Hey, this is Sam.

This is John.

Your OG OK Storytime podcast host. And we got some great stories coming up. Before that, we have a quick two-minute break from the sponsors that keep the show a lot. This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. My friend crashed my birthday party, so I'm cutting her off. For context, I went through a breakup about a month ago before this went down. A guy was

breadcrumming me because of his emotional unavailability and I was eating it up because apparently

I love carbs. That's so good. I set a deadline having my mental and emotional health in mind.

The amount of time I'd feel comfortable left in limbo was

finite. I made it clear my birthday was when the clock struck midnight. By the way, this comes

from pink neon kitten on the R-slashoki Storytime subreddit. So, with all previous breakups, I dealt

with things more or less on my own. This time was different. Maybe it was the particular level of immaturity displayed

in my direction this go-around. Who knows? Regardless, one friend benefited, let's call her Liz. I've known Liz,

28 female, almost 12 years, but she exhibited some seriously not-okay behaviors that made me need to

take a step back from our friendship more than once.

Each situation eventually resolved itself and in hindsight, she could empathize with my

perspective and would apologize appropriately. However, she was a real energy drain and incredibly

presumptuous. She called herself my best friend, even though she knew about my childhood best friend,

in response to me saying, this may be the first time I've ever felt comfortable sharing

something in real time with you.

Right after that, she tried to pressure me into moving next door and having kids at the same

time so her could marry one of mine.

Oh, what?

But are you like only one best friend?

Because I'm like a multiple best friend person. I think multiple best friends. It's kind of like having a

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