33: Hometown Hijinx pt.3: A Very Merry WIL Holiday
Dec 27, 2023
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The hosts discuss holidays, vasectomies, and share AITA stories. They talk about Christmas memories, decorations, and family traditions. They also share humorous childhood stories and discuss struggles with remembering important dates. Additionally, they talk about frozen food, thank-you cards, and bad dates.
A husband's consistent forgetfulness of important dates can lead to tension and conflict within a family dynamic.
Learned helplessness and an imbalanced emotional labor within a relationship can contribute to forgetting important dates.
Creating a shared calendar and both partners actively participating in remembering important events is essential for avoiding conflict and blame.
Deep dives
Forgetting important dates causes tension with mother-in-law
A woman's husband consistently forgets important dates like birthdays and anniversaries, causing tension with his mother and other family members. The woman suggests setting up a shared calendar, but her husband fails to participate and expects her to remind him. She argues that it's not her responsibility to keep track of his family's important dates, and that he should take more initiative to remember them. The situation escalates, resulting in a war between the husband's family and the woman. She questions whether she is the asshole for not reminding her husband about these dates.
Imbalanced emotional labor in remembering important dates
The woman highlights the issue of learned helplessness and how it can lead to imbalanced emotional labor within a relationship. She acknowledges that she is not naturally good at remembering important dates, but suggests solutions such as using a shared calendar. However, her husband's lack of participation and expectation that she should remember everyone's important dates regardless of her knowledge or involvement indicate an unfair dynamic. The ensuing conflict with the husband's family further highlights the issue.
Shared calendar and reminders as a potential solution
To address the problem, the woman suggests creating a shared calendar and setting reminders for important dates. She communicates her frustration with her husband's lack of involvement and participation, emphasizing the need for both partners to contribute to remembering important events. Despite attempting to establish a system for reminders, her husband's consistent forgetfulness causes ongoing tension with his family, leading to further conflict and blame.
Christmas Traditions
The podcast hosts discuss their Christmas traditions, including going home for Christmas, attending Mass, and exchanging gifts. They also share funny and memorable moments from past Christmases, such as accidentally showing up late for Mass or receiving unexpected and expensive gifts.
Pumpkin Patch Invitation
One of the hosts, Edgar, invites the other host, Grant, to a pumpkin patch, revealing their contrasting views on pumpkin patches and their respective experiences. They discuss the costs, Instagrammable nature, and the fun of visiting pumpkin patches, while also sharing personal anecdotes from past visits to farms.
LIVE from our friend's living room. It is the Well, I Laughed Christmas episode! Recorded in the most festive room either of us have ever seen. We discuss the holidays, vasectomies, and eventually share a couple AITA stories from Reddit. Grant and Maia unpack all the weird and hilarious holiday traditions and stories from each other.
A special thank you to Kelsi and Edgar for being such wonderful friends and hosts.
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