The story with the same name is definitely trying to erase his first daughter.Also it is like the girlfriend doesn't see her bf's first daughter as legitimate because the mother and him weren't in a relationship. The child's father saying his first daughter can just get a nickname instead is wild. He is a pos.

Story 1: The reason the husband is so useless is the same reason his mom is defending him: he’s used to being babied!!!!

If anyone is gonna call someone out for being pathetic-it better their own sibling, nah, we are the ones who temper each other. Sis is the only one who can call him out ESPECIALLY if their mom is all "oh my sweet boy". Sister in law deserves a partner who gives as much as she does.

The newly stay at home husband is definitely doing it on purpose. I am sure he hates that he has to do those things. Many men look down on house work & child care & only see it as a woman's job. Unfortunately, I have a brother like that even though we both grew up in a single father parent household.

Story 1: maybe the husband is failing badly on purpose as a way of acting out (I know, adult, but they do this). He needs lots of counseling to figure out if he’s depressed about no longer having a standard job and he’s struggling with his self image. Being that late multiple times is intentional, you don’t care enough to get up earlier. Man needs to figure his stuff out. Good luck to the wife and kids.

On the coffee maker story. Tell ur husband, to get unattached, since the gift was yours, you will be giving it back! That’s ur choice, and it’s ur gift. If he wants it, he can pay the $30.

The story about the daughters name is so crazy, bc it’s not similar but just as weird so my brother had just started to date this girl she was a nice person and everything but my mom was pregnant at the time but for some reason they named her the same name as her Michelle and it was the weirdest shit ever I’ll never forget what I said “ all the names in the world and yall chose that “ weird .

The germ one is sad lol, he obviously has a form of OCD. I used to have OCD where I’d check if I locked something multiple times and washed my hands because of germs to the point they were raw. He may need anxiety meds

Story 4 is like Brian McKnight. Named his new baby Brian Jr even tho he has an older Brian Jr.

Unless that husband can’t ever get to work on time, there’s no excuse for him not getting the kids to school on time. Maybe he misjudges how much time it takes the first time, but repeatedly? No way. He just doesn’t care. He could have learned something from watching his wife doing things around the house. He could have helped. He could go get a job. All kinds of options. Choosing doing nothing is the no sympathy choice. I’ll bet he still doesn’t value all the work his wife did, either.

I think it's important to note that child care is a job people pay a lot of money for- people pay a lot of money to eat good food at restaurants, for house keeping, etc etc. Stay at home moms do all of these things and more. Women are FIERCE. Hug ya mama.

second story - OP and jen literally weren’t even hooking up / going to date; they just hit it off and danced together a bit, then went their separate ways after the wedding. also, when i initially heard the title i though OP ditched her before the wedding, which would have been shitty, but he did everything he was supposed to as a groomsman that got paired up with this bridesmaid. they went down the aisle together and then danced a bit at the reception. kelly and liz were getting upset over literally nothing.

On the bikini story This is the one time where I'm grateful for having sewing and clothing knowledge because I've been in that situation and the only way I've come away from it without anyone getting upset is leveraging hey you have this body shape this is more flattering and presenting options. Like I have straight up had one of my bigger friends ask me does this make me look fat and I'll be like it's not that it makes you look fat It just isn't flattering your shape cause if you see here it's causing you to have this boob sag but if you took this other top it elevates you and gives you this nice like slim thick figure and I think that's what your desiring more. And she went from completely body conscious and hating her body to admiring a feature of her body that she hadn't seen before.

I'm a professional house cleaner and I LOVE doing vacuum designs lol presentation is key. Lots of fun stuff you can create. I also do Origami toilet paper folds 😂

First story: We know his wife can teach him how she did it all, because she taught OP. He is failing his family and his kids.

I have a blue velvet couch that I spent $1,000 on, I'm super proud of my couch and I love it. I also have a dog and a white cat. So every day I have a blanket thrown over my couch, and the blanket only comes off for washing and when I have visitors over, I also vacuum my couch regularly. Germ guy needs therapy, stop making your phobia other people's problems. It's not hard to protect a couch

52:23 NTA - don’t you dare give any money. You shouldn’t even tell the person how much gifts cost if you can help it much less ask for the money. Stand your ground. If hubby wants it, then hubby, “I gift you a coffee machine. Now pay your mama.”

I have never been this early to a KZfaq video ever Lmfao! Love y’all’s podcast, you all crack me tf up and I love it, esp the musical improv 🤣

she bought the coffee pot for her son and wanted DIL to go in. if that was the conversation then ok. but u cant cover that up as a gift

One of my co-workers, hooked me up with one of her friends. One day, my co-worker told me, the name she was going by is actually her middle name. And she doesn't go by her first name. Mainly due to her dad having another daughter from another women, and the her sister having the same name as her.

1. NTA - he needs to learn how to handle it or get a job. No excuse for not being able to take care of the kids 2. NTA - you have a right to not like someone. The expectation that this wedding was going to be a meet cute for them and that this would be a story to tell their kids…total exaggerated fantasy.

I thought the name thing was going to be one of those where it's based on a favourite book/tv/movie/game character that the parent used to crush on. I was not expecting that at all!

So the 5th story I kinda get his thought process of not wanting outside germs on his couch cause I change clothes as well when I get home. However I would not require a guest to change to sit in my living room or kitchen but I did purposefully buy a leather couch so I could wipe it down when guests leaves. Also I have a few blankets I can cover the couch with and then change later after guests leave.

My go to saying for sharing the work load in the house is "it doesn't have to be 50/50, it just has to add up to 100" This is the way I can take time when I'm sick to not feel guilty about resting when I need it

Just wanted to say, it's fantastic to see that you guys now upload the reddit story with the videos, it's so helpful for following along tysm for listening to us!

44:22 As someone who ALWAYS changes my clothes as soon as I come home before I sit on anything. I would never ask people to bring a change of clothes when they come over lol. OP needs to understand everyone has a different level of cleanliness and just like they were saying, don't have people over then. Growing up for me at least I realized it was a cultural thing that me and my family did, or other people from similar backgrounds, and that some of my friends didn't change when they got home. You can't expect everyone to conform to your way of life. From one clean freak to another maybe just don't have people over or get some granny plastic so you can disinfect it after! :)

I just wanna say I just found this podcast a few weeks ago and I’ve watched so many eps!!! I didn’t know what day you guys released so I’ve been refreshing my KZfaq multiple times a day since Saturday wishing for a new ep

1:05:05 Bro what he says here is so extremely true. The only way to help someone who is in a cycle they should hate is is to show them love, then they will be able to tell the difference between the two, and decide for themselves which is better.

The coffee machine story sounds like he was complaining to his mama that his wife was complaining about the coffee machine, so that his mama would get him a new one 😂

I love Sahdia!!! Please make her a regular!!! This show needs more not-man voices haha!

First one is NTA for sure. You mean to tell me I was waking up at 5am meal prepping, keeping the house clean, the kids happy, and now I’m going to work full time and you can’t even keep the house clean much less have a meal ready for when I get home? Tuh. Divorce

Because Sam was so into Ottomans for the name of podcast fans, his fans could be the Otto-sams.

The fact that Sadia just imploded with how much she loves vacuuming and how excited she was about Brandon doing designs in the carpet. 🤣🤣 Y'all are so wholesome

For the bikini story, I feel like we are missing context. Idk I've been in situations similar where nothing is SAID but you can tell through looks, tone, body language etc that they are judging you. Idk I just feel the friend just wanted to be supported through the body changes that literally sound out of their control, not to be shamed and I feel y'all were a little harsh on the friend

Just wanna say that this is my favorite podcast / parasocial relationship, you guys have the best chemistry ive ever seen on such a production

Imagine the MIL got the coffee maker for free and was trying to get a quick buck lol

i LOVE when she’s on she’s prob one of my fav guests

Best case scenario for the first story, he genuinely hasn’t been taught how to do these things and he’s lazy and unwilling to learn, worst case: weaponised incompetence. I truly feel for is wife, as somebody who grew up with parents like this. Side note: can we stop with mothers coddling their fully grown-ass sons. Ma’am that is an adult male not a child. This is such a reoccurring theme in so many reddit posts. Not only have you refused to teach him basic human skills for survival, but you’re now defending his pathetic inability to function as a responsible partner and father, while trying to make your daughter out as the villain for holding him accountable like YOU should’ve done years ago. Get in the literal BIN

I literally watched all your episodes through out the last few weeks! Love you guys

So glad I found this channel. Every reaction to the baby name was hilarious. Y'all are dope.

Plastic raincoats gives off serial unaliver vibes, no lie. 😅

Ahhh Maddie's hoodie! Love to see creators supporting fellow creators and Bailey is a favorite of mine.

Story 3. Can't stand people who expect everyone to be a yes man for them

the smiles at the end were so cute lmao

You all are the cutest KZfaqrs I have ever seen. Love the show and especially how you all interact with one another. Laughing so much on this episode. 😂

It comes off as the girlfriend was trying to replace the first daughter with the new daughter. In what world does the first daughter go by a nickname and the second now gets to use the name. That’s so weird

My experience with my siblings-in-law is that I'm not very close to them. It's more that I became less close to my siblings after they got married because their immediate family is their spouses now, not me. So I really don't see any problem with the OP just deciding that she's not going to put up with her brother-in-law's disrespect anymore. OP can just tell her sister, "I don't associate with cheaters. That's the decision I am making for myself regarding your husband. What you do is entirely up to you." Maybe taking that hard stand will be the kick in the pants the sister needs to realize she deserves better. Maybe not, but OP is well within her rights to cut a toxic person out of her life.

yall are so entertaining to watch !!!!

Coffee machine: Husband is the AH. He set this up. He told MIL OP wanted a coffee maker because *he* wanted a coffee maker. Ask me about my pathological liar thief first husband who kept me from communicating with his mother and how I know.

Do all us singles a favor and DO NOT set us up at your wedding. Yes we love, love and we're glad you're tying the knot but that doesn't mean we need to be set up with one of your friends.

We need an update on the first story with the inept husband/father!!!!

Ok the changing clothes story I have the same fears but I put a blanket over my couch if guests are over. Now if it were my bed absolutely not, no outside clothes on my bed lol

On the same name story, It's actually a family tradition for a certain branch of my family to name all the sons the exact same thing. But for God's sake we at least at least address them with different nicknames You've got Junior You've got HR you've got Henry it's all the same name but we we do something with it. What in the Targaryen is going on here!

42:10 this is like another office story, andy was originally named walter jr, but when his younger brother was born they changed it and named the younger one walter jr😂

the sports commentary segment was my favvvvv LMAO

I'm in the same situation that SJ is in. I totally understand what Brandon is saying and I know that is what you are supposed to do because these people isolate their victims from loved ones, but my one friend is in a really terrible relationship. They getting these nasty fights she's told me things have gotten physical before they say awful things to each other and it's just not good. And then she would complain to me and say that they were arguing and that she's sitting up on the roof of their condo building and is upset. And after a while I got sick of talking to her about it because she wouldn't do anything so I just stopped talking to her for real. And I know that's not what you're supposed to do but at the same time I was sick of having my own anxieties about her relationship. I would get really anxious that something bad was going to happen to her. There was one night where she text me and she said that she might need to leave and then I didn't hear back from her. And I called her and called her and didn't get any sort of answer. And I ended up messaging her sister and was like can you check on her please. And then I thought she was mad at me cuz she finally answered me back. She wasn't mad at me for messaging her sister but I sort of made myself scarce cuz I thought she was mad. Then she was upset because she thought that I had just randomly blocked her or something and I didnt. But the final straw was when I was just like he needs to get punched in the face and then she sent me a message and was like he saw what you sent me because he goes through my phone because I don't have anything to hide and he was like why does this guy want me to get punched in my face?? And I was like I don't appreciate that you're telling me not to say stuff when if he would have scrolled up a few messages and saw what you told me that he did he would understand and he knows why. And so I was like I don't know what you want me to do you complain to me I tell you what to do you don't do it so I'm sick of it. So now I really only just send her tik toks and that's what our relationship has become. I hope maybe someday she'll finally get out of her head and get out of that situation. I hope that OP's sister does the same thing as well. It's not a a fun time for either party.

Brandon is so empathetic and thoughtful :,)

Love when Sahdia is on!

I’m the bikini story, I think that girl was having a hard time with her new body. She gained the weight from antidepressants so clearly she was already having some struggles with her mental health. I understand that she was nagging her friend and asking what she really thinks but I think OP could have handled it better. Also, I’m not accusing but I am curious if OP had made any other kind of passive or elusive comments or even facial expressions about her body prior to this that maybe had her friend on edge. I think this was a case of a girl having a tough time mentally dealing with her newly changed body and a friend who wasn’t able to navigate that with her. I don’t think OP was an asshole but I do think they could be a better friend.

lol i have two siblings with the same name because apparently my dad just really liked the name. they have the same first and last name, but different middle names and thats usually how we differentiate.

I am obsessed with this podcast!!! Glad I found it!

It’s what they always say. If you make your wife feel like a single mother, she’ll become a single mother.

I feel like if she said she preferred the bikini she would've accused her of lying to make her feel better and then still accuse her of calling her fat because of that.

The cheapest coffee machine wasn’t 80 dollars. Let’s start there. Mil and hubs are up to SHENANIGANS

For the coffee story, the Mom asked the son what you wanted and she got that…and it wasn’t what you wanted it’s what the husband wanted…and now that the Mom wants the money back the son isn’t going to pay it.

Excited for my afternoon stories

27:43 yall said kelly so much it doesn't sound right 😂☠️

I really wish this episode was way way longer :(

When they started saying Brittany my head swiveled so fast lmao 🤣

The sports commentary on the MIL had me rollin laughin my booty off 💀

story 1 is weaponised incompetence. I understand things can be clunky when you change schedules initially, but you should fall into a routine after a little bit.

I have several thoughts about the stories but I came here to say PLEASE do more sports commentating of the stories. Please. The way I CACKLED.

Clear tarps guy needs to get help ASAP before he spirals into germ a phobia. While I feel the same about changing as soon as I get home, the way I combat this is using couch covers and chair covers and only telling folks to take their shoes off which is less strange. The covers are fitted and washable because what’s the point of worrying about germs on your furniture if you aren’t washing the couch/chair soft materials from day to day use anyway. There’s still your own hair and hair products, dead skin cells, oils, and sweat to wash off that he’s not thinking about negating 50% of what he’s trying to do. It’s cleaner to just have swappable washable furniture covers to rotate just like you do your bedding.

What to say to the sister who is married to the cheater. "Honey, I know you want to make the marriage work. But you are asking me to be friendly whos destroying one of the people I love most in the world. I will be polite, when I have to be near him, but I cannot even pretend to be friends with someone who hurts you so much and so often. I will always be there for you, but I look at him and want to destroy him for hurting you. I am not that good of an actress. I promise to be cordial but thats all I can promise."

A man who can't do much as get the kids to school on time, and has a minimum of six hours child free (8 According to op) and the house is a disaster, that man has no pride.

I really wonder why the wife and husband switched. He lost his job? How? Was he being a bad employee? He couldn't get another full-time job? She was only working part-time. Yet she got a good full-time position so quickly? I wonder if he is was a bum at work too?

Lol " hopefully not" haha 😂😂 Sahdia is hilarious 😂

The new stay at home husband could be depressed. He just lost his job and now he’s dealing with a new set of things that he can’t handle maybe mentally right now.

11 minutes ago LETS GOOOOOOOOO TIME TO GET COMFYYY

Fave guest? Fave guest!!! Do I miss cousin Sam? Yes. But FAVE GUEST!!!! Lol 💖

Sounds like the friend needs to continue counseling. She couldn't handle the truth she ASKED FOR

26:41 idk I feel like you can definitely tell when a brotha doesn’t like the chocolate. 💀 I think that’s her fault.

Oh no, not Brandon making my eyes water up, TEN SECONDS from the end with his "love and hate" comment.

Add some baking soda to your carpets, let it sit for 15 minutes and then vacuum, my new obsession.

isn'r Sam's fan club called the ottomans? LOL

This guy in the first story needs to see Mr Mom.

Heavyweight Professional boxer George Foreman named ALL of his sons are named George after him. 😳

The story about the baby names: two words GEORGE FOREMAN

I noticed sams importance in this podcast because without him then it's just filled with good takes

4. Kinda TA - timing is everything but they didn’t share the name before the baby was born? There has to be a better reason than it’s a pretty name. Especially since the 1st born had it 1st.

The guy who can’t keep up, can bedepressed or burnout, sometimes asking for help is hard.

OH THANK GOD literally just ran out of ur videos

Story 1. He could be depressed about not working.

Ok I'm gonna need a sportscaster reddit recap every episode now that was 👩‍🍳💋

Okay, so the 5th story. I'm a clean freak, I do change my clothes, but I don't expect others, I usually clean after people leave. But as soon people enter, the shoes have to go.. I can't stand shoes inside, it's just so discussing......

What about calling the Sam’s fan club “The Sammies” 😂

The person with extreme mysophobia (fear of germs) has a lot of understanding people, but really should consider therapy for it because it's impacting relationships and it Can be treated.

The gift giving - I have often looked into buying people expensive gifts, but if it's something far out of my budget i often either find another friend who will help finance the gift (joint gift) or to the person who wanted it. Maybe offer to cover half (or more) of the cost and they cover the other half. That seems a lot better than to just say,, hey i made this fake number in my head and i went over it, so im asking for the cost difference from you. the fuck? then again, I have often given people $200+ gifts and frequently spend a LOT during xmas on my immediate family (around 200 per person, and then a big gift/gift idea for the household. One year was coffee, so it included a ninja coffee machine, french press, coffee, accesories, etc). I try to spend that much on bday's too. I have never thought to just buy something and then request money back. That's wild.

50:27 Drop the MIL and the hubby. Neither sound like they worth 30 bucks

Petition to have Sahdia on more often!