Putting The EVIL In Devil | Reading Reddit Stories

0:00Thanks to DoorDash for sponsoring this episode. DoorDash makes showing up for the people you love easy. Needed that delivered, DoorDash. Order now. Hello and welcome to Smoshreads Reddit Stories. I'm Shane and today's theme is Am I the Devil? That's right, these are the worst of the worst on Reddit. And I'm joined by two of the best... Oh, best. Oh, that was so sweet. How does that he's? Expect that, did you? Just kidding, we're the devil! Wow! Fuck the thing! I was wrong! Fuck the thing! You know what this is? You oughta catch my fuck the thing! All right, I'm joined by Angela and Chance. If you couldn't tell already, how are we doing? Good, Shane. Thanks. We're good, thank you. What in your eyes makes someone a devil? Like, just on an everyday basis, right? Obviously murder. But, like, what's probably the smallest thing that someone can do that you're just like,

1:03oh, I'm joined by, okay, what's a bad thing? Or a small thing that's a big thing for us? You're the devil for that. For me, a lot of the time, it's fighting people who it's above their pay grade to fight. Oh. It's like, you're fighting for things that the person can't really help you with. Like, customer service people, don't fight with them. Or, like, retail, restaurants, like, do not, like, leave them alone. I do think, like, people being rude to any service worker. That's such a, like, that is a, it's a very solid one. I'm just like, that's clear cut and trouble. And a lot of time, it's their own problems and their own life, or the projecting on the other person. People who project, like, they hurt people around them. It shows that they don't view other people, like, they don't have the empathy for other people. Maybe I wears my hug guy. Oh. He's like, thinks he deserves everything. Or I'm combining him with the, you should smile. That's my devil. Yeah. People who expect things from other people, like, they, yeah.

2:05I've said many times, like, lying is to me. Like, I just really, especially the more it gets to, like, because there's lying out of, like, fear of hurting someone, right? And that I can forgive, but it's people pleasingly. Yeah, but it's like, it's people who truly, like, formulate, consciously lie. And I'm like, how do you do that? We've read so many stories where I'm like, that to me is, like, what cheating is. Where I'm like, that's the bad part, because I'm like, you're removing reality from someone. Yeah. And it's the more that that person's supposed to trust you, and you do that to them. I'm like, you're the devil, like, you're the devil. No, that is so bad. I hate it. Making someone feel less than just to do that and to feel powerful to me. That's what I'm about. Let's move into our first Am I the Devil story? This first post was posted on Am I the Ascle and ended up on Am I the Devil. This was posted in July of this year, 2026. Am I the Ascle for feeling bad that my marriage announcement was stolen? What? Whoa. So for years now, I've been saying that I don't want a wedding because they are so stressful and expensive and have so many traditions rooted in outdated beliefs.

3:08My alternative plan is to take my partner and my best friend, who is a photographer, to somewhere like Yellowstone National Park or Redwoods, and get some really cool wedding photos. And then sending out cards to everyone saying, surprise, I'm married. Come celebrate with us at a reception. Back in May, it's currently July. I was at my friend's college graduation party. Let's call her Sarah. And the topic of weddings came up. For context, the friend graduating is the same best friend who is a photographer and a mutual friend, Brittany, of ours, who we have both known for years was part of the conversation. I told them about my idea to alope in the woods somewhere and surprise everyone with a reception. And Brittany thought it was hilarious. Flash forward to today, and I opened Facebook to see a post from Brittany saying, surprise, we're married. Thank you, Lord, for blessing me with such a kind, loving, and gentle man. Huge thanks to Sarah for taking our pictures. PS, we've been married for two months now, he-he. With a photo shoot done by Sarah. My first thought was WTF, because that is exactly what I wanted to do

4:10and have been saying to people for years. She not only stole my idea, but used the exact same photographer and even the words I wanted to say. I texted Sarah, who I've been friends with for 15 years, and asked her about Brittany's situation. She said she came up with the idea because she didn't want a big wedding and asked Sarah to take the pictures. I said, you know I've been talking about doing that exact thing for years and that I literally mentioned it with Brittany and Sarah at Sarah's graduation party in May. Sarah said she doesn't think Brittany meant to steal anything and it's really not that deep. Especially since I'm single right now, so it will be a while before I'm thinking about marriage again anyways. I don't even want to talk to Brittany about it because I don't want to rain on her happy moment and make it about me when she is celebrating her marriage. I feel so dumb and upset for talking about my plans that I was excited about and it feels like now if I do this thing I've been wanting to do for years, it will look like I'm the one copying Brittany and that's kind of shitty to do in my opinion. So I'm I the asshole for being upset.

5:11Wait, who's the devil? So Brittany? No, Reddit deemed OP the asshole. What? Because because, okay that makes sense. Because she's single, she's saying, oh I want to do this thing and then her friend or someone she knows did the thing. It's also like it's tough to own an idea. Right, she's trying to copyright something she doesn't technically have copyright. This is like so. I made whipped coffee. I made whipped coffee and made a video about it. Oh, you can't make whipped coffee. That was my idea. Well, what? How do you own that? What I'm a hung up on immediately is that she's like, I'm single but this is what I'm doing for my wedding. It's like so your future partner gets no say whatsoever. Like you pick the verbiage. You pick the photographer, you pick the location and everything and your partner you're going to tell them that this is the plan or are they going to have any say. And the fact that they're going to a lobe. Yeah, well, it's like if you are determined about some things like

6:15like I'm going to, like if you at a certain point are going, I'm going to lope, that's my plan. I don't want a wedding. But it's like you're going to have to find someone who agrees on that. But it's just kind of like you're literally saying like I make the decision on everything. But I don't know. This is just kind of like funny to me. I know, I find it like funny and the little young. A little older. I older that you can't order that too. Yeah. I will say growing up I was very sensitive about being copied. I think it was having a younger brother that like anytime I wanted to do something where I remember I had a friend that would copy everything I did. And it bothered me so deeply. And I was like in middle school or elementary school. And I remember it was like me finally starting to like have like individuality. Like I was like, oh, I really like this type of t-shirt. Or I really like this type of thing. And then someone would be like, that's mine. And then I would get so sensitive over it. And then it became like I'm talking young me really. Yeah.

7:15And then I would be like, well, I want this. And it's somebody just struggling to like feel like they're going to lose something because they're putting their identity in like an idea. Yeah. Or it's like it's it's okay. Right. No one's no one's you like having the same kind of wedding as somebody else. Yeah. And then for announcement, doesn't make you less than, doesn't make you know what I mean? It's like very limiting beliefs is what it feels like. Yeah. Your proposal engagement wedding, like that's really truly supposed to feel and be about you and the person you love. Like that's what matters. And people who get like her who's not even in a relationship is so wrapped up in the idea of a thing more than the actual reality of the thing. And I thought as I was reading it at first that it was like, oh, she's with someone she's going to get married like in the next few months. And I was like, oh, shit, if they did that right before, you would have to do a thing that sucks. And then? But now it's like, oh, this thing that you're saying you're going to do eventually. And you're telling people like, this is my plan to do someday. And I guess using the same photographer that you wanted to use kind of sucks.

8:18Yeah. You're in the same friend group. And it's like, so it's like, that's also your friend who's a photographer. So it's like, why would I have? Yeah. And it was like, that's awesome. We got both of our favorite photographer work. Yes, exactly. Yeah, I don't know. It's kind of like, because so many of Courtney and I's photos were taken by Brennan. Yeah. And that's like, if anyone else at Smosh was like, well, Brennan took our wedding photos. And we were like, what the fuck? Yeah. How fucking dare you? It's like our director of photography. It's like, well, yeah, but fuck you. And also like, there's this expression. A candle loses nothing from lighting another candle. Yeah. There's just more light now. But that is literally, I go back to like childhood because I think when you're a kid, you think like, like, when things need to be shared or something, but like, as an adult, this has no effect on you. Not on OP. Like this couldn't matter less. And you're not like, finding your voice on the playground. And this isn't something special to you and your partner because said partner doesn't exist yet. Yeah. Like, it's like, I don't know. And you're carrying so much about what other people think.

9:20You're like, oh, well, they're going to think I copied our other friend. It's like, dude, okay. It's like five months from now, everyone's going to have forgotten. Like, they're going to move on and think, like wedding invitations do all have a similar vibe to them. There's nothing wrong with that. Like, it's like, it's childish. You know, yeah, like, I don't know. It is a little silly. The top comment is, wait, you're single. That's funny. What thousand of votes? Someone said, you're the asshole. You've not invented the wheel. Someone got married in a wood where thousands of others have done. Perhaps if it was such a secret and a private ambition, you shouldn't have told everyone. Someone said, you're the asshole. I was kind of with you until you mentioned you're still single. It's like friends slash relatives stealing a baby name from someone who's not even pregnant. By the time you'll get married, many people will either barely remember or be open to dialogue where you can subtly mention it being your idea first. That being said, I don't think it's the most original and unique thing to begin with. More and more couples at Lope announce that via social media and throw a reception party afterwards.

10:20It happens. Yeah, this is not some, it's like, oh, you're getting married in the woods. Whoa, it's like, it's a really cool thing, but that's it. Didn't you do that? We didn't get married in the woods, but we did kind of announce it on social media. And then we did that later, yeah. But other people I know did that. That's a normal, and you're married mad. And we got married at a place. We got married in Santa Barbara because I had other friends who included Amanda. We did. And they were like, it's amazing. It's beautiful. I'm like, right, we'll do that. I know so many friends that have gotten married at that courthouse. It's just like, yeah. And when I, one of my friends who'd gotten married there, he was part of the reason because I was like, oh, I hear it's gorgeous. He's like, oh, you got married there too. He's like, that makes me so happy that you guys did that too. That's incredible. Yeah. I don't know. It's just kind of beautiful. And what would be weird? I got baptized at that church. You can't get baptized at that church. You can't get baptized there too. Oh, I guess. I guess what I'm also, I like to give OPA a little bit of empathy is like, I guess I just get,

11:24like you're just like, fuck this person's doing the thing that I. That's what I'm saying is that I think it, I think it goes back to an insecurity where like she doesn't have that. Right. But what I, if I was her friend, I'd be like, she didn't steal that from you. You still get to do that completely. Yeah. And it doesn't make you less than. You will get to do that and more, whatever you want. Like, but also keep in mind you're going to be with a partner who's also going to have feelings and dreams as well. So just keep that. Find the compromise there. If this friend was going around going, yeah, this was my idea and I just, I can't believe I'm so freaking smart. Yeah. It's like, okay, you can be like, hey, I think I threw that idea out there. But overall, she's making it bigger deal. It's like, yeah, I agree. Great. Moving on. We're not in. Look at this. I just go over this yesterday. Check this out. Does it sit? Isn't that so cool? It was a different, it was a different episode. It was a different, it was a Spencer. It was the best episode we've ever done.

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13:29Back to the show. Our next story was posted on Am I the Asshole and then on to Am I the Devil back in... It's a bracelet. Shit. Oh, wow, that's really cool. She kind of nailed that. This was posted on Am I the Asshole. It was clearing the throat. Not a single lap, but a clear throat. It's a bracelet. I hope we got that all done. Our next story was posted on Am I the Asshole and then ended up on Am I the Devil. This was posted yesterday. Yeah! So that means it ended up on Am I the Devil very fast. Am I the Asshole for not wanting to stay behind with our son while my wife goes to a wedding in China? Oh. Where you want to go? China? To the wedding too. Yeah, but your son. Oh. My wife and I are traveling to China with our one-year-old son. While we're there, she has a friend's wedding a few hours away from her parents' home. I assumed I would be going with her as her husband.

14:30However, her cousin apparently booked a hotel room for my wife and her friend a long time ago. My wife says she doesn't want her cousin to pay for another room because it would be expensive, but regardless, she expects me to stay behind with our son at her parents' house as one of his parents should be there. I have no problem looking after my son, but I feel uncomfortable being left there without my wife. I barely speak any Chinese beyond hello, no, and okay, and her parents don't speak English. I would be in an unfamiliar country unable to properly communicate with anyone while my wife is several hours away. When I raised my concerns, she said someone has to look after our son. I understand that, but I thought we would work out a plan together. Either attend as a family, arrange suitable accommodation, or find another option. Instead, it feels like the existing hotel booking matters more than including me or considering how isolated I would feel. I'm not trying to stop her from attending her friend's wedding. I'm not trying to set that as her husband. I'm expected to stay behind and feel stranded with no real ability to communicate.

15:30As her husband should I not be there at a wedding with her? They've never even seen me for the first time. Am I the asshole for not wanting to agree to this arrangement? I'm not sure, but I feel annoyed about it. Oh my God, dude. They've never even met me. I should go so I can meet them for some reason. They've always been poor. They've always been poor. They've always been poor. They've always been poor. They've always been poor. My stupid son? My stupid, stupid son. You can't even talk. What am I? My son doesn't even speak English. I can't even figure this shit out. Am I going to do all this? Has this man ever met a woman, like a millennial woman or a gen... Why? Because he's going to be really disappointed when he learns there's millions and millions of women that were told to be stoned with their kids. Oh, that's true. Like, I'm like, in what world do you think that it's out of the ordinary that one parent has to stay behind and do childcare?

16:32In what world? I guess it's that he's in a different country and can't speak Chinese. He's saying he feels like... I understand that. But it's like... It was posted yesterday. Girl, you got Google on your phone. Uh-huh. You got Google Translate. You can translate. You can translate. You can translate. You can translate. I'm still a little bit... I guess like, put your air pot in, talk to Siri and get your translation out in two seconds. It's once again, it's a... He's allowed to be like, oh, like, I feel a little nervous. I feel a little... Yeah. Talk to her about being like, I feel nervous that I don't speak. But he's not really talking from a place of like, oh, I'm concerned. He's more talking from like, I'm upset. No, that's what I'm picking up on. I'm here that I'm mad. And I'm like, I'm not trusting this feeling. Yes. But I'm also like, you married someone whose family speaks a different language from a different culture. And you're here now in their country and you didn't learn more than, hello, okay, and no. Sure. I know I agree with you. I could be putting some misogyny on here, but it was the like... She shouldn't go to that wedding without me. There were some sentence like that in there. Like, they don't even know what I... Shouldn't she go with her husband? Yeah, there was a little bit of that and a little...

17:33And I don't know. I like... I shouldn't jump to conclusions, but I feel as if this couple hasn't spent their kids' entire life always together. Yeah. Like, there has to have been a time where she's taken the kid. This makes me think that he has never been alone to take care of the kid by himself. It's kind of... I don't know. Yeah, but... I'm jumping to conclusions. Yeah. Because I do agree with you. It also does read like he's nervous to be alone in the country. And that's a valid feeling, but I think if he's really there, it's like, you can talk to your wife about you're feeling nervous and stuff, but like... Here's what I will say. It did sound like he was expecting to go to the wedding and so was she. And she said, oh, actually there's not room when he's already in the country. I would be disappointed too if I was going to China for a wedding and then I didn't get to go to the jet wedding, I would be upset. Well, they didn't go for the wedding. It sounds like we're in there. So he starts it off. My wife and I are traveling to China with our one-year-old son. While we're there, she has a friend's wedding a few hours away from her parents' home.

18:36So I think it does sound like... I don't think they were going for the wedding. No, it sounds like they're going to visit her parents. That O.P., if that was the full context, would write, we traveled here with the intention of this, but he's not giving us that info. Exactly. And also, I'm going to go back to, I keep forgetting, he's there to visit her parents. That's why they're there. And he doesn't even want to be alone with her parents. Yeah. That's a really like... That's a big thing to have that opportunity. I know that's scary, but like... And I'm speaking from a place of so removed from this because I don't have a child and I don't have a wife who's from China. But like, you're there probably with parents that you don't spend much time with. Yeah. Like, you have a moment to be there with one of your kids' grandparents. Yeah. And spend time with them to get... Like, that could mean a lot. And also this fear of not living in the country, you are there with your child's grandparents. Who live in that country? Yeah. You know what I mean? I don't really buy the fear being the main thing for the child. I'm scared. He's not really talking from a place of fear.

19:36The amount of people I know who have kids and where you're out somewhere and they go, oh, my partner's back with the kid. And it's like, you're always like, that's so cool. That's like that... You respect that so much. That's a very normal thing. Like, because you can't take a one-year-old to a wedding. Yeah, and that's like... And I don't want one-year-old to get my wedding. Like, I don't think a lot of... But also it sounds like this was planned before they were out here before... Before maybe they were married or something or before they had their son. It also sounds like it's her friends. It's an inch-fret. She's like, you know what I mean? She's like, you know what I mean? Like, he's never meant to... She's in her hometown. Yeah. And he's like, I should be a part of this. I should be a part of this. I need to meet them. And she's like, I'm so important. She's like, no, I'm staying with my friend. I don't want to kick my friend out of the hotel room. That's what I'm like, buddy. I know. Like, you're kind of exercising a little control over his partner. Yeah. One night. It's one night. Yeah. It's one single night. Comments. Dude, rise to the occasion. Google Translate is fantastic. Yeah.

20:36I had a Chinese customer whose English was terrible, but with Google Translate, we converse just fine. Don't be the problem man. Be the problem solver. Someone replied to that saying, some people are very accustomed to always being catered to. When they are not catered to, it becomes a crisis to them because they don't have the resilience or problem-solving skills to figure it out. I don't know if OP is that person. It's really up to him to decide. Someone said, if he's uncomfortable being with his in-laws and unable to speak a common language, he's going to hate being at a wedding, most likely a culturally different wedding and being unable to speak a common language. Oh. In a similar situation, I would be begging to skip the wedding. Does OOP expect his wife to spend the entire wedding at his side and not mingle with her friends? He does. I did not. How did I not think about that? It's like, yes. So true. We're the wedding in China. You're going to this wedding. She's going to have to now like translate for you all night. Like, that's a lot of work for her. It's like, let her go be with her friends and they're going to all speak Chinese and you're really good. No, we are. This, I'm scared of the translation thing.

21:36It's crazy when you're in your grandpa, when you're in your in-laws house with the baby. You're not like bringing the baby to like museums where you have to like translate from the baby. It's also a baby. Going to a social event, that's when you would be worried about a language. Yeah, it's good. But I just think, I think this guy doesn't want his wife to go out and get stuck with the baby. My theory is, I don't think there's a way in which they've only always taken care of the baby together. I think this woman is taking care of the baby by herself and he just doesn't want to do it. But I'm assuming. So don't kill me. So don't kill me. So don't kill me. Someone replied to that saying, to be frank, younger generations are more likely to speak English, but dude has a phone. He can use a translator. It's not rocket science. Someone said, I understand your frustration, but on this occasion, you might just have to put on your big boy pants and deal with feeling isolated for one single overnight while spending time with family. Maybe this will be a great opportunity for you to learn. A few more words in your wife's native tongues, you can more easily communicate with her parents and vice versa for them. Lastly, someone said, grown-ass man can open Reddit, but not Google translate.

22:40Yeah. Once again, it's like, dude, you're allowed to like feel stuff, but like, you're trying to put this on your wife and make her feel bad. And I'm glad he doesn't say that. We're just going to put a hindrance on her wedding. Like hopefully he hears these comments and goes, you're right, I need to just be cool tonight. This will mean a lot to my wife if I do this for her. Like, I'll feel uncomfortable, but I feel like a part of having a child is like, hey, there's going to be a lot of nights where you're both going to have to take turns being uncomfortable and have some bullshit. Yeah, it's just, you know what's some bullshit. Or sacrifice. It's like, you don't get to go to this cool wedding in China, but you get to be here. You know, like, I get it. It sucks you want to go to this wedding with your wife, but I have it. You have a baby. I see it as such a moment to like earn so many points with her parents. I love the same thing. Like if you go, babe, I'm so glad you're going off to that wedding. Like, have so much fun. I'm going to stay here and take care of our son. Her parents are going to see that and be like, he's a winner.

23:40We love him. Of course. Like, you have that moment. What is he going to do with the baby besides stay home? It's one night. I just, we talk about this a lot with, it's a baby. Yeah. And you're done. Like literally go to bed. I talk about this a lot with dudes, more so with like dating and like, just marriage situations. Where they have the like, the lay up for like a perfect dunk. To be is just the guy that's so cool to like win so many points. And I'm like, here's your moment, man. Like, you get to step up and be the cool guy. Yeah. And she'll remember this forever, but it's like, oh, okay, no, like don't, don't let this slip up. So this is, he's asking like, I mean, hopefully this is, hopefully, he has not brought it up too much. Hopefully he has time to be cool about it. But. Wait, if this was posted, what did you say? Yeah, it's supposed yesterday. So hopefully listen. Do you feel wetting is like now? Oh. Let's see, was it, is it happening right now? Oh my God, as we're, I don't know if it's happening. They're saying they're, are traveling to China.

24:40They, it might be happening in the next week. Oh my God. So we could get an up dad. We could get an invite. He an invite. An update invite. That would be awesome. I'm in China. Oh. Our next story comes from Emma, the asshole posted on Emma, the devil, back in January of 2022. Okay. You looked at me like that was our anniversary or something. I was like, did that mean something? You went. Remember. What? Ooh, ooh. I want to know, just I want to know, January 31st, 2022. Okay. I want to know your opinion based off the title. Am I the asshole for texting from my girlfriend's phone? Yes. Let's, let's put our listening hats on. That's my listening hat. How do you get it on? Good balance. I definitely feel like a, like, I would never touch Courtney's phone.

25:41Depends on the situation. Oh, if it's an emergency situation, I'm a shit. But like, I'm talking, I'm just talking, I'm not going to grab the phone, unless she's sitting right next to me and looking at me. That's fine. But I'm talking like without their knowing. Oh, if I'm like driving, can you text someone from me? Like, oh, well, if you take over, yeah, of course. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sure. My girlfriend in the room, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Sorry. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm sorry. January 31st. Stop. Okay, I'm ready. Oh, okay, I'm ready. My girlfriend was doing some time sensitive work on her computer and asked me to go through her photo gallery on her phone and send her some images. As I was going through the photos, she got a text from someone that said, love you, princess, goodnight, heart emoji. I understandably got freaked out and started looking at the text history. I didn't need to read a lot before seeing red. My girlfriend had been chatting with this person regularly, mainly about her day. He keeps calling her baby and princess and sending her lots of love and hugs and kisses.

26:42I feel shocked. I thought I had a great relationship with my girlfriend. I looked at the name again and suddenly remembered my girlfriend had mumbled it and something about chocolate in her sleep the other night. I could see this had been going on for a while and I got really angry so I sent a message to the guy about how he was scum for calling somebody else's girlfriend, baby. And then I deleted the messages and blocked the number. This was an hour ago. I don't feel like I went too far. But now that I've cooled down, I've been wondering and wanting some outside perspective. No, see, that was not the right time. No. Like, you... That was, oh god, he's one of those guys. It's like, how about you, it's really crazy. You really f**ked him, I'm not going to think it through. Yeah. I need an update. When was this posted? January 31st, 2022. Yeah, he's the asshole. That's intense, man. It's like, you get the text. It's like, love you, Princess Goodnight. If you feel weird about that, you could be like, oh, someone texted you, love you, Princess, Goodnight. Yeah, and then watch her kind of. And be like, so like, what's up?

27:46And talk to her because you don't know what it is yet. Because you don't know what it is. Or even, talk to him. Or even, talk to him. It's fair to be like, hey, what's up? But talk to your partner. Talk to your partner. Always talk to your partner. And if you don't have trust in your partner, then that's already your problem. You know what I mean? Yeah. Relationships where I was suspicious, like, because, and then I turned found out stuff was happening. But like, if you're already to the point where you believe stuff like that is happening, or you quickly believe that's happening, and you feel that urge to go through their phone, I'm like, you already need to like, talk it out or not be in this relationship because you can't operate with no trust. To like, write a text and then block. It's like, we're like a grenade. And then delete the number to delete the number two. Delete the text. So she can't find the number. She has to remember the number. I sent a message to the guy about how he was scum for calling somebody else's girlfriend, baby. And then I deleted the messages and blocked the number. Okay, so she has to, now, it had the name on there though.

28:48I looked at the name again and suddenly remembered my girlfriend had mumbled it and something about chocolate in her sleep the other night. Okay, so for her now to know what has happened, she has to look up this number. And that she no longer has because he deleted the messages. What was it a name? It's deleted the messages and blocked. It's just important because how is she going to find out? Yeah, unless he tells her. He has to tell her in person or on another messaging app. Part of me doesn't really care how she finds out she's cheating on her partner. You know what I mean? It's like, we don't know that. Dolly? This is what, all he knows is he looked through all these messages. They had. I guess it could have been like, they had a lot of baby princess sending lots of love, baby princess. I will say lots of love and hugs and kisses does not sound like. No, it does. She, that sounds like. It doesn't like an old woman. Yeah, it sounds like an old, yeah, what it is. It sounds like an old, my problem is right. It could be like a grandma. She saw the name. He saw the name.

29:49It could be a grandpa. I don't know man, but he doesn't either. He should have been one information before. I don't know. Love you princess. I'll also say love you princess. Good night with a heart also doesn't sound like. I don't know. I would, it's like you're fair to be like, hey, I got, you saw this text, whatever. Does it sound like a little while? And even if you scroll through the text history, which I also am like, hey man, like slow down. Yeah. But after you do respond and then delete message to do all of that, it's like, there's more information. It's so bad. And now what are you going to bring it up with there and be like, hey, I saw this number and I texted them something crazy, then blocked the number. And that's without talking to you. And if you're at a point in a relationship where you've already had enough issues where you're like, oh, they're cheating, I know if 100%. Yes. Well, then all right, why were you here? Like, start asking yourself. But if this is, oh, there was no sign of this, whatever. And then I'm going to jump to all that instead of talking to your partner. Yes. Complicates. If your first thought is not, I'm going to talk to my partner because we have good communication. Yeah. Then you should really analyze that within yourself.

30:50Um, the verdict was asshole. There's no update. Well, we got to read some comments. Okay. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. You have a guy, see? Comments. Comments. You're the asshole. Are you sure it's a guy? Even if it was, you should have talked to her about it instead of texting back. 3000 upvotes. Someone said, yep, that's why I questioned if he truly knew it was a man. My friends and I always text each other like this. So someone said, LOL, waiting for the follow up where he finds out it was actually the girl's mom. Oh, and you're the asshole. Any text like that, even if I, if I saw Courtney's phone, like, you know, when you're driving in the car, like, text will come up on the car. Yeah. And if it's just like, it's like, you look so hot, hard. I'd be just like, oh, which one, like, is it Amanda? Like, is it like, I would just, that's in this, yeah, is it chance? Someone else said, so hugs and kisses. It's also very grandma. So hugs and kisses. Honestly, I'd get the Ick. Anybody I'm dating says hugs and kisses. That's why I don't think it's, I don't think they want to be kind of giving grandma. It's giving old. Someone's lastly said, which maybe they're sleeping with someone old.

31:53I couldn't know. No, okay. Someone said, do you not think it's odd that she would ask you to get on her phone if she's having an affair? I mean, this is definitely weird, but you need to talk to her. She could be cheating and trying to get caught. She could be dumb, or this could be something else entirely. If it's the latter, you're going to get dumped anyway for this. Yeah. Here comes here comes. Ready? Watch. It's the pre-up date. Are you ready? Watch pre-up, David. Oh, okay. Is the pre-up date glow? I. All right. Update. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. A data data. Fuck the thing. Fuck the thing. Fuck the thing. Angela is putting her arm through it again. You look good, girl. Well, damn, it's an update. Oh, okay. It's been a long day. It's been a long day. It has been a long day. All right, what do we think? Final bet on who it actually was.

32:54Yeah, I like those. Thank you, I think grandma. I think grandma. I think grandma. We're going with grandma. You're a gender older generation. I'm going grandpa. Whoa. I'm going like weird new friend who's old. Like a new friend. I'm going to say like childhood friend, like a girlfriend. Yeah. We're like gay bestie because maybe he heard his name. Maybe it's like a chance to choose. It's all the name. That's interesting. What if it's a girl like a girl named Sam? Like that's a problem. Like Casey. Yeah. Like I don't know. All right. Jordan. Or she's cheating. Or she's cheating. Or she's cheating, which is also very possible. Or it was always a pillow the whole time. I do agree with the sentiment though of like why would she hand you your phone her phone? Yeah. Like, yeah, that makes sense. All right, update. So it turned out I fucked up big time. Yeah. Yeah. My girlfriend came here as an international student and has relatives from other cultures. It turns out that what I thought was the affair partner's name

33:54was actually the word for aunt. GAME, I was so close. Her elderly aunt that helped raise her, which is why the messages were so affectionate. Apparently she makes a mean chocolate cake, which my girlfriend has been dreaming about the other night. I thought this was complete BS. I'm sorry, like a car team. It must be so good. Hey, chocolate. Yeah, I got chocolate cake. Chocolate cake. And this guy's like she's fucking somebody else. Yeah, I'm fucking some guy. Who's chocolate cake? I thought this was complete BS, but my girlfriend made me read through all her messages from the beginning and I realized she was telling the truth. My girlfriend just pissed. Apparently her aunt has been crying because of the message I sent and because I blocked the number. It took a while to clear the situation up. She cursed me out for five minutes and said I'm a total scumbag and it's over and then kicked me out. Thanks a lot, Reddit. Yeah, it's Reddit's fault. Wait, OP's blaming Reddit? Yeah, I don't know. Maybe just like thanks a lot, Reddit. Like like thanks for nothing. We didn't stop. There's one comment that says you're thinking us

34:54for your fuck up or for telling you that you fucked up. I love that just like dude, what the fuck? Yeah. Well, yeah, there you go. We called the aunt. Yeah, well, I guess we said grandma. But we nailed it of like old person. Yes. Hugs and kisses. I mean, the process was a dead giveaway. Because I'm like, he read through this text history and all it was taking was seeing hugs and kiss. Like he wasn't looking through the actual context of the conversation clearly. He just jumped immediately to the conclusion. I have you screwed up. I'm really stuck on like her loving that chocolate cake and saying it in her sleep. So I gotta try this. That's like literally an episode of SpongeBob. I need to try this chocolate cake. I'm gonna be so good. I'm gonna be so good. Damn. I think it's dark chocolate away. This is definitely an am I the ex post for sure, which are always my favorite. Yeah, that was tough. It shows that no matter, I am a believer like no matter how the situation looks, unless it's like abundantly clear.

35:56Like in front of you, you talk to your partner first. You try to do that first, no matter what, right? Because yeah, like there's the chance that you're misunderstanding it. You're not seeing the real picture here. And then you get to save that. He could fully be with his partner still. Had he just from that first text gone and said, hey, you got this text like what's what's the situation with that? I'm gonna start. Who is that? And she would have been like, that's my aunt. That's my culture's name for aunt. And they'd be like, understood. Now let's have sex and fall in love. Yeah. And that's how relationships when you communicate, that's how they work. Yeah. Pretty much. Should have just left it at the joke. No, no, no, that was good. Hey, that was good. This episode of Red Stories is sponsored by ZockDock. I had a doctor who I just didn't vibe with. It wasn't because they were bad at their job. It was just that their method of communication and their bedside manner didn't align with what I was looking for. That's why I started using ZockDock.

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37:57Oh my God, everybody was posing like, where is Mercury came out of retrograde number one point? And so everybody's like, you know what, I gotta get on Reddit. All right, this was posted yesterday. Am I the asshole for making my 20 year old friend cry over a prank? We got ourselves a prank here. A prank? This sounds like 20 year old friend made them cry over a prank. Sounds like smash. Okay. Interesting. So context me, 20 and some friends, 20, recently went to the movies to watch the new Spider-Man movie. Why are they giving the context of 20? Like, I don't know, like, my 20 year old friend's like, you're also 20, like, fucking cool, you're young, fuck off. All right, cool, man, you're 20, okay, you can't, I love me 20. You can't go into a bar, yeah. Okay, you can't gamble. Yeah, nice. Okay, you can't lose your life savings playing Blackjack. Yeah. Or double your life savings playing Blackjack. Or yeah, that's right, let's go. That's good. Shane, we should go to Vegas. When we played Flip 7 fans, we're genuinely commenting, being like,

38:57I think Shane might have a gambling problem. He looks so excited. I promise you, I hate gambling. I do want to do it with a heart rate monitor on, because. That is genius. Like, you got to throw those things out there, man. I do. Have you ever answered that? I tell him shit every day. You tell him a lot of shit. We need to get that man to fucking listen. Thank you. He has trouble listening to women. He needs to translate it. Hey, that's facts. Next, I'm gonna get it. Just kidding, he's the best. You would laugh at that. You'd laugh at that. All right, so context, me 20, and some friends 20, recently went to the movies to watch the new Spider-Man movie. Why'd you look at me? Because I know you're excited to see it tomorrow. Yeah. Yeah. Everything went well until I dropped off my friend's girlfriend. I'll call him Jack to her house. Before we dropped her off on the drive to her place, me and my friend Jack were arguing over the movie, so to get back at him, I thought it would be funny to jokingly leave him at his girlfriend's house and drive away when he needed to be home for work the next day.

39:59So I did just that. Once he got out of the car to kiss his girlfriend, I reached over the seat, closed the door, and drove away with my other friend while she's in the back seat. Two minutes past while me and my friend are just laughing the whole time, and eventually he calls me to say, Ha, ha, funny, come get me now. I decided to push and told him, dude, I'm already on the highway, I can't turn back now. He doesn't believe me until my other friend joins in on the joke and tells him that, yeah, we're on the highway, it's too late now. He eventually believes her, since she's not usually the type to go along with jokes like this. While this is happening, me and her are just laughing maniacally. We thought it was hilarious how he went quiet and was telling us to turn back, and we kept laughing until his voice starts cracking and eventually started crying, begging us to come get him. As soon as I heard him crying, I instantly told him, relax, man, I'm right around the corner and went and picked him up. He gets in the car and he's trying not to cry while he's saying, that wasn't funny, man, I thought you left me. Me and my friend were apologizing, but we didn't understand why he was crying over that. It's not like he was deserted in the middle of nowhere.

40:59He was in a suburban area with his phone. Worst case scenario, he could have gotten an Uber for $20 to $30. Eventually, after a long and awkward ride back, I get out and apologize to him again. He kind of accepted my apology and I told him good night. On the way back, while I was dropping off my other friend, me and my friend were both confused why he was crying. Maybe it reminded him of a bad part of his childhood. He's told us before his mother was abusive, so he felt super bad. I don't really know what to do now. I already apologized to him, but having two of your friends see you cry over a prank like this must be really embarrassing. So I don't know how to approach him again. Am I the asshole? They put this one, am I the devil? Yeah. It's, I just hate pranks. I do hate pranks. I hate pranks, but I'm- This feels like such a stereotypical like, you guys are dumb 20 year olds. Like, I hate it. I hate it. No, I agree. Like, this is a mean prank and it's mean to make someone feel like that. Also, sometimes people are struggling, right? And especially 20 years old, like sometimes $30, that would ruin me.

42:03That would ruin me. I'm sorry, like paying for college, paying for shit, like I can't or even if you're working a minimum wage job at 20 years old, that ruins you. That's like, could be two to three to four hours of work, depending on where you're working. Yeah, that's true. That's a little shift. Yeah. Now I'm going, now I just worked all four hours to have an Uber home. I'm upset. No, yeah, but he just turned around and he gets him, right? He turns around and gets him. Once he starts trying. No, it's fucked up. He's like, okay, man. At first, he was like, okay, guys, come on, like, so sometimes you're when you're paying rent, you're out. You're like, I got $40 in my bank account total. Like, that's going to ruin me. I guess I'm not eating next week. I think I'm also, I hate pranks that are like, you have no choice but to be like, okay, like, okay. All right, it's like, hey, we left you. It's like, okay, man, I got good prank, funny. And they're like, no, we're leaving you. We're leaving you. And just to keep pushing until it's like, what was the result you were hoping for? What's the funny thing you're laughing at?

43:04Yeah, like, and it's also like you were already having a fight before this. It's not like this, it's not like this prank came out of a good, good, good, good, good call back. This prank is now after a fight, which doesn't feel like a prank. Or he already feeling isolated. You're already feeling isolated and distant. And so, yeah, we're arguing over the movie so to get back at him. And now you're getting punished. I thought it was funny. Yes, you're right, it's not, oh, I thought it'd be funny. It's like, no, you're getting back at him. No, that's fucked up. You guys rematted him so you got back at him. You got the fight over the Spider-Man movie. Hearing you read that, I was like, when they said they were laughing maniacally, I'm like, name a time someone's laughing maniacally and it's okay. Yeah, you know who laughs maniacally? Green Goblin. Nice. Hey, really good. Yeah, thank you. That's Spider-Man. It just also, he's probably crying not because it's like all about to be left there. It's also like, oh shit, my friends suck and they hate. No, my friends in middle school, there was this awful trend that was going around. Did you guys ever get ditched? Is that similar to this? Where you'd be like in like at the movies or at the mall

44:06and all of your friends at one time all decided to just ditch you. I hate that. And it was the saddest thing ever. I don't get that shit. It's like, hey, what do we really mean? No, we got, I got nugged, which is where you take someone's backpack, you dump everything out, turn it inside out, put it back in, zip it, and then zip tie the zipper. So it looks like a chicken nugget. Uh-huh. Ha-ha-ha-ha. Ha-ha-ha. Ha-ha-ha. And so you chicken nugget. A backpack inside out looks like a chicken nugget. Trust me. And if you can, and if you know a lot of people are like in an assembly or at gym, you can nug like eight people in a row. So it's just like a big row of chicken nuggets. It's so disrespectful. So disrespectful. But if, okay, if it was, oh, fuck it. If it was me and a bunch of people, then it's funny. Yeah. Because you're not singled out. Yeah, I can know this shit out of that. Ha-ha-ha. Careful. But also, it just feels like a lot of work on the prank. It's a lot of work. You just like put a bunch of stuff in.

45:07Yeah, but it's free of fun. I'm not surprised. If you're pranked alongside of a bunch of other people, then it feels like there's a community event. And you actually feel a part of all of that. No, no. Like, oh man, we all got nugged. But if you're singled out, then it's just like, oh, fuck, like. But feel free, you're like, well, you're gonna feel free, but you can do the whole thing in nuggets. Yeah. And you know what, if you're in high school, you don't have to zip tie it, but go nug somebody. Don't do that. Do it. Yeah, I don't know. Do it. I want them to know it was me. Ha-ha-ha. Ha-ha-ha. Um. Some comments here. Someone said, you're the asshole. Pranks are only funny if they are funny to the one being pranked. Otherwise, you're just being an asshole. I totally agree. We say that every day over here. Someone said, you know, the saddest part of all this is that you actually have to ask. So I'm going to make it plain. I don't understand why anyone would ever be friends with either of you. The fact you would act that way, knowing that about his past is disgusting. In case that wasn't clear enough, yes, you are. And yes, having friends like you is the ultimate embarrassment.

46:07I forgot about the past. That you had that. Like, I don't think it needs the past. I think that's mean to do that. It's so mean. Yeah. And like, you're 20. Like, you're not in high school. Like, it's mean to do in high school, but it's like, dude, you're 20, man. Like, stop doing this shit. Like, just stop. Like, I know it's hard to have a boring personality, but maybe if you sit in it, you'll be able to find other things. Yeah. Yeah. OP left a comment. Based, it's basically an update. They don't have to big comment. They say, I've realized I've definitely fucked up and we'll try to make it up to him. I did not know that it would get that reaction out of him. I assume she'd just be like, man, fuck you and laugh it off as he usually does. But this time, it must have struck something which I didn't want. I would never take a prank as far as crying on purpose. I feel like some of you aren't even reading the whole story before commenting. Some people are saying I doubled down after I heard his voice crack. I did not. Some of you are telling me to apologize. I already did on the call while I was picking him up. When I picked him up and on the car ride back to his place and again, after I dropped him off,

47:07he showed no signs of panicking up until his voice suddenly started cracking and crying, which me and my friends instantly stopped laughing and started apologizing to him while picking him up. Also, the reason why I decided to prank him is because he kept trying to push and question me on why I didn't find the movie good and instead just found it entertaining when I told him why multiple times. It's because that- He wanted more information out of me because he cares about me and in my opinion. God, that makes me just so annoyed. Yeah, that really kind of solidified. Look, we don't have any information on this guy, but I know- I wouldn't say it was good. It was just interesting. I hate when people do that. It wasn't good. It was entertaining. Well, you know what? That's what a movie is like. That's what it's supposed to do. You went to a Marvel, you went to a Sony Marvel movie and you were like, yeah, I was just entertaining. It's like that's the whole point. I promise you the studio execs were like, here's our goal. Yeah. And they were like, if it's entertaining, money. They don't even fucking care. You bought the ticket. You're talking about it. Yeah, to be honest, the studio execs don't give a fuck. They don't give a fuck. They don't give a fuck about it. It's just like, you're not going to see a fucking Oscar-winning movie.

48:12You're not going for the acting. You're not going for the screenwriting. You're going for Spider-Man kicking the shit out of some villains. Me walking out of minions going, yeah, I didn't think it was good. I was, I'm out of monster. I was entertaining. I thought I was entertaining, you know? But I still think Odyssey's probably going to win the off. Yeah. But minions is up there. No, I still, the line I can't get over is him being like, so to get back at him. I'm like, you feel like you betrayed yourself on that one. You, you, you. And now he was reading the whole story. No, we read. Yeah, I don't like his response either. It's just like, hey, did you're being a shitty person. It also must suck to like get all these verdicts. And then you get on this show. And we're like, no, we read the whole story. We read the whole thing. And we still, out doubling down to, I mean, like, you're wrong. In the comment, yeah. And also being like, I already apologized. I can't do it again. Yeah, it's like, hello? I feel like it's also not just like apologized. It's like, you need to change your ways. Like, you need to be a better friend to this person. Yeah. I really think about your behavior.

49:13And I want to hear that apology too. Yeah. I'm sorry your feelings got hurt. Yeah. Yeah. I think it's a lot of like, oh, sorry, dude. Sorry, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It was a bit of a deal here. I know you didn't find the prank funny, but it was entertaining. Yeah, it was entertaining. God. From this perspective, that was crazy. It's like, you're crazy. It's like, January 22nd. 31st. P-o-v-you're on the Jurassic Park ride. That's good. Whoa, they get so close to you. They do the universal one. Yeah. That'd be fun if there was a smash ride and there's just somebody going, animal trunks, the most just coming out. I'm saying a haunted house. We could do this shit out of a haunted house. You're at Universal, you're like, smash haunted maze.

50:13So we'll give the back. They have this like, smash haunted maze. And it's you doing your baby walk? Oh, that's good. Yeah. This episode of Reddit Stories is sponsored by Wayfair. I walked into my home the other day and I was just feeling a little blah about it. It wasn't feeling homey or warm. So I decided I needed a little upgrade, which is why I use Wayfair. Wayfair has products and furniture that fit my style and budget with quality items that are hand-vetted by product specialists using 10-point quality inspection. And with 20 million verified five-star reviews, I promise you will find something perfect for your home. When you're a Wayfair rewards member, you get 5% back on every purchase. The first space that I'm updating is my dining area. I really needed a new table and with Wayfair's filters, I was able to find a table with specific size, shape, color, and style that worked for my space. Now my home feels like my home. Transform your space with pieces that hold up to real life. Join Wayfair rewards today and get 5% back on every purchase.

51:16Head to Wayfair.com or shop the Wayfair app for all things home. That's w-a-y-f-a-i-r.com. Now back to the show. Wayfair every style, every home. This next post was posted on Relationship Advice and ended up on Am I the Devil? Oh, man! That's a good pick in your life. You're looking for advice and then you get inflayed. It was posted on July 29th, 2026. So that's your guys' anniversary? Yeah, it's an important day. This is a 21-year-old man who writes, I'm in a relationship with a wonderful girl who's 20, wondering if I should switch to this other girl, 19. Okay, so you already lost. What if I switch back to another... Switch? I wonder if I should switch. He's talking about it like it's an iPhone. Should I wait for the iPhone 16 or should I? Your eyes went 19.

52:16Well, he's 21. No, I'm in the middle of age. He's like, funny that you were in the middle of age. I'm getting this girl's 20. Switch to 19. Like that's what... Switch is the... So which is great. Like, you can't write such a disrespectful title and expect people to be on your side. This is good. We got a good bear. We got a good one. Hi, I really need to vent. I'll describe each one of us and the brief situation. Also, each of the women's names, ages and their broad sizes. Ah! Tell me what do you think are the signs in a relationship or in a person that can tell me if I should end it and switch to somebody else? A bit about me. I'm 21, IT Technician, CCTV Automation Security Systems, etc. Developing a small company. Right now, it's a single-man operation with possible growth to a typical small construction group. I don't care. I own about 25 acres of land and half of my house. Wait, I own about 25 acres of land and half of my house.

53:16Living with my mother and brother. I also serve as the chairman of a social club that annually organizes a fantasy convention for around 2010dies and some smaller projects during the year. I'm a simple man and an atheist, which might be important. Wanting a house of his own, a great family, being able to do some work every day for the company and some for the local community. My love language is providing financially and taking care of things like the house and other heavy-duty things. Also, I want to give a true romantic love with things like deep conversations, enjoying art and music together. What is going on? Surprise gifts and spontaneous activities with my current girlfriend. I'm able to do maybe half of these things. A bit about my current girlfriend. No, okay, okay. Before I switch, here's the one I'm with. This feels, that felt reminiscent of the beginning of American Psycho. It was like, I begin my day by getting in the shower with an almond rinse. Yeah, that's good. All right. A bit about my current girlfriend. We've been together for about four years with a one-year gap after the second year.

54:18I don't like that he said current. Yeah. As opposed to what? If we stop him now. Next, sorry. We'll nap, you don't know me. Okay, okay. This man's language is already, I'm like, yeah. Yeah, yeah. She's 20, first year of college, studying to become a nurse with a side hustle of nail painting. She changed a lot for me, from chaotic vulgar and reckless with tons of partners to calm and more responsible. I feel like our relationship is great. She supports me a lot mentally when I'm stressed about my work or the social club. And that's exactly what I expect from my partner and what I love her for. I love her looks, but not exactly her style. We have the same preferences and sex life, but I hate she doesn't initiate. I love to discuss, but she always turns that into big arguments. I love that she earns money, but she's irresponsible with it. I love that we talk about our problems, but I hate when she yells. With everything I see she tries to be better and to my liking, but I see her old self when the things get real. It's not really healthy for her to become somebody else, just because she wants to be with me,

55:19especially when I don't pressure her at all. In terms of religion, she is an actual witch. Fuck. If we saw this, this is... You have to drive, let you drive. This is... The fault of everything. Fuck, okay. Guys, let's pull it together. What? Give it to me. In terms of religion, she is an actual witch, doing rituals and whatnot, but somehow she can't understand me being an atheist. I think she wants emotional support and a partner, like I do, but I'm afraid I don't know how to provide that because comforting her and trying to offer my actual help doesn't work for her. I love her and I think she is the one for me, but I'm not quite for her. A bit about the other girl. What? Other girl, dude. She is the one for me. She's a no. That's so good. She's a no. A bit? She's three foot two. Biggest hits you've ever seen. And wonderfully manicured.

56:19She can barely walk. A bit about the other girl. She plays violin and loves music. Get up. Sorry, that's just a crazy start to it. A bit about the other girl. She plays violin. None of this is important information, by the way. I'm just glad I know this guy's lovely. He's telling us their resumes so that we can help him choose. Right, but he's choosing based on objective stuff. Yeah. Not on, so what relationship is better? It's just like, okay, but here's her traits. She plays violin. He's showing us two character charts and being like, all right, so here's their stats. She plays violin and loves music and art. She finished high school and music school and now she has applied to music college. She's a dedicated Catholic, but she understands and is cool with me being atheist. She's also an educator on Catholic camps. When we talked about relationships, we could see that our needs and what we offer really complete each other. We share a lot of interests and have a few friends in common. We also have the same goals in life, like building family and doing work for society.

57:19I love her relationship with art, simple descriptions of everyday things can become a poem, just like that. I love her looks and her style. I love to discuss with her about life, religion, art, or silly things. I like that she's actually calm and we can enjoy a quiet time. How did I meet the other girl and why didn't we become a couple? It happened during the gap year with my girlfriend. I've seen her on a few concerts playing violin. She always looked stunning and I waited every time for her outside, never being able to catch her to get her number. Fortunately, she popped up on my Facebook in the people you might know section. I saw that we have two common friends and I asked them about her. I was able to get her number and we started texting a lot. She comes from a traditional family so she couldn't go on a date just like that. But she invited me to this small concert saying that we could talk in person for a bit after. After I arrived at the concert, one of her friends recognized me and told her that I'm here. The moment she turned her eyes to me, I almost fainted and I felt stressed for the first time in a long, long time. We started talking and texting on a daily basis and we went on a few dates after some time.

58:23She was even able to convince her parents to let her go with me to this Polish equivalent of prom. And it became the party of my life mainly because of her. After the party we started to fall apart a bit. Later she admitted that it was because of her ex getting into her life again. During this time, I got back with my current girlfriend. But after three months, she told me that her ex was trying to get back with her and ruin her life because she broke up with him. But was finally able to get rid of him once and for all. I was sad because I would have been able to help her or maybe wait for the right time and become a couple, but it was too late. Recently I started texting a bit as friends with the other girl. I told my girlfriend about it, I hate to hide things. I know she's single and I feel like she wants us to give us the chance that we lost. I'm afraid I started to develop some feelings for her again. I find myself constantly looking at our pictures and thinking about her. I started to really consider breaking up with my girlfriend for the other girl. I know I'm only 21, but losing my father at 11 forced me to become responsible at a young age. Right now I feel like an old man that's only 21 and that's why I want to pick the right woman early and settle.

59:24I would appreciate any advice on which things can tell me if I should switch and would love to hear your stories on how switching turned out for you. My guy, you are so not ready to settle. Alright, first off this guy, obviously he thinks he's an old man, he is so far away from getting ready to play. No, he's barely a young man. He's not even a young man. I'd say barely a man. No, he's 21. He's a boy. Well, in his mind, he's a boy. It's very clear that English is not OP's first language. I'm guessing he might be Polish or Eastern European, but I can just tell in the translation. But some of this information, the way it's given, is so funny to me. Just like, okay, so my first girl, she's a witch, is just killing me. That was so funny. The way he's talking, just about like, oh, I can switch. And either one of these, I can marry and be for the rest of my life. It's like, you're talking about them as if they have no agency over themselves. Oh, there's not even an ounce of that.

1:00:24Yeah, it's like, come on, man. And he's not really talking about their relationship. He's just talking about them. Nothing to do with their time together. Nothing to do with their time together. It's like a dress to impress, where he's like just listing things about each person. He's also, so he's been in this relationship with the first girl for four years. So since high school, so since they were like middle teenagers. And so that's the only relationship he knows. So he's saying, like, oh, I can switch to this other girl and we'll be together forever. It's just like, no, man, you need to know how it works. You're gonna, like, talk to this guy in 10 years after he goes through some breakups and some other crazy shit. So what they don't tell you about relationships, you have to, I know that, know this sounds dumb. But you have to start over every new relationship. It's not like, oh, I got so far in this last relationship, I'm ready for the next one. It's like, I have to start from scratch all over again. Yeah. You grow as a person, but totally. It's a lot. Totally. There's so much experience you gain, whether your in relationships are not. You just gain experience in life that you need and you understand yourself better.

1:01:25And just because you got to that point with someone before, you still have to hit all the checkpoints. Yeah. You are, this guy is so far from what it's gonna take. Dude, my God. I don't even know where to begin. The amount of times in your life that you're gonna think you have it all figured out. And then you kind of go through this threshold where you go, oh shit, I have nothing figured out. It sucks every time, but you kind of need it to happen every time. And the more you deny that, you're just gonna hinder yourself. But he's in that stage, like, my hope for this guy, the best case scenario is that he wakes up. He has the right friend, has the right mentor. I know it's just fucking hard nowadays, but like, something or someone wakes him up to like, oh my God, I need to fucking change. But also, some people never do that. I mean, it could be this red at thread. Do they rip him a new one in the comments? Let's see. Someone says, do your wonderful girl a favor and switch to the other girl? Nobody deserves to be a second choice. People aren't objects that you can just switch and replace.

1:02:25Neither of these relationships are going to work out for you. Never mind to me too. That comment reminds me of what I was thinking, which is, it reminds me of Love is Blind when they're like, who's your number one? I'm liking my number two though. And you're like, why are they do, it's just so. It's sickening, it's like kind of sickening to me. I'm just like, ugh. Tickety. Someone said, I think he should do them both a favor and leave them alone. At 21, I think that basically everyone should be single, exploring, and getting to know themselves. The way this guy talks about women is proof that he needs to grow up a lot before trying to be in a real relationship. Someone said, advice, my nonna gave me. If a man is ever having a hard time choosing between you and another woman, let him pick the other woman because he doesn't actually love either of you. And it's better to have that be someone else's problem than yours. Give the full baby away. Don't cut it. Don't cut it. There's a baby call reference. This guy is talking about, I don't like hiding things. You're already at, to me, is cheating. You're already sitting here going, oh yeah, well, I'm actually here as a friend. I'm like, you're sitting here telling us, you're thinking about switching.

1:03:25So good. Switching to her, like, intention. You're cheating. That's cheating to me. Like, come on, man, you're keeping her on the side of the island. That's the experience. What did you call it? Tag in. You called it tag in one time. They're like, oh, they're talking to a boy. And immediately they switched to another relationship. And I was like, oh, I was sitting on the bench. Sitting on the bench. A little sports reference for my friends. She loves it. She can't get enough. Yeah, that person in the driveway. You had them in the dugout. In the dugout, that's what you said. Yeah, I had them in the damn dugout. This is tough. Okay, OP left a comment. And I do think this is important. He says, English is not my first language. And I see now that switching is probably the worst word I could use. Thank you for your advice. Now I really see that I should go to therapy. Talk with about it with my girlfriend. Apologize and maybe do some time alone. Yeah, I'd say, like, the word switching, the rest all off right now. We can give him some grace because English is not a good word. I'm not a good place because English is not his first language. I still am like, I don't like even in the best of terms of like, you know, I'm in this relationship, but I really think

1:04:26should I talk to this other person? I'm like, yeah. And it might not be the words, but it was the way each woman was spoken about, just didn't sound personal at all. It sounded very like a baseball card, where it was like, interests. That's why I made the broad-sized joke. Because I'm like, it literally sounded like he was just listening their facts. That's also like, there's in different cultures a lot of things that you have to like, hit in order to be like sure. Like, there's like, is he a doctor? Sure, sure. Can he provide, like, is he going to be a mother? What's his family? What's his mother? No, that makes sense. I think the thing that I'm just hitting on is him at the end being like, yeah, so I'm trying to decide between these two girls. And I really want to settle down like, now in my life. And I'm like, those conflict so badly. Yeah. Like, listen to yourself, man, you're talking about, oh, I should I not be with this girl. I've been with for four years and just switched over to this girl that I've been talking to for like a couple months and marry her. And so I'm like, you are so naive. Yes. But that comment's great.

1:05:26Sounds like he really, you know, he does, he does sound like he's reflecting a little bit. And hopefully he really goes through with that. Above board, who do you guys pick in? You pick the witch. You pick the witch. You don't want to be cursed. You pick the witch or you let the witch down really well. You got to let the witch down real well. You know, Etsy like shut down all the witches. Whoa, really? And I kept thinking I was like, could you imagine how scary to do that? To be this company and be like, okay, we're going to anger, we're going to anger a lot of witches. We're going to shut this part of the app off. I would not be able to sleep that night. Like all these guys and suits going, cut them off. Cutting off the witches. All right, our next story, our final story. What do you mean? This was posted, this ended up on Am I the Devil?

1:06:27And it started off in the subreddit cooking. How? I love the way they go. Oh no. That's like when you see a documentary and it starts and it was just like, we were in, we were so in love. Yeah. I mean, you're like, I didn't know. Everything was perfect. This was posted in November of 2025. Oh. What the heck? Yeah, crazy. Crazy. Never forget. Will my entire party get sick from eating my mashed potatoes? Does somebody come inside the potatoes? That would make you sick. Jesus. That make me lick my liars. And these mashed potatoes were delicious. Oh my god. So I'm hurting under place shoes. So I made a bunch of mashed potatoes with milk. I needed to emphasize that they wrote a bunch of O's. I'm going to read all the typos in this as well. So I made a bunch of mashed potatoes with milk, sour scream,

1:07:28and cheese last night and seemed to have forgotten about the crucial step of refrigeration. This is a question about any possible outcomes of those who indulge in these delicious, but slightly tart mashed potatoes. They were only on the countertop for 10-ish hours before I refrigerated them for eight, then reheated for the party. If you were wondering how they taste, I've been asked multiple times if I added lemon juice. Oh! Am I cooked? Oh no. Oh. That's so bad. She's not the devil. She's worse. And also mashed potatoes. Y'all know I love potatoes. And if you're going to fuck up mashed potatoes, you can't do that. I will never forgive you. Because you're fucking up the food that everyone is going to eat. Yeah. Like that nobody's going to avoid that. That's the, it's supposed to be the thing that is at least the saving grace, right? Like something else is overcooked, the meat isn't that great. You have the mashed potatoes. Yeah.

1:08:28At least you have the mashed potatoes. And mind you, this is November 16th. So this is probably some sort of early Thanksgiving. Yeah, because there's like a cheese omit. Oh, so you're really expecting good mashed potatoes. Oh. Oh no. Oh no. Um, comments, why would you ask this after feeding them? Yeah. Someone said, 10 hours? Someone said, if I did this for mashed potatoes that only I would eat, would I take this chance? Probably not. Using that same logic, would I risk serving it for my entire party? Absolutely not. I would not risk me being the reason why someone gets violently ill. This is the very reason why I don't participate in potlucks at work. Let us know the end result. O.P. responded, looking back, I should have 100% not served them. But when I tried them before the party, I thought they were fine. Just a little off. It wasn't until someone brought to my attention that it was probably spoiled milk. It seems everyone is okay though. No emergencies were made. Someone said, in a, with music, you can't eat at everybody's house.

1:09:28Seriously, this is why I'm so skeptical of potlucks and similar. This dumb fuck could literally kill people. Even if no one dies, you still don't want people puking their guts up either. Just go to the grocery store and buy some replacement mashed potatoes. Someone put in quotations, sour scream. Well, there's the real problem. Yeah, dude. Don't feed people food that could be spoiled. Oh my god. That's. You could go so easily buy some mashed potatoes. And you tell the story, be like, I'm so sorry, I left them out on the counter. Fucked up. But you don't have to buy them. You could just get rid of those. And there's, oh look, no potatoes. Oh yeah, some potatoes. If you want, if you can easily go to a grocery store and buy some mashed potatoes. And those are probably going to slap really hard. That story about stuff is really good. Yeah. I hate how good it is. Anyways, this person tried to poison people. It's crazy there's ever been like a friends giving movie. Huh, we'll get on that. There's just something to think about. Um. This, this is the lemon mashed potatoes makes me want to die.

1:10:30Okay, what about lemon rosemary mashed potatoes? Ooh, that actually, I can't. Next to chicken. Next to a lemon. Lemon rosemary chicken, I like. Yeah. I like my mashed potatoes to be mashed potatoes. Lemon doesn't feel like it's like a potato thing. Me either. But. It's not true. Yeah, no, no, no, no. Try to think of like types of mashed potatoes. I love like a good sweet potato mashed situation with the like marshmallows on top. Oh, yeah. Dude, that can get crazy. Or like I make loaded mashed potatoes. Oh, wait, what's your potato thing? The loaded mashed potatoes. Oh my god, talent. What's a loaded mashed potato casserole? So it's just like sour cream, cheddar. Whoa, actually, did I use cheddar last time? I would use green. It's really not a cheese that does not need bacon. It's not bacon. You just stir it in. It's nuts. God damn, it's really good. A lot of garlic. I also put rosemary, sage, and thyme in there too. Wow. So they're like flavor. Whenever I'm like cooking for people or anything like that, I am so. Me too.

1:11:30I'm so like conscientious of like I want to make sure like what I'm making people is good and safe. Like I don't know why I'm like I hope I don't accidentally give someone food poisoning. Like that's such a fear. Yeah. I made salmon for me and my friend and I have a lemon tree outside and I like grabbed it and I didn't realize that like I've never used the lemon tree. I always just buy a lemon. And it was a sour lemon and it kind of made the salmon like a little sour and I literally was like I was so freaked out that it fucked the salmon or just like even that. But it's just like I don't know. Cooking for somebody I get so. I'm the same way. I'm really. Not like trying to like please them but like I just don't want to make them sick. Yeah. That's the worst possible thing. Do you usually make you do you usually make yourself sick? No. So why would you make other people sick? It's just it's an irrational thought. I have the irrational thought too and I've had people over and someone's like oh like I'm like oh I can make you a cocktail and they're like oh for sure and I'm so like I want to make sure the measurements are right. I don't want to make someone like actually more drunk than they like. Sure. Like I want to make sure it's like perfectly right.

1:12:30Just let you know if we're over. I'm over for. Heavy hand heavy hand. No but I'm just like I want to make sure like I put lemon in the one they're making. They're making the lemon wine. Oh. Dina tried it. Lemon wine. They're making like lemon. Lemon. No like instead of grapes they're using lemons. And is it good? So that's what they say when you have lemons make wine. Now we can. There you go. There we go. That's what Jesus said. That is what Jesus said and actually said water. Jesus said water. He said I don't need a grape. I don't need the lemons. Give me the water. I'll make it a water. You like that? I love that. I love that. Yeah yeah. Well that's it for our doubles today. Wow. Thank you both for joining me and for this wild ride. Thank you so much. So many good dates. Thank you for having us before you switch out with other people. Yeah. Yeah. Let us know if I should switch out to someone else. No. And you will. That's kind of the essence of the show.

1:13:31I guess that is. Oh that's true. True. Yeah. When an auto plays. What if it auto plays. What if someone's listening to this and an auto plays to another episode where you both are here. That would be so awesome. If it auto plays to another episode with them both here, comment down below on that video. I won. Okay. Nice. Do that. Anyways, thank you both and thank you all for watching. We'll see you next Saturday. Goodbye. Lemon pancakes. Oh, lemon ricotta. I've got a pancake. Oh yeah yeah. Lemon ricotta. Pantene. Do you have a pancake? I've had pancakes with corn on them recently. Bye. In Albuquerque they have the blue corn pancakes. Oh well that sounds amazing. Blue glue. So hard dude. Thanks again to DoorDash for sponsoring this episode. Needed that delivered DoorDash. Order now.