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Hey what's up hello! We're back with yet another reading of r/AmITheAsshole. This might be the most assholey one of them all.
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SARAH: Hey, what's up, hello. Welcome to Sounds Fake But Okay, a podcast where an aro-ace girl. I'm Sarah, that's me.
KAYLA: And a bi-demisexual girl, that's me, Kayla.
SARAH: Talk about all things to do with love, relationships, sexuality, and pretty much anything else we just don't understand.
KAYLA: On today's episode, am I the asshole?
SARAH AND KAYLA: Sounds Fake But Okay.
(theme music plays)
SARAH: Welcome back to the pod.
KAYLA: So sleepy.
SARAH: Kayla's fresh off a real life concert.
KAYLA: uh huh
SARAH: I'm fresh off watching part of a concert on Instagram, and somehow I'm more emotionally affected.
KAYLA: Yes
SARAH: Kayla's just tired.
KAYLA: Yes I’m just tired. Well, I didn't go to a concert of someone that I love so, so dearly the way that you have this evening.
SARAH: I believe I knew the artist that you went to the concert of tonight better than you did.
KAYLA: More than I did. Yes, you did. You absolutely did. Very good concert, though, but no.
SARAH: Who was it? Tell the kids.
KAYLA: It was Valley.
SARAH: For a second, I thought you had, like, forgotten.
KAYLA: No, yeah, I forgot. I never really heard of them before, but my friend wanted to go.
SARAH: Except you had.
KAYLA: And I listened.
SARAH: Because you watched my February 2017 Germany video.
KAYLA: I had watched a vlog Sarah made where she used one of their songs, so I guess yes, technically I did.
SARAH: Maybe you hadn't heard of them, but you'd heard of them.
KAYLA: I heard them, yes, but no, they were really, really good live and lots of bangers and they were very silly. It's just like a four person band. And I was like, oh, they're friends. They're being silly up there. That was the best kind.
And I could see like the stage manager people on the side and they were just like fucking jamming the whole time and like fucking with the band
SARAH: Nice
KAYLA: and like doing it. I was like, oh, they're friends.
SARAH: And I watched the first Agust D Show. I can't talk about it because if I talk about it, this podcast will be three hours long. And we're not gonna have that time.
KAYLA: Sarah already shared much with me.
SARAH: I already told her things.
KAYLA: Yeah.
SARAH: And I wasn't even fucking there.
KAYLA: She wasn't even there, but she will be thrice.
SARAH: I will be thrice. Don't worry. Kayla, what are we talking about this week? We have housekeeping now. Kayla, what are we talking about this week?
KAYLA: Oh, okay. Today we are once again trying to determine where people's asshole is.
SARAH: I think we know that.
KAYLA: Well, have you checked every single person?
SARAH: No, and I won't.
KAYLA: Well, then you can't be sure.
SARAH: There are a few things I want less
KAYLA: You can’t be sure then
SARAH: than to just go looking for people's assholes.
KAYLA: I'm saying you can't be quite sure in that case.
SARAH: What do you mean – am I the asshole? Because last week we did a serious episode and this week we're unhinged and Kayla's tired.
KAYLA: So tired
SARAH: And so we're doing this. And I had been slowly collecting some AITAs that I had been seeing on the internet. So I have a couple here. The only problem is that these are all like screenshots so you can't see the comments.
KAYLA: That is sad. I mean, we could find them if we really want to.
SARAH: Yeah, if we really wanted to. But let me just start with this one. Am I the asshole for not giving my sister her wedding dress because she didn't invite my underage son?
KAYLA: Probably.
SARAH: The wild thing about am I the asshole post is usually from the headline.
KAYLA: You can tell.
SARAH: No, but sometimes it's from the headline. It's like, oh, you're absolutely the asshole.
KAYLA: That's true.
SARAH: And then you get a little more context and you're like, oh, now you're not.
KAYLA: Oh. Yeah, that's true.
SARAH: If I recall correctly, this is one of those, but we will find out.
KAYLA: I can't wait.
SARAH: I, 40M, have a sister, 30F, who is getting married in a week. The groom proposed to her a year ago at a family dinner that left everyone speechless but very happy for them as their longtime companions. During this dinner, my sister asked my son, 17M, to make her wedding dress. My son has always loved design and fashion.
KAYLA: (laughing) Oh. Oh no
SARAH: He took technical courses in these areas and sewing. And even his friends keep asking for his clothes because they're so beautiful. He agreed, but said that he needed time and that he would need her opinion constantly. At first, my sister was very annoying.
KAYLA: Oh, no.
SARAH: My son drew about 50 dress designs in a month, and she only liked one, which he continued with. He sewed it with great quality fabric, which I paid for as I wanted to get involved in a certain way. For five months, he made several adjustments to suit her wishes, as she always complained about something. After a while, he arrived at the final model, and it was just amazing. My mother cried seeing my sister in the dress, and I confess that I almost got emotional, too. But I'm a man, so I can’t.
KAYLA: I’m a man so I can’t Oh, no.
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SARAH: The problem was that last week, my son came to talk to me about the wedding invitation that had not arrived for him but for other family members. I thought maybe he didn't need one, but it still felt weird. I messaged my sister raising this issue, and she replied that she didn't want any underage people at her wedding because there would be alcohol. I asked if she was going to make an exception for my son, but she cut me off and said no. There are no children in our family, my son is the only minor, so I didn't see any sense in this rule for family members. And to make matters worse, my son was very sad and cried because he spent months on this dress and couldn't go to the wedding. I was very upset and told my sister that she should look for another dress as soon as possible, as she would no longer wear the one my son made.
KAYLA: Oof. Get her ass.
SARAH: She called and yelled at me saying I was being unreasonable and that I couldn't do this. My mother called me saying I should deliver the dress and follow the rules, but I didn't and hung up on her.
KAYLA: What rules? What rules?
SARAH: Yeah
KAYLA: What do you mean?
SARAH: Because of this, my family is divided. Many agree with me and condemn my sister's actions, saying she could only make an exception, but another part says I'm unreasonable and I'm spoiling her big day. I don't think I'm being wrong, but just rational and paying her back in kind, so am I the asshole?
KAYLA: That is so funny.
SARAH: That is wild. Okay, this kid's 17.
KAYLA: So that's not a kid.
SARAH: That's basically an adult.
KAYLA: Not a child.
SARAH: Maybe you could say I don't want people under 21, maybe that's the thinking. My sister's wedding, they didn't want kids there, but there were a few choice exceptions. For people with kids, if they had a child that was invited, they specifically said that
KAYLA: Yeah
SARAH: and everyone else with kids had to figure out something to do with their kids.
KAYLA: I also have never heard of a wedding where there's no minors allowed. I've heard of plenty of weddings where they don't want kids
SARAH: Yeah
KAYLA: and to me that's very reasonable. Some people just do not want to deal with that, which is fair, because it's a party. But I've never heard someone being like, even a teenager can't come.
SARAH: Even older teenagers.
KAYLA: I've never heard of that. I don't think this guy's the asshole at all.
SARAH: No.
KAYLA: His kid’s spent so long on this, and his aunt was already being a bitch about it.
SARAH: Yeah
KAYLA: And then he doesn't even get to go. And especially if there's no other kids in the family, he's the youngest one in the family.
SARAH: Yeah
KAYLA: So it's not like there's other children they need to be worrying about.
SARAH: It's not like there's a precedent being set here.
KAYLA: That's so bizarre.
SARAH: There is an update that is included in this post.
KAYLA: Thank God.
SARAH: I talked to my son about the suggestion you guys gave me, and he agreed to sell the dress at market price. He calculated the price of everything, and the value was quite high. We sent the proposal to my sister, and she hated it. She said she couldn't afford it because it was too expensive, and it should be a gift because she is family.
KAYLA: It can't be a gift if I'm not going to the wedding, babes.
SARAH: I responded by saying that it was too easy to say she was family to get a free dress, but not enough to include my son. She cried on the call and begged me not to ruin her day, but I didn't call because to me that was bullshit. At no point did she offer to just let my son go or apologize for it. And for anyone who said that maybe she's homophobic – because presumably the child is gay – I'm not sure, but I think who would be influencing her is her fiance, who is a Christian and has never been close to myself. However, I don't care if he's doing it or not. She wants to exclude my son from this event, then she will also be cutting ties with me. And for those asking for a photo of the dress, I'm sorry to disappoint, but my son didn't agree, unfortunately and won’t post to the internet. That's too sad. I wish I could see it, but I understand.
KAYLA: I know. Wait, so the kid never goes to the wedding. Wait, what happened?
SARAH: I don't think the wedding had happened yet when this was posted.
KAYLA: But what about now? I have to look this post up. We have no resolution. Certainly we can find one. What's the title?
SARAH: Oh, you looked very hot tonight.
KAYLA: Thank you.
SARAH: Oh, not you with the product placement.
KAYLA: Hush, hush now. Wait, am I the asshole for what?
SARAH: Sorry, I lost the post and that's why I saw your Instagram. Am I the asshole for not giving my sister her wedding dress? Because she didn't invite my underage son.
KAYLA: Oh, this was posted in February. Alright yeah. I think that's the last update. Damn. I'm not seeing another update after that. I bet the wedding hasn't happened yet. If that was in February, I bet you the wedding hasn't happened yet.
SARAH: Could be a summer wedding.
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KAYLA: I hope he comes back to let us know.
SARAH: Me too.
KAYLA: Please
SARAH: I have another wedding dress related one.
KAYLA: Can't wait.
SARAH: Am I the asshole for wearing a wedding dress?
KAYLA: You didn't even like my Instagram.
SARAH: I didn't?
KAYLA: This is fucked up.
SARAH: I thought I did.
KAYLA: Stops the podcast to compliment my… Oh, you did like it. Just kidding. Thank you. Thank you for the proof. Thank you for the proof. Thank you.
SARAH: Now I lost my post.
KAYLA: Good. This was worth it to me. Everyone go like my Instagram.
SARAH: At Kayla_ Cas. Is that your Instagram?
KAYLA: Mhm.
SARAH: I know that's your Twitter, but I didn't know if they were the same.
KAYLA: It is also my gram.
SARAH: Am I the asshole for wearing a wedding dress to a wedding?
KAYLA: Yep.
SARAH: This is another one where at the outset you're like, yeah, obviously, and then you get some more details.
KAYLA: Oh, man.
SARAH: So my friend 20F and I, 19.
KAYLA: What could the context possibly be?
SARAH: Okay, just you wait. My friend 20F and I19M have been friends for a few years and she recently got engaged. A week ago...
KAYLA: A baby? A child bride?
SARAH: Speaking of which, my sister's friend is pregnant on purpose.
KAYLA: Oh, I hate when people do that.
SARAH: And I asked because she said she was pregnant and I was like, was she pregnant on purpose or is it a teen pregnancy? And my mom said she's 27 and married. It's not a teen pregnancy. And I was like, no, if it's not on purpose, it is a teen pregnancy.
KAYLA: That's true.
SARAH: And then my friend, my sister told her other friend and said friend has a younger sibling who was an accident. And she said in that event, then her mom was a teen pregnancy at 39. And I said, yes.
KAYLA: Yes. It still horrifies me when I see people our age having children on purpose because my initial reaction is always, oh, no. And I'm like, oh, wait, you did it on purpose. Sorry.
SARAH: My coworker, she's 38. And she was saying that she has several friends that are pregnant. And my other coworker is like, now even? At 38? You would think it would be done by then. But this is a whole new generation, a whole new world.
KAYLA: That's when you're starting. You’re starting at 38
SARAH: Exactly. And she was like, yeah, I have like five friends that are pregnant right now. And I was like, I don't even think I have five friends. And then my coworkers, like they laughed, but they were also trying to make me feel they were like, no, you have more than five friends. You have all those people who listen to your podcast.
KAYLA: Respectfully, not my friends. Love y’all but
SARAH: I almost said I almost made a joke about parasocial relationships. And then I was like, they won't know what this means.
KAYLA: They won’t know what it means
SARAH: I'm not getting into this. Anyway, you're all great, but you're not my friends.
KAYLA: Not my friends, but you're great, but we're not friends.
SARAH: I was like, just let me make self-deprecating jokes so you don't have to make the thing. Anyway.
KAYLA: Anyway
SARAH: So my friend 20F and I, 19M, have been friends for a few years and she recently got engaged. A week ago, I got a DM from her as a small costume. Can you hear that frog? Yeah.
KAYLA: Oh, not the secondary liquid.
SARAH: I needed a thinner liquid.
KAYLA: Sure.
SARAH: You know how milk is-
KAYLA: Milk?
SARWAH: Yeah, you know how milk is like not good for your throat?
KAYLA: It's also just not good.
SARAH: Fuck you. I don't drink nearly as much milk as I used to.
KAYLA: Good. Milk is bad.
SARAH: Now, sometimes my milk goes bad.
KAYLA: Wow. I never thought I'd see the day.
SARAH: And I only buy half gallons.
KAYLA: Oh, wow.
SARAH: Anyway, but milk is dairy, but also it's thick. And I think that's part of the problem. So I needed a thinner. I'm not drinking milk. I'm drinking cherry coke.
KAYLA: Or is she?
SARAH: But cherry coke is thicker than water.
KAYLA: So is blood.
SARAH: So is blood.
KAYLA: Funny.
SARAH: A week ago, I got a DM from her for a small costume party she was hosting as a celebration for her getting engaged. I asked if there was a theme and she said there wasn't. I'm a cosplayer, so I had a lot of choices. I didn't want to rock up in an anime cosplay, so I thought it would be funny to go to an engagement party as the corpse bride. I arrived at her house yesterday and everything seemed normal. A few people complimented my costume and I was having a lot of fun. After 10 minutes, my friend's fiance walked out in a black tuxedo and announced this was actually their wedding.
KAYLA: (laughing) Oh no!
SARAH: Apparently, my friend saw a video of someone doing this and wanted to do the same.
KAYLA: I have seen this.
SARAH: He asked us all to go in the backyard for the ceremony to begin. I went straight to him. I asked if I should quickly go home and change my outfit and then I would get back before it started. I hope you live nearby. He told me it was fine since I didn't know this was the wedding. I trusted him and followed everyone outside. They got married and everything seemed good. The reception was just in their house again, so everyone just walked back inside and picked up where they left off.
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SARAH: I tried talking to my friend and celebrating with her, but she kept making excuses to not talk to me.
KAYLA: Oh.
SARAH: I assumed it was just because she was tired from the big day and wanted some alone time. I didn't bother her after that and the party soon ended. I got home and half an hour passed when my phone started getting notifications. I checked and it was my friend texting me. She was cussing me out and telling me how I ruined her wedding. I was really confused and asked what I did. That only made her more angry. She told me it was basic knowledge not to wear a wedding dress to a wedding. I reminded her I had no idea it was a wedding. Mind you also, this is a man. This is a man wearing a corpse bride cosplay.
KAYLA: (laughing) I only forgot it was also a man.
SARAH: That does change things.
KAYLA: That does change things actually.
SARAH: Also presumably a man who doesn't usually wear dresses.
KAYLA: That does change. I had forgotten about that.
SARAH: Just imagine a 19-year-old dude in a corpse. I reminded her I had no idea it was a wedding and that I asked her now husband if I should change and he said it was fine. She didn't respond but I got a text from her husband. He asked why I would tell her he said it was fine. I told him he said it was fine.
KAYLA: (laughing) Because that's what happened. What do you mean? Oh my god, they're about to get divorced already.
SARAH: Then he said I should have changed anyways and it's my fault that the two are now fighting over this. I tried texting her that I was sorry and if I had known I wouldn't have done it. I woke up today and saw her and her husband have blocked me on everything.
KAYLA: Oh my god.
SARAH: So am I the asshole for changing out of the wedding dress when I found out it was actually a wedding? Edit, I'm a guy. I cosplayed the character Emily from The Corpse Bride and had blue paint all over. I'm also Australian and I've never heard a costume party meaning fancy. Everyone was dressed up in funny costumes.
KAYLA: (sighing) This one is actually tough because...
SARAH: I don't think he's the asshole. The husband said it was fine.
KAYLA: I definitely think that the couple, the wife is overreacting.
SARAH: Yeah
KAYLA: There's no need to block people. The husband's also being a total asshole for being like why did you say that?
SARAH: Why did you tell the truth?
KAYLA: That's your fault. Also though, it was a wedding themed event so wearing a wedding dress, even though it was a costume very obviously, it was a risky thing to do.
SARAH: Yeah.
KAYLA: So I don't think he made the best decision.
SARAH: Yeah, I mean, but if he was getting compliments and stuff on it, it leads me to believe that everyone was chill with it when it was not a wedding.
KAYLA: Yeah, but it was an engagement party. And I'm thinking about
SARAH: Yeah
KAYLA: even to an engagement party as a guest, I wouldn't wear white because usually I feel like the bride will wear a cute little white dress.
SARAH: Even if it's a costume party?
KAYLA: It was an engagement costume party.
SARAH: Yeah.
KAYLA: So in my mind, I would have been like, oh, being a corpse bride would be funny, but I'd be like, oh, that'd be funny if the bride or groom did that.
SARAH: Bride or groom did it, yeah.
KAYLA: I don't know if I would personally feel comfortable doing that.
SARAH: I don't think he's the asshole. I think also because he specifically immediately asked
KAYLA: Yeah
SARAH: should I go change?
KAYLA: No, I mean, the other people are definitely overreacting.
SARAH: If he had done that, he probably would have either missed part of it or held up the ceremony. And so I understand why when he was told, no, you don't have to, he was like, okay, because you don't want to cause more problems.
KAYLA: Yeah. I cannot believe they blocked him. And also those people are definitely going to get divorced immediately.
SARAH: Oh yeah
KAYLA: This is what happens when you're 20 years old getting married. Then like there's unnecessary like high school drama because children should not be getting married.
SARAH: I just killed a bug.
KAYLA: Good job. My cats are killing each other.
SARAH: Okay. Rip
KAYLA: Oh, one emerged. The other could be dead somewhere.
SARAH: There's a body back there.
KAYLA: Literally. Probably. Oh, nope. They're on the desk. Must we take your WWE nonsense outside? Locking them out. Continue.
SARAH: Am I the asshole for asking my friend for a piece of chocolate?
KAYLA: I mean, initial reaction, no.
SARAH: I, 34F, am the manager of a small retail store. Today is my day off, but I went into the store to make sure everything was set to run smoothly as we have two new hires. When I got there, my friend/employee, Kate, 21F, was in the back showing the other coworkers some chocolate she got from her boyfriend. There were apparently some fancy gourmet dark chocolate truffles in a little box, and she was showing off the last one.
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SARAH: She said she'd eaten the others since they'd come in last Friday, a late Valentine's Day gift apparently, and meant to eat the last one last night, but had forgotten. Here's where the issue arises. I asked Kate if I could try it. She looked surprised by the question, and took a minute before she answered it. She told me I could buy some on the website, and that she had the little pamphlet that came with the box showing all the flavors available. She asked if I'd like it, and I told her yes, but that I'd like to try the chocolate to see if it's any good.
KAYLA: No, no.
SARAH: She said her boyfriend got them for her, and she didn't think it'd be right to give her a gift to someone else. I laughed and told her in a lighthearted tone that if she wants to be stingy, she can just say that.
KAYLA: (gasps)
SARAH: A couple of the others laughed, but I guess Kate didn't find it funny. She just stood there and didn't say anything, which is really unlike her. She's very talkative and bubbly. She ended up closing the box of chocolate and said something about forgetting to do something and left the room. I ended up leaving the building about 20 minutes later, and then another hour later I got a text from my assistant manager Marla, 27F, saying Kate asked to leave early because she didn't feel well. I approved through my DM for her to leave since we were staffed well enough for what would probably be a slow day. I asked her to pass along to Kate that if she leaves, I'd like for her to make up for those hours at some point in the next week. Otherwise, she's good to go. I tried asking Marla what was wrong, but all she knew was to tell me that Kate wasn't feeling well, as she said.
KAYLA: (sighs)
SARAH: She proposed it could have had something to do with what I said earlier, though, as she'd allegedly been quiet since then. Now I'm just wondering, am I the asshole or an asshole and all? And then edit, blah blah blah. Just to clarify, I was only asking for part of the truffle, not the whole thing. I only wanted the nibble.
KAYLA: I mean, you shouldn't do that when it's the last one.
SARAH: Yeah.
KAYLA: You can't ask for someone's last something.
SARAH: And like, yes, it was a gift from her boyfriend, but it doesn't matter who it was a gift from.
KAYLA: No, also the fact that it was a gift.
SARAH: Yeah, that it was a gift.
KAYLA: I just can't imagine asking, like, I can't imagine asking at all under any circumstance. Even she had bought it herself and it was just like a bag of regular not nice candy.
SARAH: Yeah
KAYLA: I can't imagine maybe this is like my Midwestern roots, but I can't imagine being like, can I have one? Like, I would be like, oh, those look yummy. And then wait for the person to offer it.
SARAH: Right. Right.
KAYLA: Like, there is a way to like state your interest in being offered something and then waiting to see if they do.
SARAH: If it was yours, I would just fucking take it and eat it. But not if it was the last one.
KAYLA: No, never the last one.
SARAH: Like, what?
KAYLA: Like, that's rude, especially if it's like a fancy thing.
SARAH: Yeah. Like, if it's the last one, you wait. They have to offer it.
KAYLA: Yeah.
SARAH: They have to be like, oh, I'm not going to eat this.
KAYLA: Yeah. And then also you're the boss. And also there's new employees there witnessing this.
SARAH: Yeah
KAYLA: Like, that is a very awkward situation for this girl to be in of like, yeah, I want to say no to you, but also you're my boss. And these like new people are here.
SARAH: yeah
KAYLA: he shouldn't have done that. You can't just ask for the last one. Where are your manners?
SARAH: Yeah. See, we're getting a lot of ones where like the headline is misleading.
KAYLA: It's true.
SARAH: I have another one. Am I the asshole for yelling at my girlfriend to stop fucking eating?
KAYLA: See, I mean like initial reaction, yes, but I also like, I know there's, I know there's something more going on there. I know there's something.
SARAH: My 26 sister, F23, runs a bakery business and she's been struggling lately to keep up with orders because she's been short staffed. Why are you laughing?
KAYLA: I just, even the first sentence is enough context where I'm like, ah, I see where this is going.
SARAH: Where do you think it's going?
KAYLA: Is his girlfriend just like eating his sister out of business? It's too many baked goods.
SARAH: She's been struggling lately to keep up with orders because she's been short staffed. She does a lot of orders for wedding cakes that require custard or marmalade, marmalade, marmalade.
KAYLA: Hm, yeah. Think Paddington
SARAH: I was thinking of Australian Corpse Bride. I went for the marmalade.
KAYLA: Ah, I see.
SARAH: Actually, Australians might say marmalade because they say Adelaide.
KAYLA: They probably would. They were thinking of Paddington.
SARAH: They require custard for marmalade fillings and I offered to help her out by making these fillings at home and bringing them to her so she has less work to do.
KAYLA: Oh, no.
SARAH: Unfortunately, the past four times I've made these fillings, my girlfriend, F24, has literally dipped her fingers into the filling jar and contaminated them
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KAYLA: (laughing)
SARAH: because, in her words, she just wanted to try some.
KAYLA: (laughing) You can’t do that
SARAH: I've tried explaining to her that she can't dip her fingers in and contaminate the entire batch because then I have to remake it. You're selling this. It's not like a gift. You're selling this.
KAYLA: (laughing) No
SARAH: There are food safety. I said she should use a spoon and take some out if she wants to try so bad, but she just pouts and says that she likes using her fingers because it takes her back to her childhood.
KAYLA: (laughing)
SARAH: Today, I was trying to finish some chocolate custard to send it over to my sister really fast because she was running late on a wedding cake order for an important client. I told my girlfriend beforehand to not eat the custard and if she really wanted to, to please use a spoon.
KAYLA: (laughing)
SARAH: I get out of the shower and what do I see? She has her fingers in it again.
KAYLA: (laughing) Like a baby
SARAH: I totally lost it because this is the fifth time she blatantly disregarded what I said and I yelled at her and told her to stop fucking eating the food I'm making because it's not for her and she's contaminating it. She started crying and got mad at me for fat shaming her
KAYLA: Oh no
SARAH: even though I made no comment on her weight and she has no history of weight issues or eating disorders. I know I was harsh, but she kept pushing my limits. Am I the asshole? No.
KAYLA: This girlfriend reminds me of like manic pixie dream girls from the movies that are like, oh, but I have to put my fingers in and it takes me back to my childhood.
SARAH: He literally told her she could still have some. She just had to use a fucking spoon.
KAYLA: Yeah
SARAH: She could have gotten some with a spoon and then taken it out of the spoon with her finger.
KAYLA: I'm so confused by what logic is going on in her head where she's like, no, no, it's fine. You've got to kick your girlfriend out of the house. She's got to move out.
SARAH: Unbelievable.
KAYLA: That's so funny.
SARAH: And the poor sister, too. She's struggling.
KAYLA: I love this image of this man getting out of a shower dripping wet and he peeks his head in his kitchen and she's just over the jar
SARAH: like a gremlin.
KAYLA: He's like, God, fuck, not again.
SARAH: Am I the asshole for telling my friend that her being ugly was not my problem?
KAYLA: No. I honestly think that's fine.
SARAH: Okay, throw away. Me, 23F and my friend 23F have been friends for four years. She's the you either like it or you don't personality. Often she'll say something really rude to someone and justify it as just being honest. She doesn't care about people and their opinions because they're too much noise. I find myself getting into men drama as I can't seem to judge character and she has helped. Two days ago, we were in uni and a guy sat next to me. I start chatting to him and when she comes, I can tell she's annoyed. She sits down, crosses her arms and tuts loudly. Me and the guy laugh awkwardly, but keep talking. And he asked for my number. My friend abruptly says she's not interested. Go away. He looks irritated and says I was asking her.
KAYLA: Oh my god what a bitch
SARAH: Honestly, honestly, great move from the guy.
KAYLA: Yeah, for real. What the hell?
SARAH: Like it would be one thing if she had said no and then the friend was backing her up, but the friend just butted in. She says, take a hint, bitch boy.
KAYLA: What?
SARAH: I step in and nudge her saying he's being nice and for her to chill. The guy just says, OK, WTF? He probably said, what the fuck? He probably didn't say the acronym. She says that's all they that's all they all do. Fucking horny apes.
KAYLA: What the hell?
SARAH: He looks annoyed. After a bit, I apologize and he leaves. I was pretty annoyed and say that I can tell a guy myself if I'm not interested. She says you can never say no. I tell her she's rude, but she says that she's just honest. I say there's a difference between being honest and being a plain bitch.
KAYLA: Yeah. Yes
SARAH: She is fuming and says, did you just call me a bitch? I say, that's what you were acting like. She starts screaming that I decay what it's like. I always get everything I want. I have pretty privilege. I can eat what I want. She's overweight. I sympathize with her and go to hug her, but she pushes me and says, stop trying to act like the nice girl all the time.
KAYLA: What.
SARAH: I get annoyed and say, listen, I know you're upset, but you don't have a right to be mean to me. I'm just trying to help. She gets angry in my face and starts… Shouting slurs? SL star star.
KAYLA: Slut?
SARAH: Slut. It's definitely slut.
KAYLA: Okay
SARAH: My brain was like, slur?
KAYLA: Slur.
SARAH: I mean, there have been some grammatical inconsistencies, so it could be slur
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SARAH: but it's probably slut.
KAYLA: Slut makes more sense.
SARAH: A lot more sense given the context. And then if men could see past looks, they'd prefer her over me
KAYLA: I doubt it
SARAH: because I'm fake. I love attention and making her look like shit. And then I get with multiple guys and I'm not mature enough to handle them. This is hurtful because she knows some of them were abusive or forceful. In the end, she said I had nothing to offer but my face and body.
KAYLA: Woah.
SARAH: I am crying and she says save the tears that your life has given you nothing to cry about. Try being considered ugly for a day. I scoff and say you being quote unquote. You being quote ugly unquote is not my problem, so stop making it mine. Guys don't come to you not because of your weight, face. Your… sorry. The grammar's a little funky. I'm trying to fix it. Not because of your weight or face. It's because you're a fucking asshole. She just keeps repeating. I can't believe you said that. Crying. I leave. I tell my friends. They're annoyed and ignore her saying they weren't too fond of her anyways. Yesterday, I got along
KAYLA: She sounds awful.
SARAH: Yeah, sounds horrible. Yesterday, I got a long text accusing me of turning our friends against her and saying I'm petty. She says she opened up and I use it against her. I ignored her text, but my sister said that I was an asshole as my friend was obviously insecure and deeply upset about something, but I didn't comfort her. Looking back, I didn't really comfort her. I feel really bad as I kind of dismissed her insecurities. Was I the asshole? No. She was being so mean to you.
KAYLA: How old are these people?
SARAH: They’re both 23.
KAYLA: Okay. Yeah, that sounds about right.
SARAH: You're only two years out. Come on.
KAYLA: Listen, I'm not saying that I'm above this happening to me. That's why. Yeah I mean, listen, being insecure is one thing, but you don't have to be so –
SARAH: You don't have the right to be genuinely really mean.
KAYLA: Yeah, that's really mean. There's a way to be like, hey, it kind of makes me sad when I see all this stuff happening to you and stuff. There's a way to genuinely have that conversation.
SARAH: Yeah.
KAYLA: Then there's just being a bitch.
SARAH: It sounds like this girl could have gotten really mad and just turned on her and said, it's not my fault you're ugly. She was provoked into saying that.
KAYLA: Oh yeah
SARAH: She was kind of backed into a corner.
KAYLA: The other girl insulted her first. She was like, the only thing you have to offer is your body or whatever. She started it.
SARAH: Then she was like, you don't know what it's like to be ugly. Yeah, I totally understand why the girl was like, it's not my fault you're ugly.
KAYLA: She does have a point. It's not my problem that you're ugly.
SARAH: Yeah
KAYLA: Stop bringing this drama into my life just because you're sad that you're ugly. That isn't her problem.
SARAH: Yeah.
KAYLA: Bruh, that's wild.
SARAH: I have one that also comes with an update, a whole separate update post.
KAYLA: Oh my god. Wow, what a treat.
SARAH: Am I the asshole for not canceling my plans after my boyfriend learned about his diagnosis?
KAYLA: Oh, no. Is it a Taylor Swift concert? Because that is understandable.
SARAH: It doesn't specify.
KAYLA: A hard ticket to get.
SARAH: I, 25F, work in event planning, so I always get invites or tickets to go to high end events.
KAYLA: Ooh
SARAH: There was a really huge event coming up that I was really excited to go to. I asked my boyfriend, 27, doesn't say M, gonna assume M is boyfriend. He seems pretty heteronormative.
KAYLA: Boy, yeah.
SARAH: Yep. I asked my boyfriend a few days before the event to accompany me, and he said yes. So originally the plan was my boyfriend, my stepsister, and myself. On the day of the event, he said he had a doctor's appointment, so he isn't sure if he can still attend. My nose is so itchy.
KAYLA: I can tell.
SARAH: It's definitely not his fault.
KAYLA: Yeah.
SARAH: The day of the event, he said he had a doctor's appointment, so he isn't sure if he can still attend. I said no problem, and waited for him to return home. A couple hours later, he texted me and said he has something to tell me. I got worried and called him immediately. I asked if everything was okay, and he said he was diagnosed with anemia, so he'll have to take supplements.
KAYLA: Oh, okay
SARAH: I expressed how sorry I was and spoke to him for about two hours, gave him pep talks, told him I'm here if he needs me, reassured him that I will always love him, etc. I then asked if he would still like to attend the event with me to take his mind off of things, to which he responded that he doesn't like the artist performing, so he'd rather go to another event. I said no problem, I will go with my stepsister alone. He got upset and hung up. I called him back, but he started an argument about how I'm selfish for going out while he's going through something. I told him that I already made the plans with my stepsister, and I can't back out now, as she's depending on me. I also don't drink, so I would have been the sober driver, and if I didn't go, she couldn't. I told him that this event is the only event my sister really wanted to attend
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SARAH: and I promised her that I would take her months prior. I even told him I'll see him the next day, and he said be safe and hung up. I got to the event around 11, and spent the entire event alone, just sitting down and watching the show by myself, having food and drinks. When I returned home around 2am, I called him, and he was awake playing video games. His first words were, “look who cares about me again”, and
KAYLA: What? You talked to her for two hours. Bro.
SARAH: I said, I'm too tired for this, and he responded by saying that of course I'm tired. I went out without him knowing he's upset. I said – fuck. People need to work on their use of grammatical structures. Use a comma. Okay. I went out with him knowing he's upset, but I love partying and meeting new people so much that I didn't think to stay with him on the phone. I told him he's being ridiculous, and I would have stayed if it was just us who planned to go. He said my priorities are off and that I'm ignorant as hell. Keep in mind, I don't attend parties unless it's with my family, and I only attend events a few times a year. So am I the asshole for not staying on the phone with him and attending the event instead? You were on the phone with him for two hours. He has anemia.
KAYLA: The moment I heard that the diagnosis was anemia? First of all, looked up anemia. Came up as very common.
SARAH: Yeah
KAYLA: More than three million US cases per year. Treatable by a medical professional. I'm not saying that having anemia is great.
SARAH: Yeah
KAYLA: The man doesn't have cancer. He's not dying. He straight up started it with, I have anemia, I have to take a supplement. Oh no. A man has to take a vitamin. The world's... Oh no. Oh god.
SARAH: You may be faced with chronic illness for the rest of your life and that might be difficult for you, but is it so difficult that your girlfriend can't go to this event that she's been looking forward to that her sister really wants to go to and her sister can't go without her? No.
KAYLA: I'm looking up how to treat anemia.
SARAH: Also, it sounds like they don't live together.
KAYLA: Yeah
SARAH: Their relationship isn't even at the point where they're living together and he's still expecting her to drop all of her plans to make him feel better because… I don't want to downplay a diagnosis like that.
KAYLA: Okay but also, if he said... I'm looking up more about anemia now. There's a lot of types of anemia.
SARAH: Yeah
KAYLA: There are several that are not treatable or you have to get blood transfusions to treat. That's obviously much more serious and scary.
SARAH: But he just said he needs supplements.
KAYLA: But there are also several where all you need is an iron supplement and changing your diet.
SARAH: That sounds like it's what it is.
KAYLA: Right. So like, sir...
SARAH: Oh no, that one didn't come with an update.
KAYLA: Oh no
SARAH: This post was an update. Sorry. Different thing. Anyway
KAYLA: it does suck that he has to deal with this for the rest of his life. But he doesn't have to take it out on her when she was already on the phone with him for so long.
SARAH: Yeah.
KAYLA: Men.
SARAH: We're gonna try and fly through this one. It's long though.
KAYLA: Okay.
SARAH: Am I the asshole for choosing to go on a trip with my girlfriend instead of taking care of my struggling brother's son? For context, my (24M) brother, Luke, 31M, and his wife Emma, 28f, and their son Kyle, 4m, not 4 months, 4 man, moved to my city last year because Emma got a new job. They would occasionally ask me to watch Kyle because I work from home with very flexible hours. I personally do not like kids at all. But I was happy to do it at the time because I wanted to help them. And it was not often, maybe once or twice every two weeks. And Kyle was very well behaved. Now, the issue started near the end of last year when Luke decided to change careers. He was previously working remotely as well. His new job required him to go to work a lot more often and make substantially less money. This left them depending on me more and more to take care of Kyle. It went from once or twice every two weeks to around three days out of the week.
KAYLA: Oh boy
SARAH: To make matters worse, Kyle's behavior changed drastically. To be completely honest, I can barely stand the kid anymore, constantly running around and screaming while I'm trying to work and just overall being a little shit. My sister-in-law Emma was over the other day picking up Kyle and made some comments about getting rid of some of the dangerous furniture in my house, like table cloth edges and stuff so that my home is safer for their son. And I made a joke about baby proofing my house because they're planning to have a daughter. Oh, sorry. And she also made a joke about baby proofing his house because they're planning to have a daughter. KAYLA: Ah. Yeah
SARAH: This pissed me off, but I didn't say anything. The situation hit a breaking point last Friday when I was talking about the 1.5 week long, week and a half long trip I was going on with my girlfriend on the 15th.
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SARAH: Very specific. The ides.
KAYLA: Thank you, sir.
SARAH: Me and my girlfriend like to travel somewhere nice at least once a month. We could not the past couple months because of Kyle, but I promised my girlfriend we would go somewhere exotic for Valentine's.
KAYLA: fucking Kyle.
SARAH: Don't use the word exotic. Upon hearing this, they got pretty mad saying who was going to take care of Kyle? That I need to stop these childish trips and that I need to take more responsibility because I'm an uncle now.
KAYLA: What
SARAH: I'm not going to lie. After hearing this, I fucking snapped. I said that their demon child isn't my responsibility and I'm not just going to give up my life because they fucked without a condom.
KAYLA: Hah.
SARAH: It got pretty obscene from there and some horrible things were said. They left and we are no longer on speaking terms. My parents and Emma's parents are on their side and extremely angry at me for refusing to pull my weight. My parents said that this is my duty and I should be sacrificing everything to help them.
KAYLA: What
SARAH: It's honestly got me really down and I've cried my eyes pretty much out pretty much every day since seeing those messages from my family. I'm starting to wonder if I really should be taking more responsibility. Am I the asshole for choosing my trips over my brother and nephew? No.
KAYLA: No.
SARAH: You're the uncle.
KAYLA: That’s crazy
SARAH: You don't have any responsibility actually.
KAYLA: That's so wild of them.
SARAH: If you want to be technical about it, the grandparents of this child don't even have responsibility.
KAYLA: No. That is so wild.
SARAH: Like what? Okay, now so I have the update as well.
KAYLA: That's wild.
SARAH: After reading through the comments, it helped me realize how toxic my relationship is with my family. As many of you mentioned, yes, my brother is the golden child of the family and thinking about it now, that favoritism is the main reason I wanted to move away from them so badly in the first place. I had a talk with my brother and my sister-in-law where I apologized for calling their child a demon and for the condom remark.
KAYLA: (laughing) Honestly, both warranted in my mind.
SARAH: They accepted my apology but they did not apologize to me. Apparently, ours and my sister-in-law's parents were just not telling them, but encouraging them to use me for help the whole time. Oh, they were not just telling them.
KAYLA: Yeah. Yes
SARAH: They were encouraging them to use me. I told them how exhausted and frustrated I was and how much this whole shit show has hurt me and that I would not be watching Kyle anymore, period. And that they need to figure something else out. They did not take it well and my sister-in-law started yelling again. And after some arguing, my sister-in-law said that if I would not watch Kyle, the least I could do is pay for his daycare
KAYLA: What?!
SARAH: and help with some of their other expenses since I have the money to zip off to a different country every month. I was honestly appalled. I would not have minded to help them out financially but the tone of her voice as she said it was just infuriating. The only thing they heard was that I would not continue helping them. They didn't give a shit about anything else I said.
KAYLA: Wow
SARAH: I just got up and left their house without saying a word. I wanted to leave before I completely exploded again. Ten minutes after I left, my phone started buzzing with them and my parents and I just put it on do not disturb. It said D&D though so I was like, what?
KAYLA: Dungeons and Dragons.
SARAH: So I just put it on do not disturb. I read a lot of comments saying I should go no contact and I really did not want to have to do that, but they are very clearly not interested in respecting me as a human being so that's it. I will not be speaking to my family until they want to genuinely apologize to me. Thanks guys.
KAYLA: That is batshit. That is bananas.
SARAH: You won't watch my child who you have no responsibility for, for free three days a week while you're working. This guy is still working. He's working from home but he's working.
KAYLA: If you expect that level of help from a family member then they need to be consulted about whether you're going to get pregnant.
SARAH: Yeah. That's a third parent.
KAYLA: Exactly. The same amount of conversation that happens between the two people making the child needs to also happen with this third person. If you expect them to financially help and also do all this free childcare. Like it is just so wild that they are just like assuming that he has to do that because what you’re family? That's so insane. That’s bizarre.
SARAH: I have two more and I know I said I wanted this to be a shorter podcast but I was like oh I can skip some but they're all so good.
KAYLA: Okay but we're going to do more of these Sarah.
SARAH: No this one is so good.
KAYLA: (sighs) Okay
SARAH: It's from a TikTok so it's okay. I, 32M, am engaged to Laura 27F and Laura has a tattoo – what’s the title? I don’t know – that I have an issue with.
KAYLA: Oh
SARAH: When she was 18 or 19-ish she got a tramp stamp tattoo of a mascot of her favorite K-pop group that used bunny rabbits that represent them. Someone figured out what group it was
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SARAH: it's like a second-gen like old-school group. The one that she has wears a red mask slash bandana since it's the one that represents her favorite member of the group. Ever since the first time I've seen this tattoo and she explained the meaning I've sort of had an issue with it for two reasons.
KAYLA: Oh no
SARAH: One, the tattoo is a representation of another man and to me it feels like she has branded herself for that man.
KAYLA: (laughing)
SARAH: And two, I view K-pop
KAYLA: Okay
SARAH: as a childish thing and expect tweens to be into it like Justin Bieber or One Direction. But it makes her happy so I usually keep my feelings about K-pop to myself. Doesn't sound like it though.
KAYLA: Yeah. Yeah.
SARAH: Earlier this week we were preparing to go out to eat and while she was changing I caught a glimpse of it. I asked her if she'd ever plan to get it removed and she said no. I then tell her how I feel about it since we're very close to be husband and wife. I even suggested other tattoo ideas.
KAYLA: I bet you aren’t. I bet you fucking aren't.
SARAH: I even suggested other tattoo ideas that could be based around us and offered to get it with her. A piece of context here that I didn't give is that this post has since been deleted so we're going off of screenshots.
KAYLA: (laughing) Yeah, I bet it has.
SARAH: Laura then called me stupid for thinking that way because everyone gets tattoos of singers and bands and it's like… move your head. Sorry, it's from a TikTok. This girl's head's in the way.
KAYLA: (laughing) How could she?
SARAH: Everyone gets tattoos of singers and bands and it's a one in a million chance of her meeting that member and being with him. More than one million.
KAYLA: It's literally not going to happen ever.
SARAH: I then told her that her tattoo still screams, quote, I've branded myself for a man, unquote, and people get tattoos of real musicians.
KAYLA: (gasps) Oh buddy.
SARAH: It says fades. I think it's a typo. It's supposed to say fakes.
KAYLA: Yeah
SARAH: Not fakes. And told her I expected it to be gone by the wedding day.
KAYLA: (laughing) This guy is so dumb.
SARAH: Laura then called me an asshole and stormed out of the room. She even refused to go to dinner with me.
KAYLA: Yeah
SARAH: Since then, she doesn't talk or is short to me and has even resorted to sleeping in her office.
KAYLA: Yeah
SARAH: I'm one to admit when I'm wrong, but in this situation, I don't think I am and that my reasons are understandable and think many other married men will see where I'm coming from. Am I the asshole?
KAYLA: I mean, they have to break. Like, there's no way they stay together, right?
SARAH: Well, and this person in this TikTok is like, he's acting like it's the face of this mem- it's a rabbit.
KAYLA: Even if it was the face of a-
SARAH: Who fucking? Like okay, sure
KAYLA: That's so wild.
SARAH: I was recently talking about musical artist related tattoos with my coworker, so this one really is just-
KAYLA: I would understand if it was something that had to do with an ex of hers.
SARAH: Oh yeah.
KAYLA: Yeah, that's uncomfortable. But like, huh?
SARAH: It's also like he's low-key slut-shaming her for the location also.
KAYLA: Yeah.
SARAH: It's not just she has this tattoo, but she has this tramp stamp. She's branded herself for another man and I think kpop is childish. Fuck you. Why are you dating her? I hope she left you.
KAYLA: Yeah, I really hope that they're not together. But also like, clearly this man has like a- what's it called? When you're like, this is mine.
SARAH: Problem. Oh, like a possessive-
KAYLA: Yeah, like very territorial or whatever. Like, this can't have been the first way that this popped up.
SARAH: Yeah.
KAYLA: Like, why is she with this man?
SARAH: I hope she leaves him right now. Alright, I got one more.
KAYLA: Okay, be quick. I'm so sleepy.
SARAH: I will, I'm so sorry, but it's good. Am I the asshole for making fun of my girlfriend for writing fanfiction and claiming it's actual writing?
KAYLA: Oh boy.
SARAH: My girlfriend- we're really getting into fandom on these last couple ones.
KAYLA: Yeah, we really.
SARAH: My girlfriend Abby, F31, and I, M33, have been together for a few months and this Easter I was going to introduce her to my family. We haven't moved in together yet.
KAYLA: Yeah, I hope not. What the hell?
SARAH: Abby is quite smart. She has a PhD and works in her field. I only have a BA, so as you can imagine- so you can imagine my surprise when a hot and smart woman wanted to date me.
KAYLA: Yeah, I'm all-
SARAH: It's giving pick me incel.
KAYLA: I am surprised. You sound awful.
SARAH: Anyway, I digress. Abby's passion is writing, although she's never allowed me to read anything she wrote.
KAYLA: Good
SARAH: She dreams of writing a book and says she's practicing and trying to draft things. One day, I was staying over and fell asleep and she went to her office to write. When I woke up, I peered over her shoulder. First fucking mistake. Never fucking do that. I will kill you.
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KAYLA: Sarah does not like people looking at her screens.
SARAH: Okay, so when I woke up, I peered over her shoulder, first mistake, when she was writing and saw names that sounded familiar. I asked her about this and sure enough, she admitted to writing fanfiction. Also, this person capitalizes fanfiction every time.
KAYLA: Okay
SARAH: Apparently, she already wrote 100k fanfiction and is working on her third one.
KAYLA: Wow slay
SARAH: She says it's writing practice and she loves it. I told her it's cringy and if she was serious about her book, she'd write it by now because she's pretty much already wrote two books if they weren't fanfiction. She got silent and told me to leave her alone.
KAYLA: Yeah!
SARAH: When I introduced her to my family-
KAYLA: No!
SARAH: It gets worse. When I introduced her to my family, I mentioned that she has a PhD. My brother and sister got impressed and asked her about it. Abby tried to tell them, but I interjected and told them to not be so impressed because she wastes her time writing silly fanfiction, so I don't know how she even got her doctorate. It was meant to be a joke, but Abby was angry, no shit. She called me an asshole. She wouldn't talk to me for the rest of the day and asked me to drive her home.
KAYLA: This is so…
SARAH: I tried to come in, but she told me-
KAYLA: Why would you say that?
SARAH: Also, oh god, she wouldn't talk to you? You drove her home and then you tried to go into her house with her?
KAYLA: Yeah, no
SARAH: I tried to come in, but she told me she wanted to be alone and write her fanfiction. I told her she was childish but left anyway. I haven't heard back from her since then and I told my sister and my sister agreed with Abby.
KAYLA: Yeah!
SARAH: I tried to call Abby, but she texted me with asshole and nothing else. My sister thinks I owe Abby an apology, but I don't think I did anything wrong and yet Abby is annoyed. Was I really the asshole here?
KAYLA: Also, doing that in front of your family, when clearly the reason you bring someone to meet your family is to hope that they like them
SARAH: Yeah
KAYLA: and then you immediately undercut, why would you do that?
SARAH: That's not even negging, that's just being mean to them.
KAYLA: That's just being mean and making yourself look bad. His attempt was to make her look bad, which is why would you want to make your partner look bad in front of your family?
SARAH: Like, it's bad enough that he thinks she's childish for this to begin with, but I understand that some people are led to that conclusion based on shit other people say, but the fact that not only does he think it's silly and a waste of time, but he actively brought it up in front of his family as a means to undercut the fact that she has a PhD.
KAYLA: PhD. You know what the whole thing is giving, including when he says in this post, I can't believe that she would date me, whatever. This man is clearly so insecure
SARAH: Oh yeah
KAYLA: that she has a PhD and works in her field and is writing really well. Clearly he's so upset that he has nothing going on for himself, and he's like, well, bruh, men, men.
SARAH: Yeah. Well, and this one was posted on Twitter and I'm just looking at their replies and someone goes, my ex-husband felt the same way about my fan fiction, but now I have two books published and a third on the way.
KAYLA: Good.
SARAH: And then this one is a screenshot of a tweet from Neil Gaiman. Someone asked, you like fan fiction? I'm pretty against it. I think it's an insult to the author. Hey, so I took what you wrote and well, I made it all about me and what I want. It's not how stories get told. And Neil Gaiman responds and he goes, I won the Hugo Award for a piece of Sherlock Holmes slash HP Lovecraft fan fiction, so I'm in favor.
KAYLA: That's so funny. Oh, boy. Men are so stupid.
SARAH: This reply, quote, don't be too impressed by the PhD. She has a pretty common creative hobby that I have never shown an interest in actually consuming the product of, and which I could not do myself, so clearly she's unaccomplished. Wait, babe, how am I the asshole?
KAYLA: (laughing) Oh, I hope she dumps him.
SARAH: (laughing) Sorry, this person was like, fan fiction is cringe though. He's right about that. And this person responds and goes, that's fine though. It's personal opinion. I personally find my partner's hobby of standing around in a field watching men get sweaty kicking around a ball cringe, but I don't make him feel bad that he likes to do it. Let people have their hobbies.
KAYLA: Get to their ass.
SARAH: What's our poll for this week?
KAYLA: I don't know.
SARAH: Cool. What's your beef and your juice this week?
KAYLA: My beef is I'm sleepy and I want to go to bed. And also I just like haven't been sleeping well this week, so I'm really hoping I fall asleep. My juice is that I've decided to get into F1.
SARAH: Oh
KAYLA: So I'm an F1 girlie now.
SARAH: I'm surprised by this, but okay.
KAYLA: Yeah I need…
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KAYLA: a hobby?
SARAH: Tell the kids at home who don't know what F1 is.
KAYLA: F1 is Formula One racing. It's a European racing sport where they race.
SARAH: Cars, like little...
KAYLA: Cars, very tiny, very fast cars.
SARAH: Car-like devices.
KAYLA: I've just seen a lot of people getting into it this year and there's like a five season docu-series on Netflix. And from everything I've heard, it's like incredibly dramatic and there's like lots of gossip and drama.
SARAH: You know, I think I have heard about that docu-series.
KAYLA: I was like that sounds perfect for me, actually, because it's like there's only like 20 racers and they race each other all year, so it's like they all hate each other because it's like the same people year after year.
SARAH: She so badly doesn't want to get into my Korean men that she decides to get into cars instead.
KAYLA: I am getting into cars. It's easier to get into cars. This one has a docu-series.
SARAH: Yeah, because they've got a door. You just open the door.
KAYLA: I will not be speaking for the rest of the sentence.
SARAH: Sometimes it's locked
KAYLA: There actually aren’t doors
SARAH: but you can go in through the window.
KAYLA: There aren't even doors.
SARAH: Do they go in like through the...
KAYLA: They just climb in the top. They climb in. There's no door. They have to like put the top on over them.
SARAH: Well, I also realized the implications after saying that is that if I was talking about how cars are easy to get into because of the doors, then men are harder to get into.
KAYLA: They are. They got…
SARAH: Men have holes
KAYLA: Men have more holes than an F1 car has, I think.
SARAH: I would say they're probably smaller.
KAYLA: Yeah, but there's more of them.
SARAH: Okay, my juice...
KAYLA: My beef is this conversation.
SARAH: Oh, yeah. Okay. My juice Agust D concert, my beef, I wasn't at it. There was something else I forgot. It doesn't matter. Oh, I looked over and I thought you had just left the frame entirely.
KAYLA: I wish. I was just laying down.
SARAH: You can talk about your beef, your juice, your thoughts
KAYLA: Yeah your F1
SARAH: about cars your thoughts about K-pop slash cars crossover. You know, you know who Jin is? Jin is the girl, the hot girl.
KAYLA: No
SARAH: Jin is the hot girl from Cars.
KAYLA: Oh, like Cars, the movie?
SARAH: The blue. Yeah, sorry. Yeah, you know there's all the cars. No, I want the movie. I don't want cars.com. I want to know what her fucking name is. Sally. Yes, Sally. Jin has huge Sally energy.
KAYLA: Good. I was just telling my roommates that I, once I fully get into F1, because I have to finish Dr. Sears.
SARAH: Tony Shalhoub is Luigi? I knew that.
KAYLA: I'm going to get an F1 jersey, but it's going to say Ka-chow on it.
SARAH: I love it. Speed.
KAYLA: I am speed. Ka-chow.
SARAH: Ka-chow. Wow. Alright. You can tell us about your cars on Patreon. Well, on our social media, but also on Patreon. We're like more obligated to listen to you if you're a patron. Our $2 patrons, all the same. No changes. No new ones. Sorry. Our $5 patrons that we're promoting this week are Corinne, Daniel Walker, Doug Rice, Edward Hayes-Holgate, and Elizabeth Wheeler. You know what also has wheels? F1 cars. Our $10 patrons who are promoting something this week are Martin Chiesl, who would like to promote his podcast, If Everyone’s Special then No One is, Mattie, who would like to promote Gender Euphoria, Potater, who would like to promote Potatoes, Purple Hayes, who would like to promote their friend's podcast, The Host Club, and Barefoot Backpacker, who would like to promote their podcast, Travel Tales from Beyond the Rocher. Now, Barefoot Backpacker, he does not have wheels.
KAYLA: Just feet. Ka-chow.
SARAH: But I bet they sometimes take forms of moving that involve wheels. Our other $10 patrons are Ruby, SongofStorm, The Steve, Zirklteo, Arcnes, Alyson, Benjamin Ybarra, David Harris, Derick and Carissa, Elle Bitter, My Aunt Jeannie, Maggie Capalbo, and that's it. Our $15 patrons are Andrew Hillum, who would like to promote Invisible Spectrum Podcast, Changeling and Alex the Ace Cat, Changeling – StarshipChangeling.net. Click4Caroline, who would like to promote Ace of Hearts, Dia Chappell, Twitch.tv/MelodyDia, Hector Murillo, who would like to promote friends that are supportive, constructive, and help you grow as a better person, including cars. John Young, who would like to promote the movie Cars. Maff, who would like to promote catching Up to the Podcast After Two Years, Nathaniel White, who would like to promote NathanielJWhiteDesigns.com. Kayla’s Aunt Nina, who would like to promote katemaggartart.com. Sara Jones, who's @eternalloli everywhere. Our $10 patrons are Sabrina Hauck, who would like to promote Merry Christmas Cars. And Dragonfly, who would like to promote Cars. Thanks for listening. Tune in next Sunday.
KAYLA: Until then, take good care of your cows and cars. Ka-chow.
SARAH: They go tractor tipping in Cars. No, that's the video game.
KAYLA: Okay
SARAH: There's a Cars video game for the PS2.
KAYLA: Okay.
SARAH: Where you go tractor tipping?
KAYLA: Yeah.
SARAH: Is there tractor tipping in the mater movies? There's gotta be. Cause there's that big tractor.
KAYLA: I think there is, yes.
SARAH: She's like the mama.
KAYLA: Yeah.
SARAH: I'm stopping.
KAYLA: Uh huh.
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