What happens when your ex suddenly decides to rewrite the Christmas playbook without consulting you? It’s a holiday tale you won’t soon forget, filled with unilateral decisions and a dash of chaos. Join us as we recount an unexpected twist in co-parenting that left us scrambling to keep the holiday spirit alive for the kids. Our host opens up about the jaw-dropping moment she discovered her children’s father had opted out of their traditional holiday routine, leaving her to pick up the pieces in a pinch. With each revelation, the story resonates with anyone who’s ever faced similar challenges in the realm of co-parenting.
This episode of Dating Daycare promises a candid exploration of the emotional rollercoaster that comes with managing an uncooperative ex. From the scramble to maintain long-standing holiday traditions to the stress of solo gift shopping, our host shares not only the frustrations but also the comedic moments that arise when dealing with a dad who's all about shifting responsibilities. Whether you're in the trenches of a complicated co-parenting situation or just love a good story filled with humor and heart, this episode delivers both insight and entertainment. Grab your drink of choice and get ready to chuckle at the chaos.
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Episode Transcript
Welcome to Dating Daycare, where we help you
navigate through the jungle ofjerks ladies and welcome back to
our show.
Grab some wine, vodka,chardonnay, whatever you drink
Now, polish remover and a snackA snackity snack and join us for
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Dick of the Week.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
Dick of the Week.
I think you have a contender.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
I always have a contender, ladies and who?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
might this gentleman be?
Oh, my ex, of course.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Baby daddy.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
But of course.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Right, can't get dickier than him.
Okay, so you ready for my dickof the week, I'm ready.
This is such a good one.
Okay, ladies, you're gonna lovethis shit, alright.
So Christmas, right, I haveyoung kids girl and a boy.
So I've been separated.
I think it's like four yearsnow, right, we've been through
this, never married, livedtogether eight, nine years,
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whatever, separated about four.
Now we have a tradition He'llbuy the Christmas gifts for my
son, I'll buy the Christmasgifts for my daughter.
You know Santa, right, he'llwrap and bring over all my son's
gifts Christmas Eve, drop themoff, put them all up, put the
daughters under the tree.
They wake up in the morning.
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He comes, they open their gifts, right, I always make a
breakfast, they play, he stayed,does what he wants and then
leaves.
Right, Everybody's happy.
So it's like November, the endof November, my son comes home.
So it's like November, the endof November, my son comes home
and he's like hey, ma, you knowDad's not coming for Christmas.
I go, what?
Speaker 2 (01:53):
He made a unilateral decision.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Oh, so, without discussing it with me no
co-parenting.
Now, mind you, my daughterhasn't gone to his apartment or
slept over in four years.
They're not besties, they'renot besties, right.
So I say really to my son I go,let me text dad, text him.
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He goes yeah, I'm not comingthis year.
I go, when were you going totell me, because now are there
going to be any gifts for my son?
Speaker 2 (02:27):
no, no, santa just forgot him this year, right
right.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
So now this is what's going through my mind, so I go.
Okay, you discuss this withnobody not the kids, not me.
He just made the decision onhis own.
He goes, yeah, he goes.
I'll get like two or threegifts from the both of us and
drop them off for our son, hegoes everything else is going to
be at my house.
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So wait a minute.
So Now the precedent, right?
What they're used to for theirentire lives at my house is a
certain amount of gifts, right?
So now I'm like not only do Ihave to buy for my daughter the
25, 30 gifts, now I'mresponsible for buying for my
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son.
Now, wait a minute.
If there were only five giftsat his house, no one would care,
because there's never beengifts at his house, right?
So now I start thinking of thisand I'm like, oh my God, it's
less than a month beforeChristmas, like panic mode.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
What was he going to tell your son?
Like I'm sorry you know theeconomy is bad, santa had a hard
time.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
No, he just said that's your fucking problem.
Now that's not my problem thatthere's not going to be any
gifts for your house.
Go out and buy double theamount of gifts.
That's a you problem, not a meproblem no venmo oh no, no, no,
no, because now he's gonna buygifts at his house for both kids
.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
This is the new thing , so wait that doesn't go to his
, the daughter that doesn't goto his house.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
The daughter that doesn't go to his house.
Now I tell the kids this and mydaughter's like I'm not going
there, I haven't been there.
What do you mean?
Like she calls him Dad, pleasecan't you just come to the house
, open up the gifts here?
I suggest to him to make ourdaughter happy and comfortable,
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I'll leave the house.
You know, after like like maybehe wants to bring the gifts at
a separate time before I'mtrying to like navigate the
situation right giving a ton ofdifferent options for him to do
because she wants the gifts, toopen the gifts at her house
whichshe's always done her whole life
.
Absolutely not.
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Wait a minute, it gets better.
It gets better.
God, it gets better.
So Christmas comes, she's notcomfortable going there.
My son goes, he gets all hisgifts, comes home with a little
bag of gifts Christmas Eve forher, she opens, but the rest
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majority of her gifts are leftat his house in hopes that,
after four years and no changein their relationship, that
she's going to miraculously goto his house for these gifts,
almost like a bribe.
Do you know what I'm trying tosay?
I'll give you this Chanel bagif you suck my dick.
I'm just saying this is whatyou're setting this kid up for,
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right Conditions on gifts, notgood, wait.
So now it's what?
January 27th, almost a monthafter.
Where do you think those giftsare?
They're still there.
Oh, so wait a minute, dick ofthe month, I'm confused.
So, and the gifts that he gaveher, I think, were from Santa.
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So he's not holding Santa'sgifts ransom.
But, daddy, yeah, he's holdingthe gifts that he got her for
ransom.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
If you want Daddy's gifts, you have to come to
Daddy's house.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
But she's like I'm not comfortable going to his
house.
I don't want to go to his house.
So he's been piecemealing thesegifts out.
Drop our son off, he'll giveher a gift.
He gave her her stocking lastweek, so wait.
So can you imagine theprecedent that he's teaching?
Her, yeah, it's not good andand you don't give gifts with
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conditions.
Right, when I buy you a gift, doI say allison if you don't come
to my house to get the gift,I'm not gonna give it to you.
When you tell me I'm notcomfortable going to your house.
Or do I tell you you knowyou're not going to get the gift
unless you buy me something inreturn?
I mean, you don't give gifts oncondition.
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You buy gifts because you wantto buy gifts for somebody.
But this poor kid, now, at 10years old, she's learned uh some
hard lesson, right yeah?
like your father, or does notgive you gifts based out of you
know, because he wants to.
They're conditional, so I don'tknow if she's ever going to get
the gifts.
They're still there, tack onanother two years of therapy,
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wait, wait, right tack onanother with the trauma
therapist for my daughter.
But wait a minute.
Do you think he's going to keepthe gifts and give it to her in
April for her birthday?
Like what are we?
Speaker 2 (07:17):
doing with these gifts?
Yeah, with the Christmas paperon it.
Yeah, are you going to?
Speaker 1 (07:22):
re-wrap the gifts.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
Are you going to return the gifts?
Speaker 1 (07:31):
Like there's a few different options here.
Do you imagine and and you knowwhat kills me every time this
is the man that?
Right?
Your father, your father issupposed to emulate the man, the
top dog?
Right, you're supposed to lookup to your dad and you're
supposed to say that's the typeof man I want to marry.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
That kind of treatment is what I want.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
Right, that's the kind, and this is what I have to
deal with on a weekly basis.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Dig of the week.
Yeah, Right Just reminded youof why you separated Correct
Correct.
You did a good job of that,thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
But I will keep you all posted because I'm sure all
you ladies are going to want toknow when and if my daughter
ever gets these Christmaspresents Like I said, it's a
month later already.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Yeah, I'm curious how this will play out, and I'm a
little sad that I haven't hadmany dicks lately.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
That's okay, I got a full stockpile with my ex.
I could go on each week.
But I got a full stockpile withmy ex.
I could go on each week.
But that is Dick of theChristmas Week month.
Good job, baby daddy.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
Good job, Twice.
He's been Dick of the Week.
What do you mean?
In the past he has been Dick ofthe Week, he's the first
two-time winner.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
I try to give grace.
I could go on every week andtell a story, All right.
Hopefully no more.
I leave some room for you.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Allison.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
We got to leave some room for you for Tick of the
Week it can't just be me.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Have to get back on the apps.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
And you know what the crazy thing is Is that there's
probably going to be some andthey'll be like oh she's man
bashing, Look at this, it'salways her exit dick of the week
.
Here's the problem, gentlemen.
I never let a man get that farever again.
Like my radar is so up that ifI see half a dick of the week,
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you're out, Like you're out.
So the only dick of the weekI'm ever going to probably have
it's a quick, because I don'tonline date.
So you could be a dick inperson, but people usually
aren't when they're buying you adrink and they want to get a
date right.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
I find a lot of people have issues with texting,
even if they have goodintentions.
They just have no idea of howto text someone appropriately.
They would say things via textthat they would never say yeah,
oh, yeah Right, there's stillhope.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
There's still hope Right, but it's very rare that I
get another dick of the weekbecause I don't know you long
enough ever again to be a dickto me.
So no, I hear you.
And I have plenty with my ex.
I mean, who wants to stockpileon the dick of the weeks?
Speaker 2 (10:07):
you know Anyhow that is our what.
You know what I think?
I think that women should sendscreenshots of their dicks of
the week to us, please, ladies.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Oh, we love this, we love this.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
It's like when you show your girlfriends.
You know, look what thisasshole sent me.
Or tell us, write us.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
Tell us your dick of the week.
Yes, please do.
Yep, we tell us your dick ofthe week.
Yes, please do.
We might be on air.
You can write usdatingdaycarepodcast at gmailcom
.
It's all listed in the shownotes.
Just take a look and you knowwhat I think.
I think we're going to launchsoon on YouTube too.
Oh, exciting.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
I know it's exciting.
We're going to let you know2025 2025 launch All right, all
right, ladies.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
We hope you enjoyed Dick of the Week.
Dick of the Week, my fabulousex.
We will keep you posted, ladies, and let us know your Dicks of
the Week, and we will see yousoon.
Bye.
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