Women's Day

[00:00:01] Speaker A: Alrighty. Alrighty, everybody. Welcome back to another episode of the Human Podcast. So this has been a wild week for me. I've been working non fucking stop. I, of course, am Alex the truck, your intrepid host. We also got my wife. Wife. [00:00:22] Speaker B: My meal this weekend is not as good as last time's. [00:00:25] Speaker A: And then, yeah, she's weird. [00:00:28] Speaker C: I'm here. [00:00:29] Speaker A: And then Courtney over there, as always, you know the deal if you're here for the first time. Well, thank you for clicking on this shit. If you are a returning guest, why? Really? Why? Why are you back? Thank you. But you're crazy. Maybe you want to hear what I say. Last night, yesterday was Friday. We record this a day early. And it was International Woman's Day. I don't know if women knew that, but probably not because we try and hide it from know these damn women. [00:01:10] Speaker B: I mean, I knew it. Courtney, did you? [00:01:13] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:01:14] Speaker B: Thank God. [00:01:16] Speaker C: Yes. It's annoying. [00:01:18] Speaker A: So on Friday, I go out and party. I go to the pool hall and all that bullshit. And I was walking down to the billiards hall and I walk into my normal bar because it's like the bartender sees me. It's like I'm like, fuck, I have to at least go in and show my face now. They saw me. It's undeniable, which you see everybody walking past like, oh, I know that guy. And so I walk into my normal bar and we immediately start coming up with a plan to do Jello wrestling this summer behind the bar owner's back, which is a great fucking time. I am in the baby stages of making this happen. But if I can get your own. [00:02:17] Speaker B: Jello or are you going to buy it premade? [00:02:20] Speaker A: We're just going to have like five gallon buckets of Jello. [00:02:23] Speaker B: And just how are you going to fill the buckets? Where's the Jello going to come from? [00:02:27] Speaker A: Everyone's going to bring some Jello, like. [00:02:29] Speaker B: Stormmate Jello or are they going to make their own Jello? [00:02:31] Speaker A: Make your own Jello. It's a special kind of jello. It's not stormy. Yeah, that'd be a problem. [00:02:38] Speaker B: People are going to make the jello for you. [00:02:41] Speaker A: No, you can just buy it from Amazon. You can buy like a whole Jello mix and just add water. Don't worry about it. It'll be fine. Do not worry about it. You won't be there. You will not be there. Don't worry. [00:02:54] Speaker B: I do not want to be there. [00:02:56] Speaker A: You will not be. No, no. [00:02:57] Speaker B: Thank God. [00:03:00] Speaker A: So don't worry about the semantics on how it's going to happen. We are fucking dumb shit. [00:03:08] Speaker B: I thought you were going to try to make this happen when we're down in Durango. [00:03:11] Speaker A: No. [00:03:12] Speaker B: Okay, thank God. [00:03:13] Speaker A: It's probably going to be before then. [00:03:15] Speaker B: Thank God. I was like, do you really want. [00:03:17] Speaker A: Okay, no, it's going to be a Monday. [00:03:21] Speaker B: I feel so much better now. [00:03:23] Speaker A: Why would you think I would invite you? [00:03:25] Speaker B: Because you said, when we're down in Durango, which to me, I. [00:03:29] Speaker A: When I am down in, like, when me and my friends that live in Durango, the people that live there, I am so relieved. Yeah. I've thoroughly explained this to my wife, that she will not be there, that it'll probably be in a month that we're not even down in Durango together. [00:03:57] Speaker B: I was agreeing with you, but I was also explaining my own confusion because I thought it was funny. [00:04:01] Speaker A: Exactly. My wife is crazy. But yeah, let me finish my fucking story. So we're planning fucking that. I'm just moving on because my wife derailed the entire fucking thing on purpose. Jesus fucking Christ. And then women were like, let me tell you my story. Do you know this guy Tom from like three years ago? Yeah, Tom. He has kind of a balding head. You know Tom? Yeah. He has a weird eyebrows. You know Tom. You and Tom go way back. It's like, well, so three years ago, Tom bought a dog. And it's like, that is how women's stories go. And it takes forever. And it's like, you come back, like the next day. She's still like, and so Tom had a dog and his dog had dogs. It's like, jesus Christ, come back, like six years later. And so that's how Tom got rid of those dogs. [00:05:07] Speaker B: So the bitch had puppies. [00:05:09] Speaker A: I'm making up a made up story to make fun of how women tell stories. [00:05:15] Speaker B: I know, but you said the dogs had dogs. So did the bitch have puppies? [00:05:18] Speaker A: I don't know. I made up a story. It is a made up story that does not exist. There is no Tom. He does not have a dog. Does not exist. 0% chance of that ever happening. [00:05:30] Speaker B: Puppies. [00:05:31] Speaker A: Okay, sure. I go down to the billiards hall to have a good time and play some pool and all that bullshit, and I tell everyone, and I have one friend. He is one of these fuck the government types. He's a big fan of Ted Kaczynski. And I tell him my plan to have this jello wrestling and his jewish side pops the fuck on out. And he's like, well, that's going to break the law. I don't want to break the law. I don't want to go to jail. That might send me to jail. I'm like, what? Yeah, I know. I'm like sitting here making fun of him the entire time for this. I'm like, this will not send you to fucking jail to have. I'm going to be the one in charge of it. I'm just telling you and seeing if you want to participate. There's no shot that they're going to bring you to jail for diving around in some jello in the back of a bar on a patio. Fuck off. And he's like, I don't want to do it if we're not all above board. I'm like, okay, how's this? I'll get insurance. He's like, oh, okay. I love insurance. I'm like, fucking Jews every goddamn time. Like the rest of my friends are just like debaucherous pieces of shit. They're like, yeah, we're down. We don't even care. We'll do it. Like cool. And so since it was International Women's Day, my friend Shelby decided to get drunk. She was also at the Billiards hall. She was down to do some jello wrestling and she's like a five foot two. She's like a hobbit. Would you say that that is accurate? [00:07:39] Speaker B: My height does not even grant me hobbit. I am fairy, so at least she gets to be hobit. [00:07:45] Speaker A: She's a little hobbit person. Tiny little fucking person. And three beers is going to fuck her up. She was just drinking gin and tonics all night long. [00:07:57] Speaker B: I love a good gin and tonic. Do they have a good gin and tonic there? [00:08:01] Speaker A: I don't know. I don't like gin. [00:08:03] Speaker B: I'll test it. [00:08:04] Speaker A: It's awful. Who the fuck. [00:08:07] Speaker B: It's an acquired taste. [00:08:10] Speaker A: I'll drink rum, gin, tequila and vodka all together. Sure, I'll do that. I'll do some Amf fucking Long island iced tea bullshit. But I will not fucking bring myself down to just drink gin. Like I crack open my little fridge here. I got tequila and rum and beer in my fridge. [00:08:29] Speaker B: There's something wrong with not being able to appreciate it. [00:08:33] Speaker A: I don't even know what plant gin comes from. [00:08:36] Speaker B: I think it comes from an elderberry, but I could be wrong. [00:08:39] Speaker A: Yeah, that seems awful. I don't want an elderberry. [00:08:42] Speaker B: Have you ever had elderberries? [00:08:44] Speaker A: No. [00:08:44] Speaker B: Oh, I haven't either. [00:08:46] Speaker A: Then you can't complain. [00:08:47] Speaker B: I'm not complaining. I like. [00:08:50] Speaker A: Yeah, she was drinking gin and tonics all night long trying to get through this story so we can actually get to the actual podcast. And when Shelby drinks, she turns into a little Olympian. Like, she loves running. [00:09:06] Speaker B: Oh, God. [00:09:07] Speaker A: And, like, jumping and all kinds of crazy shit while drunk. [00:09:12] Speaker B: Wait, that's a real thing? I thought it was just made up on TV. [00:09:15] Speaker A: No, this is very real. She's the drunkest little Olympian. It is a thing that I've seen multiple fucking times. [00:09:22] Speaker B: I thought it was just like a TV thing. [00:09:24] Speaker A: No. [00:09:25] Speaker B: Oh, my God. [00:09:27] Speaker A: And so I'm sitting there with my budy Brad, and this is her husband. I'm just, like, sitting there. I'm like, your wife's like a fucking little toddler. She's going to fall off the sidewalk and die. And we're just going to sit here and watch, and it's going to be really awful. Watch your life get ruined. He's like, now be fine. Don't let her get too far away, because she's just drunk and just stumbling, dropping her vape nonstop, dropping all of her stuff. She dropped the belt off of her jacket. Like, she has one of those jackets that it's not a trench coat, but has a belt, like a trench coat, whatever. She's dropping everything just left and fucking right. I'm just watching her just drop all this bullshit, making fun of her and picking up all this shit that she's dropping. I dropped my vape. Brad's like, I got your vape. I got it. And then she gets to the crosswalk, falls down on the ground, drops everything again. I'm like, oh, Jesus Christ. [00:10:48] Speaker B: This is what happens when you don't have pockets. [00:10:50] Speaker A: She did. She did have pockets. [00:10:53] Speaker B: Oh, that's worse. [00:10:54] Speaker A: Yeah, she was that fucked up. And so we're just kind of, like, following behind and letting know, do her drunken toddler thing. And I spot a. And he makes a weird turn. I'm like, that's not a fucking place that cops go. And I look at my friend Brad. I'm like, that cop's about to fucking bust her. So I'm like, oh, shit. And so we kind of hurry up and get around the corner to where she is, and she's just sitting there mortified, standing there with a cop. And the cop looks at us, he's like, do you know her? Yeah. Like, yes. He's like, ma'am, do you know these gentlemen? [00:11:46] Speaker B: It's a good question to ask, though. [00:11:48] Speaker A: I'm like, I fully appreciate this cop, but I'm like, oh, shit. Because if Shelby was fucked up or funny at all. She'd be like, I don't know them at all, officer. Take them both to jail. I'd have been pissed off, but I'd have been, like, laughing in the back of the cop. Your wife is such a bitch. Oh, my God. And she's just, like, sitting there, starting to cry a little bit. I'm like, oh, man, she's going to get a drunk in public. It's going to be a whole thing. No, the cop was just, like, making sure that she was not about to get assaulted by a. I'm like, that's a good. Like, that's the only police work I've ever seen done in Durango. That's the only shit I've ever fucking seen. Like, they'll walk in the bar every now and again and know just their hands up in their pits and just being, we're looking for somebody, and then they leave. Like, they don't find who the fuck they're looking for. I'm like, why would they be at a bar? [00:12:57] Speaker B: So is their hands on their pits because that's where their guns are? [00:12:59] Speaker A: No. [00:13:00] Speaker B: Oh, they don't have shoulder thingies. Then why do they put their hands there? [00:13:05] Speaker A: Is it comfortable? No. [00:13:06] Speaker B: What are they anticipating? Being ready to grab if needed. That's like a pose for a purpose. [00:13:13] Speaker A: It's just comfortable? Yeah, if I have a backpack on, of course. I don't know. It's a weird fucking thing. [00:13:23] Speaker B: They have to be, like, ready to reach something. [00:13:26] Speaker A: Well, they're fucking far away from their gun, but, yeah, this officer is like, do you know these gentlemen? And I'm like, fuck, here we go. And she's like, yeah, that's my husband. That's my friend. And she's just, like, just sticking by us for the rest of the night. It's like, probably a quarter mile back to her place. I'm like, and then she texts me today. Let me pull up the actual text because it was great. She's like, did I actually get pulled over by the cops last night? I blacked out. I'm like, yes, because a shady brown guy and a skinny white guy was following you. And God damn. It's just that. [00:14:32] Speaker C: So she didn't get a DUI. [00:14:35] Speaker A: We weren't driving. We were walking. But you can still get a drunk in public, an intoxicated in public ticket for being intoxicated in public. [00:14:47] Speaker C: I found it so weird that people had that rule, but then I realized they probably use it to get someone or for someone who actually is too drunk in public. [00:15:00] Speaker A: Yeah. If you're being a fucking problem in public and going to a Walmart drunk as shit and be like, fuck you, Walmart. And taking bags of chips and ripping them, it's like, okay, here's a drunken. It's just an extra charge that they can add on. And it's like, yeah, here. This is a fucking Darwin award. Fuck you, asshole. [00:15:23] Speaker B: What do I look like when I'm drunk? Am I like Shelby? [00:15:30] Speaker A: Yeah, you're exactly the same. [00:15:32] Speaker B: Like, I get around and, like, jump off shit. [00:15:34] Speaker A: Well, you don't get around jump off shit. Like you pee in planters and shit like that. [00:15:39] Speaker B: Okay. I only did that once. Okay. And that was like, I was like, 19. Okay. I haven't done that since. [00:15:47] Speaker A: Yeah. You know that the legal drinking age is 21. [00:15:50] Speaker C: Alex totally did. [00:15:51] Speaker B: Yeah, once. [00:15:52] Speaker C: Alex has totally done something else. [00:15:54] Speaker B: What else have I done? [00:15:56] Speaker C: I think you just fell over a lot and then you talked forever for a while, and then you kind of just died off and then you came back again. It was when I was visiting Georgia and we ended up getting caught at Walmart right after I turned 18, so. [00:16:20] Speaker B: Stupid. [00:16:25] Speaker A: Dummies. [00:16:26] Speaker B: So I'm not like a mean drunk, right? [00:16:28] Speaker A: No. [00:16:29] Speaker B: Thank God. That's all that matters. [00:16:33] Speaker A: It takes so much fucking liquor to get me drunk, which is a problem. And when I get too drunk, I just get tired. [00:16:46] Speaker B: Yeah, you pass out. [00:16:48] Speaker A: I'm just like. You can tell when I've cut myself off. If I'm sitting in a corner just playing Sudoku. If you ever catch me just sitting in the corner playing sudoku, that means I've had enough to drink and I'm tired now. My social battery is just about out, and I'm trying to keep the last little bit. [00:17:14] Speaker B: It's nice to fall asleep from drinking too much. [00:17:17] Speaker A: Yeah. No, I love it. It's the fucking tits. [00:17:21] Speaker B: It's real nice. I'm a functional alcoholic, right? [00:17:28] Speaker A: You're not an alcoholic. [00:17:29] Speaker B: I'm not. Well, I guess I'm not taking vodka to work. [00:17:35] Speaker A: Here's the thing with alcoholism. It's like everyone gets to define it themselves. If you think you're an alcoholic, you're an alcoholic. If you don't think it's a problem, it's not a problem. If other people think it's a problem, then it probably is a problem. Look at it your own self. I'm not going to put it on me or on anybody else to be like, hey, I'm going to judge you for what you do. [00:18:02] Speaker B: So I made a decision to not drink on work. Nights, right? It's been a fucking struggle not drinking. It's been awful. And I feel like it's a good thing that I'm doing this now, then, if I'm struggling this much, as opposed to further down the road. But I'm kind of disappointed in myself that it's been such a struggle to not drink four out of the nights of the week after drinking every single night because I don't want to use it as a coping mechanism. It's been hard, and I feel like that's a good thing but also a bad thing. [00:18:40] Speaker A: I attempted to do, like, a sober February, and it just didn't work out. Like, one of my friends is dealing with her DUI, and I'm like, shit, that sucks. I'll do a sober February with you. And I didn't. I'm a bad person, but neither did she. It was her birthday month. So I'm like, okay, we'll try again next month. [00:19:06] Speaker B: But the whole thing is, like, making little excuses and being like, oh, I'll be better next weekend. Literally. I just have to make sure there's no alcohol in the house that I want to drink on my work nights, and therefore I don't have to fucking worry about fighting against myself. [00:19:19] Speaker A: Yeah, I'll have a beer to go to bed. Okay. [00:19:25] Speaker B: It's been rough, and I'm kind of disappointed in myself, but also, I'm, like, three weeks in, and it's a little easier now. [00:19:35] Speaker A: I mean, like, kicking a vice is a very difficult thing to do. Kicking, like, something that you enjoy doing that sends dopamine to your brain. Like, yes, nice. I walk into a bar, any of my bars, and they're like, okay, here's your beer. [00:19:57] Speaker B: Beer is delicious. Yeah, beer is so yummy. But I read too many studies talking about how it can increase your anxiety. And I realized when I got drunk after a work night, I sat and I stewed about all the stuff that went wrong that day and just made myself worse. [00:20:15] Speaker A: Yeah, I don't get drunk now. [00:20:17] Speaker B: I don't do that, and I don't stew about work. I'm able to focus more on good things. Alcohol is not a good coping mechanism, but it's so yummy. So now I'm drinking, like, more on the weekends than I was before. Like, I'm making up for it, and that's also not good. But also, as long as I drink all the alcohol I just bought, there's nothing on the week. Right. Well, it's like, that's also lying to myself. [00:20:44] Speaker A: For me, I just don't do meth or coke or any of those drugs anymore. I'm like, good. I'll take the victories where I can. I'm still going to drink. [00:20:59] Speaker B: Oh, drinking is not a bad thing. I'm just disgusted with myself. [00:21:02] Speaker A: Well, I mean, drinking for some people can be a bad thing, and some people are like, okay, I am an alcoholic. I need help. And wherever you see the problem is, is where your problem is. I'm not going to be like, well, that's not a problem. You're not an alcoholic. If you believe you're an alcoholic and you need help, go get help. Don't try and discredit somebody else because you don't agree with their definition. It's like, oh, that hurts. And it's like, well, that wouldn't hurt to me. It's like, well, it hurts to me. So that's what that's going to be. [00:21:44] Speaker B: Pain is pain. [00:21:45] Speaker A: Pain is pain. Definitions are definitions. Go ahead. And if you want to get help, go get help. [00:21:53] Speaker B: Pain is pain. [00:21:58] Speaker A: I can say this. I used to use a lot of drugs, and I was able to get out of it without rehab. I didn't do any of the programs, any of the dumb bullshit, because I never saw it as a problem for myself. And I'm like, okay, cool, I can put this all down. Done. I can put down meth for the rest of my life. Done. Coke for the rest of my life. Done. Because there's fentanyl and other bullshit in it. I'm like, but it's like, I like having shit more than doing that now. There's psychedelics, so it's not all cut out. Let's not be ridiculous now. [00:22:45] Speaker B: But it's not meth and coke. There's like a difference. [00:22:47] Speaker A: Exactly. So I'm like, cool. I can not do that, but still have a couple of vices. And I don't see myself as too big of an alcoholic. I just enjoy it. [00:23:05] Speaker B: Beer tastes delicious. Beer tastes so good. [00:23:11] Speaker A: But let's keep this gravy train running with some fucking crazy ass news in Ohio. Oh, yeah, no one cares. We're not from that fucking hillbilly redneck. [00:23:27] Speaker B: But it's so much fun to say. I like the noise and the way it leaves my mouth when I say, oh. [00:23:34] Speaker A: It's because they don't know how to say it because they're fucking dumb. [00:23:37] Speaker B: H is a wonderful sound to end a word on. [00:23:42] Speaker A: But dead Ohio man's roommate drove his body to withdraw money from his bank account. So what? [00:23:53] Speaker B: Yes. [00:23:54] Speaker A: Two roommates of a recently deceased man were each charged with abusing a corpse after propping up his body to withdraw money from the bank. So he essentially weakened at Bernie's, this man, to go steal his money. [00:24:12] Speaker B: Abusing a corpse is a sentence that's amazing. [00:24:17] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. Like, if someone dies and you move their body, abusing a corpse. [00:24:23] Speaker B: Legal words are cool, but also secret. [00:24:28] Speaker A: But what's even better is you think that this would be some, like, young kids. [00:24:33] Speaker B: No, it's got to be old dudes. Only they would fucking try to pull this off. [00:24:37] Speaker A: The pair, Loreen B. Farallo, 55, and Karen Kashboom, 63. [00:24:45] Speaker B: It was a set of Karen. Wait, are they lesbians? [00:24:49] Speaker A: No, it's Loreen. [00:24:51] Speaker B: Isn't that a woman's name? [00:24:53] Speaker A: Maybe. I don't know. [00:24:54] Speaker B: I thought it was. [00:24:59] Speaker A: Yeah. They just took him to the bank, and with the help of a third unnamed person, the roommates carried the body to the front seat of the dead man's car so the bank staff could see him, and then drove to their familiar bank branch, where they withdrew an undisclosed. They got away with the money. [00:25:17] Speaker B: What? [00:25:19] Speaker A: The pair previously withdrew money from the man's account with him president and approving. Um. The alleged caper unraveled when the duo dropped the body off at the medical center after the withdrawal and left quickly without giving the hospital staff information about the man. Oh, yeah. He was Douglas layman, an 80 year old dude. [00:25:50] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. [00:25:54] Speaker A: So, yeah, he was old. Died of old age. [00:26:03] Speaker B: I wouldn't mind if they offed him. [00:26:05] Speaker A: I want to know how much money they got away with. That's the real fucking. Have they got all of his money? Like, he had, like, a quarter million dollars in his bank account. [00:26:14] Speaker B: I mean, he is Boomer age. [00:26:19] Speaker A: The third person does, like, an impression. Yeah. Give me a quarter and give me all the money in my bank account. And they sign for them. [00:26:30] Speaker B: They went through the window thing where they talk to you? [00:26:32] Speaker A: Yes. [00:26:33] Speaker B: Oh, I don't use those. [00:26:38] Speaker A: I've had to use them a couple of times. And as a kid, you remember, like, the little fucking tubes that you put them in? They shoot, like, vacuum up. [00:26:50] Speaker B: No. [00:26:50] Speaker A: You've never seen bank tubes? [00:26:53] Speaker B: Like the ones with a little capsule in it? Yeah, I don't use those either. [00:26:58] Speaker A: I've always wanted to use one, but I've always been too nervous. [00:27:02] Speaker B: I think they're stupid. [00:27:05] Speaker A: I feel like I'm going to screw something up, like, put in my phone or something. And. Why did you send us your phone? I'm sorry? Send it back. [00:27:16] Speaker B: I've only ever seen old people using it. So I'm like, oh, it's for the retards. [00:27:21] Speaker A: And then they're like, I'm going to just screw up too many times. They're like, please, sir, just come inside. And then I have to come inside. And they all just talking about me. Like, retarded guy, just trying to get money out of his account. [00:27:34] Speaker B: It's an interesting atmosphere when you walk into a bank. [00:27:38] Speaker A: Yeah, they have fucking dumb dumbs, because that's what you are if you're having to walk into a bank. [00:27:44] Speaker B: One time I was at a bank, and an old dude passed out and I caught him, and I was like, shit, this old dude. And so they called the police and stuff. And afterwards, some random lady walked up to me and she was like, oh, my God, thank you so much for catching him. And I'm like, if it wasn't me, whoever in my shoes would have caught him, too. I didn't need to be thanked for it. That creeped me out. [00:28:06] Speaker A: You should have just let him fall. [00:28:07] Speaker B: Nah. Okay. If my grandpa was falling and the option was for someone to catch him or not catch him, I'd prefer someone catched him. If it was my grandpa, you should be there. [00:28:19] Speaker A: Whoever is like, grandpa's dead. [00:28:21] Speaker B: I can't be with him. [00:28:24] Speaker A: Well, when he would go to a bank, just go there. Give him a fucking wheelchair. Okay. I have evil thoughts on old people. I feel like after you turn 70 years old, every five years, from 70, so 70, 75 every five years, you should have to get a physical and have someone in the car while you drive around. Like, kind of like a little quick driving test, and they check your eyesight and all that bullshit. They don't retest you. They just make sure that you can still drive good. And if you cannot drive good, you lose your license. And if you decide not to show up, you lose your license. [00:29:06] Speaker B: My grandma reached 60. She was like, that's it. I'm not driving no more. And so basically, she never drove again. Like, someone drove her somewhere or she took the bus or some shit. But she was like, I ain't driving no more. And I'm like, I respect that, grandma. I respect that. [00:29:20] Speaker C: Yeah. Maybe she realized she just couldn't drive effectively anymore. [00:29:25] Speaker B: Okay, so my grandma didn't learn to drive until she was, like, 32. [00:29:30] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:29:31] Speaker B: So it was never good for her from the beginning. [00:29:35] Speaker C: Yeah. That's how my grandpa Steve, he got in a car accident because he stole the keys, because he was told that he couldn't drive again, but he was being stubborn and stole the keys and ended up getting in a car accident. [00:29:53] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean, if you're an old person and you crash and die and kill another family as well, it's like, oh, well, tough for you. But guess what? Now that other family that had their entire life ahead of them dies too, and you're a piece of shit. There's literally no recourse for it. [00:30:14] Speaker B: One time, this lady came into my clinic, and she was asking us where one of her cat was, but the cat was, like, dead. The cat died, like, seven years ago. And the way she talked, it just wasn't quite right. And thank the Lord, but her daughter was on her account. So we called her daughter, and we're like, we think you need to come get your mom. She was, like, 80. You need to come get your mom. Something's wrong. And she freaked the fuck out because her mother was in a home. Her mother was supposed to be in a home because she had dementia. Somehow she got out of the home and drove to our clinic for one of her dead cats. She somehow escaped the home and then somehow drove to us. It was, like, super freaky. [00:30:55] Speaker C: What car did she even take? [00:30:57] Speaker B: It was her car. She had, like, a GMC something. It was, like a truck type thing. The doctor was freaking out, and so I convinced the lady to come sit down in the lobby and wait for us to bring our cat out to her. Be like, I lied to her. I'm like, okay, yeah, we'll be bringing your kitty out soon. So I basically stalled her until her daughter got here. And, oh, my God, her daughter was so thankful. [00:31:21] Speaker A: One of my favorite things about some old people homes is they have a fake bus stop, which is brilliant out front to where people go out there and sit there and wait for the bus that never comes. [00:31:35] Speaker B: And then I saw that video, and I knew that's how to work with her. I saw that video and I was like, oh, that's how you do it? And I mimicked her. It's a really good. I love the shit she posts. [00:31:47] Speaker A: Well, I love the video of the pregnant woman at the bus stop. And the old dude's like, oh, how far along are you? [00:31:55] Speaker B: Oh, it's so sad. [00:31:57] Speaker A: I'm like, man, if I had a kid, I would do that all the time and just fuck with them. Like, oh, no, my dad's losing it. And I just fully be there and. [00:32:12] Speaker B: Just like, even if I was with you, who I thought would be a good father, I still wouldn't have kids. [00:32:20] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:32:21] Speaker A: I mean, every time I see someone with kids, they're happy that they have them. They're like, I love my kid. But you see, it takes something from them. Like, you have to give a part of yourself to be a good, effective parent. [00:32:41] Speaker B: Yeah. It's a responsibility having children. Okay, so I'm watching season four blown away, right? There's an episode where they have to get inspiration from kids photos. And my favorite artist is like, I like children when I can give them back to their humans. And I'm like, oh, my God, I vibe with her. [00:33:00] Speaker A: Yeah, no, that's exactly it. It's like, I don't want. [00:33:03] Speaker B: They need to be returnable. [00:33:10] Speaker A: I see people with, like, six kids. [00:33:13] Speaker B: And I feel so bad for the mother. [00:33:19] Speaker A: This is awful. One of my best friends in the world, Ben, he has, like, five kids, and we talk all the time. He's like, I can't go on vacation. I can't do anything. Just for me, I don't get free time. For me. It's just you're constantly on duty. [00:33:40] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:33:40] Speaker A: You are on duty from. [00:33:44] Speaker B: And that is so much work and dedication and patience, and I couldn't do that. [00:33:49] Speaker A: Yeah. You're sacrificing your entire being to give this kid 18 years so they can be a productive member of society. [00:34:01] Speaker B: Well, that's just how you and me see it. Your bestie's perspective is completely different. [00:34:07] Speaker A: No, he sees it the same way too. He's like, yeah, no, it's worth it to sacrifice. But he has me to complain to if at any point he's like, hey, I need to blow off some steam. It's like, I'll make fun of him. Oh, wow. I like coming in women. Oh, that's so. It looks just like me and her combined. Isn't that neat? [00:34:38] Speaker B: Oh, my God. [00:34:38] Speaker A: And then the novelty wears off in, like, six months. [00:34:42] Speaker B: You're Ben's mochi. [00:34:44] Speaker A: Yeah, it's just that. Yeah, the novelty of a baby wears off quick. [00:34:55] Speaker B: There is no liking a fucking infant. They're disgusting and loud. [00:35:03] Speaker A: Yeah. And you have to constantly take care of them, and I'll never do it. [00:35:08] Speaker B: They're so loud. [00:35:10] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:35:14] Speaker A: And then people have the audacity to bring them on planes. I feel like there should be, like, baby flights. [00:35:21] Speaker B: There used to be a company that was for flying pets exclusively. It was just pets, so it wouldn't fucking work. Also, I feel like they would be able to be like, that's discrimination. Like, get the courts involved. [00:35:39] Speaker A: No, just have, like, a baby flight or make it. They already discriminated against age. They say, hey, you can't drive a car until you're fucking 16 years old. You can't have a job until you're fucking, like, 16 years old. You can't do this until you're this age. You can't do that until you're this age. You can't drink alcohol until you're 21. That's discrimination. Why can't a kid drink alcohol? Oh, because he'll fucking damage their brain and maybe kill them too much. [00:36:08] Speaker B: Yes, a sip here and there. [00:36:10] Speaker A: No, if you give even a little bit of alcohol to, like, a fucking infant, he'll kill them very easily. [00:36:18] Speaker B: Okay, there's infants, and then there's, like, six, seven year olds. [00:36:22] Speaker A: Yeah, like, they can have a sip of beer, but it damages their developing brain. [00:36:28] Speaker B: My dad gave me wine because he's hoping it would make me not turn into an alcoholic. Is that why I'm autistic? [00:36:36] Speaker A: No, you're autistic because you got vaccinated. [00:36:38] Speaker B: I may get autistic. [00:36:42] Speaker C: Was Alex even vaccinated? [00:36:45] Speaker A: I wasn't. [00:36:46] Speaker C: She was okay. [00:36:47] Speaker B: No, my parents turned into antivaxxers, and so I had to wait until I was 18 to get fucking vaccines so I could sign for it myself. [00:36:55] Speaker C: See, I thought so. I thought so. [00:36:58] Speaker A: See, my mom. My mom did take me in to get vaccines. She was a good mother. [00:37:02] Speaker B: Well, yeah, you're a baby. [00:37:03] Speaker A: There's like, oh, no, I was a child. Like, I got the chickenpox vaccine and all that kind of. [00:37:09] Speaker B: You got the chickenpox vaccine? Yeah, I didn't get it. Should I have had chickenpox by now? [00:37:16] Speaker C: You haven't had chickenpox? [00:37:17] Speaker B: No, I don't think so. [00:37:19] Speaker C: Thank goodness. At least you don't have to deal with shingles. [00:37:24] Speaker B: I mean, but chickenpox is like, pox, pox, right? It's just like. [00:37:28] Speaker C: You've had chickenpox? [00:37:30] Speaker B: I did. Okay. [00:37:31] Speaker C: I think you have, yeah. [00:37:33] Speaker B: Oh, I'm going to get shingles when I get old. I survived the pox. How the fuck did my shitty immune system pull that shit off? [00:37:42] Speaker A: Everyone survives the pox. It's just itchy. [00:37:45] Speaker B: Yeah, like hoof and mouth disease. [00:37:48] Speaker A: I don't know what that is, but. [00:37:50] Speaker C: No, they're just itchy. Like, basically, you have mosquito bites all over your body. [00:37:56] Speaker B: That sounds very uncomfortable. [00:37:57] Speaker A: It was sucked. [00:38:01] Speaker B: So am I going to get shingles now? [00:38:05] Speaker C: You don't have to. [00:38:08] Speaker B: No. [00:38:08] Speaker A: Maybe. I don't know. [00:38:09] Speaker C: And they have a vaccine for it now, so you can take the vaccine. [00:38:13] Speaker A: Well, I guess I'm getting fucking shingles because I can get that vaccine. [00:38:16] Speaker B: Shingles is painful, right? [00:38:18] Speaker A: God, I hope so. [00:38:19] Speaker C: Oh, yeah, it is. I caught it when I first moved into Cassandra. [00:38:25] Speaker A: What is shingles? Like? What is it? [00:38:28] Speaker C: So it's like a rash that's really, like, it's super painful and can be itchy. It's from your nerves. So the chickenpox virus gets in your nerves and then mutates, and then it becomes a rash on the surface of your skin. So it's really painful because you have the nerve pain and stuff, and it's just really painful. I got it on my back, and once my immune system got better and I wasn't so stressed out living with Cassandra, my patch of shingles went away. It's like, red and interesting. [00:39:18] Speaker A: Yeah, I've never had that. [00:39:21] Speaker B: That sounds awful. [00:39:25] Speaker A: But, yeah, I definitely had chickenpox. I remember we had, like, chickenpox parties. They were like one parent to bring their kid over to another kid's house, and that also had chickenpox. And we'd hang out because we're allowed to, because it's like we can't get pregnant again type of shit. And I have this vivid fucking memory, and it's like the only snippet of what fucking happened. I remember my mom bringing me over to one of my friend's houses and my friend was like, sitting under a blanket with chickenpox, like one of those fucking quilted blankets. And I remember just like a little finger popping out. [00:40:19] Speaker B: Shingles is herpes. What? Yeah, it's a herpes virus. What? Yeah, sorry, darling. It's fine, though. It's not like genital herpes. That's different. [00:40:34] Speaker A: No genital herpes, though. [00:40:36] Speaker B: Ew. If I had herpes, would you fuck me? Yeah, you would? [00:40:42] Speaker C: No, it's the. Alex. [00:40:45] Speaker B: What? [00:40:46] Speaker C: Like, it's not the herpes that you're in, Courtney. [00:40:50] Speaker B: Yes, it's herpes. Cats have, like, it's a virus. [00:40:54] Speaker C: Yeah, but it's not like the. It's the same virus that causes chickenpox. [00:41:03] Speaker B: Courtney, I know you're talking to the medical professional. I know how viruses work. [00:41:07] Speaker A: I don't know how viruses work, but. [00:41:12] Speaker B: Everybody has herpes. Cats have herpes. [00:41:14] Speaker A: It lives in their. I don't have herpes. [00:41:16] Speaker B: Yes, you do. [00:41:16] Speaker A: Not. [00:41:17] Speaker B: Well, yeah, you don't have genital herpes. You don't have herpes. That makes obvious skin phenotypes. [00:41:27] Speaker A: Is there, like, more types of herpes now? [00:41:29] Speaker B: Yeah, herpes is just. Okay. Herpes is like a family. There's different types. [00:41:34] Speaker C: Yeah. So it's the type of virus yeah, it's called varicella zoster virus. [00:41:44] Speaker A: That sucks. [00:41:47] Speaker C: Yes. [00:41:52] Speaker A: Whatever. [00:41:55] Speaker C: If you look it up, that's what was on my back. Like I had a patch, like right above my bra strap. [00:42:02] Speaker B: Oh my God. Oh, that's awful. [00:42:05] Speaker C: It hurt really bad. And it looks exactly like what they show in the picture. [00:42:13] Speaker B: Oh, I'm so sorry. It was next to your bra strap. That's awful. [00:42:17] Speaker C: Yeah, it was so horrible. [00:42:25] Speaker B: That's awful. [00:42:31] Speaker A: See, I don't have to deal with any of this bullshit. Yeah, nothing. [00:42:38] Speaker C: You get it though? [00:42:40] Speaker A: I get a bunch of shit. [00:42:42] Speaker B: But Alex doesn't wear bras. I mean, he could. [00:42:47] Speaker C: Well, I mean, it'll most likely be his pants. That will be annoying because it follows your spine and stuff. [00:42:56] Speaker A: I wear fucking suspenders so I don't like the pants aren't like pressing in on me. [00:43:04] Speaker B: You're hot in your suspenders. [00:43:05] Speaker A: I like them. [00:43:07] Speaker B: They look nice. [00:43:12] Speaker A: All right, let's get back onto some fucking news because we've already busted through 43 minutes of this podcast. Holy shit. Nine dead in Wisconsin. So the entire population of Wisconsin is now dead, as they should be. Kitty. Yeah, that's like just an unfucking. It's a puma, it's a mountain lion, but has nothing to do with that story. So, nine dead in a Wisconsin crash between Semi in a van. So this one reached out to me because it makes me think of all this shit I want to do. So apparently a van was struck by a tractor trailer on the interstate in Wisconsin. Blah, blah, blah. There's ten people involved, nine of them dead. The dude that was driving the truck dead, and eight of the nine in the fucking van dead. I'm sure that fucking 9th person is also going to die too. Do not fuck around and find out. Like, imagine being the driver of that van, just being a dumb piece of shit. [00:44:33] Speaker B: Like, what happened? [00:44:36] Speaker A: Well, they, they don't know. It just says the van was struck by the tractor trailer on the interstate. I'm sure that the van was just being slow or just being a dumb piece of shit, or fucking brake checking or fucking doing dickhead behavior. [00:44:50] Speaker B: I'm also automatically blaming the van. Why have I done that? [00:44:54] Speaker A: I'm automatically blaming the van as someone that fucking drives trucks for a living. I'm automatically blaming the van, like, how the fuck dare you? It's like the van is like in pretty good fucking shape, all things considered. And like, the fucking truck is all kinds of fucked up, which tells me that the truck tried to avoid it. So either a, the truck was coming up and like, the van was just stopped on the road, which was like pretty much my entire fucking day today. I was driving down the road and it's like, hey, fucking people are doing 35. Like, one dude was doing ten on the road. The roads were dry. Now to be fair, up on Wolf Creek it was a little bit slushy, but yeah, no, the roads were completely fucking dry. And this dude was just doing 35 miles an hour. And then when I go to pass him, he like, speeds the fuck up. And at that point I just wanted to be like, and just knock him on, fuck off the road and just make him roll a bunch of fucking times and then get out and make sure he's dead. Because at that point you're just being a fucking dickhead and you want to earn your Darwin award. So, yes, I am 100% blaming the van. My one fuck goes out to this truck driver. Hopefully they didn't release any of the names, but hopefully you're in a better place not fucking driving truck, or you're burning in hell driving a truck. But yes, I guarantee you is either the van was going too slow, the van tried to pass, couldn't quite fucking make it, cut back over, fucking struck the front of the truck, pushed the truck over, the truck fucking flipped. The van fucking flipped. And then it was just all over. [00:46:59] Speaker B: Well, it said the eastbound tractor hit the van going northbound. I don't understand what that means. [00:47:05] Speaker A: It means they fucking t bound, but you can be going northeast. So, yeah, I'm blaming the fucking van on this. There was a fucking video of this car just blowing through a red light. And this fucking triple was just going through the fucking green light and just t boned it perfectly. Just boom. And just carried it for a quarter mile. Killed the driver immediately. And then the driver's daughter was like, in the car and just like, oh, yeah, you just watched your mom die because your mom's a dumb bitch. And now this fucking truck driver is traumatized for the rest of his fucking life because you didn't want to fucking pay attention. I hate people like this and I see them all the day, every fucking day. Just shitty fucking people that don't give a damn. [00:48:05] Speaker B: It should be harder to get a driver's license. [00:48:07] Speaker A: It should be damn hard to get a driver's license. And it should be easy for you to lose it. And then if you fucking get caught driving without a driver's license, they just take your car and pound it and crush it. [00:48:19] Speaker B: Part of the issue though is we live in driving. Crunch. We don't live in walking country. [00:48:23] Speaker A: Well, fucking do not fuck around and find out. Do not drive drunk. Do not drive high. Don't fuck around with your license. It's like, if you want to fucking live in a driving country, then guess what? You need to fucking have a driver's license and not fuck around and find out. I say give people the three strike rule. It's like, okay, cool, you made a mistake. Happens even with, like, a DUI, you made a mistake. Well, here's going to be what the consequences are, and the consequences remain the same. But there's people that are like, I have 43 DUIs. [00:49:07] Speaker B: It took me three times to get my driver's license. I failed the first two. I wanted to give up, but my parents made me do it a third time and somehow I passed, which I don't think is good. If I failed first two, should I have? [00:49:22] Speaker A: Yeah, you should have kept failing. [00:49:23] Speaker B: Yeah, I know something different happened. [00:49:27] Speaker A: Now I'm sure someone's going to come out of the woodworks and be like, actually, it was the semi that ran a red light and killed the van. It's like, I don't care. But, yeah, so there's one person still, you know? Yeah, Governor Tony Evers. [00:49:56] Speaker B: He literally said, thoughts and prayers. [00:49:58] Speaker A: Yeah, that's it. Our hearts and prayers go to the family and loved ones of all those involved, as well as the first responders who work quickly to provide support at the state. Not enough support because most of them are dead. [00:50:11] Speaker B: They were dead when they got there. [00:50:17] Speaker A: Their condition was not announced. Please stop fucking around and finding out. Please stop being a piece of shit that fucking goes slow on the highway. [00:50:29] Speaker B: They have video. Do they show it? [00:50:31] Speaker A: No, it's just a video from the scene. [00:50:33] Speaker B: Oh, that's disappointing. [00:50:35] Speaker A: And from the air, showed severe damage to both videos. No, they don't have the video out. I'm sure I can find it, but I'm not going to because this is not really a video podcast. It's just kind of an audio podcast until I stop being lazy or I get more days off to really fucking work on this. But I don't get days off. It's like, I got home today, I get tomorrow off and then back at it. 34 hours reset. Suck my dick. Yeah, that was the shit that's pissed me off. Like, this lady over in Washington, a drunk driver crashes into a don't drink and drive sign. [00:51:24] Speaker B: DC or the state? [00:51:26] Speaker A: Washington state. But yeah, they even have the fucking whole ass photo. And it's just like a truck that's just sideways hitting a fucking obviously she survived. Like, the truck's not all fucked up, but it just says, please don't drink and drive. And she's just drunk as fuck. I want to know what her fucking Bac was. [00:51:55] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:51:59] Speaker A: If you see someone driving erratically, please call 911. Do not call 911. I like how this was just like, then it just gives me, like, pictures of fucking plane crashing. Just plane crashes near Bellevue, Washington. But this is just dumb ass fucking people. Dumb ass people all day. And then Florida, obviously, dumbass people. Marlene Lopez, a 52 year old woman, was found in a locked shipping container after she was banging on the door. She went in, fell asleep, and they locked it. And they just use it to store lawn mowers and shit. They think that she walked into the unit passed out. But police are still investigating on how she got into the container and got locked in. I guarantee you she was trying to go in there and steal some shit. And the fucking owner of the company is like, oh, yeah, bitch. And fucking locked her in and then walked away. Because people are shitty. There's too many goddamn shitty people nowadays that will just steal something that doesn't belong to them. They just try and get a leg up and then complain that they're a victim. When they get sentenced to fucking jail time or community service. It's like, no, if you're going to be out here trying to fuck up somebody else's day, you're not a fucking victim at all. You're just a piece of shit. How the fuck dare you think that we're coming against you? We are now. All right, now on to am I the asshole? I'm going to do the shorter one because running out of time. Am I the asshole by maybe entitled. Am I the asshole for saying I'm entitled to food? My parents buy throwaway account. I'm going to keep this short. I'm in college and living with my parents. My parents had an oops baby. My sister is only four. They can't afford childcare, so instead of getting a part time job to help out, I take care of her when they're at work. We got in an argument because they haven't gone grocery shopping and we're running low on food. They used the last of the bread for themselves tonight. And when I brought up what would I eat? We got into an argument. They told me I'm grown and it's not their responsibility to feed me anymore. I told them that's Bs and I'm entitled to food because I'm taking care of their kid. They're spelled wrong. They're now calling me an entitled brat and saying if I don't fix my attitude, they'll kick me out. I told them go ahead because they'll be homeless because they can't afford childcare. Even with both of them working. My relatives are telling me that I'm in the wrong because I'm an adult and I need to grow up. So am I the asshole? [00:55:21] Speaker B: This is missing so many details. [00:55:24] Speaker A: So from what you have in your post here, maybe entitled op, this is parentification. Your parents need you to take care of your sister and that. And that's cool. That's great, and that's dandy. And you're being a good big brother, taking care of your baby sister. You're in college, so I'm going to say 19 or 20, maybe even 18. So somewhere 18 to 23 range young adult. So here's what you do. Just be like, okay, you are right, parents. I am an adult. And just be like, this is my 30 days. I am moving out. Figure out how you're going to take care of your kid. Good luck. Or you can pay me to watch your kid, your oops baby, and then I will use that money that you're paying me to, then go and buy some food. Or you can stop being petty pieces of shit. Fucking let me eat the food that I take care of your kid while I'm here. [00:56:52] Speaker C: Yeah, it's part of being a family. If you're not going to feed them and still expect them to do something like that, that's a lot. [00:57:05] Speaker A: Let's see what the comments say, not the asshole. So you're an adult that need to grow up, but your parents don't. They can either make sure that there's food in the house for their kids. If there's nothing for you to eat, what do they give your sister? Or one of them can be a stay at home parent and watch the child they created irresponsibly so you can get a job and buy your own food. Opie responds, yeah, it makes sense that if I'm giving up money to help them, they should also provide things that I can't for myself. My sister ate with them. I'm working on homework, so I'd say I'd eat later. We had the stuff to make PB and J sandwiches, which I plan on making for myself as well. They use the rest of their bread. So I was left, as I said in another comment, with the choices of plain white rice, dry cereal, or peanut butter on a spoon, it seems like your parents do not have enough money to even have you. [00:58:07] Speaker B: Op needs to bounce. [00:58:13] Speaker A: Your parents. [00:58:15] Speaker B: Who's paying for op's college, though? That's what I want. [00:58:18] Speaker A: I feel like it's op, but op. [00:58:21] Speaker B: Doesn'T have a job because he's busy babysitting. [00:58:24] Speaker A: Maybe he's getting, like, scholarships or something because I can go in to see what he said through everything. Let's go to his little profile here. Comments I have no idea about their finances. They don't talk to me about it. Although I do know my mom is making minimum wage. That's all I can say about it. As for my uncle, we're close, and when I was younger, I'd hear, blah, blah, blah, blah. My uncle is paying my tuition and my books andresources, okay? [00:58:59] Speaker B: That's where the money is coming from. Okay. Like, if op's parents were paying for college, that'd be one thing. But if they're not op, you 100% need to bounce. [00:59:07] Speaker A: So. Op is 20 years old. He keeps on saying, I said it in another comment, but, yeah, he just wanted a PB and j. [00:59:21] Speaker B: Sorry, my phone. Op, you are not your sister's parent, and you do not owe as much as it sucks. You are not your sister's parent, and you are allowed to bounce. And you should bounce. [00:59:35] Speaker A: Yeah, go get a job. But I can say this. Having a job while going to college is a difficult fucking thing. Yes. And having roommates. You can go find a place, have a bunch of friends, find some friends from college, see if any of them want to go in on an apartment together. It might work. It might not. Sometimes it does, a lot of times it doesn't. But, yeah, just, like, sublease from somebody. Just like, oh, yeah, I just need a room. I just need a spot. Go get a car. Go get a truck. Put a camper bed on it. Just go live in that while you go to fucking college. Go stay with your uncle. [01:00:23] Speaker B: Yeah, Op should pick up a part time job, move in with his uncle if he's able to. Yeah, Op feels guilty because God only knows how much care his little sister is going to get once he leaves. [01:00:41] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:00:44] Speaker A: I like how people fucking delete their comment, and it's like, God damn it, you piece of shit. But, yeah, no, Opie, you are not your little sister. Yeah, if you can get out of there, get out of there. If you can't, well, that sucks. [01:01:03] Speaker B: It's not your responsibility. [01:01:09] Speaker A: And then now for relationship advice from Alt Jessama. Husband, male, 36, gave me female, 34 a year to lose weight. Fix our dead bedroom situation and get better mentally or he'll leave. How do I handle this? We have been suffering from a dead bedroom for a few years. I'm also in a depression and my mental health is not good. I am also overweight and have gained quite a bit over the years. Well, we went through two rough months recently and he gave me an ultimatum. He's given me one year to fix all this or he says he will also deserve happiness with someone who loves him, et cetera. I understand his intentions, but I can't seem to shake the feeling that he's putting all the responsibility on me and it's not right. Also, if he decides to leave, the blame can't be put on me in an instant. I'm already having so many mental issues and medicated with self esteem, fear, loneliness, trust issues, et cetera. And this ultimatum is not helping me with those. So I'm not sure what to do. Of course I want to lose weight, work on myself and the relationship, but I feel really uncomfortable with this ultimatum. Thank you all for your comments. I realized I'm looking at things from the wrong window and I needed to give him the credit. He's being very communicative about her problems before, so this is kind of a last resort for him. I genuinely believe he wants to give it a second shot. This is not meant as a threat. So now the ball is on I court and I need to get up and do something about it. Op, this is. [01:03:11] Speaker B: There is a lack of information here like this. I read this and I 100% see Op's husband as like the bad dude. But based on her comments, I almost wondering if there's stuff he's doing right. Because sometimes I also fall into the cycle where I see everything as manipulative, even though it's not. And I have to be like, no, I'm not in that situation anymore. This is communication and I need to see it as thus sometimes I understand how you can get stuck in that cycle because if you look for signs of abuse, you will see signs of abuse. And it's very hard for me to not look for it sometimes. So I'm almost wondering if there's kind of that skewed viewpoint going on. But just like I'm very confused on how her situation has transformed from her previous to the comment to the edit. Like something else is going on in the background that is not revealed. [01:04:09] Speaker A: This is not professional advice. I'm not a therapist or anything, but what you should do is if you really want to tackle all this stuff, tackle it as a team. [01:04:20] Speaker B: Yeah, she needs his support. [01:04:22] Speaker A: How about this? You have a year to lose weight. Go on runs with him, fix her dead bedroom situation. Takes two to tango. Go work out. And then after you're done working out, maybe go have a little bit of fun. Suck his dick. Take a shower. Suck his dick, all that shit. Get better mentally. [01:04:46] Speaker B: That needs support. [01:04:47] Speaker A: Therapist. [01:04:49] Speaker B: I could not do this without you, babe. I could never do this alone. No, seriously, I could never go to therapy alone. It's dreadful. Sometimes it's necessary, but it's awful. [01:05:02] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:05:03] Speaker B: Emdr is not as easy as you think. [01:05:06] Speaker A: Seems pretty easy, but, yeah, it's not easy. Set goals. Hey, I want to be here by this point. Hey, I want to be here by this point. And how are you going to accomplish that? What are you going to do? Oh, I'm going to get up and go for a walk around the neighborhood and then go for a walk. Go on. On a walk date with your husband, where you used to walk and talk about stuff. Go on, like, little hikes and shit like that. And really, you talk about the shit that's going on? Yeah, it's not easy. It's not easy to develop a new habit, a new thing you have to do. Oh, I don't have the time for. Just. Just do know. Instead of sitting there watching Netflix, be like, hey, let's go on a walk. Do main character know, and then you'll be like, okay, cool, I like this. This is feeling nice. And then keep on doing it. [01:06:18] Speaker B: Like, op. If you're not on brain drugs and therapy, you need brain drugs and therapy. Everyone needs brain drugs in therapy. [01:06:25] Speaker A: Drop acid with your husband. What am I saying? Just do that. Let's do what the comments say. I'm sorry, but he literally cannot fix these issues for you. He cannot exercise and eat less for you, he cannot go to therapy for you, and he cannot figure out which medication works best for you. He cannot get to the root of why your libido has bottomed out for you. He can support you in these things, to be sure. Be a gym buddy. Show interest in your therapy journey. Help rebuild a non sexual, physical intimacy. But this journey needs to be led by you. You will not affect change that is driven by somebody else. This journey is your responsibility. There's nothing he can do to change that. Um, either that you can do that or do nothing and then lose him, or you can just pick. You know what? I'm going to go find someone that loves me for me and then get rid of him. [01:07:34] Speaker B: Well, no, if op is in that kind of point. Op deserves to better herself. She shouldn't follow. [01:07:44] Speaker A: It could be the dude just being, like, a total piece of shit. [01:07:47] Speaker B: It could be. [01:07:48] Speaker A: And I'm not going to just knock something out because she says nice things about her, about the dude, because a lot of abuse victims will say really nice shit about the dude that's abusing them. [01:08:03] Speaker B: Love bombing. [01:08:05] Speaker A: Well, no. Even the woman. It was like, he has a job, and he works so hard, and it's like he broke your orbital socket. [01:08:15] Speaker B: You learned just to pick out the nice parts and lie about the rest. Okay. But I feel like at one point, I was in op's shoes, I got, like, a really dark place. And now I'm in therapy. I'm on brain drugs. I've lost weight. I feel so much better about myself. I did this all for myself, and I feel so much better. And I hope op can do the same for herself. Granted, 50% of it was due to my hysterectomy. That fixed a lot of problems. But, b, I decided that I was going to start bettering myself, and I have. And it's a lot of work. It's still a lot of work. It has paid off. [01:08:56] Speaker A: Op, I'm rooting for you. It'd be really cool if you come back in, like, a year and be like, hey, here's the progress I made. Have someone to be your sponsor. Have someone to keep you. [01:09:16] Speaker B: Like, your husband should be your support, like mine. [01:09:19] Speaker A: Well, I mean, have someone else as well. If you're an AA, you get a sponsor. You get someone to keep you. Someone that you can call if you're having trouble. Someone that can be there for you, that fully understands what the fuck you're going through. Like one of your girlfriends. Just beg, hey, I want to do this. It would help me if you kept me honest and on this fucking path. So not just, like, one person. Just build, like, a support network around you. [01:09:59] Speaker B: Yeah. Your partner should not be your only ground. [01:10:02] Speaker A: And it's like, boom. And then you have, like, a few fucking people. It's like, hey, we're going to go on a hike. Come on. [01:10:08] Speaker B: Like, expecting your partner to be able to answer 100% of all your emotional needs at all times, I think is a little exhausting for one person to have to handle. It should be a community. [01:10:22] Speaker A: This is all I have to say. Build a fucking network around you, of good people that can help you out and have them keep you on that good path. Fix the bedroom situation is just between you and your husband. Maybe you can go to, like, a sex therapist, know, see what's up with, um, take Molly together. I don't. Well, actually, don't if you're on brain drugs and. Yeah, see a therapist and go on walks. Rome wasn't built. You know, world class bodybuilders don't lift 100 million pounds on their first try. But that's it. Thank you all so much for being here, for showing up. If you fucking made it all the way. Courtney, you still. Still there? [01:11:26] Speaker C: Yeah, I'm still here. [01:11:29] Speaker A: But we will see you all next week. You can follow me. Instagram all that bullshit. Alex, a truck and bye.