287: Nail Biting Updates Ft. Taylor Tomlinson

28:53Yeah. Is there an update? Yeah, eventually. Oh, no. But you're lucky we're coming across this now. So this actually came up. We've got a friend. His name's Direct Caterpillar, Matt. He's like Reddit guru. And I had him on and I was asking him like, what's your favorite, you know, post you've had recently? and he recommended this one because op came back on matt's post on it on best of redditor updates and left a comment with a 10 year later update this was 10 years ago 10 years ago this happened i should have known patches on a backpack i should have known this was like five iphones ago it's like coming back though is it it's coming maybe that's why it means so much to us because Because it's nostalgia.

29:42Yeah. I mean, if this happened now, it would be even worse because you've managed to hold on to something that precious and special in a world where no one cares about that and everything's digital. Yeah, no. This makes me so sick. It's tangible. Ten years later. Ten years later. If she's married to this guy, I will burn this studio to the ground. We got married. We had a baby. They did not. If they did, I can't handle it. Don't do that to me. Of course. All the comments. You're not overreacting. Like comments really did steer her in the right direction. Thank God. Because her friends in real life weren't.

30:15Which again just goes to show how powerful Reddit can be. Yeah. Because otherwise she would have been like, I actually, I was a little, you know. Of course, yes. Goofy. And I've definitely overreacted to so many things in my life. So you can trust me. You did not this time. No. I'd be the first one to say it because I've been there. So update. Okay. 10 years later, responding to the top comment for visibility. This was me. I'm surprised I could still log into this Reddit account. It was a throwaway. It's been so long since this happened. Through the course of everything, I learned that my ex wasn't laid back.

30:54He just didn't give a fuck. Very different things. I did get all of my patches back. Oh, thank fuck. I could not handle it. if you didn't get those badges back. I was trying to be cool, but I really couldn't handle it. Oh my God. You're gonna make me cry. Okay, thank God. Oh. A few people.

31:23I'm like way too close to my beard for this. Oh my God. Okay, sorry. I'm okay. I don't care. A few people were very apologetic and immediately went out of their way to return them. A few people I had to show up at their place with a friend in tow. Good. Looking someone in the eyes and saying, quote, you have a patch that my dead father gave me when I was 14. Worked pretty well. I'm obsessed with her. Basically, all of them blamed my ex. It's okay. I blamed him too. He truly never apologized. He just wanted me to be less mad without actually fixing anything. I was very passive then. and I don't think I had ever been as angry as that moment.

32:05I went scorched earth and I told everyone what he did. He was mad about that, but I didn't care. He shouldn't have done it if he didn't want me to talk about it. A few of my friends apologized for taking his side, but our friendship wasn't ever really the same after that. Nope, dead to me. Months, maybe even a year after all of this went down, my sister and I were going through a storage unit of my dad's to clear it out. We found one of his old backpacks. Nothing special, just a Jan sport. I cleaned it out and that was the new base. I still have it to this day and I've added new patches since.

32:44What the fuck, you guys? You know what? I don't know where that man is, but I hope he never knows piece. I cause the only thing that you should think when your girlfriend shows you a backpack full of patches is well she's gonna be easy to shop for. That should be your only thought. Every special moment, every holiday. Every gift. A patch? Covered. You had it made dude. You know how you propose? With a patch? With a patch! You fucked up so hard and I hope I hope you are in hell, wherever you are. I hope that life is never easy for you. Both sides of the pillow, hot. Hot. Sweaty as you sleep every night.

33:28Yes. Yeah. I hope you're married to someone evil who won't divorce you. That's what I hope for that man. Yeah, no prenup. No prenup. He made a lot of money since, so it really hurts. Yeah. A lot of money, but you're empty inside. Yeah, no, no, no. And maybe you did have a lot of money, but now you're going through bankruptcy. Yes, and everyone thinks you still have money, so you still have to pay for everything when you go out to dinner. Yeah. But you don't have any money. No, and you care about your ego so much that you're, like, putting it on a credit card that's, like, 26 % interest. And you're hiding it from everyone in your life.

33:59Yeah. And your wife is leaving you for someone else. Maybe your best friend even. Yes, but won't legally divorce you. Insane. We should be God. Absolutely. We'd be so good at it. How do you even go on from there? I don't know, but we must. But we must. We must. That one was better. That was like a nice update. A little satisfying. Yeah. And at least they've both broken up with both of them. So too satisfying. Yeah, okay. But that one was like really satisfying because she got all the patches back and stuff. And she didn't have to watch a video of him having sex with someone wearing one of her patches or whatever.

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35:52Thank you. This next story is a little interesting. How many mattresses do you have? Just one, right? On my bed? Yeah. One. Okay. Is that wrong? No, I feel like that's normal. You'll have an interesting take. I'll get another one. I'll get more. I actually do have two mattresses stacked in my guest room right now because I went through a phase of like I got a mattress from Costco. I didn't like it and I needed something more comfortable. But then it's like I didn't want to return it because I'll have a guest room for it eventually. That's honestly so smart. I've actually never thought about that, but you could just stack one.

36:26I can't get on the bed. Oh. I need a step stool to get on it. Oh, okay. But that's kind of fun and dainty and cute. Princess in the P a little bit. It is. Okay, so this is about mattresses? Well, is it about the mattress? I can't wait to find out. We'll see. This is coming from r slash aio. Basically, am I overreacting? Okay. Am I overreacting for disliking my boyfriend's anniversary gift? Me, 21 female, and my boyfriend, 33 male. Uh, no. Sorry. Absolutely not. I know that's not the subject, but no. I don't like something. I don't forget the gift. I don't like something that's happening. You're like, everyone's voice is what they sound like in their cars, at the gym.

37:14They're like, nope, immediately. I do. I feel like I'm listening to this podcast in my car going, no, on the freeway. Oh, my God. Okay. And she's just asking about the gift? Yeah. Okay. Had our one-year anniversary yesterday. So since you were 20. So since you were 20, you've been together. Okay. I got him several things that I knew he'd like and had mentioned over the past several months. I wrote him a thoughtful, long note, and I bought him flowers. He got me$20 lilies and wrote a three-sentence note, and we went to dinner. I like flowers, but I have told him several times over the past several months that I do not like roses or lilies.

37:59When he gave me my gift, I managed to contain my disappointment, and I told him I liked the flowers and note. After he gave me my stuff, he opened a$215 pillow that he had bought himself. What? Parentheses. His main hobby is mattresses and pillows and bedding. We drank a little bit at our dinner, so honestly, this kind of triggered me, and I had started tearing up but gave another excuse for it. He kept pressing me as to why I was upset, and I told him that there were several cheap things that I had mentioned that I would want as gifts the past several months and I got a type of flower that he should know I don't like.

38:41I also said I was upset that he got me nothing but I had to watch him open an expensive thing he bought for himself for the 10th time that month. After this happened, he threw the flowers he bought me at me and started yelling about how ungrateful and how I was a bitch. I just went upstairs after that and he slept in the living room. For context, I make significantly less money than he does. He makes$4 ,000 plus every month and we live in a low cost of living area. He regularly buys himself expensive things and has a mattress hobby that he has spent thousands on. Just buy new mattresses and sheets and pillows.

39:21There are six mattresses in our little apartment. Just last week, he bought over$300 worth of sunglasses and a$2 ,100 bar of silver. A silver bar. This spending is typical for him. I will add a photo of the mattresses so people don't think I'm trolling. My main issue is that I was thoughtful for him and spent my minimal money to buy him things he had mentioned because I pay attention to what he likes. A year is a special milestone in a relationship. I feel like he pays no attention to me or my interests and doesn't know me as a person. None of the things I wanted were expensive at all. I just would have felt seen if he remembered what I liked and got me it.

40:08I told him these things and he called me ungrateful. Am I overreacting for not liking the gift? Can I see a picture of the mattresses? Oh, you know I'm getting it. And I believe you. What? Describe it for the people. There are three mattresses stacked next to a bed with one mattress on it. So there's a stack of mattresses higher than the bed right next to the bed in a very small room. Oh my God, there's five. There's one leaned up against the wall. You're right. I think this one is a Casper too. Like, Casper is a pretty nice mattress. These look like nice mattresses. They all do. look at how thick that one is and they do look different what year was this posted i must know this is from august 28th of this year a couple days ago what a couple days ago this is happening now literally now and you have an update yeah okay okay okay so we could actually make a difference we could definitely make a difference because that update might i don't know what the update is i have not read it it could be like you guys are overreacting he's actually just like a super nice Skype?

41:19No. I think it's weird to say that buying mattresses is a hobby. That is not a hobby. That is a hoarder. That is a hoarding situation. Yeah. A hobby. If you want to say mattress hobby, that would be like, we like to go to mattress stores and try them out on Sunday afternoons. I'll give you that. A lot of people, that is all they pull from this. His main hobbies are mattresses, buying and pillows. That is what people are talking about? Yeah. They got a little lost Not the age, not the gifts. Wow. No. Let's talk about the age. Yeah, let's talk about it. Because I don't think, you know, when I was younger, I don't think I really understood age gaps.

42:00No, me neither. That's kind of like my actually never mind because it's like, I'm 18. I'm mature enough to be dating a 26-year-old. 28. No big deal. Sorry to OP. We've all done it. We've all done it. We've all done it. We don't mean to be judgmental. 20. And we're not judging. We just like, we want so much more for you. Yes. And he is not an emotionally, mentally ready to date any one person. If when you try to explain your feelings, he then says you're an ungrateful bitch and throws flowers at you. And let me tell you something. No offense to anyone who's 21. if you are 21 and someone in their mid-30s wants to date you they want to date you because they think you are not going to have any expectations of them that's why they're not dating someone who is their age because someone their age would have expectations so when you start to have expectations of them they're gonna get angry and throw flowers at you because they're gonna go you're 21 you're not supposed to know to ask for more that's why I'm here no shit's now hitting the mattress like yep i can't buy my silver bars i can't go buy my silver bars mattress is the craziest thing i've ever heard in my life i mean i've heard about buying gold bars everyone now is like don't even invest your money in the stock market buy a gold bar not financial advice the least financial savvy person but i've heard gold bars but silver that's so i thought silver was in coins i want to see a picture of the silver bar too we don't have that i wish i That's what I want a picture of.

43:36I believe the mattresses. The silver bar. I believe her. I just want to see it. Well, it could potentially look like this. I googled silver bar. One kilo. Literally, what is that for? Collecting. Oh, my God. Okay. Collecting. So everyone in the comments is focused on the mattresses. Yeah, they really did. It feels like they got a little lost in the sauce there. People do question, is this rage bait? Like age gap? You're already living together. It feels like rage bait. mattress hobby but I really don't think it is I think this is someone that because I've been this person where you start dating someone and everything feels so great and perfect and then it you know keep buying mattresses one mattress too many and the camel's back gets broken like it's just like the rose-colored glasses has come off yeah and like again 20 oh my god a 32 year old wants to date me.

44:33I'm such an old soul. Like a lot of us have been in those shoes. One thousand percent. So I don't think it's rage bait. I do think it's someone coming and being like, this is probably the first real relationship she's had. Doesn't have anything to compare it to. And it's like, am I overreacting? Like, please help. No, you're underreacting. You're dating a weirdo and you need to get out of there. Yeah. So interesting thing about this one. we do get an update but it is from the boyfriend he found the post I hate this man I hate you're kidding okay let me let's hear it hi everyone since this person has glamorized and made me look a specific way which was tailored to engineer the public view to her side of the situation I decided to create an account to clarify some things which will be listed below.

45:31I'm worried for her. I'm scared for her safety. Mattresses. The bed we sleep on affects every other part of our lives. If we sleep improperly, we have chronic quality of life inhibitor, which will cause a person to have a shorter, more unhealthy life and inhibit their overall productivity and their lives as a whole. When I first started researching them, I realized it was a huge rabbit hole and that there were so many options. It took forever to pick the first one for our apartment, and I realized it's probably like this for many others. It's just hard to know what to pick, and if you pick the wrong one, you're stuck with this massive thing in your house that's ruining your quality of life.

46:12Let me clarify that I acknowledge six mattresses is ridiculous. It's just a thing that built up over time as I learned the different ways they are constructed. Multiple of the beds I got were for heavy discounts. I was very interested in learning the properties of different layers and how they affect our sleep. He's still talking about it? Which is also the case for pillows.

46:38Okay. The girlfriend criticized my hobby, but in our free time, has repeatedly told me she loves sleeping on my bed and uses my pillows for comfort. I like seeing her sleep well on my beds. They make her feel better, which despite how stupid she says it is, she still sleeps awesome on them, and that always made me happy. Another note, I'm not attempting to absolve myself of the matter of fact that it is kind of hoarding. Thank you. Once again, as I learned about how things are put together, it started to interest me, how different companies construct different things that we use to improve our lives.

47:18My first ever hobby was health and nutrition. What is going on? Are you serious? It's never ending. He goes on to talk about just like how our bodies work and herbs, foods, vitamins. I've helped many other people improve their health. I'm like starting to be like, are you starting a mattress, MLM? I'm really scared of this guy. He basically blabs on but does kind of end on, I'm planning to decrease the amount of bedding items in my apartment. but the thing is this wasn't supposed to be the entire internet's business. I didn't realize that the person I was living with was the type to tell the entire internet everything about me.

47:58I work all the time and I only have one friend in person who I can hang out with sometimes. So when she, the girlfriend, is not around I become extremely lonely and I have nothing to do and I recognize mattresses might be ridiculous but the fact is I sleep better than I ever have in my life. She has been and anyone else who has listened to me about what to do sleeps better than they ever have in their lives. That's a big accomplishment. She can't say she's helped anyone sleep better by having this information. Instead, the guy who helps people all day gets criticized on the internet. Okay. He's probably listening to this, so we should probably just say, I think you're right.

48:37I think you're right, and you should break up with her. I do. I think you should break up with her. Dump her. She's so not understanding. Set her free. I mean, loose. Your passion. Let her go. You're so right. And you know what? I don't know what it's like to be posted about on Reddit with pictures of my mattresses. And that sounds bad. That sounds like it sucks. How invasive. That sounds invasive. If I saw pictures of my unmade bed online, I would actually probably feel upset. So I can see it from that perspective. Only also for someone that collects pillows, he only has one pillow on his bed and there's no top sheet.

49:20So clearly not a bedding connoisseur. Look, it's thank you very much. Well, I think what we've learned is that the two of them are well suited for each other and that they're both focused on the mattresses instead of the relationship. it seems. Well I think she brought up the mattresses to show that he spends a lot of money. Is that what it was? Because if she had just talked about the anniversary gift I think people would have been like yeah no we're on your side that stinks. But I think she was trying to cover all her bases and be like no he spends money on things. It's not that he's not trying to spend money or something.

50:02He's not cheap. He's not frugal. It really the mattresses really got us away from the original ask which was about the gift. He... Does he talk about... Does he address that? He does go on. So he goes on to say, so excuse me for not picking out the right flowers. I have a lot to remember and focus on. I did not pick that bouquet of flowers in an effort to insult her. I spent 15 minutes looking at the available options and liked the ones I picked for her because of how beautiful, lively looking and colorful they were. It was not my intention to make her feel inferior as I did not care about her.

50:37This is how she interpreted it. I figured dressing up, going to an expensive Italian restaurant, me putting on my favorite fragrance for her, then spending$70 there so we could have a good time was a nice gesture for her. We had driven the whole day beforehand. We were tired, but I still wanted to try and do what I could to make the day fun for her. She also included I only wrote a three-sentence letter. I put my feelings into that, and it was not three sentences. What are we doing? Competing to see who does better for the other? I was supposed to spend and buy more than she bought me so she wouldn't feel upset.

51:12She said I threw the flowers at her. I did not throw them at her. I hit the table with them because apparently this bouquet of flowers that was beautiful and vibrant that I thought hard about to pick. I spent 15 minutes looking through all the options was not good enough. I even spent$16 on a 12 pack for us to drink for the night so we could have fun together. Which also, if I threw the flowers at her, how come only her foot got hit by them? I am so glad I'm single. Because look, these are the type of fights that you have when you're in a long-term relationship. And there's an anniversary and people's expectations aren't met.

51:52And one person thinks they did a good job and the other person feels like they didn't do a good job. And then the other person gets mad. Like this is a very common fight in relationships. And it just sounds as though you two are not compatible. and that is okay. It's time to be done. It's just time to be done because when you get into these fights and I've been there, when you're having these fights where you go, well, how could you feel that way because I did XYZ and they go, well, how could you feel this way because I did XYZ and what you said isn't exactly what happened and like, once you're getting down to that stuff, it is, I think it's over.

52:27I think it's over. I mean, this is just a deranged. When you're both on Reddit. Yeah, you're fighting in Reddit posts. It's over, guys. It's done. Yeah. I will say this is giving very real account. The original account from the girl. Yeah. Very real account. A part of the two-year club on Reddit. Verified email. Posting in Nathan subreddits. Nathan Felder. Oh, okay. Wait, so then is the boyfriend account brand new? So boyfriend does appear to have made a throwaway to kind of come and respond to this. How do we know that's really the boyfriend? You know, there's no guarantee, but I will say OP did not reply back to this person and be like, this isn't you.

53:15So I also think providing the additional info of like Italian restaurant, I spent$16 on a case of beer. These are details that I think OP then could be like, where are you getting this? Like that never happened. So there's no rebuttal. Okay, so is that post under her post? It's a response to her original post. Okay, got it, got it, got it. She also confirms here in a comment, it got deleted because he didn't know how to format it for this subreddit. It was a bunch of rambling about mattresses and how they impact our quality of life and how I suck and I'm ungrateful. If he makes a new one, I'll tell him to format it correctly.

53:56So basically, it's confirming. To format it correctly? Yeah. OP's like, all he had to do is get me yarn. OP is very involved in r slash crochet subreddit. She just wanted yarn. Just wanted a yarn. Yarn ball. Simple. I feel like you could have, I was going to say Joanne's, but RIP. That's the saddest thing I've ever heard again. All I wanted was a ball of yarn. Just wanted some yarn. Yarn, couple of little balls in a basket. What did she get him again? She got him something that was too much. Flowers. But she got him something else that was$200. Nice card. Well, his pillow was$200. Oh, she got him a$200 pillow?

54:37He bought that for himself. Oh, okay. So they both got each other flowers? They did. And a card? I thought she got him a gift. She got him a thoughtful long note and got him flowers. It seems like she's kind of a gift giver. Got it. That's her love language. And you know what? That is a great... You're so right. This is a difference in love languages. Yeah. Some people really care about gifts. Other people don't. It sounds like you really care about gifts, and that's completely okay. Yeah. And he really cares about mattresses, and someone else will really like that. That's cool, girl. There is truly someone for everyone.

55:15I really believe that. Yeah. I think that whatever you want, you can find that if you're determined enough. I'm with you. I completely agree. Not a match. You're 21. Go live your best life. go find a boy that maybe wants to go learn how to crochet with you and I don't know or buys you yarn at the very least yeah and you know what time to go yeah there will be a woman who comes over sees how many mattresses there are and be like this is awesome yeah seriously we'll be like can I try them all out right now let's build a fort let's build a fort literally this is what I'm saying yeah and it look a lot of men don't care how well you sleep that's true someone might get off on that you care about how you care about how i sleep truly like some people don't you know yeah a lot of men don't care about how how nice their mattress is so that's I'm trying to have a balance.

56:13No, I like your, you're bringing back that hopeful from your first time here. And it's, it's very, very positive. It's mostly the age gap that I take issue with, if we're being totally honest. It just seems like a big age gap. And it also is like, I think the issues are a reflection of the age gap. Like at 21, you want a nice gift. You want jewelry from your boyfriend. At 33, you want a good night's sleep. I think that that is, I truly think. Yeah, no. I think a 33-year-old woman, which is basically me, would love somebody who was like, I want a really nice mattress and we'll go to a nice dinner.

56:49Like, that is a 30-something situation. And then when I was 21, yes, I wanted flowers and I wanted a gift and I wanted more than three sentences and a note. At 30-something, I have different priorities. I really think it's down to the age. I would agree with that. I just, yeah, no, I can't. I can't even. I just, I'm over it. How long have we been talking about this? Because I feel like I can't remember a time that I didn't know about this. It's too long. And this next one, I feel like you're... We'll cut it down. We'll edit it down. You're also gonna... This episode is brought to you by Nintendo.

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1:00:05Okay. That's perfect. Is that good for this? That's perfect. Okay, great. So this is coming from Am I the Asshole? It is titled, Am I the Asshole for saying my boyfriend's mom's mashed potatoes are weird? So this is so stupid, but now it's a whole thing. I've been with my boyfriend for five years, and his family does Sunday dinner a lot. I go most of the time, it's whatever. Last weekend we're there and his mom made mashed potatoes. I grab some, cool. I take a bite and immediately I'm like, question mark, question mark, question mark. Why are these sweet? Not like a little sweet, like actually sweet.

1:00:47So I just go, quote, wait, are these sweet? Kind of laughing because I thought maybe I was losing it. And she goes, yeah that's how I make them. I just said oh I've never had sweet mashed potatoes before. Like I'm not trying to be rude I was just confused and it got awkward for no reason. Dead quiet. I tried to just eat them anyways but I genuinely couldn't. It tasted like dessert with gravy and my brain was not having it so I just stopped eating them and kept eating the rest of it. She then notices and goes, quote, you don't like them. And I said, they're just a bit sweet for me. And then my boyfriend jumps in like, they're not even sweet, which question mark, question mark, question mark, they literally are.

1:01:37And then his mom makes a comment like, quote, some people just aren't used to real cooking, which kind of annoyed me. So I said, I just didn't expect mashed potatoes to taste like cake. And yeah, that did not go over well. Dinner got super awkward. We left. And in the car, my boyfriend says that I embarrassed him and I should apologize. But like, I wasn't even rude at first. I only said that after she made that comment. Now she's upset and acting like I started something. I don't know. This feels so dumb, but am I actually in the wrong here? Edit to add, I'm 23. These were normal russet potatoes that tasted like there was a lot of brown sugar added to them.

1:02:25I have somehow avoided eating these monstrous potatoes for five years because normally we either have roasted potatoes or do a potluck style, and boyfriend's sister-in-law brings the mashed potatoes. I'm not from the U.S. We are all from Canada, born and raised. What is going on? Everyone's from Canada? All of them. She just liked a sweet, Okay, that really, that makes a lot more sense because I was like, why does everyone think that's a rude comment? And it's because Canadians are so nice and so polite that you saying, oh, that's interesting. I've never had them that way. In Canada is probably the equivalent of like flipping the potatoes off.

1:03:07You think? I think they're so nice over there that that probably felt really mean and aggressive. But I because I was very confused. I'm like, who cares if someone's like, oh, I've never had them that way. Now, maybe you said it differently, but the way you wrote it. Yeah. It doesn't sound that crazy. This feels chill. And then, yeah, the cake comment was a little that was a little rude. But the cake comment came after the mom said some people just aren't used to real cooking. And that's the moment where you go. Yeah, I guess not. Who cares? are you able to bite your tongue i think so now i am maybe not when i was younger when i was younger i could at 23 probably not but i'm having a hard time at 32 really i don't know what's gone into me i feel like i used to be very just like don't rock the boat go you know be soft be malleable be what's that that little you know jewels very demure demure yes very mindful see i think maybe we've switched places then because I think you either spend your younger years trying not to rock the boat and then you get older and then you're annoyed I'm annoyed and resentful that you I'm done implicating people yes and I spent my younger years saying everything being embarrassed and feeling bad and now I'm like you know what it's not worth it I need to get back to that place because now I'm just like god I'm getting like a little argumentative and it's like it doesn't matter you're not going to see that person they live across the country from you it's fine yeah And I'm just like, oh my God, just shut up.

1:04:36I'm just tired. I'm too tired. I only have one mattress at my place. And I'm getting old and I just don't, I have to care so much to fight about something now. I just don't care that much. I need to get back there. I need that inner peace again. Is it inner peace or is it just kind of like exhaustion? I think it can come by means of exhaustion. exhaustion but it does bring inner peace yes like I do think depending on the situation obviously there's a lot of nuance and context whatever but like in general like otherwise because like I still say this shit and then I go home and I'm like god was that bitchy and then you ruminate on saying something it's like I'd rather ruminate on not saying something than saying something yes and just making the relationship even more tense and just like yep is this a moment she should have STFU'd I think.

1:05:34Just shut up. I mean, we can only do, we can only move forward, right? Okay. Just apologize. Who cares? Yeah, just say sorry. Sorry, I didn't mean to. I'll be the bigger person. Yeah, so who cares? Okay. Do you think asshole or not? Option B. Yeah. I think everybody got too worked up about these fucking potatoes. Yeah, this is a big deal. Maybe it's like a grandma's recipe and she's just deeply offended. I think that it seems like the mom is pretty sensitive, and that's probably something to flag if this is somebody you're trying to marry. Because, I mean, him being like, you need to apologize, you embarrassed me, is very different than going, look, my mom's sensitive about her cooking.

1:06:20Just maybe say sorry, or the next time we're there. Like, I know I don't think you were being rude either, but him being like, you embarrassed me. I don't know. Why are you embarrassed? That's an interesting feeling to unpack from him. Like, why are you embarrassed? But it's also you're on your mom's team and not mine. Yes. The way you put it, if he would have came to her like that, then it's like, you're still on my team. Yes. But like, babe, let's just not rock the boat with my mom. Like, she's a little goofy about her potatoes. Yes. My mother is a perfect angel and you embarrassed me in front of her is...

1:06:54Red flag. It's a little scary. Overall comments, they think not the asshole. Okay. They're like, not the asshole? That sounds like a crime against mashed potatoes. I mean, yeah, look, it doesn't sound good. I mean, I'm on your team as far as the recipe goes. But who cares? Well, a lot of comments do point out the politeness. Like, oh, well, just be polite to take a couple bites. OP did take a couple bites, really gave it a go. Said, I couldn't get my brain on board, so I'm just going to not eat them rather than gag at this table. And then the mom brought it back up again Just stirring the pot So I don't think Not like no assholes Unless the mom being a little cheeky I was just a little like Sensitive No assholes it's just like come on guys So we do get an update On this?

1:07:48Of course Not the update I thought I'd be posting I talked to my boyfriend again and everything Because it was still bothering me mostly how he handled it at dinner. It kind of turned into a bigger conversation than I had expected. Basically, I realized that this isn't the first time he's sided with his family to avoid conflict and left me to deal with it. I think I've just ignored it before, but this time it actually got to me. We ended up arguing about it and it brought up a bunch of other stuff that we probably should have talked about a while ago. Long story short, we broke up. There we go.

1:08:26It wasn't really over mashed potatoes, but that situation definitely made me look at things differently. I know that probably sounds dramatic to some people, but after five years, I didn't really want to keep brushing stuff off anymore. Wow, I'm surprised it's been five years. That sounded like something that happened early on. Five years. That you go, oops, keep an eye on that. Wow, that was a nice one. I liked that one. I would also love. That was relaxing. I'd love for people to ask, why do you break up mashed potatoes? Yeah. His mom puts sugar in potatoes. Just a crime against food. It's so weird.

1:09:02Poor potatoes. You know, maple syrup? You wouldn't put sugar in it. Be like maple syrup, right? Sweet potato, yeah. Sweet potato, yeah, but this wasn't sweet potato. No, russet. Hilarious to post an update and be like, these were russet potatoes before anybody says anything. Are you ready to put your family first and drive into the future with confidence? Check out the newly designed Chrysler Pacifica. Visit Chrysler.com to learn more. Chrysler is a registered trademark of SCAUS LLC. Thanks, Chrysler. So this next one, coming from our very own 2HotTakes subreddit. So one of us. Yeah, family, family.

1:09:40Family. Yeah, hey, we see you. It is pretty recent. Okay. And it is titled, Am I the Asshole for Putting a Pregnancy Test in the Mailbox? I think that's a crime. Like, like just loose? You're going to find out? Oh my God. Buckle up, baby. What a great title. Let me give you some backstory first. I, 30 female, have been married to my husband, 32 male, for 11 years now. We have two children together and we went through a rough patch about a year ago, but we've been working on things. Or so I thought. I work full time, go to school full time to finish out my degree, take care of the kids and do all of the housework.

1:10:22without help, mind you. He works long hours, so I try to be understanding of that, but now that I'm typing all of this out, I've realized I'm literally his mother at this point. He doesn't do a single thing to help me. Now that you get the dynamic, last week I came home to our neighbor coming over asking if we could talk. This was my first time meeting this neighbor, so I was all for introducing myself and getting to know her. When I introduced myself as wife, her face dropped. Come to find out, my lovely husband has been having an affair with the neighbor. There's security camera footage of it too.

1:11:03He had been working that whole weekend, and I just sat there with this information because it's also not the first time he's cheated. I called him out on all of this, and I blocked her number from his phone and deleted her. After a few days went by, I decided to go through his phone. He unblocked the neighbor, and she had messaged him saying that she's late. He lied to her, saying he had a vasectomy, so she can't be. She must have blocked him after she freaked out on him. After I cried it out and gathered myself, I've been pretending like I haven't seen anything or gone through his phone, and I've just been holding on to this information.

1:11:42I got my hands on a positive pregnancy test, and I put it in our mailbox. He had a package coming in tomorrow, so I know he's going to look in there, and I'm going to wait and see how bad he panics, because not only did I find him cheating on me with the neighbor, but two other women as well. Yes, I am leaving. I have the divorce papers filled out and told my attorney to wait to serve them until I'm out of the house, but I wanted to send him into a panic first. So am I the asshole for creating what I am sure is going to be a lot of drama and panic for him? No, that's amazing. I do want to know how you got your hands on a positive pregnancy test.

1:12:25Facebook Marketplace. Facebook Marketplace? Let's go right now and see what we can find. Are you kidding me? Yeah. The way you said that? Chilling. I've never done it. I'm just assuming. You can find Sour Dough Starter on Facebook Marketplace. You are comparing a positive pregnancy test A peed on stick with sourdough starter You found one? Oh yeah Are you kidding? Oh they're all over We even have pregnancy confirmation ultrasounds for sale What? Yeah I'm gonna see if there's any pee I'm actually embarrassed I haven't thought of this Am I naive? How much are they? No pee for sale on Facebook That's surprising actually That is surprising How much is a positive pregnancy test?

1:13:11Like 15 bucks. 15 bucks? Yeah. To send your husband into a spiral of panic? That's nothing. That's a deal. Also, I feel like it's not that hard. I mean, like, I've got, I know a couple people that are pregnant. I could be like, hey, can you just pee on a test for me? If you were pregnant, though, and your friend came to you and said, can I have some of your pregnant pee? Sure. You don't care? I'd be curious. And I'd definitely, I would know. You need to know what it was for. what happens after because I'm so ready to get that tea don't you feel like you would need all the information before you peed on that stick and gave it to them yeah I'd be a little curious but like I've given a friend my pee for a drug test before in high school so like you know I guess it's the same thing I'm gonna flush it and it's for a good cause but like yeah no I'd be like what do you want it for I'm very curious you can't just have my pee no questions asked yeah cause I don't think like there's nothing dangerous you could do with my pee Right?

1:14:08I don't know. I don't know enough about DNA stuff. And it's like, I don't think my friends are that weird. Like, I wouldn't have to worry about someone wanting to drink my pee. They're not going to splash it on a crime scene. No, no, no. Can you DNA test from pee? Yeah. I know you can from vaginal discharge. You can DNA test from pee. Can you DNA test pee? I mean, that. Yes. Yeah. Okay, good. So that is, I don't, yeah, now I've got to worry about potentially framing me for a crime. But if it's a trusted friend, an acquaintance off the street, no. No, of course not. No, but trusted friend, yeah.

1:14:42Podcast giveaway, maybe. You know. Yeah. I just don't even want to go down that rabbit hole. But if someone, if one of you really needs it, send me a DM. But I'm not there yet. Now everyone's going to think I'm pregnant. I'm not pregnant. Not there yet. But when I do announce, you guys will know. And if you need a positive test. She wouldn't keep that from you guys. No, no. They're going to be the first to know. Yeah. Except my mom, because she's got to know for a show that she'd for sure kill me. But yeah, could have been from Facebook. Could have been from a friend. What's the update? You're just so ready.

1:15:16Look at you. I'm so excited. Top comment, though. Not the asshole. Yeah, of course. But let this be your one and really satisfying slide down his level. Then climb back up with absolutely fan-flippantastic memory of it and soar high over his head. you are in for a hell of a ride and there's no harm in what you are doing that's nice that's a lovely response yeah op does clarify best friend is pregnant so didn't have to turn to facebook okay got my hands on sounds like facebook marketplace yeah yeah just say my friend's pregnant give me a pee stick i would literally be if i needed this i would be willing to like post on my Instagram story and be like, does anyone, is anyone willing to pee on a stick for me?

1:16:01Oh yeah. I mean, but this person probably doesn't have your audience. No, but like, I think even like before I started the podcast, I only had a thousand followers on Instagram. I feel like I could have got a couple of takers. Really? Yeah. I'm from Minnesota. Everyone's nice, willing to help. Everyone's nice and probably pregnant. A lot of people are pregnant there. Yeah. Like everyone back home is pregnant right now. I'm just like, oh my gosh. Okay. I get it. I get it. You're giving me baby fever. Scary. Are you ready for the update? Yes. Sorry, it took so long to update. I've been working through quite a bit.

1:16:34I wanted to say thank you for the kind words. I really appreciate them. I wanted to clarify the whole pregnancy test thing in the mailbox. We have a drop style mailbox. You need a key to open the bottom slash back of it to get the mail out. So no one sees what's in there, nor do they really touch anything. It was also in an envelope. Oh, okay. He ended up grabbing it out of the mailbox that evening that I had put it in there, and to this day, he has not said anything about it. He did, however, reach out to six, yes, six different women asking them about it. I went through his messages on his iPad before I left, and that's how I saw them.

1:17:18I had a doctor's appointment, and I got checked out. Everything came back fine, thankfully. Here's where things get real interesting. He worked Friday all day. So I took the day off work and four of my friends with trucks came with their spouses and helped me clear out the house of all of mine and the kids' stuff. The neighbor from across the street came over as we were on the final load to inform me that she was in fact pregnant and that she was freaking out and had ultrasound photos to prove it. My sister ended up kicking her off the property. I left my wedding ring on the counter, and the sheriff served him divorce papers this morning.

1:17:57I know because he has been blowing up my phone about it, asking me why. I haven't responded, nor am I going to. I communicate only when it comes to the kids. My heart hurts. I've been sick to my stomach. But even with all of this going on, I feel like I can breathe again. The kids and I look at a house. The owner is renting it to me until the divorce finalizes. I didn't want the house because I don't want to have to see her every day. I am, however, forcing the sale of the house. As for her seeing the kids and I around, she knew I lived with him. She knew the kids were ours. She knew we were in a relationship.

1:18:34The only thing she was under the impression was that we were not married and I was the girlfriend. This entire experience has been the most painful thing I've ever been through and something I would never wish on anyone. I'm fortunate enough to have a very strong support system. My sister and my best friends have been staying with me to help get me settled. And although there has been a lot of tears, there have been a lot of laughs that I haven't had in a really long time. Aww. That's not, I mean, that's really sad and that sucks so hard. She sounds like she's handling it great. Yeah. And like has such a good support system, village around her, lifting her up.

1:19:14I can't imagine what this neighbor was thinking. Like, I'm just like, why would you do that to someone? No, that's so insane. It's so insane. Like, at the very least, he has a girlfriend, and those are their kids, and they're living together. They're very serious. And, like, you're going to go and do this? And now you are actually pregnant, which is just like, oh, my gosh. I know. Is this episode called Dump Him? like everyone got everyone got i mean i guess we don't know about the mattress relationship nope but everybody else broke up inconclusive wow i know unlike their pregnancy test dude now that you're locked in wow you're locked in that's crazy this was this was a lot better than last time was it having the updates was really really helpful did it feel better yes it felt so much better.

1:20:09I was just left with so many questions last time. I walked around for weeks and everyone I came into contact with, I was like, tell me what you think about this. Okay. The secret room in the house haunts me. Does it still? Secret room haunts me. So I did have another story recently where the girlfriend learned about a secret room and it was like themed like a nursery because the guy had a baby kink. Sorry, that sentence took a turn in the middle. Yeah. That I did not foresee. So did Did he show it to her? She found it. She ended up getting showed the room after he came clean about his desire to be treated like a baby.

1:20:46Really kind of crazy story. And the brother was there at the same time, too. It was like, OK, the brother was there while he was breaking the news to his longtime girlfriend that like, hey, I have this kink. And then she ended up like trying it. She couldn't get on board. and then the brother called her like 40 times and like shamed her for this okay so secret room original is looking a lot better looking a lot better i know a lot of people were actually on board with you where i was like i kind of hate it a lot of people were like have a little whimsy yeah this is great it's fun and they did reveal the secret room yeah they were like hey isn't this cool we have more space during covid it wasn't like you know this this horrible yeah and there wasn't anything in there.

1:21:35It was just like Christmas lights. Storage. Yeah. Fine. Look, a space for us to dream. Yeah. Whatever. I still think that one was okay. Okay. This episode is brought to you by Born in Roma fragrances by Valentino Beauty, the iconic fragrance duo. Donna Born in Roma Eau de Parfum is a feminine fragrance featuring juicy blackcurrant, central jasmine, woody cashmere, and warm vanilla. Its masculine counterpart, Womo born in Roma eau de toilette, has notes of fresh violet leaf, aromatic sage, green vetiver, spicy ginger, and mineral salt. Shop at macy's.com. This episode is brought to you by ChatGPT.

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1:23:00This is another fight. That, you know, it's just like, it's over, guys. Since me, 28 male, and my girlfriend, 27 female, started dating, anytime she drove and had to get gas, I would pump it for her. Well, last week, she took me to work because her car does better in the snow than mine. When she came to pick me up from work, she was wearing pajamas, which were shorts with a long-sleeve button-up. She even wore her house shoes. I was embarrassed for my co-workers to see her like that. So when she stopped for gas to teach her a lesson, I told her my back was sore and she could pump it herself. She said it was too cold and she wanted me to do it.

1:23:41She's the moron that wore shorts. I stood my ground and she pumped her own gas, but wouldn't talk to me during the drive. We pass a sushi place on our way home, so I asked her to stop. She said no, but I kept persisting and she finally said okay. She told me I would have to run in, so I did. When I came out, she had left. I told my brother because I needed a ride home. He gave me a ride home but said that I was an asshole and that I deserved it. If there's any interest, I can update with what happened when I got home, but it doesn't seem to be super relevant to my question, so I don't see the need to add it.

1:24:19Am I the asshole? I'm going to need the addition. I'm going to need to know what happened. They're married or they're dating? dating okay dating and i mean a lot of people are like yeah you're the asshole she's also she's picking you up from work yeah like she's already doing you a favor you can pump the gas and also like to teach her a lesson this is so crazy that's why i'm like i want to know what he thinks isn't important to list but like you were embarrassed that your co-workers were going to see her sitting in the car they weren't even going to see is she going to get out of the car when you get to work and her pajamas probably not.

1:24:59Who's going to see her? No one's going to see her. What are we talking about? A lot of people were like, well, do you pay for the gas or does she pay for the gas? She pays for the gas. I just get out and pump it for her. She's able to work from home. So her schedule is pretty flexible. She owns the house and bills are 50 50. I just updated. I do understand how I came off now and definitely understand how I'm the asshole. Oh, great. Wow. Growth. Both. So are you ready for the update? Yes. If your partner like didn't get out of the car to pump gas for you, would you be offended? I've never been treated that well where someone always pumped my gas for me.

1:25:35See, I don't pump my gas. I also don't run in to buy my own coffee. I'll go with the car, but I'm wearing my sleep t-shirt still and he's ready for the day and he'll run in and get my coffee and I just sit there watching my videos, doing my emails. God, that sounds nice. Sometimes I don't even have to take a car ride. He'll just show back up to the house with my coffee. Oh, my God. That's funny. No, I've never had a relationship where somebody took care of me like that. You guys? I don't think so. Have I? I don't think I have. Okay. Like every once in a while. Well, you, yes. My sibling is pointing at themselves.

1:26:08That's true. But no, it's actually something I run into in romantic relationships a lot where because I'm so like self-sufficient, people kind of go, well, I didn't even know what I don't know how to take care of you. I don't know what to do and so then they don't do anything and I like taking care of people and I'm like the oldest kid and all this stuff so I'm like used to it and I want to like I want to take care of each other equally like I want to run in for you I want to pump gas for you sometimes like I want to switch off but I think sometimes people kind of don't know how to with me and to me I'm kind of like I mean it's kind of just the same stuff everybody wants Eldest daughter?

1:26:50Eldest daughter. Which eldest daughter and something I've come across recently is like eldest daughter wound where like you are very independent, but you just want to be considered. Yes. Like I don't care if like you've come to the decision for something on your own, but like just consider me. Hey, Morgan, what do you think about this? Like in all areas, I just want to be considered. Yes. And it's not so much I need you to do all these things for me, but it's like the consideration. And that's I think you're kind of in the same boat seemingly as me. And like most times I just want people to offer like I won't even I won't even take you up on it most of the time.

1:27:26Like something that every single person I've ever dated, I've had to be like, no, that's not true. I've dated one person that drove me to the airport. Like no questions asked. Yeah. I think I've dated two that did so consistently. I go to the airport every week. and so my like ultimate goal in life is to find someone who will take me to the airport sometimes and it's actually so hard to find if you can believe it it's actually wild it's and I get it like I have married friends yeah who like my friends who I've known for years they will be like oh we don't take each other to the airport like we understand that like neither of us want to take each other to the airport and they're married and they're good with that like there's nothing wrong with that if that's but for me I am very self-sufficient I'm very independent one of the only things you can do for me is is take me to the airport or pick me up and I usually fly out of Burbank like I'm I never expect anyone to take me to LAX oh my god that's the easiest airport I know so I'm really like I really I and I never expect anyone to take me early like I just if I ever met someone who was like oh I'll drive you to the airport tomorrow I would marry them immediately I feel like I can find this person like it's tough I feel like I could find this it might just be give me a list I don't know of all the things I want yeah give me like top 10 okay I'm actually like now or just write it down or like after the show I'll email it to you I mean if you want people pitching their shots I know that's funny you'd think with all the podcasts I've done I would have put it out by now but then that's the other thing is I think like maybe the things I want are too specific I don't know but then I don't know there is kind of I mean an occasional ride to the airport feels like a pretty low bar I know but to want it to be offered like without asking for it.

1:29:08Because sometimes people think they're like, well, if you just want to ride to the airport, you should just ask. And I'm like, yeah, no, of course. But I would like someone who's like, do you want me to take you to the airport? Do you want me to pick you up? Would that be helpful? Yeah, you're independent, but it still feels nice to be taken care of every now and again. Yeah, just because like, I'm naturally going to take care of a lot of stuff. Like just by nature of like my personality and my career. And like, I'm in a position where I make enough money, like all these things. so you can do it but it's like it's nice to feel like you have a teammate or someone that at least cares about you a little yeah and like that's what it is yeah yeah you want like a teammate yeah we're gonna find this person burbank oh my god like i think i was three months in and my husband was picking me up from lax really yeah and consistently still does and i'm like no no it's fine maybe it's just maybe you have to wait three months i don't know we're gonna before that was it before three months i that was the first flight i had while we were talking and that's the It's a cool thing, too, because when I'm dating somebody, if they need a ride to the airport, I'm like, oh, here's my chance.

1:30:10Yeah. To, like, show what a good partner I am. Have you tried it yet? Taken people to the airport? Oh, yeah, absolutely. But it's not reciprocated? Not always, no. But they always appreciate it. Yeah, everyone loves a ride to the airport. We're going to find your person. We're going to find them. We'll see. We'll see. So, update. She pays for her own gas. She didn't get out of the car, but she doesn't have tinted windows. and I didn't expect her to dress up. I did expect her to not look like a bum though. I'm still reading comments, so I'll add stuff that gets asked a lot to this and try to respond to others.

1:30:46Now for what happened when I got home. We live in a fairly rural area and I work about 35 to 45 minutes away. Apparently, my brother called my mom who then called my girlfriend and told her what I said. This did include me calling her a moron and saying how embarrassed I was. When I got home, my girlfriend had moved all of my clothes and belongings into the junk room I tried to talk to her, but she locked herself in our room and ignored me His mom called her? To be like, my son's a dick? Yeah, what happened? Or to like, admonish her for showing up in her pajamas I think mom wanted the tea Oh my gosh When I finally got her to talk to me, she basically listed everything I've done wrong in our relationship This past week has been hell She wouldn't take me to work when it was snowing so I had to take myself and my car got stuck twice.

1:31:35I missed two days of work because of her pettiness. I really didn't think I was the asshole here, but I tried to justify and explain myself. I did admit I was trying to teach her a lesson and we broke up. When I got home from work, she had all my belongings in boxes by the front door and I guess that's that. I really didn't think I was the asshole, but obviously that's why I posted here. Everybody that wanted us to break up got what they wanted. I'm not sure if my update is too relationship-based, so if this gets taken down, I apologize. Okay, obsessed with her? That's crazy. OP even loses it so far to post another post.

1:32:14It's titled, Can I take legal action against my girlfriend for kicking me out? What? Yeah, so he still didn't learn his lesson after all of it. Oh my gosh. Yeah. Wow. Well, I'm really glad everyone broke up for the most part. Yeah. I think that's why this was so satisfying. Yeah. We got answers. We got closure. His mom is mad at him. Mom is kind of giving him a new, what's that saying? Biting his ass? No. What's that one saying? Ripping him a new one. That's what it is. Well, that's why I was like, did the mom call to tattle on her son or to be like, hey, dress nice when you drive my son somewhere?

1:32:49Because I wasn't sure which way that was going to go after the last mom one. I was nervous. Mom was pissed at him and said that she raised me to never mistreat a woman. So in her eyes, I mistreated my ex-girlfriend. Good. So mama was after his ass. Sometimes your boyfriend's mom has your back. Yeah. I love women. Yeah. This was good. This was awesome. Thank you for having me back. Unreal, amazing. You are just so on it, as always. I had a lot of feelings about all of those, I will say. It was very reactive. I feel like I should go post on Reddit Did I overreact to these? No, I think the reactions were definitely appropriate Okay, good Definitely appropriate Okay, great I'll listen back to it and make sure I just, all I remember This emotion surging through me They're very powerful I mean, the mattress one The backpack The backpack was tough for both of us Can you imagine finding the backpack story 10 years ago And just waiting every year for an update?

1:33:51No And if you had done that to me, you would have never seen me again. There is a story. I just don't even want to tell you because it will keep you up in it. No, tell me. No, don't. No, tell me. It's the story about this woman finding a box in her fridge. And she asked her husband and she's like, what's this box in our fridge? And he's like, did you look in there? She's like, no, I didn't look in the box. Like, but what's in the box? and he's super weird about it. And everyone, of course, on Reddit is like, drugs, drugs, or maybe it's someone's finger. Is he working for the mob? So everyone just starts spiraling.

1:34:29And she's like, don't worry, guys. Like, I'll come back and update you. I'll be back. Never came back. So what's in the box? It was so powerful, I put it on a tote that we sold. Still no update. What's in the box? When was that? Four years ago. What's in the box? Where is she? Maybe she's in a box. I'm literally... I wish you hadn't told me that. Why'd you tell me that? You told me to tell you. Yeah, but you know better. You know better than to tell me that. Okay, you're gonna go home tonight. You're gonna forget all about it. No, I'm not. Secret room haunted me. Well, I mean, it's just a box.

1:35:03It was probably just like canned olives or something. I think he told her it was olives. I don't know where I'm getting olives. You know it's not. You know it wasn't olives. Could be... Maybe he's got like diabetes secretly and it's insulin. He just doesn't want to tell her. Yeah, maybe. never know and now I feel bad again it's probably innocent maybe she's out there listening right now where can people get your book oh my gosh you can get my book so many places but if you want all the links in one spot they're in my Instagram bio at Taylor Tomlinson but I think it's everywhere I think it's on Barnes and Noble and Amazon and all the places I love it Audible I read the audio book yes you put it in your voice Yep.

1:35:46So, you know. We love an audiobook in this house. I love it. All of Taylor's links will be in the description. A link to buy the book will be in the description. Check it out. It is so, so, so good. I'm going to be sharing, if it's okay, a couple of my favorite quotes on the Instagram post for this. Thank you. There's one I kept screenshotting. It literally has, like, do not copy across the page. But I'm like, it's just so cute. We'll get you an actual copy of it. I'll take a picture of the real book. Yeah, we'll get you a real book. We'll get you a real one. Also, get the book from your local bookstore if you can.

1:36:23Obviously, do that. I just listed all the most obvious places to get it. Go shop small. Mom pop shops. We love them too. Exactly. If they have it. If they have it. And if they don't, ask for it. Thank you, guys. Until next time. Bye.

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