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Maybe I'm just, like, weird. Maybe I'm crunchy. This is the Southern Tea with Lindsay Chrisley. I think it's so funny when you get Christmas cards and all of these people write their children's accomplishments on the back. I don't love them. A southern girl and a boy mom who's trying to navigate life while staying.
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True to her roots.
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I am a functioning, non functioning human being right now. Join Lindsay each week as she swears to spill the tea, the whole tea, and nothing but the tea. Tea. That is the tea. Here's Lindsay. Good morning and welcome back to another episode of the Southern Tea. Except it's afternoon for me.
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Same. Hello, Lindsay Chrisley.
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It is officially tax day. And I have recorded now for Southern tea and coffee combos.
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We are paying the debts, baby.
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Listen. Ain't trying to get knocked down by the federal government. I am. I know.
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Are you starting already?
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You know, listen, there's a lot of that I could start. There's something. I'm about to start with you in a second, but I have to. Okay. Okay. I have to show you this little kit. You probably saw it on my email from my very random Amazon purchases that I've been doing as of late.
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Okay. I feel like I know what this is gonna be. I'm covering my eyes.
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Okay.
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I freaking saw this and was like, what are you doing? Is this a date night situation?
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No, this is a sushi making kit. I'm going to test it out and then if it works, then I'll let you guys know if it's good or if we should not be ordering this.
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I'm gonna tell you right now. I need you to film the first time that you use it.
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Yeah.
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Even if it's only for my viewing pleasure. But, like, I think everyone should be able to see it.
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Are you a sushi eater?
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I like one sushi thing. I don't even. One thing of sushi. That's it. Philadelphia roll. And the only reason I tolerate it is because it has cream cheese.
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Cream cheese in it.
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Yes, ma'. Am.
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That used to be Will's college order at, like, the cheap sushi place. Like, how did we not get stomach bug from going there?
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Let me tell you. I got food poisoning from my favorite sushi place on Saturday. Hold on one second.
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Brief intermission for a husband get cussed out. What I just witnessed gave me hives.
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That wasn't even that bad.
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This, folks, is why I do not have husband. Okay, so let me tell you what inspired my super sushi making kit.
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So there they go, that's not even mine. That would be a neighbor's dog. Okay.
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What inspired this sushi making kit is that Jackson loves a cucumber roll. And I was like, you know what? They're kind of, like, expensive to buy at the grocery store, and I'm not really, like, keen on buying sushi from grocery store, so I was like, you know what? I can make this at home. I saw it on Tick Tock. So if somebody on Tick Tock can do it, I can do it. So my happy ass went straight to Amazon, got this kit, and my child's gonna be having sushi in his lunchbox, and he's gonna be so excited.
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Okay, first of all, I'm jealous. Second of all, what's in a cucumber roll? Because I like cucumbers.
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I basically think it's just like, cucumber and avocado, and I think that's it.
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And like, the sticky rice.
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Yeah, yeah. It's like, so easy.
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I feel like I could get behind that. I feel like I. I need to try that now. Like, I don't do, like. And I don't know why. Like, I eat, like, raw. Like, I like seared tuna. That's basically raw.
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Listen, I eat. How do you say it? Sashimi.
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Sashimi.
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Sashimi. Yeah, I eat that I eat.
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Literally, I.
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This will eat anything raw. Anything. Okay.
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Anything at all. Shove it in.
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You know what? Somebody messaged me the other day. They were like, lindsay, you need to check if you have an intestinal parasite from all the oysters that you eat.
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I feel like I saw someone say something like that, and I was like.
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Yeah, but I'm not kidding.
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I have people tell me all the time that my Ms. Is because I have, like. I don't think it's intestinal parasites. I think it's like worms in my brain or something like that. Is what people tell me is that.
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Snakes in your head.
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Maybe. I've gotten a lot of messages. And listen, I'm not knocking it because, like, anything, anything can happen these days, but to my knowledge, I don't got worms in my brain.
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Okay, well, Will tells me I have snakes in my head and that he's.
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Going to knock your dick in the dirt. So, yeah, I'm like, first of all.
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Sir, your dick in the dirt. Okay? So this is the thing that I have to take up with you.
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Okay.
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Have you been receiving text messages from Mexico, man?
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Maybe. I don't know.
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Why was anybody gonna inform me? Enlighten me, because, you know, that's what besties do enlighten you to what?
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I gotta check my phone.
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Oh, we have to check the phone now. I would love to know what said text messages say.
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I need to know what you know.
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Well, I know everything.
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My mom tries this trick on me all the time.
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Does it happen to deal with a washer or dryer?
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Know.
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Then I don't know everything.
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I might have. I might have missed some text messages. Wait, hold on, hold on, please, please hold. Because now I got to go check my text to make sure I didn't miss something about. I didn't. Nope. Nothing about a. Nothing about a washer or dryer.
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So it was about something else.
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Why.
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Why are you looking like that?
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Yeah.
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Yeah. Okay, well, listen, I've been writing in this house because I've been washing absolutely everything, even things that aren't dirty. And I think that I need to go and get a mental diagnosis for this. Like if I see a blanket that's folded up and I don't know if it's been washed, but, like, it probably has, I will wash it.
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Okay.
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Like, it might have gotten washed this week, but because I didn't realize that I washed it, I'm like, it might be dirty, so I'm washing it.
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Do you have like, blanket storage where you keep your blankets when you're not using them?
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Yes, but sometimes I don't put it in blanket storage.
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Okay, so that would be problem number one. Because if it sounds like if it's left out, you're washing it.
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Yes, if anything is left out, I am washing it. Okay.
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Okay. So you're. You have lots of clean blankets is what it sounds like.
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Yes. We were at my house this weekend, and on Friday I looked at him and I said, one thing that I can tell you is this house will have a second fucking washer and dryer come next week.
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Oh, okay. Okay. So is he. Is he doing. Is he researching? Because I've got some on sales.
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Oh, no, he's. He's been on the phone today with a company to get washers and dryers delivered here on Friday.
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You know what? I love how proactive he is.
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He is very proactive. We love that about him. And I said, the only concern is I'm not going to be home on Friday. And he was like, even better.
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Okay, so he'll be there Friday?
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Yes, he will be here Friday to get my 5.5 ounce.
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No, no.
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5.5 cubic feet, maybe. What do washer and dryers come in? Like the tubs dryer? I mean, it could be an ounce 5.5 ounces is a bottle.
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What bottle? That's not even a water bottle.
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No. Like a baby bottle. Like a newborn bottle?
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Yes. It's like not. That's not a washer and dryer.
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It's got to be like 5.5 cubic feet.
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Yeah.
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But whatever it is, it's 5.5.
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Okay. That's a good bigger one, I think. I forget how big you go to. I. When I bought mine for this house, I bought the biggest that I could get.
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Oh well, basically, I guess through this research that he did today and I tell I'm going to read you the text message that I received. He's gonna kill me.
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I just want to know why. He said he was texting me about washers and dryers.
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He said you obviously have recordings coming up. I got all the info on your washing machine dryer situation Speeds Queen largest capacity washing machine is 3.2 cubic feet. I am on with a guy now, so I'm getting all the info. If you're dead set on just the brand Speed Queen, that's what we'll get. If you want specific, you want it specifically for bedding and comfort. Comforters. He will be recommending something else. I'm getting it all together. Love you. Have a great recording. I'm like, he knew I meant business when I had a bunch of fucking bedding that needed to be washed. And there's only one washing machine in this house. And I understand. Grew up in a home with one washing machine for a very long time. But I don't think that my parents were a psycho as me, which is.
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Very hard for me to believe. Looking from the outside in, I will say that I would think that like your dad would have been and your mom would have been like so like wanting everything a certain way because I assumed that's where you got it from. But I do like the idea of you having like a dedicated washer and dryer situation. Like if I could fit two in my house, I would definitely have one that does blankets and bedding way better than like what I have now because it takes freaking forever. And truly. I thought about taking the stuff to the laundromat before, but I don't know how they work. I me too privileged enough to like never have had to go to a laundry mat. So I don't even know what I'm doing.
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No, a laundromat sounds like a luxury at this point. It's like they've got all the machines, all the things that we need to use. But in the meantime I'm getting geared up for Friday because I'm going with Jackson's class to Tennessee for his field trip. So I'm sure that'll be so much fun with a bunch of fifth grade boys chaperoning.
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I want to know, how did you sign up for that?
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I sure did.
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Okay. Okay. So you're insane.
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Yeah, I always end up signing up for and then when it comes, I'm like, why did I think this was a good idea?
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I think that's how we're. We are in a lot of situations. We sign up for stuff and then we're like, why do we do that?
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Like us collectively as a team.
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Yeah.
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Oh, trust me, I know. Very well aware. And then in the meantime, you and I have been planning Jackson's graduation party, so we decided to theme it. Let's talk about a grad. Like Taco.
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We love it.
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And the invitations turned out so cute. So last night, in the midst midst of my psychosis, I text Will and I'm like, hey, I'm going to do Moe's catering. Do we think that we need to do a taco bar, a nacho bar or a fajita bar? And he was like, taco, which one do you think?
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I. Is there an option of having two? Yeah, I would do taco and nacho.
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Taco and nacho. But do we feel like it would be better to like make the stuff homemade for the nacho bar?
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I think for ease and less stress, I would have Moe's do all of the above. That's what I would do. I would say yes to that.
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Anything that we can keep you out of the kitchen doing, because then you're.
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Setting yourself up for inevitably something will go wrong. Like that's just how life works. Something will not go according to plan. So I would rather that occur when someone else has to figure it out rather than you being in the kitchen and having to figure it out.
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Oh, and I was telling one of my friends who's divorced about Will and I co hosting this graduation party at Will's. And literally the text I got back was, are you okay?
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You know, it was funny because when we were doing the invitations, there was like a slot for like add a co host and add their email. And I was like, he doesn't answer it. So no thank you. We just put his name.
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He doesn't answer that email correct.
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So I was like, nah, no, just be jointly hosted and names.
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But I feel like so many people in the divorced community feel like it's weird that we do all of that stuff together. And it doesn't feel weird to me at all.
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I don't feel like it's weird. I feel like. And I've said this about, like the. When we talked about vacation situations. Right. In my opinion, again, not going through it myself, but if I were to have a child or children and get divorced, I would want to be able to come together for the kids and not. And things not be weird. Like, I just think that that's the ultimate goal for, or maybe should be the ultimate goal for a lot of people. I know it's not feasible in every situation because there's.
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What I've realized through the situation is it's not feasible for families that are divorced if both people on. Are not on board to do it.
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Oh, yeah, you can't be one sided.
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If it's one sided, it will never work. But I think because Will and I are so on the same page that that's why it works probably.
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And you guys are able to put your differences aside. Like, you might have like a knockdown drag out, but you're fine like 20 hours later.
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Oh, yeah. Like, it could be a knockdown drag out over text message, over phone call, in each other's driveway, like, whatever. Jackson's never present and said knock down drag outs. But that does happen. And then the following day it's like, is your tude over?
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Yep.
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Basically, like, again, if you keep going 100.
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But I just think that ultimately that's the goal. I think it's like if I were divorced, I would aspire to get to that point again. Like, I know there's so many different situations involved with people and their exes and, you know, relationship trauma and domestic violence and all those things that, you know, I'm not saying that every single person needs to do it, but if it's within reach for you and like your relationship and your child, I feel like try, but like, it's. It might not work.
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Well, also, Easter is coming up. Would love to know what your plans are for Easter. Will and I are also sharing Easter. His parents have always done like an Easter lunch and egg hunt and stuff. Even though it's my Easter, I told him I'll have him Friday. Saturday we're going to a Braves game. Sunday, we can wake up, do egg hunt at my house in the morning. I'm gonna cook a big breakfast and then he can come and pick him up at 11 and take him to his parents. And I feel like the more that I am around people who are in divorce situations, that is Absolutely not the norm. Yeah, no, like, there will be no sharing. There will be no conversation about it. There will be a fight. And I'm like, for what?
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No, I, I agree with you. My plans for Easter, just with everything health wise I'm going through right now, I'm. Typically, we do it at home anyway as far as like, what we're eating. Truly have no idea. Like, I just don't. I don't have it to me this year to like, figure out the menu. But I will be attending whatever gets cooked downstairs. And my mom's gonna make me an Easter basket.
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So listen, I saw somebody's post the other day. I think it was on Facebook, and it was like, reminder, you're never too old to get an Easter basket. I want an Easter basket.
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I almost committed elder abuse last year against my own mother.
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Oh, wait, listen though. So as we were having the conversation about the washer and dryer, I saw this meme right after, I was just talking about said washer and dryer. And it says, had to get a new washer and dryer 17 years. Thanks, Maytag. And the guys installing it asked, you didn't make this your wife's Christmas present, right? The man replied, no.
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Oh my God.
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The guy goes, because this guy at the last house did. And that was a bad scene, man. But like, do we think gifting someone something. And I'll tell you a story, I think I've told you this before, actually gifting someone something that is usable for everyone in the house, but also like a choreography, is that like a gift? Because I still feel like it's a gift because I wanted that washer and dryer for bedding and towels and whatever to make my life easier, right? Like, there is no world where I need two washer and dryers that I could not operate off of one. But it's an ease for my life.
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I think that it depends on what the person wants. Like, I'm a big believer in putting your own aside of what you consider a gift. And if someone asks you for something and it's within your reach to get it within a set budget that you have set for that individual, just get them the damn, damn gift. It doesn't matter what it is. If they want a gift card, give them the gift card. If they're asking for cash, give them the cash. If they're asking, like, if there is an ask and you can do it, just do it. And like, that's. We're about to get on the topic of gift giving. So to answer your Question. Like, I've asked for a vacuum before. Actually, twice I asked for a vacuum twice. I wanted a hand vacuum for like upholstery and stuff that it was like a diet. I think it was like a Dyson or something like that. I don't even know. So like do like the couches and the cushions so I'm not like having to like get the big vacuum out. And then I asked for a shark vacuum, like real vacuum, and nobody got it for me. So I bought it for myself. And then the next year after I bought it for myself, when it was on sale, I asked for parts to said vacuum and I got two of them.
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See, I feel like getting a gift that is like a long lasting thing, that is so usable in your life is the best gifts to get 100%.
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Like, I look at things that I have that were gifted to me. For example, my crock pot. Somebody gifted me my crock pot for my wedding shower. I had asked for it, I got it. And I think about it every single time I get to cooking it and I'm like, this was the best gift ever. And it better never break because I'm going to be devastated. I asked for a food saver. I didn't get that, but I got it for a Christmas gift like two years later. And every time I use the food saver, I'm like, oh, like, it's just gifts like that. Like, those are the memorable ones to me. Not just like, you gave me a gift to say you got me a gift. I hate that.
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Well, let me tell you this little story as we take a trip down memory lane. So when Will and I moved from our first house into the house that we built that we thought was going to save our marriage.
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Oh, so you didn't. You had your situation with the babysit thing. So was that before or after you tried the house thing?
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So we had Jackson in the first house and then I moved in with nanny season to start of season two of Chris Lee Knows Best. And then when we decided that we were going to get back together, when Will was just having a visitation with Jackson, I was like, I mean, we should probably just build this house. Like it would be a fresh start. We don't have to think about the memories, the fighting, the nothing. So then we build this house and that's when we try for the second child. That's the house that I had my miscarriage. Okay.
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So a lot of people that I know personally and also you hear it all the time. It's like a baby Will Save us. You went a house build, Will.
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Everything's new. Everything feels fresh.
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I get it. I just look at how stressful the only house build I've ever watched go down was like, Kales. Like, as, like, far as, like, from the ground up.
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I feel like that would cause a divorce 1,000%. But in the midst of already being in somewhat turmoil and trying to repair something, I think it gave us a focus to focus on other problems other than those, a marriage.
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Okay.
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And so I do think that our relationship got a little better, but it was because I wasn't drilling on the stuff that were actual problems because I was so focused on the house. So his responsibility in the move was to hire movers to bring the stuff that we were bringing from our old house to the new house. Will decides it's going to go on Craigslist and buy movers. Not a moving company.
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Individuals.
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People who go and rent a U haul from Lowe's or Home Depot. Okay.
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Very highly qualified individuals.
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Yes. They tear up my bedroom set.
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Excuse me.
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Yes. So this is in, like, July, August. My bedroom set is fucking tore up. Like, when I tell you, like, all the paint off the front, like, torn up.
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Great. Okay.
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So you know how type A I am with stuff like that. I'm like, I actually can't look at this because, number one, William, no one told you to hire movers off of Craigslist. Number two, why would you hire a company to move all of our shit with no insurance?
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Lindsey Grisly, I can ask you the same damn question.
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Well, here's the problem. I thought I had insurance. However, I did not.
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You got scammed into thinking you had insurance.
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This ad that Will hired these people from literally said, not insured.
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Okay?
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Like, there was no insurance option even available.
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So Will was like, raw dogging it.
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Yeah, just straight up raw dogging. So I go upstairs in our new house and see this bedroom furniture torn apart, and he's like, tried to put pledge on it. Like, they look better. And I'm like, there ain't no amount of pledge that's gonna fix this bedroom set. Like, you better get it the out of here. Like, this pisses me off even looking at it. So he decides that he's gonna go to the furniture store and buy me this new bedroom set that I had wanted for probably two years at that point.
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Oh, okay.
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And I was like, okay. You know, he's trying to make a peace offering. No, he bought me that for Christmas, and then he took it in the divorce.
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Oh, my God.
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Talk about a Highway robbery.
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No take backsies. What the is going on?
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Willard, which he did sell that bed since he moved in to the house that he lives in now. Which I'm glad because it gave me the heebie jeebies to know that like some girl could be sleeping on that bed knowing that it was a gift to me from a up by him. But a marital bed, it just felt like very wrong.
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I, I can see that.
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I can see that, you know, on a lot of levels. So do you think that it is in my best interest for me not to be here on Friday when this washer and dryer situation shows up? Because it's got to go upstairs?
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Nope. Because you don't need to know if anyone is wearing shoes in the house. You don't need to know that at all. None of it.
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While we're talking about scams, you sent me this. Actually you sent me a tick tock. I saw a different tick tock than what you sent me about 17 people missing from indeed job interviews. But then I went on to what's it called? Snoops.
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Snopes.
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Snopes.
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Researching.
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Yeah, I went researching about 17 people missing in Atlanta after job interviews were set up through Indeed. And Atlanta police are saying that they have not received any missing persons report matching any details from the online claims about the disappearances. So do we think this is a hoax?
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I mean hoaxes can spread like wildfire too. So I can't say for sure, but I've been seeing this popping up like very much frequently in about Atlanta. So I'm wondering because if there's 17 people and they're missing, something tells me that they probably wouldn't want to come clean about there being a serial killer looking at your like hoaxing jobs.
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Well, so the TikTok I saw said that there was a serial killer loose in Atlanta using indeed to lure these people in. But I feel like 17 people is a decent amount of people. You know, like there are some people that we've talked about going missing and you're like, how did it go? Unidentified for so long, like people had to to have known like that person for something to be reported. But 17 people, there would be a lot of people that all of those people would know that it would be filed in city of Atlanta if they were actually all missing from the same general area.
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I'm like looking this up right now because I just, I don't know if I believe it or not.
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I'm starting to think that it's a hoax.
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It. Well, there's really not news articles about it. So it's looking like a hoax.
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So it says. The claim circulated mainly on Tick Tock, but also was popular on Facebook. And it says that it was not possible to independently verify details of the claim at the time of this writing. The Atlanta Police department said on April 14 that while there had been four missing persons reports in the past seven days, none match the details given in the online claims. And this website found no credible news sources reporting the disappearances. The specifics of the claim also appeared inconsistent across postings, with no clear details of the age or gender of the applicants or the nature of the job that they were applying for. I don't know.
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It's just feeling now because I can't see anything. I'm just like, what is going on?
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Yeah, so it says. It was also unclear what the job the applicants were allegedly interviewing for. One posting of the claim mentioned an interview at a warehouse at 7pm but provided no further details. Another uploader also gave these details, though in reference to a separate but similar unverified story.
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I don't know, I feel like we're gonna have to deep dive this.
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But I tried and there's nothing and it's all over. Tick Tock. Like it's all over.
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I just. So then everyone's just spreading the misinformation, which also sucks.
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Correct. But the other thing that you and I both saw about the Jeffrey Dahmer in Missouri. Yeah, the over 18 bodies found in the back of a home.
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I saw this and I was like how do people get away with that? Like I can't even get away with building like a frickin raised bed without my township rolling around and being like, what are you doing?
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Well, I read an article that said that law enforcement went to a residential property and that was a part of a search warrant.
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Okay.
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It says that the police served the search warrant around 7.30am it said the police department had received information leading them to assess to suspect a missing person was buried in the yard, but no human remains had been found thus far. Is that at the scene? A variety of construction equipment could be seen outside the home. But the police department did not share many details about the missing individual, but confirmed the person was an adult that was reported missing in 2020.
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Truly just looking at the like cover photo of the video of like the big dirt mound that they're going through is crazy.
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But it says that the search warrant only turned up suspected narcotics inside the home, but they were proceeding to dig up the yard with an excavator several Officers spent hours sifting through dirt. Afterwards it said that there were people at the home. A 43 year old man was or is currently being detained. A 39 year old woman was arrested on outstanding warrants that were unrelated to the situation. And when the police repressed for more details, they said the people who do live on the property are are familiar with detectives assigned to the investigation. It's unknown when the digging will stop and it says in a quote, we don't forget about anyone that's missing or victims and we're not going to stop here until we've exhaugh exhausted every clue or development that was brought to our attention. But there is nothing about 18 bodies that were found.
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So what the is going on?
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Yeah, but it said that the police, whoever was the spokesperson for the police department said that they chastised speculation on social media. Calling anyone spreading rumors or hinting that this might have been a mass grave or babies being buried there is completely irresponsible.
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Yeah, I mean that's the thing. It's one thing if you're spreading information that is like verified. Huh. And you want to make videos on it and you want to do that stuff. But if you can't verify to any degree the information, stop saying it online.
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I just, I don't understand that.
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I don't know. I don't.
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It's like we're out here looking for a Jeffrey Dahmer. Like let's like collectively look, but let's not make up that there is one.
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Yeah. And then just like ensuing panic and like a community and all the like. That's never good.
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I have to ask you something completely unrelated. Do you watch Love on the Spectrum?
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No, but I've heard that it is a great show and I've been wanting to start it. I'm assuming this is like one of your latest watches. So tell me.
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No. So when Trent and I broke up, one of the first times that we broke up, I watched either the first or second season. A new season just came out.
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Okay.
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And me and Mexico man were watching it last night and he was like, what the are we watching? And I said, I absolutely love this show. It's so good. It's such an easy watch. It's like the kindest, gentlest show. And it just like makes me feel so good and so happy for these people.
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Oh, I love that. See, now I want to because I find myself and I don't know if you're like this, but I end up going back and I watch like Coriol straight up. Ask me, oh, do you want to watch one of the episodes of our show? And sometimes, depending on the type of, like, day that I've had at work or whatever, I literally do not have the capacity to process, like, any information that's being given to me at all. And I'll be like, I literally need to just, like, mind numb show. So, like, I'll watch Gilmore girls for the 90th time. Like, I'll start it over or Friday Night Lights or I'll do like SVU or things that, like, I don't know, it's almost like background noise to me. Like, that I don't need to like, really focus in on, if that makes sense.
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No, I feel like that's so relatable because sometimes you just get to the end of your day when it's time to go to bed and you're just like, I do not have any more brain cells left to give anything. So me trying to follow storylines and whatever it is that I'm trying to watch, I don't have the capacity do that.
B
This is like, up. But, like, that's just how I am. If you know me, you know, that's my sense of humor. Corey and I. I don't know if you ever watched the. The show, the Resident. It's like not airing anymore, but it was on one of the streaming platforms. I don't know if you ever watched it, but so good, like, absolutely loved it. Please tell me why. The last, like, two seasons could have been two and a half, could have been three. The one of the main characters gets diagnosed with ms, and this is while I'm in the thick of, like, all the crap going on, right? So he gets diagnosed with Ms. And Corey and I look at each other and I literally said I was like, the universe is laughing at me. Like, truly the universe is laughing at me. Because I was like, let me just, like, watch the show, get my mind off all the things, whatever, whatever. And this happens. And then it's like crazy because the guy's like, experiencing symptoms that, like, I've had and situations that I've had. And I'm looking at Corey and Cory's looking at me, and we're cracking up laughing, which is so traumatic. But we're laughing because we're like, we can't escape it anywhere then. So you know how I ended up in the hospital, like, a couple weeks ago. And I like, yeah, please explain to me why I literally come home, like, the next day we watch an episode. The thing that my neurologist suspected that I might have. They thought this guy, this character had. And I just look, I have never heard of it in my entire life. It's called Cauda Equinox or Aquina or something like that. Never heard of it in my entire life ever. Main character. Oh, you might have this shit. And I looked at Corey and I crack up laughing. I'm like, I cannot make this up. Can't make it up.
A
What's that called? Like mirroring or something? When you assume the identity of a character on a show or from a book that you're reading.
B
I'm going with he. Even though the show's been off for years, I'm going with he assumed my identity because I was going through it before I got to that part of the season. I was like, this is actual insanity. And then, then as like I was dealing with crap, like symptom wise, it became not funny very much crying, but it just was like really, really funny. The way that life plays out, well.
A
You have to watch Love on the spectrum. And if anybody's listening to this and you watch, I would love to have conversations with y' all about this show because it is just the most precious, easy watch. And to just see these kids go on dates and like really come into themselves is the most joyful feeling in the world.
B
I love that. I love. I've heard great things. I just haven't like sat down to watch it yet.
A
You know what's not joyful? What is. Okay, so as we're talking about like hoaxes. Hoax. Hoaxes.
B
Hoax.
A
Which one is it?
B
I think it's like hoaxes. Like I'm probably wrong.
A
So at first I thought this was a hoax, but it's not. I've heard anywhere from five to six to 10 nurses on the same floor at a Massachusetts hospital have developed brain tumors. Have you seen this?
B
I saw this on TikTok. Didn't investigate it yet, but like had saw this come up multiple times on Tik Tok and I was like meaning to get into it. So please tell me about it and like do we have factual evidence? Is my first question.
A
Yes. So from today.com it says an investigation is is ongoing at a Massachusetts hospital after multiple nurses on the same floor were diagnosed with brain tumors. The five nurses all work or have worked on the fifth floor maternity unit of Mass General, blah blah blah hospital. According to statement from the hospital provided to TODAY.com, none of the tumors were cancerous. Two of the nurses had the same type of tumor and the other three had different types of tumor. As part of the hospital's investigation, 11 staff members came forward to be interviewed, including the five nurses diagnosed with brain tumors and six others with unspecified health concerns. The investigation found no environmental risk which could be linked to the development of a brain tumor, the hospital said in a statement. Another investigation led by the Massachusetts Nurse association is ongoing. And the group tells Today.com a spokesperson said that they had been contacted by over 300 people, most mostly current and former employees at the hospital, regarding the investigation. And the group expects the investigation may take additional weeks.
B
You cannot convince me that it has nothing to do with the work environment as like an environmental situation. You can't convince me there's no way that there's that much a coincidence that all these people are getting brain tumors. And is it the same type?
A
No. So it said three had the same type from the first five that had been scanned or whatever. The first five. Three out of those five had the same type and two had different types. So then I found another article because I went on a deep dive on this. It was on NBC, Boston's local news.
B
Okay.
A
It says the sixth hospital staff member reports brain tumor. It says based on the results of this rigorous ongoing investigation, we can ensure, we can assure you that no environmental risk have been identified at our hospital.
B
I'm not buying it.
A
But all of these. So we're now up to six, right? It says the number of staff members who have reported benign brain tumors after working on one floor of a hospital is now at six. It says that there were others that did have ongoing health concerns and that the hospital continues to cite that there were no environmental risks that could be linked to a development of a brain tumor.
B
I. I don't know. I don't believe in coincidence like that.
A
I just feel like for them all to have worked on the same floor and you're telling me that there is no linkage?
B
Linkage.
A
I'm not buying it.
B
No, there's. That's way too many brain tumors going on.
A
But it says that the Mass General Department of Occupational Health and Safety investigation which involved independent firms, interviewed impacted staff, reviewed water and air quality and tested for potential chemicals, radiation and pharmaceutical exposure exposures. Finding no evidence the six staff members reports of benign brain tumors were caused by the work environment.
B
I just don't. They're never going to admit fault. That's like the whole thing. Because then. You know what I mean? Like the com. The hospital will never admit fault.
A
Correct.
B
So I am very, very curious to see what comes from this. But that's still devastating. Nonetheless, like that many people being impacted by brain tumors. That's terrifying.
A
It says concerns had been growing in the department among nurses as the number of their colleagues struck with the diagnosis only increased. In a quote. You're going into work every day without feeling your gut. Gut. And it's a lousy feeling. The hospital, however, gave shocking response, claiming that there was no environmental risk after investigating since December. So this is. This investigation has evidently been going on for a long period of time.
B
Holy crap.
A
But I just don't understand how this could happen. Like how, how common are brain tumors?
B
I don't feel like they're that. You know what, let me look. Because I don't feel like they're that common. How common are relatively uncommon with about five out of every 100,000 people in the United States diagnosed with a primary brain tumor each year.
A
So you're telling me that all of these.
B
That's not even a hundred thousand people.
A
All of these women basically working on this floor, three of them had the exact same type of brain tumor and the other two had a different type of brain tumor. And there is no possible linking anywhere.
B
Like, and like, what do they call that in statistics? It's like a outlier. Yeah, I just, I'm. I don't buy it.
A
And I just feel like the statements that have come from the hospital are just so pr. And I know that you and I have talked about PR statements coming from stuff before and I just feel like they possibly should have said something more than what they've said.
B
You would think that they would. I don't know. I. Looking at it from a company perspective, right. I'm like, what do you really say in this situation like this? But from a human perspective, that doesn't fly. And I just don't buy that there's no link to the environment.
A
I don't buy it either. Yeah, I want to know about your opinion on this. I saw this. This was UK news.
B
Okay.
A
It says a dad who ran over his son, 3 years old with tractor fist pumps as he's found not guilty. So there's a picture of this little boy who is absolutely one of the cutest things that I've ever seen. It says a dad who fatally ran over his three year old son with a defective trap. With a defective tractor. Pumped his fist in court when he was found not guilty of manslaughter. It said he died from catastrophic injuries. Reversed a telehandler into him on his first farm. And it says the incident unfolded in the yard near the front of their farmhouse.
B
I Would not be.
A
It said that he used the tele handler, which I don't know what type of a tractor a telehander is, but it said that it would. That he had not been officially trained. And the telehandler was found to have various defects, including a missing wing mirror. The prosecution told jurors at trial that the little boy died as a result of his father's negligence, which created serious and obvious risk of death. Which I don't want to say how I would feel if I was in this situation, but I couldn't imagine using something that I wasn't properly trained to use. And it also didn't have proper mirrors on it. And my child was in said yard.
B
I feel like. And I don't want to like be sexist. Right. I feel like men typically don't read directions. Men think that they can pick things up very quickly. And you know, this is in my personal experience, in my life, with men that are in my life. Okay. So I don't want to like generalize. Could I see something like this happening with men that I know? Yeah, I can. Truly, I can. Because they think that, like they hop on something, they know how to do it, they do it better than everybody else. You know, that's how I feel. I personally am like, he killed his own child. He has to live with that for the rest of his life. I don't think that you can impose a sentence of any type that would feel worse than that.
A
The problem that I see here, it says health and safety officials found that there were various defects that would have hindered safe operation. A report concluded that it was foreseeable that a person's in the vicinity of the vehicle could be injured or killed when the vehicle was working. The report added the operator would have had restrictive view of a person in certain positions near to the rear of the vehicle. More so, more so a person less than average height.
B
So a small child.
A
Yeah, it says that jurors found him not guilty, clearing him of gross negligence manslaughter. He previously pleaded guilty to breaching a section of the Health and Safety work act of 1974.
B
So, and so what I'm hearing is even if he was properly trained, this still would have happened. Most likely.
A
But we're talking about a three year old trial. And this dad's our three year old child. And this dad said at trial, or it was read at trial, an interview that he had given to police that said that the child knew not to go near anything. He knew he wasn't stupid. It's A farm, isn't it? It's not a playground. And he knew that he wasn't supposed to do that. He knew his boundaries. He knew where he could go and where he couldn't. An officer asked, how did he know? He replied, because you told him. You, you know he's not. And then he used the R word.
B
Okay, okay. That is not the reaction I was expecting from a father who killed his child.
A
Also, this was a custody situation. He spent time on the farm alternating weekends. He was dropped off by his mom in the morning for the weekend so his mother wouldn't have been there. The dad would have been there operating a tractor that he knew could kill somebody because he had obstructed view. And the three year old child evidently was playing in the yard. I feel like he should have been.
B
Found guilty now that I'm hearing like all of the pieces. That would be literally like. I mean, that is why they say like manslaughter, right? Like it's basically accidental, isn't it? Or is that accidental homicide? I forget.
A
No. What's the difference?
B
I don't know. Let me see. Manslaughter and accidental death are distinct legal terms, even though they both involve a death. Manslaughter, especially involuntary manslaughter, can be charged when someone's death results from recklessness or negligent actions. So that's why, where accidental death typically involves the death caused by an unfortunate event without negligence or intent. So the dad was negligent and that's why it would be manslaughter. Well, then I agree. Then I agree. I still think. Well, maybe not for that dad, but I still think that for normal individuals, killing your own child accidentally would be. You can't get it worse than that.
A
It said that the injuries were so bad, it was called multiple crush injuries.
B
Oh, God.
A
To his head, body and legs. He gave evidence to the jurors and said that the death was a tragic accident. Said he broke down in tears and in a quote. I shouldn't have to do this. It's not fair. I shouldn't have left him in the garden. We all know that I have not met the standard of care. It is truly exceptionally bad, neglectful behavior. No, I messed up. I made a mistake. He said that the telehander had a missing wing mirror and he should have checked pro and that he would check profusely for blind spots, but said he did not see him, did not see his son. He was always careful in what he did.
B
No, no, I mean unfortunate all the way around. I feel so Bad for the family. I. Horrific. Like the whole thing is horrific.
A
But what would have caused a jury to have not found him guilty?
B
Sympathy or they were laying more at the fact that there was already defect. Defects going on. So kind of like I said to you, so it sounds like to me, even if he were properly operating and properly trained that this could have happened. So therefore they probably couldn't stop, say without a shadow of a doubt that he did it like he specifically was the reason it occurred. They might have leaned more so on the. The machine is why it occurred.
A
But it also said that the dad had a partner that was at the house when the accident happened and he ran in and said that he got him with the tractor and for her to call the ambulance. I'm just wondering why if you're going to get on heavy machinery like that and you have a three year old. Any person that's had a three year old little boy knows that they are unpredictable little creatures.
B
Yeah. Why is this? Is the partner not watching the child at that time?
A
1,000%.
B
Damn.
A
I would just love to know what other people think about this.
B
Definitely.
A
I saw this quote and I wanted to get your opinion on it. It says at some point you have to get serious about your life. Delete numbers. Stay away from love that isn't real. Hustle. Get your spirit and mental right. You have to demand positivity and change.
B
I think I agree with all of the above. Outside of like hustle, I think there's. I have a very hustle culture. I have such a very love hate relationship. I think there's always a time and place for hustling. I've done it most of my life. I will say that. Can't say that's not part of what contributed to like what I'm going through right now, health wise. And it's not always the greatest thing for your mental health. Like I think everything in. What is it called? It's like everything in moderation. But I agree with the rest of it.
A
I feel like I definitely agree with everything but the hustle. Although I have a really hard time not doing the hustling.
B
Like I don't have a problem.
A
Like I can go through this list of things. Right. Delete numbers. Okay. I will stay away from love that isn't real.
B
Okay.
A
Well, when I'm notified of it. Yes. Have I gone back? Absolutely. Yes. Do I know better now? Yes.
B
Yeah.
A
Get your spirit and mental right. Yep. I'm participating in therapy and I try to disconnect as much as I possibly can. When I have the ability to do that, the hustle part is the hardest part because I feel like if I don't do something productive and not just like one something, if I don't do a day of productivity, I feel like I haven't contributed to either my life or any part of society. Like, it's the hardest thing for me.
B
We don't prioritize rest. There's a multitude of reasons why, especially in our country, we don't prioritize rest. What other countries do. I'm not even going to get into that conversation. But it's just not something that we do. So it's so against the grain. I have such a hard time trying to relax. It literally, I can't, I can't do it. It's very difficult. I'm working on it because I have to, because my doctor said I have to. So it's definitely a struggle. It's definitely a struggle. But you have to take care of yourself. And I know that that's a luxury. Like, I absolutely know that that's a luxury. I've, you know, I've done the four job grind. I've done the three drop grind. I've done the two drop job grind.
A
So, you know, it takes always something to do, right? Like if you look around your house, if you're a homeowner, if you live in an apartment, doesn't matter where you live, like, there's always something to do. Could be laundry, it could be grocery shopping, it could be getting your kid to a haircut, it could be going to your therapy appointment, it could be going to the doctor, getting your work done. Like there is always something that you have on your plate to do every single day, 1,000%.
B
I think it was you that told me one time, the work doesn't stop. You have to.
A
Yeah, because it won't, it won't go away. And that's why I've become so comfortable with. On Fridays, I just shut it down. Like once Jackson's out of school and I have him on that weekend, I just completely shut it down. And I know that to some extent me being able to shut it down at 2:30 is a luxury. But when I got divorced, that was something that I was committed to doing whenever I had him. Because I only get, think about it, when you're divorced, you only have half of the time with your child through their childhood than you had before.
B
Yep, yep.
A
So I'm like, whatever didn't get done, I'll figure out how to get it done on the weekend. But now that's become a problem because I'm hustling through a weekend so that I can make my work week easier.
B
Which, Yeah, I get it.
A
Counterproductive, 1,000%. Okay, so this week for weekly devotional with Easter coming up short, sweet and true. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16. And there's something very funny about John 3:16. I can't remember which one of my siblings had this tattooed on them, but my dad said if you have to get a tattoo so that you can remember a Bible verse, you've got a lot more problems than what I can help you with.
B
I mean, I would agree with that. I hope you have the best Easter. I can't wait to see all the things that you do for Easter. I hope you and Jackson have the greatest. I hope everybody has to have the best Easter. If you get to relax with your family, that's a win to me.
A
I will be eating oysters around 2pm on Easter.
B
Great. Let's hope you don't get parasites.
A
Yes. I hope that everybody listening to this has a great week. If you have not followed us on @ the Southern T podcast, make sure you follow us on Instagram. You can join our Facebook group to connect with us in our community. Thank you guys so much for tuning in to the show. If you have not subscribed, you can do that from any podcast app, wherever you get your pods. Always first at Podcast one. We hope you guys have a great week and we'll talk to you soon.
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PodcastOne | August 13, 2025
Host: Lindsie Chrisley
This episode of The Southern Tea is a classic blend of southern wit, honest life talk, and a deep dive into trending internet rumors. Host Lindsie Chrisley and her co-host jump through topics ranging from home life and co-parenting after divorce, to viral TikTok true crime rumors, gift-giving etiquette, and some wild current events. Sprinkled throughout are personal anecdotes and plenty of their signature banter.
Sushi Making, Laundry Obsession & School Field Trips
Joint Parties, Co-Hosting, and Navigating Traditions
Investigating Atlanta Job Interview Disappearances
Jeffrey Dahmer in Missouri & Mass Graves
Honest, humorous, and candid—Lindsie Chrisley takes listeners behind the scenes of real life, from kitchen fails and co-parenting wins, to sifting truth from internet rumor and surviving modern hustle culture. The episode is relatable for anyone balancing family, work, and their own sanity, with doses of charm and southern sass throughout.
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