67. Giving you weddings, plus ones, and distant friends
Give It To Me Straight
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4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
If you could change one thing about your wedding, what would it be? Alex and Jon answer this question in today’s episode! Weddings are supposed to be one of the best days of your life but it’s not always what is cracked up to be.
From upset in-laws to kids running around, it can actually be the most chaotic day. The only thing Jon remembers from his wedding is how Alex looked. Sweet, right? Well…take a listen because Jon’s head is on the chopping block.
0:00 - Intro
37:33 - What To Splurge On? Skimp On?
42:12 - I Bought My Sister’s Wedding Dress
47:32 - I Was Demoted from Bridesmaid to Guest
51:28 - Plus One or Plus Zero?
53:42 - Keep Your Kids Out of My Wedding!
59:48 - I Kicked Him Out of the Bridal Party
01:01:58 - Torn Between Two Celebrations
01:06:15 - Recs of the Week
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:03.0 | Sometimes I look at you and I'm like, God, I want to punch you in the fucking face. |
| 0:08.0 | Do I? |
| 0:08.7 | No, those are my inside thoughts. |
| 0:10.6 | But then 20 minutes later, I'll be like, wow, I love this person so much. |
| 0:15.0 | But you just ruin that. |
| 0:16.2 | Like I was on the verge of liking you again today. |
| 0:19.5 | Not anymore. |
| 0:20.7 | Good. I want to be alone. |
| 0:26.9 | And welcome back to give it to me straight. I'm Alex and John has an attitude today. |
| 0:35.8 | I don't have an attitude. A little bit. You do. You need a nap. This is good practice for me because I'm like, oh, no. He just isn't that. You're the problem. My aura ring said I had a great sleep score last night. I'm ready to go. Did you not hear Kobe at all? John, no, I don't. Tibby, tibut, tibut, tab, tibut, tab. |
| 0:54.5 | Am I supposed to apologize for the things that go on during my sleep? Like, that's not in my business. And I wanted a two and a three. Hey, welcome back to me straight. We already did our intro. She's Alex and I'm John and this is the podcast. It is. How are you feeling, John? Okay, we get it. |
| 0:50.8 | Tired, a little bit of toad. |
| 0:52.3 | It's all right. |
| 0:53.7 | Me, you have a toad. |
| 0:55.3 | No. podcast. It is. How are you feeling, John? Okay, we get it. Tired, a little bit of toad. It's all right. I just, me, you have a Tud. No, I really don't. Look at me. What just happened just before we hit start. Alex, we were about to record. She goes, well, let me post this TikTok real quick. I go, fine. Fucking 10 minutes later. You go, I go, or should I post after? |
| 1:30.2 | You go, well, how long is it going to take? A minute. You said a minute. A minute when people say that now |
| 1:35.2 | means like it's going to take a minute. Like a long time. It doesn't actually mean a minute. |
| 1:40.8 | When people say it's going to be a minute. If say a minute it's in it's less than a minute |
| 1:44.9 | i'm that's not what that means that's not a minute does not mean a minute it means okay um it's gonna take |
| 1:52.0 | a minute and i said it like that a minute no you weren't looking at me you're already on your phone |
| 1:56.6 | you're like yeah a minute i'm like okay a minute and i just sat there in this fucking chair, staring at her behind that camera, and I just waited and waited. And then the minute she, like, a minute that I realized it was going on longer, I go back in my chair, get on my phone. And as soon as I get on my phone, she goes, okay, are you ready? Like, I haven't been waiting. You should be ready to go whenever. And then what happened? And then you go, no, Kobe's barking. Oh, because UPS was here, then FedEx was here, dropping off baby shit. And then I go, well, I go, wait, because Kobe's barking. |
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