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May 22, 2025 14 mins
Anonymous DM’d us with a roommate dilemma that’s starting to boil over. She lives with her close friend, but her friend’s boyfriend is basically living there now... He’s staying over almost every night, eating her food, using the space, and not contributing a cent to rent or bills.

Now she’s feeling uncomfortable in her own home and doesn’t know how to bring it up without causing drama. Should she ask him to chip in? We ask what you think on today's group chat.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Gross weather today.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
But last night was a big knight for Gianna Kiss
want to Wait, Mikey V jumping out my big bro
Frankie V and Ga.

Speaker 3 (00:08):
I got to meet the one and only Gregory Maguire,
who was the author of Wicked last night at Lisa's
book club. So shout out to our very own Lisa Donovan.
I had never been to a book club before. That
was my first one. And to meet the author of
Wicked and just watch Lisa do her thing and meet
all of our amazing listeners like Linn.

Speaker 4 (00:24):
Bach especially shout out we love her. It was just
a great night.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
You got to look like a low kid on Christmas,
I sitting next to the author, like you're facing the footy.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
You post on Instagram like, oh my god.

Speaker 4 (00:33):
I've never been more starstruck.

Speaker 3 (00:35):
I've interviewed a million celebrities here Kiss went to wait
and he was the one I was starstruck because he
created Wicked.

Speaker 4 (00:40):
It was great.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
I love that.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
Also a big congrats to Lisa again another very successful book. Yes,
one simple thing to look forward to find out what
the person you're dating is into you Michelle's and Attleborough.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
Are you single?

Speaker 5 (00:51):
I was, but I just started dating a guy and
we're kind of it's kind of going really well.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
Okay, yeah, I love this. I never knew this, but
you this out.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
If you want to know if this guy is truly
into you, what you want to do is judge on
how he walks.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
Okay, check this out. In a study, if a.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
Guy is walking fast and walking in front of you,
that means he's not into you, because they found that
guys slow down their pace and walk side by side
or even behind you if they're in love with you,
they can feel you much better. So when they're walking
fast not in love with you, if they walk nice
and slow, you know that's a guy that's going to
be a keeping.

Speaker 4 (01:22):
What it's crazy.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
I judged one of my best friends because she has
ghosted a guy based on the way he walks.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
This is the real thing is I was thinking this
is like a dumb comment.

Speaker 3 (01:31):
Oh no, she does this and I thought she was crazy,
But clearly she's onto something here.

Speaker 5 (01:35):
Now my eyes are going to be peeled on this guy.

Speaker 2 (01:40):
And you got to read the room before you actually
do this. But Angela, I know you're hanging in Natick.
There's actually one thing you need to do to be
perceived as more honest, more trustworthy, and more persuasive.

Speaker 1 (01:49):
Okay, and that's drop the F bomb.

Speaker 2 (01:52):
Drop.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
Make sure you read the room, like I said, but
generally drop me.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
At least one F bomb has been shown to actually
lighten up the mood of the room and read search
actually does show that if you swear every now and
then the people in your circle will perceive you as
more honest, trustworthy, and persuasive.

Speaker 1 (02:06):
Can't wait to try that in our next meeting.

Speaker 3 (02:08):
And love my job.

Speaker 2 (02:10):
Too, truthsome the Lion Kiss Wait, Anna's and Fitchburg. Are
you ready to play?

Speaker 5 (02:14):
I am so ready, I'm so pumped and I can't
believe I got through.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
I like the energy.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
Now how it works, We'll give you a factor a lie.
You guess who was lying? Play along and car as well.
It's Mikey vs.

Speaker 5 (02:27):
So.

Speaker 2 (02:27):
A few years ago, Eminem was the headline air of
Boston Calling and we all went through the interviews backstage
in the little radio room. And I was interviewing Eminem
at Boston Calling, made the mistake of asking about his
daughter Haylee, and his people ended the interview halfway through.

Speaker 1 (02:41):
It are a one big shot to actually interview eminem
who I do love and he wasn't a jerk, and
people come off it's like opportunity.

Speaker 2 (02:49):
Yeah, it is a Frank ev speaking about Momorl Day
weekend and front years back.

Speaker 1 (02:54):
We're talking years back on Memorl Day weekend.

Speaker 2 (02:56):
I thought it would be funny if my friends and
I went to a gas station and took a coke machine.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
You know, they plug him in on the side for
the soda. So picked them up.

Speaker 2 (03:04):
We put it on the back of the truck and
took it to my friend's house put in the front
of his house. His parents woke up flipped out on us.
So the next day we put it back in the truck,
brought it back to the gas station and replugged it
in and drove off in.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
Never got it. You steal a coke machine? Still can't
get the cocaout pains for it?

Speaker 2 (03:17):
Yeah, Yeah, it's the biggest waste of time and two
truth and a lie.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
On to the amazing Gianna.

Speaker 3 (03:24):
Last night, I met Gregory Maguire, the author of Wicked,
at Lisa's book Club, and it reminded me when my
dad took me to see Wicked for the very first time.

Speaker 4 (03:31):
I was eight years old. It was back in two
thousand and five.

Speaker 3 (03:33):
My dad being my dad, we showed up to the
Boston Opera House late. They did not let us in
until after the first song, which is like ten or
twelve whole minutes, which is arguably also one of the
most iconic songs.

Speaker 4 (03:44):
I sat there, eight year old, g on.

Speaker 3 (03:46):
It and cried and cried and cried till they let
us in.

Speaker 4 (03:50):
Now, I'm sure.

Speaker 3 (03:53):
A lie.

Speaker 1 (03:54):
Who do you think is lying? Reiki reikie V. I'm lying,
you know, I I know, I wish I was lying.
That's it's the true story.

Speaker 2 (04:00):
We went there, we unplugged the soda machine, put on
the back of the truck, brought it to my friend's house.
His parents saw and they said, you go bring that back.
So I actually, man, I think you were probably a
teenager at eighteen. I was like eight years old. I
remember this happening.

Speaker 1 (04:12):
A look at mom. I don't I actually remember writing
frame him where you stole it from? It's actually in
the high school right give details? Now.

Speaker 2 (04:20):
That means the liar is me, mikey V.

Speaker 1 (04:26):
I did not ask Eminem about his daughter.

Speaker 2 (04:29):
You cancel the job. I'm smarter than that to truth
in a lie. Thank you so much for playing with
Kis one O eight live hack for you. We all
like to have a good taste and sandwich, right, And
there's actually one simple thing you can do to your
sandwich to make.

Speaker 1 (04:40):
It taste better. Vivian's and accellent any guesses extra mast.
There's nothing you got to add or even really do.
It's just how you cut it.

Speaker 2 (04:49):
Apparently, cutting sandwiches diagonally makes this sandwich taste better. They
say the trianglar shape allows for the maximum exposure of
the flavors due to the increased surface area.

Speaker 1 (04:59):
As you go to eat it.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
It's also easier to hold, so you're getting a better
bite into that sandwich. It's also easier to dip the corners.

Speaker 1 (05:07):
The top yeah.

Speaker 2 (05:09):
Down kind of diagonally this weekend at a Memorial Day party.
As you're eating that sandwich diagonally will taste the way
bet and.

Speaker 1 (05:17):
It's a hamburger.

Speaker 2 (05:17):
It's circles, yeap. Now now I had those in Sudbury.
Why are you smiling?

Speaker 5 (05:24):
I am going to Hawaii this summer and I've been
dying to go.

Speaker 3 (05:30):
I'm jealous. One time Mikey and Frankie went without me
and they did not invite me.

Speaker 1 (05:34):
We ended up in a Disney resort where I couldn't
even drink in the pool. So it was like Disney
result with no kids, by the way. Just a lot
going on right now and all week and long.

Speaker 2 (05:44):
And Gianna isn't get you all caught up? Kissana wait's
mikey V. Frankie V.

Speaker 4 (05:48):
And well, we all know.

Speaker 3 (05:49):
We're in a northeastern right now here in Boston, by
the chance of a North Easter is two in thought easter.

Speaker 2 (05:56):
It's like a big snowstorm. We keep on hearing norrisa,
but apparently it's rain and wind.

Speaker 4 (05:59):
It's not and wind, which we have right now. Feels
like winter outside though.

Speaker 3 (06:02):
And the last notable May nor Easter right here in
New England was Memorial Day in twenty twenty one.

Speaker 4 (06:09):
Isn't that crazy?

Speaker 1 (06:10):
Not long ago. It's always a Memorial Day.

Speaker 4 (06:11):
It's always Moorial Day.

Speaker 3 (06:13):
It's it's cursed. They know everyone has workoff. We want
to have a nice, warm weekend.

Speaker 4 (06:16):
Mother Nature's like nope.

Speaker 1 (06:18):
Now, well it's.

Speaker 3 (06:21):
The good thing is the storm's gonna taper off like tomorrow,
so there's gonna be just lingering showers into Saturday. It's
gonna be a little cloudy, and then it's supposed to
be sunny Sunday into Monday. But I'm no meteorologists and
I don't want to curse it, so let's move on
to the next day. Speaking about Boston, calling the food
lineup this year is sick like I love going to
Boston calling for the food.

Speaker 4 (06:42):
Returning vendors.

Speaker 3 (06:43):
We got the chicken and rice guys, l Hefes which
is so good. Roxyes, grilled cheese, I ate it. Last
year I did a nice big cheese pull and our
favorite guy.

Speaker 4 (06:51):
The sausage guy.

Speaker 1 (06:53):
Yes.

Speaker 4 (06:53):
And then brand new vendors.

Speaker 3 (06:55):
We got Blackbird Doughnuts which are so good. Excited for
that Flour Bakery and Cafe Penny Packers, and then Sally's
Upbeats is gonna be there.

Speaker 2 (07:04):
Wow.

Speaker 4 (07:04):
Isn't that crazy?

Speaker 1 (07:05):
You can literally go down a whole lot and have
a lot everything.

Speaker 4 (07:07):
That's gonna be what I'm doing this weekend.

Speaker 3 (07:09):
Last Banali's Taylor Swift is in the headlines once again
over her music. So she originally sold her entire music
catalog to Scooter Braun back in twenty nineteen for three
hundred million dollars. Scooter then sold it to Shamrock Holdings
for reported four hundred and five million dollars in twenty twenty.
OK so this is when Taylor started to re record

(07:30):
all of her albums, calling them Taylor's Version. And now
news broke today that Shamrock Holdings is open to selling
the master recordings back to Taylor for between six hundred
million and one billion dollars.

Speaker 1 (07:44):
Why why, like, what does that do for her to
have that the rights background? Get it.

Speaker 3 (07:48):
I don't think it's going to really do anything for
her in my opinion, But I'm also.

Speaker 4 (07:51):
Just a radio gal.

Speaker 1 (07:53):
Was like three hundred thousand dollars.

Speaker 4 (07:54):
It was so much money.

Speaker 3 (07:56):
Yeah, she'll have the old recordings back. I mean, everyone
loves those originals, but also everyone loves Taylor's version.

Speaker 2 (08:01):
Now for interesting, well, now for less. I wish I
had six hundred million dollars to blow my own recording.
Come on, hey, Tiff, you know what the egot is?

Speaker 3 (08:09):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (08:09):
You do.

Speaker 1 (08:10):
I don't with the ego, I don't know an e got.

Speaker 4 (08:12):
You work in the music industry. You don't know an
e got Mikey.

Speaker 5 (08:15):
Please explain for Mikey and those that might not know,
it's the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

Speaker 1 (08:24):
One in each category.

Speaker 4 (08:26):
That makes John legend is an egot?

Speaker 5 (08:29):
He is, There's only like eight or ten of them.

Speaker 1 (08:31):
Barber strisan wood Be Goldberg.

Speaker 4 (08:34):
Are you on it she's an egot expert.

Speaker 1 (08:37):
Well, I'll tell you right now.

Speaker 2 (08:38):
There's there's one person that might be added to that list,
the girl by the name of Lady Gaga.

Speaker 1 (08:42):
She has won her first ever Emmy Award.

Speaker 2 (08:44):
The twenty twenty five Sports Emmy Awards were held out
this past suitsa at Night, and Lady gog was among
the winners. He actually want a Grammy and an Oscar
Gaga now claimed the prize for performance from the Super
Bowl pregame.

Speaker 1 (08:55):
Other notable winners of Charles Barkley and some others.

Speaker 2 (08:58):
But this is one step closly now for the gagash
now get that highly coveted egots.

Speaker 3 (09:02):
I feel a little stupid. I saw this on social
media today. I didn't know there were Sports Emmys. Am
I like out of the loop on?

Speaker 1 (09:09):
I didn't know that I knew what egot was.

Speaker 2 (09:13):
We problemsly keep her anonymous if you're new to the show.
By the way, group chats were trying to get some
advice in studio. Then we turn to the city to
chime in. I know you're over there in Cambridge. Roommate
situation issue. What's going on?

Speaker 5 (09:23):
So her and I are so tight and I really
like her boyfriend, but he's legit sleeping over like three
nights a week and he's always there. I can't just
like watch your chick flick at night with her. I
get out of the shower, he's there, and he totally.

Speaker 2 (09:39):
It is tough when you have your own apartment, you
pay your own rent, you kind of want your own
space too.

Speaker 5 (09:43):
Yes, yes, And it kind of like broke the last
couple of days because he ate my food.

Speaker 4 (09:49):
Oh oh?

Speaker 1 (09:51):
Is he chipping in at all for any bills or
is he helping out at all?

Speaker 4 (09:54):
Sounds like a scrub.

Speaker 5 (09:56):
This is why I called in because I'm like, do
I ask her? Do I ask him? Like I can
he move in? Can he help with bills? Is he's taking?

Speaker 1 (10:04):
Like? Yes?

Speaker 2 (10:06):
You don't want to hurt a friendship too, right, So
it's like, do you ask her now to make him
chip in or do you wait till end of release
and think, Hey, this isn't a good living situation.

Speaker 1 (10:12):
I should move on.

Speaker 5 (10:13):
Yeah, Like what's pc? I don't know because him.

Speaker 2 (10:17):
Go right at him directly, go to the source and say, look, bro,
what's going on here? Give us some money or get out,
and then he can go with her and then it's
handled right, you know what I'm saying. I just go
right to him with my frustrations.

Speaker 4 (10:26):
Rents way too expensive for freeloader.

Speaker 1 (10:29):
Very true.

Speaker 2 (10:29):
Before you do right then the whole I'll get your
advice right now. Okay, okay, Colleen, you're in Brookline.

Speaker 5 (10:34):
I would definitely go to the best friend. I would
not go to the boyfriend because if he comes to
her and says, your your friends, your roommate like said
this stuff to me, that would not go over while.
But then communication between.

Speaker 1 (10:50):
What if she says, what are you talking about? I
pay right here? My bosser can sleep over two or
three times a week.

Speaker 5 (10:54):
It's and then he needs to be paying bills and
he needs to be buying groceries for the ladies like
once a week because he can't be free looting at
that apartment.

Speaker 3 (11:03):
I would literally invite like my friends over and have
them eat my best friend's food and be like, okay,
you want to play that game?

Speaker 4 (11:10):
Let's do it two kids.

Speaker 1 (11:13):
Any issue is an eye for an eye. Yes, I'll
tell you one thing. I've never takena's eyes. Colleen, you're
in Holliston three times a week.

Speaker 5 (11:21):
I feel like I was the roommate. I would get
wicked annoyed.

Speaker 4 (11:23):
That's the week.

Speaker 1 (11:24):
Who did she turn to? Though? Does she tell her
best friend that or tell the god that?

Speaker 5 (11:27):
No, I would go to the friend. I feel like
that'd be so awkward to consump the boyfriend.

Speaker 4 (11:31):
What if you go to the landlord?

Speaker 2 (11:36):
Were you a person in elementary school that went to
the teacher all the time, took my red crayon like red?
No for jan to be a black crayon? Just saying hey,
thank you so much for joining group chat. Now Leah,
you have a much different thought.

Speaker 1 (11:52):
What are you thinking?

Speaker 5 (11:53):
Okay, So she just needs to realize that people can
have guests in the apartment. She can set a few
healthy boundaries like don't eat the food, don't be there
when your girlfriend's not there. But other than that, like
get over it.

Speaker 1 (12:04):
Yeah, I guess that's kind of true in a way.

Speaker 2 (12:06):
Right, you can't because you know otherwise it's like becomes
like a jail cell, Right, am I allowed to have
somebody over?

Speaker 1 (12:10):
Can I not leave? What kind? I do?

Speaker 5 (12:11):
You know?

Speaker 1 (12:12):
You don't want you want the roommate to be filmed
that way? Don't they make a deal.

Speaker 4 (12:15):
Okay, let's make.

Speaker 2 (12:18):
For every night that he sleeps over their apartment. Yeah,
she sleeps at his that way, for every night sleeps sober.
This girl gets the apartment to herself a night. I
like it. I feel like everybody that listens in here
in studio have pets, Tina, do you have any pets?

Speaker 3 (12:32):
I do.

Speaker 2 (12:33):
I have a dog, a dog, so this is wild.
I kind of want to test it on my very
own dog, Luna has well. But did you know that
dogs know when you don't like somebody?

Speaker 5 (12:40):
I mean, I've seen that happen. I've I've had a
couple of days where my dogs bit them in the leg.

Speaker 1 (12:46):
We you talked about that before on air, like your
dog dog intuition or something like that.

Speaker 2 (12:50):
Everything that they pick up on the negative feelings of
a person, they can actually judge by the way you're breathing.
They could tell the changes in your own personality base
and somebody you don't like and they say this is
good until like the in laws come over with people
that you're supposed to pretend like you like and your
dog picks up on them.

Speaker 1 (13:04):
They just start barking up of nowhere.

Speaker 5 (13:06):
I could see that. I definitely could see that.

Speaker 3 (13:08):
We used to have a dog, Stella, May God rest
her soul. She was a little teacup Yorky. But there
was a neighbor we had that Stella would go crazy
and again she was a teacup Yorky. It was like
she was a lion all of a sudden with this
one sketchy neighbor. And I think he's like in jail
or like I don't even know, arrested.

Speaker 1 (13:27):
What an afternoon.

Speaker 2 (13:28):
I think the weather and the rain's gotten to all
of us that. But we're getting through it with you
on Kiswana. Wait, it's mikey V alongside my big bro
Frankie V and our best friend Gianna.

Speaker 1 (13:37):
The positive thing is it's a free car wash.

Speaker 2 (13:39):
You know, if you look at the positive sign of
you know your car is getting washed for free today.

Speaker 4 (13:43):
You know you said this once and I'll say it again.

Speaker 3 (13:46):
What there has to be a curse on the land
we all live on here in Boston that causes it
to rain on long weekends and normal weekends, all when
it's supposed to be nice.

Speaker 1 (13:55):
Then during the week it's like eighty and sunny.

Speaker 4 (13:57):
What is going on? I hate this.

Speaker 1 (13:59):
Well, I'm excited out my pools. That's good.

Speaker 4 (14:02):
Yeah, what a ways tell them to close it again.

Speaker 1 (14:04):
I'll tell you one thing. After this weekend, it will
be full for sure. Right, we are out of here.

Speaker 2 (14:09):
Thank you so much having us on every single afternoon,
so much to us. Back out again tomorrow and every
afternoon two to seven. The v Bros And Gianna on
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