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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Mojoe on the Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
There's somebody that Anna is not talking to and it
all stems from her birthday that she just had, which,
by the way, did you have a good birthday?
Speaker 1 (00:10):
I know that we left you to go for the holidays.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
I had a good birthday with y'all. But yeah, so
this is making me sad to talk about. So it's
my best friend, like my very best friend that I
met right when I moved to Detroit. She has been
the most amazing person in my life. Probably about a
year ago, maybe a little over a year, she lost
both of her parents to COVID and she has been
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struggling my birthdays around the holidays. It's right before Christmas,
and we had plans to like do this brunch and
then we were gonna get facials. I truly I talked
about this with all of you. I didn't really want
to do anything for my birthday. I wanted to go
out of town, but she was like, this is your
thirtieth you have to be here. We have to do something.
And the morning of she text me she was like, Hey,
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I'm not going to be able to make it to brunch.
I'm having a really hard day mentally, like I just
can't get out of bed, and it ruined my entire birthday.
For one, I wanted her to be there. She's my
best friend. I had a very small group of girls going,
and I ended up canceling the entire day. I was like,
if she's not going to be here, I don't want
to do anything. I was really upset. I cried a lot,
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and it ruined my birthday. But in my head, if
that was me and I was having a hard mental
health day, I would want her to understand. And I
do understand. But it totally ruined my thirtieth birthday. I
didn't celebrate it with any of my friends and we
haven't talked in three weeks because of it.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
You and her, all your friends.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
No, me and her. You talked since then. She sent
me a text she was like, I know you're really upset, Like.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
I'm sorry, yeah, and.
Speaker 4 (01:49):
I did. I just said, I hope you're feeling okay.
Speaker 5 (01:51):
That's a hard situation, and but you know, you you
do understand the flip side of it because you exactly
you had hard days.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
Exactly it's tough, and like now I want to check
in on her and make sure she's okay. But just
I feel selfish for saying this. In the back of
my head, I'm mad, like I wanted to go out
of town and you told me to stay here.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
And we planned all of this, and oh wow, so
she actually changed your plans.
Speaker 3 (02:17):
Yeah, she was the one. She was like, this is
such a big birthday, you should see you.
Speaker 6 (02:20):
Got to be here, and then she did this. Two
things can be true at the same time.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
You can be.
Speaker 6 (02:27):
Mad at what happened, and you can also understand where
your friend is. I remember you, like when you first
started the show. I think one of your earlier topics
you have friends back in your hometown of White Lake,
where there was distance, and a lot of that distance
was because you guys had a lack of communication.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Don't make the same mistake.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Communicator, So I think I should reach back. Yes, Can
I say something unpopular?
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Please popular?
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Hoofler.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
I think people are using their mental health as too
much of an excuse these days. And I know that
this is very unpopular because everybody's like focused on their
mental health. And I'm not saying you shouldn't be. I
don't want you doing anything harmful to yourself, but I
think it's it's turned into the I'm going to use
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this as my excuse, and it's Anna's thirtieth birthday.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Okay, no offense.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Friend, I don't know what you were going through, but
I'm just gonna hypothetically say I think you use that
as an excuse and just said, yeah, I don't feel
like going out tonight, So I'm gonna say that. What
it's your friend's thirtieth birthday. It's the anniversary of her
parents dying. But she knew that was going to be
the anniversary of her parents dying. She knew that was happening.
But there my dad and mom died too, and guess what,
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they died. They're dead. They ain't going anywhere.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
Somebody else's hurt, though you don't know what happened.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Here's the thing, though, she purposely said to her friend,
stay in town. We're going to get together, knowing that
it's around her parents anniversary. I know that you don't
know how you're gonna feel at that time, but guess
what suck it off?
Speaker 7 (04:07):
Now?
Speaker 4 (04:07):
How many time, how many events or days or things.
Speaker 6 (04:09):
If you plan and it all is good, and then
it comes up to the day and guess what you
feel differently.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
There's a difference between There's a difference between her, you know,
going you know, if this is around my time my
parents die, I don't know if I can do it,
but I'm you know what, try to stay in town
and I'll be trying to be there for you and
then be you know, stay here, do this. We're gonna
make it great. It's gonna be awesome. I'm just so
tired of this. I'm tired of the fact and I
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think everybody should get help for their mental health. I
say that because I don't want complain calls.
Speaker 5 (04:42):
I also I know you, you really do.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
I do care.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
I do care, But I also think that people are
saying it too much these days where they're going and
they're using it as an excuse. And you know what, keV,
you are a guy that's a prime example of this.
You are always showing up and giving a plus even
when you're not feeling great, and you're doing it. You
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want to know why because you don't want to let
anybody down. But you also know that you've got a
responsibility as a friend of yours. Anna, I think I'm
your friend, right, Yes, If I say to you, you know,
then I'm gonna be there. It's like it's your thirtieth birthday. Now,
I'll be there on your thirty first. I'll make it
up to her because my mental health. Hey, her friend,
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I'm so sorry about your parents dying. Mine died too,
I lost one when I was freaking twelve. It sucks,
But guess what, Anna is alive and breathing, And guess
what your parents probably would rather have you there for Annah.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
I'm just saying, think about that because I'm like, as
someone who struggles very hard with my mental health, I
have depression too, I would have forced myself to go
for my friend, just because I know even if I
was miserable.
Speaker 6 (05:52):
I don't believe you really. You ain't even showed up
to Christmas e for your family show you see that
Christmas Day, whatever day it.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
Was, Damn Kevin.
Speaker 6 (06:02):
I No, I'm just saying I don't believe you would
be Did you prioritize yourself?
Speaker 4 (06:06):
And I'm not saying nothing's wrong with that.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
In this situation, I think I would have. I truly do.
Like Mojoe said, she was the one who pushed me
to be here. This is one debt like.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
I'm not I really agree with what keV said. Two
things can exist at the same time, and in this situation,
I don't think you should go another day without talking
to her, because this is your best friend. It's already
been three weeks, and you both understand the other side.
She knows you're mad, she understands why you're mad, and
you have every right to be mad. She has every
right to take the day. So it's like, you both
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want to remain friends. Like somebody and it should be you,
since you're talking about it, needs to pick up the
phone today and like hash this out and be.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Done with I agree with that too. I agree.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
I agree that with Kevin and Shannon on the fact
that you know what, don't let another day go by.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
I don't agree with you though.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Suck you know, suck my laugh thinky don't make my heart? Jen?
What's going on?
Speaker 8 (07:00):
Jen?
Speaker 7 (07:01):
Ann?
Speaker 9 (07:02):
I am in the same boat. My best friend, my
only female friend because I don't have female friends. For
my fortieth birthday, she said she had to go camping
with her boyfriend that weekend, So I understand that. And
I was waiting for a text the phone call before
after and I got nothing, and so I was like, Okay,
forget this. Well, her birthday came around, I didn't do
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nothing to her. We haven't talked in about a year
and a half. Now, Wow, I feel like I won't
I won't reach out and contact her because I was
stalky about my birthday.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
We had just reconnected to Jen and reach out to her.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Please.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
Life is too short. It's not worth it, you know what, Jen.
Here's the thing, though, here's the thing. Life is too short.
If this person was a really good friend before this,
you know what, People make mistakes. And then the other
thing too, is she owes it to you. So guess
what You're going to be able to have her kiss
your ass for a little bit when you call her
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up and say, hey, you know whatever, let her let her,
let her make it up to you.
Speaker 9 (08:05):
I'll think about it.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Okay, she's not gonna do it a penny, what's up, Penny?
How you doing?
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Hi?
Speaker 9 (08:12):
There?
Speaker 7 (08:14):
I I understand being really disappointed, especially when your best
friend can't go, But Anna, I think you gave her
way too much power on that day because you canceled
on an other friends who would have been there with you.
And yeah, I think it still would have been sad
that she wasn't there, but you know, you still could
have went out with the friends that were there for
you and wanted to celebrate with you. And I don't
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you know. I work in a mental health field. I
work with a lot of teenagers and adolescents, and one
of the things we especially with my younger girls, that
we work on a lot, is you can't let someone's
ruin an entire day for you and take so much
power from you by being like, oh, like everything's terrible
because this person can't go.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Yeah, that's a great that's a great point. Don't let
don't let that person have the power to ruin. Let
me let me ask you this question.
Speaker 6 (09:03):
Do you, because you're in the mental health field, do
you agree with Mojo that a lot of people are
just using that as an excuse these days.
Speaker 7 (09:14):
I don't want to say necessarily yes, but also not
necessarily no. I do think people have trouble feeling uncomfortable
and knowing how to cope with it. I think instead
of learning how to cope and maybe putting themselves out
of their comfort zone in order to kind of push
past it, I don't know. I guess the example I'll
give is like when you're depressed, your brain says, Oh,
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I want to stay in bed all day. I don't
want to cook, I don't want to clean, I don't
want to see my friends. But the way to get
out of that rut is to get yourself out of
that see your friends. Try to pick up a few
things off the floor. I'm sorry, I didn't meant to
give you guys a mini therapy, but it can be
really hard. It can be very hard, especially when those
symptoms are so high, because some people really just can't
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shower when they're that depressed. And my thing that I've
worked on with my kiddos is, can you at least
do a bird math like if we can't shower, can
we do little things? Because that will be the thing
that pulls you out of it. When you give into
those feelings of I'm uncomfortable, I'm said, so I have
to sit here, that's when you're really getting yourself stuck.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Thank you for the call, appreciate it. Uh what's up, Olivia?
Speaker 8 (10:20):
Hey, first time, long time, no mojo. I just want
to give you a little pushback. Thing that Enna's friend
was using the mental health as an excuse, I totally disagree.
I think grief it comes in ways you can't time it.
Her friend may have been feeling like, you know, she'd
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be able to make it, but then you never know
how it's going to hit you. You can't plan for greef,
it just sneaks up on me.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Then what I would hope is that she would say, Anna,
I can't be there, but tomorrow, if it's a better day,
I'm coming over.
Speaker 8 (10:59):
You could and didn't.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
No, But did she say that to you when she
said she couldn't gone. What did she say to you?
Speaker 3 (11:05):
I don't know exactly. I feel like I blacked out.
I was so upset, but yeah, just something.
Speaker 8 (11:11):
And then Anna, I understand you being disappointed about your
friend not being there, but I feel like you still
could have celebrated your birthday party, maybe not how you
wanted it, but doing absolutely nothing you.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
Know, Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think you should just get.
Speaker 8 (11:28):
Back in contact with your friend, check on her, see
how she's doing. I think that you guys can kind
of smooth this over and work it up.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
How did the other friends take it when you canceled
the plans?
Speaker 3 (11:38):
So this was also part of the issue. And this
happens every year too, because it's close to the holidays,
Like I had invited six girlfriends, three of them already
had things going on like a holiday party or work
or something, and then she canceled on me. And then
somebody else told me they were running late at a
holiday party, so then it would have just been me
and one other girl. And I was like, I don't
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just want to like we were supposed to have six
people and now it's just me and one person, Like,
I don't want to do that.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
So well guess what that one person was.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
But they reacted well like that. They were like, oh,
are you sure, like let me come over, let me
do this, And I was just so mad.
Speaker 4 (12:13):
I was just like, I don't want to do anything.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
You know what I think?
Speaker 2 (12:15):
And I've always said this, I believe that I believe
that God does things in mysterious ways that one person
might be your go to, as weird as it may seem.
And some people may think it's fairy tale because they
don't believe and stuff, but I believe that sometimes God
does things like this where he changes this best friend
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that you've had forever and makes you go, you know
what this is really who the friend is.
Speaker 5 (12:41):
Or to spend one on one time with that person
for us.
Speaker 3 (12:44):
It does take me like, I appreciate that person so
much more because we weren't like best best friends.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
Now you're closer though, Yeah for sure. Yeah,