Full Show PT 1: Monday, February 16

Summary

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The Bert Show – Full Show PT 1: Monday, February 16, 2026

Main Theme & Purpose

This episode of The Bert Show dives into two main listener-driven topics: the pros and cons of eloping versus having a traditional wedding and a heated discussion about friendship boundaries following a listener's bad night out. The cast balances honest personal insights, humor, and real listener stories to create a relatable, lively morning show conversation.

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Segment 1: Should You Elope? (01:30–15:04)

Theme:
With wedding season pressure mounting (cost, logistics, family expectations), Bert and cast ask listeners: If you eloped, do you regret it or recommend it?

Key Discussion Points & Insights

• Financial and Emotional Strain:

  • The average cost of a wedding is $28,800, trending upward to $31,000 by 2012.
  • [03:08] Bert: “How much it costs now to get married. $28,800.”

• Listener Stories on Eloping:

  • Most who eloped would endorse it, citing reduced stress, financial savings, and limited family drama.

  • Anna's Story:

    • Courthouse wedding, small party at home, only parents and sisters knew.
    • [04:26] Anna: “Oh, yeah, definitely. ... The stress of my friends and everybody that has gone through, you know, planning a wedding, I just don't think it's worth it.”
    • Only negative: her best friend felt left out.

  • Rachel's Story:

    • Eloped in 2003; secret until marriage license mailed to parents.
    • Marriage ended in divorce, but Rachel still recommends eloping:
    • [07:18] Rachel: “It was so much easier. And after it was over ... it felt so great.”

  • Barbara's Story:

    • Eloped in 1992; mother’s overly controlling wedding planning was the last straw.
    • [08:16] Barbara: “She and I have completely different tastes. ... She just took over. And everything she wanted to do, I absolutely hated.”
    • Would do it again and felt she saved her family a ton of money.

• Endorsement vs. Regret:

  • Vast majority of callers recommend eloping, despite some initial anger/hurt from family and friends.
  • [09:10] Bert: “No one is calling to say, don't do it, don't do it, don't do it. Really?”
  • Only one caller, Sarah, expressed regret due to ongoing family hurt:
    • [10:59] Sarah: “None of my family knew for a year ... I don’t think my mom’s ever really got over [it].”
    • Even post-party, her mother wishes she’d been present at the actual wedding.

• Family Dynamics & Emotional Aftermath:

  • The cast relate to feeling like they “robbed” their parents of a life milestone.
  • Bert reflects on not asking his father-in-law for his wife’s hand and later regretting it.
    • [12:07] Bert: “I feel like I robbed him of ... a unique experience and I think it’s probably one that he wanted in his life.”

• Memorable Quotes:

  • [05:40] Anna: “Yes, I would tell everybody. It's a heck of a lot easier. Save your money.”
  • [13:02] Bert: “Nine out of 10 said, yeah, do it, do it, do it, do it.”
  • [13:05] Cast: “Save the 30 grand and go to Vegas. Have a nice day.”

• Wedding Cost Breakdown – Eye-Opening Numbers:

  • $28,800 average wedding cost
  • 167 guests on average
  • $5,500 for a ring, $2,500 photographer, $3,000 band, $1,100 rehearsal dinner, $2,000+ flowers, $1,500 gown, $3,200 planner (only 17% use one), $3,000 bartender, $3,800 honeymoon
  • [14:50] “Your honeymoon is probably one of your biggest expenses. $3,800.”

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Segment 2: Friendship Fallout – Abandoned After a Night Out (16:54–28:28)

Theme:
Listener Wendy shares a story of being abandoned at a bar by a friend, leading to a fraught debate over what constitutes a friendship deal-breaker.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

• Wendy's Story:

  • Expected a ride home from her friend after a bar hangout; friend left her, no call or text.
  • Wendy walked home alone at 3:30 AM (dangerous, long walk).
  • [18:49] Wendy: “I walked around 3, 3:30 in the morning, I walked from 12th street to 26th Street.”
  • She didn’t respond to her friend’s “Are you okay?” text until the next afternoon.

• Friend's Perspective & Miscommunication:

  • Friend later claimed she looked for Wendy and couldn’t find her, phone was lost in car, others present could have texted her.
  • [17:52] Jeff: “She said she went over there and searched for me and then ... couldn’t find me ... still like no text, no call ... people ... could have found me and I got nothing.”

• Cast Debate: Friendship Standards

  • Gender Differences Noted:

    • [21:02] Bert: “We’d be pissed at each other and then go out drinking again tomorrow.”
    • [21:22] Cassie: “It’s also a different scenario though, because you guys wouldn’t be put into the same kind of danger ... for Wendy ... 12 blocks is completely different.”

  • Female Listeners Side with Wendy:

    • [22:10] Larisa: “You never leave your girlfriends ever. ... I would search and search ... until the place closed down ... wouldn’t you be a little worried if you didn’t hear from your friend until like, the next day?”

  • Male Listeners Find the Situation Overblown:

    • [20:38] Jay: “Doesn’t really rise to the level of a friend excommunication.”

• Aftermath & Attempts at Reconciliation:

  • Wendy and her friend Ariel saw each other after the incident—Ariel sent an apology text but never apologized in person.
  • Wendy wants a face-to-face apology and hasn't spoken to Ariel since.
  • [25:29] Wendy: “Yeah, apology would have been cool, like face to face.”
  • Jeff calls Ariel live on-air; she refuses to talk on-air about it.
  • [26:14] Bert: “I don’t like this sense of maturity.”
  • Listeners divided—men say let it go, women see friendship safety as sacred.

• Resolution Advice:

  • The cast encourages Wendy to talk it out directly with Ariel; miscommunication plus alcohol may have heightened the drama.
    • [27:18] Bert: “Just call her up, y’all just chat it out. ... shouldn’t be a deal breaker if you’ve known each other that long.”

• Memorable Moments:

  • [21:22] Cassie: “You guys wouldn’t be put into the same kind of danger ... marching down the street all by yourself.”
  • [22:31] Larisa: “That’s a really dangerous situation, especially in Atlanta.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [03:05] D: “No, this is the person you are engaged to.”
• [05:16] Anna: “That's the whole point of the wedding. But it gets too crazy and tossing out the money and I would ... My parents actually gave us a lump like a check and just said thank you so much for not involving stress ...”
• [09:15] B: “Doesn't look like anybody regrets it.”
• [13:10] B: “Let's go through some of these numbers right now. $28,800 ...”
• [18:56] C: “Oh, Wendy, that is so unsafe.”
• [22:18] F (Larisa): “You just, you never leave your girlfriends ever.”
• [24:27] C: “You disappear. You just ... all of a sudden ... there’s no more Bert.”

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Important Timestamps

• 01:30: Elopement discussion begins
• 03:38: First listener story (Anna, courthouse elopement)
• 06:00: Rachel’s story (secret courthouse elopement)
• 07:36: Barbara’s story (eloping due to mother’s interference)
• 10:57: First caller expressing regret (Sarah)
• 13:10: Deep dive into average wedding costs
• 16:54: Wendy’s abandoned-after-a-bar story starts
• 18:56: Cast expresses concern for Wendy’s safety
• 21:22: Gender difference in friendship standards discussion
• 22:10: Listener Larisa calls in (“Never leave your girlfriends”)
• 25:29: Wendy wants apology; cast urges reconciliation

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Summary Takeaway

• Elopement: Nearly all listeners who eloped would do it again, citing high costs, ease, and lower stress, though some regret the emotional fallout with family.
• Friendship Fallout: A night of miscommunication strains Wendy and Ariel’s friendship, exposing differences in gendered expectations for “girl code” safety and responsibility; cast encourages mature, direct resolution.

Tone & Style

• Genuine, relatable, sometimes irreverent, often funny—but always focused on real-life dilemmas and honest listener connection.

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This episode is an engaging blend of candid advice, personal anecdotes, and real listener participation, tackling both the economics and emotions of major life events and everyday relationships.

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[B]

The Birch show if you have eloped, if you ever eloped. Because this is the time of year now that we start to get the emails from virtual listeners that are getting married and that are so frustrated by the whole process that they seriously are starting to consider just taking off, going to Vegas, doing something, the Bahamas. Just get up and go and deal with the ramifications of it later on.

[C]

Yeah, let the florist keep the deposit and get out of there.

[B]

And if it was one email that we got or two emails I got, I probably would just sort of blow it off. But this is the time of year, I guess, because everybody's getting married now and those pressures are intense, people are seriously thinking about taking off.

[D]

Isn't it June and October? Like, aren't those big wedding months?

[C]

Yeah, I think so.

[D]

So this would be the October round of people who are like, they maybe just went to all the June weddings, right? And we're like, I don't want to deal with that.

[B]

So I'm curious if you have, if you eloped if you were giving advice to others, would you endorse it or would you say, it was the biggest mistake of my life. My family was so pissed that I shouldn't have done it.

[C]

So eloped means you can plan to elope, right?

[B]

You're taking off. I mean, for me, a classic elopement is you're leaving and no one really knows about it. You just take off, you go to Vegas, and then when you come back, you say, hey, let's do something now. But I gotta let you know that we got married in Vegas over the weekend, or we went to Mexico, or we planned it ourselves, never told you guys about it, and now we're back.

[C]

Okay. It doesn't mean like, hey, I just met you in a bar at 2 o' clock in the morning, we're getting flights to Vegas and gonna go tie the knot.

[D]

No, this is the person you are engaged to.

[C]

Right.

[B]

And you can certainly understand why. How much it costs now to get married. $28,800.

[C]

That's the average from last year.

[B]

From last year.

[C]

And it's just going up from there.

[B]

By 2012, experts are predicting that's gonna go to 31 over $31,000. So I can understand financial why you'd want to do it.

[D]

Also, it's a brand new car.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Could be two brand new cars or a brand new car and two tanks of gas.

[B]

Anna has eloped before. Hey, Anna. Hey, how are you?

[E]

I'm good.

[F]

How are you?

[B]

All right, give us the definition of you eloping.

[F]

Us eloping. My husband and I actually just went to a courthouse, did something small and had a party at home with a couple of close friends and went to Discovery Cove, and that was eloping. My parents gave us money and friends kind of gave us money, but it was so much easier than actually going out and getting married and planning and stress and all that fun stuff.

[B]

Did everybody know, though, you were going down to the courthouse to get married? No. Okay, that's what we're looking for here. All right, so you guys, the stress was just getting to you guys, and you're like, forget it.

[F]

Yeah. We just said, you know what? Let's just call it a day. And we kind of looked at each other at the same time and said, you know what? That's just too low. And so we did it about six months earlier than we were supposed to get married and eloped and called it a day.

[C]

Would you do it again?

[F]

Oh, yeah, definitely. Because my sister's gone through it and she actually lives in Kansas, and we had the wedding in Atlanta and it was just so much stress and the stress of my friends and everybody that has gone through, you know, planning a wedding, I just don't think it's worth it.

[B]

How did your parents react once you told them that you were already married?

[F]

They were.

[G]

They.

[F]

No, they knew. My parents knew that I was getting married. I just didn't tell friends and family because once you start involving everybody, it's okay, well, we'll come to the courthouse. Okay, well, we'll come to the courthouse. And it was just a bit of hurting feelings. We told my parents, told my sisters and did that.

[C]

Did he tell his parents too?

[F]

His parents were both dead.

[D]

Who was most mad at you?

[F]

My best friend.

[B]

Really? She wanted to be part of it.

[F]

Yeah, but she was in the Air Force and she was already gone. But she wanted to be, she wanted to be a part of it. And that's the whole point of the wedding. But it gets too crazy and tossing out the money and I, I would. My parents actually gave us a lump like a check and just said thank you so much for not involving stress and here's some money and call it a day.

[B]

So yes, you would endorse eloping?

[F]

Yes, I would tell everybody. It's a heck of a lot easier. Save your money. And I mean, that day goes by so quick. I know that it's every little girl's dream, but once you go through the stress and the day goes by so quickly, you're kind of like, oh, well, that's it.

[B]

Thank you for calling. Rachel eloped and no one knew about it. Hey, Rachel.

[E]

Hey.

[B]

Good morning. How long ago is this?

[E]

I actually, I eloped in 2003. I would do it again. I think it was a lot easier. I went to the courthouse and didn't tell anybody about it, but you have to put an address down. And I put my parents address down because I was living with them at the time and they sent the marriage license to my parents house and that's.

[F]

When everyone found out.

[B]

So they found out before the wedding or after?

[E]

It was after. But we didn't tell anyone that we got married in a few weeks. We just, we weren't ready to tell everyone.

[B]

You were scared?

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

Do they not like him?

[E]

What?

[C]

Do they not like him?

[E]

Well, not anymore. We're actually divorced.

[D]

How long did the marriage last?

[E]

Three years.

[B]

And was part of the reason why you guys got divorced because your parents did not get along with him?

[E]

No. He was in the military and it was not something we can handle.

[B]

So even looking Back at it. The marriage didn't work. But as far as eloping, if somebody came to you and asked you for advice, would you say, yes, go ahead and do it?

[F]

Absolutely.

[E]

It was so much easier. And by after it was over, I mean, it was. It felt so great. Like you still feel like, you know, you're. You're married. It feels great. But I would definitely do it again.

[B]

I can't really find anybody that says, don't do it.

[C]

Really?

[B]

Yes. Hey, Barbara, you're on Q100. Hey, good morning.

[E]

Good morning.

[G]

Yeah, I eloped in 92. And nobody knew. Nobody knew at all. We went to Reno, Nevada, got married at the Love Chapel by the Reverend Love.

[B]

And was just the pressures of the wedding just getting to be too much and then you just took off?

[E]

Yeah.

[G]

It was like. It was actually my mother that made me do it. We were still in the planning phases of the whole wedding, and she was acting like it was her wedding, and she and I have completely different tastes. I'm a little more subdued and classic, and she's very gauche and. Yeah, so she just took over. And everything she wanted to do, I absolutely hated.

[C]

That is great. And so was it. It was your decision. And was your fiance on board with it in like, two seconds?

[G]

Oh, yeah. He was totally on board. Yeah.

[B]

I think most of us.

[G]

She was so mad that we didn't get a wedding gift.

[B]

Is that right?

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

How long did it take her to get over?

[G]

Took her a few years. But she always. She always thought it was that my husband's idea, and she. She's always hated him, so.

[B]

So looking back at it, would you endorse it or would you say, don't do it?

[E]

You know, I would.

[G]

My mother and I had tension before the wedding, so it probably wouldn't have mattered who. Who husband was. You know, it just from the. Every other aspect, it was perfect. I mean, it was the. The way we wanted it to be, and we were very happy with how it was done. And she should be thanking me. I saved her a ton of money.

[B]

No one is calling to say, don't do it, don't do it, don't do it. Really?

[C]

Nobody regrets it.

[B]

Doesn't look like anybody regrets it.

[D]

I'm still searching, but everybody's gonna have people who are mad. Overall, it was a good decision, but that girl's best friend was mad.

[B]

She figured they're gonna get over it. Good morning. Julie, you're on Q100.

[E]

Hi.

[F]

My husband and I eloped last April, and we didn't tell Anybody until about four months later.

[C]

Why a secret?

[F]

Well, just because we weren't ready to tell anybody either. I'm the baby of seven kids, and we ended up actually having to tell them because I found out I was pregnant.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

So I understand the eloping. I don't understand, once it's done, why you can't tell your family you're married.

[B]

I think it's one of those things, like, you know, when you want to break up with somebody and you're ready to do it, but it just never seems like a good time or you're gonna stop drinking. You start looking at the calendar and you're just like. It just never seems like a real good time to do it. You know, you got to. There's always something on the calendar that will give you the excuse not to. Is it like that?

[E]

Well, yeah.

[F]

And my sisters were all excited about planning my wedding and everything, and, I mean, it was going to be huge, and I just couldn't get up the nerve to tell them we had gone off and done it.

[B]

And you endorse it or you regret it?

[F]

Definitely. I definitely endorse it.

[B]

Endorse it.

[F]

I would do it again.

[B]

We found one that regrets it. Okay. All right. But as a general rule, if the Birch show was going to make a general statement, it's like if you're thinking about eloping and the pressure has gotten to you, 9 out of 10 are calling saying they did it. People were mad. But they endorse it and they do it again. But not Sarah. Hey, Sarah. Hey, good morning.

[F]

Regret it?

[D]

How come?

[F]

Because none of my family knew for a year. We kept it a secret for a year. And when they found out, there was more hurt than anything. I don't think my mom's ever really got over them, me getting married and not telling her.

[C]

How long ago was your wedding?

[F]

It'll be four years in August.

[C]

Four years. And she's still not over it?

[F]

No, she just was hurt that she wasn't there.

[D]

Did you do any sort of follow up, ceremony, party, event type thing that she could be a part of?

[F]

Yes. They threw us like a wedding, and all my family came down from New York and I mean, it wasn't big, but it was big enough. I think it made her happy, but she wishes that she could be a part of the first one.

[B]

Do you have sisters?

[F]

I have one sister. She's older than me.

[B]

Okay. And she got married already?

[F]

No, she's getting married in September. She's got three kids and she's not married yet, so.

[B]

She's not allowed to elope.

[D]

Mom will not have to change the wedding day.

[F]

It'll probably been better. She did elope, but this part I.

[B]

Can understand, like how you would regret that. I think told the story before that I didn't ask Stacy's dad for her hand in marriage because I thought it was just. I didn't think it was real. Like, even if he said no, I was going to go ahead and propose anyway. So it didn't. It just felt like kissing butt and looking back at it. A, he would have said yes, but B, it's his only daughter and I feel like I robbed him of the. That. That's a unique experience and I think it's probably one that he wanted in his life. And I feel like I took that away from him.

[D]

Did we ever ask that question? If there's anybody who asked that and dad said no?

[B]

Yeah, I think we have.

[D]

And how do you handle that?

[B]

It's gonna happen anyway, Pops. Yeah.

[F]

My dad probably would have said no if he would have known.

[B]

So I could sort of understand from the parents thing like how you're looking at it going, yeah, you know what? It's the experience that they're gonna have and I kind of robbed them. But nine out of 10 said, yeah, do it, do it, do it, do it.

[C]

Don't spend 28,000 or whatever the average cost is.

[D]

Save the 30 grand and save us the 30 grand and go to Vegas. Have a nice day.

[B]

Average cost. Let's go through some of these numbers right now. 28,800. As Jen said, the average number of guests now at a wedding, 167.

[C]

Yeah, that's average. I think that would be considered like small in some towns.

[B]

167.

[C]

I bet you had more than that at your wedding.

[B]

I don't think we did.

[C]

You sure?

[B]

I'm pretty sure, yeah. I'm almost positive. Stacy and I watched our wedding video a couple of weeks ago together, and I think she said it was less than 150.

[D]

Really?

[B]

Uh huh.

[D]

Why'd you watch your wedding video?

[B]

We were at. I don't know why. She popped. She popped it in, obviously, and she's like, you want to watch it? And there's only one answer in that case. When you're the husband, that's. Yeah, yeah, of course. What else? What else could I possibly want to do tonight?

[D]

I can't think of anything more fun than watch that.

[C]

Please turn off the game.

[B]

It took us 11 years to finally find to watch it, but we did the engagement ring. Average now is a little over $5,500. Your photography or your videographer $2,500. The band's gonna cost you three grand. The rehearsal dinner is gonna set you back about 1,100 bucks. The flowers? Over $2,000. The wedding gown. I was surprised by this $1,500. When you look at all the other expenses, that one wasn't even in the top five.

[D]

But some people spent 10 grand on their wedding gown and more.

[B]

Yeah, the chapel or the site fee is $435,435. The Wedding Planner Only 17% of brides actually use one, but when you do, it's going to set you back $3200. Ouch. For a wedding planner, your bartender is going to cost you three grand. And your honeymoon is probably one of your biggest expenses. $3,800.

[D]

Which is understandable because you want to get the hell away from all the stress that you just had spending the first 27 grand.

[B]

And as I said before, experts are saying that by 2012, the number will jump to $31,000 for their average wedding.

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All right, Wendy here had a pretty interesting weekend. She feels like she got bailed on over the weekend and she's making a knee jerk reaction to one of her family, to one of her friends, and she's ready to cut one of her friends off for what happened this weekend.

[J]

Well, actually, yeah, the number's already been deleted. No, but.

[D]

Oh, wow.

[C]

Geez. Really?

[D]

That is a sharp knife that you wield last night, Wendy Adams.

[C]

Okay, well, I understand maybe a little bit more after last night, but still, that's pretty harsh.

[J]

Mm. But okay, the story goes, we are hanging out. She drove. She was supposed to drive me back, ended up leaving, going over to Twisted Taco, and we were@door44, which are right next door to each other. She ends up going to Twisted Taco with some mutual friends that we know and ends up leaving. No call, no nothing.

[D]

Was it just the two of you who went to the bar together?

[J]

Yes.

[D]

Nobody else?

[B]

Jeff is working under the assumption that there's more to this story than just your side and that's why they left, because a good friend would never do that.

[J]

Well, she said she did text me and say that she did come looking through door for me, all over door 44 and couldn't find me. It's not a big space, door 44. There's one main room and there's a downstairs and I wasn't downstairs the entire night. And then there's a patio right outside, right out front, so you could pretty much see everybody in the bar. And it's really not that long of a walk to find anybody or to search for anybody. So she did say she went over there and searched for me and then she went to Twisted Taco and looked for me and couldn't find me. But still like no text, no call, no saying, hey, I'm leaving, like in like a phone message. And she still says that she lost her phone or couldn't find it and it ended up being like buried in her car. But the people that she was with, they like One. I know one person had my number, so if they were gonna leave, they.

[D]

Could have text somebody could have found.

[J]

Somebody could have text me. And I got nothing. And she figured I went home with the people I was hanging out with, and I didn't.

[C]

And you had to walk home.

[J]

And I walked around 3, 3:30 in the morning, I walked from 12th street to 26th Street.

[C]

Oh, Wendy, that is so unsafe.

[J]

Dangerous on Peachtree Street.

[B]

So dangerous, yes. And I was just alone in the dark by yourself?

[J]

I don't. I don't think I was scared the entire time. I was just furious and just, like, focused on getting home. I'm like, I didn't even. I don't even think I realized how long of a walk it was until, like, I drove it the other day.

[D]

Waited another month and a half and raised some money for breast cancer while you were doing that. So, you know.

[J]

And bare feet.

[B]

Yeah.

[J]

So, yeah, I took off my heels, just walking, furious, angry. So I didn't get a text from her until 8am the next morning asking if I was okay, saying she just found her phone and her calls were dropping in and out and she hoped I was fine. I got a couple of text messages from her. Just call me, let me know if you're safe. And I didn't text her back until 3pm letting her know I'm fine.

[B]

I think her story is going to be different. I think Jeff nailed it this morning. It would be like, I'm the pain in the ass to get out of the bar. And if Jeff asks me once, look, we're taking off, dude. You want to ride? Then let's go. And I put him off once, twice. Three. Three times. How many times is he obligated to stay there before he's like, screw it, we're taking off.

[D]

And I think that's what happened with you. And I think because you were drinking, you might not remember, but I think she said, hey, we're going to Twisted Taco. We're going to go there and look for Jen or whoever. We're gonna have one drink and then we're leaving. And you said, okay, I'll come over there.

[J]

Well, they had went over to Twisted Taco, like, earlier in the night, like, way before. Like, we were gonna leave because we were bouncing back and forth. So she's like, hey, we're walk over to Twisted Taco. Meet us over there if you want. Then that was it. That was the last I pretty much heard. Like, there was no, like, second time. There was no third time. It was once. Hey, we're going to twist a taco. And then I didn't see her or the other people I knew the rest of the time.

[B]

Hey, Jay, you're on Q100.

[D]

Hey, Wendy.

[F]

I feel for you and that's a pretty awful thing to do to somebody, but I don't think it was unless it was done vindictively. That's kind of a. Doesn't really rise to the level of a friend excommunication. You know what I mean? That's a pretty serious deal. I mean, deleting someone from your phone.

[D]

That'S the only step.

[B]

I think men and women handle this kind of thing differently.

[D]

Totally.

[J]

Why?

[C]

How would a guy handle it?

[B]

We'd be pissed at each other and then go out drinking again tomorrow.

[D]

Easily.

[C]

And you would just never discuss it.

[B]

This is one that as a guy, you wouldn't befriend him over. It's very, very difficult to lose a friend altogether as a guy. Like you have to sleep with my wife or my girlfriend and then not think twice about him.

[D]

And even then if you were drunk, it might be forgiven.

[B]

Yeah, right.

[C]

It's also a different scenario though, because you guys wouldn't be put into the same kind of danger that Wendy was put into.

[D]

I am vulnerable.

[C]

Shut up. I am walking home at 3:30 in the morning for you. 12 blocks is completely different than Wendy.

[J]

And then on Sunday I had seen we. We were at the same place and I knew she saw me. There was no like apology, there was no coming up to me. And then I get a text when I do leave the place last night saying I was going to talk to you after the concert was over, but you left. And then she said I'm sorry through a text message. Like didn't come up to me the entire night. I was there for a good solid three hours.

[C]

But you didn't go to her either.

[J]

I had nothing. Like I shouldn't have to go to work.

[D]

Sure you should.

[C]

I mean, either way, you guys could have had the conversation last night. I mean, whoever could have initiated it, right?

[J]

I guess.

[B]

Larisa, good morning. You're on Q100.

[F]

Yeah, I went to UGA and so we always had a group of girls going out. And you just, you never leave your girlfriends ever.

[B]

I mean, it is a worse offense for to leave a wing woman than.

[D]

It is a guy no man left behind.

[F]

With women you just, you don't leave your friend.

[B]

Is it, is the, is it punishable by no more friendship though?

[F]

I think so, because that's a really dangerous Situation, Especially in Atlanta.

[J]

At least for a second. Like, at least for a second. Like, I mean, she has to think about, like, me, like, just being by myself. Like, I would not leave somebody. I would search and search and search until the place closed down if I couldn't find my friend. And even then, wouldn't you be a little worried if you didn't hear from your friend until, like, the next day?

[D]

Am I really calling your friend right now?

[B]

You're gonna in a sec. Yeah. Cause they. They're not even talking.

[D]

I know, but, like, what do I say? Hi, this is Wendy's other friend.

[B]

We just make sure it's okay. She comes on the radio with us. Hey, Alyssa.

[E]

Hi. How are you?

[B]

Good. How are you?

[E]

I just wanted to comment on the whole Wendy situation. I think it's absolutely ridiculous, and I definitely side with Wendy on that. It's actually a similar situation happened to me before. I got left at a club and by a group of friends. And I was the only one that didn't get picked up. And they picked me up an hour later. And meanwhile, I was searching all over the place, freaking out. I had no idea where I was because I've never been there before. So I could definitely set aside with Wendy on not ever talking to them again.

[C]

But they came back and got you.

[E]

They came back an hour and a half later. No text, no call of a sudden, they just came back.

[C]

At least I was only on that one.

[E]

I was definitely freaking out because I was out of state, never been there. So I could definitely send side on.

[G]

Wendy on that one.

[E]

I did end up talking to them again, but I took a second.

[B]

But the friendship was never the same after that.

[E]

I definitely wouldn't trust them to give me a ride home again. I've gone out with them quite a few times since, but I've definitely driven my own car.

[C]

Is it fair the other way around? Like, Bert, when you do the French getaway, like, are we allowed to sever our ties from you? Sure you do the other way around.

[D]

That's why he just keeps doing it over and over again. He's like, will you guys stop calling me?

[B]

I'm so afraid of that beer pressure. Cause I've given it to everybody so much that when I try to leave a bar, everybody gives it back. That I just bail. I go camo.

[C]

You disappear.

[B]

I just disappear. You just.

[C]

All of a sudden, you look around, and all of a sudden, there's no more Burt. It's like, what happened to him?

[D]

We were concerned for a while. Now.

[C]

Now it's like now you don't even call.

[D]

He's bailed, and you're just as tender and ripe as Wendy. Marching down the street all by yourself.

[B]

People looking at me. Look at that little spinner. Yeah, come here, little boy.

[D]

Put some he lipstick on him. And, man, I could keep him under the bed.

[J]

Oh, man, I don't know.

[D]

I've never thought that before.

[B]

Let's call your little friend and let's hear her side of the story and.

[C]

Your little friend, because I don't think.

[B]

That this is punishable by no more friendship. How long you guys been friends?

[J]

Wow. How long have I know? I don't know.

[D]

Since Thursday. A couple of years.

[J]

Like, since I've been here.

[H]

Really?

[J]

Like, I knew her when I first started, so around probably like 19, 20.

[D]

What's her. What's her first name?

[J]

Her first name's Ariel. People here will know her like.

[D]

Like the mermaid.

[J]

Mm.

[B]

I think you're blowing this out. Why can't you just say, you know what, I was really bummed by what happened on Saturday night. And she'll say, I'm sorry that that happened. That way it'll never happen again. My mistake, and then it's over.

[J]

Yeah, apology would have been cool, like face to face.

[D]

Have you taken her off your MySpace yet?

[J]

No.

[B]

You're more upset that there wasn't a.

[J]

Proper apology or at least come up to me like, hey, dude, I'm really, really sorry. There's nothing. Like, even if it was in the middle of a crowd, like, is this.

[B]

Ariel to the side?

[D]

Hi, this is Wendy's friend Jeff, and.

[C]

I'm still friends with Wendy.

[D]

Wendy wants to. Wants to talk to you and. But she wanted me to call and see if she could talk to you. So can we talk to you on the air? How come. She says she's not talking to you on the air, and if you want to talk to her, you can call her.

[J]

Wow. Okay.

[D]

Wendy says wow. Okay.

[B]

I don't like this sense of maturity.

[D]

Bert doesn't like this sense of maturity. Can we just talk to you for like, two minutes on the air? She's not going on the air.

[J]

Okay.

[D]

Okay. All right, bye. I agree with you, Wendy. She's a bitch. You're 100% right.

[C]

Why? Because she wouldn't go on the air?

[D]

Yes, and she was rude to me.

[C]

I just like Jeff on the phone sounding like he was a 20 year old something.

[D]

Seriously, I feel like I'm a high school.

[C]

I'm like, Wendy's friend, and I was just wondering if you wanted to talk to Wendy.

[B]

It's funny. Cause I'm looking at the phone calls coming in, and they're 100% split. Guys all calling up saying you're blowing it way out of proportion. And women calling up saying that is a pretty bad offense.

[C]

Is she like a good, good friend? I mean, are you guys, like.

[J]

We've been hanging out a lot lately. Like, we live in the same place now, like, in the same complex. So, like, we've been hanging out a lot lately. And there's another situation that I can't get into, that why we're so, like, why we're friends. But, I mean, I think if you.

[B]

Just call her up, y' all just chat it out. Y' all chat it out. It shouldn't be. I mean, if you. If you've known each other that long. Four years. Is that what you said? Three, four years.

[J]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

I would write her a letter.

[B]

You're.

[J]

Was she rude to you on the phone?

[D]

No. As a matter of fact, I think I like her more than you and I would like. And I got to be honest with you, after that whole exchange, Wendy, I don't understand your point of view at all. I think you're being mean to her.

[B]

The unfortunate part is now he has your friend's phone number. So he's going to call her over and over and over again.

[J]

Do it.

[C]

Want to go to five faces?

[D]

I can be an American girl.

[B]

You're so not happy.

[C]

You guys will talk. You'll work it out.

[B]

Work it out.

[C]

This is not a. This is not a total deal breaker. It's a. It's a big red flag. But I think it's a miscommunication. And you were both drinking.

[D]

You should go call her right now.

[B]

Go call her.

[D]

Go call her.

[B]

Go call her.

[C]

Check your cell phones.

[J]

Oh, I'm sure I have messages in the car.

[D]

Go call her right now so you can report back to us by 10 o'. Clock. Don't pretend it's a real, like, friendship thing. Pretend it's a radio bit.

[C]

It.

[D]

I do that all the time with Jessica.

[A]

The Bird show.

[I]

Record sales have not exactly been stellar.

[A]

Look, I need this tour. It's the only place I feel like I can breathe again.

[I]

Based on the incredible true story. I'm Tim.

[B]

I'm Marsh. Warm up.

[I]

It's my first tour this Friday.

[B]

I just want to write something that helps people.

[A]

You will never understand what I'm going through.

[I]

Imagine what God can do again.

[B]

Whatever you're going through, you're never alone.

[I]

God is in fire and it is beautiful. I can only imagine too. Only in theaters Friday. Rated pg.