286: Confessions.. 2.0!

Two Hot Takes

In this episode of Two Hot Takes, hosts Morgan and Justin dive into a series of shocking and humorous confessions from the subreddit, covering

Key takeaways

• Consuming large quantities of zero-calorie snacks like Tic Tacs can lead to significant calorie intake due to misleading labeling.
• Anonymity in confessions allows people to share deeply personal or embarrassing truths without fear of judgment.

Main topics

• Tic Tac overconsumption and calorie misconceptions
• Identity confusion in triplets

Notable quotes

"I've been eating 400 to 800 plus calories per day of TikToks."

Conclusion

The episode underscores the power of confession as both a comedic and cathar

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:02) I'm so excited to do this. Speaker 2 (0:05) Because we have wine? Speaker 1 (0:06) Well, now because we have wine, which it is wine, people. Like, I've gotten an insane amount of DMs lately being like, I feel like you're pregnant. I feel like you're pregnant. You guys will be the first to know. So not yet. It is actual wine. But you haven't been on an episode with me, just me and you, solo, in forever. Speaker 2 (0:27) Since 2022. Speaker 1 (0:29) No, but it honestly, it's been forever. It's been quite some time. Yeah. And this is a theme that was inspired by you. Speaker 2 (0:37) Really? Well, from what I was hearing before, I don't know how I feel about that. Speaker 1 (0:42) The stories. Well, in the sense that you've been working on a confessions theme for Father Knows Something, the podcast we have with my dad. And I'm like, well, that sounds fun. I'm going to copy you. So now it's a race to see who can get their confessions theme out first. Will it be me? Will it be you? I'm not sure. But we are going to be stealing a couple confessions off the Too Hot Takes subreddit and reading it over on Father Knows because we did. We did a diaper story last week on the episode with Michaela. Speaker 2 (1:16) And Speaker 1 (1:17) there's an unreal diaper confession again. on the two-odd takes sub, and I'm like, I feel like two diapers in a row just felt like a lot for you guys. So we're going to have dad react to the diaper story and see what his dad advice would be on it, which I think is a fun spin. Speaker 2 (1:34) Yeah. Speaker 1 (1:35) Diaper dilemmas, it's really, really popping up right now. But yeah, I'm just, I'm really excited to get into these. They're some doozies. We've got some updates. I'm just really, I'm feeling really good. I'm feeling light as a feather. The theme is fire. I haven't read any of these stories. Bailey found them all. I just know titles. And I'm just so excited for October. We've got a true crime episode coming out. We've got a spooky paranormal episode coming out. And you're going to be obsessed with the guests we have. So I just feel like I'm really hitting my stride right now. Speaker 2 (2:10) And Halloween. Speaker 1 (2:11) Well, yeah. Your favorite holiday. Speaker 2 (2:13) I feel like that's better than all of that. Speaker 1 (2:16) Yeah. We're going to stock up on candy. Going to really blow our trick-or-treaters' minds this year. Yeah, it's going to be good. Okay. What are you guys going to be for Halloween? I don't know yet. If anyone has any good couple Halloween idea costumes for Justin and I, put it in the comments. Yeah. You got to get going on Halloween costumes early. If there's a good one, I'll do it. Speaker 2 (2:38) Morgan doesn't like Halloween. Speaker 1 (2:40) I like Christmas better. I like presents. Speaker 2 (2:42) So I'm on an island, a Halloween island. I dress up by myself. Speaker 1 (2:47) That could be a movie. Without further ado, my friends, let's dive in. Speaker 1 (3:27) Okay. Up first. Speaker 2 (3:29) Yes. Speaker 1 (3:30) Coming from Tiffu. Today I fucked up by not telling my doctor how many Tic Tacs I eat per day. Speaker 2 (3:38) Been there. Speaker 1 (3:39) So I'm absolutely fucking obsessed with the fruit adventure flavor of Tic Tacs. The flavor combined with the soft smush they make between your teeth when you chew them makes my brain very happy. I've been buying them in bulk where each container has 200 candies each, and they come in bulk packs of 12 containers. I tend to eat them by the handful while I'm working or gaming, so in a day, I can easily slam through one to two containers. 200 to 400 candies. Now, keep in mind that on the nutrition level, it says that the serving size is one candy. and is listed as having zero calories, which I thought was awesome because I could have as many as I want. Over the past year, I found that I gained about 40 pounds, and nothing about my eating habits has changed as far as I was aware. I Speaker 2 (4:35) told my doctor about it, and she was a bit worried, Speaker 1 (4:37) so she had me do a bunch of blood work to see if there was a reason why I gained so much weight in a short period of time. Everything came back normal. She referred me to see a weight loss doctor who would also have me see a dietician. I've been working with a dietician for a few months now, and we have me keep a food log. I had a virtual visit with her today, and during it, I was fiddling around with an empty container to keep my hands busy. She saw it and asked where I got such a large container from. So I told her about it and how I eat one to two of those per day. She asked why those weren't on my food tracker, and I said it was because they're zero calories, so they wouldn't count. Apparently, I was very, very wrong about this. She explained to me that food companies can label something as being zero calories if the food's serving size contains five or less calories. In reality, each individual Tic Tac actually has about two calories. So essentially, since each container has 200 pieces, and I typically have one to two of those, I've been eating 400 to 800 plus calories per day of TikToks. In addition to all the other food I've been eating, which is very likely why I've gained so much weight. Today I fucked up. Speaker 2 (6:00) You'd never think. You would never think. Speaker 1 (6:03) Never in a million years. Because it's like water. Speaker 2 (6:05) You can have as much water as you want and water, you know, you're fine. But I guess when you think about it, where does it go? It's made out of something. Speaker 1 (6:15) See, that's how I feel about Diet Coke. I literally, why did I just Google how many calories are in Diet Coke? First thing that crossed into my head, I'm like, how many things are out there that are actually like four or right at five? If it's five, do they have to label it as zero still? You know what I mean? How many things out there are all of us eating, chewing on, snacking on every day that we're like thinking we're doing right? Oh, zero Cal, zero Cal. Speaker 2 (6:44) See, the thing about it though, I used to fancy a Tic Tac. Back in the day, I liked the orange kind. Oh. The orange, I don't know, flavor. Orange probably was the flavor. Speaker 1 (6:54) I Speaker 2 (6:54) used to get a normal size. Speaker 1 (6:56) Mm-hmm. Speaker 2 (6:56) But after a few of them, I'm kind of over it. So even if it's zero- But these have a smush. Speaker 1 (7:03) This is like probably, you know, a light crunch and then a smush. It's not like sucking on a Tic Tac. This is kind of like a gummy. It's like a gummy bear, but Tic Tac form. Speaker 2 (7:13) But still. Speaker 1 (7:14) Oh, I could get behind it. That Speaker 2 (7:15) many? If Speaker 1 (7:16) I could eat- A bag of gummy bears a day, I would. Absolutely. If it says zero cal, I absolutely would. And is it just Speaker 2 (7:22) spread out enough so that 800 calories doesn't actually fill you up? Speaker 1 (7:26) Probably. Because Speaker 2 (7:27) I would start to think, well, if it's that many calories, wouldn't you find yourself, you know, at 8 p.m. being like, hmm, I'm really not that hungry for dinner yet. Yeah. You know, doesn't it all kind of balance it out? No, it's Speaker 1 (7:38) spread out. And they're also so tiny, like they're never filling up his stomach. This is something I actually was questioning after the state fair. We went to the Minnesota State Fair. Amazing, iconic. I hope everyone gets to experience it in their lifetime. But you eat all day, all day. You're just snacking. And after the fair, we were leaving and I'm like, I'm still kind of hungry. And I saw TikTok and reel after reel that people were like, why am I still hungry? And it's just because you're eating kind of like these empty foods, not a lot of fiber, not a lot of protein. It's fried. And so it doesn't really fill you up. And I'm like, that's. Probably with the Tic Tacs. I'm not a gastro doc. I'm not a dietician. Speaker 2 (8:18) Yeah. Speaker 1 (8:19) But clearly he was not getting full and 800 calories extra a day when you're already eating maybe 2,000, 2,500, whatever. Speaker 2 (8:30) Insane. Speaker 1 (8:30) That sneaks up on you. Speaker 2 (8:33) And then I just love that he was playing with the empty pack. I Speaker 1 (8:37) know. And Speaker 2 (8:37) it's Speaker 1 (8:37) like, Speaker 2 (8:38) oh, what is that? Well. Speaker 1 (8:40) What a good dietician to be like, what do you got there? Yeah, Speaker 2 (8:44) to actually catch on. Speaker 1 (8:45) Yeah. But he's been working with them for months and they're just finding out. And it's like, they're probably thinking the worst about this guy. They're probably like, I have this one patient. I can't figure out what's going on with him. Well, Speaker 2 (8:57) unexpected weight gain or weight loss can be very scary. Speaker 1 (9:00) Yeah, it's typically not a good sign. Speaker 2 (9:02) Right. Yeah. I know. Speaker 1 (9:05) All from... Tic Tacs. Speaker 2 (9:07) 40 pounds. How many Tic Tacs Speaker 1 (9:09) is Speaker 2 (9:09) that? Speaker 1 (9:10) I mean, 400 a day. Speaker 2 (9:12) Over how long? Four months? Speaker 1 (9:14) No, he's been doing this for over a year. 400 Tic Tacs a day, basically. Is Speaker 2 (9:19) that Guinness World Record, you know, level? I would assume. I Speaker 1 (9:23) mean, who Speaker 2 (9:24) in their right mind? Speaker 1 (9:26) I would absolutely bet he'd be in Speaker 2 (9:28) the Speaker 1 (9:28) book. Speaker 2 (9:28) I'd get sick of it. Speaker 1 (9:29) So we do have a couple of edits. Edit, just want to clarify that I'm super aware that sugar will in fact make you gain weight. I'm not that stupid. But I never actually read the product ingredients. I assumed they must have been made with something like xylitol or some other artificial sweetener to make them zero calories. So it never crossed my mind to check. Edit two, dang, y'all are brutal. Laughing my ass off. But at least some good came out of it. Since apparently, like me, a lot of people didn't realize about the less than 5 calories per serving rule and how it can be legally classified as zero in the US. Personally, I wish we could have the model they do in other countries, where they list calories per X amount of grams. Edit 3. All caps. My teeth are fine. I actually just had a dentist appointment two weeks ago. No cavities or decay. Gums are healthy. Despite my candy habit. I do take good care of my teeth. Speaker 2 (10:26) Wow. Strong teeth. Speaker 1 (10:28) There's a couple of comments that are really good. Top one, Tic Tacs are small enough to legally be labeled sugar-free even though they're almost pure sugar. Next comment, bro ate 40 pounds of Tic Tacs. Speaker 2 (10:41) So, okay. So it applies to sugar and calories. Speaker 1 (10:44) Yeah. So someone comments under that and goes, well, sugar is less calories dense than fat. So working for the basis that a Tic Tac is two cal and weighs half a gram and OP gained 40 pounds body fat. Then it ate 35 kilograms of Tic Tacs or 77 pounds worth. 77 pounds of Tic Tacs. I want to see that Speaker 2 (11:04) pile right here on the floor. Because if you did that, that is an intervention. He needs to walk in. Family sitting there and there's the pile. Here's what you consumed. Speaker 1 (11:14) Yeah. How many Tic Tacs would get you 75, 77 pounds? A lot. So we've got Bailey crunching numbers behind the camera here too. He is spending about $3,000 a year on these Tic Tacs too. Which like, hey, cheaper than some bad habits, right? But still 3K on Tic Tacs. If I found that out after, I'd be so sad. And I'm also, now I'm just very curious what he does for work. To where, like, he didn't even notice the spending buying this much Tic Tac pallets. Speaker 2 (11:48) Yeah. You know what I mean? Maybe there's, like, an underground black market of Tic Tacs. Speaker 1 (11:51) Do you think he's buying pallets, actually? Like, do you, can you imagine if a forklift shows up to his house and unloads the pallet of Tic Tacs in his garage? Speaker 2 (12:01) I could. Speaker 1 (12:01) He Speaker 2 (12:02) should buy it. Speaker 1 (12:03) Yeah, he should buy it in pallets. Speaker 2 (12:05) Just my TikTok delivery for the year. Speaker 1 (12:09) So we do get an update. This just came out August 15th, 2026, Bailey's birthday. How ironic. Edit four. It's 8-15-26. And I actually forgot about this post until the other day. And I figured I'd share an update. So I did stop eating the TikToks. but did find out I have a legitimate health condition afterwards. After my gallbladder removal a few years ago, I kept having issues where I felt shaky, confused, lethargic, dizzy, irritable, and sweaty shortly after eating meals, especially in the middle of the day. All I knew was that if I grazed on Tic Tacs throughout the day, my symptoms would go away. When I stopped eating the Tic Tacs, my symptoms came back, and my doctor had me wear a continuous blood glucose monitor. which was showing readings that kept hitting the low 60s, high 50s, indicating hypoglycemia. It turns out I developed a condition as a result of the gallbladder removal called postprandial hypoglycemia, meaning you get rapidly dropping blood sugar shortly after eating meals. They don't exactly know why the gallbladder removal causes it, but it explains why the Tic Tacs made me feel better because it prevented those huge drops. Speaker 2 (13:24) After Speaker 1 (13:25) we figured this out, Doctor put me on ZipBound in hopes that it will stop those blood sugar crashes. Thankfully, it worked, and I no longer need to eat candy to feel normal again. And I've been losing some of that weight again, too. But yeah, it was a wild ride. Speaker 2 (13:39) Wow. So you almost self-prescribed yourself the Speaker 1 (13:45) treatment. Speaker 2 (13:47) Yeah. And it masked the actual issue going on. Oh Speaker 1 (13:52) my gosh. Speaker 2 (13:53) With, you know, just some weight gain. So I guess I would say you could choose between the Zepbound or you could just keep going on the Tic Tacs. It's not hurting your teeth. You just gain a little extra pounds. No. Speaker 1 (14:03) Oh, my God. No. Problem Speaker 2 (14:04) solved. There's Speaker 1 (14:05) probably a doctor prescribed happier medium here. Yeah. Speaker 2 (14:10) Clearly. Well, it's just interesting that that was sort of fixing it. But wow, there's a lot of layers here. So many layers. Because I was going to say, right when you get off the Tic Tacs, the first reaction would have been like withdrawal. Well, you're just having tic-tac withdrawal. Speaker 1 (14:26) I think even from the habit. Yeah. Speaker 2 (14:29) I Speaker 1 (14:30) love a little sweet treat after every meal, and that's just such a habit of mine. You're popping these tic-tacs nonstop throughout the day. How do you break that habit? You Speaker 2 (14:39) almost have to act like, treat it like you were on cigarettes and you got to find something to replace that habit. You have to find something to replace the tic-tacs. Speaker 1 (14:48) I am just blown away by this story. I'm just like, what? And I think this next one's going to be pretty good, too. Okay, so this is coming from our very own Tuatik subreddit, 26 days old now, titled, I found out I'm not related to my dad while I was in labor. Speaker 1 (15:09) I tried to post this on another sub on my other Reddit account, but they just kept taking it down. I don't know why. So I'm trying this account and this sub because I watch the show. When I, 26 female, was 22 years old and in labor with my first child, I discovered that it is impossible for me to be related to my mom's husband, 52 male. His blood type is not compatible with having a child with my blood type. I hadn't known my blood type before they tested me. For my blood type while I was in labor, mom's husband is O positive and mine is AB positive. I tried to confront my mom, 52 female, about it, but she tried to insist that it's just a medical abnormality and told me that I probably got her wrong. However, I decided to try to investigate further. Since I tried confronting my mom about it, I have had my blood type tested. three more times, and I've been given the same answer. It is impossible for him to be my father based off the fact that his blood type is incompatible to having a child with my blood type. I decided to ask my grandma, 70s female, if my mom had told her anything. She said she didn't know, but wasn't surprised. I then reached out and asked my parents' best friend, 47 male, about it. and gave him the timeline of when this affair could have happened, and he told me he really didn't know. Fast forward three and a half years, the best friend messages me on Facebook and confesses that he is more than likely my biological father. Speaker 2 (16:50) The best friend. Speaker 1 (16:51) And we are getting a paternity test. He told me he's known the entire time that I'm more than likely his child. He just, quote, didn't want to explode their marriage. Too late, but that's probably besides the point. He's so certain I'm probably his biological child that he paid for a paternity test to be done, hasn't come in yet, will update when the results are in if anyone wants. Anyways, I'm just really hurt, confused, and I feel like the entire 26 years of my life has been a complete lie. I'm also very angry that I asked this man point blank. And he lied to my face and didn't bring it up again for nearly four years. This honestly doesn't feel real, but it is. And my best friend called it, quote, telenovela core. Speaker 2 (17:42) Hey, it feels like that movie that I hate. where you can't trust anyone around you. Oh my God, Speaker 1 (17:48) Justin. Not Austin Land again. It's a rom-com. It's a happy ending. Speaker 2 (17:54) Is it not similar? Hey, you're not my, like my parents aren't my parents. My parents are lying to me. This random guy lied to me and then apparently he's my real dad. Can't trust anybody. Oh Speaker 1 (18:06) my gosh. But also with Speaker 2 (18:06) the title, I was wondering if she realized this during labor. Because as it was stated, I mean, I did not know that certain blood types could not pass down certain blood types. Speaker 1 (18:18) Honestly, it's probably something I learned in biology ages ago, but I don't even know how it works. So I was just picturing... Like Speaker 2 (18:25) the Speaker 1 (18:25) Punnett square of A, B, and I'm just like, oh my God, no, it's too much. So Speaker 2 (18:31) I was just picturing middle of labor, wait, my blood type's what? And then realizing which maybe it happened after. But still, this is kind of what I was nervous about with the ancestry. DNA testing. Speaker 1 (18:43) Yeah, I was nervous that you'd find another sibling. Or Speaker 2 (18:46) just, you just never know. Speaker 1 (18:48) I was hoping mine would come back. What Speaker 2 (18:50) if your parents didn't truly know? Like, what if it wasn't, because her mom probably knows. I Speaker 1 (18:57) mean, her mom was basically like, not surprised. Ooh, the shade. But then grandma was like, oh, well, go ask. So-and-so basically sending OP to this other guy. So I think granny knew and just didn't want to be the one to like actually break the news. Or maybe granny had a hunch and just isn't 100 % so can't say with confidence. Do you feel Speaker 2 (19:22) like that's how the best friend was operating as well? Speaker 1 (19:24) No, I think to come clean three and a half years later is kind of weird. But Speaker 2 (19:29) we're already so deep in, not even up to the point where she even asked. Speaker 1 (19:34) Yeah. If Speaker 2 (19:35) you would know. I Speaker 1 (19:36) mean, but it sounded like parents still together, so. But even Speaker 2 (19:40) still, if you know you have a child, are Speaker 1 (19:43) you Speaker 2 (19:43) just going to be like, I mean, I guess people do, but like. All the time. Right, but in this case. Speaker 1 (19:50) You're watching, I mean, they're still best friends. OP knows this other guy as my dad's best friend, parent's best friend, whatever it is. Like, this guy's been in her life. And in his head, he's like, I've known the whole time. Huh? Known the whole time. How weird for you to watch your kid grow up. But again, you were sleeping with your best friend's wife and you probably don't want that to get out. So this Speaker 2 (20:15) is just Speaker 1 (20:15) a twisted little web of lies. I Speaker 2 (20:17) just, I'm the type of person I could never keep this stuff buried that long. Speaker 1 (20:22) I hate a secret. I Speaker 2 (20:24) mean, I can try. I Speaker 1 (20:25) want the tea. But Speaker 2 (20:26) I can't, I don't know. I feel really bad. lying or holding if well it's different if someone comes to me with information says hey this is just between us I'm good at that I'm not the like pass it around to everyone I know type but if it involves me Speaker 2 (20:44) I would think about it all the time. And you're telling me best friend hasn't thought about it all the time? I'm sure. Especially once asked. Why do you think it Speaker 1 (20:51) took Speaker 2 (20:51) so Speaker 1 (20:52) long? Why do you think it took three and a half years then to come back? I guess fear of being rejected, fear of... Speaker 2 (21:00) Well, I don't know what you have to lose at that point besides a best friend. Speaker 1 (21:05) But I think it was like fear that maybe... I don't know, she wasn't his because he's so now like, we got to know, we got to know, we got to know. Like, I'll pay for the paternity test. We got to know. Yeah, Speaker 2 (21:16) you got to find out. Speaker 1 (21:17) Yeah. So Speaker 2 (21:18) is that the update? Do we find out? Tell me there's Speaker 1 (21:21) an Speaker 2 (21:21) update. We Speaker 1 (21:21) do get an update. Speaker 2 (21:23) Because otherwise, what's in the box? No, Speaker 1 (21:26) I didn't know if there was an update. I was literally going to be like, Bailey, how dare you put this in here? Because now that was like a taste of my own medicine because I'm like, holy smokes. This is just, again. Are Speaker 2 (21:38) you reading blind? Speaker 1 (21:39) Everything today. Everything today. Yeah. So if there's any enunciation mistakes, I'm so sorry. I'm reading it for the very first time with you all. So before we get into the update, though, top comment on this one. So grandma wasn't surprised that your mom had an affair. OP responds. No, she wasn't. Someone goes, why? And OP goes, I mean, it's her mom. People tend to know their children very well. And then that emoji that is like kind of melting into the ground. Someone basically goes, true, maybe your mom had a history of affairs or your grandma knew that the bio dad and your mom were getting close. I'm so sorry this happened to you. It's got to be rough. And someone else goes, more like she suspected something, saw certain timelines and partners didn't add up, but kept quiet because she can't prove anything without the mother coming clean or a DNA test to be done. Plus, she probably wanted to see her grandkid. OP responds, me and her were best friends before she passed. So that's probably it. Speaker 2 (22:38) Yeah, that would freak me out. Realizing that this guy I've called dad forever is not. Speaker 1 (22:44) It's identity Speaker 2 (22:45) shattering. Speaker 1 (22:48) Yeah. Speaker 2 (22:48) That's the worst. Like if they didn't know because there's been the baby switched at the hospital and then the kid doesn't look like either parents kind of thing, then it's different. But I don't know. It's just freaky. Think how your life would be different. Speaker 1 (23:02) Yeah. And where do you go from Speaker 2 (23:04) there? Speaker 1 (23:04) And because it's so late in life, you're like. Your whole world and everything you thought you knew is turned on its head. And I would be in a crash out tailspin, like, who am I? Everything's been a lie. Who can I believe anymore? It would be very upsetting. There's another comment here that goes, I'm sorry about this. Your grandma's reaction is pretty funny, though. Have you talked to your non-bio dad, dad, the man you believe to be your bio dad, or is he still in the dark about this? OP responds. tried to tell him he doesn't believe me because of my mom lying to him. Speaker 2 (23:40) Right. Yeah. It's a tangled web. Speaker 1 (23:43) Yeah. And so seeing here, everyone in the comments is like, update me, update me, update me. Speaker 2 (23:49) And Speaker 1 (23:49) 12 days ago, OP said, update posted. Speaker 2 (23:53) Okay. So Speaker 1 (23:54) for that update, I just want to address some things and then get into an update because there was a lot of people saying the same things. I did not start searching for my biological parent to acquire. a new family, or dad. I started the search because I wanted an accurate family medical history. My mother is not a human chimera, nor was I switched at birth. Part of how she was able to pull this off is because I was a preemie and everybody was preoccupied with whether or not I would live or not to question timelines. I don't hate either parent who raised me. Me taking a paternity test was not done in malice or with the intention to hurt either of my parents. Again, I just wanted an accurate family medical history because I have children and that's important. I went thinking I could try to get the medical history and amicably ceasing further communication. The reason I asked my grandma and my dad's best friend was at the suggestion of my older sister, 32 female, so we wouldn't rock the boat too much and then get the information I needed. She was in the room when I was told. I did not expect it to be my dad's best friend. I saw a lot of people saying that I should have dropped it. I did. I was approached over three and a half years later by my dad's best friend and told the information. My dad and his best friend became best friends after the affair. Speaker 1 (25:18) Which, how the heck does that work? To be a fly on the wall. Speaker 2 (25:24) Hey, Speaker 1 (25:24) buddy. What? Anyways, on to the update. The paternity test came back 99.99 % match for paternity. So I am most likely my dad's best friend's biological child, which is such an odd thing to say. My biological father keeps apologizing for being absent my entire life. and not fighting for more answers. He is livid with my mom for lying to everyone and making him inadvertently be an absentee parent when all he wanted growing up was to be a dad. Frankly, that's between them. Honestly, I'm not touching that fight with a 10-foot pole. Speaker 2 (26:04) Well, and also, he made that choice too. It's not like you were forced against your will and chained up your whole life so you couldn't... Speaker 1 (26:13) Be a dad. Speaker 2 (26:14) Yeah. Speaker 1 (26:15) Yeah. Opie goes on to say, Speaker 1 (26:45) I don't want to break his heart, but either I tell him, biological father tells him, or he finds out from somebody else entirely. And then we get update two. Speaker 2 (26:56) Okay. I Speaker 1 (26:57) told my dad. He genuinely appreciates that I was the only one in this situation who decided to be honest with him. We had a heart-to-heart about how this doesn't affect us. He still raised me, and my three children do love him, regardless of what DNA says. He's no longer best friends with my biological father, duh. He also told my mom he knows, told her not to speak to him, and he is staying in their garage at the moment while he decides what he's going to do as a next step. The garage has AC, a mini fridge, TV, a recliner, and some of his hobby stuff, so he'll be okay staying in there, I guess. My husband and I did offer that he stay with us while he thinks, but he turned it down. My bio father did provide my dad other evidence that he may need, screenshots of bio father trying to confront my mom, and her line. My husband also made memes of the situation so we can all laugh instead of cry. Speaker 2 (27:56) See, I don't know who to be upset with. Like, are you upset with bio dad? I mean, I just think it'd be such a mix of emotions. You wouldn't really know what to feel. I Speaker 1 (28:06) honestly think the only person I would be upset if this were me in this would be my mom for Speaker 2 (28:13) sure, Speaker 1 (28:13) because she was the one that knew she was the one that chose to step out on her marriage and have this affair. The other guy, best friend, which again, I'm so curious how. They became best friends after the affair. Still a puzzle. But he's trying not to rock the boat. They're still married. He's not going to be like, that's my baby and blow everyone's life up. Speaker 2 (28:37) Right. Speaker 1 (28:38) And the dad, who is your dad at the end of the day, he's none the wiser. Like, he doesn't know any of this. So the only one to really be mad at for, you know, having this lie and keeping everyone in the dark for so long is mom. Speaker 2 (28:52) Yeah. Speaker 1 (28:53) And I know, you know, bio dad being like, I'm sorry I was such a absentee father. Yeah, that's true. That's shitty. But your mom didn't open the door for him. But you're going to feel how you want to feel. And no matter what you're feeling, it's not wrong. Speaker 2 (29:10) Yeah. Speaker 1 (29:11) I went through like getting my DNA test results back. And like every day until I got it back, I was just like praying there was some mistake. And like Jerry was my dad, which Jerry. if you don't know this, is who I call my dad, but he's not