1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:01,880 Speaker 1: Am I the a hole for not wanting to have 2 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: contact with my oh mommy? 3 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 2: Uh maybe you know, it depends on what kind of 4 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 2: mommy situation he's going on here. By the way, so 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 2: this came through our suburn at our slash o kop show. 6 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 2: Uh from from the user your mom is Shrek, which 7 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 2: is a polary that is a that is a goaded 8 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 2: thank you for Yeah. 9 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 1: All right, let's let's hear what you got. Your mama 10 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: is Shrek? Yeah? You know what? Hey? You know now 11 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: you're an all star? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, get your game on. Nice. 12 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: I'm sorry if this is bad because this is my 13 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: first post. Y'all. Yo, you don't have to apologize for 14 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: it being your first post. 15 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 2: We love it because we are in fun of you 16 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,959 Speaker 2: for how Yeah. 17 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: I'm thirteen and my mother is fifty two. Wow. From 18 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: a young age, my mom has been an alcoholic. Oh Jesus. 19 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: She has been in and out of rehab for much 20 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: of it. 21 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: I've had to grow up quickly, which is not the 22 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 2: best because it feels like my childhood was dolen from me. 23 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 2: She found a boyfriend in rehab in twenty twenty, and 24 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 2: he was a drug addict himself. 25 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:06,680 Speaker 1: My goodness. 26 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 2: Lockdown made them all go back home, and her boyfriend 27 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 2: went with her to her house. That was a very 28 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 2: bad idea. Oh my god. He got drugged up and 29 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 2: abused my mom a lot. She tried to reach out 30 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 2: for help once but was too drunk and drugged out. 31 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 2: Around eight months ago, the police got involved in her 32 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 2: boyfriend was kicked out. My mother's side of the family 33 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 2: and me had her sent back to rehab. A week ago, 34 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 2: she relapsed after saying that she would end her life 35 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,960 Speaker 2: if she never relapsed again. I have not set or 36 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 2: texted her since, and my family aka my Auntie is 37 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 2: upset that I am not speaking to her, and my 38 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 2: mother is upset. My mother is a bit homophobic toward 39 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 2: me because she keeps asking me if I like any boys, 40 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 2: but I don't after coming out to her. Please tell 41 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 2: me if I'm the a hole, because I'm starting to 42 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 2: think that because of my aunt definitely not the ale. Yeah, 43 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 2: you're thirteen, You're dealing with all this shit, like you 44 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 2: just need space to be a thirteen year old, truly, 45 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 2: I think, honestly, like you deserve the space to like 46 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 2: just just focus on yourself. Like I would say, like 47 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 2: whatever puts you in the best position. And if that's 48 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 2: you know, not talking to your mom and kind of 49 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 2: being dragged into all of us mess, that's perfectly, perfectly 50 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 2: perfectly for that as a thirteen year old, like you're 51 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 2: not equipped to deal with like at all, like like 52 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 2: drugs and alcohol and abuse. Like that's like, dude, you 53 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 2: you need to be as far away from all of 54 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 2: that as you physically can. I think, really like like 55 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 2: go through your family network and kind of like talk 56 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 2: to like everyone about what's going on and see if 57 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 2: you can live with someone that has more stability. 58 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 1: Is what you need right now? Is stability one hundred percent. 59 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 2: Talk to your school counselor yeah, out to them and 60 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 2: see like what what your options are, because I mean, 61 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 2: you're thirteen years we're writing this Reddit post like SEMs 62 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 2: like you're pretty mature free rates, Yes, it seems like 63 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 2: you have a pretty good head on your shoulders. Just 64 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 2: like really focus on trying to get a stable home 65 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 2: and then just focus on school and doing well and 66 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 2: like making sure you have like a good group of 67 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 2: friends around on yourself, like have have fun, like have 68 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 2: fun hanging out with your friends again, Like literally any 69 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 2: scenario that sets you up to have. 70 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: A to be happy and healthy better rest of your 71 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 1: childhood for sure, for sure, for sure. 72 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, I feel like like prioritizing school, I think it 73 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 2: will give you like the structure that you need, like extracurriculars. Yeah, 74 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 2: extra curriculars, like music, like clubs, just like get involved, 75 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 2: because I think that can give you also like a 76 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 2: greater like you have your familial for support structure, but 77 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 2: sometimes being really involved in a club or something and 78 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 2: give you like a wider support network, like you'll make friends. 79 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 2: The kids you'll have, like kids' parents probably help you out. 80 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 2: I think it's a way to have a little bit 81 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 2: of stability. Yeah, honestly, I was reaching, do you know 82 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 2: that show Elementary No, really really great show, and it's 83 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 2: like it basically takes place in like a Philly school 84 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 2: and they had like a podcast class really. 85 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: The thing, And I was like, oh, that genius. 86 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 2: If you I'm guessing that you might like podcasts, consider 87 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 2: that you are a fan of the show. If there's 88 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 2: a podcast club or like start a podcast or I 89 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 2: don't know, that's yeah, could be you could start a podcast. 90 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 2: All right, all right, I'm giving advice to thirteen year 91 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 2: old Sam. You very well maybe not thirteen year old Sam, 92 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 2: but just like if I was thirteen, I wish I 93 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 2: would have started a podcast earlier. Yeah, because like if 94 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 2: you're young and can email people, you can literally. 95 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 1: Talk to anyone you want. 96 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, especially coming you know, someone coming from your situation 97 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 2: you're trying to like just understand more about the world. 98 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 2: If you like emailed Fortune five hundred CEOs celebrities, if 99 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 2: you sent out twenty emails to your favorite like company, 100 00:04:58,279 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 2: CEOs or whatever. 101 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: The biggest people you look up. Maybe maybe not every 102 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 1: thirteen years. It's like I've been CEOs. I'm sure. 103 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 2: I'm sure we're thinking in twenty five year old Sam 104 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 2: and John brain, but I'm sure there's people that Op 105 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 2: he looks up to. Yeah, reach out to them and 106 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 2: tell them your story. Be like, you know, I'm thirteen, 107 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 2: I'm going to these events in my life. So I'm 108 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 2: like using his podcast as it means like you know, 109 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 2: explore and build and all those good things. And yeah, 110 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 2: lots lots of people. Well we're because like people just 111 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 2: want to help young people one hundred percent. Well, OPI 112 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 2: thank you for sharing your story. 113 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: Absolutely. 114 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 2: If anyone else wants advice on anything, John and I 115 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 2: are down, just sit and chat, of course, and so 116 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,040 Speaker 2: go to our sash Okop show and some of your 117 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 2: stories and we'll, yes, we'll get some advice. 118 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: Thank you, okay, op am I the a hole. 119 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 3: My dead wife cheated with my brother and I told 120 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 3: their son, who I thought was my son. 121 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 1: Now I've heard of messages before, but uh, this is 122 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: this is a whole, like is the whole new level? 123 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: My friend? This is just a dumpster fire. It's a 124 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 1: landfill fire. 125 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 3: This is a family conflict that came up recently. I 126 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,479 Speaker 3: mail forty six. Used to work in the military, so 127 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:14,799 Speaker 3: I was away from home most of the time. When 128 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 3: my then only son was three years old, I discovered 129 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 3: by accident that he wasn't mine. So how do you 130 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 3: discover that by accident? That's my question right there. That's 131 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 3: an odd accident. Suddenly discolled that this kid's not mine. 132 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:30,600 Speaker 3: That I thought for three years was. 133 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,239 Speaker 1: You know, losing your keys as an accident? 134 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 3: Like, yeah, this seems a lot all different. I discovered 135 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 3: by accident that he wasn't mine. 136 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: He was my. 137 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 2: Older brothers and also the older brother like, I feel 138 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 2: like it's worse than your younger brother because like. 139 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: Your younger brother. 140 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 2: You're like, oh, yeah, yeah, he was giving your brothers 141 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 2: you know better, he was giving you noggies all childhood. 142 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:51,919 Speaker 2: He's like, you gooda, I'm gonna get your girl, and 143 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 2: then he actually did. 144 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 3: It was the most devastating time in my life, aside 145 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 3: from what I was dealing with my ex wife and 146 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 3: I ended up divorcing and I contact with my brother 147 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 3: four years. I was done with him even after my 148 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:09,359 Speaker 3: ex wife, who he married the same year of the divorce. Suddenly, 149 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 3: there's so much into unpackaging what I'm gonna say, actually 150 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 3: got married. I was done with him even after my 151 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 3: ex wife, who he married the same year of the divorce, 152 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 3: died suddenly. So this guy got divorced, his brother married 153 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,559 Speaker 3: his ex wife, and then his ex wife died. 154 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 2: Can you imagine what a tragedy the same year they 155 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 2: divorced they made I have always wondered though, like, do 156 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 2: do you know spouses like their significant other siblings because 157 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 2: they look alike? And I mean, I think this story 158 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 2: I answers it all. Why have the younger brother. 159 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: When you could have the older, bore experience brother. 160 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 3: My parents thought my ex's death was supposed to make 161 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 3: everything okay. 162 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: What Wow, Wow, how freak would that make everything okay? 163 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 3: As they claimed she was the one who drove a 164 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 3: wedge between me and my brother, But but bro, your 165 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 3: brother the one who hooked up with your dead wife? 166 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? 167 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 2: And also just like like okay, as she cheated, but 168 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 2: then also she's dead, so it's like hoorray she's dead. 169 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: It's like that's kind of no, that's not what solves this. 170 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:22,239 Speaker 3: Yeah, or maybe the parents did think that's what would 171 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 3: solve it and they killed her. 172 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, maybe from a reddit podcast a true crime podcast. 173 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 3: But anyway, Op kept his distance, that is until my 174 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 3: nephew had some questions that changed everything. My nephew started 175 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 3: reaching out to me and we began seeing each other 176 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 3: more often when he was around fifteen. He was always 177 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 3: told that the fight between me and my brother was 178 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 3: about business, risky business, risky business, the business of banging. 179 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 3: My parents threatened to disown me if I told my 180 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 3: nephew that his mother was my ex and that I 181 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 3: should leave it alone, which I did, since they said 182 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 3: that if they had to choose, they would choose their 183 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 3: nephew slash grandson. I mean, well, I understand like trying 184 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 3: to think of what's best for the kid, you know, 185 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 3: like the kid didn't do anything. 186 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: I don't like him. I don't like them. 187 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 3: My nephew tried to get me to meet my brother 188 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 3: so we could talk, since my brother welcomed the idea, 189 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 3: but I refuse, which is just so like heart warry, 190 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 3: Like the nephew just wants them all together long, Yeah, 191 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 3: no idea, what's rumbling underneath the surface. I made it 192 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 3: clear to him that he needed to stop forcing a reunion, 193 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 3: and he respected my wishes. That would all change when 194 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 3: he turned twenty one. So he's now twenty one and 195 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 3: is getting married in November. He sent an invitation, which 196 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 3: I declined and returned right away. He called to ask why, 197 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 3: and I said, I'm no contact with his dad, so 198 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 3: I won't come since he'll be there, which like, bro, 199 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 3: it's a year. It's your nephew, Like, yeah, dropped the 200 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 3: beef with your brother, it's your nephew. I don't know 201 00:09:59,080 --> 00:09:59,679 Speaker 3: what would you do. 202 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: So that's that's a hard that's a hairline either way, 203 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: could be you know. 204 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 3: Like I understand how much it would hurt you know, 205 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 3: and your brother did this to you, But this isn't 206 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 3: for your brother. 207 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'd be like, listen, I'm not trying to like 208 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 2: engage with your father, but I will go here for you. 209 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 2: But I wanted you to know, like I'm not trying 210 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 2: to Yeah, like the stipulation, I'm not trying to repair 211 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 2: things with my brother right here, I'm here for you 212 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 2: and you will love. My nephew refused to accept that 213 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 2: and came over and started criticizing me, saying I'm being 214 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 2: unnecessarily better and resentful towards his apologetic dad over some 215 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 2: business and said he cannot believe how much hate I 216 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 2: keep inside me against his dad. He said, I either 217 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 2: try to work things out with his dad or he 218 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 2: will not be seeing me again. And like that all 219 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 2: him is so heartbreaking because, like with the kid, is 220 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 2: just trying to repair relationship. Yah, he doesn't know his 221 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 2: dad and his brother. I felt hesitant at first, but 222 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 2: then told him his dad and I don't have a 223 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 2: usual beef. I told him that his mother was my 224 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 2: ex wife, who is dad messed around with while I 225 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 2: was in the military serving a goddamn country. 226 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 3: Oh no, My nephew denied it, saying his dad and 227 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 3: his grandparents never told him that. 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I later found 281 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 3: out via my parents that my nephew canceled all my 282 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 3: family's wedding invitations, all of them. 283 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: He cancel the wedding. 284 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 3: He put the wedding on hold and disappeared after he 285 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,559 Speaker 3: had a huge argument with them, and then he disowned 286 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 3: his father. Dude, the nephew went zero to one hundred 287 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 3: real quest woy roah tow the wedding, disowning your dad, 288 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 3: like falling out with the whole family. And I understand 289 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 3: it because like he was lied to his whole life 290 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,079 Speaker 3: the person like And it's also because it's like the 291 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 3: villain switch right, Like yeah, probably the villain was always 292 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 3: ope right because it's like this guy has so much 293 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 3: uh like hurt and anger in his heart, Like how 294 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 3: could he just be so rude over something so silly 295 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 3: like a business thing? 296 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: Baltimore was Dumbledore the whole time. 297 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 3: Baltimore was doubled door. They did the old sitchu and freakin' 298 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 3: Harry is caught in the middle. Harry, you're a wizard, Harry, 299 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 3: You're a wizard. My father has gotten very sick after 300 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 3: this incident, and my entire family kept harassing me, saying 301 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 3: I ruined everyone's life with what I did because of 302 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 3: my hate and resentment towards my brother. They said, they 303 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 3: warned me not to talk and that now I should 304 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 3: deal with the consequences of alienating their grandsons slash nephew 305 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 3: from them. 306 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: What are they gonna whack him? So? I don't know. 307 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 2: It sounds like this is like a mob boss family, right, 308 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 2: But dude, I feel so bad for the nephew, Like 309 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 2: like this is he's the only one who didn't do 310 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 2: anything wrong here. He didn't at all. And I don't 311 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 2: blame his reaction either. That's such a that's such a 312 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 2: shock to the system. 313 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: You know. So what do you think is op the 314 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: a hole? 315 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 2: No? 316 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: That's what I think. I actually am gonna say yes, really, okay, 317 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: go ahead, go ahead? Can say yes? 318 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 3: Not not because he's like, like I feel, it's totally 319 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 3: fine to not want to repair things with his brother, right, 320 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 3: that's totally fine, But to not go to your nephew's wedding, yeah, 321 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 3: because of beef with your brother, no matter how deep, 322 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 3: Like that's hurting your nephew, which you thought was your son. Right, 323 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 3: So it's like, you know, you have a you definitely 324 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 3: have some sort of connection with this person, and uh, yeah, 325 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 3: I just I think it's a heartbreaking situation, but just 326 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 3: do it for your nephew. 327 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that. 328 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 2: Uh, I think he needs to go to therapy and 329 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 2: like really work through these emotions because because. 330 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 1: There's a lot there is a lot of anger and 331 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: resentment there is. 332 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 2: And there's there's like, look, he's been wronged a great amount. 333 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 2: But also to let those emotions out for twenty years, yeah, 334 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 2: I mean that's that's that's a long time. That's that's 335 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 2: that's a little bit too long. So I don't know 336 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 2: if I'll go so far as to say he's the 337 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 2: a hole, but I think he's negli he's honestly neglecting 338 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 2: working on his own, you know, personal emotions, and in 339 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 2: the process of neglecting that hurting an innocent person. 340 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 1: Yeah he's yeah, yeah, I like that. 341 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 2: There we go, all right, guys, you know what time 342 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 2: it is it's the middle of the video, which means 343 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 2: you need to subscret. 344 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 1: Wow. Nice nice notes there. Yeah, I feeling my inner 345 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: rock godcha. I like it. Uh. 346 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 2: And as you guys know, we should we shut you 347 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 2: out if you subscribe, if you comment, we hit those 348 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 2: shouts on the YouTube. I actually got a very very 349 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 2: special shout out to a special someone. I told her 350 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 2: to give to talk but she neglected to and doesn't 351 00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 2: want me to read her real name. But here is 352 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 2: kW kW says uh from TikTok. 353 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:06,639 Speaker 1: Is this better? I went over here. Please don't use 354 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: my real name. 355 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 2: Love the show, but please use don't wear it a 356 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 2: voice to shout me out. 357 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: kW. 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