Hey everyone, welcome to Why Mommy Drinks.

This is Betsy Stover, and welcome to what I just described as the primal scream in

podcast form. I am joined by two fantastic people today, but the first is my guest co-host

and co-host for life, Ari Vukitas. Hello, it's me again. Oh my gosh, I don't know what

happened. We are like wired. Well, we both had naps and lots of coffee. It's funny, I'm

projecting as wired because I feel real slaps. And we are also joined by a person who contains

multitudes. She does a lot of stuff, but she also is the author and illustrator of someone calls me

Mommy. I am so excited that you are here to talk with us. Rupa Meta. I'm so excited to be here,

be part of the crew. Yes, the morning drive by crew that is primal fear crew. Oh,

shit, it's the primal fear crew. Oh no, I didn't mean that. No, it's fair. You've got kids and

there's a raptor loose in the compound. Why Mommy Drinks, stop drinking. There's a raptor

loose. We need you clear for this. It's been a long day. Third color. Winstory Bon Jovi tickets.

It's true. It's fair. There's a lot of primal fear when it comes to being a parent.

Just I hope I don't fuck you up. I hope I don't make a serial killer.

Yeah, although I'm coming to realize that it's not whether you fuck your kids up. It's like

what particular flavor it is. I just think the human animal is an unstable isotope,

right? Because I think my parents did a fucking great job. Great job. As good as they didn't make

a mistake, but as good as can be expected. Parents are awesome parents. Yeah, I'm fucking mess.

It's not your fault. So like, you know, what are you gonna do? I just don't want to get caught.

I just, if she goes off, I don't want to be associated. You don't want anyone to have the answer

to who is her mother? Yeah, I don't want anyone to ask that and I don't want to be the answer. Both.

So Ari and I, we have three kids. They are all boys. We have a six-year-old, a nine-year-old,

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