February 6, 2025 • 45 mins
Can you distinguish between a pet peeve and an ick in dating? Join us, Lina and Nikita, as we unravel the peculiarities of romantic interactions. Prepare for giggles as Lina recounts a date that went awry, thanks to a manicure that just wouldn’t quit. Our heart-to-heart chat covers odd habits like long pinky nails and more personal tales, with Nikita ready to throw in her own two cents. Together, we laugh through the quirks and charms that define who we are, turning everyday annoyances into entertaining gold.
But it's not all laughter and manicures; dating can be a wild ride, full of awkward encounters and unexpected lessons. Imagine losing control over your dinner choice or facing a date that’s more fiction than fact. Our stories of post-divorce dating mishaps and the red flags that come with them highlight the importance of honesty and personal boundaries. Through cringe-worthy moments and surprising revelations, we offer a candid glimpse into the unpredictable dance of dating.
And just when you think it couldn't get more complicated, we untangle tales of love triangles and workplace dramas that test the very fabric of trust and friendship. From deceitful partners to the tightrope of business and personal relationships, our stories showcase the tangled web of human connections. Plus, we invite you to be part of our journey by connecting with us across social platforms, ensuring the vibe of "Two Voices, One Vibe" continues to resonate with shared experiences and laughs.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi, I'm Nikita and I'm Lina.
We're two best friends withendless curiosity and plenty to
say.
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Join us as we dive into everything and anything
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culture, hot takes to lifelessons and deep dives.
Speaker 1 (00:15):
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Whether you're looking for alaugh, a new perspective or just
some fun company, this podcastfeels like a chat with your
bestie.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Get ready for unfiltered conversations, lots
of laughs and a whole lot ofheart.
This is Two Voices, one Vibe.
Welcome back.
Two Voices, one Vibe.
I'm Lina, I'm Nikita, and it'stime for you to spend some time
with us, because we're cool,we're the bestest, bestest
(00:45):
besties.
I'm Nikita.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
And it's time for you to spend some time with us,
because we're cool, we're thebestest, bestest besties,
bestest besties.
I was going to say it too, butyou beat me to it.
Yes, I did.
Bye, yay.
What are we talking about today, bessie?
Um ick, ooh.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
I have a lot of icks.
You have a biggest ick.
So okay, let's get this rightoff the bat there's a difference
between pet peeves and icks.
Yes, right.
So to me, a pet peeve is justsomething that, like you,
absolutely can't stand.
It bothers you no matter who itis.
To me, an ick is only whenyou're talking about somebody
who you can possibly see as aromantic partner.
(01:25):
So it's person specific.
It's person specific Absolutely.
So it's a pet peeve to me whenany man drinks a white claw.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Oh, I'm well aware of that, so we know about this.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
That's any man, it doesn't matter.
If it's a man that I'm lookingat as I'm like potentially
interested in dating this man,or if it's just some random guy
at the bar, I'd be like, wow,he's such a pussy, you know.
Like that's not okay.
Um, so that to me is a petpeeve.
Or like grammar in general.
If you text me with bad grammar, I'm gonna crap you with my
grammar.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Police app right so pet peeve, yeah, but so never
mind, I'll let that one go.
No, go for it.
I was gonna say I don't feellike I've been grammar policed.
I know.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
No, no, I'm just using it in general.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
No, I know, but I'm just thinking my brain's in its
own little world, yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
But anyway, go ahead.
So to me, an ick is when you'reon a date or you're talking to
somebody and all of a suddensomething happens and you are
immediately turned off andyou're like, nope, I can't do it
, I can't do it anymore.
So it could be at the beginningof the date, it could be at the
end of the day, it could be onthe third day, but something
comes out.
So it may not be something ingeneral.
(02:29):
Like you know, this is a petpeeve of mine.
If this happens, I'm out.
It might just be something thatyou see or something that
happens and you're like can't dothis, yeah, yeah.
So one of my really weird ones Imet this guy and we had gone on
a couple dates and we were onhis boat and we were having a
great time and, you know, we hada couple drinks and we went Was
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he drinking white cloth,floating?
No, he was not drinking whitecloth, so the ick did not come
in yet and we were, you know,like floating and tubing and
just having a really good time.
And when we got back on theboat and we were bringing the
boat in, he had asked me to helphim with the rope, okay, so I
grabbed the rope and when Ithrew it over to him and he
grabbed the rope, I saw hisfingernails and they were too
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long and I was done.
You're like, nope, done.
We had a great time.
I was done.
It was such an ick and I waslike why does this man have long
fingernails?
They weren't longer than mine,but they were longer than they
should be for a man and I wasnot okay.
Do you ever see those men thathave like one pinky nail just
long and the rest of them short?
That is disgusting, the mostdisgusting thing ever.
That's a pet peeve.
(03:40):
Was just gonna try to holdmyself back from cursing in that
moment, but I couldn't do it.
It's, it's fucking gross um, butlong fingernails on a man
turned out to be an ick for meand yeah, that is.
That's a massive ick in generalyeah, and then I know he was
like doing stuff with the boatand whatever you do with boats,
but then there was like dirtunder his long fingernails and
then I was really grossed out,so that was definitely a big ick
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for me.
Yeah, I can see that being anick yeah, an ick yeah.
What would be like an ick foryou?
So, oh, I can't wait.
Oh boy, I swear Nikita's onlybeen drinking tea tonight.
Tea, just tea, red zinger tea.
All right, well, I beendrinking tea tonight, red zinger
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tea, alright.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Put a zinger in you.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
So I feel terrible Saying this, but I'm going to
say it anyway.
We're not holding anything back.
No topic is off limits.
No topic is off limits.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
So I cannot Stand.
It drives me batshit crazy, andI didn't realize how much of an
ick it was until after the fact.
That's why it's an ick.
Yeah, when somebody is tellingwhat Shall I remain unnamed?
(05:01):
Oh yeah, no, I'm not going toname anybody, I wouldn't do that
.
I'm not that mean Okay.
But when you're being told astory, right Mm-hmm, and the
person keeps saying you know, orum, or like um, and you're just
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like spit it out.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Yeah, yeah, we don't have all day.
Yeah, get it out partner.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's it, that's that, that's
turned you off.
Yeah yeah, that's not a goodone.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
So I have a pretty funny story.
Oh, I like funny stories.
So I was at work one day and Iget a text message from my uncle
.
And the text message says hetook a photo of me from social
media and he shared it with hisfriends, because that's not
normal, and asked if there wasanybody that was interested in
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dating me.
Oh my god.
So I immediately didn't knowlike, should I be embarrassed?
Should I laugh?
Should I be depressed?
What does that mean?
And then he tells me one of hisfriends that he was interested
and he wanted to know if I wouldbe interested in going out with
him.
So I don't know.
That.
That was even the weirdest partof the story, because it gets
weirder.
He goes on to tell me that thisis his daughter, my cousin's
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ex-boyfriend.
Oh my god, totally, totallyweird.
Right, and we weren't icked outat this.
This was really weird.
I mean, the very first thing Idid was I called my cousin and I
was like do you want to laugh?
And she's like are you going tomake me laugh like I'm going to
want to kill somebody, or am Iactually going to ha-ha laugh?
And I'm like, no, no.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
I totally bless this.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
She's like I actually think you guys might hit it off
.
Right, I'm okay with it.
She's like we dated back inhigh school 20 plus years ago.
Okay, she's married, she haschilds the whole night Childs,
yes.
So I said, okay, I'll give it ashot.
So we go out and this was thefirst time that this happened to
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me, and I guess it's probablyhappened to many people before,
but it's never happened to me.
So I didn't realize how icky itwas until we sat down and he
says do you mind if I order foryou?
That gives you the ick, totallygives me the ick.
Why?
Because you took me out.
You picked the restaurant.
I can't even pick what I'mgonna eat.
Oh see, I think that's sweet.
No, I don't like it.
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I feel like nope, I feel likeit's kind of weird and it's kind
of controlling and I havedietary issues to begin with and
I know he knew about that and Ican understand that.
And he actually did pick arestaurant that had gluten-free
options and that was verythoughtful and nice.
But I can own it for myself.
You know like it's modern day,age and time and I know what I
like.
(07:45):
Yeah, you don't know what Ilike.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
You don't like sushi he ordered raw fish.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
I mean, this thing came to the table and I thought
it was going to start flopping,so I guess you won't eat oysters
.
I won't.
It's slimy and yucky.
I mean if, like, I had tobecause there's nothing else,
it's icky.
If I had to because there'snothing else, it's icky.
If I had to because there'snothing else, I will do it.
I will grow up and put on mybig girl panties and I will suck
down an oyster, but I'm goingto vomit in my mouth.
It's going to be a little gross.
(08:12):
So I did not like that.
That kind of gave me the ick.
Let me make my own choices anddecisions.
What if I didn't want seafoodfor dinner?
What if I was not in the moodfor red sauce, cause it was
going to give Annabelle Ajitathat time?
Speaker 1 (08:26):
I don't know, but he did.
He say would you mind?
Speaker 2 (08:30):
if I order for you.
He did and I really want to sayyes, yes, I would mind, but
then that would have ruined therest of the date.
It was already ruined in mymind, but I didn't want to ruin
it for both of us, cause yeah,that's not a nick for me I think
it would be different if he waslike you know, I like to order
like a couple differentappetizers, what do you like,
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and, you know, tried a coupledifferent things.
But for him to just totallyorder for me and my meal and the
whole nine, nope, didn't likeit.
I felt like it was kind of alittle showboaty.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
You know.
And to tap it all off, I hadasked him whether or not he was
like a wine person, because II'm not a wine snob, I don't
really know the differencesbetween wine and it's not really
like my first go-to if it'sthere, I'll drink it.
And he's like, no, no, not atall.
And we get to the restaurantand he's like high-fiving the
bar manager and the wine wineconnoisseur bar guy and he knows
everybody.
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And then he's reading throughthe wine venue and he's picking
things out by the year and thevineyard they were made.
So like, why didn't you justtell me yeah, I'm really big
into wine.
Okay, that's fine, we don'thave to agree on everything.
Right, you can have your wine.
And then, the biggest ick ofall, oh, at the end of that date
, he had made a comment abouthow expensive the bill was.
Yeah, yeah, I didn't like it.
That's ridiculous.
(09:43):
Yeah, it was really tacky andreally in bad taste and I had
offered to pay half and he toldme no, he had picked the
restaurant and he ordered for us.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Yeah, so he knew what he was getting himself into,
right?
So that?
Speaker 2 (09:58):
was it.
I was really done at that point.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Yeah, I can understand that.
Yeah, I can understand that.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Big, big, huge egg, but I've gone on some really bad
dates, so that probably wasn'teven like the worst of them.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
What would you say is the worst date you've ever been
on?
Speaker 2 (10:14):
The worst date, ooh, um.
So I would say years ago, rightafter my divorce, I was meeting
this guy for a lunch date and Iwas at work.
So I left work and I went to arestaurant.
It was only like seven minutesfrom the office, it was close,
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and he had said to me and Ithought it was a joke, you know,
when I meet you, if youactually look anything like your
pictures, I'm going to kiss youas soon as I see you.
And I kind of thought it wasodd and I thought it was off why
wouldn't you look like yourpictures?
I guess maybe people catfish,other people you know, online
dating.
I don't know.
It was the first time that Ihad ever online dated at that
point, so I didn't really know.
So I get there and I walkoutside and he's standing
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outside the restaurant and hejust goes right in and just
kisses my face and I was sotaken aback because that's never
happened to me before and, likebro, I don't even know you, I
never met you in person, and youjust put your face on mine Like
it was very strange and veryawkward.
So I'm like, all right, that wasweird.
Maybe we can push it aside.
But remember, old me was redflags carnival.
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So I'm like that's okay, me now.
I was red flags carnival.
So, yes, that's okay me now.
I probably would turn aroundleft, yeah, well, yeah.
So I walked inside and I satdown with him and we go to order
, and I probably ordered a dietcoke or lemonade or something
like that.
And this dude starts orderinglike drinks, like margaritas,
martinis.
He had six drinks over lunch,that's a lot, yeah.
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And he's like are you sure youdon't want to have one?
I'm like, no, I'm going back towork.
And I'm like don't you?
Yeah, and he's like are yousure you don't want to have one?
I'm like, no, I'm going back towork.
I'm like don't you work?
And he's like, no, like I own asurf shop.
So, yeah, and I'm like oh, soof course you know, when you
first asked me, like what do youdo for a living?
No, I own my own business.
You don't want to get too intoit, right, because you don't
want somebody to think that whathe said to you at first.
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I own my own business, okay so Ididn't want to pry and him
think that I'm all about moneyor you know.
So I was like oh, you know,that's great, but you know, some
people also say like I'm anentrepreneur, aka I don't have a
job, so I left it at that.
So now we're at dinner I'msorry, we're at lunch and I'm
all dressed up in work clothes,right, right, pre-covid, of
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course, when you still used toget dressed regularly for work
and he's in like jeans and at-shirt and flip-flops and he's
like I own like a surf companyand like we do stand-up
paddleboard rentals, and I'mlike this is going terrible,
this is really bad.
So by the end of the date Iknow this I want you to meet my
parents.
What?
Speaker 1 (12:45):
First date.
First date, no yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
And I'm like, is that the drinks talking, or is that
you?
And he was like, oh my God,like did I have too many drinks?
And I'm like I don't know.
I guess that's a reallyrelative question for you,
because six drinks for you mightbe your norm, but I don't know,
in an hour lunch, that seems alittle excessive for me.
It seems like, so you know, Ikind of left it off and he's
like ready to get off the datingapps.
I think we should do this.
(13:08):
Whoa, I didn't even want to goout with him again and he's like
ready to make me his wifey.
Yeah, yeah, that's not cool.
So that was probably a reallybad date.
And then I had found out laterthrough like mutual friends that
I didn't even know knew him,that he was really big coke head
and oh well, I dodged a bulletwith that one, that one, yeah so
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, so that was really bad datebut I can, um, I have another
tell me, I'm sorry, totally likego for it, okay.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
So, oh boy, that's a major like oh no, I can't do
this.
You know, when you like kisssomebody and you do the whole
french kiss thing with thetongue, and their tongue is just
all over your face, oh yeah,like no, no no no, no, and it's
like all slobbery.
Yeah, major ick, that's gross,can't do that.
Yeah, mm-mm, yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
I definitely don't like that.
Or if, like, they go in to kissyou and, like, your teeth clash
that's not fun.
That's like instant sendshockwaves through my body
almost like nails on achalkboard.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
Yes, yes, yes.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
It's a terrible, terrible feeling.
And then it's like do you laugh, do you try again, Do you run,
like, what do you do after thatmoment?
Because I'm kind of over it, Idon't know be fully icky, but
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they're pretty interesting.
I like interesting datingstories, all right.
So one of the really good oneswas one of the first guys that I
dated after my divorce.
I was not ready for anythingserious, understandably, so I
explained that to him and hetold me he was in the same boat.
He was also the same boat, hewas also going through divorce,
he also had one child and I washappy that we were kind of on
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the same boat, right.
So we had been together a couplemonths and my birthday was
coming up, and so we had plansto go away for my birthday.
And he calls me and he's likebabe, I am so sorry, it's like.
And he calls me and he's likebabe, I am so sorry, it's like,
but I'm not going to be able tomake it.
I'm like okay, what's going on?
And he's like my son's motheris being rushed to the hospital,
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she's having her gallbladderremoved and I have to take care
of my son.
I'm like oh my God, absolutely,100% Go do what you need to do.
Like, no need to apologize,we'll reschedule.
We won't reschedule Whateveryou need, like take care of that
.
I hope she's okay.
You know, thanks for being socool about it.
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I'm like, yeah, no problem.
So a few months later we haveplans.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
He tells me we need to reschedule.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
I'm like yeah okay, yeah, everything all right.
He's like yeah, my son's mom ishaving her gallbladder removed,
stopped.
I'm like how many gallbladdersdoes this woman have?
He's like what do you mean?
I'm like I don't know.
Like, is she the bionic woman?
Does she have like multiplegallbladders?
He's like what are you talkingabout?
I'm like did you forget?
And he's like forget what?
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I'm like, when you canceled onme for my birthday, you canceled
on me because she was havingher gallbladder removed.
And he's like oh, no, no, no,no.
He's like so I never told youwhat happened.
He's like it turned out itwasn't her gallbladder, it was
actually her appendix.
Oh, oh, oh.
So I'm like okay.
So now, like you know, theantennas are up, the red flags
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are out.
I know something is up, but Idon't know what it is.
So then I get a call.
Oh god, that says hi, is thisLena?
I'm like, yeah, who's this?
She's like this is so-and-so'swife.
I was like, okay, now I knowhe's married and going through a
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divorce, because I was marriedand going through a divorce but
I was living on my through adivorce, but I was living on my
own the whole night.
So what I came to find out hewas mirroring everything I was
saying.
So if I said I had moved out,I'm moving out too, I filed, I
also filed.
So he was just kind ofmirroring what I was saying.
Turns out it was his actualwife and the two times that he
had canceled on me when she wasin the hospital was because she
was having miscarriages, becausethey were actively trying to
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have a baby.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Oh my God, yeah, that is terrible it was.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
It was pretty terrible, oh my God.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
So her and I actually got together, oh, God, of
course you did, and we met up.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Yep, and we exchanged everything, we talked about
everything and I'll never forget.
The next day she calls me upand she's like I have to tell
you what happened last night andI'm like what she's like, so
we're laying in bed and I'm likeyou're laying in bed with this
man.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Yeah, really.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Whatever to each their own.
You do what you need to do.
Boo, we're laying in bed and Itell him to rub my feet and he
tells me, no, she's like.
So I lean over and I grab thedog's bone and I crack him over
the head with it and I was likeyou have a fucking girlfriend.
Rub my fucking feet.
I was like, huh, what do you do?
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She's like rub my fucking feet.
I was like, okay, so I'm like Ineed to ask you a question.
I'm like cause he told me thisstory about you and I didn't
fully believe it.
And she's like well, what's up?
She's like he has a scar on hispalm and I asked him how he got
the scar on his palm and hetold me that you stabbed him
with a knife.
And so that's what he told me.
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When, you know, I asked him,like, what happened between you
two?
And he told me you were crazy,and he showed that as proof.
You know, she stabbed me in mypalm.
She's like, oh, that's what hetold you.
Huh, oh God.
I'm like, yeah.
She's like you want to know thereal story.
I'm like, yeah.
So she tells me he went outwith his buddies to the bar,
yeah, and he comes home drunk.
It's like two, three o'clock inthe morning, and he walks in
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the house with a couple of hisfriends in the middle of the
night, wakes her up out of bedand tells her to make them all
sandwiches.
Oh, I would have backhand them,oh.
So she proceeds to take all ofthe deli meat out of the fridge,
lays out all the cold cuts whatdo you want?
What do you want?
What do you want?
She makes them all sandwiches,hands one to each of the guys.
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Did she poison?
Speaker 1 (19:05):
anybody.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
When she hands one to him, he puts his hand out to
take the plate and she takes theknife and puts it right through
his hand.
Oh my God.
So he wasn't lying when he toldme that she stabbed him in the
hand.
He also didn't tell me the fullstory.
Not that I think anythingreally warrants you to get
stabbed in the hand.
I do think what he did waspretty dick.
But at that point I knew that Ithink anything really warrants
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right you to get stabbed in thehand.
I do think what he did waspretty dick, um, but at that
point I knew that I was dealingwith somebody that was
absolutely crazy, yeah, but Iknew that he was also crazy too
because he was also activelytrying to have another baby with
this woman.
So now I was like fearful formy life I would have been too
and he had also told me that shewas like doing the books for
her mobbed up family.
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So now I'm like great, I'mgonna die.
So I was a little scared.
But the events that proceededover the next few weeks after
that we ended up going onvacations and stuff together and
family parties.
They attended family partiesand events and got to know my
parents and the whole nine.
So it was a thing we haven'tspoken in years.
That's just weird.
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Yeah, I think her goal was letme befriend the mistress who was
unbeknownst to me, the mistressLet me befriend the mistress so
she'll stay away from myhusband.
And I think mine was let mebefriend the wife so she doesn't
know.
So she knows that I'm not athreat and she doesn't kill me.
I don't want to die yeah, sothat was a really interesting
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one that I went through.
Yeah, that's, that's a littlecrazy.
I think that was probably themost intense one.
Um, but then I had anotherreally coincidental one.
So the guy with the fingernails, yes, yes, so after that did
not work out.
My cousin and I had gone to aconcert together and we're at
the concert and she knows thebartender at the venue and she
knows the bartender at the venue, okay.
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And so the bartender tells herhey, one of the other moms from
town is here, go say hi to her.
So she grabs me and she's likeoh, you have to come say hi to
my friend.
You know, she really reminds mea lot of you.
You guys actually kind of lookalike.
And I'm like, okay, so we walkover and this is gorgeous girl.
And she's like you know, hey,so-and-so, this is my cousin,
lena, lena, you know, this is myfriend.
And she's like and this is ourfriend's boyfriend, she's like I
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can't remember his name.
So I whisper to my cousin.
I'm like his name is blah, blah, blah.
And my cousin looks at me andshe's like how do?
you know, and I'm like becausewe dated.
And my cousin's like what?
And I'm like, yeah, so now Isee the look on his face, he
sees me, I see him.
He is freaking out Right.
So now I'm uncomfortableBecause he could have just been
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cool about it and we could havelaughed about it, sure, and it
could have just been a funnything.
Like, oh, that's a really funnystory.
Yeah, we went out twice and nobig deal, he did not.
He got really.
Cousin, I was like can we justgo back to the bar?
And she's like, yeah, noproblem, so we leave, we go back
to the bar.
Five minutes later he walked bystaring at me I mean like intent
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staring at me.
So my cousin's like what wasthat about?
I'm like I have no idea.
And she's like what happenedbetween the two of you?
I'm like honestly, we went ontwo maybe.
Like it was really weird for me.
I had.
He introduced me to his parents, he introduced me to his kid,
he had really long fingernails,I was out.
I'm like that's really weirdand I'm like nothing ever
happened between the two of us.
(22:14):
Like that was it.
I'm like it should have been areally funny story for him to be
like wow, what a small world.
Yeah, we had gone on a coupledates a while back.
That's crazy.
Didn't happen, she's like.
But he's like staring at you.
Now I'm like I know it's reallyuncomfortable.
So a couple hours later, likeright before the end of the
concert, he comes back over andhe grabs my ass as he's walking
by me.
(22:34):
Did you punch him?
I put my hands up in the airand I was like whoa, whoa, whoa.
And I was like that's not coolman, because I didn't want their
girlfriend or anybody else tothink that I initiated or I did
anything.
And my cousin saw it happen.
So my cousin's like that's it,I'm going to tell her.
And I'm like you do what youneed to do, like that's your
friend.
So she pulls her aside, they gointo the bathroom together.
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She tells her the story, givesthe girl my phone number.
So now I'm driving home from theconcert and she's texting me
while she's in the car with him.
And she's like I'm in the carwith him right now.
He has no idea that I'm talkingto you.
You need to tell me whathappened.
And I'm like listen.
I said I went on three datesmax with him.
I said it was really weird.
He said we went out on his boat, he introduced me to his
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parents, he introduced me to hisdaughter and she's like you met
his parents.
And I'm like, yeah, she's likeyou met his daughter.
I'm like I did.
And she's like he told me he'snever introduced another girl to
his parents or his daughter.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
And I was like listen .
I said I'm telling you rightnow.
It was not that serious.
We never slept together.
It was three date.
That was it Like nothing, right.
I haven't spoken to him since.
I'm the one who broke things off.
She's like when did you breakthings off?
So we talked about timeline andit was right around the same
time that I had stopped talkingto him that she started talking
to him.
So there may or may not havebeen overlap, could have gone
either way.
(23:55):
So it turns out they workedthings out.
They're still together to thisday.
I actually just met my cousin,who's friends.
With her.
We just went out for coffeetoday.
Yeah Well, she had coffee, Ididn't, because you don't like
coffee, I don't like coffee.
So they're still togetherApparently.
He's paying for her divorce andthey're out doing all the fun
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things together in life andsledding up in Vernon or
wherever, wherever it is, andwith their kids, and they're one
big, happy family.
Hey, more power to them.
But yeah, that was like areally weird.
That is weird.
I'm not like a super awkwardstory.
Speaker 1 (24:26):
Yeah, you get yourself tangled up in the
weirdest things.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
I really do and, like I don't know, is it me?
Yes, it is me, it is you,because I was hoping it wasn't
me.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
I don't get tangled up in those kinds of things.
Damn it, I'm really hoping, butit makes for great stories,
right.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
I feel like this is pretty good stuff to talk about.
Yeah, because whenever I tellthese stories, people are like
tell me more, and then I havethe popcorn out, you know.
Like the meme, yeah, yeah, likeI'm here for this and I'm like
I don't even know how this is mylife.
Like, how did I get here?
Yeah, you know.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
I have an ex and our first date.
We went out to dinner and Ipulled in the parking lot and we
were on the phone.
(25:17):
He was like, oh, I just sawyour truck go by.
I'm like I never told you whatkind of truck I drive.
He's like, yeah, you do.
You said you drove an Xterra,which I did at the time drove an
Xterra.
Like I never told you that.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Yeah, I just saw you pull in.
I'm like dude, you're freakingcreepy.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
That is really weird.
Yeah, that was like the, thecreepiest thing that happened.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
Yeah, Like there's.
No, I have nothing Like my.
My stories are like nothingcompared to yours.
Why does this happen to me then?
Because you're nuts.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
You to me, then Because you're nuts, you attract
the crazy.
I feel like it's not me, thoughI feel like I'm not nuts, I
don't know.
Oh, did you hear the snow cloudjust go by?
I did.
It was really loud.
It almost sounded likeAnnabelle.
To be honest, it was like didit even stop snowing?
I have no idea.
Yeah, um, I have another goodone for you.
Oh, okay, enlighten me.
So there's this guy.
I have another good one for you.
Oh, okay, enlighten me.
So there's this guy.
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We also met online.
We had gone out on a bunch ofdates, totally hitting it off,
having a great time, and I wasat the beach with one of my
girlfriends and had been textinghim from the beach and sending
pictures, you know,chit-chatting, whatever.
And that night I was going outand I had invited him out with
me and my friends and he told mehe really wasn't feeling that
well, he was just going to gohome and relax.
So I know that whenever hewasn't feeling well, he wouldn't
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eat, right.
So I figured I would stop andpick him up some chicken soup,
be nice, go to his place, dropit off, see if he needed
anything before I went out forthe night, which is exactly what
I did.
So total straight-faced hi.
(26:51):
I'm like hi Did he look sick?
He didn't look great, but hewould usually greet me with like
a hug or a kiss.
And if I'm surprising him like asmile maybe yeah, I got nothing
, I got hi.
So I'm surprising him like asmile maybe yeah, I got nothing,
I got hi.
So I'm like hi, he's like whatare you doing here?
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So now I'm like well, I wantedto bring you some chicken soup
because you said you weren'tfeeling well.
So he extends his hand to takethe bag and he's like thanks.
So now I'm thinking there'sanother woman upstairs.
Yeah, I would have went theretoo.
There's definitely anotherwoman in the house.
So he's like you look nice.
I'm like, well, thanks, and I'mgoing out tonight.
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And he's like, yeah, youmentioned it.
And I was like, yeah, it wasreally awkward.
Yeah, so he goes.
Do you want to come in?
So, of course I want to come inRight Cause.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
now I'm like there's a woman in the house.
Yes, I want to come in.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
So I'm like oh, actually, if I could use the
bathroom, that'd be great.
So he's like be my guest.
Still no hugs, still no kisses,so cold.
So I walk inside, I go upstairs, use the bathroom, peek in the
bedroom, you know, look around,there's nobody there.
Okay, there, okay.
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So I go to the bathroom andstill weird.
I'm like okay, well, thanks.
I'm like do you need anything?
He's like no, have fun tonight.
So weird.
I'm like okay, thanks, stilldidn't give me a hug or a kiss.
So I'm like all right, feelbetter, if you need anything,
let me know.
Right, so I was driving in thecar and I get a text message
from him, and so I open up thetext message and it says I can't
believe you would bring meleftovers from a date with
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another man.
I'm like what is he talkingabout?
So I text him back and I'm likewhat are you talking about?
And he's like I called therestaurant where you said you
got the suit from, and I toldthem that I was the guy with you
for dinner and that I left myphone there and if they could
check the table.
And they confirmed that youwere there with another man.
(28:57):
So now I'm like this dude'sbatshit crazy because it
certainly was not so then I senthim back a text message and
said if you called therestaurant then you know that
this is the phone number andhere's the time when I called
them, when I placed the to-goorder and I took a screenshot of
the call log right, and then Isent him a picture of the to-go
order receipt that shows that.
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I just ordered soup and justpaid for soup.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
And does it say to-go on the receipt?
Yes, it says to-go order.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
And it has my name, yeah, and it has the order,
which was only soup Right andthe price Right.
And I sent him a picture of itand I was like, but now, fucking
soup Nazi, like from fromSeinfeld, and I'm like, no soup
(29:45):
for you.
So he forever became the soupNazi after that.
So I was like that's it, we'renot gonna see each other, we're
not gonna see each other.
He begs and begs and begs andbegs.
I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'mso sorry, leave roses at my
door.
And he would leave me cards andall sorts of stuff.
And, um, he, he even added meto his BJ's membership and left
me a note that said I added youto my BJ's membership.
(30:07):
Just go to BJ's and get yourpicture taken, to get your card.
Like he was really trying tomake up for it.
Yeah, so one day he says, likeyou know, I just want to see you
, I just want to see you.
Like, can we just talk?
So I said, fine, come pick meup.
So he picks me up and I'm likewhere are we going?
And he's like well, I need torun to Whole Foods to grab some
stuff.
So I said, all right, so we'redriving over to the store and as
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we're driving there, I'm justkind of like asking him what's
going on.
And you know, I'm just okay,like your health insurance.
And he's like, yeah, I'm likewhy, what's the big deal?
And he's like, no, I'm justhaving an issue with my ex's
insurance and I'm like what doyou mean?
(30:49):
And so he's telling me aboutlike some of the claims are
being processed and you knowhe's having trouble and she
hasn't paid him because she'sbeen paying him for the cost of
her insurance.
So I turn around around.
I'm like your ex can't be onyour insurance right, not unless
you're married right.
Clearly he didn't know that.
Oh no, he's still married.
What's with you and marryingpeople?
(31:11):
I don't know.
I mean, they were legitimatelynot together.
They were not living together.
I had been to his apartmentmany times.
They were legitimately nottogether, but he had told me
they were divorced and they werenot.
So at that point I was like I'mdone, I'm done.
But, believe it or not, weactually became really good
friends after that.
Speaker 1 (31:26):
Of course you did.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
Yeah, so, um, a couple of times ago, when I was
in Florida and I was there withmy parents and everything, we
all met up and we all gottogether and had dinner together
and everything so wild.
Yeah, and we've been friendsever since that happened.
I was like, listen, I actuallyreally like you as a person and
he had a son.
I have a daughter and the kidswould hang out right you know,
so I legitimately enjoyedhanging out with him as a friend
.
He was a lot of fun.
I was just like you are justway too batshit crazy for me to
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date.
So we totally agreed and he waslike, yeah, he's like I have
way too many issues to actuallybe in a relationship and I was
like, all right, like we can befriends, but that's it.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
Yeah, that's so funny .
Yeah, oh, my god that's crazy.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
So that's my crazy soup Nazi story.
You try to do something nicefor somebody and it backfires in
your face.
Don't you hate that?
It's the worst, Literally.
You have good intentions andsomehow you end up being the bad
person.
Speaker 1 (32:12):
Always.
Yeah, it never fails.
Yeah, we should just be bitches, Just be mean.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
It's too hard.
It's too hard to be mean topeople.
Speaker 1 (32:18):
But yeah, I was going to say it's just not in my DNA
to be mean to somebody.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
I feel like it's so much easier just to be kind and
be nice to people.
Plus, they also say it takesmore face muscles to frown than
it does to smile, does it really?
Yeah, it's like a scientificfact that to frown it takes more
face muscles.
So I would rather not do thatand make sure everything stays
like up and taut, taut, yeah,taut, cause you know I'm
starting to feel like when Ismile and when I laugh you can
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like see my criss feet.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
Yeah, but you know what?
That's also a sign of a goodlife.
Speaker 2 (32:50):
I don't want people to know about my life as life
unless I tell them.
I don't want you to see it inmy face.
Maybe I had a rough life, MaybeI grew up in, like you know,
the hard knocks.
I don't know.
I don't want you to know,that's all I tell you.
Okay, you know you eversomebody meet you and they're
like hi, it's really nice tomeet you.
I'm like how do you know?
Speaker 1 (33:18):
How do you know?
It's nice to.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
I always my crazy, I know.
This is why I watch reality TV.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
Do you have any other ics you would like to add to
your ick list?
Speaker 2 (33:29):
I have a lot of ics.
I'm trying to think of what icswould be, because they usually
come up in the moment.
Yeah, it's hard to just-thoughtics like a pet peeve.
Yeah, you know, they put me onthe spot.
No pressure, none.
I feel none, you feel it all.
All the pressure.
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I feel like a linebacker, withthe weight of the world on my
shoulders which is convenientbecause it is football playoff
season.
Oh yeah, when's the Super Bowl?
Not February 2nd, apparentlynot.
Who the fuck asked me if I'mhaving a Super Bowl party?
Do you even know me?
You're fucking crazy.
Wait, you can't just say.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
So we get a text message from my boyfriend saying
oh, is Lena having a Super Bowlparty?
So I asked her.
Speaker 2 (34:22):
I'm like, hey, is Lena having a Super Bowl party?
So I asked her.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
I'm like, hey, are you having a Super Bowl party
and I said what kind of partyanimal does he think I am?
And then you continued to say Idon't even know when the Super
Bowl is.
True story what she said.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
That's what I said.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
So I text my boyfriend back.
I'm like, um, she doesn't evenknow when the Super Bowl is, so
I would think that's a no, it'sprobably a no.
Speaker 2 (34:39):
Yeah, I mean I could have one.
Do you guys want to come?
Speaker 1 (34:43):
I'll ask him if he wants to come, Okay, Although
actually you know what SuperBowl is February 9th.
That's not going to work for usBecause you're going to be
getting ready to leave.
Yeah, yep you.
Lots of things to do, lots ofloose ends to tie up.
Speaker 2 (34:59):
I have a feeling I will end up at A bar somewhere,
yes, with lots of people thatDon't speak English.
Yes, yep, or speak English witha very thick accent.
Speaker 1 (35:11):
That'll be great.
Yeah, oh, I wonder if you'llfind any ics there?
Speaker 2 (35:15):
Ooh, I'm sure I might , but I won't be like
romantically looking forsomebody.
This icks there?
Ooh, I'm sure I might, but Iwon't be like romantically
looking for somebody.
This is true.
So I may find icks for otherpeople, like when two people are
together and I see somethinghappen.
I'm like ugh, how could she putup with that?
That's so gross, like chewingwith your mouth open Ugh, that
would ick me out.
Speaker 1 (35:30):
But is that an ick?
Speaker 2 (35:31):
or is that a pet peeve?
I think that's probably yeah.
But if I saw somebody elsedoing that I would totally be
grossed out.
Oh, a hundred percent yeah.
Or if I saw somebody else'spartner, like, flirting with
somebody else while they were inthe bathroom and not paying
attention, that would not makeme happy.
Yeah, would you say something?
Oh, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (35:50):
You would go up.
What if it was people youdidn't know?
No, I would say something to myfriend Be like.
I would be like, um, just soyou know, this is what you just
missed.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
But let's say we're all out to eat together at a bar
or out and about, and there'stwo people sitting at another
table or at the bar and you knowthey're making out.
They're clearly there togetherand the woman gets up and goes
into the bathroom and while shegoes in the bathroom he walks
over to another woman at the bar.
Oh no, I would not get involved.
You wouldn't get involved.
No, okay, so only if it'ssomebody that you knew.
Speaker 1 (36:18):
Oh yeah, if it was somebody I knew absolutely, but
some random person, no,absolutely not.
Speaker 2 (36:23):
Have you ever had to tell somebody that you know that
their partner was beinginappropriate or hitting on you,
or you found out that they didsomething with somebody else?
And how did that go?
Did they believe you?
No, I never was.
Was in that position.
Something tells me you havebeen.
Oh yeah, and because itcouldn't just be a regular
position with like just aregular friend, it had to be my
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boss at work.
Oh yeah, so of course,everything in lena land is
elevated, of course.
So one of my old bosses decidesshe is going to start sleeping
with one of the vendors,contractors, so it's basically a
company that was consulting forour company and she took a
liking to the consultant andthey started sleeping together
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and she was pretty open with me,we were pretty close, she
shared with me.
So she told me hey, lena,you're a really great judge of
character.
I would just like for you to goto lunch with him totally
business related, since he wasconsulting and just kind of get
a feel for him and tell me whatyou think about him.
So I said okay.
So we went to lunch togetherand we talked about the project
that he was helping us on and itwas totally professional, and
(37:28):
towards the end of the lunch hekind of started asking me about
my personal life, which could goeither way at that point,
because we had kind of build arapport.
And eventually he kind ofstarted asking me so do you live
alone?
Speaker 1 (37:41):
why is that any of his business?
Speaker 2 (37:43):
yeah, it was really weird yeah, so.
I said no, you know, I have adaughter and she lives with me.
And he's like well, you knowwhat happens when things break
down in the house, like youdon't have a man around to help
you fix them.
Uh, that's inappropriate.
So now I'm getting reallyuncomfortable, yeah, so I'm like
trying to change the topic andchange the subject, and I go to
the bathroom and I come back, sowe're getting ready to leave
and he basically gives me hisphone number and says well,
(38:04):
here's my phone number.
If you ever need anything,whether business wise or
personal, I'd be more than happyto come and help you with
anything you need.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
That was very nice of him, so nice of him.
Speaker 2 (38:15):
So I go back and my boss is like so, how did it go?
And I was like nope.
She's like, what do you mean?
No, I was like no, I am notgetting a good feeling.
And she's like, why, whathappened?
I'm like he gave me his numberand she's like, oh, like his
work number?
I'm like I don't know hisnumber and she's like, well, let
me see.
She looks at the phone numberand she starts crying.
It was his personal number.
It was his personal number thathe didn't give her for two
(38:36):
months.
Gave me on the first date.
First date.
Speaker 1 (38:39):
I say first date, it wasn't even a date.
Speaker 2 (38:41):
It was the first time that I met him for a business
lunch, Right, and she's crying.
So I'm like listen, I don'twant the number.
Yeah, of course not.
It has nothing to do with me.
I don't want any part of this.
I said you asked me to do 100%.
I just want you to know that'swhat happened.
Do you know?
Everything changed between herand I?
Speaker 1 (39:01):
Because now she thought that you were trying to
take her man when I did exactlywhat she asked me to do.
Speaker 2 (39:06):
I was not interested in this man at all.
I would never.
First of all, I would havenever slept with a consultant.
I would have never done that.
Second of all, I would havenever slept with somebody my
boss is sleeping with, becausethat's just a terrible.
I mean, I know I say I liketerrible terrible idea.
Speaker 1 (39:19):
I'm in.
I wouldn't sleep with theperson my boss is sleeping with.
Speaker 2 (39:22):
I think I know better than that.
There's a difference betweencrazy and stupid.
I am one, I am not the other.
Let's make that clear.
She totally got so offended bythe situation and, instead of
directing her anger andfrustration at him where it
should have been right, shedirected it towards me.
Yeah, that is not fair to you.
So within a couple weeks, I hadactually transferred to a
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different department at work andshe had actually left the
company oh my god, yep, that'sthat went sideways quick yeah,
that's a whole nother level ofbatshit crazy.
And we never spoke again.
Her and I were really close,like when I went through my
divorce.
She actually came to my houseand helped me paint and brought
me housewarming gift andeverything, and that's how close
we were.
I had been to her apartmentwhen she moved in.
I helped her move in the wholenight and that was it.
(40:04):
We never spoke again, that's anick.
Yeah, yeah, that was pretty bad.
Speaker 1 (40:08):
That's an ick and you weren't even romantically
involved with her and she's anick.
Yeah, her birthday the firstyear following that never got a
response.
I'm like you know what I'm done?
Yeah, at that point, doanything wrong?
No, you did exactly what sheasked you to do and that's girl
code.
Speaker 2 (40:23):
Yeah, like something happened, I'm gonna come to you
and I'm gonna be honest, I'mgonna tell you what happened and
that's what you're gonna do inreturn.
Yeah, that's not right, youknow.
So it kind of sucks because Ifelt like I lost a friend and I
also I don't think I lost job,but I switched departments.
I literally got a new positionat work in a completely
different building Because ofthis situation In a different
town because of that situation.
Speaker 1 (40:43):
It was so uncomfortable.
Speaker 2 (40:44):
Yeah, that's not right.
So I'm like I don't need tomake any more friends at work.
I'm good.
Speaker 1 (40:51):
We're not going to mix business and pleasure
anymore.
Speaker 2 (40:53):
See and that's why I love everyone on my team is a
man.
We have no drama, zero drama.
The only drama is if they havedrama with their women and they
come to me and they're like canI get a female perspective?
And I'm like shoot, you know?
Yes, I got you, yes, but it'sgreat because I don't have to
ever deal with that anymore.
Speaker 1 (41:08):
No, that's, good, yeah, that's not fun.
Speaker 2 (41:10):
Yeah, not a good place to be friend said or did
something inappropriate, wewould both go together and chop
his balls off together.
Oh, absolutely yeah, I wouldnever be like, well, you
probably wanted it or you know,you called it upon yourself.
I would never think that.
No, you know what a shittything.
Yeah, shitty friend, shittyboss.
Just goes to show you that shewasn't a real friend.
(41:32):
Exactly, you know.
And that's the thing like whenlife throws things at you like
that, sometimes it's not to showyou who your friends are,
sometimes it's to show you whoare not your friends.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
Yeah, who your friends are not?
Speaker 2 (41:44):
yeah, absolutely.
I feel like I learned thatlesson really hard with my
divorce.
Yeah, so I used to be a reallyprivate person.
I would never air my dirtylaundry, yeah, and when I was
going through my divorce, that'sexactly what did.
I felt like relationship issuesare between two people and
especially when you're goingthrough something as sensitive
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as a divorce, and especiallywhen there are children involved
, those are not things that youshare with your closest 4,000
friends on social media.
And that's what my ex-husbandwas doing.
He was posting things on socialmedia.
Yeah, that's not right Aboutour divorce.
So I chose to remain silent.
And because I chose to remainsilent, I apparently looked
guilty because I wasn't tellingmy side of the story when I
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didn't think it was anybody'sbusiness what was happening in
our marriage or our relationship.
And I lost a lot of friendsthat way.
And throughout the years, asthings kind of unfolded and they
saw the truth and it started tocome out and they started to
realize who he is and what hehad done, they tried to come
back, and so I would get friendrequests from people who had
unfriended me and I would getmessages from people apologizing
(42:44):
to me and it was like listen, Iaccept your apology, but I'll
never be your friend again.
I have no reason to allow youaccess to my life.
At this point, when you didn'thelp me in my darkest moment,
you turned on me and you choseto believe somebody, simply
because I didn't want to sharemy story with you.
Speaker 1 (43:00):
Right, you know, when it's nobody's business but
yours Exactly.
Speaker 2 (43:04):
So now I've kind of gotten to the point where I
don't always need to be thebigger person, I don't always
need to forgive everybody, and Idon't always need to keep quiet
.
So now, if I want to tell mystory, nobody's going to silence
me, nobody's going to controlmy narrative.
Now I'm going to tell itsilence me.
Speaker 1 (43:19):
Nobody's gonna control my narrative.
Now I'm gonna tell it.
Yeah, when you're ready to tellit, yeah, you tell it.
Speaker 2 (43:21):
Your tell your story how you want to be, how you want
it to be heard, absolutely yeah, I'm never going to let anybody
silence me anymore yeah, youcan't, yeah, you can't well, we
kind of jumped around a littlebit though yeah I'm not really
sure how we got from ics todating stories, with mobbed up
wives who put knives throughpalms.
I thought they'd kill me.
That was wild.
A true story.
(43:42):
My lips to God's ears.
That happened.
Speaker 1 (43:46):
I believe you.
That was crazy.
Speaker 2 (43:49):
It just goes to show we can start with one idea and
end on a totally different one,and it also goes to show that
you may never really know aperson, which is absolutely
terrifying.
Oh yeah, right, 100%.
10 years with my ex-husband hadno idea who he was.
Speaker 1 (44:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (44:06):
At the end, all the lies came out and it was like,
oh my god, I was conned.
What just happened?
Speaker 1 (44:11):
Right, yeah, it's not fun, no, it's crazy.
Speaker 2 (44:14):
I wonder if anybody else has had a similar
experience and if you want toshare something that you've been
through, if you have an ick, ifyou have a really bad dating
story, if you have been connedin the past.
Speaker 1 (44:25):
We'd love to hear about it, yeah you know how to
get a hold of us.
We're on tiktok at two voices,one vibe we are on instagram at
two voices, one vibe and you canemail us at two voices, one
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But if you're watching this onyoutube, I'll pop that up on the
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(44:46):
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you get your podcast, it'll bein the show notes so you can
find all that information andthanks for listening to us you
know nonsense yeah, we enjoybeing able to share our crazy
stories with our listeners, withour viewers and hopefully
making some of you feel that youare not alone in your crazy
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lives.
Speaker 2 (45:07):
We have them too on that note.
We will see you in the nextepisode.
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What are we talking about today, bessie?
Um ick, ooh.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
I have a lot of icks.
You have a biggest ick.
So okay, let's get this rightoff the bat there's a difference
between pet peeves and icks.
Yes, right.
So to me, a pet peeve is justsomething that, like you,
absolutely can't stand.
It bothers you no matter who itis.
To me, an ick is only whenyou're talking about somebody
who you can possibly see as aromantic partner.
(01:25):
So it's person specific.
It's person specific Absolutely.
So it's a pet peeve to me whenany man drinks a white claw.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Oh, I'm well aware of that, so we know about this.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
That's any man, it doesn't matter.
If it's a man that I'm lookingat as I'm like potentially
interested in dating this man,or if it's just some random guy
at the bar, I'd be like, wow,he's such a pussy, you know.
Like that's not okay.
Um, so that to me is a petpeeve.
Or like grammar in general.
If you text me with bad grammar, I'm gonna crap you with my
grammar.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Police app right so pet peeve, yeah, but so never
mind, I'll let that one go.
No, go for it.
I was gonna say I don't feellike I've been grammar policed.
I know.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
No, no, I'm just using it in general.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
No, I know, but I'm just thinking my brain's in its
own little world, yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
But anyway, go ahead.
So to me, an ick is when you'reon a date or you're talking to
somebody and all of a suddensomething happens and you are
immediately turned off andyou're like, nope, I can't do it
, I can't do it anymore.
So it could be at the beginningof the date, it could be at the
end of the day, it could be onthe third day, but something
comes out.
So it may not be something ingeneral.
(02:29):
Like you know, this is a petpeeve of mine.
If this happens, I'm out.
It might just be something thatyou see or something that
happens and you're like can't dothis, yeah, yeah.
So one of my really weird ones Imet this guy and we had gone on
a couple dates and we were onhis boat and we were having a
great time and, you know, we hada couple drinks and we went Was
(02:52):
he drinking white cloth,floating?
No, he was not drinking whitecloth, so the ick did not come
in yet and we were, you know,like floating and tubing and
just having a really good time.
And when we got back on theboat and we were bringing the
boat in, he had asked me to helphim with the rope, okay, so I
grabbed the rope and when Ithrew it over to him and he
grabbed the rope, I saw hisfingernails and they were too
(03:15):
long and I was done.
You're like, nope, done.
We had a great time.
I was done.
It was such an ick and I waslike why does this man have long
fingernails?
They weren't longer than mine,but they were longer than they
should be for a man and I wasnot okay.
Do you ever see those men thathave like one pinky nail just
long and the rest of them short?
That is disgusting, the mostdisgusting thing ever.
That's a pet peeve.
(03:40):
Was just gonna try to holdmyself back from cursing in that
moment, but I couldn't do it.
It's, it's fucking gross um, butlong fingernails on a man
turned out to be an ick for meand yeah, that is.
That's a massive ick in generalyeah, and then I know he was
like doing stuff with the boatand whatever you do with boats,
but then there was like dirtunder his long fingernails and
then I was really grossed out,so that was definitely a big ick
(04:03):
for me.
Yeah, I can see that being anick yeah, an ick yeah.
What would be like an ick foryou?
So, oh, I can't wait.
Oh boy, I swear Nikita's onlybeen drinking tea tonight.
Tea, just tea, red zinger tea.
All right, well, I beendrinking tea tonight, red zinger
(04:25):
tea, alright.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Put a zinger in you.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
So I feel terrible Saying this, but I'm going to
say it anyway.
We're not holding anything back.
No topic is off limits.
No topic is off limits.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
So I cannot Stand.
It drives me batshit crazy, andI didn't realize how much of an
ick it was until after the fact.
That's why it's an ick.
Yeah, when somebody is tellingwhat Shall I remain unnamed?
(05:01):
Oh yeah, no, I'm not going toname anybody, I wouldn't do that
.
I'm not that mean Okay.
But when you're being told astory, right Mm-hmm, and the
person keeps saying you know, orum, or like um, and you're just
(05:22):
like spit it out.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Yeah, yeah, we don't have all day.
Yeah, get it out partner.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's it, that's that, that's
turned you off.
Yeah yeah, that's not a goodone.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
So I have a pretty funny story.
Oh, I like funny stories.
So I was at work one day and Iget a text message from my uncle
.
And the text message says hetook a photo of me from social
media and he shared it with hisfriends, because that's not
normal, and asked if there wasanybody that was interested in
(05:56):
dating me.
Oh my god.
So I immediately didn't knowlike, should I be embarrassed?
Should I laugh?
Should I be depressed?
What does that mean?
And then he tells me one of hisfriends that he was interested
and he wanted to know if I wouldbe interested in going out with
him.
So I don't know.
That.
That was even the weirdest partof the story, because it gets
weirder.
He goes on to tell me that thisis his daughter, my cousin's
(06:22):
ex-boyfriend.
Oh my god, totally, totallyweird.
Right, and we weren't icked outat this.
This was really weird.
I mean, the very first thing Idid was I called my cousin and I
was like do you want to laugh?
And she's like are you going tomake me laugh like I'm going to
want to kill somebody, or am Iactually going to ha-ha laugh?
And I'm like, no, no.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
I totally bless this.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
She's like I actually think you guys might hit it off
.
Right, I'm okay with it.
She's like we dated back inhigh school 20 plus years ago.
Okay, she's married, she haschilds the whole night Childs,
yes.
So I said, okay, I'll give it ashot.
So we go out and this was thefirst time that this happened to
(07:03):
me, and I guess it's probablyhappened to many people before,
but it's never happened to me.
So I didn't realize how icky itwas until we sat down and he
says do you mind if I order foryou?
That gives you the ick, totallygives me the ick.
Why?
Because you took me out.
You picked the restaurant.
I can't even pick what I'mgonna eat.
Oh see, I think that's sweet.
No, I don't like it.
(07:24):
I feel like nope, I feel likeit's kind of weird and it's kind
of controlling and I havedietary issues to begin with and
I know he knew about that and Ican understand that.
And he actually did pick arestaurant that had gluten-free
options and that was verythoughtful and nice.
But I can own it for myself.
You know like it's modern day,age and time and I know what I
like.
(07:45):
Yeah, you don't know what Ilike.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
You don't like sushi he ordered raw fish.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
I mean, this thing came to the table and I thought
it was going to start flopping,so I guess you won't eat oysters
.
I won't.
It's slimy and yucky.
I mean if, like, I had tobecause there's nothing else,
it's icky.
If I had to because there'snothing else, it's icky.
If I had to because there'snothing else, I will do it.
I will grow up and put on mybig girl panties and I will suck
down an oyster, but I'm goingto vomit in my mouth.
It's going to be a little gross.
(08:12):
So I did not like that.
That kind of gave me the ick.
Let me make my own choices anddecisions.
What if I didn't want seafoodfor dinner?
What if I was not in the moodfor red sauce, cause it was
going to give Annabelle Ajitathat time?
Speaker 1 (08:26):
I don't know, but he did.
He say would you mind?
Speaker 2 (08:30):
if I order for you.
He did and I really want to sayyes, yes, I would mind, but
then that would have ruined therest of the date.
It was already ruined in mymind, but I didn't want to ruin
it for both of us, cause yeah,that's not a nick for me I think
it would be different if he waslike you know, I like to order
like a couple differentappetizers, what do you like,
(08:50):
and, you know, tried a coupledifferent things.
But for him to just totallyorder for me and my meal and the
whole nine, nope, didn't likeit.
I felt like it was kind of alittle showboaty.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
You know.
And to tap it all off, I hadasked him whether or not he was
like a wine person, because II'm not a wine snob, I don't
really know the differencesbetween wine and it's not really
like my first go-to if it'sthere, I'll drink it.
And he's like, no, no, not atall.
And we get to the restaurantand he's like high-fiving the
bar manager and the wine wineconnoisseur bar guy and he knows
everybody.
(09:20):
And then he's reading throughthe wine venue and he's picking
things out by the year and thevineyard they were made.
So like, why didn't you justtell me yeah, I'm really big
into wine.
Okay, that's fine, we don'thave to agree on everything.
Right, you can have your wine.
And then, the biggest ick ofall, oh, at the end of that date
, he had made a comment abouthow expensive the bill was.
Yeah, yeah, I didn't like it.
That's ridiculous.
(09:43):
Yeah, it was really tacky andreally in bad taste and I had
offered to pay half and he toldme no, he had picked the
restaurant and he ordered for us.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Yeah, so he knew what he was getting himself into,
right?
So that?
Speaker 2 (09:58):
was it.
I was really done at that point.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Yeah, I can understand that.
Yeah, I can understand that.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Big, big, huge egg, but I've gone on some really bad
dates, so that probably wasn'teven like the worst of them.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
What would you say is the worst date you've ever been
on?
Speaker 2 (10:14):
The worst date, ooh, um.
So I would say years ago, rightafter my divorce, I was meeting
this guy for a lunch date and Iwas at work.
So I left work and I went to arestaurant.
It was only like seven minutesfrom the office, it was close,
(10:34):
and he had said to me and Ithought it was a joke, you know,
when I meet you, if youactually look anything like your
pictures, I'm going to kiss youas soon as I see you.
And I kind of thought it wasodd and I thought it was off why
wouldn't you look like yourpictures?
I guess maybe people catfish,other people you know, online
dating.
I don't know.
It was the first time that Ihad ever online dated at that
point, so I didn't really know.
So I get there and I walkoutside and he's standing
(10:59):
outside the restaurant and hejust goes right in and just
kisses my face and I was sotaken aback because that's never
happened to me before and, likebro, I don't even know you, I
never met you in person, and youjust put your face on mine Like
it was very strange and veryawkward.
So I'm like, all right, that wasweird.
Maybe we can push it aside.
But remember, old me was redflags carnival.
(11:21):
So I'm like that's okay, me now.
I was red flags carnival.
So, yes, that's okay me now.
I probably would turn aroundleft, yeah, well, yeah.
So I walked inside and I satdown with him and we go to order
, and I probably ordered a dietcoke or lemonade or something
like that.
And this dude starts orderinglike drinks, like margaritas,
martinis.
He had six drinks over lunch,that's a lot, yeah.
(11:43):
And he's like are you sure youdon't want to have one?
I'm like, no, I'm going back towork.
And I'm like don't you?
Yeah, and he's like are yousure you don't want to have one?
I'm like, no, I'm going back towork.
I'm like don't you work?
And he's like, no, like I own asurf shop.
So, yeah, and I'm like oh, soof course you know, when you
first asked me, like what do youdo for a living?
No, I own my own business.
You don't want to get too intoit, right, because you don't
want somebody to think that whathe said to you at first.
(12:03):
I own my own business, okay so Ididn't want to pry and him
think that I'm all about moneyor you know.
So I was like oh, you know,that's great, but you know, some
people also say like I'm anentrepreneur, aka I don't have a
job, so I left it at that.
So now we're at dinner I'msorry, we're at lunch and I'm
all dressed up in work clothes,right, right, pre-covid, of
(12:24):
course, when you still used toget dressed regularly for work
and he's in like jeans and at-shirt and flip-flops and he's
like I own like a surf companyand like we do stand-up
paddleboard rentals, and I'mlike this is going terrible,
this is really bad.
So by the end of the date Iknow this I want you to meet my
parents.
What?
Speaker 1 (12:45):
First date.
First date, no yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
And I'm like, is that the drinks talking, or is that
you?
And he was like, oh my God,like did I have too many drinks?
And I'm like I don't know.
I guess that's a reallyrelative question for you,
because six drinks for you mightbe your norm, but I don't know,
in an hour lunch, that seems alittle excessive for me.
It seems like, so you know, Ikind of left it off and he's
like ready to get off the datingapps.
I think we should do this.
(13:08):
Whoa, I didn't even want to goout with him again and he's like
ready to make me his wifey.
Yeah, yeah, that's not cool.
So that was probably a reallybad date.
And then I had found out laterthrough like mutual friends that
I didn't even know knew him,that he was really big coke head
and oh well, I dodged a bulletwith that one, that one, yeah so
(13:29):
, so that was really bad datebut I can, um, I have another
tell me, I'm sorry, totally likego for it, okay.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
So, oh boy, that's a major like oh no, I can't do
this.
You know, when you like kisssomebody and you do the whole
french kiss thing with thetongue, and their tongue is just
all over your face, oh yeah,like no, no no no, no, and it's
like all slobbery.
Yeah, major ick, that's gross,can't do that.
Yeah, mm-mm, yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:57):
I definitely don't like that.
Or if, like, they go in to kissyou and, like, your teeth clash
that's not fun.
That's like instant sendshockwaves through my body
almost like nails on achalkboard.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
Yes, yes, yes.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
It's a terrible, terrible feeling.
And then it's like do you laugh, do you try again, Do you run,
like, what do you do after thatmoment?
Because I'm kind of over it, Idon't know be fully icky, but
(14:30):
they're pretty interesting.
I like interesting datingstories, all right.
So one of the really good oneswas one of the first guys that I
dated after my divorce.
I was not ready for anythingserious, understandably, so I
explained that to him and hetold me he was in the same boat.
He was also the same boat, hewas also going through divorce,
he also had one child and I washappy that we were kind of on
(14:53):
the same boat, right.
So we had been together a couplemonths and my birthday was
coming up, and so we had plansto go away for my birthday.
And he calls me and he's likebabe, I am so sorry, it's like.
And he calls me and he's likebabe, I am so sorry, it's like,
but I'm not going to be able tomake it.
I'm like okay, what's going on?
And he's like my son's motheris being rushed to the hospital,
(15:15):
she's having her gallbladderremoved and I have to take care
of my son.
I'm like oh my God, absolutely,100% Go do what you need to do.
Like, no need to apologize,we'll reschedule.
We won't reschedule Whateveryou need, like take care of that
.
I hope she's okay.
You know, thanks for being socool about it.
(15:36):
I'm like, yeah, no problem.
So a few months later we haveplans.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
He tells me we need to reschedule.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
I'm like yeah okay, yeah, everything all right.
He's like yeah, my son's mom ishaving her gallbladder removed,
stopped.
I'm like how many gallbladdersdoes this woman have?
He's like what do you mean?
I'm like I don't know.
Like, is she the bionic woman?
Does she have like multiplegallbladders?
He's like what are you talkingabout?
I'm like did you forget?
And he's like forget what?
(15:58):
I'm like, when you canceled onme for my birthday, you canceled
on me because she was havingher gallbladder removed.
And he's like oh, no, no, no,no.
He's like so I never told youwhat happened.
He's like it turned out itwasn't her gallbladder, it was
actually her appendix.
Oh, oh, oh.
So I'm like okay.
So now, like you know, theantennas are up, the red flags
(16:18):
are out.
I know something is up, but Idon't know what it is.
So then I get a call.
Oh god, that says hi, is thisLena?
I'm like, yeah, who's this?
She's like this is so-and-so'swife.
I was like, okay, now I knowhe's married and going through a
(16:44):
divorce, because I was marriedand going through a divorce but
I was living on my through adivorce, but I was living on my
own the whole night.
So what I came to find out hewas mirroring everything I was
saying.
So if I said I had moved out,I'm moving out too, I filed, I
also filed.
So he was just kind ofmirroring what I was saying.
Turns out it was his actualwife and the two times that he
had canceled on me when she wasin the hospital was because she
was having miscarriages, becausethey were actively trying to
(17:05):
have a baby.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Oh my God, yeah, that is terrible it was.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
It was pretty terrible, oh my God.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
So her and I actually got together, oh, God, of
course you did, and we met up.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Yep, and we exchanged everything, we talked about
everything and I'll never forget.
The next day she calls me upand she's like I have to tell
you what happened last night andI'm like what she's like, so
we're laying in bed and I'm likeyou're laying in bed with this
man.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
Yeah, really.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Whatever to each their own.
You do what you need to do.
Boo, we're laying in bed and Itell him to rub my feet and he
tells me, no, she's like.
So I lean over and I grab thedog's bone and I crack him over
the head with it and I was likeyou have a fucking girlfriend.
Rub my fucking feet.
I was like, huh, what do you do?
(17:56):
She's like rub my fucking feet.
I was like, okay, so I'm like Ineed to ask you a question.
I'm like cause he told me thisstory about you and I didn't
fully believe it.
And she's like well, what's up?
She's like he has a scar on hispalm and I asked him how he got
the scar on his palm and hetold me that you stabbed him
with a knife.
And so that's what he told me.
(18:19):
When, you know, I asked him,like, what happened between you
two?
And he told me you were crazy,and he showed that as proof.
You know, she stabbed me in mypalm.
She's like, oh, that's what hetold you.
Huh, oh God.
I'm like, yeah.
She's like you want to know thereal story.
I'm like, yeah.
So she tells me he went outwith his buddies to the bar,
yeah, and he comes home drunk.
It's like two, three o'clock inthe morning, and he walks in
(18:40):
the house with a couple of hisfriends in the middle of the
night, wakes her up out of bedand tells her to make them all
sandwiches.
Oh, I would have backhand them,oh.
So she proceeds to take all ofthe deli meat out of the fridge,
lays out all the cold cuts whatdo you want?
What do you want?
What do you want?
She makes them all sandwiches,hands one to each of the guys.
(19:04):
Did she poison?
Speaker 1 (19:05):
anybody.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
When she hands one to him, he puts his hand out to
take the plate and she takes theknife and puts it right through
his hand.
Oh my God.
So he wasn't lying when he toldme that she stabbed him in the
hand.
He also didn't tell me the fullstory.
Not that I think anythingreally warrants you to get
stabbed in the hand.
I do think what he did waspretty dick.
But at that point I knew that Ithink anything really warrants
(19:27):
right you to get stabbed in thehand.
I do think what he did waspretty dick, um, but at that
point I knew that I was dealingwith somebody that was
absolutely crazy, yeah, but Iknew that he was also crazy too
because he was also activelytrying to have another baby with
this woman.
So now I was like fearful formy life I would have been too
and he had also told me that shewas like doing the books for
her mobbed up family.
(19:47):
So now I'm like great, I'mgonna die.
So I was a little scared.
But the events that proceededover the next few weeks after
that we ended up going onvacations and stuff together and
family parties.
They attended family partiesand events and got to know my
parents and the whole nine.
So it was a thing we haven'tspoken in years.
That's just weird.
(20:07):
Yeah, I think her goal was letme befriend the mistress who was
unbeknownst to me, the mistressLet me befriend the mistress so
she'll stay away from myhusband.
And I think mine was let mebefriend the wife so she doesn't
know.
So she knows that I'm not athreat and she doesn't kill me.
I don't want to die yeah, sothat was a really interesting
(20:28):
one that I went through.
Yeah, that's, that's a littlecrazy.
I think that was probably themost intense one.
Um, but then I had anotherreally coincidental one.
So the guy with the fingernails, yes, yes, so after that did
not work out.
My cousin and I had gone to aconcert together and we're at
the concert and she knows thebartender at the venue and she
knows the bartender at the venue, okay.
(20:49):
And so the bartender tells herhey, one of the other moms from
town is here, go say hi to her.
So she grabs me and she's likeoh, you have to come say hi to
my friend.
You know, she really reminds mea lot of you.
You guys actually kind of lookalike.
And I'm like, okay, so we walkover and this is gorgeous girl.
And she's like you know, hey,so-and-so, this is my cousin,
lena, lena, you know, this is myfriend.
And she's like and this is ourfriend's boyfriend, she's like I
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can't remember his name.
So I whisper to my cousin.
I'm like his name is blah, blah, blah.
And my cousin looks at me andshe's like how do?
you know, and I'm like becausewe dated.
And my cousin's like what?
And I'm like, yeah, so now Isee the look on his face, he
sees me, I see him.
He is freaking out Right.
So now I'm uncomfortableBecause he could have just been
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cool about it and we could havelaughed about it, sure, and it
could have just been a funnything.
Like, oh, that's a really funnystory.
Yeah, we went out twice and nobig deal, he did not.
He got really.
Cousin, I was like can we justgo back to the bar?
And she's like, yeah, noproblem, so we leave, we go back
to the bar.
Five minutes later he walked bystaring at me I mean like intent
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staring at me.
So my cousin's like what wasthat about?
I'm like I have no idea.
And she's like what happenedbetween the two of you?
I'm like honestly, we went ontwo maybe.
Like it was really weird for me.
I had.
He introduced me to his parents, he introduced me to his kid,
he had really long fingernails,I was out.
I'm like that's really weirdand I'm like nothing ever
happened between the two of us.
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Like that was it.
I'm like it should have been areally funny story for him to be
like wow, what a small world.
Yeah, we had gone on a coupledates a while back.
That's crazy.
Didn't happen, she's like.
But he's like staring at you.
Now I'm like I know it's reallyuncomfortable.
So a couple hours later, likeright before the end of the
concert, he comes back over andhe grabs my ass as he's walking
by me.
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Did you punch him?
I put my hands up in the airand I was like whoa, whoa, whoa.
And I was like that's not coolman, because I didn't want their
girlfriend or anybody else tothink that I initiated or I did
anything.
And my cousin saw it happen.
So my cousin's like that's it,I'm going to tell her.
And I'm like you do what youneed to do, like that's your
friend.
So she pulls her aside, they gointo the bathroom together.
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She tells her the story, givesthe girl my phone number.
So now I'm driving home from theconcert and she's texting me
while she's in the car with him.
And she's like I'm in the carwith him right now.
He has no idea that I'm talkingto you.
You need to tell me whathappened.
And I'm like listen.
I said I went on three datesmax with him.
I said it was really weird.
He said we went out on his boat, he introduced me to his
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parents, he introduced me to hisdaughter and she's like you met
his parents.
And I'm like, yeah, she's likeyou met his daughter.
I'm like I did.
And she's like he told me he'snever introduced another girl to
his parents or his daughter.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
And I was like listen .
I said I'm telling you rightnow.
It was not that serious.
We never slept together.
It was three date.
That was it Like nothing, right.
I haven't spoken to him since.
I'm the one who broke things off.
She's like when did you breakthings off?
So we talked about timeline andit was right around the same
time that I had stopped talkingto him that she started talking
to him.
So there may or may not havebeen overlap, could have gone
either way.
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So it turns out they workedthings out.
They're still together to thisday.
I actually just met my cousin,who's friends.
With her.
We just went out for coffeetoday.
Yeah Well, she had coffee, Ididn't, because you don't like
coffee, I don't like coffee.
So they're still togetherApparently.
He's paying for her divorce andthey're out doing all the fun
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things together in life andsledding up in Vernon or
wherever, wherever it is, andwith their kids, and they're one
big, happy family.
Hey, more power to them.
But yeah, that was like areally weird.
That is weird.
I'm not like a super awkwardstory.
Speaker 1 (24:26):
Yeah, you get yourself tangled up in the
weirdest things.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
I really do and, like I don't know, is it me?
Yes, it is me, it is you,because I was hoping it wasn't
me.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
I don't get tangled up in those kinds of things.
Damn it, I'm really hoping, butit makes for great stories,
right.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
I feel like this is pretty good stuff to talk about.
Yeah, because whenever I tellthese stories, people are like
tell me more, and then I havethe popcorn out, you know.
Like the meme, yeah, yeah, likeI'm here for this and I'm like
I don't even know how this is mylife.
Like, how did I get here?
Yeah, you know.
Speaker 1 (24:57):
I have an ex and our first date.
We went out to dinner and Ipulled in the parking lot and we
were on the phone.
(25:17):
He was like, oh, I just sawyour truck go by.
I'm like I never told you whatkind of truck I drive.
He's like, yeah, you do.
You said you drove an Xterra,which I did at the time drove an
Xterra.
Like I never told you that.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Yeah, I just saw you pull in.
I'm like dude, you're freakingcreepy.
Speaker 2 (25:34):
That is really weird.
Yeah, that was like the, thecreepiest thing that happened.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
Yeah, Like there's.
No, I have nothing Like my.
My stories are like nothingcompared to yours.
Why does this happen to me then?
Because you're nuts.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
You to me, then Because you're nuts, you attract
the crazy.
I feel like it's not me, thoughI feel like I'm not nuts, I
don't know.
Oh, did you hear the snow cloudjust go by?
I did.
It was really loud.
It almost sounded likeAnnabelle.
To be honest, it was like didit even stop snowing?
I have no idea.
Yeah, um, I have another goodone for you.
Oh, okay, enlighten me.
So there's this guy.
I have another good one for you.
Oh, okay, enlighten me.
So there's this guy.
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We also met online.
We had gone out on a bunch ofdates, totally hitting it off,
having a great time, and I wasat the beach with one of my
girlfriends and had been textinghim from the beach and sending
pictures, you know,chit-chatting, whatever.
And that night I was going outand I had invited him out with
me and my friends and he told mehe really wasn't feeling that
well, he was just going to gohome and relax.
So I know that whenever hewasn't feeling well, he wouldn't
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eat, right.
So I figured I would stop andpick him up some chicken soup,
be nice, go to his place, dropit off, see if he needed
anything before I went out forthe night, which is exactly what
I did.
So total straight-faced hi.
(26:51):
I'm like hi Did he look sick?
He didn't look great, but hewould usually greet me with like
a hug or a kiss.
And if I'm surprising him like asmile maybe yeah, I got nothing
, I got hi.
So I'm surprising him like asmile maybe yeah, I got nothing,
I got hi.
So I'm like hi, he's like whatare you doing here?
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So now I'm like well, I wantedto bring you some chicken soup
because you said you weren'tfeeling well.
So he extends his hand to takethe bag and he's like thanks.
So now I'm thinking there'sanother woman upstairs.
Yeah, I would have went theretoo.
There's definitely anotherwoman in the house.
So he's like you look nice.
I'm like, well, thanks, and I'mgoing out tonight.
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And he's like, yeah, youmentioned it.
And I was like, yeah, it wasreally awkward.
Yeah, so he goes.
Do you want to come in?
So, of course I want to come inRight Cause.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
now I'm like there's a woman in the house.
Yes, I want to come in.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
So I'm like oh, actually, if I could use the
bathroom, that'd be great.
So he's like be my guest.
Still no hugs, still no kisses,so cold.
So I walk inside, I go upstairs, use the bathroom, peek in the
bedroom, you know, look around,there's nobody there.
Okay, there, okay.
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So I go to the bathroom andstill weird.
I'm like okay, well, thanks.
I'm like do you need anything?
He's like no, have fun tonight.
So weird.
I'm like okay, thanks, stilldidn't give me a hug or a kiss.
So I'm like all right, feelbetter, if you need anything,
let me know.
Right, so I was driving in thecar and I get a text message
from him, and so I open up thetext message and it says I can't
believe you would bring meleftovers from a date with
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another man.
I'm like what is he talkingabout?
So I text him back and I'm likewhat are you talking about?
And he's like I called therestaurant where you said you
got the suit from, and I toldthem that I was the guy with you
for dinner and that I left myphone there and if they could
check the table.
And they confirmed that youwere there with another man.
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So now I'm like this dude'sbatshit crazy because it
certainly was not so then I senthim back a text message and
said if you called therestaurant then you know that
this is the phone number andhere's the time when I called
them, when I placed the to-goorder and I took a screenshot of
the call log right, and then Isent him a picture of the to-go
order receipt that shows that.
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I just ordered soup and justpaid for soup.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
And does it say to-go on the receipt?
Yes, it says to-go order.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
And it has my name, yeah, and it has the order,
which was only soup Right andthe price Right.
And I sent him a picture of itand I was like, but now, fucking
soup Nazi, like from fromSeinfeld, and I'm like, no soup
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for you.
So he forever became the soupNazi after that.
So I was like that's it, we'renot gonna see each other, we're
not gonna see each other.
He begs and begs and begs andbegs.
I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'mso sorry, leave roses at my
door.
And he would leave me cards andall sorts of stuff.
And, um, he, he even added meto his BJ's membership and left
me a note that said I added youto my BJ's membership.
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Just go to BJ's and get yourpicture taken, to get your card.
Like he was really trying tomake up for it.
Yeah, so one day he says, likeyou know, I just want to see you
, I just want to see you.
Like, can we just talk?
So I said, fine, come pick meup.
So he picks me up and I'm likewhere are we going?
And he's like well, I need torun to Whole Foods to grab some
stuff.
So I said, all right, so we'redriving over to the store and as
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we're driving there, I'm justkind of like asking him what's
going on.
And you know, I'm just okay,like your health insurance.
And he's like, yeah, I'm likewhy, what's the big deal?
And he's like, no, I'm justhaving an issue with my ex's
insurance and I'm like what doyou mean?
(30:49):
And so he's telling me aboutlike some of the claims are
being processed and you knowhe's having trouble and she
hasn't paid him because she'sbeen paying him for the cost of
her insurance.
So I turn around around.
I'm like your ex can't be onyour insurance right, not unless
you're married right.
Clearly he didn't know that.
Oh no, he's still married.
What's with you and marryingpeople?
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I don't know.
I mean, they were legitimatelynot together.
They were not living together.
I had been to his apartmentmany times.
They were legitimately nottogether, but he had told me
they were divorced and they werenot.
So at that point I was like I'mdone, I'm done.
But, believe it or not, weactually became really good
friends after that.
Speaker 1 (31:26):
Of course you did.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
Yeah, so, um, a couple of times ago, when I was
in Florida and I was there withmy parents and everything, we
all met up and we all gottogether and had dinner together
and everything so wild.
Yeah, and we've been friendsever since that happened.
I was like, listen, I actuallyreally like you as a person and
he had a son.
I have a daughter and the kidswould hang out right you know,
so I legitimately enjoyedhanging out with him as a friend
.
He was a lot of fun.
I was just like you are justway too batshit crazy for me to
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date.
So we totally agreed and he waslike, yeah, he's like I have
way too many issues to actuallybe in a relationship and I was
like, all right, like we can befriends, but that's it.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
Yeah, that's so funny .
Yeah, oh, my god that's crazy.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
So that's my crazy soup Nazi story.
You try to do something nicefor somebody and it backfires in
your face.
Don't you hate that?
It's the worst, Literally.
You have good intentions andsomehow you end up being the bad
person.
Speaker 1 (32:12):
Always.
Yeah, it never fails.
Yeah, we should just be bitches, Just be mean.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
It's too hard.
It's too hard to be mean topeople.
Speaker 1 (32:18):
But yeah, I was going to say it's just not in my DNA
to be mean to somebody.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
I feel like it's so much easier just to be kind and
be nice to people.
Plus, they also say it takesmore face muscles to frown than
it does to smile, does it really?
Yeah, it's like a scientificfact that to frown it takes more
face muscles.
So I would rather not do thatand make sure everything stays
like up and taut, taut, yeah,taut, cause you know I'm
starting to feel like when Ismile and when I laugh you can
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like see my criss feet.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
Yeah, but you know what?
That's also a sign of a goodlife.
Speaker 2 (32:50):
I don't want people to know about my life as life
unless I tell them.
I don't want you to see it inmy face.
Maybe I had a rough life, MaybeI grew up in, like you know,
the hard knocks.
I don't know.
I don't want you to know,that's all I tell you.
Okay, you know you eversomebody meet you and they're
like hi, it's really nice tomeet you.
I'm like how do you know?
Speaker 1 (33:18):
How do you know?
It's nice to.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
I always my crazy, I know.
This is why I watch reality TV.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
Do you have any other ics you would like to add to
your ick list?
Speaker 2 (33:29):
I have a lot of ics.
I'm trying to think of what icswould be, because they usually
come up in the moment.
Yeah, it's hard to just-thoughtics like a pet peeve.
Yeah, you know, they put me onthe spot.
No pressure, none.
I feel none, you feel it all.
All the pressure.
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I feel like a linebacker, withthe weight of the world on my
shoulders which is convenientbecause it is football playoff
season.
Oh yeah, when's the Super Bowl?
Not February 2nd, apparentlynot.
Who the fuck asked me if I'mhaving a Super Bowl party?
Do you even know me?
You're fucking crazy.
Wait, you can't just say.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
So we get a text message from my boyfriend saying
oh, is Lena having a Super Bowlparty?
So I asked her.
Speaker 2 (34:22):
I'm like, hey, is Lena having a Super Bowl party?
So I asked her.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
I'm like, hey, are you having a Super Bowl party
and I said what kind of partyanimal does he think I am?
And then you continued to say Idon't even know when the Super
Bowl is.
True story what she said.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
That's what I said.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
So I text my boyfriend back.
I'm like, um, she doesn't evenknow when the Super Bowl is, so
I would think that's a no, it'sprobably a no.
Speaker 2 (34:39):
Yeah, I mean I could have one.
Do you guys want to come?
Speaker 1 (34:43):
I'll ask him if he wants to come, Okay, Although
actually you know what SuperBowl is February 9th.
That's not going to work for usBecause you're going to be
getting ready to leave.
Yeah, yep you.
Lots of things to do, lots ofloose ends to tie up.
Speaker 2 (34:59):
I have a feeling I will end up at A bar somewhere,
yes, with lots of people thatDon't speak English.
Yes, yep, or speak English witha very thick accent.
Speaker 1 (35:11):
That'll be great.
Yeah, oh, I wonder if you'llfind any ics there?
Speaker 2 (35:15):
Ooh, I'm sure I might , but I won't be like
romantically looking forsomebody.
This icks there?
Ooh, I'm sure I might, but Iwon't be like romantically
looking for somebody.
This is true.
So I may find icks for otherpeople, like when two people are
together and I see somethinghappen.
I'm like ugh, how could she putup with that?
That's so gross, like chewingwith your mouth open Ugh, that
would ick me out.
Speaker 1 (35:30):
But is that an ick?
Speaker 2 (35:31):
or is that a pet peeve?
I think that's probably yeah.
But if I saw somebody elsedoing that I would totally be
grossed out.
Oh, a hundred percent yeah.
Or if I saw somebody else'spartner, like, flirting with
somebody else while they were inthe bathroom and not paying
attention, that would not makeme happy.
Yeah, would you say something?
Oh, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (35:50):
You would go up.
What if it was people youdidn't know?
No, I would say something to myfriend Be like.
I would be like, um, just soyou know, this is what you just
missed.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
But let's say we're all out to eat together at a bar
or out and about, and there'stwo people sitting at another
table or at the bar and you knowthey're making out.
They're clearly there togetherand the woman gets up and goes
into the bathroom and while shegoes in the bathroom he walks
over to another woman at the bar.
Oh no, I would not get involved.
You wouldn't get involved.
No, okay, so only if it'ssomebody that you knew.
Speaker 1 (36:18):
Oh yeah, if it was somebody I knew absolutely, but
some random person, no,absolutely not.
Speaker 2 (36:23):
Have you ever had to tell somebody that you know that
their partner was beinginappropriate or hitting on you,
or you found out that they didsomething with somebody else?
And how did that go?
Did they believe you?
No, I never was.
Was in that position.
Something tells me you havebeen.
Oh yeah, and because itcouldn't just be a regular
position with like just aregular friend, it had to be my
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boss at work.
Oh yeah, so of course,everything in lena land is
elevated, of course.
So one of my old bosses decidesshe is going to start sleeping
with one of the vendors,contractors, so it's basically a
company that was consulting forour company and she took a
liking to the consultant andthey started sleeping together
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and she was pretty open with me,we were pretty close, she
shared with me.
So she told me hey, lena,you're a really great judge of
character.
I would just like for you to goto lunch with him totally
business related, since he wasconsulting and just kind of get
a feel for him and tell me whatyou think about him.
So I said okay.
So we went to lunch togetherand we talked about the project
that he was helping us on and itwas totally professional, and
(37:28):
towards the end of the lunch hekind of started asking me about
my personal life, which could goeither way at that point,
because we had kind of build arapport.
And eventually he kind ofstarted asking me so do you live
alone?
Speaker 1 (37:41):
why is that any of his business?
Speaker 2 (37:43):
yeah, it was really weird yeah, so.
I said no, you know, I have adaughter and she lives with me.
And he's like well, you knowwhat happens when things break
down in the house, like youdon't have a man around to help
you fix them.
Uh, that's inappropriate.
So now I'm getting reallyuncomfortable, yeah, so I'm like
trying to change the topic andchange the subject, and I go to
the bathroom and I come back, sowe're getting ready to leave
and he basically gives me hisphone number and says well,
(38:04):
here's my phone number.
If you ever need anything,whether business wise or
personal, I'd be more than happyto come and help you with
anything you need.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
That was very nice of him, so nice of him.
Speaker 2 (38:15):
So I go back and my boss is like so, how did it go?
And I was like nope.
She's like, what do you mean?
No, I was like no, I am notgetting a good feeling.
And she's like, why, whathappened?
I'm like he gave me his numberand she's like, oh, like his
work number?
I'm like I don't know hisnumber and she's like, well, let
me see.
She looks at the phone numberand she starts crying.
It was his personal number.
It was his personal number thathe didn't give her for two
(38:36):
months.
Gave me on the first date.
First date.
Speaker 1 (38:39):
I say first date, it wasn't even a date.
Speaker 2 (38:41):
It was the first time that I met him for a business
lunch, Right, and she's crying.
So I'm like listen, I don'twant the number.
Yeah, of course not.
It has nothing to do with me.
I don't want any part of this.
I said you asked me to do 100%.
I just want you to know that'swhat happened.
Do you know?
Everything changed between herand I?
Speaker 1 (39:01):
Because now she thought that you were trying to
take her man when I did exactlywhat she asked me to do.
Speaker 2 (39:06):
I was not interested in this man at all.
I would never.
First of all, I would havenever slept with a consultant.
I would have never done that.
Second of all, I would havenever slept with somebody my
boss is sleeping with, becausethat's just a terrible.
I mean, I know I say I liketerrible terrible idea.
Speaker 1 (39:19):
I'm in.
I wouldn't sleep with theperson my boss is sleeping with.
Speaker 2 (39:22):
I think I know better than that.
There's a difference betweencrazy and stupid.
I am one, I am not the other.
Let's make that clear.
She totally got so offended bythe situation and, instead of
directing her anger andfrustration at him where it
should have been right, shedirected it towards me.
Yeah, that is not fair to you.
So within a couple weeks, I hadactually transferred to a
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different department at work andshe had actually left the
company oh my god, yep, that'sthat went sideways quick yeah,
that's a whole nother level ofbatshit crazy.
And we never spoke again.
Her and I were really close,like when I went through my
divorce.
She actually came to my houseand helped me paint and brought
me housewarming gift andeverything, and that's how close
we were.
I had been to her apartmentwhen she moved in.
I helped her move in the wholenight and that was it.
(40:04):
We never spoke again, that's anick.
Yeah, yeah, that was pretty bad.
Speaker 1 (40:08):
That's an ick and you weren't even romantically
involved with her and she's anick.
Yeah, her birthday the firstyear following that never got a
response.
I'm like you know what I'm done?
Yeah, at that point, doanything wrong?
No, you did exactly what sheasked you to do and that's girl
code.
Speaker 2 (40:23):
Yeah, like something happened, I'm gonna come to you
and I'm gonna be honest, I'mgonna tell you what happened and
that's what you're gonna do inreturn.
Yeah, that's not right, youknow.
So it kind of sucks because Ifelt like I lost a friend and I
also I don't think I lost job,but I switched departments.
I literally got a new positionat work in a completely
different building Because ofthis situation In a different
town because of that situation.
Speaker 1 (40:43):
It was so uncomfortable.
Speaker 2 (40:44):
Yeah, that's not right.
So I'm like I don't need tomake any more friends at work.
I'm good.
Speaker 1 (40:51):
We're not going to mix business and pleasure
anymore.
Speaker 2 (40:53):
See and that's why I love everyone on my team is a
man.
We have no drama, zero drama.
The only drama is if they havedrama with their women and they
come to me and they're like canI get a female perspective?
And I'm like shoot, you know?
Yes, I got you, yes, but it'sgreat because I don't have to
ever deal with that anymore.
Speaker 1 (41:08):
No, that's, good, yeah, that's not fun.
Speaker 2 (41:10):
Yeah, not a good place to be friend said or did
something inappropriate, wewould both go together and chop
his balls off together.
Oh, absolutely yeah, I wouldnever be like, well, you
probably wanted it or you know,you called it upon yourself.
I would never think that.
No, you know what a shittything.
Yeah, shitty friend, shittyboss.
Just goes to show you that shewasn't a real friend.
(41:32):
Exactly, you know.
And that's the thing like whenlife throws things at you like
that, sometimes it's not to showyou who your friends are,
sometimes it's to show you whoare not your friends.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
Yeah, who your friends are not?
Speaker 2 (41:44):
yeah, absolutely.
I feel like I learned thatlesson really hard with my
divorce.
Yeah, so I used to be a reallyprivate person.
I would never air my dirtylaundry, yeah, and when I was
going through my divorce, that'sexactly what did.
I felt like relationship issuesare between two people and
especially when you're goingthrough something as sensitive
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as a divorce, and especiallywhen there are children involved
, those are not things that youshare with your closest 4,000
friends on social media.
And that's what my ex-husbandwas doing.
He was posting things on socialmedia.
Yeah, that's not right Aboutour divorce.
So I chose to remain silent.
And because I chose to remainsilent, I apparently looked
guilty because I wasn't tellingmy side of the story when I
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didn't think it was anybody'sbusiness what was happening in
our marriage or our relationship.
And I lost a lot of friendsthat way.
And throughout the years, asthings kind of unfolded and they
saw the truth and it started tocome out and they started to
realize who he is and what hehad done, they tried to come
back, and so I would get friendrequests from people who had
unfriended me and I would getmessages from people apologizing
(42:44):
to me and it was like listen, Iaccept your apology, but I'll
never be your friend again.
I have no reason to allow youaccess to my life.
At this point, when you didn'thelp me in my darkest moment,
you turned on me and you choseto believe somebody, simply
because I didn't want to sharemy story with you.
Speaker 1 (43:00):
Right, you know, when it's nobody's business but
yours Exactly.
Speaker 2 (43:04):
So now I've kind of gotten to the point where I
don't always need to be thebigger person, I don't always
need to forgive everybody, and Idon't always need to keep quiet
.
So now, if I want to tell mystory, nobody's going to silence
me, nobody's going to controlmy narrative.
Now I'm going to tell itsilence me.
Speaker 1 (43:19):
Nobody's gonna control my narrative.
Now I'm gonna tell it.
Yeah, when you're ready to tellit, yeah, you tell it.
Speaker 2 (43:21):
Your tell your story how you want to be, how you want
it to be heard, absolutely yeah, I'm never going to let anybody
silence me anymore yeah, youcan't, yeah, you can't well, we
kind of jumped around a littlebit though yeah I'm not really
sure how we got from ics todating stories, with mobbed up
wives who put knives throughpalms.
I thought they'd kill me.
That was wild.
A true story.
(43:42):
My lips to God's ears.
That happened.
Speaker 1 (43:46):
I believe you.
That was crazy.
Speaker 2 (43:49):
It just goes to show we can start with one idea and
end on a totally different one,and it also goes to show that
you may never really know aperson, which is absolutely
terrifying.
Oh yeah, right, 100%.
10 years with my ex-husband hadno idea who he was.
Speaker 1 (44:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (44:06):
At the end, all the lies came out and it was like,
oh my god, I was conned.
What just happened?
Speaker 1 (44:11):
Right, yeah, it's not fun, no, it's crazy.
Speaker 2 (44:14):
I wonder if anybody else has had a similar
experience and if you want toshare something that you've been
through, if you have an ick, ifyou have a really bad dating
story, if you have been connedin the past.
Speaker 1 (44:25):
We'd love to hear about it, yeah you know how to
get a hold of us.
We're on tiktok at two voices,one vibe we are on instagram at
two voices, one vibe and you canemail us at two voices, one
five at gmailcom.
But if you're watching this onyoutube, I'll pop that up on the
screen, make it easy for you.
(44:46):
Yeah, and if you're listeningto us on any one of the places
you get your podcast, it'll bein the show notes so you can
find all that information andthanks for listening to us you
know nonsense yeah, we enjoybeing able to share our crazy
stories with our listeners, withour viewers and hopefully
making some of you feel that youare not alone in your crazy
(45:07):
lives.
Speaker 2 (45:07):
We have them too on that note.
We will see you in the nextepisode.
Until next time, this is twovoices, one vibe.
Bye.
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