Hi Daughters! Today we are doing Reddit reactions, our very first episode series!!! Our producer pulled random thread posts about womanhood and we blind reacted - weaponized incompetence, Valentine’s Day, men cheating, mysterious chlamydia, and much more.✨
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Chapters
0:00 - Welcome back daughters + Gaby Windey appreciation
1:15 - Today's format: reacting to Reddit posts
3:48 - REDDIT #1: "My BF's fake incompetence is driving me crazy"
9:14 - Our verdict: he's a bum (weaponized incompetence)
9:46 - Is this the mom's fault or the dad's fault?
12:54 - The mental load & why it kills your attraction
16:12 - How to actually set boundaries from the start
19:51 - The pet test: get an animal before you have kids
21:38 - Gloria Steinem & men finding identity in the home
23:17 - The Bechdel Test (and why this podcast fails it)
25:35 - REDDIT #2: "BF tested positive for chlamydia and denies cheating"
26:13 - He's in the military... red flag
27:27 - How to stay calm when you know they're lying
33:22 - "You're the only person I've had sex with IN THIS RELATIONSHIP"
36:27 - Our advice: you can't stay with someone you don't trust
40:20 - REDDIT #3: "Mother-in-law wants to know my whereabouts at all times"
43:30 - If your man won't stand up to his mom, LEAVE
45:34 - What a healthy mom-son relationship actually looks like
46:47 - Boomers think we're lazy & the economy rant
48:13 - Bailyn's Kit Kittredge Great Recession obsession
50:26 - REDDIT #4: "Am I unreasonable for getting an ick?" (Valentine's Day edition)
51:16 - He said "you believe in Valentine's Day?" ...sir
53:46 - Reading the unhinged comments
56:09 - What we did for Valentine's Day (the bookstore tradition)
1:02:17 - If you're not getting what you want on V-Day, leave
1:05:19 - REDDIT #5: "Is it harder to be an ugly woman than an ugly man?"
1:06:05 - Reading the responses + the swag gap
1:07:23 - Every relationship is a beautiful woman with an ugly man
1:07:54 - Men: please do some self-care
1:08:52 - There are no ugly women, only ugly men
1:11:44 - Closing: send us your write-ins for the next one!