Bonus #173 - Live Call Show Vol. 39 [PATREON PREVIEW]

Summary

Stavvy's World – Bonus #173: Live Call Show Vol. 39 [PATREON PREVIEW]

Date: March 26, 2026
Host: Stavros Halkias
Guests/Regulars: Eldis, Morgan Stewart
Theme: Friends with Benefits, Therapy, and Emotional Boundaries

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Episode Overview

This lively "call-in advice" episode centers on a caller seeking wisdom on how to encourage a male friend-with-benefits, who's navigating a divorce and past trauma, to seek therapy. Stavros, Morgan, and Eldis unpack the emotional, sexual, and practical layers of the situation, injecting their signature irreverent humor while offering genuine advice. The conversation winds through modern friendship, blurred boundaries, mental health support, and the challenges of "friends with benefits" dynamics.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Caller’s Dilemma: Supporting a Friend through Crisis

[01:09 – 06:46]

• Situation: The caller is friends—and occasionally intimate—with a man going through a divorce, complicated by a traumatic childhood, military service, and a history of toxic relationships.
• Therapy Push: She wants to encourage him to see a therapist but worries about overstepping boundaries and being misinterpreted as wanting more than friendship.
• Caller's Motivation:
  • “I love my friends real, real good ... I want to take care of them sometimes. With my pussy. And that's beautiful.” – Caller [02:16]

Hosts’ Reactions:

• Morgan commends the caller's open and nurturing friendship, noting it’s “what community’s all about.” [02:26]
• Eldis and Morgan riff on the platonic-yet-slightly-homoerotic dynamic between themselves, setting the conversational tone: “We've been behaving like an old married couple since we were like, 22 years old.” – Morgan [02:58]

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2. Assessing Why Therapy Is Needed—and Why He's Resistant

[03:09 – 05:26]

• High Bar for Therapy:
  • The friend only views events as therapy-worthy if they involve extreme trauma, like his childhood abuse or wartime experience, minimizing the emotional impact of the divorce.
  • “To him, the bar is like a child being abused as a child or fucking going to war.” – Morgan [03:58]
• Recurring Issues:
  • He uses the caller as an emotional dumping ground, especially after becoming upset.
  • “Somebody should be paid to listen to this. I'm giving you a service here right now." – Morgan [05:17]

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3. The Role of the Friend Group

[05:26 – 06:46]

• Broader Support:
  • Suggestion to involve the larger friend group, especially since others have known him longer.
  • “I think you can take this now to the group and be like, hey, people who know him better ... What do you guys think?” – Morgan [06:04]

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4. Why Being the Messenger Is Complicated

[08:39 – 11:00]

• Blurring of Lines:
  • The caller doesn’t want the friend to misread her concern as romantic interest.
  • Eldis advises firmly: “You cannot be the messenger for this ... I would not want to hear that from someone I'm just trying to get my mind off my divorce with.”
• The Male Response:
  • Straight men often avoid emotional exchanges, which makes such interventions difficult within friend groups:
  • “You ever tried to get two straight men to have a serious conversation about emotions? It's so hard.” – Caller [09:54]

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5. Is Now Even the Right Time?

[10:30 – 13:53]

• Post-Divorce “Grace Period”:
  • Morgan analogizes to overindulgence post-breakup/failure and asks if the friend deserves space to “crash out.”
  • “Maybe you just go back to being platonic friends. I don't know if that's, I don't know if taking away pussy is going to make someone listen to you, but I don't know…” – Morgan [12:02]
• Eldis:
  • Removing sex might be the wake-up call the friend needs: “That’ll be the actual wake up call that will register ... The sex is like an escape right now for him.” [12:14]

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6. The Limits of Friends with Benefits (FWB) – and Emotional Health

[12:39 – 17:56]

• Difficulty in FWB Situations:
  • The panel acknowledges the rarity of truly successful, platonic, no-strings-attached sexual friendships, especially during emotional turbulence.
  • “Friends with benefits is hard already for sure ... It kind of never works. It works 8% of the time.” – Morgan [17:16]
  • “That only works because it is an abomination under the Lord.” – Morgan (re: polyam enthusiasms) [17:56]
• Mutual Resolution:
  • The caller just completed her PhD, feeling ready to “shut it down” and pursue a platonic friendship.
  • Hosts recommend she prioritize her own needs and boundaries.

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7. Accepting What You Can't Control

[15:07 – 18:35]

• Letting Go:
  • Ultimately, the group agrees the man must choose therapy on his own timeline, regardless of encouragement.
  • “He’s just gonna figure it out on his own, unfortunately…. All you can do is kind of be a supportive friend for him.” – Morgan [16:46]
• Caller Agrees:
  • “I think that makes sense. That’s true.” [16:46]

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8. Lighthearted Closing: Language Learning & Poetry

[18:40 – 19:59]

• Language Tips:
  • The caller suggests reading poetry in another language to deepen fluency, calling it “gay as hell.”
  • Morgan jokes about watching children’s cartoons dubbing for language learning: “I’ll say I hear your poetry and I might just watch Spongebob dubbed over in Greek.” [19:30]
• Chemistry vs. Greek Poetry:
  • Cavafy briefly mentioned; the caller, with a PhD in chemistry, admits to knowing nothing about the poet.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On emotional sexual friendship:
  “I love my friends real, real good. You know, I got good friends and I want to take care of them sometimes. With my pussy. And that's beautiful.” – Caller [02:16]
• On high standards for trauma:
  “To him, the bar is like a child being abused as a child or fucking going to war.” – Morgan [03:58]
• On being the advice-giving friend-with-benefits:
  “Luigi has big titties [is] not being the best messenger for [therapy advice].” – Morgan [11:00]
• On comparing emotional boundaries and self-improvement:
  “When I was at my absolute fattest ... as I'm eating a pizza and getting high, people like, you really should start exercising. It’s like, maybe, but this ain’t the time.” – Morgan [10:30]
• On friends with benefits:
  “Friends with benefits is hard already for sure. It kind of never works. It works 8% of the time.” – Morgan [17:16]
  “That only works because it is an abomination under the Lord.” – Morgan [17:56]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [01:09] – Caller introduces her situation
• [03:09] – Explaining the friend’s trauma and resistance to therapy
• [05:26] – Involving the friend group
• [08:39] – Navigating friend-with-benefits boundaries
• [10:30] – Is it time for space? The “fat guy eating pizza” analogy
• [12:02] – Should she go platonic? The cost of “taking away pussy”
• [14:39] – Caller celebrates finishing her PhD and considers ending FWB
• [15:07] – Accepting you can’t force someone to seek help
• [18:40] – Language learning and poetry as a lighthearted coda

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Conclusion

An episode infused with rowdy warmth and candid insights, balancing banter with genuine advice. The crew validates the caller’s instincts, explores why sexual entanglement complicates emotional support, and agrees sometimes friendship means stepping back—and that people will only seek help when they're ready. As always, Stavvy’s World fuses adult humor with heartfelt moments, making for an advice show that’s as therapeutic for listeners as for the callers.

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Transcript

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[Caller]

I am trying to kind of figure out the best way to convince this guy I'm my slam piece, if you will.

[Eldis]

Sure.

[Caller]

To go to therapy.

[Eldis]

Oh, wow. Interesting.

[Caller]

Yeah, I'm. Yeah. Well, so we're friends. I have no intention of taking us anywhere beyond friends. Like we're friends and that's enough. And that's good. And we talk.

[Morgan Stewart]

Sure.

[Caller]

I don't want to be too. I don't want to overstep my slam piece bounds. Number one. Number two, I'm very confrontational and direct, and I think I brought it up once in the past, and it kind of put him on the defensive.

[Morgan Stewart]

I get that.

[Caller]

So that's kind of what I'm rocking with.

[Morgan Stewart]

What do you think? What do you think he needs to. To do? Why? Why do you think he needs therapy? Let's start there.

[Caller]

Fair. So he's a good guy. He. He's going through a divorce right now with a woman that he was married to for 10 years.

[Morgan Stewart]

Oh. So you're a really good friend.

[Caller]

I'm a what?

[Morgan Stewart]

You're a really good friend is what it sounds like. Somebody's getting divorced, you throw them a little pussy, help him get through the whole thing, you know, worrying about his well being. You do see. If. If only there were more friends like you.

[Caller]

Listen, here's the thing. I love my friends real, real good. You know, I got good friends and I want to take care of them sometimes. With my pussy. And that's beautiful.

[Morgan Stewart]

That I think, is beautiful. Absolutely. That's what community's all about.

[Eldis]

Stop. Are you saying you want me to suck?

[Morgan Stewart]

No. You're fucking busted. Eldest. Hey, you're fucking ugly, dude.

[Eldis]

I'm sexy, bro.

[Morgan Stewart]

Oh, no.

[Caller]

I don't know why y' all are pretending you aren't fucking already. That's crazy.

[Morgan Stewart]

No, unfortunately, this is even. Somehow even more homoerotic. It's so gay. It's transcended physical love.

[Caller]

That's honestly the most romantic thing I've ever heard. I love that.

[Morgan Stewart]

We just. We've. We've been behaving like an old married couple since we were, like, 22 years old.

[Eldis]

Yeah.

[Morgan Stewart]

Okay, so. Okay, so he's going through a divorce. So this guy's up against a lot here, is what you're saying.

[Caller]

Yeah, so he was like, okay, so just like a quick, you know, run through. He's going through a divorce. He's only ever dated really toxic people or women. And he is a veteran. And he was abused as a kid and his mom abandoned him. Like, there's just, you know, there's a laundry list. And he went to therapy once when he was younger to work through the abuse stuff. And he said, like, it was fine, but not as. I didn't think it was that helpful for him. But he did take that approach that, like, okay, go to therapy when you have something to, like, figure out.

[Morgan Stewart]

Sure.

[Caller]

Like, you don't have to be doing it all the time, which I think is good. But I don't think he's. He's doesn't see the stuff that he's going through now as like, quote, unquote, I guess, enough to go to therapy. And I'm like, hey, baby girl, Mommy whispering your ear, please go to therapy.

[Morgan Stewart]

You know, you're right. I mean, listen, you're obviously right, and I think it makes sense too, because to him, the bar is like a child being abused as a child or fucking going to war. Like, this guy has to be fair compared to, like, a fucked up childhood and, you know, a fucked up job in your 20s that involves killing innocent Iraqis in some way. I don't know. I don't know how involved he was directly, but being a part of the American war machine that destabilized the whole world, he. He's been through couple things that are much shittier than a divorce. I'll give him that. That. It's like he set the bar really high for what deserves to be in therapy for him, but for anybody Else, you're absolutely right. Like, this guy's going through a lot, and he. I think you're. I think basically, I'm agreeing with you. Your instincts are correct that he probably would get a lot out of therapy.

[Caller]

Yeah, I think it would be good for him. He also, like, you know, he tends to. If he's upset, he goes to rage. And there are all these, like, little signs of things that I think could kind of be helped if he. If he had someone to talk to. He also does. He does a lot. This is a little bit selfish. He does do a lot of rambling on about stuff that his wife did. And I'm like, baby girl, I'm like, I'm writing you right now. Shut up.

[Morgan Stewart]

You should go to someone to pay. Somebody should be paid to listen to this. I'm giving you a service here right now.

[Caller]

Yes.

[Morgan Stewart]

I mean, okay, so this is one of your friends. Is it, like. Is he part of a larger group of friends? Is there, like, you know, is there, like, power in numbers here and talking to him? Not. Not. Obviously not full intervention, but is there, like, multiple people who can kind of soften the blow? Are you sort of like, his. His lifeline here? How. You said you've been friends for a while, right?

[Caller]

Yeah, it's actually. We actually haven't been friends for that long, but there is a bigger group of friends that I've been friends with for much longer.

[Morgan Stewart]

Gotcha.

[Caller]

Um, and I think that's. Actually. I didn't even think about kind of involving them in that. But, yes, there's definitely more people around and people he's known for longer.

[Morgan Stewart]

Right.

[Caller]

And know him better.

[Morgan Stewart]

Right.

[Caller]

That could also help. Yeah.

[Morgan Stewart]

I mean, listen, you've tried the straight. You did the admirable thing and what people who call into the show never do, which is directly communicate. And you tried that. And this is obviously a harder. And I think you probably have to do that again. But I think you can take this now to the group and be like, hey, people who know him better. Like, here's how I feel. I'm worried about him. I think you should go into therapy. Like, what do you guys think? I mean, I think there's nothing wrong. I definitely wouldn't consider that talking behind a friend's back. You guys are all kind of strategizing how to help him. So I think that's a fair place to go and see how people feel about this in terms of if. If it's like, something you have to do by yourself. I mean, look. Yeah, he does a lot of rambling. But I do think the next time he's rambling about something, you could be like, hey, I don't. I don't know how much help I could be. I think this is exactly. This is kind of exactly where talking to somebody about your stuff and even maybe framing it if he has to have it be temporary. You could even be like, hey, I know you think this isn't a big deal, but this, like, a divorce on top of all the stuff you've already been dealing with is totally. And this will bring up stuff from your past. Like, anything this emotional can bring up past trauma. You could just be like, I think you'd get a lot out of just for the time being, talking to somebody and, you know, maybe making him say he'll do it for at least a couple months and not just give up on it. I don't know. But I think you can bring it up again. Are you worried? What are your. What do you. What are you worried will happen if you just kind of bring it up? You said he just kind of shut himself off the first time.

[Caller]

It's not so much that I'm worried about bringing it up, because, again, I'm pretty confrontational. Yeah, it's more like. Yeah, it's just. It makes life easier, to be honest. But it's more. It's like when I bring it up, it's like, he doesn't really, like, hear me because I brought it up, like, a couple of times, sort of casually, and then once, like, kind of seriously.

[Morgan Stewart]

Right.

[Caller]

And so I'm more afraid that when I bring it up, it's like, not really doing anything. It's not really getting through. Or I'm also afraid because I really do mean it when I say, like, we're friends, and that's cool, but, like, I don't want to date him. And I also don't want him to think this is me caring too much. I guess. I don't know. I'm usually. I'm very loving with my friends. And so when I do sleep with my friends, which I do more often than I should as a queer, you know, I just. There are some lines that I just want to make sure don't get super blurred.

[Morgan Stewart]

I know what you mean.

[Eldis]

I. I have to. I agree with you on the last point. I gotta get a little red pill here. You cannot be the. You cannot be the messenger for this. I think, like, yeah, exactly. Because you guys are like, he's going through a divorce. He's you. And I'm not saying, like, you know, you guys can and still just be friends or whatever, but once you start getting into.

[Morgan Stewart]

Do you really think he want, I mean, he's freshly divorced. You think he really thinks, you think he wants to get in a relationship right now?

[Eldis]

I don't think he wants to get in a relationship.

[Morgan Stewart]

I could think she does.

[Eldis]

No, I don't think you do either, necessarily. I just think like, no, she doesn't.

[Morgan Stewart]

But you think he might think she does, is that what you're saying?

[Eldis]

Possibly. Not even, not even he might think you do. I just think, like, if it was me, I would not want to hear that from, like, someone I'm, I'm like, just trying to get my mind off, like my divorce and, and, you know, he's, he's, he's like in a weird time.

[Morgan Stewart]

And I guess I, I, I mean, I know what you're saying, but it's also like, you know, whatever.

[Eldis]

Especially if, if as you just said a few moments ago, tell me if I'm wrong. But like, you know, there's other people in the friend group who are like, closer to him than you are.

[Caller]

Yeah, but those pussies don't want to have the conversation. You ever tried to get two straight men so actually look in the mirror. You ever tried to get two straight men to have a serious conversation about emotions? It's so hard.

[Eldis]

No, never. That's why it's awesome.

[Caller]

Honestly. That's so fair. I wish I could spend less time thinking about emotions.

[Eldis]

Personally, I feel like if I was him and I started hearing this from you, especially like, if it was after we fudged or something, I'd be like, oh, God, I do not want to hear about this shit, talk about it, or think about it.

[Morgan Stewart]

So I kind of see what you're saying, because it's like when I was at my absolute fattest and it's like as I'm eating a pizza and getting high, people like, you really should go, really start exercising. It's like, maybe, but this ain't the time. I kind of see what you're saying. Does this guy get a certain window of post divorce crashing out he gets to do before he has to go to therapy? Maybe. And maybe you're right, Eldis, in terms of, you know, Luigi has big titties not being the best messenger for it.

[Eldis]

Yeah.

[Morgan Stewart]

So I don't know. I mean, you could. Here's the other thing. If you, you kind of have two. There's two paths here, right? Which is like, just kind of go about it as you'd like, right, keep, keep kind of hooking up and whatever and kind of let it go. Or if you're afraid the lines will get blurred and you really don't want to like, you know, date this person or even, you know, have any kind of truly romantic relationship going forward. Maybe you, you could be like, hey, I don't want you to think I'm trying to like better you for, you know, I'm not trying to be in a relationship, but I do care about you and I do think you should like get this stuff, you know, taken care of. Maybe it's not the best if we continue like a physical. Like you might basically, you kind of, you're kind of in no man's land right now where it's like by being a buddy, you, you, you yourself have said it's kind of blurred the lines of what is and isn't appropriate and what he will and won't listen to. So maybe you just go back to being platonic friends. I don't know if that's, I don't know if taking away pussy is going to make someone listen to you, but I don't know, I just, I think,

[Eldis]

yeah, it won't make him listen to you, but that'll be like the actual wake up call that will register.

[Morgan Stewart]

Sure.

[Eldis]

That will make him like, that's true. That make him sad in a way that he's forced to like look inwards within himself in the way that he is in right now.

[Morgan Stewart]

That's true. Pushes himself.

[Eldis]

This, the sex is like an escape right now from him. And you know, there's something about like, you know when you can like fuck a friend and you just like, you're like, oh, awesome. We're just, we're just shooting the shit after. No big deal.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yeah, this is hard to pull off if everybody's in a perfect place mentally just fucking your friends and it doesn't turn out weird. It's impossible for this to work now with this guy. Actually, the more we're talking about it, the more it's like, you probably shouldn't because really this is appropriate if you don't really care about this guy and you're like, ah, some guy, I'm no strings attached is going through some shit, but not my problem. I'm just here for the dick. You know what I mean? Like, that's kind of the only appropriate you are. Just kind of. I think this just is not a good situation right now because he's probably in too much of a. If he won't even listen and you Kind of feel like he's just kind of rambling and doesn't want to listen. And that's fair. Right? He might need that right now. But it's also the worst possible time to try a true friends with benefits situation that actually works out. And maybe that's really the answer is that you are feeling a draw towards being more friend to this person right now. And it's kind of up to you to decide what you want out of this and what you think, how. How you feel in relation to him and like, you know, whether. Because this isn't going to last forever. So it's like, when does it make sense to cut it off?

[Eldis]

Yeah.

[Morgan Stewart]

Because, you know, if you're hanging out, he's a cool guy, he's. And you kind of you him for a little pick me up, that's one thing. But if you have some kind of like, chronic thing that's really not going anywhere for either of you, then what is the point? As much as I can't believe my advice is sort of stop. Stop fucking a guy who's down and out. I think it kind of is.

[Eldis]

Yeah.

[Morgan Stewart]

Because you don't want. It seems like you don't want that. It seems like you'd rather be his friend right now.

[Caller]

Yeah. Well, I mean, if the option is date one to get dick, but emotionally destabilize three, be platonic friends, easy. I'm. I'm number three. And, you know, I just. I. So I actually, I was pretty stressed out and like, wanting a lot of stress relief. I just finished defending my thesis, so I have a PhD now.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yeah. Congratulations.

[Caller]

Thank you. Thank you very much. And so now I feel like it is kind of a good. Like that sounds a little callous, but I'm like, listen, I know what you mean that, you know, it helped me through a little bit too. I helped him through a little bit. Maybe it's best to kind of.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yeah.

[Caller]

Shut it down.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yeah, I think. I think that's definitely. And I mean, this is kind of not really even your question. It's just us talking it through that just might be what's best for you. It sounds like.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Morgan Stewart]

So, Yeah. I mean, look, and at the end of the day, sometimes with. With like this, whether it's like, it's easy to say whether it's drug addiction or food addiction or just emotional turmoil or whatever, when people are in a downward spiral, generally they do kind of have to come to it on their own terms. There's another thing, is like, even if you were just purely platonic Friend with no blurred lines. He still might not listen. You know what I mean? So it's just like, that's really. You just have to kind of make peace with that, I think, decide how you want to look at the relationship going forward. Sounds like it might be a good time to, you know, go back to platonic. But also it's like the. For, yeah, it's what you need, but it's also like, you know, what is this guy really? What's the posit like, is he's just gonna figure it out on his own, unfortunately, is the hard part. Especially I don't know how fresh the divorce is. Like, I don't know how. You know, you said he's going through it right now, right?

[Caller]

Yeah, yeah, it's. They've been like slowly going through it, I think since last summer, but really, truly only since like last December.

[Morgan Stewart]

Yeah, I mean, it's a. It's a lot. It's a. It's a. It's a lot. And hopefully he realizes he needs some support, some emotional, psychological support, and he goes there because what you're talking about makes sense. But at the end of the day, it's ultimately up to him, unfortunately. And all you can do is kind of be a supportive friend for him. And I think you've more than done that. I think you've given him one type of support and now it might be better to like, take a back seat and attempt a different type. That's also just kind of better for you too.

[Caller]

Yeah, I think that makes sense. That's true.

[Morgan Stewart]

But hey, you got to search your feelings, you know, and see, see what you're saying makes sense. But that's kind of where it is. It's either like, get strictly into the like, purely sex aspect of a no strings attached thing or like, kind of go the other way. Because I do think, like I said, things are just too messy to be able to pull off a hard maneuver like friends with benefits right now.

[Caller]

Yeah, yeah, I didn't really think about that. That makes a lot of sense because truly it is. Friends with benefits is hard already for sure. Do.

[Morgan Stewart]

It kind of never works. It's like it works 8% of the time.

[Caller]

Yeah, it's like, I can honestly. The easiest way to do friends with benefits or like sleep with your friends is when they like, are. Are married and like poly are open. Because then it's like so easy.

[Morgan Stewart]

Like I said, an abomination. It never works. Only in an abomination situation. Like my married and also, like, I feel like queer people have a better shot at it than, like, you know, purely straight people also. So, you know, you got a couple things tipping the scales in your direction, I get. But it's also like, that only works because it's a sick system of polyamorous married friends that all suck and fuck each other.

[Caller]

Right. It only works because it is an abomination under the Lord or what? Yeah, true.

[Morgan Stewart]

But there you go, sister. We're. You know, I think you. I think we actually did get to the middle to the meat of the issue here, and it seems like you'll be okay. Listen, your friend will be okay, too. It just. He is going through something and he might not even realize what he's going through. And who knows, maybe in a few months, with a little more time, he does go into therapy and maybe you can rally the troops. Maybe you can rally the troops to see. To have some kind of mini mental health intervention. I don't know. But yeah, I think really, you could just. You just need to decide the best for you and then make peace with your position in this person's life.

[Caller]

Okay, Sweet. Yeah, I agree. I think that that makes a lot of sense. Oh, but also, before I go, can I say one more thing?

[Morgan Stewart]

Sure.

[Caller]

Unrelated. So I am fluent in Spanish, but in the way that you're fluent in Greek, where it looks like I can't get into, like a deep discussion in Spanish because, you know, it's just not. But what my friend told me to start doing, which I think has been helping, and this is gay as hell. So, like, really lock in with what I'm about to say is reading poetry and translating it. Because what is deeper and emotional? What is deeper and more emotional than poetry?

[Eldis]

Girls?

[Caller]

Nothing.

[Morgan Stewart]

Poetry, I don't think I could do. I think I would have a hard time even just getting a poem in at all. I thought you were going to say watch children's cart programming, because that's what one of my friends does. He watches like, cartoons in Greek and it actually helps him. So you know what? I'll say, I hear your poetry and I might just watch spongebob dubbed over in Greek.

[Caller]

Actually, you know what? So true. The same, basically. Think about it. I'll give it a poetry.

[Morgan Stewart]

I'll give it a shot. I'll do one poem for you.

[Eldis]

Do a short little Cavafy poem. You know that Greek poet?

[Morgan Stewart]

Huh?

[Eldis]

You know that Greek poet, Cavafy or something? What's his name?

[Morgan Stewart]

Cavafy?

[Eldis]

Yeah, he's like.

[Caller]

My PhD is in chemistry. I got no clue.

[Morgan Stewart]

Okay, all good. Oh, I don't know. Cavafy, huh?

[Eldis]

He's got some short ones you could take a stab at.

[Morgan Stewart]

I don't know. I'm all right. All right, well, listen. Synthesizes some pills the next time we see you. And good luck out there.

[Caller]

Thank you so much. Y' all have a good night.

[Morgan Stewart]

Good luck, Luigi.

[Eldis]

Bye. This guy's gonna go to therapy and be like, look, I started therapy. Now can we just.

[Morgan Stewart]

Again, can I get some, please? All right, fine. Honestly, not a bad turn. That's fine. I think she would be happy with.

[Eldis]

Yeah, that is. Everyone wins.

[Morgan Stewart]

What a good friend. You know, I could use a couple friends like that.

[Caller]

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[Morgan Stewart]

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[Caller]

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[Morgan Stewart]

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[Caller]

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