April 2, 2025 • 9 mins
We read an email from a P1 talking about how they got in trouble with their wife since they went to the Padres Opening Day. Here's what we had to say
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Opening Day for the Padres was last week, still winning.
By the way, stick our us both noun and so
we were downtown. We were having a good time. We'd
actually actually go to the game that we were down there.
You know, for opening day it was crazy down there.
Forty five thousand fans down there was awesome. I have
(00:22):
a feeling that in this room people will not agree. Shocking,
really shocking about this email we got. This email says, hey, show,
I've been a p one for years and I've always
heard you guys read emails, but never thought I would
be writing. But something happened to me last week, and
I've been in trouble with my wife ever since. Last
week I took the day off to go to opening
(00:44):
day for the Padres with my buddy. Well, my wife
just informed me that our daughter has her second grade
promotion next month and wants me to take the morning
off to come see it. I checked my schedule and
actually have a work meeting already scared that day, so
I said I wouldn't be able to attend. She got
(01:04):
mad and said I can take the day off for
the Padrect, but not for our own daughter. I know
Thorpe will agree that they have a promotion for every
grade and that is ridiculous. She's going into second grade.
What is she promoting from? Finger painting? I would normally
try and get there, but I can't do it this time.
(01:26):
Am I in the wrong here? Would love to hear
what you guys think. Maybe not Sky, thanks guys, p one.
Matt Matt, Matt, Matt, Wow, all right, Sky, he doesn't
want to hear from you, but I will let you
go ahead.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
And have that.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Oh, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt. This is
just bad timing for you, sir. Really is is the
deal here? Because I believe it was a great dad. Okay,
shut up. I mean he just like was mocking his childhood.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Well, I mean okay, he couldn't be more right.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Okay, shut up.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
So here's the deal with Matt and why Matt is unlucky.
If this would have happened the same exact scenario nowhere
near the Padres game, the opening day thing, I believe
his wife would have no problem. She would see the
meeting on the schedule. She would be like, I get
it that that sucks. But the fact that you were
(02:23):
just able to weasel out for the Padres get so out.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Well, I mean clear clearly.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
I mean I don't know, but unless he has a
really cool boss, I don't think he said, hey, I'm
taking the day off of work for opening day. I'm
sure she made up some excuse about a doctor's appointment.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Why do you assume that some people can do that?
Speaker 3 (02:42):
No, yes, unless but I in my mind the way
I want to well, clearly he is not Did you
hear what he said about me? He didn't want to
hear from me.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
We all agree, shut up.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
So anyway, I don't think he's doing anything wrong. I
don't think he's a jerk. But I think because of
the Padre thing, you now look like a jerk and
you may have to take some if you don't want
to upset your wife. I would suggest taking some extra
steps to actually really try and get out of this meeting.
(03:20):
Don't just see it on your calendar and be like,
oh that sucks and and okay you don't respect the
promotion into second grade?
Speaker 1 (03:27):
But what does that even mean? What a promotion into
second grade? Yes, we didn't have that when we were
growing up. You just you go into the next grade.
I don't have graduations from like elementary school into junior high,
junior high into high school.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
I understand those kind of things. Kindergarten was also one.
Kindergarten's kind of a graduation.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
No, it is Emily, Yes, I thought, yeah, I was there.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
I was there high still.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
Remember now, kindergarten is a thing, But I never heard
of a second gid. I thought it was kindergarten elementary school.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Wild Yeah.
Speaker 6 (04:01):
Where I went to school, elementor school was kindergarten first
through fifth So we are first graduation or promotion in
fifth grade and then six through nine with middle school,
and our graduation portion was ninth grade and then senior obviously,
so like I don't.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Know second you didn't have a second grade graduation. But
that's the problem with these idiots. I mean that's the problem.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Well, whether you think it's stupid or not, no, no.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
No, I don't think it's stupid. I know it's stupid.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
Whether you know it's stupid or not. Other parents are
showing up and you're not going to be there.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
What you're ing representing the moms I have to work.
Mom's going to be there, okay, other other you're you're
telling me every kid is going to have both sets
of parents. That's crazy to think, of course not.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
But if dad just went to the padre game the
other day, make time for me.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
What are you talking? I don't think what happened? Can't
you just be cool?
Speaker 3 (04:56):
I'm sorry, I'm sorry for sharing my true feelings on
this show.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Can't you just be cool and just go, oh, yeah, okay,
you know you can't make it to the second?
Speaker 4 (05:04):
Sorry, I'm not cool.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
If I don't agree with you, I'm sorry enough. If
I don't mock my child for things they're doing.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
This is where, this is where we've lost.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
So sorry, you look like a jerk.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
And I think you look like a jerk.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
No, I think he looks like she looks like a jerk.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
And and and I am saying what's happening is understandable.
If you truly have a work meeting you can't get
out of, that's understandable. But that doesn't change that just
because of the timing, you do look like a jerk.
Speaker 4 (05:31):
That's my take.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
And I say she looks like a jerk for just
not being cool. She looks like absolutely, you just go,
oh it didn't work out, Okay, I'll go to the
thing whatever. What's what's wrong?
Speaker 2 (05:42):
With that.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
Well, if that was her true feeling, you think.
Speaker 6 (05:46):
It's gonna end up being a drug addict because her dad.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
She'll always remember it.
Speaker 6 (05:50):
Yeah, next thing, you know, she's gonna slam a needle
under their arm, their studies out there, it's gonna be
She's gonna be.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Honest, she's gonna be dancing on that pole in no time.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Yes, what is she doing?
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Or second grade? No?
Speaker 6 (06:07):
I wouldn't want to go to it if I had
nothing to do. I mean, that's the stupidest thing I
ever heard.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
It's second grade.
Speaker 6 (06:13):
Like, how do you you if everyone goes from first
second grade? And if you can't go from first second grade,
there's other issues going on, Okay, and I understand that. Okay,
So I don't need to be there for that. I'm sorry.
You're not gonna get a pet. You're not gonna get
I'm gonna when you come up for school. I hey,
good job, you want second grade?
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Great? You know your ABC's like incredible.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
I'm if I'm ever a parent, I want to be
a parent. I'm not celebrating every little accomplishment because what
does that do for you? That makes you think that
anytime you accomplish anything you need to be celebrated and
that and that doesn't that's not life, baby, and me going.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
You know why I get to you know why I.
Speaker 6 (06:50):
Get to go to Padres game on Opening Day because
I work and I make money and I get to
go to Padres game.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
And if my wife wanted to do that, she can
do that too. But I get to do that things
because I put myself in a position go do that.
Speaker 6 (07:00):
If I don't want to be at the second grade graduation,
I ain't going because I gotta work.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
If your wife said to you, your your put you
can choose the Padres but not our daughter.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Yeah, how would you respond to that?
Speaker 6 (07:10):
I'd be like, well, that's a ridiculous way to look
at it. I'm not choosing the pot. If this was
a high school graduation, or or even a going from
elementary school to middle school, I would try to get
out of this meeting.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
I talked to my boss. But it's not that.
Speaker 6 (07:22):
Also, when do you ever get to go to opening Day?
That's not something you could do every year. It's a
lot of money.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
We do you do once a year?
Speaker 6 (07:27):
Yeah, but but but it's it's expensive. Sure, you know,
if this was like if this was a football once
a year. Opening of the opening of the season. I mean,
come on, it's crazy. You know you're going to you're
going to second.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Grade here, Emily, you're a mother. Your thoughts on this situation.
Speaker 5 (07:46):
You guys know, I don't make Robert go to stuff.
It doesn't bother me. If Robert doesn't go to stuff,
I think that it's what Sky think.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
He's going to look like a jerk face.
Speaker 5 (07:53):
I don't I don't really care.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
A month after he went took a day off to
go to the Padre game.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
No, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 5 (07:59):
I think I think this guy is a little bit
crecked and saying though that.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
First of all, I think it's stupid.
Speaker 5 (08:04):
By the way, let me just want to let that
be said that the second grade promotion is a dumb thing.
But I do think because all the parents are going
to be there, our parents should be there are a
courage to attend that the kid would probably be a
little hurt if they didn't see one parent represented there.
It's a one parent Mom's going Mom's got it under control.
The meeting is important. I think that there's no problem.
He's doing nothing wrong, and I think she's being a bitch.
(08:26):
Like I think that she's giving.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
Giving him a hard time.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Get over a chick. This guy to be there.
Speaker 5 (08:33):
It's not important like she's gonna be there.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
He's the father.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
Why doesn't even need to come to our birthday party?
Just go to the bar instead.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
I think it's even wild that both parents sometimes go
to like open houses.
Speaker 4 (08:51):
Okay, I don't need you to look at me when
you say that. I agree with you.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
Like in conferences, I just went a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 4 (09:01):
It's never been no parent teacher conference.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
I don't think i've had either.
Speaker 6 (09:04):
Unless my kid was having like severe beay hero issues totally,
then you gotta go totally different then.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
But if they're not, why do I probably should have gone.
Speaker 5 (09:13):
He legit doesn't go to anything but because he's working,
and I actually don't. But I don't even like sometimes
I don't even let him know about it because.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Yeah, well you're also a controlphy and you're embarrassing.
Speaker 5 (09:22):
The info to him.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
What what?
Speaker 5 (09:24):
Oh? Yeah, that's true.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
I mean you imagine saying something to your teacher you
get mad at up. Yeah, I think we're all in agreement.
I don't think you did nothing wrong. He said he
didn't want.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
To hear from you, oh absentee father.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
He's not an absolute father, extreme, he's just a massive
podcast man, which is great
Opening Day for the Padres was last week, still winning.
By the way, stick our us both noun and so
we were downtown. We were having a good time. We'd
actually actually go to the game that we were down there.
You know, for opening day it was crazy down there.
Forty five thousand fans down there was awesome. I have
(00:22):
a feeling that in this room people will not agree. Shocking,
really shocking about this email we got. This email says, hey, show,
I've been a p one for years and I've always
heard you guys read emails, but never thought I would
be writing. But something happened to me last week, and
I've been in trouble with my wife ever since. Last
week I took the day off to go to opening
(00:44):
day for the Padres with my buddy. Well, my wife
just informed me that our daughter has her second grade
promotion next month and wants me to take the morning
off to come see it. I checked my schedule and
actually have a work meeting already scared that day, so
I said I wouldn't be able to attend. She got
(01:04):
mad and said I can take the day off for
the Padrect, but not for our own daughter. I know
Thorpe will agree that they have a promotion for every
grade and that is ridiculous. She's going into second grade.
What is she promoting from? Finger painting? I would normally
try and get there, but I can't do it this time.
(01:26):
Am I in the wrong here? Would love to hear
what you guys think. Maybe not Sky, thanks guys, p one.
Matt Matt, Matt, Matt, Wow, all right, Sky, he doesn't
want to hear from you, but I will let you
go ahead.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
And have that.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Oh, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt. This is
just bad timing for you, sir. Really is is the
deal here? Because I believe it was a great dad. Okay,
shut up. I mean he just like was mocking his childhood.
Speaker 2 (01:59):
Well, I mean okay, he couldn't be more right.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
Okay, shut up.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
So here's the deal with Matt and why Matt is unlucky.
If this would have happened the same exact scenario nowhere
near the Padres game, the opening day thing, I believe
his wife would have no problem. She would see the
meeting on the schedule. She would be like, I get
it that that sucks. But the fact that you were
(02:23):
just able to weasel out for the Padres get so out.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Well, I mean clear clearly.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
I mean I don't know, but unless he has a
really cool boss, I don't think he said, hey, I'm
taking the day off of work for opening day. I'm
sure she made up some excuse about a doctor's appointment.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Why do you assume that some people can do that?
Speaker 3 (02:42):
No, yes, unless but I in my mind the way
I want to well, clearly he is not Did you
hear what he said about me? He didn't want to
hear from me.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
We all agree, shut up.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
So anyway, I don't think he's doing anything wrong. I
don't think he's a jerk. But I think because of
the Padre thing, you now look like a jerk and
you may have to take some if you don't want
to upset your wife. I would suggest taking some extra
steps to actually really try and get out of this meeting.
(03:20):
Don't just see it on your calendar and be like,
oh that sucks and and okay you don't respect the
promotion into second grade?
Speaker 1 (03:27):
But what does that even mean? What a promotion into
second grade? Yes, we didn't have that when we were
growing up. You just you go into the next grade.
I don't have graduations from like elementary school into junior high,
junior high into high school.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
I understand those kind of things. Kindergarten was also one.
Kindergarten's kind of a graduation.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
No, it is Emily, Yes, I thought, yeah, I was there.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
I was there high still.
Speaker 5 (03:54):
Remember now, kindergarten is a thing, But I never heard
of a second gid. I thought it was kindergarten elementary school.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Wild Yeah.
Speaker 6 (04:01):
Where I went to school, elementor school was kindergarten first
through fifth So we are first graduation or promotion in
fifth grade and then six through nine with middle school,
and our graduation portion was ninth grade and then senior obviously,
so like I don't.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Know second you didn't have a second grade graduation. But
that's the problem with these idiots. I mean that's the problem.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Well, whether you think it's stupid or not, no, no.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
No, I don't think it's stupid. I know it's stupid.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
Whether you know it's stupid or not. Other parents are
showing up and you're not going to be there.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
What you're ing representing the moms I have to work.
Mom's going to be there, okay, other other you're you're
telling me every kid is going to have both sets
of parents. That's crazy to think, of course not.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
But if dad just went to the padre game the
other day, make time for me.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
What are you talking? I don't think what happened? Can't
you just be cool?
Speaker 3 (04:56):
I'm sorry, I'm sorry for sharing my true feelings on
this show.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Can't you just be cool and just go, oh, yeah, okay,
you know you can't make it to the second?
Speaker 4 (05:04):
Sorry, I'm not cool.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
If I don't agree with you, I'm sorry enough. If
I don't mock my child for things they're doing.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
This is where, this is where we've lost.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
So sorry, you look like a jerk.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
And I think you look like a jerk.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
No, I think he looks like she looks like a jerk.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
And and and I am saying what's happening is understandable.
If you truly have a work meeting you can't get
out of, that's understandable. But that doesn't change that just
because of the timing, you do look like a jerk.
Speaker 4 (05:31):
That's my take.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
And I say she looks like a jerk for just
not being cool. She looks like absolutely, you just go,
oh it didn't work out, Okay, I'll go to the
thing whatever. What's what's wrong?
Speaker 2 (05:42):
With that.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
Well, if that was her true feeling, you think.
Speaker 6 (05:46):
It's gonna end up being a drug addict because her dad.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
She'll always remember it.
Speaker 6 (05:50):
Yeah, next thing, you know, she's gonna slam a needle
under their arm, their studies out there, it's gonna be
She's gonna be.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Honest, she's gonna be dancing on that pole in no time.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Yes, what is she doing?
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Or second grade? No?
Speaker 6 (06:07):
I wouldn't want to go to it if I had
nothing to do. I mean, that's the stupidest thing I
ever heard.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
It's second grade.
Speaker 6 (06:13):
Like, how do you you if everyone goes from first
second grade? And if you can't go from first second grade,
there's other issues going on, Okay, and I understand that. Okay,
So I don't need to be there for that. I'm sorry.
You're not gonna get a pet. You're not gonna get
I'm gonna when you come up for school. I hey,
good job, you want second grade?
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Great? You know your ABC's like incredible.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
I'm if I'm ever a parent, I want to be
a parent. I'm not celebrating every little accomplishment because what
does that do for you? That makes you think that
anytime you accomplish anything you need to be celebrated and
that and that doesn't that's not life, baby, and me going.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
You know why I get to you know why I.
Speaker 6 (06:50):
Get to go to Padres game on Opening Day because
I work and I make money and I get to
go to Padres game.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
And if my wife wanted to do that, she can
do that too. But I get to do that things
because I put myself in a position go do that.
Speaker 6 (07:00):
If I don't want to be at the second grade graduation,
I ain't going because I gotta work.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
If your wife said to you, your your put you
can choose the Padres but not our daughter.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Yeah, how would you respond to that?
Speaker 6 (07:10):
I'd be like, well, that's a ridiculous way to look
at it. I'm not choosing the pot. If this was
a high school graduation, or or even a going from
elementary school to middle school, I would try to get
out of this meeting.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
I talked to my boss. But it's not that.
Speaker 6 (07:22):
Also, when do you ever get to go to opening Day?
That's not something you could do every year. It's a
lot of money.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
We do you do once a year?
Speaker 6 (07:27):
Yeah, but but but it's it's expensive. Sure, you know,
if this was like if this was a football once
a year. Opening of the opening of the season. I mean,
come on, it's crazy. You know you're going to you're
going to second.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Grade here, Emily, you're a mother. Your thoughts on this situation.
Speaker 5 (07:46):
You guys know, I don't make Robert go to stuff.
It doesn't bother me. If Robert doesn't go to stuff,
I think that it's what Sky think.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
He's going to look like a jerk face.
Speaker 5 (07:53):
I don't I don't really care.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
A month after he went took a day off to
go to the Padre game.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
No, it doesn't matter.
Speaker 5 (07:59):
I think I think this guy is a little bit
crecked and saying though that.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
First of all, I think it's stupid.
Speaker 5 (08:04):
By the way, let me just want to let that
be said that the second grade promotion is a dumb thing.
But I do think because all the parents are going
to be there, our parents should be there are a
courage to attend that the kid would probably be a
little hurt if they didn't see one parent represented there.
It's a one parent Mom's going Mom's got it under control.
The meeting is important. I think that there's no problem.
He's doing nothing wrong, and I think she's being a bitch.
(08:26):
Like I think that she's giving.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
Giving him a hard time.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Get over a chick. This guy to be there.
Speaker 5 (08:33):
It's not important like she's gonna be there.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
He's the father.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
Why doesn't even need to come to our birthday party?
Just go to the bar instead.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
I think it's even wild that both parents sometimes go
to like open houses.
Speaker 4 (08:51):
Okay, I don't need you to look at me when
you say that. I agree with you.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
Like in conferences, I just went a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 4 (09:01):
It's never been no parent teacher conference.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
I don't think i've had either.
Speaker 6 (09:04):
Unless my kid was having like severe beay hero issues totally,
then you gotta go totally different then.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
But if they're not, why do I probably should have gone.
Speaker 5 (09:13):
He legit doesn't go to anything but because he's working,
and I actually don't. But I don't even like sometimes
I don't even let him know about it because.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Yeah, well you're also a controlphy and you're embarrassing.
Speaker 5 (09:22):
The info to him.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
What what?
Speaker 5 (09:24):
Oh? Yeah, that's true.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
I mean you imagine saying something to your teacher you
get mad at up. Yeah, I think we're all in agreement.
I don't think you did nothing wrong. He said he
didn't want.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
To hear from you, oh absentee father.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
He's not an absolute father, extreme, he's just a massive
podcast man, which is great
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