Welcome back to another episode of internet frenzy.
I'm so excited I feel like it's been a minute
since we've done an episode, but it hasn't been
that long It hasn't been that long for the people
been long for us Yeah, yeah, we filmed and then
we didn't film and then here we're here. We're
back, but we're gonna get back after it It's
gonna be good. Everything's gonna be great. Yeah,
I'm excited. I'm looking forward to tonight's
Our episode we had to have it kind of on theme
to what we've been going through the past week
we had our anniversary nine years married guys
so due to the fact that it was our ninth anniversary
yesterday yes we got to keep it on brand absolutely
so the theme for this week is tied in knots anniversary
stories no tune in if you like anniversary stories
some are good some are bad we could tell you
our story from yesterday but we won't no actually
was just a good day It was a really good day.
We had a good time. Nine years doesn't come by
accident. So something worth celebrating, which
we did. So before we jump into this week's episode,
we've got to talk about which one was the fake
from last week. Yes. The dadliest catch. We had
the story about the grandpa making obscene comments
about the unborn baby. That one sucked. We have
the husband that wouldn't change a diaper. Are
we for real? That one was so annoying. Like,
dude, grow up. Grow up. You're a dad now. So
stupid. Then we have the girl, the story that
we've used before, the girl that couldn't tell
her boyfriend that her dad was actually alive.
Real story, not a fake. And then we had my dad
is marrying my ex's mom, which was the fake.
So if you guys thought that was the fake, you
were right. Good for you. If you didn't, keep
practicing. And this week, we're going to jump
right into it. Tied in knots. our first story
comes from best of redditor updates which is
quickly becoming my favorite sub it says my wife
booked our anniversary trip without me and wife
responds so we get to hear from both parties
in this story oh dang okay okay my wife booked
our anniversary trip without me my wife posted
a question about this somewhere on reddit Maybe
here, I don't know. And now I can't find it.
This is my first time using Reddit. She posted
about me not wanting to go on an anniversary
trip that she had planned. She showed me the
responses and some said I was checked out of
the marriage. A lot of them also said just to
book the trip anyways and I'd get over it. After
she showed me the responses, we tried to talk
it out, but she was mad that I couldn't give
her a valid reason for not wanting to go. She
said she hasn't traveled in over five years and
she was going either way. I kind of thought she'd
eventually get over it and forget about the trip.
Well, she took Reddit's advice and booked the
trip anyways, but instead of booking it for two
of us, she booked it for her and a male coworker.
Yes, a long weekend in the Caribbean with a coworker.
I asked her if anything was going on between
them and she said no. I had no reason to believe
she would cheat on me until today, which she
is clearly going to do if she goes to a resort
with him. She's a good looking woman, but has
been very loyal for the last 10 years. I am shocked.
What should I do? How can I fix this? She thought
I was checked out of the marriage, but it's clear
she's the one giving up. Dude, no way. No freaking
way. Is he gay? Whoa. Do you have a crystal ball?
Okay, thank goodness. Is there more to this story?
Best of Redditor updates. Oh shoot. Okay. Okay.
First of all, he says editing my post to answer
questions. This is our first little update. Okay.
I don't want to go because it's a long weekend
in Canada and I'd rather just hang out at my
cabin. Also, she's arranged childcare, but this
way we won't have to worry about having someone
watch the kids. And then he says the coworker,
I don't know anything about him. She never talks
about work. she goes to work and comes right
back home when she's not at work she's with the
kids and is never on her phone so if she's having
an affair she's really damn good at hiding it
okay so the first comment says why would you
not want to go on a romantic trip with your wife
yeah like score bro he's like i don't want to
go on a vacation i want to go to my cabin yeah
such a freaking lumberjack such a such a paul
bunyan He'd rather sit around his cabin doing
nothing, apparently. Wow, I wonder why his wife
is losing interest in this marriage. There's
a ton of comments, so I'm not gonna read all
of them, but that gives you just a little taste.
Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences
of my own actions. Your wife is obviously in
the wrong for taking another man on a trip. That's
just a given. But sounds like you chose to not
prioritize something that was important to your
wife after she had expressed it. This does appear
to be her throwing in the towel. Sounds like
this was the last straw for her. People don't
just do that kind of thing for no reason. I'm
sorry, but seriously Okay, we'll keep going because
if he's gay then it is different But if he's
not what she's doing, she's still the a -hole
on this. So The sexuality of the male co -worker
is what everything hinges on. Yes. Okay. Yeah
Well, let's see. Hi. I'm the wife who booked
a trip with her co -worker and this was posted
one day later. Oh shoot so This is why best redditor
updates is the best. Somebody compiled all of
this for us and made it really easy for us to
follow. Oh, that's amazing. So she says, I'm
really embarrassed about all of this. Here's
a few things. Number one, my husband doesn't
use social media. I'm surprised he made a Reddit
account at all. When I saw the post, I confronted
him about it. He said he made the post to prove
a point, but clearly stopped reading the responses
early on. Two, I only made my initial post to
try to show him that wanting to go on a 10 -year
anniversary trip wasn't asking a lot. I deleted
the post because I was embarrassed he didn't
want to travel with me. I know not to get marriage
advice from Reddit, of all places, but I always
like to hear other people's point of view. Three,
my coworker is gay. My husband knows that I've
known him for four years and talk about him all
the time He knows that he paid his own way and
is only going because none of my friends could
go Brent sees mom life He wanted to check out
the island as he's getting married there next
fall My husband doesn't want me traveling with
some guy He's never met but none of my girlfriends
could go and I didn't want to go alone for Yeah,
girl, get out. He never told me that plus he
goes there at least eight times a year I asked
him about that and he said that it's because
it's what he enjoys doing and he didn't want
to tell me because I would make him feel bad
Anyways, this whole thing is embarrassing. We'll
probably delete this post later It's obvious
that the husband was really trying to make the
wife out to be like the worst person in the world
so he could get a bunch of feedback of like,
your wife sucks, how can she do that, she's cheating
on you. She's going with another guy? Like bro,
what are you gonna do? Dude, don't let him take
your wife. Here's why I feel okay about it though.
Okay. Well first would I personally be okay with
you going with? Let's say someone that likes
girls, but she's a girl on a cruise or trip.
Whatever. No, I would still not be okay with
it At all, but if it was a gay guy going with
me, would you be okay with it? Yeah, I wouldn't
care really. Yeah Wow Love that. This is their
10 year anniversary. That's us next year. I'm
I'm not not celebrating my 10 year I know no
you have to celebrate our 10 year anniversary
on your own while I go to our cabin Like I'm
gonna go Sit out there and like birdwatch on
the on the patio and you have to go be in the
Caribbean with your gay friend well That would
be a good time. You would have so much fun. She's
gonna have the best time And it's cool that her
friend, coworker, wants to go because he's gonna
get married there the next year or whatever.
And I just love that, like that. I feel like
that made me even feel even more comfortable
with it. Yeah, like he's scoping it out. Yeah.
He's the a -hole. The husband, 100%. The husband
is 100 % the a -hole. Yeah, why wouldn't he want
to go? Go on the trip, dude. Go on the trip.
It's your anniversary. It's not, yeah. I still
can't figure out why he wouldn't want to go.
Yeah, same. So that's basically what everybody
says. Even his post from his perspective made
him look lazy and selfish. I hope you have a
pleasant vacation, OP. Another one. This is the
update I've been looking forward to here. Thank
you. I hope you have a really enjoyable solo
anniversary trip, which is such an odd thing
to say. And then it says, edit my favorite line.
WTF is that about him wanting to go to his cabin?
Like he didn't even say to her that he wanted
to go to his cabin. made put that in the post.
Yeah. He sounds kind of like a child honestly
like he doesn't communicate very well and he
wants to like point the finger at her and make
her seem like she's the bad one. It's all just
like projecting guilt. Yeah he's he's clearly
very detached. Somebody else said laughing with
the dude is not only gay but she talks about
him all the time. Husband obviously doesn't pay
any attention to his wife. Yeah no. Am I the
a -hole? forgetting that at my husband for forgetting
our 10th anniversary even though he's been the
sole provider for the past eight months. I feel
like crap right now. I felt so ignored so I lashed
out and now I feel like I messed up big time.
Backstory. Eight months ago I walked into work
to learn the company had decided to seize operations
entirely. The field I work in is insanely competitive
and was seeing massive rounds of layoffs across
the board. I basically started day one since
being laid off trying to find a job. trying to
find a job and have not gotten a single offer
despite having six years of experience. The area
where we live is just so insanely competitive
I have no chance right now. Unlike most tech
jobs my area of expertise cannot be done remotely
either. My best bet and the course me and my
husband have decided is it's probably best I
pack up and move to find a new job and he sees
if he can move remotely with his. So far this
has been slow moving as well. My husband has
been the sole earner since my unemployment ended.
The loss of my income was a massive hit. We live
in a high COL area and we drain our savings in
three months trying to get by. He's had to work
60 hour weeks for the past four months or so
for us to even get by. I know it's insanely hard
on him as it is me. I have felt like I've lived
alone since he started working this much. I never
see him and he's just been a ghost. I won't lie,
I felt neglected so much. He forgot my birthday
last month and it crushed me. I could tell he
felt incredibly bad when he realized what happened,
but he didn't do anything to make up for it.
Just an apology and then he moved on. That hurt
me a lot. Well, our 10th anniversary was last
week. I planned an amazing night together getting
him a bottle of his favorite wine and a reservation
for an amazing restaurant. We had made these
plans weeks ago and he knew about them. yet somehow
he completely forgot about our anniversary when
the day came. I waited at home for over two hours
while texting him furiously. He had left his
phone in his car that morning and just didn't
go to check it until he left work. I learned
he didn't even ask his boss to keep his schedule
and booked for that time, so he was booked for
a job a week in advance and couldn't even come
if he had his phone. When he came home, I was
furious. He's already been a ghost these last
few months and is now neglecting our relationship.
He didn't even apologize. He just said we could
reschedule and celebrate when he's less busy.
I just lost it. I screamed that I knew he was
stressed with work, but it would kill him. But
would it kill him to actually spend a single
second showing he cared about me? He didn't even
respond at first. He just stared at me before
saying, Do you really not consider me working
this hard to support your unemployed ass showing
how much I care? He just went to our room and
locked the door after that. We haven't talked
at all since then. I've cooled off and I feel
like I may have effed up big time. I tried to
talk to him last night, but he stonewalled me
and said he's not interested in talking about
it right now. I feel like I'm at least partially
to blame for this, but on the other hand, he's
simply not engaging with me anymore. I feel like
he hasn't been for a while now. I feel like we're
both to blame here, but I could be wrong. This
is a toughie, because this dude is grinding.
Is it for her? Is it just for their life? Well,
yes, it is. No, it's both because because it's
not just for her. He's he needs to do it for
himself, too. Yeah. But they live they live in
a high cost of living area. They decided together
that she's going to move somewhere else so that
she can stay within her line of work. Yeah. So
he's he's having to work 60 hour weeks. He's
stressed out of his mind. And she went on unemployment.
And now it's just Unemployed yeah, how is she
not getting another job? Yeah, I I don't understand
that how she's not able to find one It's been
eight months and the point is is do something
you don't maybe you can't get yeah Fill a role
like what you want for your perfect job Get a
job do something else. Just make some income
so that this guy's not that stressed Well, you
don't realize 60 -hour work weeks Take a 40 -hour
work week add another 50 % Oh, that would be
so so exhausting a full -time job and a part
-time job together Yeah, so I think that she
is a problem. It just in the sense that like
you're out of touch What's cool though is when
she does that and takes that some of that burden
off of him. She's gonna find More caring loving
attentive husband. I think of course as he's
gonna be able to like unwind a little bit cuz
60 hours That's pretty that's harsh. That's hard.
So here's a marvel. Okay, okay picture a world
where She's aware enough to think like I know
this guy is working his tail off. Yeah I'm not
gonna give him grief about this. It hurt my feelings
that he blew off dinner or whatever I'm just
gonna decide not to do that because I can see
that he's having a hard time. He's been working
so hard. She's not wrong for wanting to connect
with him. I don't think anybody would find fault
with her for being like, yeah, I want to celebrate
our anniversary. It's just the context. This
guy works a job that's so intense that he could
not bring his phone into the office and not see
anything until after it's over. I can see his
faults. I can see why she would be upset, but
I'm taking his side because I just know, I know
what it's like to be like depleted just with
like trying super hard. Yeah. And so like, it's
hard and it doesn't even have to just be the
fact that he's working hard, right? He could
be working on work stuff and then home stuff.
Be like, he's exhausted with taking care of the
kid or whatever. Yeah. And if it's like, hey,
I know that you're working and you're taking
care of a kid, but you didn't do the dishes.
Yeah. It's just like that vibe of like, you're
not doing enough. I don't like that. I don't
think most men do. And we never do enough. We
don't. Hey you, do more. Do more. Hey you, lady,
send this to your husband. Tell him to do more.
And ladies, do less. All right, on to your story.
All right, this one also comes from best of Redditor
updates. My niece, 4F, ruined my 19M anniversary
present from my GF, 19F. Oh, shoot. My GF and
I. are celebrating our five -year anniversary
this Halloween. Every anniversary, she always
makes me these impressive figurines that she
makes, and it always blows me away. I always
feel like my presents are way lamer than her
presents, so I decided to make her something
this year. With guidance from her friends, I
printed pictures of us onto a large canvas, and
I used white tape to make cute frames. I know
it may not seem that impressive, but I'm not
artistic, but she is, and I wanted to make her
something that I thought she would like. I had
the gift hidden in a closet. The problem came
whenever I looked after my sister's kids, 4F
and 5M. I took them down to the basement to do
some painting. My niece walked away from the
table to what I thought was the drawer with the
art supplies, so I didn't think much of it. So
while I was focused on my nephew and gushing
over how he and his sister are the best artists
in the world, my niece went into the closet where
my GF's present was and with her paintbrush painted
all over it. The second I heard the door, my
head shot up. When I saw my niece over the canvas
smudging paint all over it, my heart sank. I
took my niece out of the closet, shoved the canvas
back into the closet, slammed the door shut,
and carried her back to the table. I felt dead
inside. My niece and nephew kept asking me if
I was okay. I reassured them that I was fine
and ended up bringing them ice cream to convince
them that everything was okay. When my GF came
home, after I gave my nephew a bath, I asked
her if she could give my niece a bath. She laughed
at how she was covered in paint and I joked that
she went to town painting. While I was waiting
for my GF and niece to finish, I watched cartoons
with my nephew and started thinking about what
I was going to do. There's nothing I could get
her could possibly be good enough for our five
year. What I was going to give her was completely
ruined. She deserves an amazing present and I
do not know what to do. I'm screwed. First, my
own comment first is welcome to the wild world
of being a parent. Things happen quickly. Dan,
don't we know it with the four -year -old right
now? Oh, yeah. Blink twice, and the whole freaking
house looks like a tornado came through it. Yep,
pretty much. So somebody said, so what have you
learned? And OP's response was, if a kid wanders,
follow them, even if it's in the same room. He
also learned, my niece really loves to paint.
And the third thing is hide the canvas somewhere
else, maybe in my GF's brother's closet. I told
my girlfriend, as the few of y 'all suggested,
Later that day when my sister picked up her kids,
I took her to the basement and to the closet
to show her what my niece did. I explained that
I've always felt like while she does like the
presents I give her, I feel bad because she puts
so much effort into my presents. I explained
to her what exactly I was trying to make. Luckily,
my niece didn't cover the entirety of the canvas.
My girlfriend saw bits of the canvas. In particular,
a picture of her friend took of us in the cafeteria
and high school. with her head on my shoulder.
She gushed about how sweet it was and she suggested
that we could turn this into an anniversary project.
We could make another canvas and maybe include
some of her pictures. I told her how much of
a great idea it was and she was jumping with
joy and excitement. Maybe I'll give y 'all an
update when my anniversary comes around, but
for now I'm excited for our little project. Let's
be honest here, it's gonna turn out better with
your help. That's really cute. Happy little story,
a little plot twist. I know, I like it. So I
like that this kid, I mean, he's young. They're
both 19. I know. And he's like all sentimental
about their five year anniversary. They started
dating when they were 14. Yeah, that's there.
Yeah. Wow. Like good for them for being that
solid. But like when I was that age, I couldn't
take any dating seriously whatsoever. Yeah. So
it's hard for me to like look at that and be
like, wow, what a mature, what a mature guy.
I'm also imagining him being like watching the
kids, the kids paint on his precious artwork
and he's like kind of throws a mini temper tantrum.
He doesn't do anything bad. He like slams everything
in there. And then the kids are like, uncle,
are you okay? Like, like, are you mad? It's like,
dude, you had the thing within reach of a kid
and you're babysitting. So figure it out next
time. Oh, that does suck though. It's funny you
mentioned that you like didn't take dating seriously
growing up because I feel like I totally did
Like I feel like I don't know going in high school
like thinking like I can meet my future husband
here Like every guy dated being like wonder if
I could fall in love with this guy Yeah, you're
just a hopeless romantic. I was I was you would
have broken my heart I literally looked at any
relationship, any crush, any fling, and it was
like, well, I know this is gonna go nowhere,
because we're high school students, so like,
who cares? Yeah, I always thought he could be
the one. This could go somewhere. I was like,
nope. I'll wait for you on your mission. Yeah,
no. Yeah, you're the only person that I've dated
for more than like two months. That's so mind
-boggling to me. that's so crazy i don't feel
like i ever had like a real serious relationship
though either so i mean who knows you've been
having boyfriends since you were five that's
my story though i'm just happy i'm happy they're
happy happy fifth anniversary sorry your project
got ruined go do a paint class yeah i like the
ending of that story it just kind of shows the
young puppy love like the way he was like it's
okay we're gonna do this so it was cute i like
that her like she she's like makes these impressive
figurines and that's what she gives him every
year is like some little handmade thing they're
nerds we would never do that for each other I
was going through my camera roll like within
the last couple days yeah and like we did our
pumpkin carving you remember that oh yeah we
were dating I carved the Utes logo into the pumpkin.
We want to be artistic, but we're not artistic.
Right. Exactly. But you're more artistic than
me, though. But anyways, that's true. I'm just
a sensitive person and like, you know, you got
to let it out. OK, well, let's let this story
out. Get it? Anyways, what I thought our 17th
anniversary dinner would be unforgettable, but
not like this. After 17 years married, we booked
a fancy rooftop dinner to celebrate, trying to
keep things fun and spicy. I wore a new dress.
He booked a private table with a view. It was
supposed to be perfect. Halfway through dinner,
he excused himself to the bathroom and didn't
come back for 20 minutes. I thought maybe he
was sick, but when I went to check, he was gone.
I started freaking out thinking he was kidnapped,
had a heart attack, or fell down the stairs.
I had the waiter check the bathrooms, the stairwell,
even the parking lot. Nothing. 15 minutes later,
I'm on the phone with his mom and 911 on standby
when I hear screaming outside. He had tried to
surprise me with a private fireworks moment,
except when you lit them, they misfired. Sparks
flew everywhere and one shot straight at him,
catching his sleeve on fire. He was literally
on fire. He was outside rolling in the ground
screaming, put it out, while trying to smother
the flames. We spent the rest of our 17th anniversary
in the ER. him with bandaged burns and ripped
pants neither of us said a word for a while then
he looked at me and goes next year let's just
get tacos like honestly there's that probably
sounds a little better it's like getting tacos
and like this dude went for the student for fireworks
at year 17 yeah that's so cute i feel like 17
to me that sounds like when you're just in the
absolute trenches of life Like I've never heard
anybody be like yeah for our 17th. We did X Y
and Z It's like I know probably got like an 11
year old and a 12 year old and no, I'm sorry
You've probably got like a I don't know like
a 12 year old and a 9 year old and a 5 year old
like your life is just clipping by Your 17 year
anniversary. This dude's like now I'm gonna do
a fireworks show and catch myself on fire That
sucks. And forget that number one thing that
you learn as a child. Stop, drop, and frickin'
roll, dog. He does stop, drop, and roll, though,
because it says he was outside rolling on the
ground screaming, put it out, while trying to
smother the flames. So good listening there,
bud. Where I thought was hilarious is that. He's
like, I'll be right back. I'm going to go to
the bathroom or whatever. And he leaves and he
just ghosts her for 15 minutes. And she just
starts panicking. She literally thinks this old
guy is having a heart attack somewhere. This
old guy, they've been married 17 years. This
guy's like 40. I know. That's what's funny though.
Like if you went missing, my first thought's
not. What if he's having a heart attack? Well,
you never know. You never know what if what if
I was you'd never what would you do? Oh my gosh?
I don't even know what you're supposed to I mean
I would call 911 I would put you on a couch or
somewhere safe You can't find me. Oh, I can't
I'm gone Okay, if you're just, you dipped and
I'm like, I have no idea where he is. You ask
the restaurant staff, hey, is my husband in the
bathroom? And they go in there and I'm not. I'd
be so, I'd start panicking. I would definitely,
I'd be blowing up your phone, first of all. Sorry,
can't answer it. I'm on fire. My first would
probably be to see if the car is still there.
I would check the car and then if I see the car,
no one's seeing you. You're not in the bathroom.
I'm calling 911. Is that a good answer for you?
That's good enough for me. It made me think of
one other time. Can you ever think of a time
where I just like I'll be right back and I just
like stood up and then walked away from you closed
the door and just waited for you to figure out
where I was? Oh my gosh. Yeah, I do. And I was
I didn't want to go outside and see what you
were doing because I knew you were proposing
to me in the place I didn't want to be proposed
at. Guys, she didn't want me to propose in my
brother's backyard, but that's where I lived.
I was balling on a budget and she was pushing
me. She was like, dude, you have to you have
to propose to me by this date. Well, I guess
you don't want me to do it at the Diamondbacks
game then because that was my original plan.
That would have been my dream. That would have
been my dream. But instead she's like you gotta
hurry, you know my cable. What do I do? We got
these busy lives Where should I do it and then
I asked your friend for help realize what we
were gonna do and guys. That's what I did I we
were sitting at the house I was nervous and I
just like stand up after we're watching a show
for a little bit walk out into the backyard I
don't know what else to do Close the door. There's
like candles in the pool floating. It's like
it's it's all decorated. It was nice Yeah, it
did look nice. It looks nice. Shout out Amber.
Yes I just went out and stood there and waited
and it was hot Standing out there standing out
there standing out there and I'm like, are you
ever gonna come outside? I would did not want
to go out there I just remember being like he
did not do it He's not doing it in the place
that I told him not to do it. I think I gave
you like three idea locations. This 19 year old
girl's like, don't do it here, don't do it here,
don't do it here. And what'd you do? Didn't listen.
So anyways, yeah, I was like, I do not want to
go out there. And then finally I was like, this
guy's not coming back in. I have to go out there.
So I looked in the mirror, put on some milk gloss
and walked out. I was nervous though. Yeah, of
course you are. You're probably just in there
shitting your pants and that's why you weren't
coming out. You're so concerned Like no, you're
not doing it here. No, you're in there, you know
pampered up for the photos Oh, no, but yeah,
I was not worried you were having a heart attack
or that you were on fire Thoughts good cuz I
was 22 days old you guys have any crazy anniversary
stories your own email them to us internet frenzy
at gmail .com We'll share them if they're any
good. Mm -hmm. And other than that We just appreciate
you hanging out. Thank you for listening. We'll
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