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the top surgery post hurts my soul in ways I cannot imagine because it's so close to home on one of my friend's stories that I almost wonder if he posted it.

1:13:37 omg I miss that channel

12:31 please don’t come to Nigerian weddings or any African or south Asian wedding then lol that’s the day every one dresses like it’s their day lmao .

18:46 I’m imagining Sid Jenkins

As a trans guy who has gotten bottom surgery, the trans guy was definitely in the wrong (maybe not an ah, but in the wrong). They are right that there is this 'wanting to experience thing you never got to experience' and 'having sex with different people in a way you never got to' but that honestly can be done with an open relationship or 3 some situations with your partner. Maybe im biased because ive been in a lot of open relationships so it isnt as big of a deal for me, but it was definitely shitty what that guy did and makes me think that wanting the gay experience was one reason out of many

For the first one, if it was a straight man getting handsy and flirting with a lesbian we’d be having a wildly different conversation

so many gay people came out in my boomer generation AND millennial generations that everyone started assuming that gen-z of our family were pan/bi unless said otherwise so My generation was the ones who had to come out as straight. which my cousin loves to joke he's probably the first in history to have to come out as straight.

When the update is "Turns out we're gay" on these I always cheer. That last one was so cute.

47:29 I think it is super lame to not offer to pay back anything

Work!

45:58 if this was anyone else you guys wouldve called them an asshole for having surgery then leaving. Oh he found himself after the surgery? Nah he got what he wanted then he dipped out. like an asshole would

44:27 sue him. he waited until he had the money to transition then bounced.

23:44 that is such a crazy thing to say and believe holy

If the trans man really had no bad intentions he would’ve suggested to pay the op back for the surgery

Gross! I hated how nice they were to the guy who dropped his husbands of multiple years after he paid for bottom surgery. That’s messed up. He needs to pay him back or he’s the ass hole. Hard stop, no nuance.

Okay, the Ace story. As an ace, who also has next to little interest in sex, that's fine so long as you TALK ABOUT IT with your partner. Tell them outright that you don't enjoy it, you may be on the ace spectrum, and you really want to enjoy it with them because you love them. That's it. It's the least you need to do so that way you will both be on the same page going into the next chapter of your lives. Waiting for a virgin to come in so you don't have to think about sex until after marriage is incredibly short-sighted. "Virgin" does not equal low sex drive or minimal desire for it. All it means is that they haven't had sex yet. If OP's fiancee in that story is a regular Allo woman, then she will have wants and desires when it comes to sex that he will be unwilling to fulfill. Which is not an assumption, it is a conclusion based on what he posted. He is only focused on the "oh shit, I may have to do this more often" aspect of it. Not how it would affect his fiancee. He's a selfish asshole who chose this woman because she was a virgin, and seemingly for nothing else. I feel so bad for her and I hope that she marries a real one, not the asshole who made the post.

the third story has me shedding actual tears at work what the actual fuck 💀💀

NGL yes obviously gay rat wedding girl was doing too much but she WOULD be welcome to wear that to MY future lesbian wedding but only if she added a medieval twist (we are planning for a fairytail theme bc of COURSE)

First story- I just wanna say, my experience Cis women feel entitled to put their hands all over gay men

37:08
Yes. I came out as asexual, aromantic, and apothisexual back in December of 2021 in my first semester of college. Now, all my friends are bi. I've been called a bisexual magnet. One friend is bi and ace. I used to have two bi/ace friends, but one drifted away. So now I have one bi/ace and two just bi. I've met several other ace people, several other bi, and one pan. I honestly think I'd be pan if I wasn't ace.
Since coming out, it's like the LGBTQIA+ stopped hiding from me. They're everywhere! It's amazing!

0:39 . Commenting this before listening to the story. Does this mean when i compliment a man as a omni feminine leaning person, does that mean im straight?

I’m sorry, but how did the only two men in that room, who are physically LEVITATING from their inherent gayness, NOT pick up on the fact that the 17 year old says how important the “good night I love you” texts are to him from his purportedly “straight” friend??? It is no longer even a mere preponderance of evidence but now simply an incontrovertible TRUTH that the other one was floating on rainbows this whole time?!?!?

the first story comment bringing up “future brother in law” just makes it even weirder 😭 why would you be telling your family member how hot they are and feeling them up?? im gay and i can’t imagine going up to my brothers girlfriend and touching her body telling her how sexy she is. like that’s not only gross but so disrespectful to my brother regardless of whether or not she’s straight

28:31 I fully expected Shane to say that, "these assholes so far should have been motorboated" 💀

37:46 3/4 of my siblings are also queer and gnc, and my mother is bi (i think if she were my age, she might call herself agender too). our one cis/het sis is an ally but sometimes feels a bit left out lols

For everyone who's successfully made it this far, listening all the way backwards to this very first episode of this podcast, congratulations, you've just graduated with your MS (Master's of Smosh) in Reddit Studies. Well done, graduates. You may now move your tassles. 🎓

For the trans man story I think a good solution would've been that in the settlement for the divorce. His ex partner could give up the equity in the house that they bought together. That way it's kinda fair. But idk it's such a tough thing to deal with

As much as i GET what everyone is saying about the "living together, sharing a bed, adopting a child but DEFINITELY NOT GAY" story. I would also like to say that there are a LOT of people who have queer platonic feelings amd don't understand them or don't know the language for them. I'm someone who's on the aromantic spectrum (although i do develop romantic attraction) but also have had deep queer platonic crushes (it's called squish in the community) and they're EXTREMELY different. I'd like the idea of having a romantic partner, however I also totally love the idea of having a queer platonic partner that I'd share a bed with, adopt kids together and feel absolutely no romantic feelings for. The more the idea of relationships is explored the more you realize there are a lot of times where the line between two types of relationships blur and only rhe people experince it can find a name that feels right for it. I'm not saying that's definitely the case here but also i think it's an important thing to mention because so many people within the queer community don't know it as well.

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