268: Boy Brain Ft. ShxtsnGigs

Summary

Two Hot Takes – Episode 268: Boy Brain Ft. ShxtsnGigs (May 14, 2026)

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode themed “Boy Brain,” host Morgan Absher welcomes the hilarious and insightful James and Fuhad, hosts of the ShxtsnGigs podcast. The trio dives into a selection of wild, cringe-worthy, and thought-provoking Reddit relationship and AITA stories, offering the elusive “male perspective” (aka "boy brain") that listeners don’t often hear on Two Hot Takes. Expect infectious banter, raw honesty, and plenty of laughter as the group navigates internet drama, toxic dating dynamics, and relationship faux-pas—peppered with cultural differences, personal confessions, and their signature hot takes.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Language & Cultural Differences (03:00–05:00)

• The episode kicks off with a light discussion on British vs. American English ("homely" vs. "homey"), leading to funny confusion and impromptu lessons on regional meanings.
  • Morgan: “‘Homely’ in the US means unattractive, but in the UK, it’s cozy!”
  • Fuhad is astonished, having always used “homely” as a compliment.

2. Story #1: Negging, Age Gaps, and Threesomes (06:09–14:00)

• Story: A 22-year-old woman’s 36-year-old boyfriend says she’s not the prettiest girl he’s dated during an argument, then asks her for a threesome.
• Panel’s Take: All agree the man is manipulative, insecure, and leveraging the age gap to gaslight and control his younger partner.
  • James: “He is a master manipulator—or wants to be. To say something like that, there’s some truth in it.” (08:24)
  • Fuhad: “He definitely hoped dating someone so much younger would make him feel like the boss.” (10:51)
• Memorable Moment: The group reflects on how easy it is for young people in an age-gap relationship to get manipulated due to lack of experience or poor advice from friends.
• Hot Take:
  • Morgan: “Top Reddit comment: How do you move on? You move on without him.”

3. Story #2: Cleanliness, Adulting, and “Mama’s Boys” (15:45–24:00)

• Story: A woman’s boyfriend lives in filth, relying on female roommates to clean, hoping she’ll move in and continue the tradition.
• The group is first amused, then disgusted by the pictures: clogged sinks full of hair, dirty toilets, trash everywhere.
  • Fuhad: “That’s a pink eye hazard feeding ground.” (18:53)
  • James: “He’s ‘leapfrogging’ from one woman caretaker to the next. He’s never lived alone.” (21:11)
• They debate if filth is breakup-worthy, with Fuhad, ever the romantic, hoping for compromise—but Morgan and James argue this is a dealbreaker.
• Notable quote:
  • Morgan: “I don’t love enough to wipe off a toilet for the next 60 years.” (24:18)

4. Story #3: The Inappropriate Wedding Speech (26:43–32:00)

• Story: A brother brings up his sister’s previous divorce during his speech at her wedding, trying to frame it as “growth.”
  • Fuhad: “This guy’s a sociopath. Jealous little sociopath.” (29:05)
  • James: “Weddings are about fake happiness—nobody wants brutal honesty in a speech!” (30:59)
• The consensus: Not the time or place. Even attempts to spin it positively come off as negging and resentment.
• Reddit Top Comment:
  • “Insulting the bride at her wedding? The most obvious asshole behavior I’ve ever seen.” (36:55)

5. Romantasy, Porn Addiction & Double Standards (41:37–74:20)

Introducing “Daddy Fantasy” and the Romantasy Book Club

• The guys reveal their unexpected enjoyment of fantasy romance (“romantasy”) books like Fourth Wing and ACOTAR, surprising Morgan with their engagement in the genre.

Story: Husband’s Porn Addiction vs. Wife’s Romance Books (43:39–74:20)

• Story: Husband with diagnosed porn addiction asks wife to stop reading steamy romance novels and attending book club, calling it “cheating.”
  • Fuhad: “You can’t compete with a 700-year-old high Fae… and they fuck, that wing.” (48:06)
  • James: “He feels threatened, but it’s unfair—he won’t stop porn, but wants her to stop novels?!”
• They explain “death grip syndrome” and discuss the mental toll of porn addiction, erectile dysfunction, and the unhealthy double standards at play.
• Dirty talk: They go deep into how some men view porn (many think it’s “real”) and the new world of AI sexting.
• Notable quotes:
  • James: “For a guy, it’s hard to conceptualize the acting part… you see it happen, you think it’s real.” (50:54)
  • Fuhad (devil’s advocate): “Who’s the real addict—me or you?” (73:52)
• Reddit update: Wife holds her ground about the book club, puts sexual boundaries in place, sparking discussion of shame and recovery.
• Panel admiration: The group is impressed by the wife’s patience and resolve.

6. Story #5: The Breakfast Martyr (76:03–91:01)

• Story: A college student, grateful for her husband’s financial support, finds herself preparing breakfast for up to 20 coworkers, four times a week.
  • James: “You’re running a restaurant in my yard. That’s impossible.” (79:14)
  • Fuhad: “Someone needs to address the weirdness. Why are TWENTY people coming over for breakfast?”
• When the wife finally sets boundaries (only cooking for her husband, not his coworkers), he lashes out and gives her the silent treatment.
• Update: She reports “everything is over”—possibly both the breakfast-martyrdom and the marriage.
• The hosts are appalled by her husband’s prioritization of work relationships over her wellbeing.

7. Story #6: Astronomy vs. Astrology—Boy Brain in Action (92:32–104:00)

• Story: A man introduces his NASA-astronomer girlfriend to his astrology-obsessed sister, not realizing astronomy and astrology aren’t the same. His girlfriend is deeply offended, seeing this as proof he never listens to her or values her career.
  • James: “It’s like if my partner said Man United and Man City were the same thing… would make me want to jump off a bridge.” (96:10)
  • Fuhad (devil’s advocate): “He just thought his sister was interested in her work. Innocent ‘boy brain’ confusion.”
• Debate: Is this confusion an unforgivable ick or just an honest boy-brain mistake?
• Closing thoughts: Give people the benefit of the doubt, especially if you know they’re not malicious.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Manipulation in Relationships:
  • James: "For her to call him insecure is correct. Because he is insecure." (09:00)
• On Co-habitation and Cleanliness:
  • Fuhad: “He wants her to move in so she can be his maid. I don’t love enough to wipe off a toilet for the next 60 years.” (24:18)
• On Weddings and Honesty:
  • James: “Weddings are about fake happiness. No one wants brutal honesty there.” (30:59)
• On Romance Novels vs. Porn:
  • Fuhad: “You can’t compete with a 700-year-old Fae with shadow magic.” (48:06)
  • James: “He feels threatened…but he needs to grow up.” (52:27)
• On The Breakfast Wife’s Plight:
  • James: “You’re running a restaurant in my yard. That’s impossible. 20 people?!” (79:14)
• On the Astronomy/Astrology Mix-up:
  • James: “If my partner said Man United and Man City were the same thing… would make me want to jump off a bridge.” (96:10)
• On Relationship Compassion:
  • Fuhad: “If something happens in a vacuum, don’t treat me like you don’t know me.” (104:25)

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Timestamps of Major Segments

• [03:00] UK vs US English: “Homely” vs. “Homey”
• [06:09] Age-gap, negging, and the “boy brain” perspective on insecurity
• [15:45] Cleanliness quandaries, gender roles, "mama's boys"
• [26:43] Horrible wedding speech discussion
• [41:37] Romantasy book club, “Daddy Fantasy,” & porn vs. romance novels
• [76:03] The breakfast martyr: husband’s coworkers invade home
• [92:32] Astronomy vs. astrology: the ultimate “boy brain” mixup
• [104:25] Final reflections on empathy and understanding in relationships

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Tone & Dynamics

The tone is irreverent, blunt, and energetic, with the comedic chemistry of Morgan, James, and Fuhad shining through. While they delve deep into complicated and messy relationships, their candor, British humor, and willingness to “go there” make even the grimiest stories feel cathartic and entertaining. Listeners will feel affirmed, seen, and perhaps a little “boy-brain” enlightened.

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For Those Who Haven’t Listened:

This episode is packed with outrageous storylines and honest male perspectives on relationships, manipulation, double standards, hygiene, jealousy, and communication mishaps. The hosts don’t shy from hard truths, but always keep things light with laughter and camaraderie. Expect to walk away having laughed out loud, seen both male and female sides, and perhaps wanting to audit your own relationship’s “boy brain” factor.

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Find more from Sam, Morgan, James, and Fuhad at @twohottakes and the ShxtsnGigs podcast!

Transcript

[Sam]

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[James]

Okay, let's go.

[Sam]

It's been three years.

[James]

It has been three years.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, it has.

[Sam]

Three years.

[Fuhad]

Are you joking? Three years. Yep. No, that makes me uncomfortable.

[James]

Time flies, bro.

[Sam]

I listened to our episode too. Cause I'm like, what the hell did I tell them last time? I need to make sure I don't tell them twice. And we were a little off the rails last time. Oh, we had, like, the guy who was feeding his girlfriend sawdust to make her skinnier.

[Fuhad]

That was crazy.

[James]

It was crazy.

[Sam]

Yeah, yeah, I read.

[Fuhad]

I'm sorry to make it skinny. It's crazy hilarious because that's obviously. Yeah. Illegal.

[Sam]

Illegal.

[Fuhad]

Illegal. Yeah. Go to jail. But that's funny.

[Sam]

But I feel like you guys had such good takes about, like, the male brain and, like, a guy's perspective. Okay, so we're getting back into it today for a theme. I'm like, male perspective or boy brain. I call it boy brain.

[Fuhad]

Boy brain's a good.

[James]

I like boy brain.

[Sam]

Boy brain. And I'm like, well, I just can't figure out some of the stuff that guys will do.

[Fuhad]

Sorry. It landed late in it. He did a big pause. Yeah, that was a good pause. Boy brain. Yeah. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.

[Sam]

What head are you thinking? With. It's like another way to say.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, childish. Sorry.

[James]

Yeah, don't mind me.

[Fuhad]

So childish.

[Sam]

No, I enjoy it. That's why. That's why you guys are bad.

[Fuhad]

Oh, sorry. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right. We'll lean into childishness. Of course.

[Sam]

Yeah. No, just you guys are so good. I mean, your show is amazing. Chits and gigs. Thank you so much. Which. Here I go again. Not introduce my guests to you guys if you haven't met them before on the past episode. I've got James and Fuhad in the studio from Shits and gigs.

[Fuhad]

Thanks for having us. This is very homely. It is.

[James]

It's nice. Very nice.

[Fuhad]

It's very nice. Someone said the other day is actually, is it homey or homely? I saw it like a debate in a tick tock comment section the other day.

[Sam]

Homie is like, it's cozy. It's a cute home environment. Homely means ugly.

[Fuhad]

Really? Shut up.

[Sam]

Haven't you heard someone described as like, oh, they're so homely looking?

[James]

Never in my life.

[Fuhad]

Never that. No, no.

[Sam]

What?

[Fuhad]

Homely. You look homely. I've heard like homeless.

[James]

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.

[Sam]

Homely looking has a different meaning based on region.

[James]

Okay.

[Sam]

In us it generally describes a person as plain unattractive or not good looking.

[Fuhad]

Damn. I thought it was just cozy.

[James]

Yeah, I've never heard that before.

[Sam]

Yeah, yeah. In British English though, it means cozy, comfortable or unpretentious. Thank God.

[Fuhad]

Okay. Okay. Cool. Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool.

[Sam]

You thought you were going to get in so much trouble.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, I agree. Okay. No, sorry. Cool.

[Sam]

Yeah. Which is crazy that like we would have such different versions.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, there's a lot of that.

[Sam]

What's another one you can think of?

[James]

It's more so spelling more than anything as opposed to different meanings.

[Fuhad]

No, there definitely is. There definitely is some. Obviously. There's Obviously. There's the cigarette one.

[Sam]

What's that one?

[Fuhad]

I'm not gonna say it.

[Sam]

Everyone knows the cigarette, but I can't say it now. I have to Google when we're done here.

[Fuhad]

Ok, cool.

[Sam]

Okay. What do you guys m u m?

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Mum.

[Sam]

Are you? So someone told me when I say mum, you guys actually say mom, but it's your accent or are they lying to me?

[James]

No, we say mum. We don't say mom.

[Sam]

Thank you.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, we say mom.

[Sam]

Thank you.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Someone is like, it's still mom.

[Fuhad]

No, mom, it's mum.

[Sam]

Yeah, thank you. People are trying to gaslight me in the comments.

[Fuhad]

Oh, no. Yeah. 100% mom.

[James]

You're good.

[Sam]

Okay. Okay. I love it. Okay, without further ado, let's get into these stories, shall we?

[James]

Let some excited.

[Sam]

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[Fuhad]

Nice.

[Sam]

It's titled My boyfriend said I wasn't the prettiest girl he's dated in an argument and then asked me for a threesome.

[James]

Okay.

[Fuhad]

How did those two even.

[James]

Yeah, how did that land?

[Sam]

Not sure how to move forward.

[James]

It's a brave soul.

[Sam]

OK, I, 22, female, have been dating my boyfriend, 36 male, on and off for about a year.

[Fuhad]

Okay. That's a gap.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. 14 years. Jesus. Right? Okay.

[Sam]

Recently, we got into an argument after he saw that men were reacting to my Instagram selfie with heart emojis.

[Fuhad]

I see.

[James]

I know where this is going.

[Sam]

Some of these men I don't even know. He accused me of cheating and questioned why men felt comfortable messaging me if I'm in a relationship. I told him I couldn't control what other men do.

[Fuhad]

Valid.

[Sam]

And that his reaction felt insecure, especially since I was just starting to feel more confident posting pictures of myself. When I called him insecure, he got upset and said I'm, quote, not the prettiest girl he's been with.

[Fuhad]

That.

[James]

What a loser. What a fucking loser.

[Fuhad]

He's clutching at any anything.

[James]

He's insecure like crazy.

[Fuhad]

Okay, cool.

[Sam]

Yeah, that really hurt me, especially since I already struggle with insecurity. I left, and afterward he apologized and said he didn't mean it. But the comment stuck with me. I feel like he meant it and it made me feel like I'm not enough. A few weeks later, he asked if I would be open to having a threesome with another woman. I said no because I want a monogamous relationship and it goes against my boundaries. Yeah, that situation made me feel even more like I'm not enough for him. This all happened a few months ago, but it still bothers me. I feel insecure around him now and don't feel beautiful in the relationship. I'm not sure how to move forward or forgive him. And I'm wondering if I'm overreacting or being too sensitive.

[Fuhad]

Pause. Have you ever done any voiceover work? Your reeds are phenomenal.

[James]

Very, very good.

[Sam]

I'm trying.

[Fuhad]

I was locked in.

[Sam]

I'm trying to get my calm sponsorship. Let me just lull people to bed.

[Fuhad]

Fantastic.

[James]

Yeah, you got a great voice. No, she's not overreacting. And no, she's not oversensitive.

[Fuhad]

This guy's a crazy person.

[James]

He is a master manipulator. I feel like I don't even know

[Fuhad]

if he's a master.

[James]

No, he's not. I think he wants to be a master manipulator.

[Fuhad]

I think amateur manipulator.

[James]

Yeah. This is a. No pun intended. Hot T take. But he's 36, she's 22. I think he wanted to find someone he could try and.

[Fuhad]

Oh, my God, maybe Gaslight or, like,

[James]

try and manipulate her feelings and whatnot and make him feel like the alpha of the relationship. Like, she said guys posting on her pictures she has no control over. For her to call him insecure is correct. Because he is insecure.

[Sam]

Yeah, that's a read.

[James]

And because he got attacked by his own. I don't know, his own reality of being insecure, he lashed out and said, oh, you're not even that good looking anyway. And I feel like there's every truth in any kind of dig you want to give someone. I feel like there's a slight of truth to it. So if he said that to her, he must feel it. And I feel like. Because. Hence the threesome question. Like, why is he gonna try and instigate a threesome if he's happy? Why would you even instigate that in a relationship in the first place? Personally, I would, but, yeah, he's.

[Sam]

No, it's definitely. It feels like negating where it's like he's trying to be super negative about her and instill insecurity, so then she tries to seek his validation.

[James]

What's that? Pavlov? Is it Pavlov's Law? What's it called?

[Fuhad]

Pavlov's.

[James]

Yeah, Pavlov's Dogs. Not Pavlov's Dogs. That's something else. It's like Stockholm syndrome kind of situation.

[Fuhad]

Oh, right. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[James]

What's the one where you need your mom? That documentary where she. The daughter needed her mom so much, Was it Stockholm syndrome she referred to

[Fuhad]

the one with the mum was the bullying online.

[Sam]

Oh my gosh. I still have to watch that one.

[Fuhad]

Oh, it was dark. It was something special.

[Sam]

And then she was trying to get with the daughter's boyfriend, right?

[Fuhad]

She was, yeah, she was. I forgot about that slime. The mum was pure evil.

[James]

Yeah. But yeah, he called that syndrome. They called it something where the daughter needed the mom. She wanted the feeling of the daughter needing her mom so she couldn't stop this perpetual cycle of cyberbullying her.

[Sam]

My God, it's almost like Munchausens in a way or something.

[James]

That might have actually been.

[Sam]

Was it?

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Okay. Yeah, like you make your kids think they're sick or like.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, you like poison your kids so that they need you.

[Sam]

Yeah, yeah. Like Gypsy Rose or whatever.

[James]

Day six, 22. There we go. My Munchausen.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[James]

Arsenal answered.

[Fuhad]

Munchausen. 14 year gap.

[James]

Arsenason answered.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, this guy's crazy person. But yeah, he definitely was hoping, getting with like a little young 22, that he would feel like the greatest thing of all time. And then as soon as he saw the competition, he was like, nah, this is not what I signed up for. Yeah, the competition, to be fair, this is not what my brain.

[James]

In his shoes, the competition would rock me.

[Fuhad]

But when he asked her, it would rock me. If they know you're in a relationship, why are they doing this? Yeah, bro. Yeah, he's lost balance. He doesn't know what. He doesn't know what reality he signed up to.

[Sam]

No, because I'm like two. He's 36, dating a 22 year old. I'm 32. Like I can't imagine dating a 20 year old.

[James]

Yeah. What are you talking about?

[Sam]

I don't even know. I don't know what we talk about. They'd be like 6, 7, 6, 7.

[Fuhad]

It'd be this all day. I wouldn't be able to keep up.

[Sam]

What are you talking about here? I don't know what I would do. So I'm like, what is that? Where you know what happens between all genders, whatever. But I feel like it's more typically like the boy brain where they, they, they date so young sometimes I'm like, what?

[Fuhad]

I don't know what it is.

[Sam]

What are we doing?

[Fuhad]

I don't know. I actually. Yeah, I actually don't know what it is. Especially if we're talking like long term relationships and stuff. I don't know what it is. Unless it's just like an ego thing.

[James]

Yeah, maybe. Yeah. I think that's the only thing you Put it down. He's.

[Fuhad]

He's lost. And then. Yeah. Did the. He did the Munch. The Munchausens.

[James]

Yeah. He's munching on that boy.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. And then tried to spin it with threesome.

[Sam]

That's.

[James]

Yeah, the threesome is get out of jail free card. T, he wanted some, I don't know,

[Sam]

get out of jail free card.

[Fuhad]

What the does that even mean? I don't even know.

[James]

I don't even know how you pattern that.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Wow.

[Sam]

No, it is. It does feel like a. I'm going to really knock her when she's already down. Let me see what I can get away with.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Do you remember when I said that you're not the prettiest girl I've been with? I need another girl as well.

[James]

Just to balance the scales.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Just because.

[James]

Yeah. This ain't working for me.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. He's lost his mind. She needs to escape immediately.

[James]

Immediately.

[Sam]

Top comment is just girl.

[James]

Oh, yeah.

[Fuhad]

That's it. Girl again.

[James]

This is the manipulation factor. Young 22. Maybe her friends around her aren't telling her the right things. She needs to be told. He's an older guy. Maybe he can look after you. Because he's 36, they're not giving her the best advice. So I think in that manipulation aspect, he's trying to win her over psychologically in the wrong way.

[Sam]

Absolutely. Wow.

[Fuhad]

That was funny.

[Sam]

There's another comment. How to move on. You move on without him.

[Fuhad]

Yes.

[Sam]

Besides the predatory age gap. He does not respect you and he's mean 100%.

[James]

And she's so young as well. She's got so much to live for.

[Sam]

World is your oyster.

[James]

At 22, I don't even know I was doing a 22. Boy.

[Fuhad]

I was poor and miserable. Yeah.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

If a 36 year old woman was. Was helping me out.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. She could munch me or she wants bro, I'm there. Yeah. I'll be housing.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[Sam]

100.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. She'd be talking to me about threesomes and I'm like, yeah, whatever, babe.

[James]

Whatever, babe.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

I was in the pits.

[James]

The yard will be spotless as well. Yeah. Oh, my yard will be spotless.

[Fuhad]

Oh, my God. So, yeah, I understand how you fall into the situation like that. Wow. My God.

[Sam]

I don't even recall. I'm like, where was I? It wasn't. Yeah. I didn't have money, but it was fun.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. At 22, we had just graduated and I was working as a personal trainer and I specifically remember I was making £370 a week. That was killing me.

[James]

I was a bartender first year, and I was getting paid weekly as well, but I couldn't say how much I was making. But it was. It wasn't as miserable as your 26. Yeah, yours was dark, but it wasn't the greatest.

[Sam]

No.

[James]

You had a car then, though. That's one thing I was envious of. I was like, how can I be on my wage and afford a car? It just didn't make sense.

[Fuhad]

I had a car, but I was topping it up. Literally, like £9 a time in petrol

[Sam]

just to pop a punch.

[Fuhad]

Literally just to make it to. I live four minutes from work, and I would just make it to work and back. It was miserable.

[Sam]

No, Yeah, I think I. I was a flight attendant around this time, and I think I made. Well, I made fifteen hundred dollars a month. So it's about your weekly?

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Like, it's not much when you're new on reserves.

[Fuhad]

So is that how much you were making as a flight attendant?

[Sam]

I thought.

[Fuhad]

I didn't know. I thought you guys were just balling. I don't know why.

[James]

Maybe there's.

[Sam]

Once you get up and you have seniority, then it's like, okay, it's a pretty penny, but when you're new, you're only guaranteed. Like, I think I was guaranteed 75 hours a month. That's it. Because you're on call your. Your reserves when you're new. So you don't make much. Initially, yeah.

[Fuhad]

Was it all domestic or.

[Sam]

No, some international, but it was for a small airline in Minnesota. So I would just, like. I'd go to, like, Jamaica and back the same day. So I like, would peek my head out the window, see the palm trees, feel the breeze, and then I was gone right back. It was torture.

[Fuhad]

How long did you do that for?

[Sam]

Just a year. And then I got into grad school.

[Fuhad]

Nice.

[Sam]

Yeah, it was quick, luckily, but. Okay. Moving on to this next one. This is coming from R. Am I overreacting? It's titled am I overreacting for getting irritated with my Boyfriend's Level of cleanliness.

[James]

Interesting. Interesting.

[Sam]

My 29, female boyfriend, 32 male, thinks this is a normal way to live. It honestly disgusts me and turns me off. He talks about me moving into his house, but I flat out tell him I'm not moving in because of this and I don't want to be tasked with cleaning up after him because it would make me resent him. He also hasn't lived without a woman in his house in years. He lived with his ex Girlfriend and now his sister lives with him. His sister basically cleans the house and does the chores besides his laundry and cleaning his room. I asked him if his ex girlfriend was in charge of all the chores previously, and he said yes. I don't want to move in and become a maid. Am I overreacting? And we do have some pictures. Okay.

[Fuhad]

Oh, okay. That's fine.

[Sam]

Okay, this is photo number one.

[James]

Fuck off.

[Fuhad]

That's okay, right? I. Okay, right. He who doesn't instinctively at least run the.

[James]

Run the tap.

[Fuhad]

There's not a drop of water that's touched that hair.

[Sam]

No, none. Also, that's gonna clog the drain.

[James]

Yeah, it is.

[Fuhad]

What? What? Did he even shave?

[James]

I think that can't be the. That's tasting a chest.

[Sam]

Chest.

[James]

That has. Unless he just. I don't know where that's from.

[Fuhad]

I don't know where that's from.

[Sam]

That's picture one.

[Fuhad]

Okay, fair enough. That's pretty crazy.

[James]

That is crazy.

[Fuhad]

I wasn't expecting that.

[Sam]

Picture two.

[Fuhad]

Hang on. Is that shit on the.

[James]

Yeah, yeah, that's splashback.

[Fuhad]

But how do you get shit there?

[James]

I don't know, bro.

[Fuhad]

Because he would have put that seat down.

[Sam]

Yeah, there's shit on the lid.

[Fuhad]

That's. No, no, that's serious splashback.

[Sam]

Is he leaning over and it slices up?

[Fuhad]

Yeah, yeah, he must have. He must be shitting directly into the bowl and then leaning forward and then

[James]

just directly into the bowl is heinous. I would never live with a man like that.

[Sam]

Maybe he's hovering.

[Fuhad]

Why are you hovering? He's in trouble.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

What is that stainage at the top? What is that?

[Sam]

Don't toilet seats, like, turn yellow and discolor from oil?

[James]

I don't know.

[Fuhad]

I've never seen that phenomenon.

[Sam]

Okay.

[Fuhad]

I don't know.

[Sam]

Well, you know the craziest part, too? He has a bidet.

[James]

Oh, he does.

[Fuhad]

Oh, he does.

[Sam]

There's a bidet.

[Fuhad]

Wow. And he just doesn't bother.

[James]

Doesn't give a fuck.

[Fuhad]

Maybe that's where the stains are from. Maybe he has so much leftover cake, when he turns on the bidet, it's just everywhere.

[James]

It's just everywhere. And he doesn't clean up that cleanup. He doesn't clean up that mess around.

[Fuhad]

He just gets up and cracks on.

[Sam]

Well, there's hair. Like, if you look. If you really zoom in.

[Fuhad]

Oh, come on.

[Sam]

I'm like. There's hair all around. Like, long pieces of hair.

[Fuhad]

I can't stop with the hair. Okay, what's going on in the corner there?

[Sam]

Full trash.

[Fuhad]

No, full trash. This guy's a sicko.

[James]

He is.

[Fuhad]

He really is.

[Sam]

Contact cases, condom wrappers, floss, contact cases.

[Fuhad]

That's a pink eye hazard feeding ground.

[Sam]

Yeah. Like you know that when you take a fresh contact out, like those little things. But we don't know if he's putting them in his eye while he sits on the toilet.

[James]

I won't put it.

[Fuhad]

We can speculate.

[James]

Yeah. I won't put it past him. Yeah, he's an animal. He's a fucking animal.

[Sam]

So your boy brain cannot relate.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Nah, nah, I can. Okay. I want to put myself in his shoes. I can see how. I can see how things can really snowball. X has left. She was taking care of everything. And between then and now, he's just let it all go into like full zoo mode. And I can see where new homegirls come in. This is his rock bottom.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

And she's thinking, I'm not. I'm not tolerating this.

[Sam]

I mean, I wouldn't be able to live with this.

[Fuhad]

No, no one should live with that.

[Sam]

No one should live with. No. I mean, how do you brush your teeth?

[Fuhad]

That doesn't make sense.

[Sam]

If your sink is full of hair, how do you brush your teeth?

[Fuhad]

That doesn't make sense because where is that from? That has to be a one off

[Sam]

because it's giving face. It looks like facial hair.

[Fuhad]

That's an entire beard off.

[James]

Yeah, that is a whole beard.

[Sam]

Yeah. I think he started fresh.

[Fuhad]

No way. Okay. Right. I'm trying to wrap my head around it. So the guy's a fucking dog.

[James]

Yeah, he is.

[Fuhad]

And he wants her to move in. She's asked him who was doing it before. He said X was doing it before.

[Sam]

And his sister's doing it now.

[Fuhad]

Oh, his sister's doing it now. The sister's doing a terrible job. For starters, the fact that he said the sister's doing it now. And it looks like that the sister's doing a terrible job.

[James]

She's had enough. Clearly.

[Fuhad]

I would.

[Sam]

How do you get someone like this to start cleaning? Like, if this was your partner, like, what do you say to your partner to be like, I'm not gonna be your maid.

[Fuhad]

You have to. For me. It would just embarrass me. Yeah, just embarrass me.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

And just like, I think it would literally take one time for her to be like, this is fucking disgusting.

[James]

Is this how you live?

[Fuhad]

Yeah, this is disgusting.

[James]

Is this how you live?

[Fuhad]

And then I'll be on my hands and knees, scrub, scrub, scrub, scrub, scrub. I Think I seem to be humiliated.

[James]

I think my hot take is he was. He was and always has been a mama's boy.

[Fuhad]

100%.

[James]

Yeah. His mum has done everything for him since he was a kid. He moved out. His missus did everything for him. She left. His sister does everything for him. She will leave him soon.

[Fuhad]

So, yeah, he's clearly.

[James]

He has. No, he's just leapfrogging.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[James]

Literally, he doesn't know how to live by himself. He won't survive a week without someone being there with him.

[Fuhad]

Wow.

[James]

It's clear. I think that's. That's traumatic, if anything.

[Fuhad]

I know. Oh, that's sad.

[Sam]

Top comment, not overreacting. And then they share a gif.

[Fuhad]

Oh, yeah.

[Sam]

Jim Carrey.

[Fuhad]

Classic gag.

[Sam]

Yeah. This needs a not safe for work tag.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. With that hair.

[James]

Especially those shit stains.

[Fuhad]

No, the shit stains. I've never seen anything like that.

[Sam]

That's crazy. No, no.

[Fuhad]

His diet is the first thing we

[James]

need to talk about. Yeah. That needs to change. You know his fridge is mercs?

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[James]

He's got bear gone off shit in the fridge.

[Fuhad]

The fridge is going to be a disaster.

[James]

Empty cupboards.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Two plates.

[James]

One for him sister.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Yeah, probably. Probably eats directly out of the pot.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

He makes pasta and deletes. Eats it straight out of the pot. That made me wheeze. Facts. Because he can't be bothered with the washer. With the plates.

[James]

He can't be bothered. 100 doesn't know how to use a dishwasher. I already know it. No, he doesn't know the settings.

[Sam]

No chance. I think he's actually probably using a plate but then not washing it and just putting the new food on top of the ground.

[Fuhad]

That's impossible. Don't say stuff.

[James]

God forbid.

[Fuhad]

Don't say, I can't tolerate shit stains.

[James]

Okay. That I can't tolerate.

[Fuhad]

That's disgusting.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[James]

Wow.

[Fuhad]

His gut. Biome must be murked. Yeah. All over the shop. Yeah. Wow. We okay? Yeah, Fair enough. She shouldn't have to live like that. But it should be easy enough to like. He's not blind. He can see that sink.

[Sam]

He's just lazy and doesn't care.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, he doesn't care and that's also fair enough. At least he's 10 toes about it.

[James]

He's 10 toes. Yeah.

[Fuhad]

I'm not.

[James]

I'm not condoning it, but he's 10 toes.

[Fuhad]

At least he's 10 toes.

[Sam]

Yes. I must be committed.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. This is. At least she knows what she's signing up for.

[Sam]

So do you think it's breakup worthy. Because I don't think at this point, I don't think you're changing him.

[Fuhad]

I think it's more about compromise than change.

[Sam]

God, you're so nice.

[Fuhad]

I'm trying.

[James]

How'd you compromise, though, with that?

[Fuhad]

I love love in it. So I want this to work out for them. And clearly outside of his home, there's something about him that she loves.

[James]

True.

[Fuhad]

So we should just compromise. I think the compromise is just like. That's insane. Let's just get rid of all the insane shit and then she can take care of the rest if she. If she so pleases. Not made worthy, but like, Jesus fucking Christ. There's feces everywhere. Yeah, yeah. There's pubes everywhere. Like, what are we doing?

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

And then hopefully we can. We can find some. Some middle ground.

[James]

I respect that because like you said, there must be something outside of his home that she loves about him because they are together. Yeah.

[Fuhad]

I don't know what it is, but he has some kind of charm.

[Sam]

Oh, my gosh.

[Fuhad]

But yeah, he can. He can. He can see that. That's disgraceful.

[Sam]

Yeah. My advice would be to break up.

[James]

Really?

[Fuhad]

Why would you want them to break up?

[Sam]

I don't think you're ever going to change this guy. Maybe. Maybe he needs therapy. Maybe there's a mental health thing going on.

[Fuhad]

Mental health.

[Sam]

There could be that. But if there's not, and he's truly just lazy, he's never going to respect you. Imagine, kids. Imagine if he can't clean up after himself.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, okay. Okay, Okay.

[Sam]

I love love. I love love.

[Fuhad]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Sam]

I'm right there with you.

[Fuhad]

But yeah, okay.

[Sam]

I don't love enough wipe off a toilet for the next 60 years.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

I couldn't see the love of my life on a hands and knees cleaning up old from my toilet. Oh, that I've sprayed relentlessly now.

[Sam]

You know, this is. This is a little tmi. Granted, my toilet didn't look like this. Okay. I'll tell you right now. I'm so sorry.

[Fuhad]

Finish your thoughts. I'm just shocked.

[Sam]

I know. I know I married the right person because I had a colonoscopy last week.

[Fuhad]

Okay.

[Sam]

And I had to do the prep and like, you take. I took four laxatives and 14 doses of Miralax. And you do it in one sitting and just cleans you out.

[James]

Damn.

[Sam]

And I was like, don't worry, I'm gonna clean the bathroom. Like, it wasn't bad, but I was like, even if there is something, like, I want to Be the one to clean it.

[Fuhad]

I'm not gonna, like.

[Sam]

I don't want to embarrass myself between my husband, even though it's like, okay. But he literally went in there and just took care of it all.

[Fuhad]

Wow.

[James]

What a guy.

[Sam]

I know.

[James]

What a soldier.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, I know.

[Sam]

What a guy.

[Fuhad]

What a guy.

[Sam]

Just a trooper.

[Fuhad]

That is a real man. Cause I'd keep that directly in my back pocket. Yeah, that's for a rainy day.

[Sam]

An IOU.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. 100%. We're not. We're. We're not skirting over this. I was like, oh, you're so nice. Nope, nope. Back pocket. I'm calling this when I need it. 100% valid. Wow. He's a man. That's so funny. My husband's a real man.

[James]

That's so funny. It's only been a week. It might still be in his back pocket. It's only been a week.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Wow.

[Sam]

Yeah, that's true. I owe him one, but. Okay. Moving on to this next one. This episode is brought to you by Billi. I hate feeling like I'm doing yoga in the shower just to shave and get all my nooks and crannies. That is where Billie comes in. It is going to be a razor that changes your life. Billie is designed for how women actually shave. Legs, pits, toes, happy trail wherever prickles decide to show up. It has five sharp blades and a pivoting head, so you can actually get everywhere without doing shower gymnastics. We don't need any accidents just trying to shave. And it even comes with a magnetic holder so your razor stays dry on the wall instead of sitting in a shower puddle. Been guilty of that before. Grab a Billy razor in your favorite color in store [e-mail] this is coming from Am I the Asshole? It is titled, am I the asshole for bringing up my sister's past divorce at her wedding.

[James]

Okay. Immediately, yes, 110%, yes. But I'm intrigued by the context.

[Fuhad]

Yes, I am.

[Sam]

I, 32, male, am currently single, and I was at my sister's wedding this weekend and things have gotten tense since. For Context, my sister, 29, female, was previously married for about a year. When she was 24. It ended pretty badly. There was a lot of arguing, and from my perspective, she rushed into it and ignored everyone's advice. Our family kind of just does not talk about it now, which I've always thought was weird because it happened and it clearly says something about decision making. Anyways, at her current wedding, I was asked to give a speech. No one gave me any specific guidelines.

[Fuhad]

There's no way.

[Sam]

Just say something nice. I did start nice. And I talked about growing up together, how she used to make me terrible instant coffee and stuff like that. But then I pivoted into what I thought was a meaningful point about growth.

[Fuhad]

Stop it.

[Sam]

I said something along the lines of how we have all seen her make big commitments before that did not work out and how it is important to really think things through this time. I even added that hopefully her new husband knows what he is getting into and is ready for the long haul. Unlike last time, this guy's insane. People got really quiet, but I figured it was just because I was honest. I do not think weddings should just be fake positivity. After the speech, my sister was visibly upset and told me that I humiliated her on purpose. Her husband did not say much, but looked pretty uncomfortable. A couple of relatives told me that was completely inappropriate and that a wedding is not the place to bring up past mistakes, especially something like a divorce. I told them I was trying to highlight her personal growth and the seriousness of marriage, but apparently that made it worse. My mom has not spoken to me since, and my sister says I made the happiest day of her life about her worst one. In hindsight, maybe I could have worded it differently, but I still feel like pretending the past did not exist is dishonest. At the same time, I can see why she might not have wanted it brought up right then. Am I the asshole?

[Fuhad]

This guy's a sociopath. He's a jealous little sociopath. I don't know what's going on. That.

[James]

That's insane because I can understand the aspect of trying to get to a point and you deviate and you start saying some things you're not meant to say, but you're like, no, but the point I'm trying to get is this. Fuck all that shit I've said here. This is the main point. But I think having that thought process alone was like, he should have checked himself out. Okay, this. This ain't the time. This ain't the place. I shouldn't say this here, but I think once he started, I don't think he could stop. I think that was where the downfall was. Once he, like, opened his mouth to start saying the past stuff, he just couldn't stop himself because he had to get to his point. And, yeah, that's peak he is. He is definitely the asshole.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Who's vetting these speeches for starters?

[Sam]

No one.

[James]

No one.

[Sam]

I didn't vet him. Yeah, I didn't vet mine.

[Fuhad]

Oh, really? No, I mean, that makes sense. Someone should vet them, though.

[James]

But then again, he said it was off the dome because he said he wasn't prepared.

[Fuhad]

Oh, he just starts saying.

[James]

I'm pretty sure he said he wasn't prepared.

[Sam]

Yeah, he kind of just said, like, no one gave me specific guidelines. Just say something nice. And so we talked about growing up, how she used to make me terrible instant coffee.

[James]

He definitely just wrote shit down that day.

[Sam]

Also not nice.

[James]

Yeah.

[Sam]

And then I pivoted into what I thought was a meaningful point about growth. But you really just, like, dogged on her. You didn't say, like, this guy's not a good brother. I've watched my sister over the years go through some hard things, and she's come out the other side just a new person, so driven and mature, and I'm so happy she's met her match with Tom. I know he's in it for the long haul. He loves her so much.

[Fuhad]

Damn, like, that was good.

[Sam]

I mean, it's just like, I get the point you're trying to make and show how far she's come and she's this great person now or whatever, but it's like, yeah, she was married once before. It didn't last long.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. She's like, you're here for the long haul, new guy.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Wow. I can't be bothered for a third brother in law. I can't be bothered.

[Sam]

I don't want to meet a third guy.

[Fuhad]

I'm not doing this again. His take about like, oh, I don't think a wedding should just be about, like, fake happiness or whatever. That's literally what weddings are. Yeah, that's exactly what they are. Literally. Who asked for brutal honesty on a wedding? No one ever just say fake. Nice therapy.

[James]

It's not therapy. That's what therapy is for. And that's where he needs to go.

[Sam]

Yeah, it does seem like he's a hater. I was going to say, he does seem like he resents her because, like, I feel like this goes beyond just not understanding social cues.

[Fuhad]

Yes.

[Sam]

Like, you don't do this to someone unless you don't like them.

[Fuhad]

Top hair. This literally reminds me of. I watched the drama last week in it. Have you seen the drama?

[Sam]

No, I've heard it's crazy.

[Fuhad]

Oh, my God. Yeah, this. This is giving the drama. Oh, the speeches of that wedding were horrifying. Oh, yeah, it was. It was a lot. Damn, that is so juicy.

[James]

I need to watch it. I watch when I get back.

[Sam]

Now? Yeah, now I just see. I want to see that. And I want to see the little she. The sheep. Detectives.

[Fuhad]

What the hell is that?

[James]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[Sam]

What? It's with Hugh Jackman's and it's for, like, animated.

[James]

I'm assuming.

[Sam]

He gets murdered.

[Fuhad]

No. He gets murdered.

[Sam]

Yeah, it just came out. It's about sheeps. Sheep. Sheeps. Sheep.

[James]

Sheep.

[Fuhad]

Plural of sheepish sheep.

[Sam]

Yeah, yeah. They become detectives to solve their farmer's murder.

[Fuhad]

Oh, this sounds awful.

[James]

It does.

[Sam]

Oh, it's got a 93% on rotten tomatoes.

[Fuhad]

I don't believe that for sure.

[Sam]

People are raving. They demand original content.

[Fuhad]

We have to support sheep detectives.

[James]

Is that what it's called?

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Starring Hugh Jackman. Who dies.

[Sam]

Well, he's in it briefly.

[Fuhad]

He's in the middle of the poster. That's such a fake sound.

[James]

That is a fake. But same how when they did Chris Brown and Stump the Yard. He died in, like, two, three minutes in. It was a piss take. Yeah. Cause that's why everyone wants to watch the movie.

[Fuhad]

Oh, Throne.

[Sam]

I mean, maybe he's in it a little longer than I expected.

[James]

Detectives.

[Sam]

Look at those little guys. Look at those cute sheep holding a magnifying glass.

[Fuhad]

No, we're not tolerating this. I'm sorry.

[Sam]

I will see it multiple times.

[Fuhad]

Really?

[Sam]

I'll tell you right now.

[Fuhad]

Is that your bag?

[Sam]

I don't. I guess.

[Fuhad]

Okay, cool.

[Sam]

My favorite movie is National Treasure.

[Fuhad]

With flipping homeboy.

[James]

Nicolas Cage.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, with Nick Cage.

[James]

That's your favorite movie?

[Sam]

Top five for sure. I've probably seen it over 200 times. Between one and two.

[Fuhad]

Damn.

[James]

Why?

[Sam]

I feel judged 100% right now.

[James]

No, I think my mind is blown.

[Sam]

That's why it's just good. It's just like a feel good. The music, the scoring is really powerful. Love a Nick Cage movie.

[James]

I literally don't remember.

[Fuhad]

I do love a Nick Cage movie. The Weatherman. Banging movie.

[Sam]

Face Off.

[Fuhad]

Face Off.

[James]

Face off isn't bad. Yeah.

[Sam]

John Travolta.

[Fuhad]

John Travolta. Yeah. I watched that a lot when I was a kid. I had that on vhs. Fun fact. What's the other one? Where he, like, lives a different life and then, like, he lives, like, the life of. That he should have lived.

[Sam]

Family Man.

[Fuhad]

Family Man. Banger.

[Sam]

Unreal Banger. Yeah. That's a good one.

[Fuhad]

That's a really good one.

[Sam]

Yeah. He's a versatile guy.

[Fuhad]

He is versatile.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

I don't know if National Treasure is in there.

[Sam]

What's your favorite movie?

[Fuhad]

My favorite movie is probably whiplash. I don't know if I've seen the drumming movie.

[James]

That's a great movie.

[Sam]

No, I've never seen.

[Fuhad]

You've never seen it?

[James]

That's a great movie.

[Sam]

No.

[Fuhad]

Incredible.

[Sam]

No, when you said drumming movie, I was like drumline. No, I've never seen this one.

[Fuhad]

Line I've seen a lot of times as well.

[Sam]

Okay, I'll put this on my list.

[Fuhad]

With lashes is phenomenal.

[James]

Intense.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. National Treasure is going to get knocked off the pedestal immediately.

[Sam]

You know what's crazy? It has the same score on Rotten Tomatoes as sheep detectives.

[James]

The 93% crazy.

[Fuhad]

Okay, how many reviews are we talking about? Sheep Detective must have 11.

[James]

He only just came out, so.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, I'm saying sheep detective has 11 reviews.

[Sam]

I don't know where I see how many.

[James]

It should say in brackets next to it, like a number.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, like a young.

[Sam]

304.

[Fuhad]

304, yep.

[Sam]

And then the popcorn meter rating 50,000 plus is 94%.

[Fuhad]

It's sheep detective.

[Sam]

No, that's your whiplash.

[Fuhad]

Nice.

[Sam]

Let's see about the sheep.

[James]

It's gotta be like 10 and 4.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, I'm saying there's 11 reviews on there.

[Sam]

Oh, it's actually up to 94. Oh, 95%. Now, this is impossible. 44 reviews only, though. So it's got 250 more to go, and we'll see where we. Where we end up.

[Fuhad]

Okay, this doesn't make any sense.

[Sam]

This is 95.

[James]

95%.

[Sam]

I'm telling you, all star cast.

[Fuhad]

It's a British movie.

[Sam]

I'm assuming they sound British.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, yeah, it sounds like a British movie.

[James]

It does sound like a. The Sheep Detective.

[Fuhad]

It's a British movie.

[James]

Quintessential British movie.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[James]

You're saying the US Aren't signing that off? They're not signing that off. I'll tell you that for free.

[Fuhad]

All right. I'm not gonna watch it in theaters, but I will.

[Sam]

It's a plane movie for you.

[Fuhad]

Oh, if it's on the plane, I'll

[James]

watch it on the way home.

[Fuhad]

Okay, I'll let you know my thoughts.

[Sam]

Okay, thank you.

[Fuhad]

Okay, cool.

[James]

You let me know on the pod.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, yeah.

[James]

I'll tell you, watching that. The Sheep Detective.

[Fuhad]

I. I hate CGI talking animals.

[Sam]

Really?

[Fuhad]

I can't stand it.

[Sam]

Really? God, what's another one that's out there? Lion King live action. You weren't about.

[Fuhad]

It wasn't too bad, but I knew what I was signing up for. Okay, More like very true. I can't stand. Babe, Babe. Yeah.

[Sam]

Oh, that's iconic.

[Fuhad]

I know it's iconic. I can't stand that movie. You know, one of my. Do you know what my least favorite movie is of all time? Probably Chicken Run. Oh, wow.

[James]

That's the Throwback.

[Fuhad]

The worst movie ever.

[James]

What a throwback.

[Sam]

Wow.

[Fuhad]

I don't know why I hate it so much. I just hate it.

[James]

It's the same animation as Wallace and Gromy. Wallace and Grommy. Yeah.

[Fuhad]

That Clay. Clay Shit.

[Sam]

Stop motion.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, that's it.

[Sam]

It's so impressive, though. Yeah. I don't think I mess with the chicken.

[Fuhad]

Okay, cool. That's good to know.

[Sam]

No top comment on the wedding one. You're the asshole overall vote.

[Fuhad]

Oh, yeah, you're the asshole. No brainer.

[Sam]

Are you fudgeing serious? Insulting the bride.

[Fuhad]

Just.

[Sam]

Are you fucking serious? Insulting the bride in your speech at her fucking wedding? The most obvious asshole behavior I've ever seen. And if you were my sibling, our relationship would never be the same. Disgusting, disgraceful behavior.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, he's a jerk.

[James]

He wants to be alienated. Boy.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, he's a top jerk.

[James]

Yeah, that's peak.

[Sam]

Someone replies to that and says, my first husband negged me in our wedding speech. Mildly enough. Like, he said something about how he always hoped to make me happy because Sweeper's business is, as you know, universal. What a surprise that that marriage was over in 18 months. And I kind of dated my loss of faith in him to the moment he couldn't bring himself not to insult me at our wedding. And someone goes, sorry, I think that went over my head. Could you explain what this means as an insult?

[Fuhad]

Yes, I. I took the words out of my mouth.

[Sam]

I've never heard that Sweeper's happiness is, as, you know, universal. And someone responds, the implication is that she isn't happy. She makes everyone else miserable, so you'd better make her happy, because it sucks when she isn't. It's a fairly common sexist trope and definitely not something you want to hear at your wedding.

[Fuhad]

Oh, interesting.

[Sam]

The user's name is, like, Sweeper, so I think that's why they were. So it'd be like. It'd be like me going at my wedding to my husband, being like, justin's happiness is, as you know, universal. Which still, like, kind of lost on me, to be honest. It would have gone over my head in a speech, but I'd probably see

[Fuhad]

it as a compliment if my bride said that to me on my wedding day. I'd be like, oh, that's sweet.

[James]

Oh, safe.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

And Then everyone else like, oh, what a bitch.

[James]

Yeah. I couldn't smile. I didn't hear in the crowd.

[Fuhad]

No, no.

[James]

I'm like, what's happened?

[Fuhad]

Weddings are stressful overall.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Were you stressed at your wedding?

[Sam]

No.

[Fuhad]

Really?

[Sam]

No.

[James]

You're just happy. Happy?

[Sam]

Yeah. Dina was there. I don't think I was stressed. Everyone kept trying to, Like, I think I got stressed by people. The only time was people being like, are you okay? Do you need anything? Are you okay? And it was constant to the point where I was like, should I not be okay?

[James]

Yeah, Like.

[Sam]

And it was one, like, person. I was just like, I need someone to, like, get him away from me. Because, like, I took my beta blocker. I'm chilling. Like, I'm having so much fun. I go, no, no. It was like, stuff went wrong. Like, you just have to roll with the punches and, like, have a blast.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Nice.

[Sam]

But I had a camel.

[Fuhad]

A camel at your wedding?

[Sam]

Yeah.

[James]

Interesting.

[Fuhad]

Why?

[Sam]

I just wanted a camel. I wanted something different. No, just camel.

[James]

Just.

[Sam]

I wanted a camel. There.

[Fuhad]

Nice.

[James]

So how did that play out in the wedding?

[Sam]

I got married on my family's farm.

[James]

Okay.

[Sam]

So there was room for the camel.

[James]

That's more. Okay.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[Sam]

And beer donkeys. Magician.

[Fuhad]

What's a beer donkey?

[Sam]

A little donkey that walks around delivering beer.

[James]

This sheep detective thing is making more sense.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. This is really. I don't know.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Okay. Cool, cool, cool.

[Sam]

It fits now.

[Fuhad]

Okay. Context.

[James]

Yeah.

[Sam]

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[Sam]

Okay, moving on to this next one. You have started a new segment on your show called Daddy Fantasy.

[James]

Oh, yes, I am.

[Fuhad]

I was thinking. What's that? Yes, yes, I have.

[Sam]

It's a hit.

[Fuhad]

I'm glad. Yeah.

[Sam]

Yeah. My assistant Dina is obsessed with it. She actually told me you guys are doing it.

[Fuhad]

Meghan's idea. Yeah.

[Sam]

Yeah. And I know. I said thanks to Megan because you read 4th Wing, which I just finished all three. I read all three of them in five days.

[Fuhad]

Really?

[James]

Damn.

[Sam]

Yeah. I was so hooked.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Fantastic.

[Sam]

And now I'm like, okay, but you get the Romantasy fantasy book genres. You guys understand it. Okay, cool. What's your favorite so far?

[Fuhad]

Out of all of them?

[Sam]

Yeah. That you've gotten into?

[Fuhad]

I would say my favorite so far was probably, actually. Was probably. What did we.

[James]

What did we just finish the third one.

[Sam]

Have you started now too?

[James]

Because I remember, I listen.

[Sam]

Okay, you listen to his recaps. Because I was like. I think you said in the Fourth Wing one I watched. You're like, yeah, I actually. I kind of want to read it now. Are you considering.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. You listen to force or you just

[James]

want to watch it as the show Audible. So I've listened to 4th Wing. I've done the second. I'm halfway through the second book. Can't remember what it's called.

[Sam]

Okay.

[James]

And I've listened to the first two of Acotar. Acotar.

[Sam]

Acotar's been a little bit harder for

[Fuhad]

me to get into the first Acotar book I thought was boring.

[Sam]

That's where I'm at.

[Fuhad]

Boring. The first. First bit of Acotar, I was like, damn, this is amazing. And then I was hooked.

[James]

When you first did the first episode of Acotar book one, I was hooked.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, I was amazing. Yeah. But boring. I actually think this one, I just. I've just finished the third one, Wings and Ruin, maybe.

[James]

I think so. Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Wings and Ruin. The best. I think Wings of Ruin is actually my favorite so far. Of all of the fantasy battle rappers. There was. There was a lot going On.

[Sam]

Yeah, out of all of them. Okay. Okay, cool. So you thoroughly understand them. So you'll have a good take on this next one.

[Fuhad]

Fun.

[Sam]

This is coming from R. Relationship advice and it's titled My 35 Female Husband. 35 male, asked me to stop reading romance novels.

[Fuhad]

Okay.

[James]

Sounds like a hater.

[Fuhad]

He does sound like. I'm intrigued. Okay.

[Sam]

My husband, 35 male, of 11 years, asked me, 35 female, to stop reading romance novels. He said that he doesn't like that. He's not the one turning me on. He hasn't said this in so many words, but essentially he thinks it's cheating.

[James]

Okay.

[Sam]

The thing is, he was just diagnosed with a porn addiction.

[James]

Okay. Interesting diagnosis.

[Fuhad]

Diagnosed is not insane, by the way. Who goes to get diagnosed for. Where do you get diagnosed for that?

[James]

I'm not stepping into that building.

[Fuhad]

You can't fucking make me. I'd rather just say I am. I'd rather just say I am.

[James]

Put me on a notice board. Yeah. Yes. I love sex and I love porn.

[Fuhad]

That's it?

[James]

Yeah, that's it.

[Fuhad]

It's over. I'm not going to. I'm not going to get an official diagnosis. Let's just say I am and leave it there.

[Sam]

Well, he has had erectile dysfunction due to his over consumption of porn.

[Fuhad]

Okay, I didn't know that was a thing. It is a thing.

[Sam]

And gorilla grip masturbation techniques.

[Fuhad]

Sorry, what?

[James]

Yeah.

[Sam]

What, you've never heard of death grip syndrome?

[Fuhad]

No. What's that?

[Sam]

You have to squeeze until it's like about to pop for you to come to get?

[Fuhad]

No.

[Sam]

Gorilla grip or death grip syndrome?

[Fuhad]

Death grip.

[James]

That's how much he's fapped.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, he's. He's beat his dick that much? Okay, fair. I. I would go see someone for that. I'm not going to lie to you.

[James]

Yeah, I would be mortified.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, 100%.

[Sam]

He hasn't been able to finish P and V sex since we got pregnant with our kids five years ago.

[James]

Okay.

[Sam]

The last year or so he hasn't been able to get or stay hard without porn and a tight hand. I had my fucking.

[James]

You're a great reader.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, you really are.

[Sam]

I had HG when I was pregnant. The one and only time we tried to have sex, I vomited on him. We have had very little bedroom time since. I finally convinced him to see a doctor about this issue because he has been so incredibly depressed. He was diagnosed only a week ago and will have his first therapy visit in two weeks. Last year I started going to a monthly book Club. I normally read high fantasy books, but this club is for fantasy romance books. I started going to this book club as my own means of socializing. I have a difficult time making friendships because I have autism. Only so much energy to spend on people outside of my family. This once monthly book club has been amazing because it's a scheduled two hours. I have loved feeling like I belong and actually contributing to discussions. I look forward to seeing my friends and I feel like my mental health has really improved because of it. Since starting going to this book club, my libido has increased steeply. I always turn to my husband, but he is frequently unable to provide what I need with his ed. When things don't work out with him, I lose my interest in chasing an orgasm. We both end up feeling rejected and dejected.

[Fuhad]

Oh my God.

[Sam]

Today he asked me to stop reading romance novels altogether. After writing this out, I can now see that he's likely feeling a lot of pressure from me. I don't want to lose my friendships. I also don't want my husband to feel inadequate or like I don't care about his emotional needs. I'm trying to figure out a reasonable and rational way I can keep my once monthly socializing with these friends while respecting the current needs of my husband. He has not stopped or even slowed down his porn consumption or masturbation. Since his therapy session isn't for two weeks, we don't have anything to go

[Fuhad]

off of banging them out up until he's got two weeks to really smash these out. Okay, I get it.

[Sam]

I'm feeling a little lost on the best course of action for the both of us. What do you think is reasonable going forward?

[Fuhad]

Right?

[James]

What a relationship.

[Fuhad]

Fascinating. That really is juicy. What I'd give to be the therapist in this situation.

[James]

I'll be foaming.

[Fuhad]

Both of you getting it?

[James]

Yeah, I'll be foaming.

[Fuhad]

Let's hatch this out. All right. So, homeboy. I can understand his perspective. He's. He's.

[James]

He's down and out.

[Fuhad]

He's clutching at the wrong straws. However, for one, you can't compete with a 700-year-old high Fae. You just can't.

[James]

You can't.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[James]

Wings are wings.

[Fuhad]

With shadow magic.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

It's not possible.

[Sam]

Dragons and dragons.

[Fuhad]

Dragons and all. And they fuck that wing.

[James]

They fuck and they fight.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[James]

He doesn't neither.

[Fuhad]

He just squeezes his dick until he's about to pop. That's the best he can provide. I can understand how he feels. It's a horrible truth. But in his mind. Yeah. The more she reads, the hornier she gets, which she has to just consistently get reminded that he has ed.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

And then he just feels more embarrassed. So in his mind, he's like, well, if you just stop reading it, then you'll stop trying to me, and then you'll stop being reminded that I have a porn addiction and can't get hard for you until I can start doing these therapy sessions and then we can get into it. But for the next fortnight, I need you to put the books away.

[Sam]

But what about him? Not.

[James]

That's unfair.

[Sam]

Stopping.

[Fuhad]

Oh, yeah, that's.

[James]

That's where the.

[Sam]

Cool.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. That's why in his mind, he's like, yeah, but I'm sick.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[James]

So I need this.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Yeah.

[James]

I need this so I can wake up tomorrow. I need something to look forward to.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[James]

So you can't stop my ED or you can't stop my porn addict?

[Fuhad]

This has been me my whole life. You just started these books. Facts.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

You just started the book.

[James]

It's been two months. It's been 12 years for me. I'm an addict. Have you seen my forearm?

[Fuhad]

My dick is black and blue. It's not as easy.

[Sam]

Honestly, I'm surprised it's not.

[Fuhad]

It must be a mess down there.

[James]

It must be death grip syndrome syndrome.

[Fuhad]

I've never heard of that.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[James]

Why does she vomit on him?

[Fuhad]

Oh, yeah. What was that about? Cause I was gonna ask about that. What is that?

[Sam]

G is hyperemesis gravidarum. It's this thing that can happen when you become pregnant where you just have morning sickness, intense vomiting. The entire pregnancy, it's just constant.

[James]

I see.

[Sam]

So she had that HG and then they tried to be intimate and she accidentally threw up on him.

[Fuhad]

That was the last time they actually had sex.

[Sam]

I'm pretty sure by the sounds of it. Yeah.

[Fuhad]

This whole thing is a mess.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

We. We really need to get back to ground zero.

[James]

I find it. Oh, I was gonna say I find it difficult that she didn't know he had a porn addiction early, but obviously he would hide it. I would hide. If I had a porn addiction, 110% I'd hide. So it's like. It's hard for. No pun intended. But it's hard for him to come out with that kind of information to anyone, let alone your partner.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[James]

And then a therapist on top of that.

[Sam]

I know. I wish we had, like, a phone, a sex therapist button right now, because I'm like. I just feel like I've had so many questions about the way guys look at porn lately, where I'm like, do guys realize that. That porn isn't real?

[James]

Is that a genuine question for us?

[Sam]

Yeah. Do you think the average guy watches porn and is like, that's not acting? Like, that's real?

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. 100. It's hard for a guy to conceptualize the acting part.

[Sam]

Okay.

[James]

Because it's like they're seeing it happen.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Especially for a guy. Because we have to remember as well. In order for a guy to engage in sex, he has to get hard. So if I'm watching porn and the guy is hard, my mind is like, what are you acting? He's not. He's not acting.

[James]

They find the middle.

[Fuhad]

He wants to be there because otherwise he just wouldn't be able to get hard. Especially if you're watching it from, like, 13, 14.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

That just is instilled in your brain.

[James]

Yeah.

[Sam]

So crazy.

[Fuhad]

So I can see that they probably do think, like, yeah, it's real. To an extent.

[Sam]

To an extent. You hope. I mean, you hope. But like, we come across on Reddit all the time with, like, all of these, like, porn. Like, my boyfriend's hiding porn for me. Or like, the new one is my boyfriend is talking to an AI girl.

[James]

That's ridiculous.

[Sam]

And having a relationship sexually with AI, that's ridiculous.

[James]

I would love to know the tea, but that's ridiculous.

[Sam]

No, that's like, that's where we're getting. I just did on episode, and it's like, she found out her boyfriend is sexting AI.

[Fuhad]

Okay, what the hell is going on?

[Sam]

And so it's like, where, like, where's the line?

[Fuhad]

That's a desperate need for, I don't know, affection then I guess that sounds like a different beast altogether.

[Sam]

I know.

[Fuhad]

Texting.

[Sam]

Sexting. Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Sexting.

[Sam]

Texting. Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. I don't know about that one.

[Sam]

I know. And is it cheating or is it not cheating?

[Fuhad]

Since it's AI, it's 100% in the same family.

[James]

Yes. Same realm. Yeah.

[Sam]

Yeah. I mean, it's like an emotional affair in a sense.

[James]

I don't think Homegirl. Cause he said he feels like she's cheating on him with these book things.

[Fuhad]

Oh, yeah.

[James]

That's crazy. That's ridiculous.

[Fuhad]

That's crazy. He needs to grow up.

[James]

Yeah.

[Sam]

He essentially thinks it's cheating.

[James]

No, he's.

[Fuhad]

I feel like he is lashing out with that one. I think he's just saying stuff. I don't think he believes that the book club.

[Sam]

You're cheating. What do you Think the character's gonna jump off the page?

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[Sam]

And fuck me.

[James]

She wishes.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Literally wishes. Yeah.

[Sam]

Because, I mean, it'd be better

[Fuhad]

that whole.

[James]

I feel sorry for both of them.

[Fuhad]

I feel miserable for both of them. That's so horrible.

[Sam]

Top comment on this one. Brings up a really good point, though. Ask him if he was thinking of you and your needs every time he watched another woman have sex on screen.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, of course. Ooh.

[Sam]

Because it's like, in his head, he's like, you're envisioning yourself with these characters. That's what's doing it for you. Well, what about when you watch porn? Are you putting my face on them? Like, are you thinking of me?

[Fuhad]

That's interesting. But also, is he putting himself in that scenario with the porn also, though? Because, again.

[James]

Oh, easy. Of just a voyeur.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. That's interesting, actually, because when I've watched porn, I don't imagine I'm there, the girl. It's just a visual stimulus watching it. Yeah. Fun fact. I haven't watched porn this year.

[James]

Well played.

[Fuhad]

I'm over it, dude. Well played.

[Sam]

That's pretty good.

[Fuhad]

I'm over it.

[Sam]

Yeah. We're almost halfway through.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. And the thing is, there's just, like. I'm just. I think. I don't know.

[Sam]

You're good.

[Fuhad]

I'm just over it. It's just, like, boring.

[Sam]

As a guy reading the Romantasy fantasy books, do you kind of have a concept, like, now to, like, kind of combat what he's saying where it's like, there's no way it's cheating? Like, it's just so. Because, like, I tried to describe it to my husband where he's like. Because I, you know, read Fourth Wing, and I'm like, oh, my God, this book is so good. He came home from a trip, and I ignored him for, like, two days because I was like, let me just finish my book first. But, like, he obviously isn't threatened by it. But trying to explain what these books do, it's like, you just get lost in the world. But I'm not wishing I was that character. You know what I mean?

[Fuhad]

I understand entirely. I also think I have, like, a different perspective because as I'm reading

[Sam]

will

[Fuhad]

be, like, Violet speaking. But, like, I can't identify as Violet.

[Sam]

Exactly.

[Fuhad]

So because I'm, like, a straight guy, so, like, hearing a girl talk about, like, her experience in, like, banging her boyfriend or whatever, I'm just like, nice, nice, decent. So it's. I can't. But I'm not there, like, what's he gonna do next? What is he gonna do next? Yeah, so again, I'm like, I don't know, I don't know. But yeah, again, if you're just like, I'm just. I'm just happy for the characters when they get after it. Yeah, yeah, I'm happy and I get absorbed in the, like, turned on ness of the environment of the storytelling. But yeah, again, I'm not in that scenario, so I can see. I can definitely be like, the dude just needs to grow up.

[Sam]

I know. I did have a story that I found recently, though, where the person is obsessed with the romantasy fantasy books and accidentally said the character's name during sex.

[Fuhad]

That's my line. Yeah, no, we can't come back from there.

[Sam]

Like, then you're kind of going, we can't get back.

[James]

It's past fantasy now.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, it really has jumped off the page. Yeah.

[James]

Wow.

[Fuhad]

We can't come back from that.

[Sam]

But what about role playing? Like, if your partner knew up front and then committed to the bit with you, then I'm like, okay, fair game.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Role playing for me again is I. I would be down with the role playing if she asked me to be Zayden, for example. I can only be Zayden one time.

[Sam]

Okay.

[Fuhad]

I have to be Zaden one time. Then I need to be flipping Tamlin one time, then I need to go and be Rhys another time. Like, we can't always be, like, be Zayden again. Zayden again. I'm gonna call you Zayden again. Yeah, yeah, you're Zayden.

[Sam]

It's like, no, because then it feels like, no, you're.

[James]

You're trying to be an objective.

[Fuhad]

You just want to fuck someone else.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

You want me to pretend to be him, but role playing in general, like, cool, great. But I'm not going to be the character for you every time.

[Sam]

Okay, that makes sense. Yeah. One and done. That's like, fair. It's like, we tried it, but, like, I'm not taking on this Persona permanently.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Literally. So you can say Zaden in bed every night. That's not happening.

[Sam]

No.

[James]

I would lose interest immediately as soon as I hear Zayden. I'm tapped out. I'm tapped out.

[Sam]

Has anyone accidentally said wrong name with either?

[James]

Impossible.

[Fuhad]

No.

[Sam]

Really?

[Fuhad]

No. I would never. I would never forgive her.

[James]

Straight, simple. I've never.

[Fuhad]

Because where are you right now?

[James]

You're.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, where are you? Because you're not here.

[James]

Yeah, I'm inside you.

[Fuhad]

When thinking of him, you're not Present with me. No, that's a nightmare. That's my worst. I can't think of anything worse than that.

[Sam]

I've done it before.

[Fuhad]

Oh, shut the fuck up.

[Sam]

To my husband. When we first started dating, I was so drunk, I like literally, I didn't. Yeah, just wrong name slipped out.

[Fuhad]

Sorry, who did you say?

[Sam]

Like one of my guy friends names?

[Fuhad]

No, no. You're joking.

[James]

Do you like him? Did you like him?

[Sam]

No, no, like purely friend. From the jump of meeting him and I didn't remember it. Like I. He told me and then I was like, what the fuck? I'm like, I'm so sorry. Like I had no idea the next day. So I'm like, okay, well, like I'm trying to rationalize why I would said that, but.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, again, your husband's a real man. Yeah, yeah, no, that would break my heart.

[Sam]

I know. He's a good one. Have you ever gotten like a hey dude message on Instagram or anything?

[Fuhad]

No, I haven't and I can't.

[Sam]

That when you see that, like, hey girl, have you had it before? Yeah. Yeah. And you, you just feel your stomach just.

[Fuhad]

No, no, no. Blood would run cold.

[James]

Oh my go.

[Sam]

You just like immediately clammy. Like you're nauseous. You're like, what the. Yeah, he was at my house last night.

[Fuhad]

Oh, those guys are the worst, dude.

[Sam]

I'm just like, oh my God.

[Fuhad]

No, I can't. I can't receive one of those. Yeah, I know. Once this comes out, all I'm gonna get. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[James]

Facts.

[Fuhad]

All I'm gonna get is those. No, I can't, I can't. I just can't. I just can't.

[Sam]

It's so crazy. If you're listening and you found out that your partner was cheating on you some crazy way, like your dog found her underwear. Whatever it is, like, please put it in the comments because I know some of you out there have definitely Apple Watch, I feel like is becoming more common.

[Fuhad]

Like, couldn't be betrayed by my Apple Watch.

[Sam]

Like something about like, oh, he closed his rings at like 2am and by like vigorous activity. Like something like that. Like. Yeah, yeah, you know, that's out there.

[Fuhad]

Really? Okay. Wow. There's different methods to it.

[Sam]

Drop it in the comments.

[Fuhad]

Activity.

[James]

Yeah, her heart must have been beating.

[Fuhad]

Can you imagine? Can you? Okay, check this. Imagine you're happily married.

[James]

I think it's linked as well, isn't it?

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Imagine you're happily, happily married and then you coincidentally see your wife checking her like aura ring results. And at 2am There's a spike in activity while you were out of town for work. 2am There's a huge spike.

[James]

I'm confronting her. I don't know what I'm saying, though, because it's like.

[Sam]

It feels crazy. Like.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Like going to someone and being like, your aura. Ring has some activity. Like, you would feel nice.

[James]

I feel, like, embarrassing. Yeah. I'm stupid. Like.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. I should make you feel stupid.

[James]

She will. She will. Yeah. And that would annoy me even more.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. But we both know what this is.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Oh, that's. That's an absolute nightmare. My biggest fear. No, thanks.

[Sam]

Yeah. That's bad. A lot of comments on this one. People just asking, like, clarifying questions. Why does sex have to stop when your husband's erection stops? Are his hands and his mouth working?

[Fuhad]

Valid. That's. I forgot that came to my mind as we were reading, actually.

[Sam]

Really?

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Sam]

Why is he still.

[James]

Where's the aural at, man?

[Fuhad]

Selfish. Yeah. I would think that if I had Ed, that would be, like, my. What would make me feel super. Because obviously this is like a. Someone's actually asked me this when they were like, oh, how would I want. If I had Ed? How would I want to be addressed about it? One thing that I would really, really, really prefer is if she was very selfish with her nuts and was just like, okay, cool. Your dick doesn't work, but your mouth and your hands do. So, like, what are you doing about it?

[James]

Okay.

[Fuhad]

That would set me at so much ease.

[Sam]

Cause the pressure's off.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, the pressure's off. And we can draw attention away from. And the more attention we bring to this thing, the worse it's just gonna get.

[James]

Question.

[Fuhad]

Come on.

[James]

Obviously not obviously, but you have Ed in this situation.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[James]

Yeah. You're pleasing your girl.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[James]

Mouth, fingers all the way. Are you taking your boxes off

[Fuhad]

to just see? Because naturally. Naturally. Naturally. You would. Yeah, I would like to hope so. I'm being honest. I would like to hope so. Wishful thinking, maybe, but I would like to hope so, though. To just say they're soft, but you have to get comfortable.

[James]

Yeah, you do.

[Fuhad]

Which is who I am right now. Yeah. Fair. I have to get comfortable with it. And that's. That's the best way. Like exposure therapy, dude. If I keep the boxes on, then

[James]

it's just like, you're clearly hiding something.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, you're clearly hiding something. I have a mental block knowing that, like, I'm still scared to see. I might as well just get naked and be like, I'm Just soft, and that's who I am.

[James]

Okay, cool.

[Fuhad]

I'm a soft guy. Fair enough. Fair enough.

[Sam]

Yeah. It could help, too, taking him off with like. Okay, I'm gonna really get into the bit.

[Fuhad]

I'm going to.

[Sam]

Maybe it would encourage something.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Hopeful.

[James]

Imagine. Imagine you get a boner that day as well. Happiest day of your life.

[Fuhad]

Oh, you would. I wouldn't act on the first boner, though.

[James]

Oh, you couldn't.

[Fuhad]

I'm too scared I'm going to lose it.

[James]

That's like a. That's like a pump fake.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[James]

It's a hesi.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

No, no, no, because you.

[James]

As soon as you slide it in,

[Fuhad]

here's a tease again. As soon as. As soon as he knows I've acknowledged him, he's going to go away. Because that's all you're going to be thinking about. Yeah, that's all I think about. Oh, my God. Hard, hard. Lose it.

[James]

And. Oh, then you got to focus.

[Fuhad]

And then she's going to go through things again. It'd be. Yeah, I'm just mouth and fingers until I surprise a bit harder. Chaos.

[Sam]

Yeah. Once that therapy kicks in. So we do get, like an edit slash update from OP I want to thank everyone for their support. There are some points that I wanted to address. First, he obviously does have hands and a mouth. I just feel immediately turned off if he's not also, obviously visibly enthusiastic about performing those activities.

[James]

Okay. He's a selfish lover.

[Sam]

Also, at the risk of sounding too vulgar, I usually end up with a yeast or BV infection after he uses his mouth or hands.

[James]

What?

[Sam]

So I avoid it.

[James]

Stop it.

[Sam]

Usually bacterial vaginosis. Yeah. Or yeast infection, which I'm like, what? What?

[Fuhad]

Rose just got dirty. Dirty hands and mouth. Do you know how embarrassed I would be if I went down on my girl and she was like, now I've got bv. So now what, with your disgusting mouth.

[James]

He sounds like such a hot mess. No wonder he's got a porn addiction. That's his only release. Because he's dirty through and through. Usually.

[Fuhad]

Usually after the second time. Stop. Stop.

[James]

You're hurting me down there.

[Fuhad]

Stop. Bro.

[James]

Go see someone.

[Fuhad]

That's.

[Sam]

I know well. And so there's like, a lot of conversation happening right now with bv.

[Fuhad]

Oh, my God. Sorry. A lot of conversation around bv.

[Sam]

Yeah. Where a lot of people are like, yeah, every time I have sex with this guy, I get BV again.

[Fuhad]

You're tapped in, by the.

[James]

The way.

[Sam]

Yeah, well, like, I have a. I have A friend here who was literally like, every single time she'd get treated for bv, and they kept coming back, and she'd get treated again, and then it would come back, and she finally put it together that this guy. Every time she would have sex with her guy, it would come back. And so while it's not classified as a STD right now, there's research that increasingly shows it is sexually associated and can be transmitted between partners. And so studies are showing that by treating male partners, it can significantly reduce occurrence in women.

[Fuhad]

How do you treat for dudes?

[Sam]

I'm pretty sure it's just antibiotics.

[Fuhad]

Oh, my God. Really interesting antibiotics.

[James]

Interesting?

[Fuhad]

I thought it was just, like, dirty dick. Yeah.

[Sam]

Prescription antibiotics. It can be a pill, gel, cream, or suppository.

[Fuhad]

Suppository is crazy.

[James]

That is crazy. Pop me the pill. Why is that even an option?

[Fuhad]

Just give me the pill.

[Sam]

No.

[Fuhad]

Why is that an option?

[Sam]

Well, if you think about a suppository, it's like a little pill, and then you just shoot it up like you would a tampon almost. It's like the same applicator.

[James]

Oh, no.

[Fuhad]

For a girl? Yeah.

[James]

100%.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

For guys.

[Sam]

Yeah. You know, you'd have to shove it up there.

[Fuhad]

Why is that option? I'll just take the pill.

[Sam]

I mean, there's gel, too.

[Fuhad]

Gel?

[Sam]

Yeah, gel.

[Fuhad]

Oh, okay.

[Sam]

Gel and cream pills on.

[Fuhad]

That would make me so embarrassed.

[James]

It would. I'd pop the pillow. But anyway.

[Sam]

Yeah, yeah, but that's what they add. And then she does go on to say, second, we are both trying to navigate things right now. He started meds, and he wasn't given on any direction on how to stop these problematic activities. He tried to stop the first few days, but he literally stayed awake for 40 hours. It's consuming him. I honestly feel like this is.

[James]

Hang on, hang on. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.

[Fuhad]

I'm so sorry. What's happening?

[James]

I'm so sorry.

[Sam]

Porn addiction to this.

[James]

He was watching porn for 40 hours?

[Sam]

No, he, like, tried to stop for a few days.

[James]

Oh, and kept him on the podcast.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Oh, my God. Can you imag. I can

[James]

bab. I can't sleep.

[Fuhad]

I need bab. I can't sleep. That's all I'm thinking about. 40 hours.

[Sam]

Couldn't sleep.

[Fuhad]

Put me in a hospital. I'm not leaving the hospital.

[James]

Do they have kids?

[Fuhad]

Yeah, they did. She's pregnant.

[Sam]

Had our kid five years ago. Just one kid, by the sound of it.

[Fuhad]

I would have left if you were her.

[James]

Yes. So long ago.

[Sam]

She's very understanding. Because she does go on to say, I honestly feel like this isn't just a behavioral addiction. He needs support, love, and acceptance.

[James]

She's a real one.

[Sam]

I'm not gonna lie and say I'm not pissed and hurt by it, but people who aren't in this situation can't truly appreciate the nuances to this kind of addiction. I'm not going to up and leave him. We are a family, and I'm going to exhaust all of our options before leaving.

[Fuhad]

Fair enough.

[James]

I rate her.

[Fuhad]

Yes. Same.

[James]

That's a trooper.

[Sam]

Die.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Literally my time. I'm figuring out.

[James]

I'm gone 40 hours. I couldn't see that. That would be the straw that breaks me.

[Sam]

I love a nap. Like, to. I'm like four.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. He can't sleep, bro.

[Sam]

He can't work. No. This is genuinely clinical. I think he should actually go to an inpatient rehab facility.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. 100%.

[Sam]

I don't think monitoring and handling this at home is going to do it.

[James]

Seven days, seven nights in one of these strap things.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[James]

And just figure it out.

[Sam]

Or some mitts, like, duct tape, oven mitts.

[Fuhad]

Like, that's so scary.

[Sam]

That's tough.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. I'm checking myself into rehab. 100.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[James]

I don't think you would, though, Fuhad. I don't think you would sleep for

[Fuhad]

two fucking days because I need porn.

[James]

I don't think you would, though, James, like. Because I think two days. I appreciate. I understand what you're saying, but I've heard you now. Hear me.

[Fuhad]

I'm listening.

[James]

I genuinely think the blockage would be. Or the barrier would be you having to tell whoever at the front desk why you want to be here. I think that would stop you from admitting yourself.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, I would just tell my wife to do it for me. I need you to call these, man. Tell them that I'm checking in. Tell them why I'm checking in. Cool.

[James]

Yeah, cool.

[Fuhad]

And then just. Let's be discreet about it. Just put me in my room. And then let's not. And when we are doing the. Hi, my name's James and I'm an addict. We don't need to. We don't need to, like, fine. Tooth comb it. We're all addicts here. Yeah.

[James]

That's why we're here, aren't it?

[Fuhad]

Yeah. You don't need to know that.

[James]

We're pas.

[Fuhad]

The gorilla grip. Something. Something like, dude, like, whatever.

[Sam]

Do you feel like that's because it's something that's shameful. And is that because to be fair, I mean, a Lot of, like, males identities is, like, tied to sex and performance.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. I would struggle when it's. When it's like. When it's the talking time. I would need to hear some horror stories for me to have the confidence, feel comfortable to be like, I haven't fucked my wife in God knows how long, and I can't come unless I squeeze all the blood out my dick. And I tried to go cold turkey from porn, and I didn't sleep for two days.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

And now I'm jealous of her fictional fairy characters that she reads in her local book club. And I actually had the audacity to ask her to quit the book club because I just can't compete with the fictional characters whilst I. And the two weeks before I started therapy. You guys have no idea how much

[James]

fun I watched, even though I'm in the same PA Meeting as you.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[James]

I don't think you understand how much I'll be holding back a laugh. Laughing. Okay. Laughing's a hot take. I think it would be. I think it'll be the sheer shock factor of you being so nonchalant of how easily you can just blurt these nudges out.

[Fuhad]

And I'd be like, damn, bro. I hear it because I actually.

[James]

I also don't think it would be fair for you to move on or for, like, the person that's hosting the meeting. They have to stick with you all meeting.

[Fuhad]

They can't be. Okay, now you.

[James]

Now you like.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[James]

There's too much information.

[Fuhad]

Yours is t. Yeah. Yeah.

[James]

And I need to know how it ends. Yeah.

[Fuhad]

But I'm not there to be judged. So if you laugh, I'm gonna tell home.

[James]

If I laugh, they'd have to kick me off. I'd have to go. I'd stop myself.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[James]

But how I'd want to go is similar to you. Like, my wife or partner would have to be able to buy. I don't want to know the date they take me. I want them to just pull up to my yard.

[Sam]

Really? You want to be, like, kidnapped?

[James]

Yeah, just pull up to my yard, and my wife's already got an emergency bag packed.

[Sam]

Okay, it's time.

[James]

And then boom. Yeah, then I'll go.

[Fuhad]

You wouldn't want to just voluntarily drive there and check in? You want to be taken?

[James]

Yeah, I'll be. Just take me, bro.

[Sam]

I think it only works if you're ready for it, though.

[James]

And you need volunteer. No, but I think that would allow me to be like, okay, cool, it's go time. As opposed to thinking it's gonna happen on Sunday, and me dreading. And it's Wednesday. I know it's happened on a Sunday. I don't think I would stop watching porn from Wednesday to Sunday. Yeah. I think I would watch an excessive amount, because I know this is the last time I'm getting it, which is

[Sam]

kind of what he was doing.

[James]

He's like, I know.

[Sam]

I have two weeks until my appointment, so, like, I'm gonna go home.

[James]

It's been a roller coaster for him.

[Fuhad]

Wow.

[James]

His category list must be intense.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. I was gonna say he must have run out.

[James]

He must have exhausted everything.

[Fuhad]

I don't know what kind of pony watches.

[Sam]

And that's also like, what are you watching? Because there's levels, and if you're at a level I don't like, I hope

[James]

they've had that conversation.

[Fuhad]

I know I would lie.

[James]

Yeah. I was gonna say he's probably lied.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Amateur.

[James]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Yeah. Because I don't think she's like, I wouldn't want to watch that.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Like, it's already so hurtful. I'm not gonna watch you. And the only thing that you're getting off on, Op does add. She is gonna put some boundaries down. I told him that I will be continuing to read one book a month, and I will be attending the book club.

[James]

Good for her.

[Sam]

I will not initiate sex again until at a time that we all him. Me, therapist, feel he is comfortable having healthy sex again.

[Fuhad]

See that? I don't like that bit.

[James]

As the man or the girl?

[Fuhad]

As the man, I can understand the necessity for that. That adds so much pressure, it's not even funny.

[James]

It does add pressure.

[Fuhad]

The day we're in that therapy session, and the therapist like, okay, James, I actually think it's a healthy time for you guys to try.

[James]

My dick would be the limpest.

[Sam]

Well, it doesn't have to be that day, but, like, at least you then get the clear.

[James]

Anytime she, like, touches me, I was like, oh. Oh, my God. She's initiating.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[James]

That's all I'd be thinking about.

[Fuhad]

Rubbing my shoulders, whatever. Oh, my God.

[James]

Oh, my God.

[Fuhad]

Please, please, please. If I can't get hard, I'm just gonna cry.

[James]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Yeah. I'm curious if there's any therapists out there that would chime in and be like, here's how the right way to go about it would be. So there isn't that pressure. So it feels spontaneous and organic.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

And, yeah, God willing, because that is stressful.

[Sam]

Op says, I won't hide what I'm doing. I'm doing something that's healthy for me and I shouldn't suffer for it. He was naturally pretty upset to hear this. I think you guys are right, that he's projecting, trying to grasp some control in the situation by making us equal in his eyes. I was too deep in it to see what was rational. Now that I can see it, I'm not budging. Luckily, I have the autism to help me with that. Thank you for helping me see what's healthy.

[James]

Nice.

[Fuhad]

Fair.

[James]

Good for her, Mom.

[Fuhad]

Fair.

[James]

Hear. My book is crazy.

[Fuhad]

It is. Can I play devil's advocate? This is not my belief system. Yeah.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

I would also be threatened by the double down of I'm not stopping reading these fantasy books. Because then in my mind I'm like,

[James]

so what is it?

[Fuhad]

Yeah, this is. This is. It's not about the reading anymore. It doesn't sound like it's about the reading. It's about the sex. And you deserve it because you're deprived. Yeah. But again, I would be concerned because she's so adamant about this is the type of book I'm going to be reading.

[James]

It's not just books in general.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. It's not just the reading or the club. It's the fucking steamy, hot fantasy books. That's what I want to read in his perspective, based on what he's going through. I would be like. I would be scared, thinking, okay, cool.

[James]

Cause it doesn't sound he's a real addict. Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Does it? Yeah.

[Sam]

See, I'm. No, that's what we'd be thinking.

[James]

Who's a real addict, me or you?

[Fuhad]

Stop.

[Sam]

See, for me, I feel like it's more about the club.

[Fuhad]

And by the way, she said it's about the club.

[Sam]

She did.

[James]

She did.

[Fuhad]

I just want us to read different genres in this club.

[Sam]

But that's not the club. Those aren't where her friends are at. They're not at the.

[Fuhad]

So it's a sex club.

[Sam]

The cookbook club.

[Fuhad]

So it's a sex club.

[James]

Who's a real Alex?

[Sam]

No. Bad.

[James]

No.

[Fuhad]

We're brain. Devil's advocate.

[James]

Main devil's ad.

[Sam]

The devil doesn't need an advocate.

[Fuhad]

Clever.

[James]

That is clever. Fuck it up.

[Fuhad]

Well played. I've never heard that one.

[Sam]

Really?

[Fuhad]

Deadass. Yeah.

[Sam]

Thank you so much for saying deadass.

[Fuhad]

Really?

[Sam]

Yeah.

[James]

Why?

[Sam]

Because I've been saying it for years and no one appreciates it. And so to hear it come out of someone else's mouth is just very nice and refreshing.

[Fuhad]

Oh, nice.

[James]

Oh, wow.

[Fuhad]

Thank you very much. No one's ever appreciated me saying it.

[James]

We say dead us all the time.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, we say dead us a lot.

[Sam]

See, I'm in the wrong country. I could come hop across the board.

[Fuhad]

We'll be happy to have you.

[Sam]

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[Fuhad]

Yeah, we're good.

[Sam]

This next one is coming from my Good friend direct caterpillar77, my bestie on Reddit that finds all the good stories.

[Fuhad]

Oh nice.

[Sam]

Yeah, it's titled My husband wants me to make breakfast for his co workers three to four times a week before they go to work.

[Fuhad]

Oh my God. What? Okay.

[Sam]

We've been married for almost four months. My husband works a fairly lucrative office job and is a great help with the finances and bills for our house while I tackle a BA at college at the moment. For that I am very grateful and I love him very much and we are generally happy with the marriage. I however, about two months ago he asked me if I wouldn't mind preparing breakfast for him and a couple of coworkers a few times a week. Of course, I agreed because I know how rushed things can be in the mornings for some people, and I was glad to see my husband fraternizing with his colleagues. Also, we have a beautiful home and it's always nice to have people over for meals. I get along with his coworkers very well for the most part, which is a plus. This has been going on for two months and I didn't used to mind it much at first, but I feel that a couple of mornings a week has turned into nearly the entire week and it's too much for me. Getting up early and preparing eggs, bacon, multiple pots of coffee when there are more than just a couple of co workers over. And occasionally stuff like pancakes and French toast. I attend night classes several nights a week and I don't get a chance to sleep in as much as I would like to. How do I respectfully tell my husband to tone it down a little with these morning visits without hurting his or his coworker's feelings? I do not want to jeopardize his relationship with the people at work and don't want to push him or our visitors away. It has just become too much for me.

[Fuhad]

This reminds me of the episode of my wife and kids where Junior got got onto the basketball team and then all of his boys on the basketball team were just coming around his house and just murking the house and they were just using him. Yeah, yeah, yeah. For all kinds of.

[James]

Yes, I remember now.

[Fuhad]

Sounds like homeboy's getting played by.

[James]

He is. I feel like this is. This is a hot take purely because she said he is lucrative if he is lucrative enough to finance his lifestyle. Nice house, all of that stuff. Get someone to cook for you a couple days a week. Don't use your wife that's cooking for multiple people every day. Almost every day. She also goes to school at night and then doesn't have enough sleep and still does everything else. It's like that's, that's beyond unfair.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. If it's so important, just go take the boys to a diner every morning. Like, why does it have to be in the house every day and your wife has to do ihop? Yeah.

[James]

Like they have everything we need.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, yeah. If it's important for you to like feed your colleagues, take them to a diner. They probably feel more comfortable there than watching your wife slave you at 7 in the morning.

[Sam]

You would think. Op does have some comments. So people were asking how many people is this for? Typically? Like, is this just one or two? Or like, how. What's going on here? Op says about 20 people.

[Fuhad]

Shut the fuck up.

[James]

That's impossible.

[Sam]

But they show up at different times, so typically within groups of two to four co workers a time.

[James]

That's impossible.

[Fuhad]

This doesn't make any sense.

[James]

You're running a restaurant in my yard. That's impossible. That's impossible. 20 people?

[Fuhad]

What?

[James]

That would have happened if I'm the wife? That would have happened once and never again.

[Fuhad]

The thing is, this is not even his business. This is just his colleagues at work.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

This is not him like running like a whole business.

[James]

There's no money coming from this.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, yeah.

[Sam]

What they're in the west coast of the United States, so somewhere on this side. Originally from New York. We moved here from my husband's job 13 months ago. It's just a job. He doesn't own the company, so it's not like he's doing this for his employees. These are coworkers. They do this because they live five to 10 minutes away from the office. Most of the coworkers have a commute, a long way to get to the office. Hence they carpool from their area, arriving here in one car.

[James]

Nah, bro.

[Fuhad]

This has spiraled.

[James]

Nah, bro.

[Sam]

Sometimes spiraled. Sometimes they take my husband with him, and other times he offers up his car and drives three to four coworkers to the office.

[James]

Nah, bro.

[Fuhad]

This guy's a doormat.

[James]

He is.

[Sam]

This is to avoid the parking fee.

[James]

This guy's an absolute doormat.

[Fuhad]

Wow.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

He needs to grow some balls and be like, guys, this is actually getting ridiculous.

[Sam]

Well, this is getting really weird too. So they can actually take 15 minute breaks throughout the day at their leisure. Some of these co workers are showing up to her house to pick up snacks and ciggies and then head back to the office.

[Fuhad]

What is going on? I told you, this is the Mike and Kids episode.

[James]

Yeah, they're taking the piss out of both of them. They're easy food.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, he's a joke.

[Sam]

At work, they're spending about $350 a week to feed the coworkers.

[James]

Okay, this is what I'm saying after day one. It's never happening again. It's never happened. 20 people on the first day.

[Sam]

I think it's accumulated to that. But like about 20 people is one of the comments.

[Fuhad]

So we're sending the memo out that this isn't happening anymore. This is. Okay, this sounds like one of those things where he's probably addressing thought in his head. This needs to stop. But the idea of having to tell 20 people you're not coming around anymore will significantly affect his status at work.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

And now he's probably thinking, I don't know what the to do. Yeah, he needs that. He needs an exit strategy. Or just move back to New York. Yeah, just move back out.

[James]

That's the exit. Yeah.

[Sam]

Versus confronting everyone and be like, hey, guys, we gotta. We gotta tone it down a little bit.

[Fuhad]

Pulling up for snacks in the middle of the day, That's a fucking piss take.

[James]

Who are you? To me?

[Sam]

Yeah, There's a comment that someone else mentions, but someone mentions that OP said that they show up and like tap on the window that's exactly how I envisioned it.

[James]

Let me in.

[Sam]

Let me in. Like, by tapping on the window service.

[Fuhad]

We've only got 15 minutes.

[James]

Yeah, come on.

[Sam]

We're the siggies.

[Fuhad]

I mean, Siggies treat it like a restaurant.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

It's peak Siggies and snacks. Hurry up. Fuck.

[Sam]

I'd go crazy.

[James]

I'd resent my husband.

[Sam]

Oh, so much resentment. Because she also says that she has to do all the dishes. He doesn't help with any of the dishes. So she's got pots, pans, plates, cups, everything she's doing.

[Fuhad]

This is happening four times a week.

[James]

No, no. Two months.

[Fuhad]

This is out of control.

[James]

That would have ruined my marriage.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[James]

Ruin my marriage.

[Fuhad]

Every single night I come home, I'll be terrified. I'll be terrified to face the version of my wife every single day. Yeah.

[James]

That would ruin my marriage.

[Sam]

So how do you get to stop? Like, do you just be like, hey, honey, done doing this for you?

[James]

Like, if I'm her.

[Sam]

Yeah. Do you compromise and say, let's cut it back to once a week? Like, how do you realistically proceed forward?

[Fuhad]

I'm shifting everyone to the closest diner.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

And for the next four weeks, I'm just paying. Okay, Paying. And then I'm gonna slowly, one day call a sick day. All the guys go to the diner. I'm not there to pay for it. Someone else is gonna have to pay for it. And that's just how we change the culture from there.

[Sam]

How you rolling?

[Fuhad]

Yeah. I think that's the best way to get out of this.

[James]

Yeah. If I'm. If I'm the wife, I'm just telling my husband after. After the first day, this is never happening again. Standard. I don't care who shows up at the door, there's not gonna be food.

[Fuhad]

The next person that taps this window, I promise.

[James]

Yeah, they're gonna hear that. They're gonna hear it. They're gonna hear it.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. 100%. Nah, don't. That's the first thing. Tell your boys if they tap this window again, I swear to God, they're

[James]

gonna hear that sawn off.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, they're gonna. Reg.

[Sam]

Why can't your husband prepare these breakfasts?

[James]

Also valid.

[Fuhad]

Clearly.

[Sam]

OP says, admittedly, I'm a better cook than him, and I never mind making meals for both of us in the mornings. Honestly, if it was just him and I, I could do it for the rest of my life. But it isn't just him, and I can't do it anymore. And he simply has no times in the morning. And he has to get ready to be at his office by 8am Then

[James]

he just wake up early. She does.

[Sam]

She.

[James]

She works. She goes to school at night, then has little sleep to then wake up to cook for multiple men. 20.

[Fuhad]

This is insane.

[James]

What are we talking about, bro?

[Fuhad]

Someone in the group also needs to address the weirdness of it. Yeah, like number 21 you'd hope would be like, what the fuck is happening? Yeah. What do you mean? We're going to Jeff's four times a week for breakfast. Doesn't make any sense.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Why?

[James]

What are their wives doing?

[Fuhad]

Yeah. And why aren't their wives being like, you're not going there.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[James]

You're not going there Again for another

[Fuhad]

woman to be cooking you breakfast. Who is she? What's so good about his fucking breakfast?

[James]

A lot of conversations aren't happening, clearly. No, this is a movie. This can't be real life. This can't be real life.

[Fuhad]

This is out of control.

[Sam]

So we do get an update.

[James]

Please.

[Sam]

We get an update. I want to thank you all for who gave me advice and sympathy in the original thread. I had mentioned several times that I was going to sit down with my husband this Saturday and have a stern talk, but I'm sure a lot of you will be pleased to know that it happened much sooner.

[James]

Nice.

[Sam]

I decided to stay home from night class on Wednesday night so that I could speak to him as soon as he arrived from work. He was very surprised to see me still in the house as I have night class every night of the week. I brought up many good points from the thread and told him how it makes me feel. I told him the three to four breakfast parties a week and coworker visits through the day were keeping me from focusing on my studies and that thinking of a menu every morning was stressful.

[Fuhad]

Menu.

[Sam]

And it gave me anxiety. Also, the tapping on the window from random visits by his colleagues made me feel unsafe as well. They were all brought up by Redditors in the thread and a lot of the points I had never thought about myself. There were tears and some loud moments.

[Fuhad]

Loud moments. How has he got a voice?

[James]

Yeah.

[Sam]

The first time this has happened since we've even been together. But when I told him I made a thread on Reddit, he went absolutely ballistic.

[Fuhad]

Fair.

[James]

That's. Yeah, that's where the loudness came from. Yeah. He's realized, oh, my life is in the public now.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Even though it's anonymous.

[James]

He's not thinking that. He's not thinking that. Oh, shit, they know what I'm like, now they know what I'm bringing to her table. I'm an asshole.

[Sam]

At this point, I went to our bedroom and confined myself to the bed. A couple of hours later, he came in, got in bed, and said that he was very disappointed in me.

[James]

Oh, that's not.

[Sam]

And that was that.

[James]

And that was that.

[Sam]

Yesterday morning, Thursday, everything was the same as usual. He woke up smiling and radiant as always and got ready for work quicker than usual. He came out to the kitchen while I was making the breakfast for the day and told me that he was glad everything had been cleared up. I gave him spare replies and didn't really feel like looking at him. He was shocked to see that I had only made a basic breakfast for him.

[Fuhad]

Let's go.

[Sam]

He told me other people were on the way, and I told him I had to catch a bus to the library to do a research paper for class. We had a loud argument that stopped when people arrived at our house. I stormed out and went about my business.

[James]

Let's go.

[Sam]

No words between any of us since then. Today I did the same, except I left the house while he was getting ready.

[James]

Let's go.

[Sam]

It is very sad that it has come to this, but I hope things settle down. My plan is to have another talk with him tomorrow morning and tell him that I am willing to cut the breakfast down to Mondays and Wednesdays only and that all visits from coworkers are to end immediately because I do not feel comfortable with them using our home as a rest stop. You've all been very helpful. Thank you. There is nowhere to go but up from here.

[Fuhad]

This guy's insane.

[James]

He is insane. He's a narcissist.

[Fuhad]

Mondays and Wednesdays. No, Never again. He's.

[James]

Never again.

[Fuhad]

We're not compromising on this.

[James]

Yeah, I'm surprised he's.

[Sam]

She's still willing to be like, never again. And then she's like, but I'll do it. Two days. No, that's insane to me. Like, I would never.

[Fuhad]

Wow. She is an angel.

[James]

She is. And he's taking advantage of that.

[Fuhad]

He's taking the piss and wasting it on dickhead coworks.

[James]

Literally.

[Fuhad]

Literally. She has all this love and kindness. You're wasting it on losers from work.

[James]

She's gonna burn out, bro.

[Fuhad]

Who are taking the piss and tapping your window. Do you not. Why you prioritizing how they feel over how your wife feels?

[James]

Yeah, that's.

[Fuhad]

Who gives a shit about these guys?

[James]

That's insanity.

[Fuhad]

Oh, that is horrible.

[Sam]

Wow. If they cared and liked you, they would be like, hey, buddy, you've been hosting now for months. Let me. Let me take one for the team. I don't even. I get that a lot of them are commuted in, but then find a diner nearby. I'll take one. Hey, buddy, you've been spending thousands of dollars on us a month, a week. So let us. Let us take care of you. Let's go to dad.

[James]

$1,500 a month. That's people's sad.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

They don't give a shit about him.

[Sam]

No, they're using him. The window tapping. No, I would.

[Fuhad]

That's scary. That happens once, it never happens again.

[Sam]

No, I wouldn't answer. Wouldn't answer anymore. But that's so hard when you're home and someone starts knocking on your door and like, you got a TV on. It's like, well, how do I play this off?

[Fuhad]

I would. I'll tell him. What do you. I would make that coworker have the confidence to tell me exactly what he wants. What do you want, bro? Cigarettes. Cigarettes and snacks. That's what I want. Do you hear yourself?

[Sam]

Like, this is not a general store.

[Fuhad]

Oh, my God. Do you hear yourself? Facts. Do you hear yourself? You're coming to my house, having a winter sip for cigarettes. You're an addict. Go away.

[Sam]

Mommy. Siggy.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Oh, that's what? Scary.

[James]

Scary.

[Sam]

I would go crazy.

[James]

She's a trooper. She's a real angel. I'm surprised. I'm surprised she didn't lash out even more. I like the fact that she stormed out, like, after making him and her breakfast. It's like, oh, everyone else is coming there. Blah, blah, blah.

[Fuhad]

That's. That's your problem. I'm literally a major bed.

[James]

I would have loved to have been a fly in the water. See what the co worker said to him.

[Fuhad]

I know they would have ate their eggs being like, what the fuck is this today?

[James]

I didn't come here for this.

[Fuhad]

Is this what everyone's been banging on about?

[James]

Yeah, I came here for bacon, eggs and cheese.

[Fuhad]

Where is she? Facts. Where is she?

[James]

Where is she?

[Fuhad]

Disgusted.

[James]

Did you make this? I know this ain't your wife's cooking.

[Fuhad]

Warn me next time. I won't come. Wow. Okay.

[Sam]

I know. I love her sticking her gun if she has to.

[James]

She had to.

[Fuhad]

Geez, what a loser.

[Sam]

She does update in the comments three days later.

[James]

Okay.

[Sam]

People were asking, like, how has this been going?

[James]

Yeah.

[Sam]

And she goes, a lot of cold shouldering and silence this weekend with occasional talk from him unrelated to the breakfast. I wouldn't know what to update you with today as I'm at the library studying and he had to fend for himself this morning.

[James]

He's such an asshole.

[Fuhad]

Is he still bothered about this?

[James]

He's such an asshole.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. I think he's too wrapped up in it to even understand. I think he's more concerned about preserving his social status at work that he can't even see outside.

[James]

Where she's coming from.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, where she's coming from.

[Sam]

I know. The last comment we have from OP is in response to someone that says this. Before you did this, did you know if any other wives performed that service for the office? And OP says, not that I'm aware of. But that doesn't change anything. Everything is over.

[Fuhad]

Oh yeah. It had to come. It had to come to a head. Makes sense.

[Sam]

But I'm like, everything. Is that like the breakfast or your marriage?

[Fuhad]

Sounds marriagey.

[James]

It's whatever you want to make up to me. I've said this is the last post you're getting from me.

[Fuhad]

The thread's over.

[James]

Yeah, the thread is over.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Make of it what you will. You will, bro.

[James]

Use your imagination.

[Fuhad]

Yeah.

[Sam]

And that's all we got.

[Fuhad]

Wow, that was juicy.

[Sam]

The post is now 11 years old. Really?

[James]

Oh, damn.

[Fuhad]

Where she is now?

[James]

Shower, Herman.

[Sam]

Hopefully living her best life. Chin. Breakfast in bed from someone new.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Doted on. I hope so. My God. You know, I hope he's jobless. I wish him Focus features in Blumhouse present Obsession.

[Sam]

When I have a crush on a guy no one knows.

[Fuhad]

Be careful. I wish Nikki love me more than anyone in the entire world.

[James]

Who you wish for? Obsession is 96% fresh on rotten Tomatoes.

[Sam]

I love you so so so, so much.

[Fuhad]

It's blood soaked nightmare fuel. What kind of spills you put on her? You have been warned.

[James]

Obsession. Rated R under 17.

[Fuhad]

Animated without parent.

[James]

Only in theaters May 15 with special engagements in Dolby.

[Sam]

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[Fuhad]

Yeah. Wow. That was fantastic. Yeah, well played.

[Sam]

I've got one last one for you here.

[James]

Cool. Let's do it.

[Sam]

Are you familiar with astrology and astronomy?

[James]

Barely. Not enough.

[Sam]

Oh, this is gonna be good.

[Fuhad]

Okay, cool.

[Sam]

This is from true. Off my chest, titled, I thought astronomy and astrology were the same thing. I might have ruined my relationship with my girlfriend.

[James]

Okay, right.

[Sam]

My girlfriend, 32, female of almost one year, has a doctorate in astronomy. My sister, 35, female, has astrology as her biggest hobby. I, 33, male, thought they were the same thing. And now I think I ruined my relationship with my girlfriend.

[Fuhad]

Sorry, what is the difference?

[James]

I was hoping you.

[Fuhad]

I know one of them is Scorpio, and them. Yeah. And I know one of them is actual science, but I don't know which one is which. I don't know which one is which. Okay, sorry.

[James]

I think I know, but I don't embarrass myself, so I'll let you think.

[Sam]

Yeah, we'll see what he thinks first, and then we'll see what happens. Okay.

[Fuhad]

Okay.

[Sam]

I thought she and my sister had lots in common. But after she met my sister, when I introduced her to my family, my girlfriend was angry. My sister was just confused. But my girlfriend, furious. At first she thought I was belittling her career by comparing it to astrology, which she says is completely fake. After I told her I honestly and truly thought they were the same thing, she got even more upset. She claims the only way I could think that was if I never listened to her. That's not true. They both have names that are almost the same, and they are both about space. My girlfriend says she has a doctorate, has worked in America at NASA and Europe at the space agency, and has written a lot of scientific papers.

[James]

Okay, love.

[Fuhad]

All right.

[Sam]

So her accomplishments should not be compared to someone who believes in astrology. My girlfriend has not spoken to me since the day I introduced her to my family.

[James]

Oh.

[Sam]

She canceled our visit to her family so I could have met them. She canceled our recent date, and she told me to figure it out when we argued after we left visiting my family.

[Fuhad]

Okay, this is a bit much.

[Sam]

She said we were done, but it was in the heat of the moment. I admit I made a mistake. I honestly did not know they weren't the same thing, but I don't think it was a huge mistake. I think I might have ruined the relationship with her. I swear I didn't know and I didn't mean to upset her.

[Fuhad]

Okay, that's a bit much. Understandably. Big mistake. But who cares?

[James]

She's taking it as like Morgan said, as if he's not listened to her for the past X amount of months or years they've been together. He's not taken what she does. She's seen as doesn't take what you do seriously. You don't listen to me whatsoever and you're comparing me to fake shit. That's all she's hearing when he says, oh, I didn't know the difference between the two. I thought they were the same thing. Which is an easy ish mistake to make. They're spelt similar bar one letter. So it's like, how can you be that mad at him?

[Sam]

So I think what you're interpreting how she's reading it. Spot on.

[James]

Yeah.

[Sam]

What's the thing that you guys are most passionate about in this world? Like, what is your niche? Your. I mean, like, your career is now podcasting and creating content. Is that your passion is like podcasting?

[James]

Like, I have a great example. I have a great example of how annoyed I would be if I was in her shoes. If my partner said Man United and Man City were the same thing.

[Sam]

That's where she's at.

[James]

Would make me want to jump off a bridge.

[Sam]

That's where she's at.

[James]

Yeah. So I understand. I can put myself in her shoes.

[Sam]

Like, it would be like you for a year being like, I have a podcast. I'm so passionate about it. I love, you know, reading stories and helping people. And then your partner being like, yeah, she, you know, she talks into a microphone, I think. But like, I don't really get what she does. And it's like. But like, that's a part of my identity. That's my passion. I'm so career driven and accomplished. I've worked at NASA.

[James]

Yeah.

[Sam]

I'm helping get people to the moon and you don't even know what I do.

[Fuhad]

But also, though it sounds like. But okay to defend homeboy, it sounds like to me the equivalent of like, he just thought. I don't necessarily. Granted, he didn't understand what she does, but it sounds like he just thought his sister is interested in her work.

[Sam]

So maybe it was more so that he doesn't know what the sister's into potentially. Okay.

[Fuhad]

Because he's obviously heard what his girlfriend has said.

[Sam]

You hope.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. And he just thought astrology, astronomy, the same thing. So he's like, oh, my sister bridging the gap, by the way.

[James]

She fucks with you.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. She has a illustrious career and she also is interested in this hobby only to find out. No, she's interested in spirits and ghosts and predicting the future and personality traits, essentially.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Instead of the universe.

[Sam]

Because astronomy, scientific study of celestial objects in the universe using evidence, physics and observation. Astrology is a belief system and pseudoscience that interprets planetary positions to predict human events and behavior. So it's like I was born in Pisces, and so I'm emotional and like, blah, blah, blah. So it's like more fakey versus no. Like, homegirl is doing math equations and figuring out physics.

[Fuhad]

I mean, I can understand that if I. Yeah, maybe if I'm just not listening to the sister and her interest. I just know there's an interest.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

I would still be like, yeah, you guys are into the same thing. I don't know. I don't know. I think I can talk myself into a very different.

[Sam]

Just boy brain.

[Fuhad]

Just boy brain. Like, yeah. Okay, cool.

[Sam]

Innocent.

[Fuhad]

If I don't know about astrology, it would be very easy for me to assume it's the same thing.

[Sam]

Okay, okay.

[Fuhad]

That makes sense.

[Sam]

Okay. I mean, I don't. Like, I know I'm a Pisces, but beyond that, like, I know astrology is like, there's so much to it. There's birth charts, things going retrograde, there's cleansing. I'm like, but I don't understand it. But I don't know. I feel like mixing the two of them up does seem a little hard.

[Fuhad]

It does. But if you're a complete novice. Because with the pseudoscience thing.

[James]

Right.

[Fuhad]

If I was like, oh, okay, cool. So how do you people know that, like, Tauruses have this behavioral trait and all that kind of stuff? If. Then my sister's like, oh, easy, because the stars, this and one and this and then that sounds like science to me. If I don't know that this is all bullshit.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

It sounds like, oh, okay, you're mapping the stars and that's how you guys predict this kind of stuff. If I just don't care and I just listen to it and take it as face value, I would assume it's the same thing that my wife does, regardless of all the intellectual shit that she tells me about it.

[James]

Not even necessarily the same thing, because it's a spectrum.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. It's not just the same thing.

[James]

Part of what she's doing. But she's working over here. My wife's working over here. But it's under the same umbrella.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. So hobby, career.

[James]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

I just thought you guys had stuff in common.

[James]

And that's my bad.

[Sam]

She's trying to be nice, but maybe showed he's a bit too much of a dope for her to date.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. She said the whole thing is done.

[James]

Yeah.

[Sam]

You're too dumb for me.

[James]

That's an ick.

[Sam]

You're too dumb.

[James]

She was icked out.

[Sam]

Yeah, she was icked out. What's your biggest icks? What gets you. What gets you icked?

[Fuhad]

Where do we start? Where do we start?

[James]

Not being able to handle your heels. So you take your heels off in a dance and you go barefoot in the club? Yeah. Or outside of the club? Wherever.

[Fuhad]

Wherever.

[Sam]

Walking down the street after the club. I have been there once or twice. It's.

[Fuhad]

I can imagine. Everyone has.

[Sam]

Yeah. That's why you need to sneak some socks in your purse just in case. You take the heels off, put the socks on, throw them away when you get home.

[Fuhad]

Oh, nice.

[Sam]

At least you have, like, a thing. I know some people that have started to, like, hide their shoes, their flats in bushes, so when they come out of the club, they, like, grab their flats.

[Fuhad]

That's not bad. Shout.

[James]

You know people?

[Sam]

No, I've seen on TikTok.

[James]

Oh, okay.

[Sam]

The girls are doing it. It's a new thing.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. That doesn't surprise me. That's like. That's clever. It's clever.

[Sam]

I wouldn't want to. I'd be scared my shoes would get stolen from the bush.

[Fuhad]

Who's stealing flats from a bush?

[James]

Homeless people, bro.

[Fuhad]

They deserve them then. Yeah.

[James]

If it was vaccine, I wouldn't be upset.

[Fuhad]

If I came back and my flats

[James]

were gone a blind, I wouldn't be upset. I'd be pissed, but I wouldn't be upset.

[Sam]

Yeah, you got to bring the cheapies if you're gonna do it.

[Fuhad]

I guess my biggest ick. You know what? This is actually funny because it came up a conversation the other day. The lengths that people will go to to avoid having their, like, if they're on a date and they want to get as much, like, pictures and videos of this date as possible without including the person you're on a date with. So to the point of, like, if you're in a restaurant and you're having, like, video in your food and then your partner's there and you're like, yeah, that shit.

[Sam]

That's weird.

[Fuhad]

That can't happen to me in person.

[Sam]

Who you hiding me from exactly?

[Fuhad]

The world.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, 100%.

[Sam]

I. Social media. Here's like. Social media is so fake and I'm so tired of it. I have, like, someone I know that will take pictures on dates and, like, like, discreetly show the date's hand, save it, and then post it on, like, a Friday to make it look like she's booked and busy.

[James]

That's a literal Drake Bar. Really? That's a literal Literal Drake Bar.

[Fuhad]

What do you say?

[James]

And he literally said, booked and busy as well. I will have to find it and I'll send it to you. Wow.

[Fuhad]

Really?

[James]

Yeah.

[Sam]

That's crazy. I'm like, can you see what you see on social media?

[James]

I think it's called Emotionless Scorpio.

[Fuhad]

Oh, really?

[James]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Okay. Okay. Are you Team Drake?

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Sam]

Oh, yeah.

[James]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Sam]

Oh, my gosh. I love it. Top comment on this one. Girlfriend realized she's dating a box of hammers.

[Fuhad]

Oh, wow.

[James]

Well, let's put it.

[Fuhad]

I think. Okay. My final thoughts on that are she realized he's dumb, and I think she could have handled it with a little bit more grace.

[James]

I agree.

[Fuhad]

As opposed to treating him like he's done something, like, aggressively offensive.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Fuhad]

I think she could have just woke up and be like, yeah, you're just a idiot.

[Sam]

Well, I mean, you have dated him for a year. Like, this is the first you've noticed him being dumb.

[Fuhad]

Yeah, this was.

[Sam]

This was the straw.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. And, like, also just like, his.

[Sam]

It's a valid straw.

[Fuhad]

It's about a straw. But, like, his intention was trying to be kind. It's not like he was just flippant about, like, I don't give a. About what you do. Yeah. Like, it's all the same, same, same. Figure it out. He was genuinely just trying to do something kind and nice and then it up, and then it's taking extreme accountability. And then just like, breaks my heart when he's like, bro, she's completely left me after a year of good times because I made this mistake, and I'm owning up to the mistake, and I'm sorry about the mistake. I was trying to be nice. And then she's like, you, dude, we're done.

[Sam]

I think we need to start giving people the benefit of the doubt more, like, when we know people are not malicious. There's obviously glaring red flags that some people have where you're like, like, no, no, no. Like, that's. I'm gonna stay away from them. They don't deserve the benefit of the doubt. But it's like, if it's someone you were dating for a year, you know them.

[James]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Like, maybe give them a little slack. Not. Maybe not in this case, but just in general, like, yeah, we gotta have a little bit more nuance to things.

[Fuhad]

I've had this discussion with, like, exes in the past, and all this kind of stuff is, like, where something will happen in a vacuum and they will treat me like they don't know me, and I'm like, if we've been together for like two years, does this scenario seem like part of my personality? If not, please let's take like a step back and be like, what might he actually mean with this situation? What's going on? Because it's not what I know him to be.

[James]

Don't make blanket statements.

[Fuhad]

Yeah. Like, don't just treat me like I'm a stranger off the street who's offended you. Like, take all the information that you know about me and then use that with like, your judgment of this, like,

[Sam]

like, specific scenario, which is so fair. And if someone can't do that, then it's like, it's not going to work. Cuz, like, you have my track record. You know me. Maybe this specific time should be put in a separate little box.

[James]

Yeah.

[Sam]

Because there's this context behind it. That's why I reacted. I was triggered or I didn't see that or what. But yeah, I'm. I'm on your page.

[Fuhad]

Nice.

[Sam]

Where can people find you? Thank you guys for being here.

[Fuhad]

Thank you for having us.

[Sam]

I loved running this back.

[James]

I forgot how good this was.

[Fuhad]

That addiction is gonna stick with me

[James]

and the wife cooking meals every day.

[Fuhad]

Oh, my God, that's so fucked. Yeah. Wow. Okay, that was fantastic.

[Sam]

But you guys, you. I mean, your segments are amazing. You get an ick relationship advice. You have been seeing a lot of your, like, imposter content and like, figuring out who's the imposter.

[Fuhad]

Oh, that's fun. Yeah, that's a fun game.

[Sam]

You do some fun stuff. So where can people find you?

[Fuhad]

So literally shits and gigs or James and Fuhad? Literally anywhere. Just type it in and then, yeah, you can see us on TikTok or YouTube or Spotify or wherever you digest Instagram. Yeah, wherever you would prefer to see our faces, you can surely find us there.

[Sam]

Okay, Amazing. All of their links will be in the description. Check them out. Amazing Podcast. And until next time, guys. Bye,

[Fuhad]

Sam.