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Give It To Me Straight

22. Should You Get Involved Or Mind Your Business?

Give It To Me Straight

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15a62890-4bda-11f0-81b8-ef243904af37, Relationships, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, 72fb80f0-4c82-11f0-b74a-b18b80066719, Society & Culture

4.92.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

There’s a fine line between knowing whether to speak up or if you should keep your thoughts to yourself.  No matter the road you choose to take, the consequences of that decision can have a lasting impact on even the strongest of relationships.  In this episode, Alex and Jon take on questions about not standing up to your parents when it comes to the love of your life, navigating a relationship with a controlling boyfriend, the trouble with a workplace romance, and how to deal with a 7 year old secret that finally comes to light and threatens the trust of a marriage.

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(00:00) Intro

(10:31) Can you get the spark back?

(13:17) Is it a bad sign when your wife stops sharing her location?

(17:44) Are you required to like your partner’s friends?

(19:44) Sex is a team sport, everyone needs to finish

(28:02) My parents opinion is the reason I ended things

(34:53) Is my boyfriend trying to control my life?

(39:20) I told my sister she can do better and now I’m the bad person

(41:40) When do your neighbors’ arguments become a safety concern for you?

(46:24) I left my relationship for a coworker and now he won’t leave his

(50:14) Can a secret from 7 years ago instantly end your marriage?

(57:01) Icks

(1:02:11) Listener Review

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0:00.0

Love Shall repair. Reveal, whatever you said.

0:05.0

Prevail, prevail.

0:07.0

And you couldn't even do it.

0:09.0

Love Shell.

0:10.0

Reveal.

0:11.0

Good one, John.

0:13.0

Love shall.

0:14.0

Nail it.

0:15.0

Next question.

0:16.0

My boyfriend of one year has a really great job where he works for...

0:20.0

John, I will fuck you up. I will fuck you up.

0:23.2

I will fuck you up.

0:24.7

And welcome back to Give it to me straight.

0:31.9

I'm Alex and I'm John and where your gracious gracious gracious

0:38.1

hose wow I think I say wow after every intro.

0:43.0

Like your surprise.

0:44.0

Yeah.

0:45.0

What's wrong?

0:46.0

My hands are sweating.

0:47.0

Hands are sweating.

0:48.0

Kne. No, I hate.

0:49.0

Arms heavy. There's vomit on a sweater already.

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