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Speaker 1: Oh my god, so many people with that many siblings.

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Speaker 1: have a kid, Yes, that's my descriptor. Ope gave us

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Speaker 1: a grandchild. Wait, Ohpe gave us a grand It's like.

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Speaker 1: So it's like what people say, OP gave us a grand.

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Speaker 2: Like that's what the family like. The parents say, the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I have a kid. Yes, that's my descriptor. OP

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Speaker 1: gave us a grandchild. Aaron is the golden child. There's

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Speaker 1: understand that my parents called it her to an extent,

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Speaker 1: but it's more than that now. By the way, this

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Speaker 1: comes from a brother conflict on the best Reader to

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Speaker 1: Update subreddit. So Aaron's getting married and recently told us

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Speaker 1: No big deal, It just means they're getting married sooner.

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Speaker 1: Nadia's high school graduation. Aaron was sympathetic, but she said

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Speaker 1: My parents normally go overboard on our high school grads,

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Speaker 2: Wow, the golden jerk.

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Speaker 1: This is As much as I hate to admit it,

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Speaker 1: she said that Nadia's high school graduation didn't matter roast.

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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, she said something like we still have Lexi.

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Speaker 1: But here's what gets me the most. Nadia has been

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Speaker 2: that's what I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you're just gonna have a giant fridge or little

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Speaker 1: Oh all right, don what was the richie rich thing

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Speaker 1: He went so far as to say he wished he

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Speaker 2: And he loves potassium.

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Speaker 1: He loves potassium, he loves ethose, bananas, he loves surfing.

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Speaker 1: We have officially gone no contact with our mother. Whoa

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Speaker 1: Yes, we need to give a little grandit. Reddit is

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Speaker 1: Thanks everyone who left comments on the original post. I

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Speaker 1: Looking into the future, I do see two empty spaces

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Speaker 1: It, and how it was a miracle that she was

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Speaker 1: To me and saying same thing Sonatia, who is with

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Speaker 2: The dumbest thing out, the dumbest thing, evil mom, evil

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Speaker 1: Mommy's got the Grandmommy's the candy.

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Speaker 1: she is, trying to coax him to go to her,

435
00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,840
Speaker 1: and telling me that she had a right to see

436
00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,320
Speaker 1: her grandson. Dude, she's slipping. She's slipping.

437
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:22,000
Speaker 2: I'm on now.

438
00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:27,040
Speaker 1: My partner stepped in then because she was seething, and

439
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,280
Speaker 1: took my place at the door. Mom yelled some more,

440
00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,920
Speaker 1: but she left when my partner threatened to call the cops.

441
00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,560
Speaker 1: I feel like, once you're starting to get the cops involved,

442
00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,800
Speaker 1: that's when that's when you really can tell it's unraveling.

443
00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:41,520
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, oh yeah.

444
00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:45,120
Speaker 1: My mom repeated the song and dance with my older siblings,

445
00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:52,520
Speaker 1: but similarly got no Earthum. John then came the Facebook.

446
00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:53,560
Speaker 2: Here it is icebook.

447
00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,520
Speaker 1: We're getting the tea right out on Facebook.

448
00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:57,480
Speaker 2: Now it's really going to go down.

449
00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, dude. The amount of Facebook drama that we see

450
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,280
Speaker 1: in these stories is I mean, I mean, got a

451
00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:09,040
Speaker 1: great But then came the Facebook posts, indirect rants about

452
00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:13,760
Speaker 1: ungrateful people and how shocking it is that some kids

453
00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:18,160
Speaker 1: could turn against their parents so easily. Aaron somehow got

454
00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:22,320
Speaker 1: involved while on her honeymoon and called Lydia to scold

455
00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:26,000
Speaker 1: her for being so mean to our mom. But as

456
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:30,479
Speaker 1: I've said before, Lydia is angry. Lydia is angry and

457
00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,320
Speaker 1: she's out enough talk about it, so she's old. Whatever

458
00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:35,640
Speaker 1: she said to Aaron prevented her from calling the rest

459
00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,080
Speaker 1: of us. Dude, Lydia is sticking up.

460
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:38,840
Speaker 2: Been through it.

461
00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,439
Speaker 1: There was then a Facebook post, always a Facebook post

462
00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:44,960
Speaker 1: about how much it hurt to be kept from a grandchild.

463
00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,720
Speaker 1: Now there were no names mentioned, but there is only

464
00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:53,200
Speaker 1: one grandchild. That is my son Boom. My mom's sister

465
00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:58,399
Speaker 1: called me. There was yelling, I blocked the number. I know.

466
00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,240
Speaker 1: Dad was trying to convince our mom to leave us

467
00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,560
Speaker 1: alone because this is only going to damage the family more.

468
00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,080
Speaker 1: He kept apologizing because she just wasn't listening to him.

469
00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,960
Speaker 1: Aaron came home after two weeks, also really quick. Yes, sir,

470
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,119
Speaker 1: this whole thing happened in the two weeks that Aaron

471
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:17,840
Speaker 1: is gone for her honeymoon.

472
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:19,960
Speaker 2: Dude, this is insane.

473
00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:24,479
Speaker 1: That's what's crazy is this is unraveling that fast in

474
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,919
Speaker 1: two weeks. The mom is going down like all of

475
00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:32,200
Speaker 1: these crazy rabbit holes. So Aaron comes back. She tried

476
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,720
Speaker 1: reaching out to Lydia again, asking for us all to

477
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,960
Speaker 1: talk because this is a quote from Lydia. Clearly we

478
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:41,479
Speaker 1: have some issues to work out, which is not wrong.

479
00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,760
Speaker 1: But that's not like it's easy. It's not the vibe,

480
00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,320
Speaker 1: you know. Yeah, we did not turn up. Aaron was

481
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,879
Speaker 1: very angry at that because she's not used to us

482
00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,920
Speaker 1: turning up for her. Now we're going to July. July

483
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,720
Speaker 1: wasn't all bad though. While our mom was on a rampage,

484
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:57,520
Speaker 1: her dad was still trying to do better by us,

485
00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,600
Speaker 1: and he's improved a lot. And July, he and I

486
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:01,680
Speaker 1: went out for a meal together, just the two of us,

487
00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,280
Speaker 1: and grabbed a drink and he apologized. It wasn't a

488
00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:07,040
Speaker 1: generic apology either, that he could have repeated to all

489
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,240
Speaker 1: of us about how he's sorry that he hurt us

490
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:12,879
Speaker 1: and neglecting us. But he brought up specific instances that

491
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,720
Speaker 1: he wanted to apologize for. He thought back on all

492
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:17,760
Speaker 1: those years and picked out moments that he wanted to

493
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,320
Speaker 1: apologize to me for. I know he did the same

494
00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,080
Speaker 1: for the others, but having him apologize for things like

495
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,399
Speaker 1: canceling a fishing trip because Aaron needed him was something

496
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,440
Speaker 1: I wasn't expecting he'll be for dad and I never

497
00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,000
Speaker 1: really cared for fishing, but I wanted to go on

498
00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,840
Speaker 1: that trip because I always saw it on TV, you know, yeah,

499
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,240
Speaker 1: the classic dad fishing trip.

500
00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:37,560
Speaker 2: Right.

501
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,119
Speaker 1: I'd always see a dad and his son fishing together,

502
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:44,600
Speaker 1: and I wanted to have that. Sophia Callen says, the

503
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,160
Speaker 1: mom has a codependency issue with Aaron. What is wrong

504
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:49,640
Speaker 1: with her? I think that's definitely what's happening. Yeah, it's

505
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:50,399
Speaker 1: definitely what's her?

506
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:51,600
Speaker 2: Only evil ally left.

507
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,400
Speaker 1: I'd always see a dad in sunfishing together. I wanted

508
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,399
Speaker 1: to have that. I wanted a dad to prove that

509
00:26:56,480 --> 00:27:00,359
Speaker 1: I was a priority him somewhere deep down. But it

510
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:04,000
Speaker 1: didn't happen, so I never asked again. But we went

511
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,760
Speaker 1: fishing in July. What started as a trip between the

512
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,080
Speaker 1: two of us soon grew into a family day out

513
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,080
Speaker 1: when my siblings expressed interest in going fishing too, my

514
00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,800
Speaker 1: brother's first, then Nadia, and even Lydia, who hates the

515
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,320
Speaker 1: smell of fish. Dad brought Lexi and I brought my

516
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,159
Speaker 1: son and it was great. It was one of the

517
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:22,040
Speaker 1: best days of my life. I suck at fishing, but

518
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,400
Speaker 1: I'm pretty great at collecting seashells. It was brilliant. Our

519
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:28,280
Speaker 1: parents did end up arguing when Dad went home. I

520
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,240
Speaker 1: wasn't there, so I don't know every little detail, but

521
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,960
Speaker 1: from what Dad told me, the argument was mostly because

522
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,800
Speaker 1: Mom didn't understand why we were still in contact with

523
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:37,400
Speaker 1: him and not.

524
00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:39,119
Speaker 2: Her evil Mom, you don't get it.

525
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 1: She found it insulting that we were repairing our relationship

526
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,199
Speaker 1: with him. She was angry that Dad wasn't pushing us

527
00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,920
Speaker 1: to forgive her, or why he wasn't stopping us from

528
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,119
Speaker 1: acting out. She was angry that he didn't extend an

529
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,639
Speaker 1: invitation to her and Aaron for the fishing trip, and

530
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:56,600
Speaker 1: she was even angrier when he explained that their presence

531
00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:00,239
Speaker 1: would make us uncomfortable. Josh turned twenty nine the end

532
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,760
Speaker 1: of July. We booked an escape room for the five

533
00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:06,240
Speaker 1: of siblings. Then we met our dad and partners for dinner.

534
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:09,199
Speaker 1: That evening, Josh introduced us to his new partner for

535
00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:12,160
Speaker 1: the first time. All of our attention was on Josh.

536
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,119
Speaker 1: The day was completely about him, which was the first

537
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,919
Speaker 1: for our family. Then there was a party thrown for

538
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 1: him by his friends, which I came out of with

539
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:25,720
Speaker 1: a massive hangover, which sounds like great dun gapes, but

540
00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:27,600
Speaker 1: I feel like it's not going to last for long.

541
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,840
Speaker 1: Mom started giving us the silent treatment in the middle

542
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:34,240
Speaker 1: of August. I mean, well, good, because you're going.

543
00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,360
Speaker 2: To contact It worked out.

544
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,000
Speaker 1: It's like it's it's like it's like, hey, I'm not

545
00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,200
Speaker 1: going to talk to you anymore, and it's like, fine,

546
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 1: I'm not talking to you. Like good, that's what we wanted.

547
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:51,840
Speaker 1: Dad moved out in September, so Mom started giving us

548
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,000
Speaker 1: a silent treatment in the middle of August. Dad moved

549
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,800
Speaker 1: out in September, divorced, conspiracy theory ivorce coming.

550
00:28:57,880 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 2: I see you.

551
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,520
Speaker 1: While we're going to the silent treatment. Dad was bearing

552
00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,320
Speaker 1: the brunt of her anger and it really took it

553
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,640
Speaker 1: out of him. He was trying to do better by

554
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,800
Speaker 1: us and she was trying to villainize us, and he

555
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,360
Speaker 1: ultimately told her that if she didn't take accountability for

556
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:15,920
Speaker 1: action soon then he'd be contacting a lawyer.

557
00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:16,840
Speaker 2: There it is.

558
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,280
Speaker 1: Mom didn't take him seriously. Don't mess with Daddy. Oh,

559
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:24,040
Speaker 1: he's been staying in Lydia's guest room since Mom doubled

560
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,240
Speaker 1: down and said that he was blind for not seeing

561
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,280
Speaker 1: how we were manipulating him. Unlike the rest of us.

562
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,720
Speaker 1: Dad obviously still has regular contact with Aaron, and according

563
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:37,520
Speaker 1: to him, she's even told Mom to reconsider even Aaron.

564
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:41,280
Speaker 1: The golden terrible child is er. It's also crazy how

565
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 1: this all started with Aaron and now it's all gone

566
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 1: to mind.

567
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 2: We always throughout the story we find the real villain.

568
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,640
Speaker 2: The real villain is hidden in the shadows because they're

569
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 2: a mischievous, evil genius. And it's also like with the

570
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 2: Golden Child stuff, it's actually not the fault usually of

571
00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:01,600
Speaker 2: the golden child. It's the parents for making the golden

572
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 2: child think that this behavior is normal. Who made them

573
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:05,600
Speaker 2: golden in the first place.

574
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,000
Speaker 1: Who painted them gold?

575
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:07,560
Speaker 2: Fools?

576
00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:10,320
Speaker 1: Gold? And they abused the crown, and they abused the

577
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:13,960
Speaker 1: crown they did unlike the rest of us. Dad obviously

578
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,320
Speaker 1: still has regular contact with Aaron, and according to him,

579
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:21,440
Speaker 1: she's even told Mom to reconsider, and unsurprisingly, Aaron's involvement

580
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:25,160
Speaker 1: is what got Mom to Roulette, So maybe Aaron's turned the.

581
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:26,520
Speaker 2: Tides okay, evil Erin.

582
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,360
Speaker 1: I'm not sure if she's thinking about how she's treated us,

583
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:34,120
Speaker 1: or if she's silently steing. I know she asked Dad

584
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: if he's going to move back home, but he said

585
00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,640
Speaker 1: that it was better for them to have space right now. Personally,

586
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,719
Speaker 1: I'm struggling to see an outcome where our mom sincerely

587
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,320
Speaker 1: admits that she was in the wrong. I think she'll

588
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 1: say it just get Dad back in the home and

589
00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,280
Speaker 1: the rest of us talking to her again. But I

590
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,920
Speaker 1: don't think she'll ever hold us to the same level

591
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:57,120
Speaker 1: as Erin. In brighter news, there's officially less than a

592
00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:58,720
Speaker 1: year left until my own wedding.

593
00:30:58,800 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 2: Let's go.

594
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 1: Currently, there is no place for Mom or Aaron. My

595
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 1: partner Jade, and I are having our fathers wear ties

596
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:08,200
Speaker 1: that matched me and my groomsmen, something I originally didn't

597
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 1: plan to do, but I'm happy with the change. Naddy

598
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 1: has settled in at college. She's made some new friends

599
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 1: with kids in her classes and she's enjoying it. Heck ya,

600
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 1: she's happy. Even though we have an active group chat,

601
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 1: she facetimes me every few days just to talk. Most

602
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,240
Speaker 1: of what she says I've already read in the group chat,

603
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,320
Speaker 1: but I'm always willing to listen to her stories. Again,

604
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:31,920
Speaker 1: Nadia never used to talk this much. She looks a

605
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:35,160
Speaker 1: lot happier now than she did five months ago. I

606
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 1: think that's everything. It's not. There's much more to this story.

607
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 1: We are almost halfway through.

608
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, this next update, it's ridiculous.

609
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,880
Speaker 1: Almost halfway through. I'm sorry for the novel, but like

610
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 1: I said, a lot can happen in five months, and

611
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:56,560
Speaker 1: we got a new update, so really quick. Yes, what

612
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 1: are your conspiracy theories about what's going to happen next?

613
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,160
Speaker 1: Do you think awesome Mom and Aaron you know, are

614
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 1: going to be all chilled stuff? Or do you think

615
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 1: things are going to unravel?

616
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:09,520
Speaker 2: I think evil Aaron becomes good erin. I think evil

617
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,240
Speaker 2: Aaron will see the error of her ways Aaron. She's

618
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:17,520
Speaker 2: her errand error aerin Aaron. I think the Mom will

619
00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 2: she was the shadow villain, the one who is the

620
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,920
Speaker 2: shadow pulling the strings the puppets heer. We've pulled the

621
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 2: curtain back. We know that she's the big evil villain. Yeah,

622
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:31,120
Speaker 2: I think that the dad. Dad's definitely getting divorced.

623
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:34,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he's well, Yeah, I agree, but I

624
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:36,479
Speaker 1: think all the siblings are gonna get closer.

625
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, the alliance will go.

626
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 1: Besides, and I think.

627
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,280
Speaker 2: Is going to turn evil. Aaron is the only one.

628
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:45,880
Speaker 1: I think Aaron's gonna turn good. Mom's gonna turn evil.

629
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 1: Dad's going to divorce.

630
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 2: Mom because you have the baby, the high school grad

631
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,440
Speaker 2: and then all of the other older siblings are in

632
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:55,240
Speaker 2: an alliance together. It's just evil Aaron that's been evil

633
00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,480
Speaker 2: so far. What do you think that, First of all,

634
00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:00,600
Speaker 2: do you agree with my theory that evil Mom will

635
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:01,240
Speaker 2: get more evil?

636
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 1: Yes?

637
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:02,719
Speaker 2: What do you think she'll do?

638
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 1: Well, I think she's gonna unravel. I think when I

639
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:11,640
Speaker 1: think when the divorce happens, that's when she'll go full

640
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:15,600
Speaker 1: in nuts. I'm gonna take my kid because her support

641
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 1: system like is gonna be go.

642
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 2: I'm gonna I'm just gonna borrow my conspiracy theory from

643
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 2: last episode and say that she kidnaps.

644
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 1: The baby, the only ud we know how the grandma's

645
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 1: love those little babies.

646
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,440
Speaker 2: They love the kid, but also mind you. By the way,

647
00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:36,840
Speaker 2: here's here's the crazy thing. The the the age difference

648
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:40,240
Speaker 2: between the kids is oldest is thirty one, youngest is four.

649
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 1: Oh so maybe maybe uh baby Lexi, Baby Lexi and

650
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 1: also stolen by the grandma. That's my mom, and then

651
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 1: is turn against them like Anakin. In Star Wars, Opie's

652
00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 1: mom is Emperor Palpatine and she's trying to corrupt the

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Speaker 1: last good Jedi.

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Speaker 2: That's somewhat even better theory. That's it, that's all right.