Ever had an ex who turned simple co-parenting requests into emotional warfare? You're not alone.
Welcome back to a fresh season of Dating Daycare, where we're kicking things off with our listener-favorite "Dick of the Week" segment. This time, we're unpacking a story that perfectly captures the frustration of co-parenting with someone who views children's happiness as bargaining chips.
When growing kids need a new trampoline because they've outgrown their old one, most reasonable parents would split the cost, right? Not in this case. After spending over $25,000 on private schooling and camp fees, our host reached out to her ex with a simple request to contribute toward a $2,000 replacement trampoline. His response? "Maybe in December" – six months later, when snow would make the trampoline unusable. The kicker? This is the same man who previously held Christmas presents hostage unless his daughter visited his home, and who makes six figures with substantial bonuses while driving a luxury Range Rover.
We also dive into the wild world of prenuptial agreements, discussing an actual clause stipulating that a woman would lose $1,000 in alimony for every pound she gained over 128 pounds. This leads to a broader conversation about relationship power dynamics and how financial leverage is wielded in partnerships.
Have your own "Dick of the Week" story? We want to hear it! Share your experiences at datingdaycarepodcast@gmail.com or find us on Facebook. And stay tuned for next week's episode featuring a special guest who'll bring some educational insights to our dating discussions!
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Episode Transcript
Welcome to Dating Daycare, where we help you
navigate through the jungle ofjerks.
Ladies and gents, we are backin our new season, raring to go,
and today we're doing one ofyour favorites ladies, I know, I
know.
All my friends that listen andpeople always tell me they love
our Dick of the Week.
Yeah, you relate to it, rightit's?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
relatable yeah, everyone can relate of having an
encounter with a dick, just adick.
Dick move, yeah Right.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
You got stood up dick , or like he ghosted you dick
Look at Cardi B.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Or like he ghosted you dick, look at cardi b I kept
saying this when we weretalking earlier cardi b in her
new song, yep says dick writtenall over it.
Right, it's all over the uhtiktok.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
Right now is her song around father's day she's, they
say she's gonna drop it anyway.
So allison over here doesn'thave dick of the week.
God bless allison she saved.
But we all know I win because Ialways have a dick of the week.
My producer says you win, youwin, I always win.
Okay, the X.
The X always gives us goodcontent.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Okay, so you're ready for dick of the week, let it
rip, let it rip.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
So, my kids, I remember you from Hell's Kitchen
, you do.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Exactly.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
You got it.
That was a long time ago.
You got a good memory.
Okay, so we're on live also aswe're doing our taping.
Okay, so, dick of the Week, areyou ready?
Allison, I'm ready.
Okay, so just got done payingfor camp for the kids, which is
a fortune.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
So it was like $25,000 or something.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Yeah, and which is a fortune like twenty five
thousand dollars.
Yeah, he paid half, thoughwe'll give credit where credit's
due, and I just got done payingfor my daughter's half, which
is well over ten thousanddollars.
Okay then, private school thatthey've been going to since
they're in pre-k, right?
So okay, which he doesn'tcontribute anything towards fun.
Okay, so now we're in like thethousands, right?
(02:04):
Okay, so the kids are outside.
Now they're nine and 10.
Jagger will be oops, sorry,he'll be 10, whatever He'll be
10.
My daughter just turned 11.
They absolutely love theirtrampoline in the backyard.
They go on it every day.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Especially when it's warm out, it gets nice out.
Especially when it's warm out,it gets nice out.
But I bought it a long time ago, so they need a replacement
they need a replacement.
It's like a six-foot trampoline.
Now they're banging it.
It's not safe anymore.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
They're banging into each other.
Those scare the hell out of me.
But it's netted in, it's gotlike an eight.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
They can't, nothing can happen, but they love it.
And then when come in, it's waytoo small.
Now yeah so, thank god, mygirlfriend, who I'll promote on
here, if you live in new york,she owns wood kingdom west and
they just opens in lake grove.
Please go to them for all yourswing set and trampoline needs,
um.
So I go to her my girlfriend'sover there I buy the trampoline.
(02:59):
I get the receipt because godknows you know, I'm gonna ask
him, I'm gonna ask the ex tohelp a little.
So I get home, take a picturethe receipt, because god knows
you know, I'm going to ask him,I'm going to ask the ex to help
a little.
So I get home, take a pictureof the receipt because God knows
, we don't want him thinking I'mlying about how much?
I'm trying to swindle money,right, okay, out of this moron
Anyway.
So I take a picture of thereceipt, I send it to him.
(03:20):
I say, listen, kids need a newtrampoline.
This other one's way too small,it's dangerous.
Now they're going to get hurt.
I went to Wood Kingdom.
He knows our mutual friend.
She gave me a discount, saidhere's the receipt, $2,000 with
the discount.
Can you please give me anything, something, anything towards
the trampoline or half would beamazing, because I got just done
(03:45):
paying for private school andcamp.
So of course he takes, thewhole day goes by, I hear no
response, of course it takes him, like the next day towards the
evening, like more than 24 hours, to answer this complicated
question, and he turns around,he goes, melissa, he goes.
I'm not going to be able tohelp you with that, maybe in
(04:07):
December for Christmas.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Oh, but he still hasn't given your daughter her
Christmas presents from lastyear, right?
Speaker 1 (04:14):
So wait, she got them for her birthday.
Oh wow.
So if anybody doesn't, let'sadd into the dick of the week.
This past Christmas my ex-holeheld my daughter's Christmas
presents ransom at his house.
My daughter is not comfortablegoing to his home and he said
unless you come to my homeyou're not getting your gifts.
So he gave her like two orthree gifts and then held all
(04:35):
the other gifts till.
I'm assuming that's what shegot for her birthday or she
never got them at all, because Idon't know you know necessarily
what they were.
I know he gave her like onething that was obviously
Christmasy.
Anyway.
So he's telling me.
So I'm at work and like myfather walks into the office and
he's like, why do you look soperplexed?
You know it was later on in theafternoon.
(04:56):
I go.
I'm not sure if he means he'sgoing to give me half towards
six months from now, in December, or he's talking about buying
the trampoline in December,because I sent you the receipt
it was already bought.
So I text back.
I go.
Do you mean to tell me thatyou're going to give me half or
(05:17):
something towards the trampolinesix months from now, in
December?
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Why six months?
Well, he said, maybe around.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Christmas I go.
Forget that Christmas this yearwas a disaster.
For what?
Are you going to hold thetrampoline ransom?
You know what I mean.
I'm like like so we're notgoing down that road again for
Christmas, I go.
Or do you mean that you want toget the trampoline for
Christmas time in December?
I go.
The kids can't go on atrampoline December, january,
(05:45):
february and March.
What are you talking about?
So I was like what do you mean?
What are you talking about?
And and he's like leave mealone, oh, okay.
How old is this man?
56, 57.
He was 68.
Leave me alone.
Leave me alone Like a child,like an 18-year-old.
(06:07):
Leave me alone.
Aw, he was having a moment.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
He was having a moment, I know.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
So no, he's not contributing.
And I said don't worry, I'llmake it happen as usual.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
Wow Dick of the week.
I'm sorry.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Dick of the month?
Speaker 2 (06:22):
I mean Really Not $50?
.
I would love to have him onhere one day, but he would never
.
Oh, he would never Because hewould be ganged up on yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
Never even worth having him on because he's just
a dick.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
yep, so that's it, not even a hundred bucks towards
the trampoline for the kids.
I was suspecting some kind ofbarter like he would be, like
I'll buy the kids some happymeals in exchange for some
chicken nuggets in exchange.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
That's what I was expecting I can't, yeah, I can't
, but you know he he's, he worksfor a huge company that's on.
Nasdaq Like this isn't a man,that's you know working at
Target?
Yeah, he makes six figures andgets six-figure bonuses, not
even $100 towards the trampoline.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Imagine no, I think it's just to spite you Like I'm
asking for a.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Gucci bag.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
You know what I?
Speaker 1 (07:15):
mean, or Botox for my face.
It's for the kids.
He can't make it happen.
He's strapped.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Yeah, maybe with that new girlfriend of his.
Yeah, probably.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Yeah, or the new car.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
The Range Rover.
Oh, that's it, the twothree-year-old Range Rover.
Isn't it essential?
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Stra year old range rover strapped him.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Yeah, probably strapped him.
Yeah, all right then.
Yep, that's my dick of the week.
Well, hopefully, you know, Ihave some dates lined up.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Hopefully I'll have some hopefully you won't have
some.
We're hoping that you don'thave.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
I like to entertain everyone like our producer says
I win, I win.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
That would be me over here who wins dick of the week.
I get a fresh one almost everyweek, congratulations.
So now I've been leaving himalone, I leave him alone.
Well good, I don't want tobother him.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
You're giving him what he wants.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Yes, exactly, I aim to please.
I aim to please yeah, all right, all right.
Well, that is our Dick of theWeek.
We hope you enjoyed it.
And you know what?
Why don't you write in to usand tell us?
Speaker 2 (08:15):
We would love to hear your Dick of the Weeks yeah.
Datingdaycarepodcast at Gmailyeah.
Link in bio yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Or you can even TikTok me.
Well, no, you really can't.
You could Facebook us, becauseif you're not friends on TikTok
you can't writeDatingdaycarepodcast, you could
do datingdaycarepod.
You can't write Dating DaycarePodcast.
You could do Dating DaycarePodcast.
You come on the podcast or youcould do Facebook Dating Daycare
Podcast.
Email Write in We'd love tohear your Dick of the Weeks,
girl Dick of the.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Weeks too.
I was just gonna say fellas,you could.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
If you have a compelling story where a girl
dared to expect that you pick upthe check.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Oh wait, and we have one more dick of the week too.
No wait, remember that thing.
I sent you from the TV.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Oh yeah, I knew you were going to go wild over that,
you know so.
Do we have any 90-day fiancéfans here, do we?
Speaker 1 (09:07):
I know we do, we have to.
I don't watch it, but I cameacross a clip of it and I sent
it to Allison because I knewshe'd go wild.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
The charming Turkish guy Sarper Is he Turkish.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Yes, you looked it up , you could tell Well, I've
watched it before.
Like Middle Eastern.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
Yeah, those are a charming bunch.
But yes, he has the guy withthe crazy blue contacts and he
has the girlfriend that has hada lot of aesthetic procedures
would you say I love aestheticprocedures.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
I know I do too, but perhaps she's kind of you know,
oh, we're done.
Yeah, I haven't seen it.
Speaker 2 (09:42):
But both of them look a little like you know they
spend a lot of time in the medspa.
Okay, okay, okay.
So he had a stipulation on thepre-nup that if she were to go
one for every one pound, shegoes over 128, she owes him
(10:03):
$1,000.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
And I'm assuming you know what, and I knew she was
going wild over that yeah, sofor every pound she gains over
128, she was going wild overthat.
Yeah, so for every pound shegains over 128, she owes him
1,000.
But you know what I have heardfrom lawyers?
Yeah, that actually this was ina prenup, an actual An actual
prenup, but it was.
(10:26):
She loses $1,000 off the alimonyif they get divorced.
So at the end of the marriage,when they they're getting
divorced, you get weighed in andfor every pound you're over 128
.
It comes off your alimony.
What?
Speaker 2 (10:40):
about him with his like, with every follicle of
hair that you've lost, Like,what does he have to give her?
Or his pot belly or his manboobs for every cup size of your
man boobs.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
Yeah, there you go, but he never wait, but the women
don't have the upper hands.
Yeah, come on, because the manhas all the money and he's
paying you out.
I'm just saying that's why thatworks that way.
This girl makeup is wild.
Whose makeup Girl?
I'm on my period.
She's got a face for radio.
Who made it Shut up my makeup'swild, why I thought I like
(11:18):
underdid it today.
Anywho, alright well, thank youfor joining us, because we have
to end our tape.
We're doing our live at thesame time.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Thank you for listening.
We like when you come on.
You guys are fun.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
We're having fun Season two, and next week we're
going to have a special guest.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
So stay tuned.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
We're excited.
We'll be educational.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
I hate it, Thanks guys.
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