I realized I've been a CHECKED-OUT mother…but hopefully it's not too late for me! -r/relationship_advice | Reddit Stories | EP2737
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🗓️ 10 May 2026
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This week on the OK STORYTIME PODCAST, it's "Call Your Mother" Week… where we're reading the most unhinged stories of stepmoms, mothers-in-law, and mothers who made everyone around them wish they'd never picked up the phone! Because apparently, not everyone who carries that title deserves it.
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00:00 r/relationship_advice - How can I(39F) be a better partner and mother?
18:21 r/BORUpdates - AITAH for telling my stepdaughter I don't want to be her mom anymore?
38:09 r/relationship_advice - How can I convince my family that me (21F) and my boyfriend (22M) aren't creepy or perverted???
48:12 r/relationship_advice - My (24m) family caught me being fucked by my boyfriend (25m)
56:19 r/BORUpdates - AITAH for "allowing" my stepdaughter to wear stinky pajamas to school ?
1:06:17 r/amioverreacting - AIO: I bent over backwards for my BF’s son (20) and his GF (20) for Christmas, and I’m honestly disgusted after what happened
1:15:55 r/AmITheAsshole - AITA For Calling My Mom An Ass?
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| 0:00.0 | I realized I've been a checked out mother, but hopefully it's not too late for me. |
| 0:05.3 | I hope so too. Me too. And it's Call Your Mother Week on the OK Storytime podcast, where we read all these crazy, complicated, messy stories in the wonderful world of mothers. |
| 0:17.2 | If you're new here and looking for the story, my mother-in-law spent years sabotaging our relationship until karma made her pay for it. Just click the link in the show notes and description or search. Call your mother week, okay story time, wherever you get your podcast. Let's dive into this one. But first, a quick two-minute break for the sponsors keeping this show afloat. This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:38.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:55.5 | Before the vid, I, 39 female, used to think I was the best example of a working mom who could handle everything, and that my husband, 37 male, Kevin, was just a slightly better version of your stereotypical man-child husband who spent more time on games than with me are our kids, 11 female, and 7 male. |
| 0:58.8 | Dang, that's rough. |
| 1:00.7 | I work in corporate law while he works in the pharmaceutical industry, so when all this |
| 1:04.8 | started, I was trapped at home, and he was still working since it was more his field. |
| 1:10.5 | By the way, this comes from |
| 1:11.2 | user Throwaway Wi-Fee 21. If you want to submit your own stories, go to the R-slash-OK Storytime sub-Breddit. I'm Dakota. I'm Sophia. And I'm Savannah. And we're here to read this story and maybe give some good advice, Govary. But we don't have all the answers to life's problems. We only know what we would do. So tell us what you would do in the comments. And if you |
| 1:29.3 | don't know what you would do. So tell us what you would do |
| 1:27.9 | in the comments. And if you don't know what you would do, tell us what you ate for breakfast. |
| 1:32.0 | Please. O.P. says, I maintained my usual schedule as I would at work. And my commute time was used |
| 1:38.8 | to check up on the kids and make sure they ate lunch and attended their classes. I did notice |
| 1:43.8 | Kevin's efforts with the kids as he took care of homework while also playing |
| 1:47.6 | his video games and handling one of his only two chores which was cooking. |
| 1:51.8 | We were very rarely intimate and only when I initiated. |
| 1:54.9 | And even then, sometimes he would say he was tired. |
| 1:57.7 | I honestly contemplated leaving him multiple times. |
| 2:00.7 | I was exhausted and felt like the only one |
| 2:02.6 | putting any effort into our family and relationship. Then last month, Kevin tested positive and was |
| 2:08.0 | quarantined in the basement for two weeks. I took time off from work since I felt I would have even more |
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