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Hey, it's Raj and Noah, and we're back with a new season of Am I Doing It Wrong? The show that explores the all too human anxieties we have about trying to get our lives right.
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But who isn't? That's why each week we're talking about the topics that we could all use a little helping hit with. Whether it's making new friends as an adult, managing our emotions, or even dreaming.
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We'll be talking to experts in their fields who are definitely doing things right, so the rest of us can be a bit wiser and a lot better equipped to handle whatever life throws at us.
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Subscribe now and listen to new episodes of Am I Doing It Wrong? Dropping every Thursday starting January 1st, wherever you get your podcasts.
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Hey.
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The Birch Show.
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I went to the dry cleaners to pick up my boyfriend's suit. He's out of town. He's traveling on business, and he'll need it, you know, when he comes back. And he just couldn't pick it up. And he asked me if I'd do it, and I said yeah. So I went and I picked it up. And you know how, you know when you go to the dry cleaners, if there's anything, like, left in a pocket, they'll kind of put it in a bag for you? Well, there was a bag attached to the hanger, and it had, like, a key in it and a couple of, you know, a little bit of change and a phone number. And the phone number was obviously written in a. Women. A woman's handwriting.
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Okay.
F
And it's not a number I recognize, but it said Nicole.
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Mm.
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And so I'm just, you know, I'm a little freaked. I'm a little freaked by this.
C
And this happened how long ago?
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I just got the. The number.
C
You just got the number?
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I just Picked up the dry cleaner.
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Okay, so how long between finding it and when you dial the digits?
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I haven't dialed the digits.
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You haven't?
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No, that's the whole thing.
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You crazy.
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That's why I'm calling you.
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Why not? That would have been the first thing I would have done.
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Well, that's why I'm calling you my friends.
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So you're calling us for advice or.
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Yeah, I mean, yeah, I am. I'm thinking. I don't know.
C
Well, what do you think?
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What should I do? I think I know what to do, but I guess I want some confirmation.
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How does that phone call go? Like, hi, my name is Karen. Your phone number was in my boyfriend's pocket. I'm just wondering who you are.
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Maybe.
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I think if you wanted to investigate further, you could come up with a different story of how you got the number. Like, hi, is this Nicole? I don't even know right off the top of my head, but I think you could certainly call and find out.
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Well, I. I could. I mean, I could just. I could say the truth that you know about finding the number in my boyfriend pocket.
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I am just surprised that you haven't done anything. Like, this is what. See, I wouldn't have even gotten to the point of dialing the number. Like, I would have picked it up. And then the first person, regardless, if he was at work, home, on the golf course. Oh, I don't know. No, I would go see him and hold up the thing and you know, and ask, what? What? Who is this?
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I think I would do the same thing. I think I'd write the phone number down on another piece of paper. Then I'd go to him or her and I say, what is this? And then they're obviously gonna have some lame ass excuse. They're gonna tape the piece of paper back to you. I think I would act as though it was like, not a big deal. Oh, sorry. I was just freaking out. And then like later on in the day, I think I make that phone call.
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That's when I make the call.
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Yeah, I think I would be that insecure to do that.
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But are we like, are we crucifying? I mean, are we immediately crucifying this guy because he had a woman's phone number in his pocket?
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If I am with someone and somebody gives me their number, I don't keep it. I don't throw it in a pocket. I usually end up turning. You know, like, as soon as that person leaves, I would toss it.
C
Yeah, but what if it was just.
D
Stuck in the pocket? Is like a non. Like, do you already. Do you suspect him of cheating? Is he offended?
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Yeah, I do. I think he is.
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Oh, all right. Thanks for helping me out.
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Yeah.
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Karen, let me put you on hold here. Cause I can't put you on with other listeners and put you all on the voice disguiser. Cause little kids get really scared about that. So let me put you on hold. I'll take some calls and then we'll come back to you. Okay? Okay.
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While at the Burt show, why don't y' all call them and say what the other listener said? You know, that you're the dry cleaners and you're trying to find out, you know, who this jacket goes to instead of her.
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Jeff, put on an accent.
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What are you trying to say? Hold on a sec. What are you trying to say, Melissa?
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What do you mean?
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What kind, what kind of accent? What kind of accent would he have to put on? What do you mean?
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You know what, Mina, I'm just saying something. No, I'm saying so that people don't recognize he's Jeff Dollar from all the hits Q100.
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Why should I sit here and have an accent? Why don't you just have Mina make the.
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Oh, that's not what I said. So that you wouldn't be recognizing. You're better at prank calling. That's what I mean.
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I think. I don't think we have to call and say that we're the dry cleaner. I think we just call and say we're the bird show. Yeah.
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You want a T shirt?
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No.
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Well, you're not going to be honest with her.
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He's not going to be honest with us. And the problem is also not him, her, Nicole.
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The chick who calling up Nicole.
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That's what I meant. Even. Oh well, I guess she's got nothing to lose.
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Yeah, why wouldn't she be honest?
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Let's see if Karen even wants to do that. Can you get the voice disguiser back on? Good morning. Karen.
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Yes.
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Do you want us to take that phone number and call her here? Would you be okay with that?
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Yeah.
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And find out who she is?
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Yeah.
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Well, okay, let's do it. All right. Karen.
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Yes.
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Hold on one sec. Okay, you there?
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I'm here.
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Very good. Okay, so you have given your phone number to either producer Tracy or Jeff.
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Uh huh.
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And we have it.
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Yeah, I have the number.
C
All right, so we will call this right now. We just can't call it with you on. Because then again, you're all going to be on the voice disguiser. It's going to be a mess, so.
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Well, do you want to talk to her? You can keep talking to her for a second, and then I will call this off the air and get the permission.
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Okay.
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The name's Nicole, right?
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Yes.
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Yeah.
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Okay, so if you want to put Karen on hold, you can pick up Nicole, who said it's okay for us to talk about. And I've told her nothing.
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Okay, Karen, I'm gonna put you on hold, and we'll come back to you after we talk to Nicole, all right?
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Okay.
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Okay.
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And before you pick up. Put Karen on hold before you pick up, Nicole.
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Yep.
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The guy that we're asking about, his name is Aaron.
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Aaron.
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Yes. Okay. He owns a big rental company.
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Hi, Nicole.
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Yes.
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Hi, Nicole. Hi. Hi. You're on radio station all the hits Q100 right now.
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Wow, a big fan.
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Good morning. Are you.
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Hi.
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Yeah, absolutely. Listen to you guys all the time.
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Well, thank you, then. You know, a call from us is never good.
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I'm sitting here going, what did I do? What did I do?
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I hope you still like us after we have this conversation.
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Here's what we have going on here, Nicole. First of all, we're wondering, do you work at a dry cleaners?
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No.
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Okay, well, I guess I should just tell you straight up what's going on.
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Okay.
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All right. We have a woman that we're calling Karen, on hold, and she has a boyfriend. Okay. She picked up his dry cleaning the other day, and your phone number was in there in his dry cleaning.
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Okay.
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On a slip of paper, it was your name and your phone number as though you had written it. And the dry cleaners, I guess, when they were cleaning his clothes, cleaned out his pockets, and they kind of put it in a little extra baggie, which had the piece of paper with your phone number and some change and a key or whatever, his girlfriend went to pick up his dry cleaning and found this.
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His girlfriend, huh? Okay. I mean, I've got a boyfriend, but, you know, it's pretty recent. But he's definitely not dating another person.
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This is.
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You know, I've been dating this guy. He's really great, actually. I can't remember giving my number out to anybody at a bar recently.
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You.
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Know, his name is Aaron. I've been seeing him for about three weeks, I guess, and I really like him. But, I mean, we've been going out pretty steadily, so. I mean, I have a boyfriend. It's not like I'd be out macking on somebody else's guy.
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So you've been seeing a guy named Aaron for The last three weeks?
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Yeah, and he's great. We've been seeing each other a couple times a week, so it's starting to get, you know, I hope it goes to the next level and everything, but yeah, we've got a date this weekend actually.
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Can you give us a description of this guy?
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Sure.
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He's about, I guess, six two, about 175, £80. Really nice. Sandy brown hair, light green eyes.
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All right, can you hold on for a second or are you in a rush to go anywhere?
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Oh, yeah, I can hold on.
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Sure.
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Okay, hold on one second.
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Thanks, Nicole.
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Okay, just so you know, Nicole cannot hear us on hold.
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Okay.
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Okay, we're gonna need the voice disguiser. Cause we'll go back to Karen now. Hello, Karen?
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Yes.
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All right. Did you hear everything that Nicole just had to say?
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Yes, I did.
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Said she's got a boyfriend named Aaron.
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Yeah.
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Your boyfriend's name is Aaron? How tall is he?
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6 2.
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How much roughly does he weigh?
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Oh, I don't know, 180, 185, something like that.
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Sandy brown hair.
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Oh, it's a different guy.
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It's him, it's him.
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No, this guy weighs 175, not 180.
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Now. So you had been. Cause we established.
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Well, he must be giving her a line. Okay, I mean, I just heard her and she said that they've been dating like three weeks or a month or something. And you know, I've been with Aaron for nine months, so obviously he's telling her that he's free.
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Yeah, she doesn't know about you.
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Yeah, that's clear.
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She also says that she's seen him like two or three times a week.
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Yeah, and that they have a date this weekend.
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Yeah. Great. Well, he told me he was going to the Braves game with some pals.
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So he may be going to the games on Saturday.
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So it looks like. Looks like he's really going to be seeing Nicole.
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All right, hold on one sec. Okay.
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Mm.
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What's up?
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Pick up. Nicole.
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Hey, Nicole.
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Yeah?
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Hey, what's your big date with Aaron this weekend?
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We're gonna go out on Saturday afternoon to the Park Tavern for like lunch and drinks.
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On Saturday afternoon?
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Uh huh.
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What time the Brace play on Saturday?
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120.
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Nicole, will you hold on one second?
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Sure.
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This is beautiful.
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Okay.
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What a mess. Wow. Busted. All right, let's get Karen back on.
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Okay. So Jeff, I guess there's no other reason he would have that number in his pocket. He doesn't really support your theory much.
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I was just throwing it out there.
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Hey, Karen.
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Yeah. All right.
C
We're trying to put a couple of pieces to this together.
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Yeah.
C
So Aaron tells you he's going to the game on Saturday, which is a 120 start. Yeah. But he. You just heard what. What happened with Nicole.
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Yeah.
C
Because while you're on hold, you can hear the radio, right?
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Yes.
C
All right, so she said she's going to the Park Tavern with him on Saturday.
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Yeah. Maybe I ought to show up at the Park Tavern.
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Oh, I think we gotta break our voice disguiser rule and put Nicole on with. With Karen because. And put you guys both on the voice disguiser. Cause she doesn't. Nicole has no idea.
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She has no idea what's going on. So now are you or are you mad at Erin?
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Well, I guess there's really no reason to be angry with Nicole. I mean, it's obviously not her fault, but she needs to know.
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Agreed.
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And, you know, I'm really angry with Aaron, but, I mean, this girl needs to know what's going on. It depends on what her reaction is.
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Cause the beautiful thing is, if y' all got together and then did something with Erin.
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Well.
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And still have her go on the date on Saturday. Right. And she would know that you were showing up.
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Right. Like, you and Nicole become like partners in crime. Rather than you get mad at her.
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Most are calling up saying the same thing. You just need to shut up and just show up and bust them there.
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It doesn't matter. Because you're thinking that I should have.
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Nicole as, like, my confidant.
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Well, if she didn't go for it, we'll get her opinion here in a second.
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It doesn't matter. She's listening to the radio. When she couldn't hear us on hold, she turned the radio on.
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So she knows what's going on.
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She knows everything. So you can put her on.
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All right, Karen, I'm going to keep you on the voice disguiser. It's going to get a little confusing for all of us to hear, to listen to, because you both are gonna sound very similar.
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Okay.
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But let me introduce you here to Nicole. Hey, Nicole.
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Hey.
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So you've been listening to everything go down here?
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Yeah. I really don't know what to say.
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I'm.
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I'm. I'm stunned. I mean, I thought I was his girlfriend. Yeah. Sorry, Nicole. Yeah, I'm his girlfriend. Wow. Well, geez, what do we do now? I mean, we're just gonna burn him?
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Wash them fry?
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Absolutely. I mean, I hope you're not. I mean, you know, I have been in love with him. I hope you aren't to that point. No, I mean, short time. I definitely really, really dig him. But obviously he's a. He's a liar, so. That dog. Yeah.
C
Well, Karen, obviously you have more invested here than Nicole does. I mean, she's only been seeing him three weeks. You've been seeing him nine months. So this must be way more shocking for you than for her.
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Well, it certainly is. But you know what? I gotta trust my intuition. I was right.
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What if Nicole gives Karen her address and when he shows up at the house to pick up Nicole at 2 o' clock on Sunday afternoon, or Saturday afternoon rather, if he pick. Goes to pick her up, they're both there. What if she's there and they're both.
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Just kind of sitting outside?
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Yeah.
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Or drink.
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Or.
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What if he rings the bell? What if he rings the bell and Karen's the one who answers the door?
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Or Nicole says, oh, you know what? Why don't you come in for a second? And a girlfriend here, and then she's sitting there and they're having cocktails.
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Yeah. One of my friends stopped by to visit. Why don't you come in for a minute while we finish up?
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Or Karen should do stuff to Jack with him. Like if he leaves. Like when he leaves the house on Saturday morning. Like, or Saturday afternoon, you know, to go. She go, oh, the coolest thing happened. By the way, I'm going to the Braves game too. Where are your seats?
C
There's a million things you could do. Are you both in agreement that you would want to do something to get work as together as a team in order to bust this guy?
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Absolutely, I am.
G
Okay, great.
E
Perfect.
C
Yeah.
I
I mean, he's. You know, he thought he could fool us. So let's. Let's do whatever we can. You know, she should just come. She should come and bust him there.
H
Let's do that.
E
Well, did you hear. I guess they couldn't hear what we had just talked about because we thought that maybe she could be at your house. Nicole, when he comes to get you and that you both be there together.
C
I think it's got to be more public.
E
You do?
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Yeah.
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Why don't we just do it at the restaurant? I mean, it's safer that way, isn't it? Yeah.
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I could do it at Park Tavern. Okay.
D
What if he goes to Park Tavern? What if he takes Nicole to. I'm confused. Okay. Yeah. Nicole is the girl that he's been seeing for like a month, right?
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Yeah.
D
What if he takes Nicole to Park Tavern and they're sitting Outside, and they're having a couple beers or whatever, and they're hanging out. And then Karen walks in and sits down, like, two tables away with a bunch of friends, but acts like she doesn't see him. So there's gonna be some time where he knows that his current girlfriend is two tables away from the girl that he's screwing around on her with.
C
I want to pick up a suggestion from a caller named Chris, but in order to do that, Nicole, I have to ask you a very sensitive question.
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Okay?
C
If you don't want to answer it, that's fine.
I
Okay.
C
And, Karen, if you don't want her to answer it, that's fine.
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Also, I think I know what you're gonna ask me too.
C
Nicole, how intimate have you gotten with him?
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We have been fully intimate as of last week.
C
Fully intimate?
I
Yes. Karen, can I ask another inappropriate question?
C
Well, sure, sure. No, no.
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We don't want to make anyone uncomfortable.
I
Yes, absolutely. I insist on these things.
C
I didn't hear the question.
E
I didn't hear the question either.
G
Did she use protection? Oh, okay.
C
Or did you use protection?
I
Okay, absolutely.
C
Chris. Chris says that when you guys approach him at Park Tavern, you should both tell him that you're both pregnant.
D
That's great.
I
Oh, that's funny.
C
All right, here's what we'll do. We'll put you guys both on hold, although I'm not even sure there's a reason to do that because you already can talk to each other off the air. You got each other's phone numbers and stuff?
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Well, she has mine, I have hers. Don't worry. I'll call you.
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Hey, it's Raj and Noah, and we're back with a new season of Am I Doing It Wrong? The show that explores the all too human anxieties we have about trying to get our lives right, because we're still.
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Doing a lot of stuff wrong.
A
But who isn't? That's why each week we're talking about the topics that we could all use a little helping hit with, whether it's making new friends as an adult, managing our emotions, or even dreaming.
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We'll be talking to experts in their fields who are definitely doing things right, so the rest of us can be a bit wiser and a lot better equipped to handle whatever life throws at us.
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Subscribe now and listen to new episodes of Am I Doing It Wrong? Dropping every Thursday starting January 1st, wherever you get your podcasts.
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And for the first time ever, we're going to have full video episodes on YouTube. Because as long as there are things to get wrong, we're going to be right here to help you do them better.
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Love you.
The Bert Show – Episode Summary
Episode Title: Vault: He's Afraid His Boyfriend Is Cheating With A Woman!
Date: January 12, 2026
Podcast Host: Pionaire Podcasting
This episode centers on a classic Bert Show “listener drama” segment, where a caller named Karen suspects her boyfriend Aaron might be cheating—specifically, that he might be seeing a woman on the side. Karen’s suspicions are triggered when she discovers a woman’s phone number (labeled “Nicole”) in Aaron’s suit pocket while picking up his dry cleaning. The Bert Show team delves into the emotional, messy, and sometimes humorous process of uncovering the truth, bringing both the suspected “other woman,” Nicole, and Karen together on air to get to the bottom of it. The segment is filled with empathy, advice, and several laugh-out-loud moments, as well as genuine concern for everyone involved.
True to The Bert Show’s style, the tone is real, relatable, and mixes genuine empathy with a sense of humor. Hosts both validate listeners’ feelings and keep the mood from turning too dark by injecting playful banter and wry commentary. The drama is handled with care for all involved, allowing listeners to be both invested in the outcome and entertained by the process.
This dramatic, rollercoaster episode exemplifies The Bert Show’s unique blend of listener-driven storytelling, ethical “investigations,” and supportive humor. The hosts expertly facilitate a difficult conversation, empowering two women to join forces in confronting infidelity, while also giving listeners a front-row seat to real-life relationship drama—served with equal measures of heart and levity.