Tyler & Maria: Pregnancy Paranoia and the Mystery of “Eric”

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It's time to catch a cheater.

Only on the jubal show.

Tyler is on the phone today for to catch a cheater.

He's been married to his wife Maria for four years.

But now he thinks that she might be messing around.

So we'll see if we can mount Tyler.

Sorry, I have to come on the show this way, but what's up, man?

Why do you think Maria might be cheating on you?

Honestly, I've come home a few times.

And the toilet seat has been up.

I know for a fact, it wasn't me.

Like, I'm pretty OCD about this stuff.

And I know that I always put the toilet seat down.

OK.

And then when I ask her about it,

she kind of just brushes it off and tells me that I'm being silly.

And it's been three times already.

And it just really feels weird.

OK, I mean, if you're sure that you don't need the toilet seat up,

three times is a lot to find it up.

Yeah, what does she say it is when you did ask her about it?

Like, does anybody else come to your house?

She just kind of like just laughs about it.

And you know, kind of tells me that I'm being silly

and that no, that I probably left it up.

And, you know, I don't want to get crazy about it.

But, you know, it's just, I can't, you know, it's terrible.

Is there anything else?

I mean, that is definitely alarming.

If you're not the one doing it.

But is she acting weird in other ways too?

Well, she's kind of, I'm sorry.

You know, I mean, she's pregnant.

She's excited about having this kid.

And if, if Mario, I don't even know how to put this into words,

but if she's been cheating on me,

something I just, what if the kid's not even mine?

That's a lot to think about.

And I know I've been busy working everything,

but, you know, like, she's my whole life.

And I just, if this isn't real

and I'm being cheated on and I don't know what I would do.

Right.

Yeah.

Is there anything else going on other than those things that you mentioned?

Yeah, you know, just things have been real different.

I feel like she's been distant.

I don't know why I feel like she's just hiding something for me.

And it's just the way she acts from things.

She's usually like pretty energetic.

And now I feel like she's avoiding me or interactive with me.

And we communicate.

We've always had a great relationship.

And now I feel like she's just kind of avoiding me.

And especially when I ask her questions for her not to respond.

I just, I don't know how I would react to this.

I don't know how I would react to it.

All right.

I know.

How far along is she?

Three months.

So she's not showing too much yet because I would say

it's really shady if some other dude just trying to get in there.

Right in the middle of to catch a cheater.

And if you're just joining us, Tyler is on the phone.

And Tyler thinks that his wife of four years named Maria might be cheating.

So we're about to call her and pretend to be from the grocery store

that she's a rewards card member at and say that every single month

we choose one lucky rewards member who gets free flowers delivered

to the floral department.

And we'll see if she sends those to her husband Tyler or to somebody else.

But before we do that, Tyler, why don't you break down your situation again first real quick?

Look, I've come home.

I've found the toilet seat up multiple times.

I'm super OCD.

I know that I have not left the toilet seat up.

And I know that she wouldn't have left it up for any reason.

She's been acting weird.

She's been acting distant with me.

And then whenever I ask her about the toilet seat,

she just kind of avoids the situation and acts like I'm silly.

And it's just not in her character.

She's pregnant.

We're about to have our first child.

And I just, I don't know what I would do.

Okay.

Are you ready for us to call her?

Yeah.

Here we go.

Here we go.

Hello.

Hi, this is Corbal calling from BEEP.

I was looking for a reward card member named Maria.

Hi.

Yeah, that's me.

Hi, Maria.

Hi, please don't hang up.

This is not a marketing phone call.

I'm actually calling with a big congratulations.

You're this month's lucky winner.

We're clapping for you over here.

Oh, my God.

What did I win?

Well, maybe you don't know.

Every single month, we choose one rewards member who gets a free gift from us.

And this month's it's 36 long stem red roses, a box of candy, or chocolate,

and a card to be delivered to anybody that you want from our floral department.

Oh, my God.

That's amazing.

Thank you so much.

Well, thank you.

So it just works like this.

All I need from you is just some basic information.

The first and last name of the person that you'd like to send him to.

And then if you'd like to put anything on a card,

and then we'll get the address and we'll be good to go.

Okay.

So I'd like to send them to Eric.

All right.

Great.

And would you like to send a card along with it to Eric?

Sure.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

Can it say, let's see.

Thanks for everything.

You know what to do with these same time next week.

Okay.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

Okay.

Yeah.

Okay.

You know what to do with these same time next week.

Okay.

Yes.

I can definitely do that for you.

I can also, at this point, let you know that this is a radio show.

Actually, it's called the Jubal show.

Yeah.

Hi, I'm Nina.

Hi, I'm Victoria.

And my name is Jubal.

Wait.

What?

Yeah.

And we do a segment on the show that's called to catch a cheater

where if you think you're significant other,

might be cheating on you.

You see this in flowers too.

And your husband, four years Tyler, is on the phone.

Wait.

Tyler?

Oh, I'm here, Maria.

Who?

The hell is Eric?

Tyler.

I'm sorry.

What is going on right now?

This is insane.

Is it?

Oh, yeah.

So what?

Like, is a toilet seat that's been left up three times?

Is that because of Eric?

Oh, my.

Wait.

What's this?

Is this what this is about?

Tyler, are you serious?

Don't act surprised.

What is going on?

And who the f*** is Eric?

Okay, Tyler.

Do not use that tone with me.

Like, what is this?

We're all around the radio right now.

This is what I know Eric is.

Just be honest with me, please, honey.

I really can't take this anymore.

Like I said, the toilet seat is just no way that that was me.

Then like, every time I ask you,

you've been acting all weird about it.

Brush me off.

I feel like you're always hiding something from me.

You're just acting different.

And I know something's going on.

So please just be honest.

Are you cheating on me?

What?

No, of course, I'm not cheating on you.

I'm like so appalled that you're accusing me of this.

And I'm like, who in bearish run a radio show right now?

Don't act like you don't know why I'm doing this.

I mean, you still haven't even explained who Eric is, though.

What exactly am I supposed to think here?

Okay.

Tyler, I have told you before you are being paranoid.

This is ridiculous.

Just answer the question.

Who is Eric?

Oh, my God.

What do you mean who?

It's the only Eric you and I know.

They're neighbor Eric.

Oh, my God.

He's got a husband.

He's gay.

You're cheating with him.

Are you serious?

No.

No, I'm not cheating with him.

He's gay.

I'm stupid.

What do you mean?

We're not cheating.

Oh, my God.

Then what are you doing?

You're hanging out with him.

You're sending him flowers.

I don't understand.

Can you please tell me what the hell is going on?

Oh, my God.

It's not that complicated.

Okay.

I've just been feeling really lonely and kind of anxious with the pregnancy.

And when you're gone, I don't know.

He worked from home too so it's been really nice to just have someone to talk

to and like have a friend.

Like he just comes over once a week and we watch drag rays.

It's not that big of a deal.

Then can you explain something to me?

Why are you sending him flowers?

Well, not that it's the whole world's business, but him

and his husband are kind of having issues and he's trying to like kind of

woo him back.

So I thought he'd sent the flowers to him that it would like be

like the nice gesture for him to give to his husband, Mark.

He's gay.

I mean, I get that part.

I'm just so confused why all of it was such a secret.

I thought you had a good idea to hide this from me.

I wasn't hiding it from you.

I just felt like, I don't know.

I thought you'd get jealous.

Like, you've been working such long hours,

and I've been lonely.

And like, I just didn't want to bother you with like,

I don't know my dumb anxieties about this pregnancy.

So I've, yeah, I've been like talking to a friend about it.

I mean, it wouldn't bother me.

Honestly, it would have been way better

than thinking that like, you were cheating on me.

And then for a minute, they're thinking

that you were cheating on me with the gay neighbor.

No, baby, I promise you, I am not cheating on you.

I would never cheat on you.

I love you so much.

And honestly, after three months of this pregnancy,

I don't think I want to do anything with another man

ever again, even though that's a different part of me.

I'm just kidding.

Good, Tyler.

You found out she's not cheating.

Yeah, that's wonderful.

Oh my God, I love you, baby.

Thank you so much.

You don't understand the relief that's like off my chest right now.

Thank you guys so much.

Oh God.

I just feel bad that you felt so bad.

I mean, like God, if this wasn't supposed to get out of hand like this,

I love you so much.

And Eric, I mean, like, he's such a good friend, but he's so gay.

I mean, the juice shows to catch a cheater.

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