271 - How to Be High Maintenance

The Jen Fulwiler Show

Jen Fulwiler

Kids & Family, Comedy, Parenting

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Jen's friend just got out of a hard season, and says she wants to stop lying to herself about what she really wants and start being "high maintenance." Jen talks about how to be a fabulous, high maintenance woman. She also talks about the insane thing a man did to her on a plane, and the exciting news that she has a new archnemesis!

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Jen Fulwiler is a mom with zero domestic skills. Her natural habitat is a martini bar in Manhattan, yet she finds herself raising a family in suburban Texas with her country-boy husband who thinks his inflatable hot tub is the summit of the human experience. Her stories of failing her way through life will resonate with anyone who doesn't have it all together.

Jen is a viral standup comic, bestselling author, and former SiriusXM radio host who has released three comedy specials: The Naughty Corner, Maternal Instinct, and Shabby Chic. She has been featured on Nate Bargatze's Nateland Presents, Where My Moms At with Christina P, Dr. Drew After Dark, the Today Show, CNN, and Fox News. She was featured in the viral articles, "5 Comedians Like Nate Bargatze Who Make Everyone Laugh," and "6 Comics To Check Out If You Love Leanne Morgan." She lives with her husband and six kids in Austin, Texas.

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0:00.0	when I tell you, I just got off a plane. I just, did I not just get off a plane? I mean, I
0:14.7	landed, drove up here, sat in this seat. I got, I got up at, I don't know, like 8 o'clock this morning to leave Wyoming and then come back here to Austin.
0:27.0	And look, here's proof.
0:27.9	I'm wearing a Wyoming t-shirt.
0:29.7	So obviously that you can't argue with this.
0:32.9	But this is how I just want to, you know, this is how dedicated I am as a podcast host.
0:39.6	Now, why do these other podcasts hosts get a million X my views when they're,
0:45.4	they're not getting straight off of planes and doing this episode?
0:48.7	But I looked at the calendar and saw that I've got something going on every night up until the podcast. And I thought,
0:57.0	oh, I took the wrong week off. I should, I should not have taken last week off. That was a mistake.
1:02.3	And in fact, I think, because I had sent Caitlin a September, October podcast plan a few weeks ago.
1:08.8	And I think because I am so spacey, I mixed up the weeks I
1:13.3	needed to take off. Because I remember last weekend being like, yeah, I'm honestly kind of
1:17.1	chilling. This is, this is fine. And then this weekend, I'm like, when am I going to record
1:22.0	the podcast? So this is, the sun is setting. I have been traveling all day. I traveled from Casper, Wyoming to Austin, Texas. Let me tell you, not a lot of direct flights. The Casper Austin pipeline is developing. And so, but I was like, no, I'm not, I'm not missing. I'm not missing this podcast episode. We are going to hang out.
1:46.7	So this episode will be a little punchy because I've been up for a long time. I've been running through airports all day. And last night was my Casper Wyoming show. The night before that was my Greeley Colorado show. So this has just been
2:03.2	one after another. I have not been getting a lot of sleep, which is good news for you.
2:07.7	Because those are always the punchiest episodes. I have nothing to lose. On this episode,
2:13.1	we will discuss, I have an announcement, an exciting announcement. It's a personal announcement.
2:21.9	It's very, it's very exciting. I'm so excited about it. I can't wait to tell you guys.
2:28.1	It's a big reveal here on the episode. Very excited.
2:39.3	Also, okay, we're going to talk about some highlights from my Wyoming trip.
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