the sink, in the sink. Yeah. Yeah, it was bad. Okay, let's get to this lovely man's update. Enough of my poop trauma today. It's not an episode without me talking about poop, right? I'm down. I'm here for it.

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After I posted here, I tried to reach out to her to talk to her and let her know, but she wasn't quarantined due to being exposed to someone with COVID. So we couldn't see each other for a bit over a week. When she was fine, I said I wanted to take her out to celebrate that she was okay and she agreed. We went to a really nice restaurant and had dinner there. Since it was still early, we went to watch a movie

and while we were there, we kissed. She panicked and went outside, told me she would talk to me later and left. She ignored me for a couple of days. She would read my messages and not say anything or answer my messages. I was extremely anxious, but after the first day, I didn't want to overwhelm her.

So the second day, I just texted her saying I was sorry and I would let her have time to think. On the fourth day, she messaged me saying she wanted to talk to me if I wanted to and if I could go to her house. When I arrived at her house, we sat there and she apologized for the way she reacted. She just felt overwhelmed and panicked

when she realized we were kissing. She said that she had been feeling a certain way about me and was scared of everything. I told her I had also been feeling a certain way about her and I would never try to do something that would make her feel uncomfortable and I was so sorry I kissed her. She said she was not mad about me kissing her

and that she panicked because she actually liked kissing me until reality hit her. I asked her what did she feel and how did she want us to go about our feelings and she said she didn't know. So I said if she would like for us to just take things slow, like really slow and just figure it out together. And if not, I would understand.

She said she would really like that and that she really likes me. So we did. It has been a month kind of and we are still together. We are taking things calmly and keeping it a secret for now. We do not want people to judge, especially since we don't know where this will all go yet. Until then, it will be between us.

We've been seeing each other more often now, almost every day, and I've never been happier. I really hope this goes where I want it to go. Thank you everyone for your advice. And in the end, things kind of sort themselves out. I like it. That's the last update. Yeah, okay.

On the best of Redditor updates, I'm just going to go check the account real fast. Accounts been suspended. But drama. No, they just do that on throwaway accounts sometimes. Sometimes they really do suspend, but no, nothing else. That was the final update.

Dang, as far as I can find. We'll never know. Well, we kind of already said our thoughts on it. I know. It's hard, I think. It is hard. It's one of those things where it's kind of uncomfortable

because you're like, well, if you have this chemistry now, was it always there? But I think if that person is gone and they're never coming back, there's nothing you can do. And you both have the least in common, like the least thing you could have

is that you both love that person. And so going through the grief process together, I think can really bring people together. So I'm happy for them. Yeah, I'm too. I like it. I like it. One last one.

And it's got to be a good one. Like the pressure just feels like it's on. Okay, I found one. Today I fucked up by going in my wife's purse without asking. Today I fucked up. Well, late last night. I heard my wife's phone ringing in her purse. She was already in bed,

so I reached in there and got it out to hand it to her. When I went to retrieve the phone, I also saw some candy in there. So I got the pack of candy out also and ate the small pack of about 11 pieces of Sour Patch Kids. I woke up about 3 a.m. in the morning, having to use the bathroom. When I went to go to stand up,

I felt really woozy. I thought this was because I was recently diagnosed with MS and I thought it was a side effect of my MS. I stumbled onto the bathroom and I had to sit on the toilet just to pee. I get back to bed and I could not hold a coherent thought in my head. I'm thinking, oh my god,

if MS is causing this confusion, there's no way I can live like this. My mind is steady racing. I wake up my wife and tell her how I feel. I tell her if I don't wake up or if I go crazy, tell my kids I love them. She asked me if I want to go to the ER.

I said no because my dad suffers from panic attacks and anxiety. He goes to the ER twice a week because of it. I was thinking maybe I might just be having a panic attack. I was like, my wife has good insurance on me, so if I die, they'll be taken care of. I finally fall back asleep. My wife wakes up to go to work the next morning. She asks does she need to call in work and take me to the doctor.

I told her no. She then walks to my side of the bed and sees the empty candy wrapper. Then she asked me, quote, did you eat my candy? I get a good look at the candy wrapper she's holding up since all the lights are on. I see her holding the empty wrapper

of what I thought was sour patch kid gummies. They were actually edibles called stony patch kids. Then she starts laughing and says, that's what you get for going in my purse without asking me. I knew at the second you started. Oh yeah, for sure. 100%. I've told my story.

I don't know if you have told your weird jerky story. No, no, no. Dentist. I knew that's what you're getting at. Getting high at the dentist? No, he got so high the night before that he woke up high still. I had no idea. I thought it was candy.

Literally the same thing. I know. Really? Yeah. No, that's a lie. No, it's not. You knew they were gummies. Yeah, I thought that was a little bit.

You thought they were old and so they weren't working, so you took like 10 of them. Jake told me potency goes down. So you knew they were gummies? Yes. He thought they didn't think they were potent. I believed. He thought they were just candies that way.

I believed that all the effects had gone away because Jake's an expert in the field. That's like my friend with coffee. She thinks that it sits out for two hours and there's no more caffeine. Who thinks that? Kennedy. Oh my God, that's not how that works.

Wow. Wow. Okay. Well, I'm just like so unsatisfied with that one though. What? Yeah. There is another good one that I- Wait, question.

I probably should have read. The dentist story though. Yeah. Because I wasn't there for that. This was something that you guys told me. But what was the scenario? Were you guys together? And then didn't you have to drive them to the dentist

because of it? No, I went with Austin. Oh, Austin drove. Okay. They like Justin and his friend like to sandwich their errands at the same time so they go do stuff together. That's cute.

Yeah. That's nice. Yeah, because then we get back for the session at the same time. There you go. Cute. It's cuter every time. Okay.

This one is- I just have two really short cute ones. But I- Just really short and cute. They're just really, really short and cute. So this one is from Cheer Off My Chest. My friend ordered me McDonald's and I've never been so touched.

That sounds so good. I went- I went to a friend's house earlier today to watch some football. We'll call him Brad. My friends do this sort of thing all the time. It's really casual and we just chill out all day. Normally we order food,

but today Brad made pulled pork sliders for everyone. I was diagnosed with a digestive disorder this year and have a really limited food list that's safe for me to eat. And I can't eat pork. I ate before I arrived, so this wasn't a big deal. I was just planning on skipping then. About a half hour after we got there,

someone knocks on the door delivering McDonald's. Brad answers and brings the bag straight to me and goes, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were coming and I want you to be able to eat. This is safe, right? McDonald's cheeseburgers are one of my safe foods and I've mentioned it before. It seems like such a silly thing,

but it's seriously touched me. A lot of the time I feel like people don't take my digestive disorder seriously. And it was just really nice to have someone go the extra mile for you. I've never been happier to eat a cheeseburger. That's how that one story the other week should have ended. That one.

The person who had, oh, never mind. It was a father's nose. It was a father's nose story. No. Well, what was it? It's just his own personal story. No, where the person had specific eating things but did not bring anything for themselves.

This person. Oh, the holiday party. Yeah, this person. That was the kid, wasn't it? The kid had, no, the holiday. Yeah, the holiday party and the holiday party. That was the friend's giving. That was from the live show.

That's the other one too, no. You're talking about that. That's the one I'm thinking of. Yeah, that's on. Where they didn't provide for the. Yeah. Yeah. That's on our Patreon.

Okay, because. It's all stuff that the majority of people will understand. But both all the live shows are going to end up on Patreon. So if you're not a Patreon member, like January is a really good month to start. Little plug there. Sorry. Not like a plug.

Okay. Last, last, last, last, last, last one. Again, from trough my chest. I drove 1.5 hours to take a nap in my mom's bed. Within the last 30 days, I was dumped by my girlfriend. My hamster passed away. And I finally put my two weeks in at my toxic job. I, an independent 28 year old,

was in need of something very specific that would fill the holes in my heart. I soon found myself driving 1.5 hours to my mom's apartment where she greeted me warmly. I did my best to hang out with her for a bit, but ultimately found my way to her bed and cuddled up on it. I was passed out for five hours. When I finally crawled out of bed,

she had dinner ready and gave me the biggest hug. I'm very lucky to have her love. There's nothing really greater. It meshed. Oh, god damn it. No. On healthy boundaries, it meshed. Fuck you.

Fuck you. I didn't even pick this one. Someone posted it on the Too Hot Takes subreddit and goes, maybe wholesome episode ending. I love that no matter how old you are, your mom is a safe space. Absolutely. Safe place.

Justin, that's not in meshment. The mom didn't get into bed with them. That would be weird. This was not weird. That's all I got for this episode, y'all. Episode 95, I think it'll be, I think 95. What are we going to do to celebrate 100? I think it's 96.

Is it 96? Are you sure? Now I got to look. Episode 100 is going to be really interesting. I've decided. So, episode 100 is going to be something is going to be something never done before. I'm not going to read one single story.

Who is all of you? No, you can't. So, all of you need to come prepared with the best story you can find. What if we each find the same one? Come with a backup. What if our backups are the same? Better get on Reddit right then and there.

What if we read like a textbook? You better practice. Like a textbook. Add a little inflection in your voice. I'm not worried about reading. I do it all the time. Yeah, you should be okay. You got it, Lauren.

You'll be good. I'm a textbook reader. No, you're not. You're fine. What's an example? Today, my husband said that he loves me and I said I'm fine. It's like the computer voice. Before they made it, I actually have inflections.

Honestly, we could all use a little more inflection in our voices. It comes with practice too. Okay, I'll practice the story a hundred times. Well, it's rehearsing in front of the mirror. Honestly, I could see it. And then I'll get up here and I'll choke. And then I'll throw up and then I'll slip on it. Not on my rug.

I love this rug. I know. I just had to do like the callback from the beginning of that episode. I see what shitted there. Happy Christmaca, everyone. I've got my little Christmaca sweatshirt on. You didn't tell me that we were doing holiday. It was a last-minute decision.

But you wore your holiday pants. And socks. Yeah. Oh, you're sad. The bird is holding a candy cane. Yeah, you're the little sock girl. You and my dad. God, I love it.

Where'd my button go? Oh, there it is. Justin's got his flashing reindeer sweatshirt. I noticed like the middle of the episode and I was like, wait a minute, do those turn on? And if they do, then why are they not on? Conserving battery. Yeah, we don't know how to replace this battery.

Oh, fair enough. There's no battery to replace anywhere? No, like how do you replace? I think it's a little button. We got to figure out how to dissect it. It will figure it out. It's in there. We'll sort it.

But any final notes for our friends to end 2022? Oh, that was a lot of pressure. No, just say goodbye to the family. Bye. Anything else? Any notes? Have a safe and happy holiday celebration. Do not drink and drive.

Call car services like UberLift or your friends or your mom and dad or your grandma and grandpa. They're probably not hammered. Just be safe. Life is too short to not be safe. Also, I have one. Don't take things too seriously. There's going to be some type of issue,

small, large this holiday season, and just try to take it with a grain of salt. Expect it. Handle it with grace and live your life happily. And don't worry. The holidays will be over before you know it and January is coming very quickly. Yeah.

See you all in 2023. It's so weird. Happy holidays, y'all. Until next time. Until next time. Until next time. Bye. Finding your perfect home was hard.

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