Vault: She shared a blog that offended her girlfriend's mom

Summary

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The Bert Show

Episode: Vault: She shared a blog that offended her girlfriend's mom
Date: May 26, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this light-hearted and relatable episode, The Bert Show cast dives into the unintended consequences of sharing personal opinions online—specifically, how a seemingly harmless blog post led to unexpected family drama. The hosts also riff on the larger themes of modern digital etiquette, including social media faux pas and misunderstandings among friends and relatives. With the cast’s signature humor and authenticity, this episode explores how our online personas can affect our real-life relationships.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Blogging Gone Awry: When Humor Hurts (01:32–04:18)

• The Incident: A male cast member recounts how a comedic blog post titled "Save Christmas, Get Rid of the Mother in Law" upset his girlfriend Katie’s mother.

  • The post discussed a real news story about a Holiday Inn in England offering “mother-in-law deals” over the Christmas holiday.
  • He clarifies, “I just posted this story because I thought it was fascinating and funny and everything.” (Male Podcaster, 02:25)

• Unintended Offense:

  • Katie’s mother saw the blog and took it personally, prompting a conversation with Katie.
  • The cast member insists, "I love Katie's mom...it never triggered in my mind that I would have this blog out...for her to actually take it personally." (Male Podcaster, 02:49)

• Handling the Fallout:

  • He admits choosing not to acknowledge the incident directly, fearing it would look like a guilty admission:

    “I didn't want to acknowledge it because it almost sounded like that I'm guilty.”
    — Male Podcaster, 03:15

  • The hosts joke about this as a “coward apology.”

    “This is a coward apology.”
    — Female Podcaster 1, 03:27
    “Cowards apology.”
    — Podcast Host, 03:29

• Deeper Meaning:

  • Female Podcaster 2 suggests there’s a positive side—Katie’s mom being hurt means she sees this cast member as family:

    “She considers herself your mother in law… that's pretty cool. Yeah, I mean, that's big.”
    — Female Podcaster 2, 03:41–03:56

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2. The Delicate Dynamics of Online Communication (04:18–06:46)

• Internet Tone & Perception:

  • The cast reflects on how online posts can be misinterpreted:

    “Everything that you're saying now has a different tone on the Internet and you have to be so careful.”
    — Female Podcaster 1, 04:18

• Tales from Facebook: Respecting the ‘Wall’:

  • Female Podcaster 2 recounts a story where friends fell out over “disrespecting” a Facebook wall during playful fantasy football taunting.

    “The person got so mad, they said, ‘Stop disrespecting my wall.’”
    — Female Podcaster 2, 04:42

  • The group riffs on the seriousness (or not) of social media boundaries, joking about what counts as ‘disrespect.’

    “Stop disrespecting my Facebook walls.”
    — Male Podcaster 2, 05:20

  • Ultimately, one friend deletes another over the teases:

    “He had been dropped as a friend for disrespecting himself.”
    — Female Podcaster 2, 05:55

• Takeaway on Social Media Etiquette:

  • The cast agrees: online spaces can amplify minor grievances, leading to outsized reactions and even the end of friendships.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On taking things personally:

  "I mean, that's very flattering, the fact that her feelings would be hurt because she...she sees me as a daughter in law."
  — Male Podcaster, 03:49

• On digital boundaries:

  “Stop disrespecting my wall.”
  — Female Podcaster 2, 04:42, 05:07

• On friendship and online interactions:

  “I think it's also sort of assumed that if those are your friends, they don't write anything nasty about you on your own wall.”
  — Female Podcaster 1, 06:23

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment Description | |-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:32 | The blog post controversy explained | | 02:21 | The cast theorizes about “mother-in-law deals” | | 02:49 | How the blog post was received by Katie’s mom | | 03:15 | Discussion over whether to apologize or acknowledge the incident | | 03:41 | The deeper meaning behind her reaction | | 04:18 | Online tone and the importance of context | | 04:42 | Facebook “wall” drama story begins | | 05:55 | Fallout: ‘defriending’ over online banter | | 06:23 | Reflection on assumed online etiquette among friends |

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Summary

This episode of The Bert Show playfully unpacks the unforeseen consequences of putting your thoughts online—whether in a jokey blog or a Facebook post. The entertaining back-and-forth highlights the challenges of digital communication: how humor can miss its mark, how intentions get misunderstood, and how even a playful poke can accidentally ignite real drama. The hosts’ conversation offers both laughs and food for thought, capturing the everyday tightrope of sharing your life in public—online or off.

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Transcript

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[Male Podcaster]

When you have a blog, you have to be careful because there's, you know, you may have some readers. And so I.

[Female Podcaster 1]

That's what a blog is.

[Male Podcaster]

That's what a blog.

[Female Podcaster 1]

It's not that it's a diary.

[Male Podcaster]

That's right. And. And you hope that you have readers. Well, I. My. One of my blogs in the past week has actually gotten me in trouble with my family, in trouble with my extended family. It's actually Katie's family. So I had a blog that I put up that the title of the blog was Save Christmas, Get Rid of the mother in law. And then within the content of the blog it talked about this story out of England where a Holiday Inn, the Holiday Inn franchise in England are offering mother in law deals for Christmas. So from December 21st through the 27th, they were like, if you don't want your mother in law staying in your house, we have mother in law specials. So it's a discount if you want to book a room for your mother in law.

[Female Podcaster 1]

It's a great idea. Unless the mother in law finds out about the special while she's staying there.

[Male Podcaster]

Exactly, exactly. I just posted this story because I thought it was fascinating and funny and everything. Well, then later on that evening, Katie came home and said, so are you mad at mom for any reason? And I was like, no. And she said because she saw your blog and so her feelings got hurt.

[Female Podcaster 2]

Oh, no, backpedal, backpedal, backpedal.

[Male Podcaster]

See, what I had meant was, and I never. Well, because one, we're not married and two, I love Katie's mom, but I never, never really talk about, like, I never. The vernacular I use is she's not. You know, my mother in law used to say she's Mama Jo. You know, so I never. It never triggered in my mind that I would have this blog out, save Christmas, get rid of the mother in law, and for her to actually take it personally.

[Female Podcaster 1]

Did you have to call her up?

[Male Podcaster]

No, because, you know, because I didn't want to acknowledge it because, you know, because it almost sounded like that I'm guilty. Well, I just want to let you know that, you know, so I didn't. I didn't acknowledge it. So if she's listening right now, this is how she's finding out wasn't an endorsement.

[Female Podcaster 1]

This is a coward apology.

[Podcast Host]

Cowards apology.

[Male Podcaster]

But there's no apology because, I mean, because I think Katie was like. She didn't want me to acknowledge it because she didn't want. Because I think she may have mentioned something to Katie, but she didn't want Katie to tell me. You know what I mean?

[Female Podcaster 2]

She was embarrassed for getting her feelings hurt over it. Well, you know what, I think there's like sort of like a bigger meaning to this whole thing is that she considers herself your mother in law.

[Male Podcaster]

I know it's very flattering, the fact that her feelings would be hurt because she. Yeah, because she sees me as a daughter in law.

[Female Podcaster 2]

That's pretty cool. Yeah, I mean, that's big.

[Male Podcaster]

That's very big. Yes.

[Female Podcaster 1]

Do you think she overreacted?

[Female Podcaster 2]

No.

[Male Podcaster]

I mean, no, I'm not gonna. I don't think she ever. Because if she overreacted, she would have called me and said, how dare. You know, that's an overreaction is if you see something. But to think, aw, she really feels like to save Christmas, you get rid of the mother in law and kept it to herself and said it to Katie. That. No, that's not a reaction.

[Female Podcaster 1]

Everything that you're saying now has a different tone on the Internet and you have to be so careful. Like, don't you have a friend now that stopped being friends with somebody online for like, something that was being posted on a wall or something like that?

[Female Podcaster 2]

Oh, yeah, there was something about that. Yeah. I heard the story from a friend over the weekend that he had posted something on one of his friend's walls about. What was it about?

[Male Podcaster 2]

Oh, something fantasy football.

[Female Podcaster 2]

About fantasy football. And that. That person got so mad, they said, stop disrespecting my wall.

[Podcast Host]

For real.

[Female Podcaster 2]

On taunting each other on Facebook.

[Female Podcaster 1]

And then, stop disrespecting my wall was written on the wall.

[Female Podcaster 2]

Yes. Stop my wall. There are more important things going on here. And then over at fantasy football, the friend of mine, the fact that.

[Male Podcaster 2]

Stop disrespecting my wall.

[Male Podcaster]

That's funny.

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[Male Podcaster 2]

Like, stop disrespecting my. Needs to be followed by any one of the three most family.

[Male Podcaster]

My mother.

[Male Podcaster 2]

My mother. Stop disrespecting my family.

[Male Podcaster]

Right, right.

[Male Podcaster 2]

Stop disrespecting my Facebook walls.

[Female Podcaster 2]

Yes, that was what was put. And then seriously, if I'm telling the story correctly, which I may have the details wrong, then he posted something else, Jo. And then it was like, continued, like, still. You're still disrespecting my wall. And then he said, well, what would be disrespectful is to say you haven't had a job in a long time or something like that.

[Female Podcaster 1]

And then so they started arguing on

[Female Podcaster 2]

their wall, like, joking. Then the friend of mine went back to post something else and he couldn't find it. So he had been deleted as a friend.

[Female Podcaster 1]

Oh, no.

[Female Podcaster 2]

He had been dropped as a friend for disrespecting himself.

[Male Podcaster]

He's defriended because he disrespected the wall.

[Female Podcaster 2]

Yeah.

[Female Podcaster 1]

Don't disres respect the wall.

[Female Podcaster 2]

People face funny.

[Male Podcaster 2]

That's gonna be like, I don't think

[Female Podcaster 2]

a wall is that important.

[Female Podcaster 1]

No.

[Male Podcaster]

Oh, it's everything. Chin hobby.

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[Female Podcaster 1]

These are supposed to be your friend all day long.

[Female Podcaster 2]

And that's all you do all day if you're on Facebook. I guess it is that important.

[Female Podcaster 1]

Well, and I think it's. It's sort of. What's that look for? What was that for?

[Female Podcaster 2]

There's no look.

[Female Podcaster 1]

It looked like there was a look. I think it's also sort of assumed that if those are your friends that they don't write anything nasty about you on your own wall.

[Male Podcaster 2]

Nothing disrespectful, man, because your friends wouldn't do that.

[Male Podcaster]

The offense was.

[Female Podcaster 2]

It was about fantasy football taunting each other about like points for players or something stupid like that.

[Female Podcaster 1]

Yeah, there's some deep seated things going on there.

[Female Podcaster 2]

Not yes, you're deleted from my friends.

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