SOLO: Am I The Asshole? Friendship Edition

About this episode

Chloe Maddren discusses listener updates and explores Reddit stories about friendship dilemmas.

Hellooo again Requesties!! I’m back again with a solo ep (SORRY FOR MISSING A WEEK, gunna blame the short month? Or my being useless). On today’s episode we get a lil update from a listener and I go through a couple of juicy Reddit stories.  One is from Am I The Asshole? about a mum who doesn’t want her son playing with his friend because the other mum won’t evenly split hosting time. The other is from Am I Overreacting? where someone lives my nightmare and runs into an ex-friend under the worst circumstances. We’re talking ghosting, parenting politics, petty payback, friendship boundaries and whether being a “petty bitch” is sometimes justified. ENJOY!!   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Chloe Maddren

Topics covered

• friendship
• Reddit stories
• parenting politics
• ghosting
• boundaries
• petty payback

Keywords

• friendship
• Reddit
• Am I The Asshole
• ghosting
• parenting
• boundaries
• petty behavior

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Am I The Asshole?, Am I Overreacting?

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