Hey, this is Sam. This is John. The OG Storytime podcast host. Oh yeah, and we got some great stories coming up. But before that, we got a teeny two-minute break from the sponsors that keep this show propped up like a little house. Oh, yeah. This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed human. I won't let my sister attend her own son's wedding.

Can you break down that family tree for me again?

Trigger warning, grief, and substance abuse.

I'm a 47 female, my nephew Joey, 21, is getting married in two weeks, and his mother, Judy, 45, is trying to come, but I've adamantly told her not to come because of how much crap

she's put him through in recent years. By the way, this comes from Aunt Undertaker. And if you

want to submit your own stories, go to the R slash OK Storytime Separate it. I'm Sophia. I'm Riley.

And I'm Keon. Introduce Chip. And this is Chip. You can't hear him though. And OP says when Joey was 18,

he was in a car accident with his father. His father passed away a few days later. I know all of this

was triggered by my sister's grief and I'm trying to be mindful of that. First, she purposely

missed his high school graduation because she couldn't imagine being there without his

father. So now he doesn't get either of his parents there? Yeah, and that's his fault. Joey was

understanding and thankfully me and his girlfriend, now fiancée's family, were there for him. Judy

insisted on still hosting a graduation party a week or so later. I would be so upset. I wasn't able to get there until the end.

When I got there, most of the guests had left, and Judy was a wasted mess and was wailing about

her husband's passing. I told Joey to pack a bag and to come to my house for the week, which he did.

Judy swore she would do better and begged him to come back home, which again, he did.

A couple months went by and Joey asked if I could drive him to work because his car had been

totaled. He looked terrible when I got him, so I asked him what was up. He said he had been working

70 hours a week because Judy had gotten laid off. I asked him how his car got totaled and he said Judy had crashed it driving intoxicated.

Oh my gosh.

You got to get him out of there.

You have to.

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