Erin's Toxic Gossip Train of Thought (EXTENDED PATREON CUT)
Added 2025-09-16 16:00:12 +0000 UTC(LONGER, AD-FREE episode!) We want you all to weigh in for this niche and biased AITA episode: who’s at fault?!
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this story is quite literally changing my life rn
r i l e y
2025-09-30 19:24:02 +0000 UTCThis episode is labeled as an extended cut but it’s not on YouTube or Spotify, so I’m pretty sure this was meant to be a bonus episode. Just to let you know @jack film
PaultheBukkit
2025-09-24 02:04:46 +0000 UTCThis reminds me of a friend I had up until a year ago. We became fast friends and I thought she was there for me. Come to find out, she didn’t love my sparkle (her words not mine lol). All that to say, perhaps Megan didn’t approach everything correctly, but Kristen wasn’t even trying to be a good friend after awhile. Kristen has some stuff to work out and understand about herself before trying to pursue another meaningful friendship.
Kiki Cronin
2025-09-21 21:24:40 +0000 UTCIt is so clear that Kristin has such an inferiority complex towards Megan. It seems like every single one of her actions/ thoughts are executed purely to get a reaction out of Megan, one she will never get. The "fugly" comment, the "not getting married"comment, the wedding/birthday date and the empty chair were such clear examples of her trying to set herself up as superior but failing miserably because it is so childish. In Latino parties and weddings specially (at least the ones I've been to) dancing is super important but it is NEVER a source of anger if someone isn't dancing and specially if they are talking, drinking, helping the bride/groom, etc. This just goes to show that Kristin is not truly annoyed at her dancing but at the fact that Megan will not act like her lap dog. Good for you Megan!! And honestly it does seem like the married couple not only seem insufferable but deserve each other. Also being the bride and groom on the wedding day doesn't mean that you can do whatever you want, people will still remember what you did on that day and it's not like it all goes into a vacuum so acting like what ever you do during the wedding doesn't matter is crazy, specially if you aren't giving the people the respect they deserve. Team Megan all the way.
Luisa Varon
2025-09-18 22:28:34 +0000 UTCI am also 100% team Megan! I'm not saying she did everything perfectly - there were probably a couple of things I'd have done differently. But nobody's perfect and Kristin, throughout, was not a good friend. I think ultimately this is about the seed that was planted with her being mean about Beau for no reason and then continuing to just be unpleasant and unreasonable. The reality was probably that their friendship was just getting more and more strained over time and wasn't working, but because neither of them ended it it carried on and they just felt bad about everything. From what we know, I don't see that Megan did anything specifically wrong at the wedding. However, given the state of the friendship (combined with her recent breakup) I think it's likely she actually did have a general vibe of not being very happy and that's probably what Kristin and others picked up on, more than any specific thing. So there probably was some element of fairness in Kristin's feeling that Megan wasn't happy there, but I don't know why she really expected her to be after all that had happened prior, and the actual reasons she gave (dancing, resting etc) were ridiculous. I think the friendship just should have ended a long time ago and it didn't. Big events like weddings are often when this sort of thing comes to a head because emotions and expectations are high. It sucks but I think Megan is better off without this stress and drama in her life. On the more general wedding related questions: Wedding on best friend's bday - I don't think this would be completely out of the question - sometimes it can be hard to get the venue you want in the time of year you want (weather wise etc) on a specific day. I'd try to avoid it, but I wouldn't rule it out. My main concern wouldn't be the actual wedding - if it happened, I'd probably get a gift and some little decorations and have a mini celebration when getting ready, and then also probably do a shout out and play one of their fave songs for a birthday dance or get a cake brought out and have everyone sing happy birthday or some other thing I think they'd like. But I would be slightly worried that going forward every year is going to be a clash between their potential birthday celebrations and my potential anniversary celebrations. Role of the wedding party - at least here in the UK there is more of a role to it. It's kinda in the name - bridesMAID, usher etc - there's some expectation of them just generally doing things that need doing and making the day go smoothly. I'd say mainly that would entail checking if the people getting married need anything, and taking care of any issues that crop up as much as possible so that the happy couple don't have to worry about them. It can also be encouraging dancing, reminding people to sign the guest book and take some cake etc. HOWEVER, I don't think there's anything wrong at all with what Megan did/didn't do. If I wanted to dance at my wedding and no-one at all would join me I'd be a little sad about it. I'd like to think that someone there would come up and dance, and I'd definitely do that for a friend getting married (but I like dancing anyway). But it sounds like plenty of people were dancing with Kristin and she was having a great time so that's not an issue here. And in any case, I wouldn't expect specifically my friend who I knew didn't like dancing to come and dance with me! It's your wedding, you're not suddenly the queen... you don't get to demand that other people sacrifice their comfort for you; if they don't want to dance or need some down time to have a break then you should WANT that for them because you're they're friend and you're being shitty if you don't respect that.
Kim Wheeler
2025-09-18 10:17:41 +0000 UTC
