S4 Ep371: Help! My Friend’s Treating Me Like Her Therapist! & Christmas Crimes

An Acquired Taste Podcast

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True Crime, Relationships, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Philosophy

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2021

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

1 spoon = 1 shit to give. What do you do when your friend only talks to you about her problems, and even jokes that you’re her therapist? Our listener is dealing with this very issue and desperately needs advice. She doesn’t want to lose the friendship, but she’s also mentally exhausted! Then, Kathleen is teaching everyone the very important lesson, “Never Trust a Santa.” Something about the holidays makes criminals extra criminal-y, and Kathleen has the stories to share (including one Santa who was high on bath salts but still spread some holiday cheer)! Plus, Bethany’s landlady airdropped her something kind of disturbing...

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BETHANY’S SOURCES:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 (TALK)

http://speakingofsuicide.com/resources

Christine Miserandino, “The Spoon Theory” https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/

https://www.healthline.com/health/spoon-theory-chronic-illness-explained-like-never-before#1

https://medium.com/invisible-illness/spoon-theory-659e3a755c81

https://adaa.org/finding-help/treatment/low-cost-treatment

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/smarter-living/how-to-get-your-friends-to-stop-treating-you-like-a-therapist.html

https://www.wellandgood.com/my-friend-treats-me-like-therapist/

https://theswaddle.com/what-the-spoon-theory-means-for-people-living-with-chronic-illnesses-disabilities/

https://columbiachronicle.com/awkward-how-to-tell-someone-youre-not-their-therapist-but-kindly

KATHLEEN’S SOURCES:

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/usa/disturbing-christmas-crimes/

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2007-12-28-0712270809-story.html

https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/top-10-most-outrageous-christmas-crimes-of-recent-memory/

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/12/thief-chopped-down-and-stole-78-christmas-trees-from-family-farm.html

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0:00.0	So, will it be skiing?
0:03.0	Or Christmas markets on a city break?
0:06.5	Skiing? Or a city break?
0:09.0	Some problems are good problems to have.
0:12.0	Especially with flights this winter from 29.99 one-way
0:17.0	and Package Holidays from £159 per person.
0:21.0	Get Vicking at EasyJet.com
0:24.0	Selected dates, Holidays at all protected based on two adults for three nights
0:28.0	restrictions and season C supply.
0:30.0	Stop laughing, this is erotic.
0:32.0	I'm on a new medication and I think it's making me confused to me.
0:36.0	I would have been a Ted Bundy victim.
0:38.0	Yeah, I had no idea that so many people out there felt the same way.
0:42.0	I died.
0:44.0	Now I want a peanut collada.
0:46.0	In a quiet taste.
0:48.0	This is an acquired taste podcast.
0:51.0	I'm Kathleen Haney, you're, I did all of the touristy things in New York City this weekend
0:56.0	is so fun. Christmas lights in any way, shape or form literally make anything more beautiful.
1:01.0	Sex and the city has everyone up in arms and I am here for it friend.
1:05.0	And I am Bethany Watson, you're morning dove feeding, laundry avoiding.
1:09.0	I'm trying to crack a padlock and it's not easy friend.
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