WEBVTT - Awkward Thursday: No Free Family Dinner

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<v Speaker 1>You know what you demand and we deliver. That's how

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<v Speaker 1>it works here. Sometimes it is Yes it Welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast. Thank you so much for being here.

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<v Speaker 2>We got a brand new episode for you, and it

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<v Speaker 2>is an awkward Thursday phone call.

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<v Speaker 3>For you.

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<v Speaker 1>We got some holiday drama definitely brewin.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna help this guy out in just a second,

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<v Speaker 2>but first, we love featuring your comments.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, and Peter Willshutt said, I just wanted to say

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<v Speaker 4>I'm second date update addicted. I love to listen to

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<v Speaker 4>these crazy stories. My neighbors started listening after I had

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<v Speaker 4>y'all on speaker in my garden. Never change love from Holland.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Why do I picture his garden just all tulips? Yeah

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<v Speaker 1>that's so rad.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, thanks for listening all over the world. It really

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<v Speaker 2>truly makes our day. And enjoy this awkward Thursday.

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<v Speaker 5>When your spouse says they refuse to come with you

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<v Speaker 5>to your family Thanksgiving for the first time in five years,

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<v Speaker 5>you know something is up.

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<v Speaker 1>That that that was the first hit.

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<v Speaker 3>Or maybe upside down.

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<v Speaker 5>You know you're about to hear some drama that's been

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<v Speaker 5>going down between a brother and a sister that's turning

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<v Speaker 5>their Turkey day into Berserki day.

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<v Speaker 3>And are you trying?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you trying to coin that term?

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<v Speaker 5>It is and the only possible way for them to

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<v Speaker 5>fix it is by us doing a special awkward Thursday

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<v Speaker 5>phone call.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just gonna skip over that Berserki line.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, Brook, you come up with the joke.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Coming out drama will be juicy, just like the Thanksgiving

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<v Speaker 2>bird boom.

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<v Speaker 6>It's coming up next.

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<v Speaker 5>It's Awkward Thursday's Thursday.

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<v Speaker 1>Our listeners love.

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<v Speaker 5>That's right back by popular demand. It's the Awkward Thursday

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<v Speaker 5>phone call.

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<v Speaker 1>I love of our high end imaging that we have

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<v Speaker 1>on this.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't sense any sarcasm.

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<v Speaker 5>Since Thanksgiving always lands on Thursdays, this is perfect because

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<v Speaker 5>today's awkward call is about Turkey.

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<v Speaker 3>Day's strange.

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<v Speaker 5>It's usually such a peaceful, non confrontational holiday, just heard

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<v Speaker 5>and football and constant hugs.

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<v Speaker 1>Any drama coming out of that day.

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<v Speaker 5>No, But apparently one of our listeners, Patrick is dealing

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<v Speaker 5>with some family drama, so he's requested our help.

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<v Speaker 3>Patrick, how does.

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<v Speaker 5>It feel being the only family in America with an

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<v Speaker 5>awkward Thanksgiving?

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<v Speaker 7>I've fel sposed to like a normal day inding and

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<v Speaker 7>why for me.

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<v Speaker 1>It's technic all the time, he's being sarcastic. We all

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<v Speaker 1>have family drama, so we got your back.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, there's us and famies that probably don't talk at all,

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<v Speaker 6>and that's the drama.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah. Yeah, Oh well I need help.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, I can't promise anything, but we'll try. So tell

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<v Speaker 5>us about the situation that's going on with you and

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<v Speaker 5>your Thanksgiving this year.

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<v Speaker 7>All right, So my sister has been hosting Thanksgiving now

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<v Speaker 7>for the past five or six years, and she's got

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<v Speaker 7>a really nice house. She's an awesome cook, which honestly

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<v Speaker 7>makes sense.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, she's a successful one in the family. I hear

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<v Speaker 1>what you're saying.

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<v Speaker 5>She wants to bragg to all the other family members

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<v Speaker 5>about how how great she is.

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<v Speaker 6>Guys, I think logistically it normally is that a person's

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<v Speaker 6>the bigger house.

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<v Speaker 2>That's like, we actually have a guest room that's empty

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<v Speaker 2>even though everyone's here.

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<v Speaker 7>Well, we'll just call her the golden goose.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, okay.

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<v Speaker 7>She apparently read some kind of news story in England

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<v Speaker 7>about a woman.

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<v Speaker 8>Who was hosting a family dinner and she.

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<v Speaker 7>Was charging per person to attend.

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<v Speaker 1>Goodness, Oh right.

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<v Speaker 7>I guess my sister said, well, I should do that

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<v Speaker 7>for Thanksgiving.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh no, we have heard other people before say that

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<v Speaker 5>they are charging their families on Thanksgiving because of the

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<v Speaker 5>extra costs that they have to do hosting and all

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<v Speaker 5>that stuff, So it's not totally unheard of.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it's basically asking them to chip in.

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<v Speaker 3>So how did your sister lay this out?

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<v Speaker 7>Well, she didn't tell me directly. She sent me and

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<v Speaker 7>my wife Evite with an RSVP option and there was

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<v Speaker 7>a note that said our family of four would cost

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<v Speaker 7>one hundred dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow.

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<v Speaker 7>My wife thinks it's a joke. So she got on

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<v Speaker 7>the phone with my sister and she found out she

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<v Speaker 7>was actually serious, and they got into it. So now

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<v Speaker 7>my wife's feelings are hurt and she doesn't want to go,

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<v Speaker 7>and she's already on the plane ticket to go visit

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<v Speaker 7>her family in another city.

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<v Speaker 3>Go how much money is her family charging?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you saying that.

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<v Speaker 2>You and your my wife for right now splitting up

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<v Speaker 2>for Thanksgiving? You would go with your family and she

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<v Speaker 2>would go with hers.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, oh that is a dream for you, right Brooke.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I actually like being with my in laws. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean I'd make fun of him a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I was talking about the family, But where's your

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<v Speaker 2>problem because I feel like you have a problem now

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<v Speaker 2>with your wife and adultso with your sister.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 7>Well I went and I told my sister about the

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<v Speaker 7>situation and tried to make her feel guilty.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh okay.

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<v Speaker 8>Her response was good.

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<v Speaker 7>We don't need her and it's still be one hundred bucks.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh oh wait, shouldn't it only be seventy five if

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<v Speaker 2>you're bringing you in the two cads?

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<v Speaker 7>That's that's what I asked her. I told her, but

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<v Speaker 7>it's only three of us now, it should be twenty

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<v Speaker 7>five dollars per person.

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<v Speaker 8>And my sister just says, no, it's one hundred dollars.

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<v Speaker 7>Her family.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, she's her family, not her plate. Okay.

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<v Speaker 7>Well, even to the woman that she read about in England,

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<v Speaker 7>that was just for a dinner party, you know, it

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<v Speaker 7>wasn't a family gathering where everyone's supposed to be together

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<v Speaker 7>for a happy, joyous Thanksgiving. So obviously my sister is

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<v Speaker 7>a little she's a little out of control, and now

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<v Speaker 7>I need help talking some sense into her. And I

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<v Speaker 7>just could use some advice guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so you want to call your sister?

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<v Speaker 7>Yes, because my wife says she's already done with this

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<v Speaker 7>situation and the whole Thanksgiving thing, and I'm just wanting

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<v Speaker 7>to kind of mend defenses here and just try to

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<v Speaker 7>save Thanksgiving essentially.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I ask what it would take for your wife

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<v Speaker 1>to that? I was going to say, can come to

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<v Speaker 1>come back?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? How much money do we have to pay your wife?

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<v Speaker 3>Book out?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I'm curious, like, are we wanting your sister? Are

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<v Speaker 2>you asking her to apologize? Or are you asking her

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<v Speaker 2>to drop the fee?

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<v Speaker 3>Like?

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<v Speaker 2>What what would it take to keep things peaceful?

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<v Speaker 7>Basically, just look at the situation and say, this is

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<v Speaker 7>a family gathering. We need to be together as a family.

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<v Speaker 7>This isn't a paid per plate kind of deal.

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<v Speaker 4>Has anybody else in your family complained about it?

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<v Speaker 7>Several people have talked about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, have they already paid her?

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<v Speaker 7>Uh?

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<v Speaker 8>Yes, some of them have have actually paid for this?

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<v Speaker 8>Oh wow what hey? I told them, don't do it

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<v Speaker 8>because I have friends in radio.

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<v Speaker 7>Who are the experts?

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<v Speaker 3>Who are they?

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh you dad the wrong number?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh oh you're talking about us? Oh god?

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>Yah, Patrick, Okay, we can do this Thanksgiving.

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<v Speaker 2>And there's nothing more that Alexis likes in asking people

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<v Speaker 2>for money.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, maybe just have the hundred bucks ready in case.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, but we need to try to think of some

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<v Speaker 5>advice to give to Patrick before he calls his sister

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<v Speaker 5>and asks her to see reason before Thanksgiving.

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<v Speaker 1>Here, Yeah, drop the charges sis.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, Patrick, are you cool with cursing because that may

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<v Speaker 5>affect Brooks advice.

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<v Speaker 7>If she has the ears. I got the tone.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, I've never heard that saying I don't know heard that,

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<v Speaker 2>not even sure what it means.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm kind of into it.

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<v Speaker 5>But we'll come back with your advice to let you

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<v Speaker 5>make your awkward Thursday phone call.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanksgiving edition coming up right after this.

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<v Speaker 1>Get the dump button ready.

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<v Speaker 3>To It's awkward. It's Thursday. It's awkward Thursday.

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<v Speaker 5>Nothing says Thanksgiving like charging your family money to be

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<v Speaker 5>in your presence.

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<v Speaker 3>That's when it's not good. It's sweet.

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<v Speaker 5>It's not totally unheard of because it is a pretty

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<v Speaker 5>expensive meal. But our listener Patrick is in a unique

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<v Speaker 5>situation where his sister is charging one hundred dollars per family.

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<v Speaker 5>Even though Patrick's wife is already backed out of the

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<v Speaker 5>event and frustration, his sister's still hitting him with the

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<v Speaker 5>full one hundred dollars fee for him and his two children.

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<v Speaker 2>To attend, and mind you, how she sent the news

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<v Speaker 2>be a bite, Yeah, it wasn't like a text threat.

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<v Speaker 5>Even I'm impressed by it too, don't get me wrong. Aggressive, yes,

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<v Speaker 5>but clearly it is disturbing the entire family vibe. So

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<v Speaker 5>Patrick is desperate for some advice on how to get

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<v Speaker 5>his sister to see reason. Maybe lower the fees, just

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<v Speaker 5>do something to get this holiday back on track. So

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<v Speaker 5>it's more about giving again. So Broke, what's your advice

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<v Speaker 5>for Patrick?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, honestly, Patrick, she's your sister.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to explain to her this is dividing the family.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that what she really wants? Make her see that

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<v Speaker 2>and listen. If that doesn't work, to reason, you just

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<v Speaker 2>let her know that you may or may not be

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<v Speaker 2>sharing a very embarrassing story from childhood at the thing.

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<v Speaker 7>That's only reason.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, I'm going to beat you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, a little blackmail in a sibling relationship is healthy.

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<v Speaker 5>Healthy Patrick, I'm not hearing from me. You are you

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<v Speaker 5>down for a little family extortion to save Thanksgiving?

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<v Speaker 1>Can you a good story.

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<v Speaker 8>If it saves Thanksgiving?

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<v Speaker 7>Absolutely?

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, let's remember that one. And Jose, what's your advice?

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<v Speaker 6>Well, you're not gonna get very far in the discussion

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<v Speaker 6>if she's already like gotten into it with your wife, right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>I know, which adds drama. So maybe just to keep

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<v Speaker 6>the peace, you tell her I'll slide you one hundred bucks,

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<v Speaker 6>but just tell my wife it was free.

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<v Speaker 3>Just say, hey, I took the fee off.

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<v Speaker 7>I'll use that if it's a last resort.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, okay.

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<v Speaker 3>What's your sister's name? Patrick?

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<v Speaker 7>Oh yeah, Angela.

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<v Speaker 5>Hopefully we're gonna melt Angela's cold, cold heart.

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<v Speaker 6>He sounds like a.

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<v Speaker 1>Very lovely he's definitely the oldest sibling.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, no question.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, it's a little hot in there though, so maybe

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<v Speaker 5>a little melting action could be in the store.

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<v Speaker 3>Here we go, I'm gonna down the number. Patrick, you've

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<v Speaker 3>got this man?

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<v Speaker 8>Hello, Hey, Angie, it's Patrick.

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<v Speaker 9>Wait, sorry, do you change your number? This was like

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<v Speaker 9>some random.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I know, I kind of dropped the old phone

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<v Speaker 7>and the toilet and I just had I just had

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<v Speaker 7>to get a new phone.

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<v Speaker 9>So yeah, no, I thought it was one of those

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<v Speaker 9>stam calls of getting so many completely it's ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 7>Well, trying to extend your car's limited warranty, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 9>Something like that.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I've been getting those two.

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<v Speaker 8>Gotta talk to you about something.

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<v Speaker 7>Okay, it's about this whole Thanksgiving fee.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 9>I think it's gonna be one of the best Thanksgivings

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<v Speaker 9>we've had.

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<v Speaker 7>Okay, how do you figure that? Like, you're well, charging

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<v Speaker 7>your own family to spend time at your house.

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<v Speaker 9>Well, sure, I mean with the stress of money and

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<v Speaker 9>the grocery bills and the cleaning bills afterward. I mean,

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<v Speaker 9>this year, it looks like I'm actually gonna have a

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<v Speaker 9>bit of a surplus here.

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<v Speaker 7>What huh, you're making money off of this?

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<v Speaker 9>I mean at first they thought, you know, I was

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<v Speaker 9>just barely gonna break even. But then it came to me.

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<v Speaker 3>What did well, Baba and Papa, what are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 9>Well, okay, they're old. You know, they're gonna need priority parking,

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<v Speaker 9>So the driveway is just going to be roped off

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<v Speaker 9>just for them so they can get in and out easily.

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<v Speaker 9>And it's just going to be like fifty dollars a pop.

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<v Speaker 7>What are you talking about? You're charging our grandparents.

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<v Speaker 9>For an important service. I think it's going to be

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<v Speaker 9>one of our most successful thanksgivings. And if you don't come,

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<v Speaker 9>you're gonna you're gonna miss out. I mean the food's

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<v Speaker 9>going to be next level.

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<v Speaker 7>I mean it's always like really good, but.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, well this year it's going to be even better.

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<v Speaker 9>I mean I've had like three people, I think pay

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<v Speaker 9>for upgrades for the pies this year.

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<v Speaker 3>Is What is that?

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<v Speaker 2>No?

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<v Speaker 9>Okay, it was on the evite If you would care

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<v Speaker 9>to read it, you you get a bigger slice with

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<v Speaker 9>more witch cream for seven dollars.

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<v Speaker 7>WHOA, what are you going to do next? Pay to

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<v Speaker 7>use the restroom?

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<v Speaker 9>Look, don't be ridiculous. I mean I'm being practical. The

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<v Speaker 9>whole reason that I'm doing this in the first place

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<v Speaker 9>is to help pay for a new garage door. Okay,

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<v Speaker 9>wait what a garage door?

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<v Speaker 7>Angie? Listen to yourself.

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<v Speaker 9>I accidentally hit it last week when I was watching

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<v Speaker 9>a TikTok while I was driving. What is who are

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<v Speaker 9>all these people?

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<v Speaker 1>Family?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 6>I can't afford to be in this family.

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<v Speaker 5>We're a family radio show, Angela, We're a morning show called.

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<v Speaker 1>Brook and jeffreyel Patrick.

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<v Speaker 9>What is this?

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<v Speaker 7>You're on a radio show. I wanted to get the

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<v Speaker 7>whole premise of why you think this is a good idea?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I mean he needed a little help obviously.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, so, Angela, this is called an Awkward Thursday phone call,

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<v Speaker 5>extremely popular segment nationwide.

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<v Speaker 3>You should listen.

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<v Speaker 5>But basically, your brother is a little bit frustrated with

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<v Speaker 5>how this whole Thanksgiving fee is going over.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, and he's not the only one, like you're dividing

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<v Speaker 2>the family.

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<v Speaker 1>His wife is refusing to come. You got in a

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<v Speaker 1>fight with her. Other family members are upset.

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<v Speaker 9>No one else has talked to me about this. It

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<v Speaker 9>seems like it's just his wife.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh okay.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't think that your family's talking behind your back

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<v Speaker 2>right now, Angie.

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<v Speaker 1>I have on Grandpa for sure.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Charging they're just definitely a thread that you're not on.

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<v Speaker 5>Just because they're not saying something directly to you doesn't

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<v Speaker 5>mean they're not a little bit uncomfortable with the situation unfolding.

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<v Speaker 9>I think it's entrepreneurial, Okay, Okay, it's a little.

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<v Speaker 5>Business savvy, but it's against you. Nobody's here saying we're

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<v Speaker 5>not going to steal that idea for ourselves and do

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<v Speaker 5>it at our own thanksgivings. We're not saying that, but

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<v Speaker 5>we are saying that clearly, your brother is struggling with

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<v Speaker 5>the whole concept.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's not very good at talking for himself clearly.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, Patrick, you should jump in and talk to

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<v Speaker 5>your sister about this. This is between you and your family.

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<v Speaker 7>I'm just trying to figure out what the hell is

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<v Speaker 7>going on with this whole situation. Angie. You know you

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<v Speaker 7>don't need to rope anything off. You don't even need

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<v Speaker 7>to charge.

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<v Speaker 3>That's not what Patrick's saying.

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<v Speaker 1>Angie.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't want your brother and his family to miss dinner,

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<v Speaker 2>do you, So.

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<v Speaker 9>He should pay the hundred and.

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<v Speaker 5>Be there, Okay, Patrick, I mean, look, it sounds like

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<v Speaker 5>not a lot is working here, so maybe.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a good time to go with Jose's advice.

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<v Speaker 7>All right, Angie, I'll slip you the one hundred dollars.

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<v Speaker 7>Just just don't tell Amanda. Okay, you're right, I'll just

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<v Speaker 7>tell her it's free.

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<v Speaker 9>M You know what, make it one fifty?

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<v Speaker 1>Have a deal? Is there a fifty dollars line? Surcharge?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that what you're doing?

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<v Speaker 9>Fifty dollars? Put me on the radio?

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<v Speaker 7>Searcharge? Now, Angie, that's just exploitatious.

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<v Speaker 1>It was Patrick.

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<v Speaker 3>It was exploitatious to put her on the radio. Patrick,

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<v Speaker 3>it's big if you admit the radio feed.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think they think Angie's really in the boss

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<v Speaker 2>in this situation.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you should take the deal.

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<v Speaker 4>Before it goes up into one and get your wife

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<v Speaker 4>the pie up grade you got to add.

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<v Speaker 7>Come on a good husband there, all right, all right,

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<v Speaker 7>I'll the one hundred and fifty dollars and throw in

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<v Speaker 7>a pie upgrade for my wife.

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<v Speaker 5>Wow.

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<v Speaker 9>Good doing business with you, brother.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh it's a happy Thanksgiving after all.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we failed him so hard.

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<v Speaker 7>I regret calling in.

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<v Speaker 5>The experts, rooking Jeffrey in the morning.

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<v Speaker 3>So what did we learn from all that?

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<v Speaker 5>Other than don't call us with your family problems because

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<v Speaker 5>we'll probably make them worse.

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<v Speaker 2>We learned that the older sister in that family has

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<v Speaker 2>like quite the business line she is.

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<v Speaker 1>She's a boss.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, we definitely learn people who are greedy trying

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<v Speaker 5>to profit off of family during the holidays. Those people

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<v Speaker 5>seem to come out on top. Yes, probably worth trying.

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<v Speaker 2>It, you know, I will say, though, even if she

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<v Speaker 2>profits a little, if she's hosted all of this and

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<v Speaker 2>done all the food for the last five years, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean she's still kind of losing money.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Okay, that's why you always get.

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<v Speaker 1>A different family member to host.

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<v Speaker 3>You gotta switch it up.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, something tells me that drama hasn't quite ended for

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<v Speaker 5>Angela and her family. She's gonna have a venmo QR

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<v Speaker 5>code up in the middle of the dinner table to

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<v Speaker 5>up charge gamgam for her second serving of greenach.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes.

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<v Speaker 5>Best of luck to Angela and Patrick and their entire

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<v Speaker 5>family this Thanksgiving. But if you ever need some help

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<v Speaker 5>in your personal life, you can always email the show.

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<v Speaker 3>We can do an Awkward Thursday phone call.

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<v Speaker 5>Awkward Tuesday, Awkward Wednesday are open now. Yeah, we'll do

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<v Speaker 5>it for you. Just find us online at Brooke and

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<v Speaker 5>Jeffrey