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Speaker 1: It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning, and we've dealt

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Speaker 1: with family drama on this show before. Just last month,

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Speaker 1: I volunteered to give Alexis's younger brother the Birds and

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Speaker 1: the Bees talk.

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Speaker 2: I love that, and now high we already know.

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Speaker 1: Well now he just calls me dad. What we really

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Speaker 1: got close after that conversation. We understand awkward family dynamics clearly,

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Speaker 1: and we're dealing with one today after something didn't go

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Speaker 1: so right at a children's birthday party a year ago.

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Speaker 1: It was so bad that it's still causing a rift

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Speaker 1: in the family that we're being asked to settle today.

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Speaker 1: I'm probably gonna have to get ready to explain how

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Speaker 1: certain things work. But you'll find out what happened in

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Speaker 1: your brand new awkward Tuesday phone call right after this.

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Speaker 2: It's awkward, It's Tuesday. It's awkward Tuesday phone call.

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Speaker 1: A few months ago, you all might remember we did

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Speaker 1: an awkward call for one of our listeners who needed

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Speaker 1: help asking the best man at her wedding to politely

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Speaker 1: back out because they used to date and her fiance

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Speaker 1: wasn't aware of that past relationship.

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Speaker 3: Want to tell us right.

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Speaker 1: So we called the guy eventually they worked it out.

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Speaker 1: But now fast forward to today and guess who's emailed

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Speaker 1: the show asking for our assistance.

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Speaker 2: Does that mean we get an update on the wedding?

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Speaker 3: Did the wedding happen?

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Speaker 1: No, we're not going back. He has a new problem

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Speaker 1: that he wants to deal with. The best man, Brad

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Speaker 1: has called in for help with a different situation in

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Speaker 1: an awkward call.

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Speaker 2: Brad, welcome back to the show Man.

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Speaker 4: Hey, thank you. Yeah, you guys kind of surprised me

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you were kind of the victim of the last

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Speaker 3: Awkward Tuesday, and now you're more the protagonist here, I hope.

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Speaker 4: So I don't really know what's going on. I'm super confused.

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Speaker 2: He's not sure what protagonist means, Brooks.

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Speaker 1: So you gotta Yeah, you're the person who's calling needing help.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, character energy, That's what I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: You're the main character of this Awkward Tuesday phone call.

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Speaker 1: So what's the situation that you're dealing with?

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Speaker 4: So this is a little more tame than last time,

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Speaker 4: for sure, But I'm just having an issue with my

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Speaker 4: sister Jenna right now.

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Speaker 2: Oka.

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Speaker 4: Quick backstory, I guess I'm divorced. I have two kids,

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Speaker 4: two boys, four and six. I love them. They're awesome,

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Speaker 2: Awesome. Yeah you have to say that though pretty much, but.

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Speaker 3: Just in case the court, I love them, I'm still

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Speaker 4: It also has to do with the situation. So, like

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Speaker 4: I found out my sister's having a birthday party for

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Speaker 4: her daughter at her house. Huh. But like my mom's

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Speaker 4: the one that told me about it. She's just like

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Speaker 4: mentioning it like obviously, like I was going, but I

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Speaker 4: didn't get any imitate about it. I didn't hear anything

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Speaker 2: Are you sure?

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Speaker 3: Because my husband's always like I didn't see that birthday invite.

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Speaker 4: Yes, That's what I'm saying. So I figured she's my sister.

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Speaker 4: She sucks at communicating anyway. So like I texted her,

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Speaker 4: I didn't like out like say it, but I was

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Speaker 2: What you feel like you weren't invited to the party

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Speaker 4: I feel like I know the reason and that's what's

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Speaker 2: Really there's a reason.

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Speaker 4: So like she's probably upset because last time there was

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Speaker 4: like any like birthday event in our family, Like I

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Speaker 4: brought my kids and they were rowdy, I want to say,

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Speaker 4: a couple of boys. I mean, yeah, they were loud.

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Speaker 4: Yes they were knocking everything over. Yes they have to

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Speaker 4: Like my special I don't get it, he asks, Like

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Speaker 4: And then my four year old is just pouring candy

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Speaker 2: Your kid is doing that.

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Speaker 4: Both of my kids are doing both of these.

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Speaker 3: So you're saying you think your sister isn't inviting your

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Speaker 4: Yeah, And I mean, like maybe I'm making it sound

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Speaker 4: they're misbehaving, and like I know, I've had to talk

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Speaker 4: to them and stuff about that it's hard to crall

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Speaker 4: to boys when they're running around by yourself, believe me.

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Speaker 4: But their kids and like their family, like, really, you're

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Speaker 2: What do you think she'd tell you that, like sibling

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Speaker 5: But I think that's why, Like I don't have kids,

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Speaker 5: but when you see bad kids, you tend to blame them.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but if it's your family, you just have to

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Speaker 3: accept no matter what they fear. Is so wait because

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Speaker 3: this is their cousin's birthday, right that they're not getting.

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Speaker 4: Invited to saying I want them to see their cousin,

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Speaker 4: Like I just need help convincing changing your mind.

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Speaker 1: I think, okay, okay, you're not going to do the

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Speaker 2: Members would do. That's such a little brother.

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Speaker 4: I want to they have a pool, like it'd be

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Speaker 1: You want to do the polite thing, And actually it

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Speaker 4: Yes, I would like to squash the beef, as we would.

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Speaker 3: Say Okay, that's I feel like that's a mature move,

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Speaker 3: like actually talk about it in a family instead of

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Speaker 3: just everybody talking behind each other's backs. You know, so

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Speaker 3: you got like four other group chats don't include each

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Speaker 1: Okay, but you feel like you're going to get pushed

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Speaker 4: Uh yeah, my sister can be terrifying a little bit.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. So wait, so once the like mission.

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Speaker 4: I get put it all out there so it's not awkward,

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Speaker 3: It's a little touchy too, because you don't want to

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Speaker 3: already enough, it sounds like in your family.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't want to be like I'm sorry and

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Speaker 3: Oh you you actually want to apologize for your kids

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Speaker 4: I mean, if you guys think I need to do that,

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Speaker 4: like that's what I'll do. But like I'll take your advice.

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Speaker 4: But I've tried that route and she's pretty stuck in

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Speaker 2: Okay, I mean it sounds delightful.

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Speaker 1: It is her party, her house, her rules, so her pool.

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Speaker 1: We're looking for her blessing to get them over, and

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Speaker 1: if she says no, then we'll unleash your children on

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Speaker 2: It's time with fire.

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Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, don't get out when you got to go

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Speaker 3: to the bathroom in that pool?

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Speaker 5: What the kids are going to be in the pool?

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Speaker 2: Didn't get that, but got it anyway.

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Speaker 1: We'll come with advice for you and let you make

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Speaker 1: your awkward Tuesday phone call to your sister to get

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Speaker 1: your children invited to her daughter's party. And your awkward

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Speaker 4: Thank you, all right, man, hold on, it's awkward.

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Speaker 2: It's it's awkward Tuesday phone call. Science has once claimed

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Speaker 2: it was impossible.

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Speaker 1: MythBusters refuse to even test it.

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Speaker 4: Wow.

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Speaker 1: The question, could candy infuse children spend three hours at

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Speaker 1: a birthday party and be somewhat well behaved?

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Speaker 2: It's scary answer.

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Speaker 1: We do because it happened a year ago for Brad

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Speaker 1: when he brought his children, four and six years old

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Speaker 1: them ended up causing chaos. And mischief. Yeah, it's all

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Speaker 1: the stuff little boys tend to do. Kids, right, And

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Speaker 1: I need to ask you, Brad, didn't your children break

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Speaker 4: I mean there was a broken lamp when we were leaving,

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Speaker 4: but I didn't see what happened to it.

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Speaker 3: You're just like the boys responsibilities lamp And she's like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: And his children did leave with a light bulb that day,

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Speaker 1: but you can't.

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Speaker 2: Connect the two of them. Okay, yeah, that's fine.

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Speaker 1: Now, maybe uh, Brooke has some advice for you before

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Speaker 2: Brook, What do you think?

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Speaker 3: I mean, I think when it comes to an older sister,

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Speaker 2: And this is getting really gress.

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Speaker 3: I'm saying, make or feel good, make or feel wanted needed,

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Speaker 3: That's what all old want. Yeah, you need to take

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Speaker 1: Yeah right, like they're smarter to have you been doing

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I've been trying to do like some

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Speaker 1: But okay, that might be worth bringing up to your

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Speaker 2: But Jose, what do you think do you have advice? Well,

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Speaker 5: Anytime I want something from my sister, I buy her

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Speaker 5: bunch of chocolate covered strawberries for anytime she wants, And

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Speaker 5: immediately she'll be.

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Speaker 1: Like, oh, yeah, yeah, come on over chocolate covered strawberries

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Speaker 1: to your sister.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, every Mother's Day.

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Speaker 5: I sent her her birthday.

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Speaker 2: It's kind of a sexy gift my mom too. Yeah, chocolate.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so maybe yes, bribe your sister with some sexy chocolates.

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Speaker 2: What do you think that?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't think I want to leave the sexy

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Speaker 4: chocolates out of it.

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Speaker 2: Okay, normal, normal chocolates and normal for us.

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna take a combo clatter from each of y'all.

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Speaker 4: She's smarter than me. She loves to rub that in

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Speaker 4: my face, so let's just put that angle.

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Speaker 3: We're getting an invite at the end of this for

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Speaker 3: the boys.

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Speaker 1: You know, Brook wants to see if her kids can

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Speaker 1: be invited too, so we'll work on that afterwards.

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Speaker 3: It sounds like though his sister has some good goodie bags.

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Speaker 4: I'm not gonna lie.

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Speaker 2: She sounds very type A.

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Speaker 1: Okay, well, we'll get your invite after we do this

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Speaker 1: call with Brad.

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Speaker 2: You ready, ma'am?

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Speaker 4: Hello, Hey Jen, what's up?

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Speaker 6: Hi?

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Speaker 4: Brad? Yeah, it's Brad.

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Speaker 6: What memory are you calling from? Did you get a

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Speaker 4: No, no, that's not important right now. Look, I just

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Speaker 6: Yeah, sure, go ahead.

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Speaker 4: What's up?

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Speaker 2: Okay? Cool?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, she want me to take a few minutes.

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Speaker 2: Like, so.

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Speaker 4: I heard from mom you're having a party.

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Speaker 6: Oh she told you?

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Speaker 4: Yeah she did, because like I was just talking to

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Speaker 6: Well, yeah, yeah, we are having a party.

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Speaker 4: Okay, So like long pause again, I uh, did my

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Speaker 6: Well, no, no, non, exactly. Come on, Brad, you remember

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Speaker 6: I'm telling you that they literally attacked our room bow

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Speaker 4: Like that was actually funny. Come on?

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Speaker 6: How was that funny?

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Speaker 4: Because they hit it a bunch and it was making

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Speaker 4: are you talking about, Brad?

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Speaker 6: No, that's not okay.

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Speaker 4: Like, look, that's not the point. The point is we

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Speaker 4: I want our kids to hang out like they're literally cousins,

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Speaker 4: Like what are we doing here? Being petty?

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Speaker 6: I mean I want that too, but it's just your voice, Brad.

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Speaker 4: No offense.

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Speaker 6: But they're like walking little nightmares.

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Speaker 4: I want to say you're wrong, but they are, and

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Speaker 6: Like, Brad, you cannot train your kids like dogs.

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Speaker 4: They act like dog sometimes, So why wouldn't I just

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Speaker 2: You're talking about your own children dog videos?

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Speaker 6: Brad, what is going on? Who are these people?

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Speaker 2: Jenna?

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Speaker 1: I need to actually tell You're on the radio right now.

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Speaker 1: We're a show called Brook and Jeffrey in the Morning.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Brad, Brad, he reached out to us for

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Speaker 2: It's called an awkward Tuesday phone call. Okay, yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 1: He just didn't know how to handle this situation going

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Speaker 6: Well, if you saw what his kids did last year,

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Speaker 3: Wait a minute, yes, listen, and you are the aunt

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Speaker 6: I only have so much control over these kids. I'm

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Speaker 4: That's his job. But not ask you like co parent

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Speaker 2: On I don't have to lead with that part.

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Speaker 6: But well, let's start by not using YouTube dog training videos.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, good pluck. There might be some merit in that

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Speaker 2: you tell your kid to sit and stay. No, Jeff, no, no, no.

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Speaker 1: Okay, okay, fine, But Jenna, can you help out your

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Speaker 2: It's important. They're family, and yeah, they're your nephews.

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Speaker 3: Don't you want to help guide them in the right way?

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Speaker 6: I mean, I would love to, but I also don't

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Speaker 4: Oh no, you can't prove that no one of us

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Speaker 4: heard it break. So how did it break? No? I

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Speaker 4: didn't do it, He didn't do it.

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Speaker 2: The apple doesn't fall far from Brad.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I see where they get it from.

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Speaker 4: You really want to have them be those the strange

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Speaker 2: They can't break not your house, right.

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Speaker 4: Maybe baby step, Maybe like get a bounce house or

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Speaker 6: Curiously, that's all I need then the tip over that

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Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, okay, okay. Is there any time before the

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Speaker 4: I'll even bring chalk with covered strawberries if you want,

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Speaker 2: It's oh my god.

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Speaker 4: Okay, looks Brad.

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Speaker 6: You can bring the kids, but they cannot go in

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Speaker 2: No, they can sing happy birthday through the windows. She

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Speaker 1: You're at least allowed on the premises bathroom outside.

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Speaker 4: I mean, we'll take it for now, and we'll just

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Speaker 2: Kids know they're going to do the opposite.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you mean those dog training videos don't work?

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Speaker 1: The important thing is we're reaching a compromise here, and

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Speaker 1: it sounds like, Brad, your kids are going to be

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Speaker 4: Perfect. And that was before I bought them a leash.

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Speaker 3: It sounds these kids are going to try to mark

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Speaker 6: I'm already knowing freaking Jeffrey in the morning.

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Speaker 1: How mean your kids stay outside the party and peek

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Speaker 3: Come on, most of the party will be outside.

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Speaker 2: They have a pool.

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Speaker 5: I still worry about the bathroom now, especially with the pool,

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Speaker 3: I worry about who's giving these kids boundaries, because I

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Speaker 2: Where's the mother. I'm invited to this, clearly, but I

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Speaker 1: Once they do get over to the ant's house, they're

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Speaker 3: They loaded it from their dad.

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Speaker 5: No, honestly, if they have a bad day and they're

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Speaker 2: There's a lot of pressure on.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, Well, we'll stay in touch and we do

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Speaker 2: Good luck for sure those parties.

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Speaker 1: You can find all of our Awkward Tuesday videos by

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Speaker 2: They're at Brook and Jeffer