Reflecting on the Shit River

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Progressive makes it easy Just drop in some details about yourself and see if you're eligible to save money when you bundle your home and auto policies. The process only takes minutes, and it could mean hundreds more in your pocket progressive. com after this episode to see if you could save. Progressive casualty insurance company and affiliates. potential savings will vary not available in all states. to the show Hello and welcome to Smosh Reads Rded Stories. I'm Shane and today's theme is travel. That's why we all have silly hats on. 'a we're gonna travel. Who has a silly hat on? not me. I'm joined by one person who's wearing a silly hat and one person who's wearing a hat that they wore today by their own choice. It's me Amanda and Ian are joining me. A hoy Ola I feel so I feel so bad for everyone that's listening to this on a podcast and doesn't get to see these ridiculous hats we' wearing. Can I be honest, you look like you are like a modern Titanic captain. Yeah. Do what I mean? like you were on the Titanic and you were the one who went in the boat when they said women and children all Yeah I You went there on You also And I said, you're not a woman. I'm like, Ecuse me. Yeah. You also Yeahah, I mean the hat's also, well, no, the rest of the outfit isn't but the hat's giving like, oh it's two AM on the party bus and b. And you' like you suddenly like, where dod I get this hat? You like went to a Halloween party with your girlfriend who's really into Halloween We're like, I'm popeye. All right, I'm Popeye. You cant see me. And I'm just a woman in Barbados Yes, we love it. Drinking a frozen cocktail, and it's my seventh one. My God am I trying to lose weight? You know what I'm saying? It's giving me more Louisville, Kentucky D You're watching the Kentucky Derby. back in like this een hundreds or somethingatching the Kentuck Derby. think they mad at all my friend. they still wear big hats? I think so. It's like It's like a customary thing. They're like I don't see people wearing big hats that often, and they should and we should. My sisters wear big hats. They love it Whoa Driving car. Improv All right, well, let's get into these travel stories. Oh, were we're taking the hats off. I'm taking my hat. No, actually, Captain of Titanic, you can keep it on. You want just take it off and like I'm bald. That would be really funny. That would honestly be funine. That is not the first time that has happened on. R Smosh. Keith revealed he shed his head for a something. That It was an incredible reveal That was the best moment It's one of the best moments in Sish history. Yeah, ye. Just so you know. Okay. Anyways, travel. Tvel. Travel is very fun, but it can come with a lot of problems. Just like a lot of drama. I would say it's weddings and international trips that you see most interpersonal drama happen. You can't travel with everybody They may be your greatest friends and you guys have like a wine night Yeah but you get on a trip and sometimes it doesn't work. I think it's a great It does It's a great test for any type of relationship, R? I think that's like a worthwhile like friendship or relationship test. I had a question Do you do you have to do they have to be good travelers in order to be friends with them I just think that traveling with someone really shows like is your dynamic like healthy Like is there mutual respect? Is there mutual boundaries? I feel like I feel like with with relationships you shouldn't make it official until you go on a vacation again. Yeah. Okay, I kind of agree, but then I also don't because I feel like there are friends that are great and you just might not ever be able to F's fine relationship. relationship. Oh yeah. I see what you're saying becausecause you can draw thatoundary and just be like, I'm not traveling Yeahah. But a partner. Definitely It really does highlight a lot of things of like are we cohesive? And I think you can be as simple as a road trip, right? Do doesn't have to be an international trip. That's true. Anything that's like brings you out of your comfort zone for multiple days. Puts you in a pressure cooker. Yeah. You can't judge it on the first trip Yes, it's glaring. Our first story comes from the subreddit To Hot Takes Shout out to Morgan as always Morgan Truly one of the like That subredreddits' always popping off. Yeah. It's good stuff This comes from April of this year, twenty twenty six. Am I overreacting For giving an Uber driver a bad rating for playing BDSM music on full blast Oh S Imediate BDSM music Is it just like whips You did a song that was BDS. Yeah. What if it's just submissive and Okay, so if it's submissive and readable, then that's a green flag. Okay. OP writes, I, a twenty four year old woman and my girlfriend, a twenty three old woman, recently took a trip to Arizona to visit friends.. Our flight landed around one AM and the place we were staying at was around a thirty minute drive from the airport. Within the first minute of this Uber ride, the seatbelt sign went off and the driver yelled at the car saying, fucking piece of shit This was weird, but we thought it was funny and laughed it off. A couple minutes later, he said, fucking crack heads I don't know what that was in reference to the seatbelt sign It was pretty quiet in the car and he asked if we wanted to listen to music and we said yes. And then he asked what we wanted to listen to and we said anything. Big mistake. Yeah, huge. He's like anything anything? Anything? I love where she beat. Have you? He pressed play on whatever he already had pulled up and immediately we were hiding our laughter because it was so far from what we expected. The song was called Primal Vow by Playful Devotion. Also an important note, he had some sort of hookup in his trunk that made the bass insanely loud. Like it was buzzing my ribcaage. Oh yeah, he's got the sub in the trunk. Yeah. Dude, that is like so school That is so two thousand five Yeah But this is Phoenix we're talking about. This is somewhere in Arizona, but it's very Arizona. Yeah of from my memories of growing up there After the first song ended, he started hitting Skip to I guess pick a song, but they were all by playful devotion. and they all had names like Fuck Boy, Brat Tamer D Craw to Daddy. Do as Daddy says. No deevour you whole. You get it. As two young women in someone else's car in a different state at night, we started to get pretty freaked out. Yeah. He then asked us if we liked the base and out of fear, we kind of just said, oh yeah, it's cool. Oh. Oh yeah, it's cool. Yeah It's shaking my ribs. And then he fucking cranks the volume all the way. Like my ribs were vibrating before and now I'm feeling a panic attack coming on from just how weird it made my body feel and the fact that it was playing a song called Rw by Playful Dvotion And look up those lyrics and tell me if you'd feel safe. Also, we had just gone through TSA, so we obviously had nothing to fight back with. Anyways, he did drop us off at the location and after us waiting outside the gate for three minutes out of fear of him following us in, he left. The situation is a bit funny now because of how insane it was, but I'm having a hard time figuring out If that's just a weird man who is super unaware of how this is coming across, or if it was actually a bit of a dangerous situation and if I should report it and give him a bad Uber rating. I know the rating is very important, so I don't want to do it if I'm overreacting Let me know what you think Thanks. Oh. H Well So so let's let's build all the context here.. It's one AM It's one A. It's one AM. they there it's so it's the middle of the night. They're driving for over thirty minutes. There two women that are, you know, in this car I I understand why in the moment, they're like, Yeahah, it's cool because it's like you're in this person's car. You don't want to start a conflict. You scared. You want to make everything be like, we're chill. Yeah chilling. Yeah. We're not freaking out. We're all good. He asked what you guys want to listen to. They said anything. he played You're thinking anything like intense sexy music pushed it to the limit I'm of the mind of like Yeah, I don't think she's overreacting at all. Like that's uncomfortable. Yeah, personersally as if that was me, I would be definitely a little bit freaked out just because I'm not a place that I know very well. The TSA thing was like, oh yeah, they have nothing to fight back with. And Well even if you have something to fight back with, you're in a car going full speed. Yeah. You're kind of just like, all right, man, I'm at your mercy. And also like, what were they supposed to do? Yeahah, we don't like the bass and this is unacceptable Like that could have been, that could have been like we're taught to be like, don't really rock the boat yet you know what's going on. Yeah. And I'm sure there's probably comments that are like, oh, you could have just been like, hey, can you turn it down a little bit or But when you're in it, you're not saying I am. But I think like what this person was also implying before the music came on that You know, he was making these comments. He was already kind of like It would put me on edge a little bit be like fucking piece of shit. like Yeah when you have an Uber that's like When you have an Uber driver that's like, that way. You don't really want to like stir them up and like I get that too. I'll do whatever want to do, bro. You just sit there with your friend and you go. Bace is fine I would make Yeah. I mean, like this is maybe like Obviously the threat for me being a man is maybe less, but I mean, maybe I would ask them to turn the music down a little bit. sure. But But yeah, I mean, I too would just be and for the ride, I guess. I've been at the mercy of someber rides where like Either they're driving insanely, and you're just kind of like, what do you do? Like be like, Hey, man, stop doing that Um, but then u Yeah, you just get some Uber Uber drivers that it's like, all right, like My I used to have really bad luck where five minutes in, I would sit in and I'm trying not to make conversations because I'm like, I have social anxiety already. so I'm like trying to just like look out the window And they will just start talking to me And I'm like, The way that within five minutes they're saying the most heinous horrible shit to me and And I'm just like Yeah, for sure. okay. Oh yeah, for sure. o, yeah, yeah yeah, okay, yeah. Yeah. And you kind of have no choice but to be like for sure, man. like I'm not going to start an argument with you while in the back seat of your car going seventy on the four hundred five. Like I am scared. And this one's really tricky because They're not overreacting. I understand wanting to be like, Hey, just a heads up. this guy's doing this And then also at the same time, you know, they're in there being like, yeah, we're good. Yeahah, we're good, yeah, we're Which is really tough because in that moment, that's what you're gonna say. You're also after a flight You're after a flight at one AM. you' probably be there and tired Yeahah, and you're like, okay, well, this guy also knows where we're at. So I don't really know. But this guy also needs to like not do that. It's kind of weird that he's playing BDSN music. I Yeah. Yes. And I don't know And also I don't know the lyrics to this So I'm I think knowing hearing the music is probably gonna to really shift it to Yeah. I guess isbe maybe this is Maybe we've encountered, you know a Poenix, a Phoenix gooner Uber driver, you know? Yeah. Phoenix has changed since I leftest I'm not surprised. I'm not surprised. He maybe should say something just so he can be aware That like, hey bro One AM, two ladies in there A turned on the bass and B don't play BDSM music. Yeah Like maybe he should just get it so he could be away. There should be like a yeah. it's like, come on man. like you have to know. Playful devotion. I'm curious what the guy's Uber rating is already, but it's like, I don't I want to give I give my Ubers five stars It takes a lot, right? So like I understand. like you're try to make ends meet. you're doing your job. It's a lot of work. It's probably sucks like you're probably exhausted throughout the day But also like ye you gotta I feel like yeah, the only times I give bad ratings is if like I think they're legitimately driving unsafe Totally. And then I'm like, okay, well the way I see it is like You know, if myself and other people given bad ratings, they get kicked off the app and they don't kill somebody. Right. R you knowsol Vdict there's no official verdict, but the majority is not overreacting Yeah. comments AlienWare's backack to School Event is the perfect time to score top gaming gear with incredible features and Intelcore processors to go beyond performance. Save big on gaming desktops, laptops, and more. Start your Alienware journey with the Alienware fifteen Gaming laptop featuring Intelcore processors. Smoothly game, live stream and multitask for hours on end Plus, play through every game exactly how you want with customizable alien FX lighting across your alienware ecosystem, creating your very own gaming profile and more. Finally, pair your incredibly smooth gaming experience with immersive visuals and sound by saving on sleek alienware monitors, headsets and more. 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Well, because they're just they're just like, it's somebody just entering problems any genre. I've said in an Uber where they listened the whole time, I was looking at like the album cover and I was like This is AI. And it was all AI and the guy just kept listening to. I was like, Re really dude, like we're just gonna listen to this AI slog What? Every like picture was this like old man with tears. Oh of his eyes. And it was like this kind of like u like grungy Krooner type music. Did you tell him No, I just like sat there. I was like, I hate this. But then then I like went I had to look further. And just every photo was this like old man crying with like roses and everything was like, I miss my daughter I still miss her Oh so it was like country No, it was like it was like lunar rock like Isn't it crazy to think like some of these people who like they're all like all in on AI, they're living in the matrix, but like it's a weird bizarro matrix Yeah with like Orery Crooner music, butt I don't think they even know like AI. and that' what I mean. Isn't that terrifying that they're listening to stuff and they don't realize like everything that is around them is made up? Or worse they don't care. So AI music is sounding legit. I'm sure Well, it's because all it's doing is copying, right? can only ake what is made and playlayful devotion. what a cool name. can and you can generate that stuff so quick on certain apps. So you can create an album in like a day. So if you're one of these like, o, I'm an AI producer, you can literally make fifty albums in probably a week and just put it all out on Spotify. This guy spent so much money on his base You know what I mean? I just play AI Someone else said, I personally don't think you're overreacting. There is a certain expectation in environments like that. Uber driving is a way for him to make money. He should have a certain amount of professionalism and decorum, just as he shouldn't be keeping his car a hoorder rat's nest. He shouldn't be playing such inappropriate music at such an inappropriate volume How do you know he has a horse?or Yeah're saying like you need to keep you clean and like you yeah, you're running.. Be a little profess. This person went in on. I h that. Someone even there. Someone said, oh my God, I didn't even hit play and the cover for that song is already wild. I'm listening to it while I'm typing. And this is the craziest fucking thing to play when someone says anything You think he'd go for something safe All right, so we have the lyrics and I think think this is. Do we have the album covered too? No. do not have the album coverred. We just have this is the this is the chorus. We're had to bleep all of this. Oh the chorus. I think it's mostly gonna be bleeped. Okay. I feel like I'm gonna feel really uncomfortable hearing Shane read this. Oh, I'm so ready Oh. Amanda's heard me say way worse Well this is gonna be this is maybe the worst thing I'm ever going to have said on this show.ool. But Yeah. So the chorus goes Fuck me raw, takeake it hard Let brereak the bed, leaving scars. Grip my cock, ride me rough. Well sccream my name, fuck the stars. Fuck Fuck the stars He I like there guy who just watched Project Hill Mary. Okay, sccream my name, fuck the stars. Pussy Clenchon door wide open. G me all that nasty art. I'm gonna ruin you perfect, baby. tear your good girl apart. . no, I fear yeah, this guy should not be driving any. No blasting man. This guy no line just ripped me. You know what I'm saying? So heard that song and he's like, I'm gonna keep playing more from this artist. Yeah. That good girl. L man, that tore me up. That's awful. Okay Should app Jail be reported jail.ans Hans create AI and they're like, how do we make it the most fucked up thing ever? And we would to say that we don't support AI. No real artists. Yeah. I mean There's no like there's no progression Yeah in those lyrics. It's just like it's just like's hard. Oh It's written by something without a soul So yeah. R. I mean, who would want to break their bed? thoseose are really expensive. I know Yeah In this economy. How are you gonna sleep at night? Anyways, yeah, I think if we haven't made our stance clear AI sucks. Like what? A huge one. A one AM Come on, buddy. Llast of the base. You the base AI BDSM music at one AM and A ye, AIBSM music one AM and it's that horrible I think Yeahah, I think he should go to jail now. She should absolutely report him It be like from the good girl. Yeah. Reporting to the UN. This is this is a to the U. Yeah this is this is a crime against humanity. W Felix Arizona or Arizona. I can't be too surprised that dudes in Arizona love AI. Why? Tuly why though? don'. Is there 'cause there's like no good music happening I don't know, man. Every day I get online and I see some other AI bullshit. Also like we just just saying, don't don't go find this this music and play it Don't get that way. The best thing you can do is simply not give it any attention U But you can talk shit about it. I mean, talk shit about AI Don't Don't look at any. Avert your eyes and ears. All right Our next story comes from Am I the asshole. This was posted in September of twenty twenty two Am I the asshole for turning around in my car when I saw that my boyfriend brought his friends with him to go on a trip with us Oh so unannounced, like brought like they had a trip plan and he brought his friends without telling her. Cool. He's like I got the boys. I don't get I don't I do not get it I, a thirty year old woman, am dating my boyfriend, Smith Who's thirty nine for eight plus months. We have been planning to go on a road trip, but it couldn't happen because he kept insisting that we let his two friends tag along. He brought it up again and promised that he won't ask me to let him bring his friends with him since one I'm the one paying for the expenses. Two, it's my car. Th, I always wanted us to go alone for once without having his friends tag along. And four, I don't want to pay for his friends That's It's kind of going back to one, but yeah, I think it's f fair to d out on it. We get it. beforefore we get further the story, do you think he's fucking the boys? Yeah I think he's fucking the boys. Yeah. Yeah He wants to go for a ride with the boys. With the boys. You know what I'm saying? Like like I can't go anywhere without my boys. That was one of my thoughts. And he goes Oh my God. Sorry. Ian, I'm over here. You did that to my shoe. Apologize to her shoe. Sorry. Sorry, S. All right. We agreed that I'd come pick him up in the morning so we could go. I came in my car and entered his neighborhood. However, when I saw him standing outside with his bag, his two friends were also standing there with their bags. I was shocked and furious. I didn't pull over. I just turned around and kept driving I think it would' have been a little bit better if it was like, she's rolled out the w Fu you? Yeah. No, I think the silent just turned around and I love. You think his boy's like she like getting gas or something? She. No, no, she's never come back. She probably just like threw something at home. I saw him running after me in the rear view mirror. Babeway ave way. He then stopped He then stopped and started calling me. I did not respond until I got home. He lashed out on me on the phone, asking why the hell I turned around and left. I told him why and how I didn't appreciate how he basically tried to force me to take his friends with us after I said no already. He called me awful and said that I ruined the entire thing for us and acted immaturely and spitefully He said I could have just accepted how it is. but I told him that I would never accept being put in a situation where I'm expected to just suck it up He hung up after yelling at me for a few minutes.. I called back but got no response. He texted about how I embarrassed him in front of his friends and is refusing to speak to me until after I apologize. Am I the askhle for turning around in my car and going home? Did I make the right call? Yes. Yeah, I think. You did. You crushed it, girl. I love it. Like what? That's so confused. Yeah. She asked She said she asked she wanted just a trip with just them And so he heard that. and now he's saying that she ruined everything. Yes Be he's because she didn't accept how it is She's like, you just accept how it is. No, that's like, hey, I'm completely breaking your boundaries. Yeah. But you you just accept that. No, she did she did the right thing. I think that's like the That's it's not even a red flag. If you tell someone like no to something and they just try to sneak it or they keep pushing, that's to me like you shouldn't be in a relationship with that person. There's some like crazy breakdown in communication in this relationship. I just don't think he listens at all. It happens a lot with Reddit where it's just like You've said the thing and yet they keep doing it. And a lot of it is like, they want to bring their friends on a trip or on a date. There's a lot of that. Just a lot of disrespect for her. It probably just doesn't like her So she's paying She's paying for all of this. So he's like, this is a way for me to get a trip with my boys. Well, actually say actually. was with her. He sounds like a bum. Yeah, he doesn't sound like he likes her The amount of stories we read on Reddit where it's like one of them, but it is oftentimes when we're reading these stories, it's like the boyfriend or the husband's just like, you just don't like her. You just don't like her. Why be with her And why what was he gonna say when he caught up to her car? That's what I want to know. Rll it down. Roll it down.. Hey. Hey. my friends? Hey. He Hey. My friends w to come. Come on, my friends are, Hey, Hey. Hey! Hey my Hey. He He He's dangling like dragging. Hey! He finally parks, he's like, Hey. Hey. Hey I think like its it's crazy to me that like she that he can't like comprehend going on a trip with just her, which is like what makes me be like, oh, so you just don't enjoy like being around. This is what we're talking about, like you like this is the A great test for a relationship, you go on a trip together Yeah with no one else and you just see if you can work Yeah Carly, he's not even willing to give it't to. Also, what is the deal with the friends? I That's what I think. They're not getting the full story. But like why would you wan to sit there and be like I can't wait to go on a tri She's going to be the fourth like wheel like it's it's two of his friends. They're going on their trip and she's there paying for it all Yeah, like I don't get it. She's just being taken advantage of. I just don't get it. Well, if the boys don't go, then who's gonna to give them a handy Jes Do you want to I just think like there's a lot of guys that like just they don't they're not friends with women. They can't comprehend that. So like this is just like That is such a good point. He's not. likeike they're not friends with. I don't think that that is like you instinctually know that. I don't think you automatically know how to be friends with women I think it's like I don't know if that's like learned or you naturally have that, but I don't think all men I don't know. I don't know. That I mean, we're not like I guess we're not like usually socialized like in school, which is I feel like I feel like in school it's always like boys and girls L place there areues there are values that are unfortunately Like it's it's not like I don't think it's like an inherent thing, but I think it's values that are taught L societally at least like American society teaches. Maybe it is instinctual, but then it's like taught out of them I don't know. like I just think a lot of guys are taught like to just not They don't respect women on like a deep level to like truly be like because I think to really be close, genuine friends, it's like a mutual respect. Yeah. But I mean, were I don't know if we're reading too much into it. like either way, she made the right choice. Proably L ditch this guy. I I would love to know how fast she was going But that's probably not in there Is it in there? If he was chasing after her residential, yeah, where's the speed? She's going thirty. Verdict is not the asshole. comments he's thirty nine. Yeah that's what's like That's what's blowing my mind because I was like when he said thirty nine, like I looked at a man and I was like, I'm alsoty surprised though, buy it because it's like like What would change this guy? Like, you know, like you s in your w I don't know middle age? No, but there are thirty nine year olds who were just like, ah, fuck it Like I feel like you I sit here like come on. thirty nine and then I'm like I don't know. It's a it's a different. Some people decide that they're right. S people decide that like, oh, how I think is right. And so it's like, great, you're never gonna to change. That's what it is. He's not actually listening to her boundaries. He's thirty nine and wants his girlfriend to pay for and chauffeur his friends and lie to get you to do it, then accuse you of acting immaturely. That sound you hear is a giant red flag flapping in the wind. Run fast, run far, my friend, not the out. straight up. like it's' and it's not going to get better for him, I fear Like I feel like Oh no, but I feel like if he's behaving this way at thirty nine, it's just going It's never going to change. Yeah.. Someone said, please, please, please tell me that this is now an ex boyfriend, not the assole and I'm clapping for what you did. OP said, I stopped calling him and I'm reconsidering the relationship at the moment. Yeah. I hope she What can you Do not ever talk to that guy again. Yeah, you can't move past that. Yeah, I don't think you move past that shit. That's like a major boundary, you know a huge red flag. How are you ever going to do anything together. Yeah. Travel together, move in together, That level of disrespect, man donon't tolerate that. I couldn't imagine just showing up to pick somebody up on a trip and they just decided to bring extra people To try to to try to sneak That's insane to like I said earlier, to lay about to to late out to agree and then sneak It's to him, he's going, I can take advantage of you. Yeah I'll take advantage of you and I'll do this And you might be mad at me, but I'll be like, it's fine. And then I'll be able I know I can do it again and I can keep doing it. and you keep pushing for He knows exactly what I think that's I think that's the worst part. He knows exactly what he's doing. Yeah when he when he does that because he knows Like I think I think it seems pretty clear that she made it clear to him like, I don't want your friends on this trip Okay, sure bab, sure bab Yeah, we're going heat in here I mean, it's one thing to bring someone to dinner I'd be like Yeah, they were with me and it's like, but still, I don't know if you guys are if you're close with your partner They would at least be like, Hey, B's com're on the same page. Yeah the same page. Like if there's going to be something that's like not communicated, it's because you already know each other so well that you know it's not going to be a problem. Yeah. That's not the case here Last comment, someone said notot the asshole. recommend you keep this guy in the rear view mirror. Nice Nice think? U, I love Redditors sometimes Sometimes they really crush. You know, that guy that person they wrote it in and they're like, All right, and they shut their laptop. And they got bed. they got to the bed. theirir partner was like, how was reedd? and they go. I was on fire I was on fire. Shall we listen to playlayfold about? Shall we bre? grab my penis in Break my bed with your b Boo B boo boo T your mud. I don't know. Break your bed with your bg. Yeah That' something else. That's just called jumping on the bed. Yeah, Yay. That's called o. Okay. Our next story comes from Am I the asshole It was posted in April of twenty twenty six this year. Okay. Amm I the asshole for charging my friend eight hundred dollars after she left me four hours from home Becky, who's thirty one, thirty one year old woman and I, a thirty one year old woman, have been best friends for twenty years. In high school, we became close with Ryan and Daniel, and the four of us did everything together. Becky has always been fixated on Ryan. If he liked a girl, she would tear her apart or make passive aggressive comments until it was uncomfortable When he had girlfriends, she would openly criticize them and act like they weren't good enough for him. Eventually, she started doing the same thing to me. She would make comments to downplay my friendship with Ryan or subtly compare us, like she needed to prove she mattered more. It felt competitive for no reason, but I ignored it for years. Fast forward to Ryan's wedding last month Becky and I drove together and shared a hotel. The passive aggressive comments started again. She said I would not even be at the wedding if it was not for her, even saying things like that in front of other people. Later, in the hotel, she complained that Ryan did not spend enough time with her. She actually said, sorry to you and Daniel, but he should at least want to spend time with me After years of this, I snapped and said, What a weird thing to say out loud. Yes just. She immediately escalated and said, Ohh, what? you really think that Ryan and I aren't better friends and brought up that he asked her to help design the engagement ring I said, I don't care who's closer. Exactly. But it's weird that you care this much. It's not our fault, you're in love with him. is she pulled up the punch with the. But like this is like my friend, a friend of twenty years, you should be able to be like straight up with. Absolutely. twenty years you should be around the wedding But this is earer bitter. this is bitter.. is' God, like your friends of the groom or bride, it's like your job is to not only not cause drama, your job is to like twelve the dw. Jeez. I wish she's like upset that she wasn't like invited to the bachelor party or something. Alienware's backack to schoolch Event is the perfect time to score top gaming gear with incredible features and Intel core processors to go beyond performance. Save big on gaming desktops, laptops, and more. 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The process only takes minutes, and it could mean hundreds more in your pocket progressive. com after this episode to see if you could save. Progressive casualty insurance company and affiliates. potential savings will vary not available in all states. to the show You know? I don't know. She's not marrying Ryan. Yeah. that's that's what this story is. And she only has one person to take it out on this friend. Yeah. She stormed out and instead of coming back, she drove off and left me stranded four hours away with no way to get back. The next morning, I couldn't rent a car because I only had a debit card, so my only option was a same day flight back to where I live across the country, which cost eight hundred dollars I sent her an angry text and a Venmo request. She hasn't responded and we haven't spoken in a month. I'll admit saying she's in love with him was harsh, and the text I sent after was not my best moment We're supposed to talk tomorrow Am I the asshole? Okay. so so okay. so I mean, she was she was right on the money with like that she's still in love with him And like I'm sure that was like the final straw for her I don't think she's gonna to get that money though. No. I don't think there's there's a sh she's gonna to get. But she's asking she's asking, am I the asshle for requesting it. R for requesting it. It's like, hey, like you left because we did if you had plans to drive back together Yeah and they just ditched you It is like it's I get that it's probably more of a symbolic request A the stage of like, hey, fuck you. like ye, you know what you did to me and you can't just get away with this without acknowledging like you betrayed me Yeah. She did a really messed up thing. I mean, like I think maybe I would ask for like half. I would say not the asshle, but like Hey, she didn't think you were going to get an eight hundred dollars ticket It is a little fucked up that she left her in the middle of nowhere. But why are you traveling around with only a debit card? ir I'm looking at the emotional like friendship side of this, right? Like And there is also I'm a little confused. It's four hours away, but she took a flight across the country four hours I don't four hours away from what. Four hours away. Yeah there may be some travel situation. Is there a giant mountain between? I just think she is shitty. This friend is so shitty for leaving her stranded. We've read a lot of stories Yeah If you travel together somewhere like you have that responsibility abbsolutely. It's not like OP Fucking attacked her. It's not like OP. did something horrible. They had a fight. they like She said They said some pain And it could have even been out of line. It's still like, hey, as long as you're not You know, I don't know saying something absolutely awful and out of line. like horribly You don't leave someone stranded. like friendriends should be able to have these types of moments and come back together. Yeah, yeah yeah. And also I don't know, this is a little shitty, maybe. I'm gonna like I'm just throwing this out there W would the friend be that upset if what she said wasn't true? R that That's like she just right it's like, it's like if you said, hey,'re in love with, and it's not true at all you'd be like, No, it's not true. I'm not bothered by like. She is I can It's like hit you hit it. You hit the target And she couldn't she didn't want to face it. So that's why she couldn't even be in the same car with her. But she left She didn't even She didn't to stay for the wedding. I was gonna to say, she left before the wedd left before the wedding. Yeah. so she just bounced. is She is upset. She doesn't she's not really being loyal to any of her friends No like I think I think this was probably Going to the wedding was probably really difficult for her And then and then her friend saying You know, you're in love with that guy. was like the final straw because it was true Unfortunately, what she needed not OP, but the other friend, what she needed was a friend in that moment because that does suck T be in love with someone forever, they don't want you, but they they want to be friends with you. you're going to their wedding It must be really hard. But she didn't handle it well. She just She she put all of her pain on her friend. Yeah, she was taking it out in all the wrong ways for years and it sounds like they never really leveled with each other for years. Based on this, she's like talking about like this this friend's been acting for so long. it's like And you never talk you never talk. Because if this friend came to her and was like, dude, I have feelings for Ryan. It's really painful to be his friend. It's like, then you get to fuckking talk. Right. And then if you have that conversation, then by the time you get here and she's being shitty, it's like, hey, I understand what you're feeling. You cannot take it out on me then you be on the same page and deal with that in a more constructive way and help her move past it. It's like you got to let go of that at a certain point. I think that's such a relatable it's such a relatable thing to have feelings for someone that it's not returned. Yeah and it's weird. It's fucking sucks, but then if you're friends you should be able to talk about Absolutely Especially if it's a friend that's your mutual friends. like this isn't the person you're in love with. I think that's hard. I think that's hard It is very hard. a relationship like It gets really messy and tricky when a friend is involved, that's a guy. and like you can be friends with someone for twenty years, but you might not say. the thing that you really want to say because you don't know how they're going to react. I know, but I agree I agree. I think you should be able to say things. Yeah, absolutely. Well, it's like this is how those things then end friendships. So like Well this friendship this friendship got ended by by not handling it. it's like you It sucks, this sucks, but the eight hundred dollars does suck Yeah, but But this was that really the only option for the flight That's what O is a dollar ticket. What opP is saying I a debit card. She was fucked because her friend abandoned her. so she's like, fuck, man, I now lost eight hundred bucks because you bounced. Yeah. withithout even telling me like, Hey, I'm gonna to bounce, like just left How could you just leave someone and not even go back Be she I couldn't thatie. She's that hurt. She She was Wow. She was red Yeah But like at some point you'd hope I would No matter how upset I got about a situation, I'd be like I can't just leave this person. likeike I gotta figure out some way to like in hey, like I do have to make it up to you in some way or another Yeah. The verdict is not the asshole Comments, was this four hours away or across the country OP said, we met in our hometown. I flew in from out of town, which is four hours away from where the wedding was, but I live across the country. I am in the US. Oh so she would have already had to She already had a ticket. to fly from the hometown from the hometown, but but because she probably there wass probably no flights from where she was to her flight she had to cancel a flight and then another So she just left her in a really shitty situation where her travel was messed up. that makes more sense. Someone said, not the asshole, ditching your friend without a way home is a safety issue. You had every right to be upset, especially when that came with a eight hundred dollars plane ticket. I wouldn't say she's a friend anymore Lastly, someone said, unfortunately you will never get money from her and I doubt you would win in the small cllaims court, best to move on and go no contact with her, not the opp. I don't agree with that advice That's tough. eight hundred bucks is painful Also like I don't know if I'd be able to like stay friends with somebody that was that unbelable. I would not be That would be a like if you abandon me in a way where I then have to spend eight hundred bucks, fig not only eight hundred dollars, but just figuring out travel, right? Just a nightmare Unless they really come and go, I was so out of line. I'm so sorry. I'm going to pay you back financially in some way or another. and also like I need to like Unload like and out. It requires them to become a new person. Yeah. O else it's like you're just gonna get worse. I mean, at the end of the day, eight hundred bucks is nothing to how painful it's going to be to end a twenty year friendship. Absolutely. I do agree with that. That's gonna be I feel they were like hometown friends, honestly. I don't even think they were that close. I don't think so. So sorry were They were at the wedding Because the friend was complaining that the groom did not spend enough time with her. Gotch you And then over the wedding uring or during the During his wedding bro to his bride, She' he's not spending time with her girl And then Ohope, he goes, you're just mad because you're in love with like the fairair. But I also understand ending like' I'm taking the like view of like these are close friends. like Me too. twenty years. And even if it's like kind of back and forth, like twenty years, like there's a kind of thing where like even if it's a friend you don't see as often It's like, man, you're such a big part of my life. But it's deep it's deep rooted. It's deep rooted.s that's tough to go to jump to no contact. I get that. but I also understand the like where she's headed, where Becky is headed It doesn't get it doesn't get better Like is this resentment only going to grow because if she can't move past it and she's taking it out on OP That's only going to get worse and worse. It's like she's not your friend. She's not being your friend and is that gonna to get more more painful. If said what was needed to be said, it mightolutely That hurt Yeah. I mean, like's it's one of those things where like, you know, if I was I don't know if I was in an isoues, I probably just wouldn't have said anything. I would just been like okay Like, you know,body I get it. There's no reason like there's like people do need to hear these things sometimes, right? You hope that it happens any more like Tom way but I think she read her friend wrong. L I Like im's fighting words. It's also probably probably drinking involved. if it's a wedding.. Yeah, And then she immediately got in a car and drove away. Yeah. It's not sound. We to be aware of our location next time. I'm saying that to myself for future Yeah It's like you're not you're not what you're saying is correct and you're not wrong for saying it, but it's like if you have the ability to plan it out Yeah. You know, if you can be Batman with prep time do that. but you don't always get prep time. Yeah. I mean, it's also that thing where it's like, it's like, y'all, you're at a wedding. like hashed out after. But' happens. It seems like it was a little it is kind of like whatate. Weddings are I get it. I get it. But it's also the thing that it's happened and it's like, I bet OP is like, do I wish it happened differently? sure? but of course. I just don't even have conversations at weddings. I'm just dancing out toown funk What No! Put prrimal devotion on. Yeah. Grandma, Primal devotion' on Lick M B and suck on my ners. Jesus Sorry. All right. I should start writing AI. Th said it's not AI. Then you wrote it. That's true. That's true. This is the EN original. What you just saying is better than Who needs AI when you got this brain Update. Yeah, update. So this update comes nine days later. Okay. Okay. I wanted to address some common questions slash comments first Four hours versus across the country. I'm in the US and flew from the west cooast to the east cooast. We wanted extra time together since we don't see each other often, so I flew into my hometown about four hours from the wedding instead of somewhere closer This sounds like teenage drama. Totally fair. I think that's part of why I snapped. It felt like are we really doing this at thirty It's also a sign I should have addressed this sooner Rental car issue. I was told I couldn't use a debit card unless I had a license from that state. Otherwise it had to be a credit card No credit card. I had debt in my early twenties, which is long paid off, but I've avoided credit cards since. This situation made me realize I should have one for emergencies. Yeah. Why not bus slash train? I looked into it, neeither would have gotten me back in time for my return flight. A train home would This is the US. We don't have train. Public transport interternational comments is like, whyy don't you just use public transport? He. Do you guys have that? We're like, no, no. No like we did We did have we did we destroyed it. They're like, Ohh, from the West coast to the east Cast train, that should only take like What five hours, something like that? Yeah. The US is very large people. I don't think a lot of people realize how Big it is A train home would have taken almost three days Yeah and cost about the same.. My options were flying out of the closest airport or trying to get back to my original airport four hours away. Either way, I needed a same day flight. Then my request, I sent it out of anger. I told her later, I don't expect her to pay me back Now for the update. O. We had the call and it wasn't productive. Oh. What a surprise. it I apologize for what I said and that it was below the belt, especially the in love with Ryan comment. I acknowledged it was hurtful and told her I wouldn't say things like that again. I apologized for the text in Venro request, explained they came from anger, and made it clear I don't expect her to pay me back. I explained that her comments have been a longstanding pattern I never addressed but should have When I brought up being left stranded, she didn't acknowledge it at all and became defensive. She started crying and asked if we could just go back to how things were I told her I didn't think that was possible After the call, I realized this isn't something we can come back from I'm willing to work through a lot, especially when I have a role in things. But the lack of remorse or even acknowledgement for leaving me stranded made that clear. As many said, this hasn't been a real friendship for a while. It wasn't always like this, but over time the dynamic shifted in ways I kept overlooking or brushing off instead of addressing. I think I held onto it because of the history. During the month we didn't talk, I actually felt at peace, which says a lot I realized that not dealing with her behavior earlier probably contributed to it becoming a more explosive conflict than it would have been if I had addressed it sooner. I appreciate the honest feedback. I'm still sad about letting go of a friendship I cared about, but I know I'll be okay think yeah because this kind of backs up my theory that they were like They were like childhood friends, school friends. And then, you know, went off to college, whatever And I think like And I'm just saying this from my own experience of being friends with Anthony. like I think sometimes like when you develop these friendships in like middle school and high school your communication styles and the way that your friends don't always evolve as you become adults Yeah. And that's how I was with Anthony and I like our communication never improved from like high school teenage boys Um until you know that whole thing kind of like fell apart Yeah. And then we were like later on able to come back together in like as an adult sort of friendship Yeah So I yeah, it kind of The way that they talk to each other in this like argument feels so high school Yeah because that That's where it was born. Yeah Yeah. I think friendships also like They do a double helix sometimes it's like you come back you come together and then you have to go off and sometimes you go off and you learn things that don't vibe. And also I do think there is this like pressure of the friendship you've been there since the beginning and like this friendship, it's like, well, I have to hold on, but it's like It's both parties are not, they're not right for each other right now. Yeah later you got to kind Well it's also the painful thing. That's really fascinating. I agree with that about the communication styles. I feel like people talk about that a lot with siblings. of like when they go back and they spend time with their family, it's like, are old dynamics coming. Y. Right? It's like, who do I become? I become who I was when I was younger Um But I also think it's painful in your twenties. and then when you hit thirty, it really becomes apparent of like friends that you're growing up together and some people just refuse to grow. Like some people like hit some things that they're not letting go of, and it's like you realize how much it stunts you. And she's not letting go of this thing. And it's like keeping her in this place. And it's keeping her friend in that place with her. Yeah. it's also just like so Maddening when somebody just can't, like all you have to do is apologize. Like just acknowledge what you did was fucked up You left someone stranded in a town that they don't know, that they don't live in. And all you have to do is say You're right I fucked up. I think acknowledging any aspect Of that also acknowledging the reality of what's going on inside. And she cannot face that reality. She's not it's not even near her. She doesn't She doesn't actually see it for what it is because she doesn't understand it yet. I know. I think it's It's really sad. Yeah. It's really sad. Well, it's sad because she's missing out on a friend who's willing to grow. And so the friend's willing to grow and the other friend is going to stay where she is right now. Yeah. And it's good that the other friend is like, okay, I have to keep moving on. I feel there's an aspect that I feel so sorry for Becky in that people like that who they hold on to this thing and it's like, man, you're never going to find You're making it impossible for you to find your person out there because you're holding ono this thing and it's going to completely cloud cloud you. Becky is just like the perfect name for this b. Oh yeah, it makes him soo. Oh they pick that they pick that pretty well. Becky. Yeah. If if a character's named Becky, know' always like you're like, who But u yeah. Yeah, I mean, I think I think yeah, if there's one lesson to take from this is just like be more vulnerable with your friends. It will free you. It will free you If you fucked up, just say, hey, I fucked up and then like It will be amazing Yeah what that opens up for you. And you might see things earlier and be able to move on earlier Totally's if that's what's going to happen. And you're allowed to have irrational feelings and stuff like that that's that you can't help that. She can't help that. She has her these feelings for Ryan but if she's not going to acknowledge it, it's going to turn into irrational behavior. It doesn't make her a bad person. 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Our illustrious host, Paul, left a bottle of red for us on the table along with some chocolates and popcorn. Paul was friendly. Check in was quick and easy, so our party settled in. Everything was looking great Okay, so they're into the Airbnb, It's good. Illustous. six PM. We return from purchasing perishables for the weekend. We fill the fridge as we prepare for a relaxing and restorative vacation. We had all traveled far and been looking forward to this rare reunion. A few days on the beach does wonderful things for the soul, but little did we know how our souls would be blackened forevermore My goodness. eightven fifteen PM After a around round or five of drinks, we noticed that several members of the party had disappeared and were nowhere to be found We discovered them, ominous plunger in hand, staring terrified at a slowly rising toilet. One of two in the house Plunging half successfully, we messaged Paul and let him know the situation Only one working toilet isn't ideal for a group of eight twenty somethingings drunk on beer and full of tacos, but we'd make it work eight thirty eight PM The wolves arrived. don't get.. That's crazy. eightight thirty eight PM. The remaining toilet won't flush. No. The party grows worried. Paul assures us that he will call a plumber nine PM Paul has no luck with him. Where are these people eating Ters and beer. Both toilets, T and beer t nine PM Paul has no luck with his usual plumber. They won't be able to fix the toilets until the next morning. A five second Google search reveals there are twelve, twelve emergency twenty four hour plumbers in Virginia Beach, but Paul did not want to call them. After informing our dear friend Paul of our displeasure, he put his nose to the grindstone and made a few calls A plumber was found, magic nine thirty PM Raw sewage floods the shower and both toilets. D. Kitchen sink makes a strange noise when turned on. The house likely possessed. Drinks have been drunk like it's the end of prohibition, and we cannot drive or uber to safety. After all, where would we go? We pray to whatever Eldritch creature haunts our plumbing to spare us ten o one PM. I love it. The stench, dear God, the stench. eleven twenty PM. Emergency plumber arrives with Paul and Paul's friend in tow. One of them goes to the roof. onene of them pounds a Paps blue ribbon. Advance guard sobered up and makes an emergency run to a public bathroom. We split the party. twelve twenty AM Plumber ventures inside the splash zone to duct tape garbage bags around the toilets to seal them in preparation for the final blasting. Paul's friend fails to discover how dynamite? Yeah. Paul's friend fails to discover how to switch off his nose and taps out. I'm out, man. I'm out It's been hours since most of us have relieved ourselves. The backyard beckons us with its soothing siren call, but we resist for now twelve twenty two AM. Paul assures us the problem will soon be fixed and to keep partying. Classic Paul We obllige, blithely unaware of the horror shit show still awaiting us. Telve Wolves enter twelve twenty four AM. The wolves have finally entered. Twelve twenty four AM, the final blasting The stench, the horror, the splatter. We all take two D six damage. Of course, this guy plays D D. No I'm gonna say This guy played D and D. Of course. one AM Paul and Co tell us the bathrooms are fixed but not to flush toilet paper. He requests we instead put used toilet paper in conveniently provided bagless trash cans. No, no bag No! That's gonna leave a smear We decide to maximize our fun and minimize our bathroom usage. We also decide to leave the next morning two AM the witching hour Isn't three AM the three AM? Yeah three A. This freaking frat boy man. on Iw this well fratoy. Yeah, I thought you were doing a cool campaign This is Virginia Beach, right? Yeah. Isn't that a big party town? Yeah. Oh yeah, sure. Yeah. ye. Yeah Lights flicker ominously. The house isn't finished with us yet. four thirty AM. Oh my God. Paul offers a full refund. Excellent. He later tries to convince us to stay and only refund the first night excellent place. We ask for a full refund and promise to evacuate in the morning. He offers to let us stay for free for the remainder of our reservation Excellent. But we decline and agree to leave by noon, Clairvoyint ten thirty AM. The party prepares to leave after a night of sheer terror. We take trash to trash cans, clean the kitchen, and prepare a sacrifice to the toilet gods. eleven ten AM We commence the cleansing ritual in the kitchen. After completion, we agree never to speak of this again. Who would believe our ondorous experience eleven eleven AM makeake a wish. The great gurgle. We hear deep from the bowels of hell, accursed glugging. Was it the broken spirit of Paul's friend chugging another PBR? Nope. The shower had once again started flooding with raw sewage eleven fifteen AM We hasten our efforts to flee. Paul is called. We finish packing all but the final suitcases into our cars eleven thirty AM We convene to discuss departure. Suddenly, one of our party realizes we've been cut off from the last of our supplies by a seeping shit river pooling in the hallway fearing the end is nigh. A brave hero bounds forth, vaulting across the rising floodwaters of the Rubicon. We form a fire line to ferry our belongings and our wounded to safety. Stop eleven thirty two AM water oozes from the baseboards. Satan's septic tank thirsts for blood. The lights flicker once more. eleven thirty five AM. Our dearest friend Paul arrives, eloquently prophesizing this house is fucked. Agreeing with Paul's uncanny observation, we flee the house The smell stayed with us for days, but the memories will haunt us forever. So it was coming out of the baseboards. it was coming out of everywhere That was an excellent read of that. Thank you I was so invested. Yes. It felt like I was reading the like journals of what is it the what was the like? U The pilgrims who like all disappeared or whatever. Jamestown? Not wasas it Jamestown? Yeah. Ranoke. Yeah. I feel like I'm reading the diary from Roanoke where man. someomeone forgot to flush and it's getting real bad. Really good. Wow, so yeah, it was com out of the baseboards, it was coming out of everywhere. This house was quite literally about to explode with shit. With shit. So something deep. And it wasn't all there shit Oh it must have been like a well, I don't know if it had a septicake or if it was like a blockage further down. Something the main line. Something deep in hell. is rupturing. Yeah. He should have known there'd be There be eight Shitt and boys. Shitt and boys ready to out of the shower Yeah, because once it's So you know it's just gonna to come out of it. I love the way this guy wrote. eleven, eleven, makeake a wish. No, I added makeake a wish. Oh. Hey, that was really good. You're really talented. Thank you. He's good. Oh my go. You should do this You never know when I'm just adding my own little spice to it. Oh my God, eleven eleven make a wish. Yeah So where were the wolves when? Well they were probably gonna show laapping up they showed up in they like Oh and they like ran away. Let's go guys. Comments, honestly, I truly feel for how completely and totally fucked Paul is at owning this shit house So one said, if I were Paul, I think I'd just burn the house down and start over. That smell would be too haunting Lastly, someone said, Ah, I love the first season of American horror story, Turner House. No, they wouldn't name it Turter House. Come on