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Dear Old Dads

DOD97: We Never Liked Your Ex

Dear Old Dads

Thomas Smith

Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8550 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Tom hates his son's girlfriend and wants to know how to get rid of her. That sounds worse than it is... wait no that sounds about right. The dads talk about when you don't like someone's partner. Should you say something? If so, how? Will they listen? The tactics get creative.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm the cool dad. That's, that's my thing.

0:09.7

I know now what I can offer you that no one else can. Complete and undependent.

0:16.7

I'm a man. I'm sensitive. I need to feel loved. I need to be desired.

0:23.1

Yelling is the only part of being a father that I enjoy.

0:28.6

Welcome to Dear Old Dads, the podcast that's got some shit to say. I'm Tom Curry. I'm joined as always by Thomas Smith and Eli Bosnick. Hello, John.

0:37.5

Oh, boy. Hello, gentlemen.

0:38.4

Oh, boy. Hello.

0:39.7

You know, this is the thing about this podcast.

0:42.7

It's just not that important.

0:44.1

It's not serious.

0:45.4

We're not going to end up together the three of us.

0:48.3

So like, let's just not, let's not even do it.

0:51.2

Let's not even record an episode because it's not like we're going to podcast for our lives.

0:56.5

Thomas is reading my message to you guys from this morning.

1:00.9

Whoops.

1:01.9

We agreed that was private.

1:05.4

This week I wanted to talk to you guys.

1:07.7

I'm going to acknowledge here that I'm going to be a little oblique so I don't blow up my kid's spot here. But we've been having some issues happening in our house. And, you know, one of the things that's occurred to me is that there comes a point in a relationship. And I don't know when it is where I feel obligated as the parent. Where I feel obligated as the parent to step in and say, hey, this relationship is bad for you.

1:30.7

Like, this is not in your best interest.

1:32.5

And not because the other person is being abusive and not because the other person, because that's easy answer.

1:37.4

But just because, like, hey, you're taking this way too seriously.

1:41.4

You're too young.

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