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24:01By the way, this dumb chick I'm dating, who I like. Soulmate, I like. I'm going to propose to her. She's all right. I think it's really funny when he got it. Like, oh, this guy, his brother's fiance or his sister's fiance or something. His sister's fiance was allowed in. Like, a family friend already knew him and they were engaged. And he's like, I thought there were no exceptions to the rule. It's like, come on, buddy. Yeah. And I'm like, I get, I don't understand, but I also sort of slightly understand of like, oh, you're famous and you don't want to be like, you want to be with family who's just treating you like a person.

24:36Sure, I get that. But you also, just because you're famous doesn't mean you get to set the rules for everyone. For every single person. No, sorry. For every event. It's a family event. Everyone gets to do their own thing. Don't go if it's such a hassle for you. And if it's about getting blackout drunk, then it's like pick and choose which events you're going to get blackout drunk from. The way this story is written, I'm like, hey, I think your cousin has a problem. Yes. This sounds bad. Especially like once they're engaged, it's like, well, that person then is probably going to be a part of your family.

25:06Like you're going to have to be around them at some point. Yeah. Can I also say like the cousin talks about like, oh, I don't want to be bothered. I don't want to be asked all these things. But I'm like, but it also sounds like your cousin does want to be the focal point of the family event. He's like, I want to get drunk and have everyone ask me about Hollywood stuff. Yeah. And I tell you gossip while I get drunk on the couch. He's complaining and he's like, oh, my cousin does this thing. He's so annoying. But he has his cousin in one of his Tinder profile pictures. Right. Absolutely using his cousin.

25:37Yeah. And it's clear that he's also telling people that match him like, yeah, that's my cousin. It's not just like, oh, I have a photo with this guy that I'm using. I'm like, does this family like each other? It doesn't sound like it. No, not at all. Maybe for Secret Santa purposes. Yeah, they like each other for what they get out of each other. Here's the thing, I think the uncle here is justified. I think he's the one person. You think he's justified? Ruining Secret Santa, that's screwed up. It's a bummer. But it's the cousin, he should be blaming the cousin because the cousin left. Because the cousin left.

26:07Yeah, that's true. The verdict, everyone sucks here. Yeah, I agree. We don't get that verdict much at all. That's a rare verdict. everyone's the asshole. Comments, you're the asshole. You could have asked. You could also not use your famous cousin as a pic on Tinder. Yep. Someone said, so the rule was made for OP, basically. I get that it's not technically OP's fault. It was the girl he brought, but I kind of get why Terry'd be extra upset that OP showed up with a girl he doesn't know. I'm leaning, you're the asshole. Someone else commented, and his new chick that he's been dating for only a few months is an Instagram influencer who are, of course, known for valuing privacy above all else.

26:48Someone else said, the chick thing made me lean into you're the asshole territory because chick? Really? Is this 1973? I just feel like OP has a lack of respect for people in general. Using a photo with his cousin in it seems awfully manipulative too. Yep. Lastly, someone said, you're the asshole. The two situations weren't the same. Your cousin knew the other person unlike your girlfriend. Getting engaged that quickly is also shady as fuck. If you don't like the rules, don't go. Spend Christmas with your new fiance.

27:27Wow.

27:32Yeah. I mean, I feel like that's accurate. Yeah. Update. Oh. Reading the comments, there's a mixed response, but it looks like the consensus leans towards me being the asshole. So, yeah, I probably could have handled it a bit better, and people are writing me for not including every detail in the post, but there was a word limit. Nobody has correctly guessed who Terry is, and I won't respond to any more guesses. And I don't use his picture to get girls. I literally have a Raya, so I have no issues in that department. Okay, dude. Okay. Anyway, nobody talked to me yesterday, but I found out this morning that all is fine.

28:05Terry called me to apologize for making a scene and congratulated me on my engagement, and I accepted his apology. He also told me he went back and visited with family yesterday and gave my uncle his gift for Secret Santa so Christmas isn't ruined for him. Awesome. As for my fiance, she handled it all really well, even though it was an awkward way to meet my family. And my aunt made rude comments about her outfit. She also had the idea... Jesus. Also, my aunt sucks too. She also had the idea that we should have the family over for New Year's to make it up to them. So yeah, everybody was a bit dramatic, but no harm was done.

28:38And he has a Raya, so he's all good. He has a Raya, so he has no issues there. No issues there. Cool. If you don't know what that is at home, that's like you got to be invited to the dating app because you're like a celebrity or something. Yeah. Yeah. I wonder what the secret Santa gift was. I'd love to know that detail. Probably a new car, a new home. An autographed headshot. That's awesome. Yeah. All right, our next story. All right. Comes from Am I the Asshole? Am I the Asshole for saying my wife wasn't my dream girl in a trivia game? Whoa, whoa, whoa. Why are you writing this post, bro? I feel like all you have to do is write that sentence, and then you should be having a question like, hmm, wait a minute.

29:20Oh, that sucks. So my wife and I have been doing a game night every so often with some other couples via Zoom since we can't go out and see people lately. This was in the later part of 2020. Okay. We were playing this card game the other night that was basically a trivia game for couples to play, and you are asked a question, and you write down your answer, and your partner has to guess what they think you answered. If they guess correctly, your team gets a point. Whichever couple knows each other the best wins. So some of the questions in this version were a little spicy, and one of the questions was, who is your dream man slash woman to have sex with?

29:54I wrote down my spin instructor. No, no, no. I thought he was going to put Jennifer Lopez or something. No, you don't put a real person who you can go and see. Oh, no. No. No, you don't do that. Oh, dude, you're so dumb. Right, right. There's like a version of this that's like not writing your wife. Yeah. But it's like, okay. Like sandy cheeks. Like I think that like something like that's funny, you know. Okay. Oh. I wrote down my spin instructor since my wife knows I think she's hot and thought she'd guess her and we'd get a point. Well, fuck me. Turns out every other husband either wrote down their wife or a celebrity slash fictional character.

30:39That's what I'm saying. Yeah. fictional character is the way to go. My wife was livid and upset. I tried to explain I didn't actually want to do anything with my spin instructor and I would never even briefly consider being unfaithful. It was just me trying to play the game. She doesn't believe me saying everyone else's instinct was women who didn't exist or better yet, their wives. I feel really bad but also really confused. I don't know how to deal with this. Is she overreacting or am I an asshole? And no need to tell me about the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode. No, I I hadn't seen it. Yes, I've seen it now.

31:12Almost every man there sent me references to it as soon as the video was off. I'm sure there's a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode that matches this. What the hell was this dude thinking? This guy was not. Oh my God. I think that might genuinely be it. I don't want to be mean, but I think he might just genuinely have not been thinking. He could just be a very dumb... There could have been some drinks in him. Yeah, he just might be dumb. It's just the dumbest thing I've heard, so maybe it's a dumb thing. It's like almost so dumb that I'm like, maybe he genuinely didn't understand that that was an insane thing to do.

31:44Like he was so stupid in that moment. Because the way he said it was like, oh, my wife knows I think she's hot. I think my spin instructor's hot. So she's going to say that. Right. The logic is not there. It's so, oh my God. There's also, we play so many of these types of games. There's moments in these types of games where it's like, you even know you're not going to get a point, right? You know, like, okay, I'm thinking they're not going to say this, but it's a fun thing to say. Like, it's just like, oh, I'm going to say the cute thing. I'm going to say the wholesome thing. I'm going to say whatever.

32:17Right. It's like you don't, I don't know. Yeah, he was not thinking here. Yeah, he's not. Because even his strategic explanation does not make sense. No. No. Oh. Oh, boy. That sucks. That's bad. In front of friends. Oh, God. Okay, the verdict was asshole. Yeah, yeah. comments. You're the asshole. Who humiliates their wife in front of friends? Oh, right. You do. I would strongly suggest you quit your spin class immediately and spend as much time and effort as it may take groveling to win back your wife's trust. Good grief, man. Someone replied to that saying, honestly, OP is going to hear about this for ages, but if he doesn't quit that spin class ASAP, oh boy.

33:01He just gave her a massive reason to worry about it in addition to humiliating her in front of friends. OP, you're the asshole, buddy. Big oof. Someone had said, you're the asshole. Dream girl. I.E., someone you will literally never get the chance with, like a celebrity. You don't put down someone that you know in real life that you interface with on a regular basis. Exactly. You're the asshole. Come on, man. A woman you know in real life? There is such a clear difference between talking about a celebrity crush or a character from a TV show. But you chose someone you realistically could hook up with, which is what your wife will be thinking about from now on when you go to spin class.

33:36Exactly. And it had to be a spin class, too. Like, come on. I don't know if this is the biggest asshole, but this is the biggest idiot. So big, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, stupid. Nuclear stupid. Oh, my God. I've heard of other stories like this, though, where people say a real person like when we were talking about like, oh, if you could sleep with anyone in the world, who would it be? and they say someone they know. It's like, what are you doing? That's just an odd way to answer that question anyway. Yeah. And to be fair, most of the time when I've heard those stories, it's like teenagers.

34:14So it's like, oh, you're young and you're not thinking. I'm like, dude, you're older. You're married. Yeah. What are you doing? Oh, please let there be an update. There's no update. The context points that he has talked about this spin instructor to his wife before. He's been like, yeah, my spin instructor's hot. Like, what are you doing? I don't know if I was in a marriage if I would want to hear that personally. People have varying degrees of it, but there's a matter of trust, right? There's a matter of understanding. I think even if this was a couple where they both feel comfortable being like, whoa, that person's hot, or like, oh, yeah, that person's really hot, in this context, it's still kind of embarrassing.

34:52It's disrespectful in front of people. And clearly his wife felt disrespected. He's writing this post because his wife felt disrespected. Yeah, if it was like an inside joke that they'd made before, then yeah. But like, no, that's, oh, that's so insane. It's really uncomfortable. Yeah. She was like, good luck getting your spin instructor big shot. And then he was like, oh, my spin instructor. Oh, God. Oh, I feel very bad for the wife. Oh, my God, bro. Oh, lady. Oh. No update. I'm just imagining. You're good, bud. in that room. I don't know if I would be able to keep it together. I think I would close my laptop and be like, internet went out.

35:35I think I'd literally be like, you're dumb as fuck. Like, I don't know. I might have to call him out in the moment and be like, that's insane. Bro, that's crazy. I would have a hard time not laughing out of complete discomfort. I would be so uncomfortable. Absolutely. All right, our next story. Am I the asshole? Like the rest. Great. Am I the asshole threatening to kick out my co-worker slash roommate for kissing my best friend? Say that again. So, threatening to kick out my co-worker slash roommate for kissing my best friend. I think I need more context. Kick out of what? We will find out. Yeah.

36:13Around February, I, 23, let my co-worker, Jaden, 25, and his daughter, Leah, 6, move in. We were co-workers and friends for three years, and he's always been so funny, smart, and cute. We became really close friends. Unfortunately, work decided they can't afford to keep everyone and have been making cuts, and Jaden was basically forced to quit. I know he was really worried about his rent and everything, and my roommate was leaving, so I offered for him to stay with me, and we worked out an agreement. We decided that while he's still looking for a job, he'd deal with all the chores and errands and housework.

36:48It's honestly been amazing having him live with me. He's such a great cook, and Leah has actually been really well-behaved and sweet. He's helped me out a lot, and I really enjoy being able to spend all this time with him. He has found some part-time work, but nothing that pays enough for him to live alone. So we've mostly kept our agreement just with me doing more and him helping pay a little. My friends have come over quite a few times and obviously met him. Last weekend, I had a bunch of my friends stay over. I thought it went great, but the next day, Leah told me she saw Jaden kiss my best friend.

37:17I was really upset, and Jaden and I ended up arguing about it. I told him how betrayed I felt. He tried to say it was fine that apparently that kiss wasn't intentional and he didn't say anything because they didn't know what it meant But it's still wrong. I'm doing so much only for him to do this to me I got upset and told him that he will have to leave if he just wants to take advantage of my kindness That I don't want to live with someone who betrays me like that He was offended and just tried to act like it was no big deal and I was being crazy He thinks I have no right to say anything about his love life even though it's my best friend and I'm doing so much for him.

37:53Our talk didn't really work, but I did talk to my best friend and she agreed to back off. The last few days have been horrible and he doesn't think he's done anything wrong. I've tried to talk again, but he now refuses to and has been really cold and told me that he'll move out as soon as he can. I don't think I've done anything wrong. It's his own fault. I want to work this out, but he shouldn't be going around kissing my friends. But the fighting has really upset Leah and obviously Jaden thinks I'm an asshole even if he's being selfish. edit edit in all caps i'm not jealous this isn't about that i'm not in love with him or anything i'd know if i was this is about him betraying me about him going behind my back clearly everyone's the type to just hook up without caring about anyone else there's way too many people to respond to now like i've said it's not about jealousy i'm not in love with jayden it's just rude and ungrateful to sneak around and do what he did.

38:47Bro. Oh my god. Okay. Your best friend is not your partner. Your best friend is not like you. There's no betrayal. There's no betrayal. Unless, in all caps, you're in love with the guy and then you're manufacturing that betrayal or whatever. Or unless you're in love with the best friend. Either one. Either one. They're upset about this this kiss. Yeah. A kiss upsetting you this much and not really having logic. The only thing, now, you have no say in this. This is the love life of two completely separate people. The only thing that I could see myself thinking if I was in their shoes is just like, ooh, this could be messy.

39:31Like, this is my roommate, this is my best friend. If they start hanging out, dating, and then it doesn't work out. But it's out of my control. Yeah. All I could say is just like, hey, like, that could be messy, but. Yeah, right. That's a completely different thing. That's not betrayal. No. That's definitely not the place she was coming from. She was like, this is a personal attack against me. Like, I am hurt by this. Not, oh, man, I don't want things to get messed up. Like, yeah. I really hate all the, like, I'm doing so much for him. It's like, I thought you were explaining. I thought you set it up that way.

40:03I thought you were explaining that there was a deal here that was fair to you. And now it's sounding like you think this person is beholden to you. Right. In so many ways. You can't do both. You're controlling and you don't even have any support for that. There's no foundation for that. Exactly. The verdict, asshole. Comments, I genuinely don't get your issue. Sounds like you're jealous. You're the asshole. Someone said, is Jaden aware that you have feelings for him and that you expected them to return because of your selfless acts of kindness? You're the asshole. Someone said, I'm surprised you didn't use the term friend-zoned.

40:39Yeah. Wow. No update. But I think we know. That person's moving out because they immediately were like, oh, this is bad. Yeah. Woo. Yeah, I love that the six-year-old broke the news to her. She was like, what? They did what? Oh, my God. Six-year-old's like, I will never tell anyone ever anything again. I've learned never to spill secrets. She thinks kissing is horrible now. Yeah. Kissing is the biggest way to betray someone. My dad kissed your friend. Okay. All right, dude. Thanks. All right. Our next story comes from Am I the Asshole? Am I the Asshole for calling my brother selfish over his last-minute destination wedding?

41:28All right. Am I the Asshole here? My brother is really angry at me over what I said. Yesterday, one of my brothers announced he had gotten engaged the night before. Apparently, it was a spur of the moment and not planned ahead of time. That's what he said. I was happy for them, and it was a happy event. But then it came out they were having a destination wedding. Yesterday morning, before they told anyone about their engagement, they booked a river cruise on the Rhine River, an eight-day cruise from Switzerland to the Netherlands. The wedding will be somewhere along the way. The cruise starts tomorrow.

42:01They flew to Switzerland today and are staying in a hotel tonight and will fly back the day after the cruise ends, after a one-night stay in a hotel in the Netherlands after the cruise. So a 10-day trip in total. Not only did they not give advance notice of the fact that they are having a destination wedding, they did not give any information on the river cruise they are going on. I had to do some Googling to find out what cruise company and prices and itinerary. It turns out the cruise that's leaving tomorrow has sold out already. They didn't give any info on their flights or what hotels they are staying at in Switzerland or the Netherlands.

42:35I get that the engagement was spur of the moment, but they only gave 12 hours of notice about the wedding. Besides the fact they didn't give any information about the cruise or hotels or anything. People have kids, jobs, and other commitments and can't just drop everything on less than a day's notice to take an eight-day trip. Not everyone has the money or passports ready without notice. Also, the cruise company they are using doesn't allow passengers under 18 for any reason, and there are no exceptions. I have three kids, and my wife and I can't just leave them for eight days. Lots of our family, her family, and their friends have kids, and it's inconsiderate to exclude them or expect parents to leave their kids somehow for over a week.

43:14It's also inconsiderate to trap your guests on a cruise while you are busy on your honeymoon just because you got married on a cruise. The result is that no one is going to their wedding, none from her side or any of their friends. They're going alone. My brother got really angry at me when I told him his last-minute destination wedding was selfish and inconsiderate, but it's the truth. Destination weddings are usually somewhat selfish, but by not giving anyone notice, it's really selfish. I don't even know how they managed to throw together a whole wedding on such short notice, but no one is going because it is so last minute.

43:47Still, my brother is really angry at me over what I said. So I don't, I think, I think OP, before I say OP is an asshole, I think they're also just extremely confused and missing the point of what's going on. Yeah. Clearly the brother is eloping. Clearly they're doing a thing where it's just the two of them and they're going off and doing this thing. They're like, tomorrow? I can't make it there. Yeah, man. We know. So him telling his brother he's being selfish and entitled, you're the asshole because your brother's not. You're misreading what the situation is. I'm curious. I would go further and say this person's for sure the asshole if the brother goes, no, the point is that you're not invited.

44:30and it's just us two and he goes, oh, okay. Oh, God. But we don't have that. Oh, my God. The verdict is asshole. Yeah. And he is the asshole. You're the asshole. They eloped. They didn't have a destination wedding. Someone responded to that. Given OP's reaction, I can't imagine why they chose to get married in a way that would exclude family. Someone said, yeah, I love how he went into a full-on PI mode. Dude, it isn't an oversight. You aren't invited. Someone said, exactly. I wouldn't have thought it was possible to arrange a legal wedding ceremony at the drop of a hat. So it sounds like the brother and his fiance have been planning this for a while.

45:08Good for them. You're the asshole, OP. You're the asshole. What part of his plan made it sound like you were invited? So funny. I love the idea of going and eloping in Vegas and being like, yeah, I had a destination wedding. I had a destination wedding in Vegas. Yeah. I mean, it sounds fun. I hope they have fun. That sounds incredible. Sounds really great. Look, there is kind of a joy of finding out. Look, you want to be there for your family. You want to be part of these things. There's also a joy of like, oh, you're going to do that. Oh, so no wedding that any of us have to go to or worry about.

45:43There is less hassle involved. There's a plus side to it. I just put down a deposit for a destination wedding that my friend is having. And let me tell you, I'd love that money. So I get it. Yeah, absolutely. And I have to believe that surely they're going to do something when they get back. Sure. Like, here's a little celebration with family. Like, oh, my God. That's so funny. OP is Homer Simpson. That's what I'm getting. That's what I'm getting. Oh, my gosh. I keep hearing these stories and, like, believing the plot from the OP's perspective. I know. And then going, oh, right. Right. I forgot what this show was.

46:21Yes. Yes. All right. It's time for our last story. Am I the asshole for breaking up with my girlfriend over four-leaf clovers? Probably. Probably. Yeah. Me, a leprechaun. My girlfriend, a rainbow. A rainbow. Throw away because my now ex knows of my main account. Some background. I, a woman, 21, and my now ex-girlfriend, a woman, 22, had been together for two years. And last spring, we decided to go on a four-leaf clover hunting date. She didn't find any, but I found three of them. Ever since I was young, I've had special luck with finding them. I have a collection of them, actually. I find them without even looking.

47:04Em, my ex, has also been searching for four-leaf clovers since she was young. She's never found one, ever. So naturally... And frankly, she sucks. I hope the next part of it is like, she obviously isn't lucky, so I had to break up with her. She's not lucky, so... So naturally, I brag about it. It's always been like a fun little playful thing between us. I'm just luckier than her, I guess. Anyway, to yesterday, the problem. We went on our four-leaf clover date again. Within the first 10 minutes, she finds her first ever four-leaf clover. We cheered and I took her picture with it. I'm happy for her, but I'm also upset because I wanted to have been the one who found the first one.

47:46It's my thing. We keep looking for another 10 minutes and I find one. So I hate life a little less. I found another. She cheers for me and we move on, looking at different clover patches. This is where everything goes to actual hell for me. Dude, I was picking through the grass and everything went to hell. Everything went to fucking hell. I hear her yell excitedly and I think she's just found another one. I tell her cool and move on. She runs up to me and shows me a fucking six-leaf clover. No! Holy shit, bro! I just stare at her. I grab it out of her hand. What the fuck? How does someone who has never found a four-leaf clover find a six-leaf clover?

48:35Those odds are literally insane. I look at it closely to make sure she's not either lying just to get back at me or that she's not stupid and it's actually just two clovers stuck together or something. But no, it's actually a six-leaf clover. I'm actually so pissed. Why'd she get to find the six-leaf clover? Hello? Who finds a six-leaf clover? So anyway, I tell her that's insane, and I'm taking it. She gets sad and says, nah-uh, she found it. It's hers. We start arguing about who deserves a clover. I tell her I do because I'm a veteran clover hunter and deserve this to be in my collection. I gotta go, man.

49:10I gotta go. Who is this? What is this? She goes on about it being sentimental or something. She does that stupid manipulation tactic where she starts fucking crying to make me feel bad.

49:26She starts crying, I'm not going to fall for this. Dude, I bullied my girlfriend relentlessly over a four-leaf clover and now she's crying and manipulating me. It's bullshit, honestly. I tell her to suck it up. I'm keeping the clover. She hops and wanders off to the car in tears. Whatever, she was being ridiculous. I take my time and look around some more And find two more clovers I got bored and decided to leave And to see if she's done pouting She sat in the fucking back seats with her arm crossed I tell her to stop being dramatic And get into the front seat She fucking snaps She starts screaming, calling me all sorts of nasty names She said I'm manipulative, controlling And all kinds of other bullshit I have never in my entire fucking life Been called any of these words So I'm not sure where she got it from I just looked at her while she screamed And hit the back of my seat She finished screaming like an idiot And I let a few minutes of silence go by She asked me if I was going to say anything I shrugged at her Because like what does she want from me She told me to go fuck myself and take her home I shrugged again and pulled out with her in the back seat She lives a decent drive from the park Where we went clover picking So the car ride was tense and awkward She would just randomly sniffle And it started to get on my nerves But I didn't say anything Because I didn't want to hear her bitch anymore About 15 minutes into our ride I decided I couldn't have this anymore This isn't the first time this has happened.

50:44She is so selfish and never lets me have anything to myself and never listens to my side of things. She always, always does that type of crying shit and then says she just wants me to be nice to her, which I am. I don't know. So anyway, we're 15 minutes into the ride and I speak up and tell her I think we need to break up. She lets out a noise like scoffing at me and I didn't like that, so I just decided to give it to her. I told her how I think she should have given me the clover because it was the right thing to do and she is incredibly selfish for not wanting to give it up and seeing me happy.

51:15She stayed silent until we got to her house. As she was getting out of the car, she told me that I'm the biggest asshole that she has ever encountered and she can't believe she let herself love me, blah, blah, blah. I'm not an asshole. I don't think I am. I told my friend about this and she thinks we're both assholes, so I don't know. I need more opinions. Link to a picture of the six-leaf clover so you know I'm not bullshitting. All right, hold on. Let me see this six-leaf clover. One second. Oh, God. These are real people that walk around. These are adult human beings. I know. Adult? All right.

51:47Adult human beings. So it's got a lot of drawing on it, but six-leaf clover. She drew all over it, so it's hard to see how it's real. But those are the clovers. Okay, so it's real. I was kind of doubting if this was real, but I'm like, all right, I guess it is. This person wrote this whole thing out and didn't get that they're an asshole. It's stories like this where I'm like, this has got to be fake, right? But there are real people like this. There are real people like this. There are absolutely real people like this. If this is fake and, like, somebody just wrote this, hats off. Yeah. Incredible.

52:25That's kind of my take sometimes where I'm like, look, someone could have manufactured this to just piss people off. But really well done. Like, very original. Very, like, original take on a story. It's sad, though, that we're also like, yeah, this is a real person, though. This could easily be a real person. Some people really get in their heads with an identity of, like, this is my thing. That's my thing. I am owed this. It's like, no, you're not at all. And it's, specifically, this is about luck, which isn't an identifier thing. Luck is luck. Luck is luck. It fluctuates, too. Right. Now, to be fair, she didn't get the six-leaf clover, and they ended up breaking up, so that's pretty unlucky.

53:10Yeah, that's true. Maybe if she got the six-leaf clover, they'd still be together. I love even before the six-leaf clover the way that she's like, yeah, she found her first ever one, but I was kind of upset because I always get the first one. Like, or I want to get the first one. It's like, you suck, dude. It's like, bro, come on. It's like, what don't you have in your life that this is the only thing that makes you? This story is proof that luck may or may not exist, but consequences to actions trump luck. Sure do. Like that comes first. Sure do. No matter how much luck you have if you're an asshole bad things are coming.

53:42I also love that she was like no one's ever told me that I'm a fuck ass bastard before. And it's like yeah well. She made up new words that hurt. Verdict. Asshole. Right. Comments. You need to do some personal work like maybe with a therapist to figure out why your identity is so tied up with this Clover thing. The bottom line is you're the asshole. You took her clover. She deserved the clover. She found it. It's hers. Give it back to her. I can't comment on how she behaved because I don't trust your interpretation or your description. You describe her with a fair bit of contempt. Not cool. Someone said, you're the asshole.

54:17You did her a favor breaking up with her. Lastly, someone said, yes, you're the asshole. And everything you accused her of being, it's what you are, LMFAO. No way you let a motherfucking clover destroy your relationship. You couldn't even be happy for her that she found a four-leaf clover before you do, even though you found plenty before. It's good for her that you broke up with her because you're a raging borderline narcissist asshole. Woo. Hasn't heard those words either. Yeah, brand new words. It's like, is there like some superiority complex here of like, oh, she never finds four-leaf clovers and I do, so like I'm better and now that she has, it's like.

54:55I'm not better anymore. It's like if you're playing Mario Kart with someone and you're really good at Mario Kart and you always beat them and then they finally beat you and it's like, no, that's not supposed to happen. I'm the Mario Kart person. Like, it's so insane. It just comes back to, I'm the blank person. Yeah, right. It's like you're a person. You're not the Clover person. It's also the thing of like, if she was upset in the moment briefly of like, oh, you found it before me. Oh, like, that sucks. Like, I'm usually that person. But it's like, you're holding on to it. Like, you have that moment and you go, this is silly to feel this way.

55:25Yeah. Like, you have that moment of realization of like, okay, that's stupid. I'm happy for you. You found it. That's so cool. But she's holding on to this. Hold on to it. And she's justifying it. Also, can I say, I've never gone clover hunting before. It sounds like four-leaf clovers are very common. They found like five in this one story. Are they this common? I'm like, damn. That actually doesn't sound too lucky. They're supposed to be, yeah. I'm like, all right. They're so common, they started making new ones. Yeah. They started making six leaves. These clover patches are like, shit, we got to come up with a new one.

55:55I'm also the type that when I find special things like that I'm like I'm not going to pick it No it's a beautiful little nature thing Technically it belongs to nature It's not yours I think when you pick the clover it's no longer lucky Good hot take Love that take Sometimes if I see a penny and it's like heads up Because it's like lucky I go Someone else can have that luck I don't need it I'm so lucky that I don't need that How about that? I walk into the street and get hit by a car. I should have grabbed that penny. All right. Update. Oh. That's crazy. I would not have thought there'd be an update on this one.

56:38I gave the six leaf clover back. It's been a few days and a lot has happened. A lot of bad luck has happened. Oh, God. I've read all the comments and appreciate the genuine feedback I've gotten and I realize I am, in fact, the asshole. I think a few of you went way too far. I had a few people actually DM me with how hateful and harsh you were in your efforts to make me see that I'm the asshole. But those of you who called out my problematic behavior and recommend I look into therapy are appreciated. I personally have a very complicated relationship with therapy and mental health, so I think I won't be getting therapy.

57:10I'll just try to be more aware of my actions going forward. I did tell my ex that she should maybe look into therapy. Fuck you, dude. Fuck you. Dude. Fuck you. Don't do that. God dang. Dang, she didn't take it too well, but I hope she changes her mind. Right. She's the type to believe in that stuff, and maybe it'll help her more than it would me. Anyway, yeah, I gave the clover back. It was hard, not gonna lie. Part of me wanted to keep it and never look back, but someone said I'd always look at my collection and know the six-leaf one wasn't mine, and they were right. I want my own six-leaf clover, not one an X found.

57:46Also, and for the people who said they hope I'd never find another four-leaf clover, fuck you. I found another yesterday. Dude. It's not lucky then. Oh, my God. It's not lucky then. God. This person sucks so much. This is so funny. This person sucks in a very comedic way. A hundred percent. This is someone who I think is very funny that I hope I never meet. For real. Like, they're very funny from afar. Yeah. I hope they keep doing things in living life and keep writing Reddit stories. I really hope so too I want to read the antics and adventures of this person and I hope the ex-girlfriend gets to go to therapy because this other freak has probably fucked her up a little bit I love like I have a complicated history with mental health so I'm not going to go to therapy but I did recommend it to my ex like dude this person and all of these stories are people where their lives are so messed up they have no friends they constantly have things not going right and they go, yeah, life's just unfair.

58:54It's like, no, man, this is consequences for your actions. No amount of clovers that you collect can counterbalance that. I love also how the update ended of like, yeah, you know what, I did the right thing. I gave back the clover because it wouldn't really fit in my collection. So I'm just going to go find my own. It's like, that's what the update was about. Like, you think you're like a good person for giving up this clover. You did not do a good thing. Oh, the fucking clover. It was not a kind action because it didn't come from a place of kindness. It came from going, oh, I realize this is actually worthless to me.

59:26So then I gave it back. Like my ex. I became better. Thank you for your feedback. I'm a better person now, and I told her to get therapy. You're welcome. God. And I think it seems pretty clear that this OP was probably being verbally abusive towards their ex. Oh, 100%. I think it seems pretty clear. So I'm very glad that they're broken up with. Absolutely. Yeah. Truly feel sorry for the ex that had to put up with that. Like, that's awful. So this is OP responding to someone telling her to go to therapy. Okay. Oh, my God. I'm not developmentally delayed, nor am I a narcissist. I just don't want therapy.

1:00:00I know I'm the asshole. That has been made abundantly clear. I take accountability for that and have apologized and given the clover back. What would therapy do for me? Bro. You know what, fair? No. Honestly, what would it do? What would it do? Wow. Oh, man. I think therapy would bounce right off of them. The therapist would probably be like, yeah, we're not going to be doing this. Yeah, no, I don't think so. Oh, my gosh. Wow. What an incredible story. Okay, out of all these assholes today, is there one that who, not who's the biggest asshole, just who were you most entertained by? I guess it's got to be Clover.

1:00:42It's got to be Clover. Clover won by a mile. And on the other side of the coin of Clover is a husband writing Spin Instructor. Spin Instructor is pretty impressive, too. Because that's like, that's psycho, but in a dumb way. And this is psycho in a psycho way. In a deranged way. And I like the balance of them both. They're all pretty funny in like a way of like, I don't want to be part of it. Yeah. From afar, I'm like, LOL. Wow. I feel like maybe the most upsetting one to me was the potluck, the Thanksgiving. where I was just like, ugh. That one probably infuriates me the most. Yeah. They're all infuriating, but...

1:01:21Dude, this is Clover's story. The Clover's story's gonna be stuck with me for a while. That's really something. Wow. Incredible. Outstanding start to finish. Yeah. Unbelievable. Great work. Great performances all around by these assholes. Truly, this is a standout episode where I kind of see breakups and divorces happening all around. Right. And I can't be upset about any of them. And I got my pom-poms going. I'm like, yeah, great. Just a large amount of disrespect. Yeah. Anyways, thank you both for joining me on this ride today. Of course. What a roller coaster it was. It was beautiful. Yeah, beautiful.

1:01:59Man. Jeez. Well, I'm so glad I don't know anybody like this. Same. I truly don't know anyone like these people. And I'm grateful for that. Yes. Thank you both for joining me today. Of course. Thank you for watching. Let us know in the comments who you thought was the biggest asshole out of all of these stories. And as always, let us know what other themes and subreddits you'd like to see on this show. And we'll see you next Saturday. Goodbye. Mattress baguette. Mattress baguette.