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The Bert Show.

All right. So is it a thing to send an accidental text on purpose to try to prove a point?

Mom, I need you to explain.

Yeah, and I needed an explanation too because people are crazy, okay?

And I did not think that this was a thing, but maybe it is.

Because I think my dude is in a relationship right now that is just piling red flags.

I mean, the red flags are just forming and forming and forming, and they won't stop.

But he hasn't considered walking away until now because it's a little too soon for them to be in this place of having these types of arguments, if you see what I'm saying.

And it's all started over pictures because apparently

both of them are in the industry. And this is not something that I knew. But when you take

pictures with people at parties, at events, situations like that, there's a way you're supposed to do

it. There's a way that you take these pictures professionally in a manner that does not

disrespect your significant other. This is like common knowledge in the industry? Apparently it is.

And if you're in the industry, if you go to a lot of industry events and you take a lot of pictures

with a lot of people, this is something you kind of know. So you're supposed to be conscious of

where you're placing your hands, where the other person is placing their hands.

This is why I think Keanu Reeves got it right.

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