Anecdotes and Antidotes | Episode 27

Hi. Hi.

Were you feeling a little shy?

No, but it was funny. Hi. Hi. Hi. How's it going?

I can usually find one, but I won't. I'll spare you.

I mean, no, I probably could. I could definitely find someone to complain about, but no, I'm feeling good. I'm feeling rested. I'm sleeping pretty much like a normal person. Ooh, fancy.

pants, Rich McGee over here. Fuck you. I slept terrible last night.

Oh, well, that's nothing new.

You know, yeah, it happens. Well, I fell into a deep sleep this morning and then had to get up for a dental appointment. You know, when you really want to keep going, it was, like, so good. It was a really good starting into an early, my first nap of the day. And I was interrupted.

You know how babies wake up and have breakfast and then they go.

back to sleep? I want to be a baby. I'm the baby. Like, that's my dream.

Yeah, no, I do my best sleeping in the morning after I've been awake for a couple hours, too.

Oh, from 7 in the morning to 10 a.

Mine is more from, like, 6 to 8.

do more. You do love a 5 o'clock. wake up. I don't think you love it, but it just happens for you.

I don't love it. It's just what happens. Sometimes. it's, like, 4 and I'm like, that's ridiculous.

Welcome to, Disrespectfully. With Katie Maloney and Dana Cathan. Unapologetically. We're here to do what we want to do. Spilling.

the tea. Babe, you're gonna.

see the power of women. Like, Disrespectfully. Should we talk about why we're gathered here today? What's going on?

The changes? Yeah, we have a little bit of a different episode today. for y'all. We're just gonna do one big, long sesh of Dub, Dub, Dee, Dee and Hometown Hero. So,

the goal with this is we are kind of testing this out, because we would like to know from you guys if you would like two episodes a week. So, what we're thinking is we'll do a regular episode. that's just all of our shenanigans, keeping it on Wednesdays, and then we'd figure out another day of the week to do a shorter episode. that is just Hometown Heroes and Dub, Dub, Dee Dee.

Yeah, because we want to be able to answer more of your questions and read more of your stories, so if we had an episode entirely dedicated to that, we could really have some fun with it.

Yeah, I feel like sometimes, because we're yapping, obviously, and we look at Leia and she's like.

like it? No, I hope they hate it.

You hope they hate it? Okay, I was just checking. Of course.

Yeah, so, let us know.

So, yeah, write in, or maybe we'll put up like a little poll after it comes out. Ooh, I love a poll. On the IG,

with our presence. Is that what it is? Let's get into it. Let's get into it, then. Do you want to start?

Hometown heroes.

Well, the first one we have is from Yajaira. Yajaira says, Alright, I debated on if I should share this stupid slash, not proud story of mine. You should always share it. Always. Always.

Just my type.

Big, huge red flag. Anywho, it was late at night at the family's house. Me and the brother were drinking in the garage while my ex was doing cocaine in the room. Turns out. we got real drunk and ended up hooking up in the kitchen, like full on hooking up.

Anyway. Thanksgiving's gonna be a little weird. Yes.

Also, after that, I couldn't help but give their dad the What? Okay. I couldn't help but give their dad the. you can get it next eyes. So am I a hero?

you're my kind of hero. If you.

would have fucked the dad and both the brothers.

Legendary. I might get your name tattooed on my ass when we make sure we're saying it right. What are you talking about? You're absolutely a hero. I want to know.

what the dad's reaction was to her little look she gave him.

Did you ever watch Shameless?

I've watched, like a few episodes in the first.

season. There was a story like same same but different. The main character hooks up with her boyfriend's brother and the boyfriend's brother is there and passed out drunk, and like gets up for a second and they're literally like hooking up on the counter, and then he passes out and then the guy is really unstable, obviously because he's fucking his brother's girlfriend and they seem to look a little unstable. Tells the whole family about it. Yeah, I think you're.

Make it a whole family affair.

The sky's the limit. Why are we limiting ourselves?

That is pretty incredible. But I mean, good that you're no longer with the guy with the coke issue. Yeah, there's.

I know I guess we're gliding right past that. There's multiple reasons. I think you probably should stay away from this family now and possibly you'll get a court order at some point, but I love this. This is one of our best, I think one of our best hometowns we've had.

Whenever, it's like the family's involved, walking in on you, catching you. I don't know. You're hooking up with someone's brother or someone's husband. It's terrible, but you know what? Thanks for sharing.

Do you think you guys will go compete on Family Feud someday? I hope so. What are your team names?

Imagine the category. Things you shouldn't.

do in the kitchen for $500.

Excuse me? On a little side note, I saw this like meme. It was on a meme page, but basically this girl.

On TikTok or Instagram? On Instagram.

She had posted a video of her doing like those, like sound bowls, where you bang it and you know, she's very in like her mode. Oh, sound bath? Yeah, sound bath, but with the bowls, you know. And she captioned it. Can you believe I used to have a coke addiction?

Yes. It was one of the first things we were going to mention.

Anyway. Alright, well, thanks for sharing that. Wow. Damn.

And incredible. You're a hero and you didn't go anonymous. Like good for you. And you shouldn't.

And he didn't break up with you. Girl, you must have it going on if the brother's like not a good enough reason to break up with you.

I know. I kind of wish we had more information on that that he was like that's fine. It's okay. My dad caught you having sex with my brother, but, you know. And do you want to fuck my dad?

Thank you. That's so nice. I have like chills a little bit. Do you? Yeah.

No. We love you. This is so sweet. Now let's get into this. I'm from a small town in northern Ontario and in my high school college years I definitely slept my way through some friend groups.

like fries, like the English say? Or is it like actual potato chip? Also like chip truck. That must be a Canadian thing. Where's mine?

Or maybe, who knows, maybe this person's British. Okay, maybe.

It says, tree trimming companies, production tree companies, and smaller independent contractors are buying chip trucks as an essential piece of machinery to ramp up their business. That makes way more sense. That makes way more sense. Get your head out of 7-Eleven, Katie. This is what it looks like.

Okay. So you're an American and we're idiots. I didn't know.

you could be well known for owning the best chip truck in town. Maybe it's a smaller town. You must be in a real small town if that's like glory over there. Anyway.

Okay, so we've established this has nothing to do with food. Got it. He's funny, whatever. First time we hooked up was horrible. Lasted about two minutes, and then he looked me dead in the eyes and said, I guess you just have that effect on me.

about those very things. I've had sex on a couple of beaches.

And it's just, it's strategic in placement. But yeah, it can get. You can feel some exfoliation, if you know what I mean. But it's the third time that really takes the cake. Yes, there was a third time.

Wait a minute!

Leia! It is food!

It's little potato chips where they store the fucking potatoes for the chip truck. Oh, a chip truck!

Tell me, this man did not take me to the, yeah, the musty. It's for the fucking potatoes, for the chip truck. This, apparently, is where I draw the line, because I walked right out of there and never went back to him. You bet your ass. my girlfriend and I went back the next night to get potatoes for dinner, though.

That was a ride. An actual chip truck. First of all, still must be like a very small town thing, for like, how many chip trucks are there? Or another?

maybe another country, because that is so weird to me. Like what you, Leia, found out, makes more sense to me.

than that does. Yeah, but I don't know. I wish we had chip trucks that just drove around. You could just go get a snack. Well, also, when's?

the last time you heard or saw an ice cream truck? Still sparks joy. Um, actually.

there was one that used to drive by all the time in my neighborhood. Did you ever get?

anything? No. I would. But do they take Venmo now? We don't know.

who come around and sell candy bars for their like sports team or whatever, except Venmo, I guarantee you the ice cream truck does. They do?

The kids have Venmo now?

Yeah, because I'll be like, sorry, I don't have cash. I never really have cash on me. They're like, I can take Zell or Venmo. And I'm like, Jesus Christ. They're like, just a couple.

questions on the screen for you right here.

They pull out a square like swiping cards. I mean, yeah, no. Um, well damn, I mean, listen.

I think we're all guilty of trying it once, twice, thrice, when it wasn't the vibe.

But I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. It is a compliment if a guy can't last with you. Because you've got him really turned on. Really.

revved up. I subscribe to that as well. Like, if it's an hour in, I mean, maybe he's having issues anatomically, but yeah, if it happens quickly, then yeah, it's like, probably is that you're just really hot and really good in bed. It's a bummer for us. But it's a bummer.

I know that's such a fantasy where people say like, oh, sex on the beach. But I have never been like, yeah, I want to do that. Where's the weirdest?

place. you've ever had sex? A movie theater. Stop. Yeah.

Wimbledon.

Not to say it wasn't Challengers. Shout out to that boyfriend. It wasn't Challengers. That is so funny. Yeah.

Yeah. I would say. Was there a lot of people?

Yeah. But we were in the car on the ferry boat. Oh. Titanic. Yeah.

because you may not be here. That's true. Imagine being in a car with cars lined up next to you and the boat starts to sink. Oh, yeah. A nightmare.

Speaking of Final Destination, I saw something the other day that logs bullied. Someone was behind a log truck. Logs flew through, but it was on the passenger side. So the driver lived, but had someone been with them and someone posted it and was like, every millennial alive is like, don't drive behind a logging truck. I will avoid that shit at all costs.

behind any truck that has stuff in the back. Especially like those gardening trucks where they got like shovels and things like that. If something's not strapped down and it flies out,

they have a nice hoe and some like an axe pick. Yeah, some.

really sharp metal objects that will go right through your windshield. They have objects that.

look like what death chooses to go, pick people up, like what is happening back there. No, and also like things strapped to the car. Same thing, because you just, that, then you're left up to the devices of someone. You have to trust someone else that they did a good job with that.

We just don't know. Yeah, and the thing is, I try to leave a lot of space between me and that person in front of me. Just in case something and I can.

swear. Yeah, well, keep your eyes peeled for a chip truck. Oh,

yeah. Anyway, that was crazy.

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Chip trucks. Okay, well, thanks for sharing that. I guess we gotta try chip trucks.

sometimes. I mean the way we felt so stupid, Leia, always just trying to make us look dumb.

The way we were like on the right page, and then we're like, oh yeah, of course it's not food. We would only think that it's actually like something functional. But I just want to know how many chip trucks are there? Do they have the best?

one? Trying to make us look silly. Who needs friends or who needs enemies when you have a producer like Leia?

I'm trying to figure out. is it like an ice cream truck, chip truck, like you guys were saying, or is it like a potato chips? I mean it seems like it's like a food truck, but it's just chips.

We'll research it and circle back. I have no idea. Okay.

Your turn. Danny says Worst slash, scariest date story? I got you. I was living in San Diego, hard enough to be swimming in fuckboys and trying to find someone decent. Touché.

I lived there for a year and a half.

Can attest. I matched on hinge with an almost cute vintage store owner and decided to meet up. Almost cute? It was aight.

SSDGM'd. What's that? It's from MFM. That's another podcast I listen to. that I've talked about on here.

That's so cute. I SSDGM'd so hard on this date. It stands for.

stay sexy, don't get murdered. Yeah, you did. Oh, I love that. Yeah, you did.

Maybe he should not tell that story. Perhaps.

Yeah, I mean this takes me back to brown flip flop guy who was telling a whole story about another woman. It's like I've overshared on a date, but I don't think I've overshared about a possible murder I was involved in. Probably a good idea not to talk about that.

No. Do people overdose.

on acid? I think that the only drug you truly cannot die from is weed. So yeah, I'm guessing you can die from that. I don't know. you can go into a psychotic break.

probably dozens of times, but the thing is, I'm right there with them probably.

Well, yeah, we're not usually sober. But I know what it's like.

there's been times where I've been taking like a month off of drinking and I go and hang out with people that are drinking and I'm like is this what I'm like? But yeah, on a first date I don't think it's always the best idea to get like super drunk anyway, because I will definitely overshare. I don't have anxiety the next day about what the fuck I was like. why would I talk about that? I look at a glass.

of wine and I'm like let me take you back to 97.

Yes.

Like what are you doing? Stop talking like that. I think my sister probably takes the cake as far as like someone getting wasted on a date with her. She was really young. it was like right after college and she was living in San Francisco.

Why would you want to just casually do Molly when someone else isn't doing Molly and it's you're like on a date, like people have no?

like. well, he obviously yeah, he obviously wasn't. well like. why are you doing that?

That is insane. That's pretty insane.

I think it's worse than that. but yeah, glad you didn't get murdered and um, glad you are done with this person. Yeah, that.

is so unfortunate, especially when, like you know, sometimes when you're really actively dating to like, get into, like a relationship you know every date you're like I'm excited. this could be fun. you get ready, you get dressed, you look pretty and then you show up and it's just a trash bag of a human. No. Well, I.

distinctly remember. I was on a first date with someone and he was drinking like old fashions or something, and I had a martini and only had planned on just having one. and then he was like let's get another round, and then I think I thought that that was going to be the only like we were done for the night. and then he's like, let's get one more and I should have switched to water or a glass of wine, and I remember being very drunk and having a drunk make out in which he like, lifted me up at one point and like, kind of was like turning around and hit my head on a building like.

the corner of the.

Jesus. So you got a concussion. I wasn't concussed, but I never spoke to him again. so. Anyway, last one.

Um, not like.

Well, maybe it's like the martini thing. Like one's alright.

two is genie. I probably shouldn't have had sex in any car. It's not something I did with. like every person, I dated. The same person in the movie theater.

Mormon parking lot church?

The parking lot, sorry, the parking lot of the Mormon church is where we'd go to hang out.

I'm surprised they didn't come out and try and save you. Well, it's the night time.

Hmm. Doesn't mean that no one was in there, but there was no cars there? but also, why would you want to be the only car in the parking lot? that just looks suspicious? I wasn't very smart.

I can't remember the last time. It's been a while. So I think these are all things you do when you're typically like she's in high school. I mean I definitely in with my high school boyfriend, who I've talked about before. once did it during daylight in my 94 Jetta that did not have tinted windows in, just like a cul-de-sac and which, looking back, that is so reckless.

it's closed. Like, I don't even know how far you can drive up at night, right? I don't know. Leah?

Do you ever share with class? Have you ever boned in a car? I don't care about the hours. You don't have to share, but I want you to. Yeah.

Well, what happened was I left the headlights on my car died, so we had to call our parents, and that was devastating. It's the first time our parents met. Where were you parked? at? Around the corner from my high school.

what are you doing? Also like the things that we do and thought we were slick about.

Holy shit.

I'll let you start, because you directed it obviously same same but different, but I get what you're saying. I think.

the hugest thing with the mental and emotional healing is time. It just takes time, and I don't think you should be hard on yourself. I don't think you should repress any of those feelings. It seems like you're trying to channel it and you're trying to get therapy. so I just think you need to be patient with yourself and not be hard on yourself.

kind of like you were just saying, but random acts of violence are particularly traumatizing and difficult to work through. I would say I mean you are doing the right things that you're going through. you know trying to take certain exercise classes that help you with rage and you know seeking a therapist. One thing that I might add on to that. I bet, if you're comfortable with it, that there are support groups specifically for people who endure violent crimes would definitely be something to look into.

Yeah, but it's only been a few months. so I think just be patient and baby steps and just look for the support where you can get it. Totes. We love you. Thank you for writing in.

Well, I mean saying imagine, moving on from that. I have definitely been in that situation. I'm sure you have too. so I feel like that's a pretty universal experience. and wait, did she say this?

was her first? It was the first man that really loved her. I don't know if it was the first relationship, but it seems like the first very serious.

So I totally understand that. I think that sometimes you find yourself in certain relationships that go to deeper waters and that is a difficult thing to untether from. Look at it like this. Even if you have a relationship that you don't particularly care about that much and you weren't like. this is the love of my life.

that you ever have. Oh yeah. No, I think you can have many of those in your life. Breakups cause major disrupt in your life and routine, and that sort of change can be really difficult to deal with. cause you know, all the times you want to pick up the phone and call said boyfriend or best friend, like now it's, you don't have that sort of access anymore and you don't want them to have access to you as well.

just keeping in mind that it won, like I look back on the most painful breakups in my life, and at the time it felt like it was forever, and it was just like it's such a horrifying feeling. but then, like they say, with women with severe pain because of childbirth and like it's built into us, we're meant to forget pain and move on from it. so I can look back at that version of myself and remember it hurt really bad, but it just doesn't exist anymore. so you're going to be alright.

you're getting a software update at this point because you're working through some difficulties, ironing out some kinks, things that don't work, but I think you know it's making room for amazing people to come in as well.

we get a lot of people emailing in for our WWDD segment about how they can stop comparing themselves to others, and I feel like these days with social media it's just like really difficult not to.

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Rachel says, I just finished the first episode and I'm obsessed. I have a question for the pod. I know it may be a bit taboo to discuss, but fuck that shit. I think you're the right women to have this open forum with. I had a traumatic sexual experience that just completely fucked my adult life up.

sexual assault? I don't think there's a one size fits all with this one, because it's similar to any kind of traumatic experience. I think not burying those feelings, but addressing them head on and really healing from them is the only way through it. to be honest. I'm not saying we're like reliving that experience, but like forgiving yourself, because I feel like sometimes we hang on to guilt when it comes to those types of things, and I think releasing yourself from any guilt that you might feel.

happen to you. Yeah, first of all, so sorry that happened to you, and I also understand that, and everyone, I think, handles those situations differently. Like, we're all different people and some people can compartmentalize and just move on, and some people need more time. So I think that in any relationship or intimacy there's a huge level of trust, and if someone broke your trust and took something from you, it can be really hard to then try and trust people in the future, and especially with something so delicate as sex and relationships. So also, particularly because it was your first experience, that's just such a rough way to start that off.

even if it's scary. Yeah, because there's going to still be disappointments out there, unfortunately. that is the nature of dating, but not every situation has to end up as an essay situation. I think also too. I mean sometimes it's difficult because everyone can be booed up, but I always, like I'm asking my friends who know a lot of people, or if they are married or in a relationship and they're significant other, has friends?

Trust me, I don't do them anymore, but dating apps can be hard, but yeah. so it's great when you have a little meet queue or you know. it's like basically working off referrals when you meet someone through someone, but yeah, you'll get there.

Anonymous says LA is a very vanity driven city. when you moved to LA, what shocked you and how did you deal with your self esteem?

I wouldn't say it shocked me because I feel like I was prepared for it when I moved here. but the amount of tens in the wild that are just running around and there's models and actresses and influencers and people trying to be someone, and I feel like I've always tried hard to, in terms of like, even on the internet, protect my boundaries. if someone makes me feel really bad about myself or like, I just don't ingest it, so I'll unfollow them. but it's hard not to notice when you're out here that there's just so much hotness. so I mean for me it's like I've tried really hard over the past few years to work on my self esteem from a foundational place that really didn't have anything to do with how I look, but more so how I felt about myself, and obviously your looks do play a role in that.

things. Yeah, I mean I don't remember really how I felt about things when I moved here. I was 20, so I mean I don't know. but now yeah, desperately trying hard not to compare myself to anyone, because I just I don't, it's impossible to. You can look at people and be like, oh my god, their body's like perfect and all this stuff, but I think that's a really slippery slope.

therapist talks about it all the time. Sometimes if I'm being too fixated on something that I can't control or too hard on myself. I know it sounds corny, but affirmations like truly you have to gas yourself up. Everyone has strong pursuits. Everyone has things that are great about them.

we've embraced as we've gotten a little bit older. is that like? it's really not about looks. I've been not initially attracted to somebody right off the bat and then I got to know them and they became the most beautiful person I've ever seen. So I don't know.

Totally. You can only control what you can. so focus on what you can control and spend your time there.

So Susan says, I want advice about my breakup. I dated this guy for one year and ten months and we were amazing at first, and then we started doing long distance because I had to move for school and he had to finish school. We worked through long distance and it was working till it was not. He did not make me a priority and started saying that an hour a day to talk and text throughout the day was enough. I love him and I truly feel he was my person and he was going through a lot when we broke up.

I think it's less about figuring out specifically if this is your person and more about letting what's going to happen, happen. The distance happened, that you're working against a few things, and also I think it can totally hold you back if you're like okay, but we'll meet up in a few years. I think at this point you need to live your life and just if it's meant to happen, it'll happen.

100%, and that could be in five years. it could be in 10 years, but I think not putting your life on pause and worrying and concerning yourself whether or not this person is the right person for you. There's multiple people that can be right for you, but I think, just focusing on yourself right now and how you feel in general about this person. I don't think this person they're saying, there's one thing, they're saying things and then they're doing things. Someone can tell you whatever bullshit they want, but if they're acting differently or not making the effort, that is a reflection of their interest and their investment in you.

You could be the whole right package at the wrong address.

But I'm sorry, I know that sucks when it just becomes circumstantial and it takes you away from somebody, but I think that's often times the universe intervening in ways as well, saying like different path, let's go.

Totally. Last one. Jordan says, I'm 34 and in a happy relationship of 7 and a half years. I'm so sick of the engagement, marriage babies question I get from people all the time. You're both hilarious, so wondering if you have any clever, funny answers to reply with to throw people off.

thing is when people want to be like oh, are you guys going to have babies soon? You make them feel really uncomfortable. Obviously, you can't do this for friends and family, because they'll know, but you can just say like, oh well, I'm barren.

Holding the stare is important too. Just the dead pan of it all. Yeah, and.

for friends and family. I think, again it's kind of throwing it back to them when they're like, when are you guys going to have kids? I'm like, when are you going to shut the fuck up? I will have kids. when you stop asking me that question.

Also, if it's like your parents or like there's grandparents, be like, well, you had kids and you didn't do a very good job of it, so I don't really want to repeat past mistakes. You know what I mean? For engagement in marriage, if you don't know the people very well, you can be like, oh well, my partner says I'm too ugly to marry. So I guess I'm just going to be a spinster. If you're talking to family or friends and they're divorced, you should be like, well, I was thinking about marriage, but then I saw what happened with yours.

most inspired. I haven't been really inspired by anyone around me to get married. Oh, why? So I can hate my husband as much as you hate yours?

Yeah, Uncle Toby, aren't you on your third marriage? So I guess forever shouldn't be in your vows, right? I'll see you on the fourth, though.

I just. yeah, I think just be like, well, just because you decided to make decisions that you're not happy with doesn't mean I should. Yeah, It's like, when are you going to get married? When are you going to get divorced? Yeah, so when are you getting divorced?

I think I'm going to get married. when I see one person around me that has a marriage that doesn't make them want to scratch their eyes out. Yeah, I'll get.

married when people's husbands stop hitting on me.

Isn't it always, always, always too, I'm sure you get this, in the DMs and the comments, when some guy is leaving you some random shit and you go to his profile, and they're always like, wifey, tagging their wife with their, and I'm like, you are such a scumbag. Oh, yeah, no.

the amount of DMs from, like, maybe not even a wife, but then all of a sudden, Valentine's Day comes around. there's never a sign of a woman in their life, girlfriend, wife, whatever, and then all of a sudden it's like, the love of my life, three years together. I'm like, three years? Why the fuck are you talking? Why are you bugging me?

I think that TikTok is the best thing that ever happened to any of us, and I feel like I've seen TikToks related to this, so also, like, search, it. Search, like, responses to when people are asking you questions you don't want to answer. But, I mean, yeah, I think any of those were great. So just, I think we would both err on the side of making people as uncomfortable as possible. Yeah.

Especially if you tell someone that you're barren. Are they that bored? And they're more?

like, yeah, well, I did have a baby and it came out really ugly, so I gave it away. I just decided it's probably not a good idea.

Oh, no!

Yeah, something to make them uncomfortable.

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