27: Influential Secrets pt.3: AITA

Grant & Maia
Nov 15, 2023
2 min read

Updated: Apr 16

The best place to tell your secrets - the internet! This week Grant and Maia share stories from Reddit's AITA featuring secret hoarding, infidelity, and the ability to ruin a family.

Have you ever accidentally opened Pandora's box, only to reveal someone else's secret? Grant and Maia dive into some jaw-dropping "Am I the Asshole" stories, revealing what happens when a simple DNA test spirals into family chaos and when sentimental hoarding reaches bizarre extremes. Expect plenty of laughs, cringeworthy moments, and juicy discussions about secrets that might have been better left undiscovered. Buckle up for a hilarious yet thought-provoking exploration of boundaries, relationships, and just how far some people will go for nostalgia. Semi-educational, organically funny, and absolutely perfect for your next dinner-party gossip session. Well, we laughed—and we think you will, too.

Chapters

00:00:00 Catch-Up

00:26:23 MIL's Secret AITA

00:41:46 Storage Unit AITA

Key takeaways to listen for

[00:01:04] Halloween Recovery: The hilarious aftermath of a Halloween party
[00:08:13] Instacart Mishap: How a Halloween candy order turned unexpectedly into deli turkey drama
[00:09:01] Chili with Cinnamon Rolls: The strange but delicious Nebraska food tradition
[00:29:48] DNA Disaster: Unexpected paternity test result that blew open a family secret
[00:43:07] Secret Storage Unit: A secret storage unit that one husband rented
[00:55:42] Creepy Memory Box: When you receive a bizarrely sentimental gift
[01:00:33] Foot Through the Ceiling: Why someone ended up with his foot dangling through the attic ceiling

Quotes:

My sister had gone up to her while she was sleepy, cut some of her hair off, sealed it, and put that along with the thing she'd stolen from me. And dirt. I singularly possess the ability to clone it. - Grant Thomas
Ignorance is bliss sometimes. I do not think truth for the sake of truth alone is always the highest good. - Grant Thomas
It feels like in the sitcom, there's always that one female or male character that is figuring out how they show their partner that they love them. - Maia Warner
A fireman carried me upstairs. I just remember looking down his whole body and down the stairs, and I'm like, oh my god. - Maia Warner

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