217. Tangled Ties

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

Storytelling, Personal Journals, Story, Podcast, Stories, True, Society & Culture

4.4 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

When Gina’s toxic best friendship with MJ came to an abrupt end, she was left with a pile of feelings she couldn’t share. If she did, she would lose even more than she already had.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi Ben, my name is Gina.
0:02.0	Growing up, my best friend and I had such a toxic relationship
0:05.0	that you will find it hard to believe we remain friends for so long.
0:09.0	My secret is the complicated set of emotions I was left with
0:12.0	when the friendship came to an abrupt
0:14.4	end. I can't share this with anyone for fear of losing more than I already have.
0:19.7	Today the Sicker Room presents Tangle Ties. And this really happened.
0:35.0	She called me extremely worried and she told me that a woman had just walked up to her in the store and called her by name and said,
0:43.5	I'm sorry to tell you, but you're going to die in 10 days.
0:49.3	The secret room is made possible by our sponsor Home Chef.
0:52.3	For a limited time, Home Chef is offering
0:54.3	our listeners 18 free meals plus free dessert for life and of course free shipping
0:59.3	on your first box. Go to Home Chef.com slash Secret.
1:03.0	And please join me in welcoming Hatch, a proud new sponsor of the Secret Room.
1:07.0	Hatch is offering you $20 off your purchase of the Hatch Restore and free shipping at hatch.co slash secret. It was a cold, windy day when I met Gina, and Slipstream, a coffee shop here in Washington,
1:30.0	D.C. was the perfect antidote.
1:32.0	After a couple hours, I was so taken by Gina's story that I knew
1:35.2	we had to share it. So today we're going to talk about an imperfect friendship and why we're
1:39.7	loyal to people who aren't loyal to us. We'll examine what we're left with when it all goes away and dive into
1:45.3	Gina's secret feelings about the imperfect friendship that she tragically lost.
1:56.0	Hi Gina and welcome to the secret room. Hi Ben.
1:57.0	It's really great to have you here.
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