Today I Fucked Up: Fishbowl Head

Hello and welcome to Smosh Reads Radded Stories. I'm Shane and today's theme is parents. Parenting And I am joined by two people who are parents, one of a baby boy and one of a little tiny napkin Amanda and Trevor, thank you for joining me. I hope that you're doing well. I know it's tough. It is tough. Yeah, it's tough because he does this thing where he, in the morning at like eight thirty on the dot, he gets up and he starts licking my eyeball because he wants breakfast And we should be clear that napkin, when I say napkin, it's a dog. It is a dog. Not a napkin, not an actual. Oh, that would be so bizarre. My son also licks my eyeballs when he wants food. and I'm like how'd you get here? stop. How'd you get here? Where didd it come from? My haunted baby? I Don't even start. I don't think we might have. I don't think we've done a parents episode. I know, I feel like I'm like on my best behavior right now. I feel a little like very polite Yeah. We'll see how longong that last. Do you think you have takes on parenting net like that have changed or new ones tootally changed. Yeah Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Interesting. Like I would say one of my favorite books is like bringing up the Bebe. Wha. It like the French B Its it's a little bit more hands off it's all kind of intuitive. You cannot plan how you're going to be as a mom until you become a mom. That's what I'm going to say. Okay. And how do you feel about that with napkin I feel that way with Yeahah, I mean, when we first got Napkin, I mean, he was peeing all over himself. and yeah and then it was like, you know, we had to figure that out. But it's figured out now and he's great. No, I have a really great relationship with my actual parents. I feel like they're amazing. I think that they have I feel like they just set me up really well. Like I know that when I am a dad of a human child, I'm obviously not gonna to be ready, but I feel like they were really good examples for me so. Every says you're never ready, but let me tell you, your intuition does actually kick in Okay, you weirdly kind of know what to do G Let's get into some of these parenting stories Our first one comes from Today I fucked up And it was posted in July of twenty twenty. bad year Anyways, this story goes Today, I fucked up by telling my daughter her hero, Bob Ross was dead.. That's her daughter's hero. What if I was like He died died. wait No, he's still painting. Wait down the street. Paintingbres. Wait do not What's next? mister Rogers? No, he doesn't know who Bob Ross is. He doesn't. You don' know who Bob Ross is? Of course I knew who Bob Boss is. Oh, then what was happening there I was really sad that he died Oh I thought he I already knew he was no, I already knew he's dead, but it just brought back up some emotions, you know? Let's get into this. Okay Obligatory, this was two years ago. My daughter was four at the time My daughter's love of Bob Ross started in the womb I had a terrible insomnia throughout my pregnancy, and I would listen to Bob Ross painting tutorials each night to fall asleep At the time, I thought it helped me sleep because it was essentially soothing background noise, but recently I've learned about ASMR and I realized that I am super susceptible to certain sounds, such as quiet, calm voices and the scratching of paintbrushes and tools. Anyways, after my daughter was born, I continued to have a hard time sleeping this time because of a crying and demanding baby. So every night, I'd lay down in my bed with her next to me in the bassinet, and I'd play Bob Ross. As my daughter got older, she began to demand Bob Ross. We'd read a bod book or two before bed, and then we'd watch one half hour tutorial. By the end of these videos, my daughter and often myself, would be sound asleep For years this routine was continued. It continued through my second pregnancy. and now with my second daughter as well. We watch Bob Ross every single night We've seen each and every Joy of painting tutorial, all four hundred and three episodes, multiple times Some nights I might think my kids have fallen asleep during book time. We are past board books and onto chapter books now. But when I close the book and prepare to sneak out of their room, inevitably one or both of them chirps up, Mama, what about Bob Ross And so we watch Bob Ross, which brings me to the fateful day. After watching a particularly compelling episode of The Joy of Painting, my four year old sighed happily and said, Mama, one day I'd like to go visit Bob Ross.. Where does he live again To which I replied, Muny, Indiana, remember Oh yes, she said, recalling that Bob mentions Muny frequently. And then, and to this day I still don't entirely know why, I said these words But honey, I have to tell you something. Bob Ross died a long time ago. We might be able to visit Muny, but won't be able to meet Bob. And my daughter broke down complepletely Now, like most parents, I've seen my kids cry. I've seen all their cries when they're angry, hungry, scared bored, whining, manipulating, you name it But I had never heard her cry like this. She was completely and utterly bereft. She was wailing and punching herself in the chest and thighs while giant strangled sobs burst from her lungs. The news that her hero was dead just destroyed her. She cried for a solid twenty minutes. My husband, helpfully, shouted up from the main floor of the house What the hell made you think that would be a good idea? Seriously, what possessed you to tell her that? Damn, dad. Get involved. Eter hell forever Enter the huge asshole And I couldn't really answer except that I had felt in that moment that I shouldn't lie to her, that I should tell her the truth about Bob Ross and that he wasn't alive anymore After she stopped crying, we talked a lot about Bob Ross, how he died, and about his legacy. I told her about how Bob Ross gave a very important gift to the world and that his own love of painting had inspired so many artists and people in every country Even as a four year old with limited understanding of life and death, she seemed to find some solace in that One point five years later, she still brings up how Bob Ross made a lot of people happy and how he makes her happy still. So that's my today I fucked up. My lovely five point five and three year old daughters will surely be demanding Bob Ross tonight. And as always, I will oblige them I actually can. I'm actually gonna cry. Oh no And she continues to add and she's like, donon't worry, we'll find a way to bring him back using science I don't know why it's gettinging me so hard I'm okay. No I Wha that like This might be partly like sympathy because I looked over you I' so sad. Wow. That's so adorable because it's like sweet. Bob R is such a wholesome person and he really has inspired so much joy in people. And so for even that to translate to a four year old to be like, Oh, Bob Ross. I also am just like, I'm actually proud of the mom because we cannot shield our kids from hardship or death even. And I think where I'm getting so emotional is because like, Oh! Yeah. I can't talk about it to be like, oh, we love and to be the rest of the epode No, no I'm not I just kidding. It's crazy It's crazy to think that yeah, such a young child, you know, you think of kids and you think of like, oh yeah, you know, like they're like stupid, you know They're like like that'sbody was a lie. No You're so d No but kids don kids don't know stuff, you know? like they're still becoming people, but that like they could experience such like a complex emotion that we feel it is. I mean, how connected though, that the mom gets to be like, I know this is this sucks and it's hard. but he made a lot of people happy and it's like I'm glad, I'm really glad that that she told her because it's Kids do not want to be lied to. I don't think you need to tell your kid everyone who's died, but like kids do not want to be lied to. I think it actually It allows them to go, oh, wow, you trust me with this information. Can we talk about the asshole husband? Wh is not Yeah? Who is not watch that time? How you think that was a good idea? What do you think that was a good idea to tell my daughter is the truth? Hey guys, I'm four Cers Banquet, Da. C you shut up about Rob Ross? Yeah, shut up Um Can I get a fact check on this? Was Bob Ross was a drill instructor before he became a painter, right I want to make sure that's true. I I was a drill instructor and he was like, I'm tired of doing this. I want to be kind. I want to spread Dude He was a driller Yeah, could yourazy. He served twenty years in the air Force. Yeah. He served twenty years. So he's been in the skies forever. Yeah. Yeah. S something crazy. you would not guess that that's a military man.. Could you imagine being the person who got yelled at by him so f shoewed me at I ruined my life. The Air Force. Wait, he's not that nice. W Wait a minute. Al Wow, Maybe the husband's really I'm so on this husband. Maybe he's really mad because he never gets to sleep next to his wife. He's just who loves Bob Ross. I'd love me Bob Ross. I love to cuddle you at some point. You just Girls and I are busy. You just come downstairs and he's sadly painting trees, just trying to get better beind to me. And it's just him and his wife and she's like going away. I haven't showed any TV to Cole yet, but I felt like my mom was very honest and open about Death and spirits and the only connection that I have to this as like a newer mom is My good friend has four kids and her mom passed. and they reacted the same way when their grandmother passed. And she really had to explain to them about, you know, death but she explained to them in such a way that they would understand. it was really helpful of like You know how, you know, things go into the ground and then they sprout up trees and they live again and things die off the tree. And it's almost like a circle I think it's great. I think at an early age give the kids a little bit more credit that they actually can understand because they have such compleomplex emotions, and I think the worst thing is like, go to your room G deal with it somewherese. It's like Yeah. Yeahah, you know what This does suck. And he's gone and we miss him too. and and I'm sorry, you know, I'm sorry that you're feeling that way So I'm like, I'm kind of all for it. I mean. I haven't experienced it yet with my own son I don't know what I'll be like if he loses his mind. Yeah. I mean, it's tough. I mean, I' that there's that famous Sesame Street episode from like the eighties where like one of the actors passed away. He was an old guy. Yeah. and they have to explain to Big Bird, like he died. And Big birds like, fuck, dude, fking serious You just come outside, big bird's like smoking a cigarette outside, just like, wait, wait, this is so right at massive fucking' bird. this sucks, dude. ha it man. S when someone put good fellas two big bird Burt and Ernie, didid anyone see that YouTube video? And it was just like, you fuck my wife? and it's Bur being like where? And Ernie's like, you fuck my wife? I'm gonna fucking kid. Amanda's desperately trying to steer this away from the conversation about grief. No No, Grief. No, I know I don'. Grief was a big part of My mom was very open about death, almost to a part where you're just like Yeah, she's like, did you hear I've met your mom like twice and I can see that That she's the type. It's very open conversation with my family. So I have I think that's good. It'll be very open with my son Yeah But yeah, I don't I don't know. I like I'm far down, I'm not there yet. Oh yeah. But I'll definitely be I'll probably be like this mom. This episode of Reddit Stories is sponsored by Zock Doc Ifave you ever found yourself browsing the internet, reading or listening to videos regarding symptoms and self diagnosing? Don't do that. Ask an expert. That's why I use ZockDoc ZockDoc is a free app and website that helps you find and book high quality in network doctors so you can find someone you love. 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You didn't fuck up either. It's important to talk about these things with your kids. Maybe not at bedtime though, but oh well. Someone said Yeah Yeah That's true. before you go to sleep. Yeah. Here's the worst thing you've ever heard in your life. Hey, I'm gonna ruin your whole world Yeah. ready for the nightmare. Soomeone said hey, I think you made the right choice and Sesame Street agrees. When I was about her age, one of the cast members of Sesame Street died. and they did an entire episode about it, showing everyone grieving and explaining it to the younger characters and celebrating the good memories and telling stories and all the things that people do when someone dies. It was beautiful and difficult, but overall, as time has gone on, I am glad they did the episode, it made it something that was okay to talk about and accept Lastly, someone said, Don't keep sadness from your children. Sh them how to deal with it properly. You're a great mom, not a fuck up by a long shot hugs to all. Yes Oh Bob Ross is alive. I kn he's bad. He's a b guy. he is half mechanical now. Yeah He is painting at a rate that we cannot comprehend. Okay, update. This was an edit from the OP. They wrote, o my goodness, this blew up. I checked in right before I put my kids to bed and my eldest n I sat up and read some of the comments together. She particularly loved the Bob Ross Lego figurine and someone shared. She is a big Lego fan and thought one user's story about their mom becoming a professional painter after watching Bob Ross tutorials was Really nice I also read the post itself to my daughter, and she smiled and chuckled along. When it got to the part where her dad questioned my general parenting abilities, she stopped to ask me, why would dad say that to you? And when I while he thought I should have protected your feelings, she said, rather a matter of fact, you shouldn't lie to children So I guess she agrees with my approach She then said I should get a divorce, I'm just kidding. Divorce is Divorce dadad. And finally, to answer the question of, did I know that it was the twenty fifth anniversary of Bob Ross's death today? No, I did not. That honestly blows my mind a little bit because I've been thinking about making this today a fucked up post for a few weeks. and it just so happens, I finally sat down and wrote it up I couldn't remember the exact year he died until I looked it up on his Wiki entry today, and I totally glossed over the specific date, july fourth. What a weird, weird coincidence. Second update, I seriously enjoyed all the funny, heartbreaking and relatable stories of the first time you experienced your own loss of a hero. Elvis, Michael Jackson, members of the Beatles, MLK, mister Rogers, thank you for your comments. I'll continue to read them all And finally, thanks to everyone who shared their own stories of Bob Ross and the influence he had on their lives. It's awesome that he continues to inspire so many people with his art tutorials, love of animals in nature, life advice and kindness twenty five years after his death. The world is truly a better place because of him If anyone is looking for a good watch, the happappy Painter is on YouTube as is this gem. Where are all the Bob Ross paintings? Well, I'm gonna have to watch those You know, I did a thousand piece puzzle of a Bob Ross painting in COVID. H and I were stuck and it was One of the hardest puzzles I've ever done in my life because it was ninety nine percent blue. Yeah. ide We're stuck inside and that was like Everything's blue. Yeah. That's. And you know, totally opposite, but like That's the biggest thing. Do not lie to her kids. They can tell That's the other thing. Can you imagine if she's like, No, Bob Ross is alive and well he's happy. Can you imagine how betrayed she would have felt? It would have been way worse. Yeah Totally. So did she break up with? her with the father Yeah I don't know. Why did Daddy say that to you? Why did dad say that shit to you? Do you guys remember like what the first kind of like I guess like celebrity or like the death that you like kind of felt actually emotionally affected by in any way? O Like there was one that it kind of like hit you because I feel like there are like celebrity deaths that I'm like, oh, that's like really tragic or sad, but it doesn't like affect me like I'm not feeling any I think the first one for me was Robin Williams. I think that was the first one that I was like, that is really, really, really st. How old are you when that happened Oh, I mean, I was in I was in high school was a baby. Yeah. I mean, there's been a few that have definitely just like hit where it's like, whoa. I don't know I definitely have moments where I'm just, oh, it sucks like to not have that person, you know Yeah, right now Robin Williams was definitely sure. I think it was also like the kind of the context of, you know how he died. Yeah It was really tragic. Massive news. Obably when JFK died, I was like, ye, can't believe it Yeah. I'm sorry Sorry, I really I' trying to keep that going. Our next story This comes from M I the asshole. Am I the asshole for telling my wife to stop playing rooblox and do her duties as a parent D! D That's dumb, bro. All right, I got things to say. This is a thirty six year old man writing, My wife and I have always tried to keep the housework pretty evenly split between us. I, for example, mow the lawn and do laundry and dishes and she meal plans, cooks and picks up slash drops off the kids Lately, this has all changed because she has become addicted to a game called Dress to imppress on Roblo. If you aren't familiar, it's a game where you have to dress your character in a themed outfit before the time runs out and the other players rate it from one to five stars. It started off harmless, just a fun thing she would do during downtime before bed, but recently she has missed crucial appointments and chores because of this game. I tried to be understanding and gently remind her to do her tasks But she would always say she forgot or got distracted. The big argument happened last night when she forgot to pick up our nine year old son from basketball practice which ended which It ended at six o'clock. I hadn't gotten home yet as I had to work late, and our son doesn't have a phone, so I had no way of knowing the situation. I eventually got home around seven PM and realized he was not in his room. I looked around further and saw that he was nowhere to be found. I walked into our bedroom, confused to ask my wife where he was and found her on her iPad playing the game as always When I asked her where our son was, her eyes grew wide and I knew what happened without her having to say. I immediately got back into my car and went to pick him up. Luckily, his coach had stayed after to make sure he was picked up safe, and I apologized profusely. Apparently, he had been calling and texting my wife, who was the emergency contact and she didn't even notice When we got home, I immediately blew up at her. How could she be so addicted to a kids game that she completely forgot our son? Now she's telling me it was a one time thing and that I'm an asshole for getting angry. I don't know what to think. I do kind of understand her side of the story as it has only happened one time, but she has to be a responsible adult. She can't just completely forget about our child who has no way to get home on his own So am I the asshole? Oh Oh my. That's my fault. I judged a Reddit story by its title. I waso like Yeah. well, no, okay, so my instinct here on this title is that I was thinking that it was gonna to be just like a guy being like, ugh, like get off the dang video game or something like that. Dang it yeah Not forgetting to pick your child up from a thing and That's that's tough for that' pretty in his position. I would be livid Yeah. I mean like first of all Honey, I watch way too much true crime An hour.ne whole hour. It's getting dark. You're in an open field. Yeah. That coach probably was like dying to get home and open some ice cream up. This could have been so bad. Yeah. This could have been hard. This is really bad and also she didn't answer her phone.. Yes. Yeah. Is that a timer, honey Yeah. I wanted do dressroom press set I I confused. She was on her iPad and I guess the messages weren't going to that iPad. Yeah. but it's just like I am someone who's very forgetful. I don't have a kid, but I am someone who's very forgetful. I am like, I am setting you are a millionatters. You are forgetful? I think I can be very forgetful, but I set a lot of like I create The things to remind me because left to my own devices, I can forget stuff. And there's tears of things to forget Like you there's things that you can forget that's like,, I'm annoyed that I forgot that.. Forgetting to pick your child up from a practice. like that is like you you got to be on top of that And like for an hour to go by.. And they can't get in touch with you. Yeah. I would be livid I mean, okay She says it was a one time thing Sounds like it's not really, but this was a one time thing. and it's like okay That person was mad. they have their own reason, but it's like Okay do think they need to kind of discuss the dress to impress. Yeah, that's pretty extreme. I mean, like I'm thinking If I'm in her shoes, And I've had moments like this throughout my life where where You're doing something and you're like, oh shit, this has messed up my quality of life or it's messed up my responsibility. Yeah yeah. And I go, I clearly can't have this like I can't do this, right? Like And that sucks, but it's like, hey, like I get too sucked into this My only comparison is like sometimes with like social media. L some social media I'm like, I do have timers on like Reddit. Yeah. So I'm just like I will scroll and then be like, shit an hour went by. No, yeah. There's a lot of video games that I play that like especially something like a rogue like, like if I'm on a good run, I'll forget like time is passing. And so if I'm playing the game that I know I have a potential to get sucked into, I'll literally set an alarm on my phone and be like this, I'm setting a timer for forty minutes to check back in with myself to like be like, okay, is there anything that I need to do or am I missing anything? And I feel like I feel like I've heard you talk about this. I've heard other parents talk about this of like You balance things out and you schedule things out that it's like, hey, Now Sunday, you have this like to design it out where it's like Sunday The kids are takakingen care of, play dressed to impress all day. L give yourself that, but you need to be mindful about it. But we always do that. like H'll like, can I fuck off for an hour and play Diablo or whatever.m Yes, go do that. Can I go do my thing for an hour? So it's like The big thing is you just have to communicate, but trust me With the video games, I'll be like It's never gotten to a point where Again, he's not picking up our son anywhere, but it's never gotten to a point where it's just like He's crying and he misses it. Like it's kind of like Sorry, kids come first, but again, I also want to try to see her side. Maybe she's really overwhelmed about something. We don't know the context. Maybe she needs to escape from something. Again, you didn't pick up your son. That's kind of That's really t. I get why the dad's mad is what I say. Oh, of course. And it's like what happens after this? Like is she willing to go, you know what? I need to I need to draw boundaries on this. I need to make O just like schedule it out, which sucks. It sucks, but it's like dude. Once the kids are taken care of, Do you want tona play dressed imp press? Yeah. ten PM. Okay. I know so many parents who play tons of video games. Yeah. Like there is a balance you can say If I was ever like had to stay late from something, it was like something that I knew was gonna happen. It was like my parents They were busy for whatever reason and it's like, hey, like we're gonna be there like thirty minutes late to figureures up or something. like that was communicated. But I feel like my parents were always like Really on top of that stuff. And we played a lot of video games. I played a lot of video games with my parents. We all played Runescape together. That's crazy. My's so. You know, a lot of people I talk about Runescape a lot. My dad is the one that's made my rununescape account And so we would all do that together, but it never youd wake him up like, what's the password? Yeah ye. And I wake him up and then we would sit and, you know, we'd all be in the living room killing the rununescape bosses. so f. That's. But it never kept him from getting me from a practice. Right. So good for him. Yeah I think my parents were pretty on it. or they sent It was like, I'm your mom's friend. It's like, okay. Yeah. Whereass like now I' never let my son I'd be like, Mommy has no friends that you know that would never pick you up. No No That was the weirdest thing is getting. Like someone being like, hey, I'm here to pick you up and being like an eleven year old and being like, this car smells weird. I don't like the way this is random people that She good friend Get in. I'd be like, Okaykay. I' not just just jumping. Sheusan teacher, she had a lot of random friends. Oh my God. Again, I know. I would never, as a kid, my parents were like, anyyone we don't know is trying to kill you. I was like, all right Don't trust anyone. Well The verdict is not the asshole Comments, not the asshle. This isn't a chore she's blowing off. This is forgetting your own child How could she not even notice the calls and texts from the coach? That's what I'm wondering about. Is something else going on here OP said, I'm not entirely sure how she missed all of the messages and phone calls from the coach. We haven't spoken much since the argument. I haven't noticed anything different with her, but I could be missing things Someone said, Is this real? She needs therapy if she is so addicted to a silly kid's game with avatars that she is forgetting her own real child. This is a scary and serious event for your kid. And okay, maybe losing track of time, but missing the calls and text too. That's insane. notot the asshole. Hope your kid is okay. You probably felt so scared and abandoned. person projecting just Yeahah, don't don't like I was left How Your child is gonna be fucked up forever. How your child as well. Yeah,'. Yeah. OopeP responded. Thanks for your concern. I'm planning on talking to her tomorrow morning because we'll have had a day to cool off and think it over. I talked to my son in the car after the original event and he seemed okay fromive Obviously a little afraid and confused, but nothing that should impact him in the long run. I'll continue to be checking up on him and making sure though Lastly, someone said, notot the asssle, but I have questions Does your wife work? What time does she get home How does your kid get home when he doesn't have practice? How many kids do you have? Okay normally makes dinner and when do you all eat? I'm struggling to understand. What your mother'erss made the name. What is your. didid you g? Hold on. How are babies made? Yeah What was your high school mascot? Howre you available? hang out? responded. She works part time and usually gets home around two PM We only have one kid He gets home on the school bus when there's no practice. She in the past has been the one in charge of cooking and food, but recently I have started to do this because of the events in the post. We are usually eating around six thirty PM. I was just gonna say, places to get left at basketball practice One of the better ones, because at least you can still get some shots. He's at another hour. He's basically Lber. you can get free throws. Well for some reason was thinking got hourike Be outside on a field is a lot worse than being in a gym and being able to get some extra free throws up. likeike Here's what I'm just thinking. I just want to say that she must be going through some stuff and maybe she's sick being the one to pick him up and do all the dinners. Maybe she wants to mow the lawn. I don't know, but she clearly is escaping from something. If we're to believe this post though, he's saying he's been doing all the cooking now. Well this is just him. I know. I know. with Reda, we get one s story No I dont think he's the. It is tough where it's like I do tend to like think like, oh, what's going I know a lot can be put on a person. And we have a lot of stories where it's like, oh, my partner and then you hear the're wrong. And here's what I will say. I think it's totally reasonable for him to be upset. As someone who has played video games my entire life, I spent a lot of my life preparing and knowing that I get way too sucked into games. If you're just, if this is the first time she's ever gotten sucked into a game like that I can understand not not being prepared for how fast you lose track of time. because I know I can predict like, okay, I'm going to start playing this game. I know I'm gonna to lose track of time. That's a good point. I've never played a game that sucks you in before and like just being there and being like, oh my god. no idea. I get itue. I get it. It's true. That's actually a really good point. Yes. Why are you saving that? That's insane. made We were having a conversation. Yeah, but Hey, say it right now. Let's get to it. One and a half weeks later. Okay. Hi everyone. Thankks for all your advice on my previous post. So I decided to have a conversation with my wife the day after I made the post about the time spent on video games We talked for a while and I tried to bring up important things people talked about in the comments. I saw a lot of people suggesting that I completely block and delete Roblox from her devices. And I brought that up Obviously, she didn't take that well. I told her, it's completely unacceptable what she has been doing and there needs to be at least a time limit set on her device. I can't control her, but it made it clear it's a very important thing to me and it would damage our relationship if she said no After I said this, she agreed to the time limits. Another thing I saw a lot in the comments was concern for my wife's mental health I appreciate people's insight into this because it's something I don't really have a lot of experience in I asked her if she would consider seeing a therapist and she said she would think about it People were also concerned about how my son is feeling after all this. I didn't realize that it was something that may have an impact on him I had a conversation with him and made sure he understood his mom and I love and care for him and that nothing like this would ever happen again. I also have ordered him a cheap flip phone so he wouldn't be completely stranded alone if these events did end up repeating If there's anything I should do or could do differently regarding my son, please let me know because I don't exactly know how to navigate this situation I don't want to be too harsh on my wife. We love each other and it's been made more clear after our talk that this should not be marriage ending or cause any lasting damage. If anyone has any further advice or thoughts, I will be happy to read it. Thank you I think that he also needs to go to a therapist and talk this out with a therapist and not go to his wife and go, Hey, I shared our very private story with Reddit and I'm going to come and tell you what Redditor said. you and that you need to go to a therapist. It's also like Hey, why don't you guys go to a therapist together I don't know. but a little bit like I don't really appreciate his to be completely honest.. They need to get an outside expert opinion from a gamer because I feel like they need' se Trevor. I truly, I think for two if two people like don't play video games and they've never been gamers in their life, like this is a real issue and it's something that's solvable. And I can understand from an outside perspective, if someone plays a video game for a long time and get sucked into it and forgets their responsibility, someomeone being like, what's wrong with you? How could you do this? but it's pretty easy. So you need a therapist gamer Yes, a gamer therapist. We need more of them. Yeah Um, This story kind of like, it kind of touches on it, but it makes me think of a lot of relationship stories that we read. And it's like, as you said, we only get one side of the story. A stories are almost written a way that it like It almost is like you talk about your wife or your husband like they're a stranger You know what I mean? where I'm like, that's what I mean. Don't you guys know like you should know more about each other. It seems like it's like you should don't understand your partner at all. I agree with you. It's almost like they're not in tune with their partnner. like go to your partner. And in that sense, I'm like, yeah, you guys you guys Go to a therapist so that you get those spaces to talk more and connect. To connect more. That's why I'm like, oh, maybe they should go together. And it's like nothing against the Reddit community. I don't think that's going to bring you closer to say, hey, I shared This You know, awful event online for everyone to see. And of course now we're reading it on the channel, but like I'm also just like the person is right in front of you. Talk to them. againain, I don't know their relationship, but like I agree with you. What is this stranger It's just something I pick up on in the way that it's written. Yeah. So we met them and we saw them in real life, we'd maybe be like, oh, you're fine. Oh, you're f. Yeah, you're right. It'sitten.' just like, it just seems like I don't know. There's just And I know it's really hard to navigate like you have a kid. you're facing all these events for the first time ever, right and you're doing it with your partner and a lot of different emotions that you've never experienced can come up. I do know that. but it's also just like That's that's why you chose to do it with them. You're doing it together. So like Talk to them. Anways. This episode of Reddit Stories is sponsored by Shopify. Starting a business can be very overwhelming. There are so many logistical questions and boxes you need to check. You have to make sure to find the right platforms to push your business to the next level. For Smosch reads Reddit Stories, we had to think of logo, scripts, guest talent, production design. The list goes on The last thing we wanted to think about was our website. That's why we use Shopify. 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Classic case. I go to this Mommy and me thing every week with my daughter, Not because it's my kind of thing, but because my mother in law paid the membership for a year as a Christmas gift To my one year old, AKA, she doesn't think I am socializing her grandchild enough. and this was her way of passive aggressively correcting my parenting Anywaysation. Anyways, we go to this thing every week for an hour and all the Pinterest moms are planning themed birthday parties and discussing screen time and sharing gluten free recipes while their kids stare at each other But all these kids no sign language. and I thought that was pretty damn cool So I start looking into this and try teaching my kids some basic signcis for basic needs, and it's working. Suddenly, my tiny human who otherwise could not effectively communicate with me knows how to say more and all done and drink. She can call me mom and my husband, dad Holy shit, Thankks Pinterest moms. I take back all the shit I talked about you to my kid on our weekly drives home. Well, today with my husband out of town, I didn't feel much like cooking and since my daughter is pretty laid back at restaurants, I decided to go out for a quick dinner My kid loves French fries and so do I? So we hit the local burger joint and I ordered a beer, a burger with fries, and a side of fruit The server brings a little styrofoam cup with a lid and a straw filled with water for my daughter, and I set it out of her reach so she doesn't hulk smash the styrofoam and make a mess. So of course, every time she wants some, she signs drink. And every time she wants my attention, she signs dad because apparently the slightly different sign for mom isn't as fun for her. Okaykay, whatever Well, I noticed a couple tables away, there are a couple of women who are also signing to each other, but they're looking over at us and snickering. I'm like, okay I did like four quick Google searches, Maybe I botched some of what I taught her. It's fine But then As the women are leaving, they stop by our table and one of them lays her iPhone down with a message typed out for me to read. It says something to the effect of she's calling you dumb and telling you she wants to drink alcohol. I'm like, wait, what? So she continues to show me that I have in fact, taught my daughter the wrong signs that there are different signs for drink, non alcoholic beverage, and drink alcohol. And by balling her fist up instead of using a flat hand at her forehead, my daughter has been calling me dumb instead of dad, which was already wrong, obviously since I am her mom. I can only imagine what the Pinterest moms would have done hadad I shown up next week with my kid asking to drink liquor ETA, thanks everyone. I'm glad you all enjoyed this post. Please understand that the conversation that took place with the deeaf woman was totally lighthearted They were not correcting our signing to be rude or thinking that I was trying to teach my child proper ASL. They were not oblivious to the fact that baby signing is not the same as ASL. They just thought my baby was cute and used the coincidence to strike up conversation. And it was funny and welcome. Also, please note that I literally searched baby sign language and based the signs off of still frames from Google I have no idea how close they were to the real signs. Additionally, this happened four years ago when my now five year old was twelve months. She speaks English well for all of you who were concerned for her development. We were always sure to say the words while signing them. She now has a baby sister who is twelve months old and is signing, which is what reminded me of this story that I decided to share with you all. I'm new to Reddit and did not realize it was obligatory to let you know that this did not happen today. You can take back your up votes for this as necessary Smiley face. Damn, this OP is That's Do not Do not fuck with this. Jason, I'm telling the story and I'm in the driver's seat. Yeah. I don't wan to hear it, but I wantanna hear it. Okay, sorry lets you know it happened five fucking years ago. by This conversation with the deaf people is good. It was That was a good one. They were having good time. So, call me dum. The baby at the burger joint, hey, dumb ask give me m. G me My conspiracy is that the baby was signingrectly and they wereally saying you're dumb. It was like dum G G me your damn., I don't actually know drink for alcohol now because I know I know milk Daddy, Mommy, more all done. And then I don't know. Be I try to I try to try to teach Cole and, you know, He does this I go to gate, he goes That's awesome. But I try to do Mommy. Teach them how to ask for a beer. I love that she was teaching her sign language. What I really want to dig into this relationship with her mother in law that because her mom got her momm and me, she thought that she couldn't a good mom I love that I love that the main issues with this story have nothing to do with the story itself. It's like, oh, you and your mother in law and you and the people replying to this story Yeah are not Thankks to you fuckers responding. This mom is, you know, she's feeling all the feel. Oh she'ss Al Mommy and me classes, yees, sometimes they can be a little like you know, upppy because you're like, oh, you have a lot of time in your hands, but also they can be really great too. I did I did a couple the library For free Nice. Yeah. It was It was actually really fun. Moms were just like, what do what What do I do? What do you do? What are you doing? What am I doing? Do you have clothes? I g like a lot of clothes. Yeah. That's awesome comomments. Hey, Dummy, I want shots. As a child of deaf parents and being a certified ASL interpreter, I would one hundred percent believe this happened. I've heard and seen far, far, far worse Someone said, Ha, I love it. We had a girl in my sign language class I took in college who was so impressed because she had a sign language name from a deaf friend. And she showed it to us and the teacher. The teacher very calmly and straight face said, yourour friend named you bitch You just introduced yourself as my name is bitch. That's incredible. That's so good. Lastly, someone said, as a deaf person, I love this too funny. I frequently see little kids signing Fuck you. accidentally when they mean thank you. The signs are super similar. I've definitely had to hold back laughter a few times. I think if I'm the mom I'm not fixing it I think it's funny as hell Every time my baby wants to drink, they just ask for alcohol. I don't think you can fix it Honestly, I think once that baby has It's been like muscleing. Yeah It's a reflex. You're done done. I can't change it. I'm trying to teach. Bye, bye And so he just goes That's kind of what I do. I feel like sometimes I'm leaving people believe that I just feel like this Eough Yeah. I love it when kids wave like that. I love it when kids goes like, bye bye like that I don't think that's what they're doing guys Hand they're going booby I'm talking about like a six year old dude You're gross. Anyways, as a gross person, as a gross mom. Hey, as a gross mom. All moms are gross guys. know what I love is that this is her like first post So she's like, she's navigating the world. I think her voice is this. I think her voice navigating the world and reeddit figuring it out. Enough for the up votes. Goddamn you Rdditors, take back your damn up vice. Damn All right. Okay, chain's done. All done. I'm moving on to the next story. Reddit Boy, Next story. Let's go. Reddit Boy, Ohh my Godd, that's so mean. It's cra true. Wouldn't you like to know Reddit Boy? Reddit Boy? Kid seem sketchy. Back to you It seems sketchy. Classic.ass you. You guys, you know what I'm referencing? Yes. W you like to know Weather Boy? Would you like to know Weather Boy? I don't know It's an incredible sketch. Really good video. Anyways. Our next story comes from Am I the asshole Oh This is posted point twenty five. Like like July twenty twenty five, twenty eight, so see you Am I the asshole for putting a stop to my twelve year old daughter's period party Let me set the stage. My wife and I, forty three male, forty two female, have two daughters, seven years apart. nineteen year old was at college in a different state when this happened Girls are very different. nineteen year old is outgoing, extroverted, loves meeting new people, trying new things, etcetera. twelve year old is shy, a homebody, finds things she's comfortable with and sticks with them. In fairness, nineteen year old was kind of like this until she was sixteen or so. Maybe it's genetic A couple of months ago, twelve year old came to me in my home office, obviously upset. She stammers a bit, then manages to tell me that she just got her first period I play the supportive dad, comfort her, and get her a box of sanitary pads my wife had bought earlier in the year guessing this was going to happen sooner or later. And go over the instructions with her. She goes into her bathroom, does what she has to do, thanks me for my help. I got her some ice cream in M doll, told her there was nothing to be embarrassed about, and she could always come to me for anything Wife gets home later that day, twelve year old tells her what happened. Wife starts crying, My little girl is growing up, etcetera. Th asks who should be invited to the period party which I only knew of from listening to Bert Kreisher, if they were a thing when our nineteen year old started, she never asked for one. twwelve year old immediately closes off, says she doesn't want a period party, doesn't want anyone to know. Wife tries to talk to her some more, but twelve year old ignores her and goes to her room. Wife tries to enlist my aid in changing her mind, but I tell her, she said she didn't want one, don't worry about it Two days later, I get home from running errands and before I can even make it to the stairs, twelve year old runs up to me and asks if she can do her homework in my office. I'm confused, but say sure. and she bolts upstairs. At this point, I started to suspect what was going on and walked into the living room to find that my wife had not only decorated it like something which wouldn't have looked out of place on my super sweet sixteen But there were several family friends, all women, and a few I recognize as neighborhood mothers. I beckon wife into the hall. She asks where twelve year old is, and I tell her she wanted to do her homework in my office. She rolls her eyes and starts to move past me, but I step in front of her I say, what are you doing? She says, going to get our daughter, it's her party I say, she told you specifically she didn't want one of these. And she replies, Ohh, she didn't mean that. This is an important time for a girl. She needs to know not to be ashamed of her body I say, she's not. I already explained things to her. She just doesn't want to talk about it anymore She says, I don't expect you to understand this is just for us women. She actually tried to push past me, but I stepped into the doorway and completely blocked her She said, What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you? You know how shy she is. You knew she didn't want you to do something like this and you did it anyway. My wife said, I told you, it's for her own good. We can't let her grow up with a negative attitude towards something so natural whichich I say, and we're not. I told you, she knows what's going on. She's getting a handle on it. She just doesn't want to talk about it with anyone else for right now. She says, Well, it wasn't your business to tell her about it anyway I say you were at work, wasas I supposed to ignore her for four hours until you got home She says, you could have called me, I would have come home. I say, It still would have taken you an hour. She was upset. I knew what was going on. I talked her through it. My wife said, You don't know anything about it. It's never happened to you. At this point, I gave up. Point to my wife, No, I've never had a period, but I had three older sisters and a live in girlfriend before my wife and I met. Plus we've been married almost twenty one years. I'm pretty well versed. She again tries to move past me, but I don't move No, she doesn't want this. I'm not letting you make her do it. My wife says, fine, have it your way. She goes back to the living room and tells the other ladies the period party is off because I'm being a jackass. I lose it, follow her in and let the women know, calmly but in no uncertain terms that I appreciate what they wanted to do. But our daughter made it explicitly clear that she did not want this party and my wife is trying to pressure her into it. Several of the moms frown at her. My wife starts to backpedal, talking about how she didn't think our daughter was being serious, but I ignore her and begin taking down the decorations. Everyone clears out shortly, and once the coast is clear, our daughter comes back downstairs. My wife gives her a half assed, in my opinion, apology, again saying she didn't think she was serious, but our daughter also ignores her and just starts doing her homework in her usual place at the table My wife was pissed at me for a week, claiming I undermined her authority as a parent, apparently by not helping her force our daughter into doing something she didn't want to do and made her look bad in front of the neighborhood moms by telling them she'd been doing this against our daughter's wishes. So am I the asshole Jesus, Christ. I just went through my whole middle school Teenage year is like Oh, I bad I'm an ad doll. What First of all, I've never heard of a period party Second all, he is not the asshole. This mom infuriated me Yeah. Thirdly, like she one hundred percent made her daughter's period about her. Absolutely. I'm like Hey, yes. H' natures. Is it fun Does it hurt? Yes. Do I want to hide away and wear a bag? Yeah. G No' so annoying. I really respect. I mean, this is clearly like a very awesome dad. I respect him for standing his ground and like, you know, being like, Hey, this isn't what she wanted. like I and like trying to respect his daughter's wishes.ike I think that's really awesome. I think there's a lot of dads that like wouldn't give a shit or would like be like, whatever, go ahead Also like, don't you Wouldn't it make you proud that your husband you know, stood up and took a stand and was like I got you. I know exactly what to do. You can come to me anytim. Like I would be like, wow I wasn't here. I'm sad I missed it, but thanks for taking over like I don't understand this. Why are you in competition with your husband? And I get it Tail us old this time to be like, you don't understand. you don't know what we're going through. trust me, I've said it, but it's also just like The man is doing his best. No, he doesn't experience a period, but he's doing his best to try to figure out how to communicate that with his daughter. Yeah Weird territory. It's just clearly this Yeah, because he doesn'tpl he doesn't understand what it's like to have a period, but he does understand what it's like to not want a party thrown for you and then people are going to do it anyway. Like that's they're respecting the daughter's boundaries. It's like the daughter's like, hey I don't want this And she's gathering the whole entire neighborhood for what she feels embarrassed about. I wouldn't even want to be invited to that. I'd be like,m I feel like I'd be like, watch a movie with her and have her ent I guarantee I guarant I guarantee you the whole neighborhoods everyone was invited on the premise of like, she's so excited about this. She wants to do this. Yeah. Like I know what my daughter wants and she wants this. I want to ask this mom Did she have a period party? Like did her mom put on a period party for her? I literally have never heard of a period party. Well and he's saying he hasn't heard about it, but if it's a thing that' thrown around on podcasts, it might be a thing she heard about that. she's like, oh, this is gonna be really cool. And I'll look cool if I do this. To be honest, gives it reads as like vlog parent I think they' vlogged parents, but this sounds like things vlog parents do. I think first getting your period it's such a weird thing because it's a very it's a very weird timeline because you may be getting it late A lot of your friends already have it, so you feel like, what's wrong with me? or you might get it early and be like, what's wrong with me? It's actually kind of a scary time. Yeah, totally When I read read the title, the premise of like, we throw a party, like for this thing that you're unsure of and scared cebrate. It's natural. Fine. Yeah It's because the daughter has so clearly communicated that she does not want this and they're pushing this They're making it worse in the process. Also to keep it rivate. if the daughter is like, okay, it finally came yay. thenen it's just like, yeah, do your thing that works for your family. Yeah. This episode of Red Stories is sponsored by Hungary Rot Look, grocery shopping is not my favorite thing I tend to splurge on items I don't need, or I walk out of the store with random groceries rather than the items I need for a recipe. This is why I use hungry root Hungry Root makes grocery shopping easier on my wallet and my tummy. All I do is answer a few questions about my budget, health goals, and my diet. If you can't have dairy or gluten, that's fine. Hungry Root will find items that match exactly what you need After that, Hungry Rot fills my grocery cart and delivers it right to my door. And that's it. I love that I've saved so much time. No more wandering aisles for me. 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L thats just makes it exponentially. What are the neighbors gonna talk about? Like I got so bloated. I couldn't have fit my jeans. I see get for. That was the seventies Th things were different then Iost my period completely. I got spot flashes. All I did when I got a period would smoke a whole pack of cigarettes. I eat non stuck. I use that. Yeah, I is a cigarette felter is a tampod one time. Jays, that's c. My tamp I got stuck for two days. You're in for it on He kid, you wanna come to my menopause p actually? I can't sep It. right now. Let's cut the cake. I wanna kill my husband. You wanna come over y Myusband died, and then I got my period again. I gotta be honest, you guys are making this party sound pretty awesome. Honestly' do. I' have learned a lot. She should' have. It would have been valuable. She just didn't want tona do it. Get in the minian We have a beer on the way over. Yeah. To be clear, I did go to Six flags when I got my first boners ally? No Wait Wait, let's dive into this. everyverybody goes when you get your first motor, you gotta go on Tatsu. D! You a flip. go away. There's a picture of the kid who's like literally. I literally was thinking just sitting here quietly being like, what would be the equivalent like if someone threw a kid at a boner party? Boner party. He' so nervous about getting it, but it's natural. Oh my God. I Superman No I'm stunuck on the bar. The inertia is making the crazier. Jade, you gotta put your boner away. There's no way we can get that safety bar up Hey, to sa me hey! Cark two, we can't get the Snaky bar up because he's got a big phone. He' got the safety bar Oh my God, guys, we got unstuffed from the ride. Do you want to go get a Churro? Churro Ch! Jesus. Now I have no idea what that would feel like You wouldn't understand. I it. Walk on like I'm so excited about the ride. It's just like massive orr small. Hey, whatever whatever like your hands it's doing the wave with your hands close direction. Suberay, I feel like is the first example of just like things being so unfair, like what women have to deal with when they go through puberty. and then like boys it's just like, oh yeah, you just better hope you don't get called up to go to the front of the class to talk about something. That's the only difficult thing. Yeah That would suck Yeah. Yeah. Also women getting adjed in their pants. It' terrible. Yeah. becauseuse you can't see it That's the worst You're walking and you have a red butt Yeah. At least I can see my huge bonerish. All right, R is not the asshole comments Not the asshole. Puberty is an awkward embarrassing time. haaving your parents shine a spotlight on every confusing milestone would be a nightmare. Imagine a first pube party or a wet dream dinner. Oh God who J Who is this person?? At least come up with boner party. Someone said not only are you not the asshole, but you're a goddamn gem for the way you stuck up for your daughter and communicated clearly even to the partygers, chehef's kiss Oh. lot of updates today. Update. My wife tried to throw us on a boner part Yeah. And we went to six flats In the comments, OP wrote, Hey everyone, thought I'd post an update. Yes, it's quick, but it's just a further explanation, plus some commentary. hadad to split it into two because it was too long. Next part is in the reply to this reply. First, I'd like to thank everyone who supported my decision. Second to those who decided, I'm AI or use chat GPT to write this, nothing I can say will convince you one way or the other So de your thing, man There's a little like emoji there. Third, I'm not going to divorce my wife or anything like that. She's an incredible woman and as corny as it sounds, my one true love. She's been an amazing mom, never done anything like this before, wasasn't planning on posting it to social media. She barely even uses Facebook She just made a misstep here for reasons which I will get into shortly I can't respond to every comment, but I'll expand on some which caught my attention twelve year old did in fact get the talk from wife when she turned twelve So she knew what was happening, but it was still something she hadn't experienced before. So it threw her a little bit I emailed my two closest sisters and they both said in their opinions, her reaction was normal. As one of them put it, even at best, it can be a shock. reggardless of whether or not you're prepared for it, because it just happens. And even if you felt PMS style symptoms without ever having felt them before, you might not guess what they are until afterward No, I did not notice the decorations being put up I had to go out and run some errands related to my work, so I was gone about three to four hours, more than enough time for my wife to decorate. Before we had kids, my wife and I agreed we would treat boys or girls the same when it came to bodily functions. For example, we'd make sure the boys would be comfortable going to her with questions or problems if I wasn't around and vice versa. And over the years, we would keep up with age appropriate literature so we'd be equally informed Just so happened, we only had girls. Around ten or so, when they started wanting more detailed explanations of where babies come from and such, we always conducted such conversations as a team, making it clear to each of them they could count on either of us. That being said, there have been some things which I never took part in For example, the nineteen year old never asked me to take her brara shopping. That was all my wife. She did, however, occasionally ask me to pick up tampons or such in the years before she went to college No, our daughter did not wait to tell me. It happened right after she got home from school on a half day. Wife works ten hour shifts so she wouldn't have been there. As I said in my original post for another four hours Our daughter has always been closer to my wife than me. nineteen year old was closer to me than my wife But I was who was available. I'm sure that if we'd both been around, our twelve year old would have gone to her mom I wasn't trying to claim the dialogue was verbatim, what was said. My memory isn't that good, but the general tone is there and some of it I did in fact remember word for word. So after a few days, things around the house went back to normal. My wife cooled off, our daughter began talking to her again, and they didn't appear to have any issues, except that our daughter began coming to me more often about things instead of her mom My wife obviously noticed as they'd been very close before this and was hurt but said nothing. I guess she figured she deserved it. Finally, one day after I got back from taking our daughter to school, my wife asked if she was still angry with her I said I didn't think so. my wife just kind of deflated. She looked so miserable that I actually got worried and I asked her if she was still angry. Wife said no, then admitted that she'd fucked up and gotten too into the concept of what others here have called menstruation celebration. whichich is a great phrase, it even rhymes. She said she'd been so focused on making sure our daughter had a positive experience that she brushed aside her reluctance to take part And in my wife's defense, our daughter regularly does this. She'll say she isn't looking forward to doing something, but if she pushes past her shyness and takes part, nearly always has a good time. So my wife had this was just another example of our daughter doing that and didn't take it seriously Th then my wife said something which threw me for a loop. She asked me if I thought our daughter hated her now. I was stuned and automatically replied, Of course not. She's just, and then I kind of trailed off because I didn't really know what to say. Upset was what I finally settled on. My wife was quiet. Then I asked her why she'd been so insistent since she hadn't tried to do this with our nineteen year old. No drama there. nineteen year old got hers at thirteen while they were out shopping. It was handled before they even left the mall. She said, when our nineteen year old started, it was just such a busy day that she didn't really have any time to think about it beyond, quick, let's go to the bathroom so I can help. And it wasn't until after this that my wife really thought about her own first period, which basically consisted of her being told virtually nothing beforehand by her emotionally manipulative mother They've been no contact for fifteen years, barely being twelve when it happened. And once she did go to her mom, only being handed a box of pads and warned not to get pregnant Nothing more was ever said about that between them My wife had to learn nearly everything from her friend's mother. Yeah, that old woman is a piece of work My wife was determined she wouldn't behave like that toward our twelve year old when it happened. But as events show, she basically went too far in the other direction Th then she asked me what I thought she could do to fix this. I told her the truth. Our daughter probably wasn't going to feel comfortable confiding in her again for a while. But if she really wanted to apologize, she should tell her what she just told me And so she did. My wife went to pick our daughter up from school. and when they got home, I saw they'd both been crying, but also seemed happier It turned out I wasn't quite right and our daughter had still been harboring some resentment towards my wife for trying to push her into the period party. But after hearing my wife's story, she decided to forgive her onlyn asking that she promise not to do something like that again And two months later, this happened in May, things between them seemed to be back to normal. Maybe not the most exciting resolution, but I don't think our daughter is going to hold a grudge over this or has permanently damaged their relationship. That was an update. Yay. Wh. Let me tell you. Daughters harbor resentment. okay? I come from three sisters We harbor resentment. We hold on to it for years unless is that interception of a conversation? like I think it was really good that the mom went to her and said, Hey, this is what my mom did. And I just never wanted to be that way. and I went in the other direction. L Kids are kids are resilient. They're smart. they can be like, oh Okay, I understand. I think Just like going back to the grief story, it's really good to start these conversations early because there were so many times that my mom would just like do things or be mad. And then my dad would like, well, you know, she's bu and I'm like, whyy didn't she just tell me that? I know it's a lot But it's like I think it's better just be honest. and I'm glad that she like right to the point of it because she probably would have been mad at her for years. Yeah. I'm sorry to say that, but it's no. I think that's a real thing with like between parents and their children and I'd say even siblings, Eespecially daughters, man. I mean, it's okay if you don't have an exam. this is a crazy thing to pull, but it's like Do you have examples of like? a conversation that was had about something that had happened like ten years prior. L I feel like that does like plenty of like Iveard audience people being like, oh I had a conversation with my dad or my mom about something that happened when I was a kid twenty years ago to finally get resolution about all the time Literally all the time. My mom and I just went through like a major breakthrough of something that happened when I was a teenager. And she was like, you know, I never apologized, but this is how I was feeling. And I was like, I never knew that you felt that way. And now that makes so much more sense And what's funny is it made me think about other things that I've done to like my sister and been like, Oh, I fucked that up. And I once I once like went to my sister and told her like I was sorry and she broke down. and that was like Teen years ago I'm telling I'm not even just gonna say women, but like families You hold on to so much stuff and It's weird that it's just going to the source and being like, this is where I was actually at in that moment. can solve years of pain. Totally. I'm still working on it. Totally. But like I have so many examples of that with my mom And, you know, with sisters too, I don't know. My family's just a lot of women and it's like We do, we hold on to stuff. We move forward. We'll have like a great time together. Totally. But it's still there. Yeah. Yeah So I'm glad that she did that because that must have been really painful for her too be like, wow, does my daughter hate me Yeah. Anyways, you gotta talk about periods I'm always saying that. And fact, Trevor is saying it. Trevor, you said that to me this morning., you gotta talk about periods. gotta about. I was like totally. Like, I'll do this episode if you talk about What can I say It's time for our final story. This comes from todayoday I fucked up. This was posted in February of twenty twenty one. Today I fucked up by putting my head in a fish bowl before my daughter was born They write, There's really not much backstory apart from the fact that my daughter was a breeach baby and wouldn't turn. Due to various complications, we had opted for a planned C section The whole thing in general was just really bizarre. Like you pick your kids birthday just like that Anyway, my wife and I tend to be goofy, fun loving folk that are always up for a laugh. We do a lot of silly things together to make each other laugh, though as with most men, I tend to meander into the dumber territory more often as you will soon hear On the day of the birth, just as we were about to leave for the hospital, I pick up this fishbowl style lampshade You have a photo of it here? It's off fic style l shannon. No, no, no. We put them onto my head because we are boldly going where neither of us have gone before I just saw it on my way to the door and didn't really think it through. So I immediately regretted this decision. When my giant ears, my nose and hair, I have down to my ass length hair that was in a loose bun ended up blocking my head in this thing and I couldn't get it off. We tried for a bit and my wife was understandably over it pretty quick because we were going to be late for our baby appointment. So I made the executive decision to not make the situation any more stressful than it should have been late and to just drive to the hospital with this on my head and hope that someone at the hospital might have some idea what I should do. As you can imagine, the car ride is a real mixed bag of emotions for us all. We arrive, I do the walk of shame into the maternity ward with this bubble on my head Holding my wife's hand and there's this older nurse who greeted us and I could see her dinner plate eyes just screaming, What the fuck? And my wife jokingly said, Yep, I'm having his baby, to which literally all the midwives in the maternity ward that could see us walk up the corridor just started howling with laughter. And whoever was not visible poked their heads around the corner to see this fucking spectacle. My wife was then ushered into a room where they monitored the baby and her a nurse who was this massive buff tattooed dude, by the way. So imagine that, took me to another one of those inspection rooms and got the thing off with some sort of lube slash gel. Anyway, Uhhuh. He's like I got this but Anyway, four hours later, we had a healthy baby and I got hazed by some of the older midwives. It was really good, fun in the end. Wouldn't recommend, but it definitely beats any other birth story I've heard and broke the ice with most of the staff Pes, for those of you wondering how I got it on in the first place, Here's some handy dandy instructions in case you wanted to give it a go. Get the bun in first, then move downwards over the ears, then the nose, and then push down until the ears get into the rim The bun will smooush up inside and move downwards a bit and voila, you're a jackass. Damn. I am dying. He was fully stuck. I was in the car like I can't believe we're walking in there. And he just turns out. he's just like, it. Like she's so she's probably so overwhelmed about a C section. T' to get a C section That's Do you guys know what that is? Can I Yeah This is the wrong movement. canan I tell you what popped into my head is if I was in his situation, I would have just like I like smashed my head against the wall. That I' have been like ag. Th then you would' have got knocked out. Really? No, I'm protected by glass all up in your mouth. I would just cut my jugulars and die. What What' wrong with you? You're just like head off. Yeah. Iagine Imagine he didn't get it off like before the birth and then his wife like And he's like crying and the bowl steams up. like It all getgs you can't see. I mysteria.. No, if we want to really mister bean this, on the drive there, a bee flies and flies into the thing. It's just like, Or he actually gets it fills with water and a goldfish likeike you know, those are. That's where I thought the story was going. Yeah SpongeBob in the tree Yeah. By the end of this story, he should have been on a skateboard rolling down Comments Someone said, Vallall, you're a jackass, best part Soone said, please tell us you will be getting newborn photos with the fish bowl involved somehow U Lastly, someone said you're going to be an urban legend in that ward forever now. Oh my go those mid to feel T be T have a legendary story at a hospital that isn't depressing is impressive. Yeah And they probably really needed that laugh. Oh, yeah, part You know what I mean? What a tough job for him Hey, he's kind of a hero. Hey, you know what? he's our legend. I don't know. It is it is such a tough job, but I feel like What a joy. They get to see all these new babies. likeike all the nurses, I had like five nurses and they were so R rightight when Cole was about to be born, they were going like, it's his birthday birthday party, birthday and they brought on all these like like like whatever those celebrationations things they were like, birthday party, birthday party. And I was like, birthday party.. And H had like music, like they were just I don't know, they are the most incredible people in the entire world Like I don't know how they I don't know how they do it I don't worse What time of day was it sixix twenty in the morning. Early morning. Yeah, I was A. It was twenty crazy. you had an n eight AM call time that went hour. I got to Redit stories fishball on. That would be awful. We had to give Napkin a fake birthday. we gave him a birthday because We were lied to about what age he actually was. so we don't know his actual birthday, so whoa. Based on how old he was his birthday, we decided to make him an April Fool's baby. Fun because he's just a You guys are so goofy and silly. You're very fucking silly. Dg about, you wantan to know who silly's nap yet. gu's the sillest guy. That guy keeps me on my toes. You know what I mean? You know what I mean? He keeps you on my toes. Right when you said this couple was like a silly like I was like I'm sorry. then you hated him. those like we try to b each otherle. Yeah.. We're a little everywhere. We like to do a couple gags or . Wh That's all our stories. My God. Oh The gift of life. Yeah, truly. Yeah. No, I was thinking about like myself honestly silently and like the things that I probably put my parents through. and I'm like, damn, they really were very patient with me. What's the Runeescape password dad? Not mining enough mythrill. Yeah, exactly. And Runescape. Thank you. Wow. that was so fun. was Thankk you both for being here. Thank you for having us And thank you for watching And hey We'll see you next Saturday Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye