Am I The Only One Who Hates The Holidays?

Oversharing

Betches

Relationships, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Education

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Naomi reflects on her Halloween experience now that two of her three children are older and Jordana asks her how she is feeling about being closer to an empty nester than she is to being a new mother. A listener’s babysitter has started to give her child lavish gifts, often pricier than her hourly wage, and she needs a way to politely decline the generous offers. In need of a Betchecist, one woman was asked by a “co-worker” to be a bridesmaid, even though they have spent literally zero time together outside the office, and needs to find a way to bail. After many bad experiences with Thanksgiving as a teen, a listener asks Dr. Naomi for an Intention that can allow her to get through the holiday without emotionally spiraling. A recent bride is floored when her wedding photos were used as family gifts by her sister and law, all while another Betch learns that a friend is spreading lies about her real diamond ring to others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	A quick note before we get into the episode, Oversharing is a podcast for entertainment purposes only.
0:08.5	It is not a medical podcast and does not constitute medical or psychological advice.
0:12.8	Always seek the advice of your physician or mental health professional.
0:16.2	Hello and welcome back to Oversharing.
0:18.8	I'm Jordana Abraham.
0:20.6	And I am Dr. Naomi Bernstein.
0:23.0	How is your Halloween? Now it's a couple weeks past it. So, you know. Yeah, it's, it is true.
0:29.6	But as we're recording this, it was just this past weekend. So it was, it's like a new phase. It's weird being a mom of older kids. Like the two
0:41.1	older girls were not with us. They were doing their own thing. Wow. So yeah, we're there.
0:47.1	It's funny because I always, I think a lot of people with kids will, or maybe it's just me, I don't
0:52.7	know, but I do think a lot of people will kind of
0:55.0	picture when they're older or think about when they get older and how that's going to be.
1:01.1	And like it's kind of here, or at least in this Halloween moment, it felt like it was here.
1:08.4	Because the girls are like 12 and 13.
1:10.6	Yeah, they're 12 and 13. Yeah,
1:11.2	they're 12 and 13.
1:12.0	They went to like their friends houses and their friends' neighborhoods and we
1:16.8	weren't walking around.
1:19.0	It was actually funny.
1:20.8	Jeff got like this whole, um,
1:23.7	three amigos like Halloween costume and he ordered it online. And then it came. And he was like,
1:32.0	this is like elaborate. He's like, this is intense. Like I don't think I can wear this,
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