Are You Okay with This?

Millennial therapist blames boomer parents, new study on comfort, and David Spade calls out woke 'Christmas tree' lighting. Are you okay with this? 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
Are you really open? Are you welcome? Everything's gonna be okay?

Speaker 2 (00:09):
Are you okay?

Speaker 1 (00:10):
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identify with this or Alison for that matter. A millennial

(00:43):
therapist named Mary. She's gone viral for asking boomers why
they keep family news a secret from their grown kids.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
Here she is, I'm.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
Gonna play the part of the boomer parent. Well, Grahama's
been on life support for the last week and it's
not looking good. So we wanted to wait until we
knew for sure that it wasn't looking good till we
call Okay, we're back now. I understand protecting your children
from information that may not be like developmentally appropriate when
it comes to illness with family members, but these are
adult children now. The lack of communication regarding important family

(01:20):
health events has not only increased their anxiety now because
they don't trust that you'll tell them, but it's resulted
in a fracture in your relationship or a breach of trust.

Speaker 2 (01:30):
Does that resonate with you at all? Are you okay
with this millennial therapists saying that you know boomer parents
keeping information from their kids when it comes to health.

Speaker 4 (01:42):
Look, I'm a gen xer, I'm not a boomer, but
I'll speak on behalf of the boomers here. Okay, the
millennial therapists can kick rocks here, because each family's different.
Some kids handle bad news better than others, whether they're
an adult or not. Each kid and your family handles
things better. Like I've got two awesome boys, but they're

(02:05):
so different they are night and day. One handles criticism
really well, the other one not so much. It kind
of freaks them out a little bit. You know, one's
more outspoken, one's more studious. Everybody's different. So I don't
want to hear this egghead millennial trying to put everybody
into one basket saying this is the right way to
do it. There's no other right way to do it.

(02:25):
On behalf of boomers bite me, Alison.

Speaker 1 (02:29):
Yeah, oh yeah, I'm sorry, Alison. Oh.

Speaker 5 (02:32):
I can relate to it a little bit. But I
don't agree with the last part of blaming them for
being upset with them. I think it's just an internal
parental thing. They want to protect their kids, even though
they're still adults. I've definitely been in the dark about
some things, but they just didn't want to worry you.
So I think it comes from a place of love.

Speaker 4 (02:49):
Who wants to worry your kid for this long of
a time?

Speaker 1 (02:53):
But how old? What's the cutoff point? Like, I don't know.

Speaker 4 (02:57):
Somebody in the YouTube chat writes adult children is the
biggest oxymoron of all time. It's a good point. So yeah,
I don't know, but I think it depends on your family.
It depends on your kids. And who has this chick
to say there's one right way to do this and
if you do it, you're wrong. You're a millennial. You
don't know if there's more than two sexes, So maybe

(03:18):
you set this conversation out.

Speaker 2 (03:20):
According to a new study, the top things that make
us comfortable on the couch blankets, and a quiet area.
On top of that, eighty six percent of Americans say
they believe in getting as comfortable and cozy as possible
in the winter. Oh my goodness, do I ever agree
with this?

Speaker 1 (03:40):
Are you okay with this? First of all, Okayudy.

Speaker 4 (03:44):
So I'm going to say no, But I'm going to
explain why I'm not okay with this, because the way
this study is worded, it's so over the top. You
could have just said, do you want to be somewhere quiet?

Speaker 3 (03:57):
Yes?

Speaker 4 (03:57):
I don't care if I got a blanket. I don't
care if I got it pillow. I don't care if
I'm on a couch. I don't care if I'm on
the floor, pasted out, drunk. Sometimes I just want to
be by myself, somewhere quiet. The fact that I might
have a pillow it's a bonus. But I've done some
of my best napping without a pillow or a blanket.

Speaker 1 (04:13):
Oh man, I got to sit on the couch. I've
got it. It's got to be just right. I've got
the Automan, I've got the Lola blanket over me. I've
got to have a pillow.

Speaker 2 (04:21):
I've got to have a couch pillow on my lap,
and I've got to have one on each.

Speaker 1 (04:25):
Side of my arm. I'm gonna raise my hand so
and then I.

Speaker 2 (04:28):
Can reach over for my drink to the side of
the table.

Speaker 3 (04:32):
There.

Speaker 4 (04:32):
I see you sleep in your office all the time
while I'm working, and there's no pillow, there's no blanket.

Speaker 1 (04:38):
You're just sitting there with your head tilted back.

Speaker 4 (04:40):
So I know you can do it without these things, right,
So I can make it look like you're doing work
when you're watching Pat McAfee asleep at your desk, right, Okay.

Speaker 1 (04:50):
I'm just gonna point that out. I've got to bring
couch pillows into work with though.

Speaker 4 (04:54):
That's a telltale sign you're for sure sleeping in there, right.
And plus knowing this place, someone I would steal your pillows,
and I promise you you don't want him back anybody.

Speaker 1 (05:04):
But how do you get cozy on the couch? Allison?

Speaker 5 (05:07):
Oh, I love a blank I love two blankets, to
be honest. One for my lap because I usually have
one of my dogs on my lap, and then I'll
put like one over my shoulders like an old lady.

Speaker 1 (05:17):
Make sure're going to be that grandma archer.

Speaker 5 (05:19):
Oh oh yeah, because I get cold easily and I
like we're in a big hoodie. Yeah, I love being comfortable.
I don't know the twenty three percent who don't like
being quiet or in a comfortable spot. What is wrong
with you?

Speaker 1 (05:34):
All right, real quick here, I got one more for you. Ready,
do it?

Speaker 2 (05:37):
David Spade Comedian Hilarious Allison saw him in concerts this year.

Speaker 5 (05:41):
Yes, my favorite.

Speaker 2 (05:42):
David Spade told podcast partner Dana Carvey this week about
something he saw at a local mall. I saw the
other day.

Speaker 4 (05:51):
There was a tree lighting ceremony for the Christmas tree
in some dopey mall.

Speaker 1 (05:55):
I don't know.

Speaker 4 (05:56):
Yeah, but it said tree.

Speaker 1 (05:57):
Lighting ceremony and they were careful not to say the
word Christmas during the whole ceremony. Why why can't?

Speaker 2 (06:04):
So it's just a are you okay?

Speaker 1 (06:07):
With?

Speaker 4 (06:09):
Spade is a quiet closet conservative. You can tell there's
a group of those dudes out in Hollywood and they
think it's like Sandler's ring Kevin James and Rob Schneiders.

Speaker 1 (06:21):
Yeah, he's pretty out there.

Speaker 4 (06:23):
But the people that hang out with him, I find
it hard to believe they would be super over the
top libs and also put up with Rob Schneider. So
there's that group of Sandlerites that for the most part
are closet quiet conservatives. I think Spade falls into that category,
and I agree with him here