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[@indigosky722]

"Stacey's gonna get her opportunity when she gets married again" Shayne is over here roasting people like Gordon Ramsey damn

[@sagegreeeeeeen]

I love it too lol. I feel (ik this is bad) that he’s right though. She’s going to seperate from her husband, and that’s when she’ll be able to find someone new. Then she can have her moment

[@mage1439]

I like Courtney's response to that. That Tommy Bowe influence. 🤣

[@hernameispekka_Rebecca]

As someone who got married at 19 (divorced at 20), that was hilarious. I swore up and down I would not be the statistic. But I was. Fully aware that it can work for people, but with all those red flags... Shayne has a point!

[@kawalie]

​@@mage1439Courtney's queer tho! the sass comes naturally 😂

[@catabat49654]

The CACKLE I CACKED when Shayne said that 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was DECEASED

[@KingRynoD.LeonhartTMB]

2 things I noticed about the second story; 1. She had a bunch of gifts from her coworkers/employers which meant that this wasn't an impulse decision to quit on the day. If she got gifts she probably handed in her (at least) 2 weeks notice and she was probably a centralised member of whatever place she worked at and she just dropped that. 2. Not long after OP left he gets contacted by his son asking why they're divorcing and breaking up the family. She wasted NO TIME in telling their kids that daddy doesn't love them and is changing their lives forever. Manipulation at its finest.

[@jaylynn8630]

This. I feel like they are missing the point in how manipulative and completely disrespectful she is being throughout this whole thing. She does not get to make unilateral decisions for their marriage.

[@fi592]

​@@jaylynn8630agreed. it feels like they think the blame is on the both of them. i don't think an impulsive wrong decision (fleeing from the house) is comparable to a thought out plan which disregards your partner's explicit wishes ("I don't want you to be a stay at home mom" "well, fuck you then"). they even went so far as to call him controlling for that, I disagree on that

[@aaronlaws2573]

@@fi592y’all are cherry picking what they’re saying hard. They’re saying they didn’t communicate what they wanted from the marriage. Also leaving your kids is nuts, and he didn’t even call them back after the message of the crying. Obviously she’s manipulative they even said this but the dude LEAVING his kids is an asshole for leaving his kids. Both are at fault for not communicating what they wanted out of a marriage she’s at fault for strong arming him and doing stuff on her own which Courtney said.

[@swary9045]

As an adult, you do not bring children into adult problems. She clearly doesn't have the children's best interests at heart. Selfish woman through and through.

[@gobsmr]

I think the biggest issue is her bringing the kids into it. That says so much about her characters. :/

[@EmmaAus]

45:26 - For people wondering about the update: Basically she stood her ground & told him no, & he slapped her, so she obviously left him - Said she left & was staying with friends - It was also 5yrs ago for those wondering Poor girl... but glad she got out early ❤

[@KindaTerror2494]

I was gonna type this, glad you did

[@munaiverse7662]

Replying here to boost this comment :3 👍

[@Tofubeetch]

Thank you 🫶🏻

[@chameleon25]

The nerve to slap her!!! The whole thing is so gross. I’m so glad she got out of there.

[@AlekhyaDevineni]

Is the update still there or is it removed? I couldn't find it!!

[@rogueparadox5447]

My problem with the tradwife story is she basically said "I choose for you to support me and our kids financially 100%" which isnt right. Having an excess of funds is a good thing always.

[@orozco6989]

Also OP had heart problems and couldnt work more (Updates)

[@Ma5jay5dontxdoxthat]

​@@orozco6989 More on the update, she did it to be lazy. She didnt even hold up her end of the bargian of being a "tradwife" that she forced. She was ignoring her kid. She wanted him to put in more than a 100% because working that much would kill him, and she didnt cook, clean, or take care her kids, which means he would to do his own chores himself while actually potentially working to death, while so contributes nothing.

[@xxaavviieerrrrr]

Yeah i dont know why the smosh members were acting liek it was more "equal" than it really was. Yes, the dude was wrong for leaving but cmon what the wife did is super not cool

[@xxaavviieerrrrr]

Also, i wonder why the smosh memebers go so easy on the women posters but kind of question the male posters. Like making more suggestions, saying oh he could have done this, or whatever, whereas for female posters they seem to be more cut and dry with the judgement? Not sure tho

[@Blue4626]

​@xxaavviieerrrrr yeah I'm not surprised at all divorce crossed his mind, major breach of trust and then a good bit of manipulation to boot. They'll be divorced in 5 years with this dynamic regardless.

[@Canadian_Alygator]

the trad wife story has a LOT more to it. He has a medical condition as well, and high stress makes it worse, he already works a lot and this is putting his actual literal health at risk. It's way worse then this bit you see here. The second update literally starts with: 'I suffer from a genetic heart condition that puts me at risk to stress induced cardiac arrest.'

[@NewLegacy93]

yup, i think all these stories have full update chains to conclusion

[@dionnynatanuel5305]

Omg she's aiming for the insurance money or some shit

[@marilishr5978]

This is what I was thinking, there has to be a reason why she can’t be a trad wife. She’s in the wrong but to me it was weird that he didn’t wanted her to when she “doesn’t” need to work. Now with his health issues males sence

[@AlmightyBeing]

​@@marilishr5978he mentioned that he can support the family on his own but what he probably means is just they won't be going into debt but with his wife working also, they can provide a better life for their kids and plan family trips, nice birthday/Christmas presents, etc

[@ryzack1012]

it's also pretty sick the way she weaponized the kids to try and guilt him back home

[@savannah4439]

Also, these TikTok-famous tradwife influencers aren’t actually even tradwives…they literally have jobs! They make a living as an influencer

[@kingtrashgoblin3074]

Exactly

[@slowazzd2165]

I've never thought about that, but that's actually so funny

[@hernameispekka_Rebecca]

Good point!

[@JoTracy]

💯

[@KatieKatt18]

It’s also just an aesthetic. It’s not actually what being a traditional wife is where your husband has little to no respect for you and you have no say in your own relationship because, traditionally, REAL trad-wives were just property.

[@Trynsa]

I got married young, to someone I'd known 11 months, and we've been together for over a decade and a half. My first thought was STILL, "That won't last." LOL

[@fibanocci314]

My dad's parents were the same except they're over fifty years now. And I also thought the same.

[@RedLilyCat]

Same story with me, met my husband at 19. Still together. But that couple absolutely won't last

[@jessik1810]

They even said it in the story, the problem wasn't that they married young it was that they rushed it. I think the op said it was after 5 months of dating. The reason being that op's sister wanted her father, who was ill, to be there. Which is understandable, but still a bad idea.

[@Summer-cu7do]

Married at 17, engaged ten months, married 15 years. Same 😂

[@Snugglebit]

32:47 I love Arasha's unintentional Stacy's Mom reference and how nobody acknowledges it, there are just little knowing giggles throughout the room

[@andreponniah9900]

Unless you meant another point, your timestamp is off. That was at 32:47, and Courtney acknowledged it right then.

[@Snugglebit]

@@andreponniah9900 thank you! Must have hit the wrong button.

[@emileemx]

Shayne is literally the nicest guy and when he said the line “She’ll have the experience of a real wedding the next time” was BRUTAL! 😂 I love it though.

[@annlyp6303]

And from what we know about her husband and what he thinks, Shayne may be right 😫

[@danthe8fishman2]

I was laughing my ass off when he said that. So great!

[@summerskull9379]

The fact he didn't start scream laughing at his own joke shows how serious he was, and I love that 😆

[@mariarossa2336]

i gasped so loud

[@yourbestam]

You do not know this man calm down

[@Rand0mCommenter]

45:20 update is basically just that she told him she didn’t want the father to check her and he slapped her. She then ended things after that and she was safe at a friends house.

[@lifewithashley1498]

Thank you!! I was like omg I wanna know so bad!!!!

[@Dougiewoof]

WTF! I'm glad she is safe now. But omg...what is wrong with people.

[@kitsunite197]

There was a fake update posted that was a LOT worse, they may have saw an out of date boru with the fake update and decided to not read it.

[@xidontcarex]

Where did you find the update? I can't find it!

[@Sploberrie]

@@kitsunite197 tbf I understand if they didn't want to read the real update for the physical abuse alone, they have covered some pretty nasty stuff on this show but maybe this is deemed worse

[@goldenluver33]

In response to the tradwife story - it could be 100% me, but I've noticed a trend in some of the reddit stories commentary that puts a lot of responsibility on a person to essentially have a "better" reaction to being wronged, and effectively taking heat off the person doing the wronging...like yeah, the kids did not at all deserve to be caught in the middle of that, but the wife immediately telling them that he's divorcing her, and having the son call him? That to me reads as manipulation, after she already went behind his back to quit her job.

[@han-sn8tu]

ya i've noticed that too. I think the cast likes to play devils advocate sometimes because reddit stories are kinda like thought experiments and it can be fun to think through all the sides. However I do think in that story the husband should have made sure his kids were ok because as a parent your kids should always be your top priority and sometimes you have to put aside your own (justified) feelings to make sure they are safe.

[@NJ.Magpie]

No, I agree. This reminds of a similar situation I've had recently with my friends. With some people like that, it seems like you can't do anything right. If you try to defend yourself you're a bad person and they try to pin it on you by saying you overreacted, but if you remove yourself from the situation in order to try and avoid arguments and to have some quiet time to compose yourself, you're still a bad person because you ran away from the problem and didn't give them what they needed in that moment?? I think what the Smosh cast said was understandable and I don't think they are trying to actively find ways to make certain people feel bad like some people are suggesting, I think that's just what they thought at the time, but you are valid in feeling the way you feel about it.

[@maxgosselin62]

I do know what you mean, however, these are also more than anything hypothetical thought experiments in practice, and I think it's genuinely important to react well to these sorts of situations. Irl, I would absolutely understand someone not reacting well, and I would understand that that moment isn't necessarily the time to criticize, but understanding how one could have done better in a situation is valuable.

[@timmcgrath8030]

19:36 him asking what are you gonna do all day is totally valid, and Courtney tried to paint that as controlling? That was nuts and yeah sometimes these stories just aren’t that complicated

[@gwenrichard7507]

Rock in the hand and the snake in the bush. People will let go of the stable rocks in their life to "gain the loss" of negative value. Another way of saying, getting along with a toxic person is more important than having a stable relationship with a stable person. If you bet on the snake and it bites you, then it's understandable. If the rock grows legs and runs off, it's so shocking. People can't understand what happened.

[@stephaniec0625]

Most guys can't even find a g-spot. But we're supposed to believe that this random father-in-law knows what a hymen feels like

[@daarnett2x]

On the trad wife story, in no way was it appropriate for her to convey to her child that daddy was divorcing mommy when he was out of the house for a day. That was emotional manipulation.

[@AVesselOfFlesh]

THANK YOU! FINALLY SOME COMMON SENSE!!!

[@megaramuffin]

When I was pregnant with my son, I walked in on his father in bed with another woman and I left him. 30 minutes later he had his first son (not mine, but I treated as mine up until that point) and had his 4 year old crying in a voice memo on the phone asking me why I’m taking his brother from him. Really reminded me of that time in my life. I still hold guilt for leaving that little boy, but when it isn’t your child there isn’t much you can do

[@dimonds101mine]

This! She had no right to. But after reading the updates on Reddit, she used that manipulation all the way, the son is fully against his dad now 😭

[@jadaskyenichols]

it sadly only got worse in the updates posted by op afterwards

[@Yourl0calvillain]

That's what I thought. Low-key she seems awful. Manipulative to her kids and husband

[@addison1009]

love that courtney and shayne agreed to babysit ian’s son

[@valc_lover22]

One big happy family 🫡

[@MoonMoonTM]

Son? Does Arasha use he/him pronouns? Edit: thank you everyone for the explanation! 😊

[@TheodoreStagnum]

@@MoonMoonTM no, it's an ongoing joke that she's ian's son lol

[@teddieprox2307]

​@MoonMoonTM I'm pretty sure she doesn't. It's a reoccurring joke in the channel

[@123newjersey3]

@@MoonMoonTM its a running joke from smosh, she is also not Ian's actual blood related son that they are babysitting lol 😭🤣

[@joyfulinhope1210]

The hymen one is insane. They are clearly not perfect for each other. Thank God he showed his true colors in time.

[@ikeafoodmanager9251]

Was just abt to comment this. That story was WILD

[@hannah8jay]

She had me at he "seems" perfect! Seems?! Shouldn't you know?! You're getting married!

[@heavenmemoriesnotta]

right they are the kinds of guys to ask the doctor for a husband stitch.

[@_Oscartoons]

RE: The guy who didn't want to babysit his nephews on vacation. If there's one thing I've learned in my life, the "keep the peace" mentality just enables toxic behavior. Good on him for standing up for himself and the parents for changing their perspective.

[@boggysaurus]

as an aunt of 3 girls and a baby boy, i felt that story. whenever i go to my sister's house to hang out with her and her kids, i have to play this parent role. i have to change the baby, feed, burp, put him down for a nap, play with him, love on him, while my sister scrolls on her phone. its a lot, and he's a good baby, but she has a 4 year old daughter too. so now i have to play with her, make her dinner, potty train her, bathe BOTH of them, its a mess. her and her bf do nothing when im over. i dont mind watching them every once and a while, but im NOT their parent, im their aunt. i love them with my whole heart, the problem isnt them, its my sister.

[@IceArceus_]

Smosh. When you're here, you're family.

[@MoonCorvid]

This is so funny, we’re friends now

[@jessicajames6676]

Hell yeah brethren

[@NaTeesha85]

Here at the Garlic Garden, we treat you like family.

[@BenSwagnerd]

Especially if you're a dishwasher

[@Svol09]

-Vince Gasoline

[@humankirk]

okay a little update on the tradwife story if anybody was curious: the guy did end up going back home for awhile and tried to be comfortable with this new arrangement for the time being. his wife promised him that she’d be looking for a job, but she never did. she quickly started neglecting the household chores and her own children. so on top of being the only one working a job, he was now having to cook dinner and take full care of his kids once he got home. one day he came home to his daughter crying in the other room and his wife doing nothing about it, which caused him to finally snap. he told her he was going to divorce her and she absolutely panicked and only started looking for jobs once he said that. he told her that he wasn’t going to fall for that manipulation and that he was leaving her. she ended up telling everybody that he was going to leave her and fully neglect the kids (which is not true at all), so everybody is against him. his own mom is threatening to disown him and his kids refuse to talk to him. he’s going through a really hard time and is really close to ending it all. i genuinely don’t think she ever wanted to be a ‘trad wife’ i feel like she just wanted to stay home and do nothing. i really hope it gets better for him 😭💕

[@madalynnr9940]

Yeah I was going to say hey that story has updates, but then I read the updates and I understand why they opted not to read them.... So depressing

[@SereneDancer]

Yeah that's one of the stories I hope isn't real just cause the updates are so depressing

[@Rashadmcka]

@@madalynnr9940 im curious the timeline, as these are filmed about a month before the episode airs right?

[@LORDUnLuCkY13]

She's just wanted to be lazy

[@humankirk]

@@Rashadmckai think you’re right about these being filmed a month in advance (might be wrong) but even then that means they just chose not to read the updates because they were written about three months ago

[@sabrinaaguero16]

2nd story. The father did not abandoned his kids. He was so angry he left. He was mad at his wife and it sounds like she enabled the kids to message him. He left his kids with his wife. Thier mother. Parents are only human and need space at times too. The wife sounds like a badd trip

[@skintagathahotness8456]

Anything to make the man the bad guy

[@dexter130013]

​@@skintagathahotness8456work on your conversation skills if you think that's what happened there

[@DannyT-is-Free]

@@skintagathahotness8456right because them saying ‘im on his side, EXCEPT for not calling his kids back”. They didn’t vilify him at all…

[@CorporalGrievous93]

@DannyT-is-free You’re missing the point. They basically arrived at the conclusion “it’s complicated”. This was 1000% the wife’s fault, especially once you factor in the updates, and they still ran damage control for her with the vague “communication” excuse.

[@SubNaturalZ]

I was pretty perplexed when they said that he ABANDONED his kids like what??? He left to cool off, not to leave his kids forever.

[@smileytuna]

It's so cute how less restrained Shayne and Courtney are in their humor when they are cast together

[@victryismin89]

i feel like positive representations of sisterhood are so rare in mainstream media so that wedding story ended up being so heartwarming

[@falconawesome]

It was seriously beautiful. I imagine them walking down the aisle, with this experience having brought them closer together. OP in her wedding dress lit up with the joy of her special day, arm-in-arm with her beloved sister in gold/silver.

[@Choppete]

If she wanted to be a tradwife so bad why didn’t she listen to her husband?

[@sagegreeeeeeen]

THAT WAS SICK DUDE I LOVE THAT

[@deviantash]

Oooooooh, damn.

[@kszoknyik]

😂😂😂😂 good one

[@gaudymade]

DAMN HAHAHAH

[@kendalldesouza4595]

Goddamn from the top rope

[@jordanpremo]

10:16 Arasha saying "vacation is coitus" has me howling

[@ZachSMarsh]

“Courtney and Arasha watch Midsommar” is the reaction video I didn’t know I wanted

[@WrottJackson]

In regard to the Tradwife story, the wife also told the kids immediately after, no waiting at all. She couldn’t just wait until morning to come up with a better way to break the news to her kids or try talking to her husband again? She did that shit on purpose. She wanted the husband to feel like the bad guy to guilt-trip and manipulate him. Huge red flags right there.

[@THEDubbleHelixx]

My hope is that the messages can be used a evidence of alienation or emotional manipulation to grant OP custody, but considering he didn't even text his kid back, I fear neither of them are going to be great parents moving forward.

[@WrottJackson]

@@THEDubbleHelixx yeah…not much of a silver lining in that situation.

[@rickyricardo9710]

well, the husband was the bad guy. A grown man who is a father doesn't just storm out and leave his kids behind because of a disagreement with his wife

[@lily-zg6io]

Yeah, she did not care how much trauma this would put on the children. She wanted them to cry, to plead, to guilt OP into coming back. When my parents divocred (and it was a bitter divorce), they told me together, calmly, and never used the 'your mum is leaving me' guilt trip

[@LizaHowe]

@@rickyricardo9710the wife literally quit her job without discussing with her husband, thus leaving the entire financial load on the husband even after he told her his thoughts on that. She didn’t discuss any further. She literally gave him the silent treatment. And then after the fact, talked shit on her husband to their kids when they are at the age that they know what’s happening. Sure he shouldn’t have left, but his wife literally manipulated him and went behind his back for who knows how long.

[@DeadNotSleeping789]

The most gross part of the trad wife story to me is that it seems like the wife immediately told the kids that he was divorcing her

[@AVesselOfFlesh]

Exactly. Like no one would assume instantly when Dad has to go do something that it means their abandoning them, it’s clear manipulation from the wife.

[@alexdignard939]

I went to comment exactly that. Could the father have handled this more elegantly? Sure, yeah. But the wife speedrunning telling the kids about the divorce is absolute garbage behavior.

[@acousticprojekt]

Yea because his actions aren't the worst part lol

[@sliver539]

such a red flag honestly

[@MorkyMuffin]

And having the children send a voice message crying to him?

[@bradythurman7640]

“I’ve conquered my land, I’ve got my castle, time for Domino’s.” Brilliant 😂

[@18Hongo]

William the Conqueror did the same thing after the battle of Hastings.

[@brokencookie9379]

with the house wife one why did the wife even MENTION that he wanted a divorce to the kids? she 100% told them so they’d get upset and try to convince him to come back. super manipulative.

[@LifeAsTeeInThisWeirdWorld]

The tradwife story boils my blood. The son shouldn't have even been able to leave that voicemail because the wife shouldn't have told him his dad was abandoning them. She's so manipulative, and from the updates I read, she didn't want to have traditional roles. She just wanted to be lazy, not work and live off of op which is extra shitty to decide solo especially while he hates his job too and has a heart condition. She's the definition of someone not being a partner in a relationship. What the fuck?! The hymen story is so disturbing on so, so many levels. So glad the reddit comments told her to run!

[@lifewuzonceezr]

I saw your comment..I still screamed! Ew!!!!!

[@LifeAsTeeInThisWeirdWorld]

@@lifewuzonceezr it's horrifying!

[@orozco6989]

Exactly what you said. But smosh usually shows bias against men or in favor in women in hetero couples

[@LifeAsTeeInThisWeirdWorld]

@davidorozco6989 I feel like they usually show bias against asshats actually, but opinions vary I suppose. Eta - by they I mean these 3 specifically but I do tend to agree with their takes most of the time. Obviously other cast members and guests have different views and your not gonna agree with someone on everything 🙂

[@grungefrog7840]

@@orozco6989i think it depends on who’s in the video not everyone at smosh is gonna have the same opinions or bias’s or views of some stories and there have been some bad bias’s in these videos but thats just gonna happen when you put your immediate opinion out on the internet

[@Su-wx2ru]

I love how arasha is always so empathetic to the emotions behind people’s actions. Not okaying what they’re doing necessarily, but just understanding that the emotions are valid. She’s my fave on these

[@hernameispekka_Rebecca]

This! Understanding isn't condoning. She hits that balance very well usually

[@aniqueevans1547]

AMEN!

[@danaslitlist1]

I always get excited to see episodes with her!

[@444sanrio]

her takes on every episode is just chefs kiss

[@kayliedawn4596]

Same, Arasha is one of my favourites in general but especially for this.

[@skylarstowell2329]

Shane and Courtney acknowledging their relationship makes my heart flutter. Absolutely love those two!

[@kenny33247]

Asking a trad wife what they do all day is a legitimate question especially if their kids are in school most days and their house isn't a mess

[@I.X.N.S96]

Yeah but you’re not supposed to ask women questions

[@UnBesoDeCristal]

Unpaid domestic labour constitutes for over half of the labour that maintains the economy. It's delusional as per expected of male chauvinists to pretend domestic work is a gift of no labour.

[@UnBesoDeCristal]

​@@I.X.N.S96 Wow what an intelligent creature, you sure showed them. What do men do all day? Because most employees are for sure not working every minute they are on the job, according to stats.

[@gwenethp511]

​@@I.X.N.S96 ? Why not? I've never heard this "rule."

[@yoshita4140]

@@UnBesoDeCristal so? it doesn't matter if you're working every second of your work day or not, you're still getting paid at the end of it. if your kids are at school, your house is fine, then what ARE you doing the whole day? laundry will take an hour, cooking food will take 2 hours max, vacuuming will take another hour, what's next? the wife also lied lmao, she said she would do all the cooking and the child raising, and she did 0 cooking after quitting her job and also ignored her kids when they were crying. the husband came home from work and cooked the food and when he found his daughter all alone in another room crying her eyes out he told the wife they're getting a divorce

[@tubblebub]

That hymen one is wild! Not only is it disgusting and horrific in many ways, but dude didn't bring it up to her until the day before their wedding?? I'm so glad she left him.

[@beh2139]

Right ! And when she confronted him , he slapped her like what a jerk .

[@xxbulbaSAUCE]

@@beh2139you found the update?

[@Reybeams]

How can I find the update ?

[@ClydeOnPluto]

@@Reybeams- It’s in the description of the video.

[@katiecakesl4691]

I mean technically OP said he mentioned it way earlier but she assumed it was a joke. these are the sorts of 'jokes' you need to clarify are in fact 100% jokes.

[@Black666Glitter]

So if anyone wants to know the update. Basically she told him no. He said if she really loved him she would do it and accused her of lying about being a virgin and slapped her when she said no again. She left and broke up with him. And was chilling and eating pizza. Dodged a huge bullet there.

[@RblastonYT]

Thank youuuuuuuuuu

[@WhyYouWahYoo]

Welp adding this one to list of Reddit stories that make my blood boil

[@janaloff]

😮

[@FlyToTheRain]

the writing was on the wall for that one, i don't even want to imagine what the marriage could have turned into

[@alyssatheexcellent]

Woof.

[@rosemarybyler3995]

as someone who got married at 19 and our marriage is way better than i thought it could ever be. my husband is amazing and our relationship is amazing. we have been married for 6 years! no major issues. DO NOT GET MARRIED THAT YOUNG! even though it worked out for my husband and I, there are too many ways for marriage to go wrong especially at that age. my husband and I luckily grew into adults with similarly life views and wants. but I highly recommend waiting till you are older.

[@teebrowning2786]

Two of my faves! But I’m going to need Damien and Angela to be on a episode with a theme of super unethical choices 😂😂

[@spofiz]

shayne and courtney having matching shoes plus cuffed jeans is just what i wanted to see today

[@sagegreeeeeeen]

😭 really are a family

[@Duckduckobtusegoose]

Also black shirts and thin chains lol

[@spofiz]

@@Duckduckobtusegoose THEY ARE SO CUTE

[@alexvilla1443]

And then they be like why are people saying Shane is bisexual lol he’s got good fruity style 😂 but all jokes aside anyone can present and dress however they want but it’s great to see their dress style 😭✨

[@Official_Rz]

@@alexvilla1443 Yeah, no, that's the weird part. It doesn't matter what Shayne is, people need to stop being so creepy about his and other Smosh members sexuality.

[@Nadodan]

The update on Story 3 actually made me so emotional, the two of them reconnecting, and talking to each other and her picking her sister to be the one who walks her down the aisle because their dad couldn't be there. I was crying :_:

[@hernameispekka_Rebecca]

Honestly! Such a perfect ending, all things considered!

[@ErroneusEP]

Shane saying the sister will get her moment at her next wedding 😂 when i was a kid, i went to my older cousin’s wedding and said “im not going to her second one” 🤣 and she did indeed have another wedding, and i definitely did not go 😂

[@deathbykonami5487]

Shayne wasn't lying about Midsommar. Every second about that movie is disturbing as fuck.

[@sunte91]

It’s intense. Fun fact Midsommar is an actual holiday in here in Sweden, was celebrating it last month. It’s not like in the movie though 😅 🌺☀️🐸🇸🇪 (Regarding the frog, if you know you know 😂)

[@deathbykonami5487]

@@sunte91 I kinda figured actual Midsommar had nothing to do with bat shit insane cults

[@MistyEry]

😆 I don’t want to use the word traumatized lightly but, the movie came pretty close to it and I have experienced actual trauma. I was stunned for a few days afterwords.

[@ncom7794]

All these reddit stories where the parents/families want the OPs to just endure poor treatment to "keep the peace" always makes me think of the Ultron quote from Avengers 2: "You're confusing peace with quiet." These OPs have already lost their peace in these situations. When their family members tell them to "keep the peace" they're really saying "suffer in silence" in a way that lets them feel like they're not being selfish and it's disgusting.

[@besthokage7822]

Underrated comment

[@munaiverse7662]

​@@besthokage7822 Fr. Got chills with the quote

[@joannawalz727]

Yeah holy hell

[@debiday]

That’s a life lesson right there. Thank you for that.

[@ultimaratioregum3522]

This is a reminder for people who have... distasteful family members. The quote is actually "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb." Meaning the relationships you cultivate and forge are stronger, and more important, than the ones you are forced into through family ties.

[@naturesfinest2408]

This is a good quote to remember. If you like your family it might be because they (and you when older) cultivated a healthy relationship with good dynamics and respect. Theres no need to be just because theyre family.

[@thatdamncrow9197]

Unfortunately no thats not the original quote the claim of that comes from like the 1800s the real quote is much much older That said the revised version is much better and more accurate

[@alistairmurray626]

So it means the exact opposite? I used to think that "blood is thicker than water" meant family bonds are stronger than friendships. I like the new quote though, it makes more sense, reminds me of another quote "family are just friends you don't get to choose".

[@thatdamncrow9197]

@@alistairmurray626 the old quote is the correct one but the new one is better The idea of this new version being the original comes from the 1800s compared to the og quote which is far older

[@Zeiko501]

This is the quote I live by. Chosen family > blood family. Always. Though I know I'm fortunate enough to be in a position I don't need to rely on my family, so I don't have a problem cutting then off if it comes to that. However that might not be the situation for everyone else.

[@larealexandershort]

"Y'all just want a peep show GETOUTTAHEAAAREEE 😈" One of my favorite lines ever from them

[@JujuAplenty]

Not gonna lie, both the people's on the couch have GORGEOUS nails and watching them talk with their hands is mesmerizing.

[@NeuroNotTypical]

The rest of the updates for the brother removing himself from babysitting on family vacation are EPIC. They end up actually going on a vacation. OP gets his own room on a floor separate from his family and doesn’t let his family know which room is his. Sister tries the entire vacation to offload the kids on him, and he just refuses to let that happen. Finally BIL finds out that his wife has been doing this as well as the fact that OP never actually agreed to do the babysitting many times in the past. Sister had told her husband that she had been paying OP and that OP wanted to do the babysitting. BIL genuinely thought just this time OP wanted to enjoy his own vacation, but obviously found out his wife had been lying to him. BIL puts sister in her place and basically threatens to leave her if she doesn’t just take the responsibility as a parent to their own children. BIL and sister were fully in charge of their kids the whole time after that, and BIL is actually a very engaged parent.

[@j-j8984]

That brother in law sounds like a legend.

[@asnalem4391]

Not the brother in law being a better big brother than his actual sister 😭

[@Pandaliciousness]

Some people shouldn’t have children.

[@MrJpaynebb]

Again Smosh and Shayne missing big updates on stories. Most of these stories are old enough that the updates have been out for awhile.

[@NeuroNotTypical]

@@MrJpaynebb they have to consider time. They would only be able to do one or two stories if they did the whole thing. They’d probably just want more stories rather than long ones

[@EStramel09]

Man, when Shayne said “In families, if they’re single they’re treated like they don’t matter” hits home. I live 8 hours away from my parents, so when I take a vacation to go home to visit, I want to spend time with them and relax. But I’m always getting roped into chores. Last time, I helped my dad haul a ton of stuff to the dump, repainted parts of the house, and helped replace a ceiling fan. Meanwhile, my sister and her husband live less than 5 miles away from them, my parents cook for them and watch their son several times a week. I asked my parents why sister and brother-in-law don’t help and I got told, “Well, they are just so busy, we don’t want to bother them”.

[@kinkanalchemist]

The silly part of me is insisting that this is the perfect time to implement the fake dating trope 😅

[@naylas3908]

You seem to have no clue about how busy families with young kids are.

[@EStramel09]

@@naylas3908 So busy that you can’t help your parents that live literally 10 minutes away? I call bs.

[@reckless_herb]

@@naylas3908because single people aren’t busy or don’t deserve to rest??

[@naylas3908]

@@reckless_herb, you will never know what real exhaustion is until you have kids. No single person will ever be occupied 24/7. Kids don’t switch off at night.

[@hedgehogsonic11]

Wild move to make a grandma sleep on the couch to avoid two 30 year olds sleeping in the same bed after being together half a decade

[@pd96851]

Like why does Grandma have to have back pain bc you don’t want these adults to see each other nekkid 😭

[@Meeia1419]

As a SAHM of 12 years with 2 kids, TikTok has glamorized it so much! I do not have that aesthetic home that is so pretty and organized. I do not take my kids to the park everyday. I clean and homeschool and cook and clean and help manage bills and clean and homeschool and keep everyone alive. It is a job. I’m the last one to bed and first one up. It has its beautiful wonderful benefits, but it also has its difficult side.

[@michellebrown9289]

As a full-time stay-at-home mom, it's a lot harder than the "trad wife" trend shows it. I totally agree with what they are saying. The way Tik-tok presents it is so idealized and not accurate. Also, it HAS to be a mutual decision. The only reason I can be a SAHM is because my husband gives me the support and help that I need and I trust him to share my struggles knowing he won't judge me for not "working". It's difficult, and unless you are together on the choice, then it will break you.

[@ChefSarah4104]

As a fellow SAHM, thank you!!

[@megannorvell53]

This! It's not just baking and looking pretty, most of the time I'm an overstimulated hot mess 😂

[@ryanthompson3737]

Exactly, stay at home mom was already a term... just seems like a way to mask their true intentions which is "I dont want to work, i want to sit at home all day".

[@muchahmuaboutnothing2205]

Came here to say just this!

[@raychie27]

Exactly! As a SAHM, I'm drowning in my to-do list while also trying to give my kids the attention they need. I'm actually excited for my youngest to start kindergarten, so I can start to catch up.

[@dinofacedindividual9462]

Last story That dude was so British that he colonized his own brother’s house

[@alextheawkward8792]

omg you're right

[@user-uk5lv8jf9p]

I’m deceased ☠️

[@charityquill4965]

And threatening to kill the "trespasser" aka the person that actually lived there first. Very bri'ish indeed

[@boggysaurus]

​@@charityquill4965the brother is the whole reason the US adopted the 'Quartering Act' 😂

[@silver7knight389]

Whoever's job it is to collect these stories fumbled it up. The vacation guy has a massive update with a lot more crazy coming from the sister

[@sp4cegrl27]

most of the stories are cut for time unfortunately

[@jadebot800]

This is so small but Shayne saying Courtney always gives off Paul Walker vibes is so affirming. They're so cute

[@PenelopeAstony]

"Stacy is gonna get her opportunity when she gets married again." -Dark Shayne, Shayne's evil twin that stepped in for this episode, clearly.

[@DearAnem0ia]

Dwayne

[@meinenklinke]

@@DearAnem0iaDwayne comes in with a goatee.

[@mosquitopyjamas9048]

He's been busy today

[@sorekcazimi]

Shayde

[@RaptorsVevo]

Shark

[@OddCanuck420]

huge respect for the sister in the 3rd story for coming clean the second she realized that what she was doing was wrong and hurting someone else, it takes a lot to admit something like that and the way that story ended genuinely made me want to cry just from how sweet it was and im not typically one to cry at just a story like that

[@troyworman6622]

Not me now imagining Shayne and Courtney at home sitting on the couch and Shayne reading her Reddit stories, and both screaming when there is an update lol

[@izzyfoshizzy]

51:10 I’m a twin and growing up, my parents were exhausted with us, but they’d never force someone else to help. I had a family gathering with a bunch and I ended up babysitting (basically just entertaining the 3 kids so family could talk, parents were two feet away from me lol) but even that’s exhausting, having to take care of three triplets with no help from parents??? Insane.

[@TheRandomCrapSection]

The Tradwife story though, I can't believe nobody's pointed out that she weaponized their son against him. Shayne came close towards the end, "who knows what she's telling [the kids]", but didn't hit the mark. Yeah he bailed on them too, but how and why would the son be calling him saying the stuff he said, unless mom fed him some part of the story and put him up to it?

[@skintagathahotness8456]

They have to either have the man be the villain or pretend they’re both somehow valid

[@joevictor53]

@@skintagathahotness8456 Yep. It's kinda messed up how often they'll blame the man if he's the bad guy but if the woman is the bad guy, they'll both sides it or come up with theories why he must be at fault too. Amanda did it a couple of weeks ago and it happens on Two Hot Takes too.

[@evanmsouza]

​@@joevictor53 comes with the territory of becoming a performative activist/ally and not actually looking at the nuance...

[@purpletiger0843]

@@joevictor53 Honestly, just Reddit in general is like that.

[@danieltukua4527]

@@purpletiger0843 hes talking about Smosh not Reddit

[@sanviisood]

"I gave reverse birth to myself" 😭 courtney delivers absolute bangers

[@lifewuzonceezr]

I felt that..1 thing?!! GROSS

[@roems6396]

I feel dumber listening to their opinions about the trad wife. The wife is in the wrong. Period. You don’t quit your job and tell your spouse that they’ll get over it.

[@orozco6989]

Updates posted months ago show she manipulated everyone and destroyed his life. It's so infuriating

[@skintagathahotness8456]

Exactly. Their anti-male slant is so gross.

[@dexter130013]

Yall are watching your own version of reality

[@deviatetaco3757]

​@skintagathahotness8456 they've done this on several reddit posts that they read. The woman will clearly be in the wrong, but the group tries talking themselves into believing the guy must also be wrong somehow.

[@Penquinn14]

@@deviatetaco3757 Where are y'all getting that they made the guy out to be the bad guy? The worst they said about him was that he shouldn't have ghosted his kids, and that for some people being a trad wife is what both people want. It was overwhelmingly obvious that they thought the wife was in the wrong

[@Kellie_Curtis-Holmes]

My mom was a stay at home mom/wife with 5 kids and she did so much. We had a massive back garden where my mom grew loads of different fruit and made tons of jams too. My dad had 2 allotments and grew all the veggies (he was also a gardener) and mom made her own pickles and chutneys etc. I don't know if you'd call my mom a tradwife or not as she did all the childcare, housework, knitted all of our jumpers and made almost all food from scratch, but she used to earn her own money too. She used to do alterations/repairs for the local dry cleaners, she'd knit and crochet jumpers and cardigans to order and she also made novelty cakes to order too. Either way, both of my parents were very happy and it worked well for them. It must be a two-way street and discussed openly and honestly xxx

[@nathankirk477]

The next to last story actually has a lot more updates. Op shared that the vacation was reinstated, his sister was actually holding back money that the husband thought he was paying OP to watch the kids and she was forced to pay him back. She then had a tantrum about op not watching the kids on the vacation, but was shut down by the husband for how entitled she was. Really crazy story, but I highly recommend people reading the full story 😁👍

[@CooperPhamkd54]

Thank you!! about that story, everything was ok until they heard that the husband chose to stay out of it and then immediately think that he didn't take care of their children.. I meant it might or might not be true but they don't have enough info to make that assumption, it's unfair.

[@fameeful]

yeah, when shayne was reading it i was like there are MORE updates!! and crazy ones too bonkers story😮

[@CooperPhamkd54]

@@fameeful Yep! I run through the cmts section and notice that a lot of the stories have updates, but I think they left them out either bc they haven't seen them yet or they are too depress to read publicly... tbh non of them are happy ending.

[@fameeful]

@@CooperPhamkd54 yep, there was this one story they read few episodes ago, where a man posted AITAH for not letting my nephews push me into pool..... man THAT story had ao many further updates that smosh didn't mention.... that story had BEST updates

[@mrandisg]

Yep! I came to the comments to see if anyone else knew about the updates before commenting myself. I first heard this story on Redditor's channel, and he read all the updates. I highly recommend checking him out!

[@Demotros]

Shayne‘s exceptional insightfulness, Arasha’s well balanced ability to see things from other perspectives, and Courtney’a strong emotional energy and depth of feelings make this an amazing crew to watch heavy stories with. The whole Smosh crew are wildly entertaining and have great takes on these stories. I’m glad these videos continue and can’t wait till next Saturday for more.

[@mosquitopyjamas9048]

This is a good group to be sure

[@Fightingsquidtattoos]

19:36 yeah but what is she going to do all day? Imagine if anyone else was just like hey I don’t wanna work anymore. I’m just going to stop working and not have any income. You wouldn’t be like.“OK cool follow your dreams!”

[@Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh_________]

I swear every weeks episode has a theme that makes me go “oh this week is gonna be tame” and I have been wrong every time

[@NikkiDavis]

It is so sweet of Courtney and Shayne to babysit their nephew Arasha

[@Daughter_of_apollo_2]

Yes yes so sweet, they even got arasha a matching outfit

[@oliverdelica2289]

They need to get some training 😂

[@bigbabydoodle]

if they ever end this series im protesting till the day i die

[@NikkiDavis]

If they end it, I'll actually die

[@--Danni--]

So what I’m hearing is suicide pact? :D

[@italiahockey]

They need to keep passing this off to someone. It's a series with unlimited ammo and as time goes more and more unhinged stories will emerge

[@Wilsonite00]

@@italiahockeythat is what people thought about eat it or yeet it

[@Penquinn14]

@@Wilsonite00 this format could work but only as long as Reddit stays relevant, once Reddit loses popularity these will probably stop

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

Idk how Arasha could say there was ‘so much fairness on both sides’ in story 2, when it seems that the wife was consistently pushing her husband and being unwilling to negotiate, then gaslighting him about the no sex thing which is insane, and then straight up quitting her job all of a sudden without telling him which is a HUGE deal when u have kids to support, and then immediately try to get the kids on her side telling them about him wanting to divorce her instead of even waiting a moment to inform their kids about it. It doesn’t seem she spent a moment considering her kids, who could use the money to go to school which is so expensive, she only thought about the lifestyle she wanted.

[@joshua41175]

Something that doesnt get touched on with the trad wife story is how she immediately weaponized the kids against him

[@Noushisshook]

I just realised Courtney and Shane are actually family now 🥺🥺🥺💖💖💖

[@sagegreeeeeeen]

And they have their two kids, bones and (I’m so sorry I forgot the other cats name 😭)

[@bellaluna9682]

​@@sagegreeeeeeen birdie!

[@Noushisshook]

@@sagegreeeeeeen hehee so ute

[@ecowo57]

this made me smile

[@lolopie3333]

Shayne**

[@MatthewHrebec]

Smosh has created one massive family and we’re all here for it

[@SweetCarolineBAMBAMBAM]

Every day is a reunion❤

[@usulsk]

No. Be careful of falling into a parasocial relationship.

[@RafaJLopez]

​​@@usulsk He doesn't mean himself or the fandom, dawg, he means the Smosh cast and crew are the family we get to watch, lmao

[@MatthewHrebec]

@@RafaJLopez on point i watch these guys to laugh and feel happy

[@leopard_honey]

blood of the covenant

[@barnesandnoblenerd]

Shane reading Stacy like that ABSOLUTELY killed me like hello?!?!?! 💀🤣🤣🤣

[@demonseed360]

I'm pretty sure that in the trad wife story, the mom was the one who told the kids that their father wanted a divorce and put them on the phone to use as tools of warfare. I think it's unlikely that they'd be knowledgeable enough to know why he left or that he was going to be gone for a while.

[@sydneys207]

"We can't control you, therefore we are uncomfortable" is *always* lowest on the totempole. "I don't want to." Is more of a reason than that.

[@musical_kait]

These Saturday videos have become my "cut off" to start chores 😂 Shayne reads me stories while I do laundry, dishes, etc. A nice way to get in the groove

[@rachellangley1002]

Same here!!

[@dilfpickler]

So glad I'm not alone in this 🤣🖤🖤

[@ChefSarah4104]

Same. I have my phone in one hand, duster in the other. Lol

[@orca3432]

For real!!

[@amei_pa]

Okay but do you clean faster when the stories are frustrating

[@bthompson95]

For anyone wondering about the update they didn’t want to talk about summary is that he didn’t trust her when she said she was a virgin and after she said that if he respects her to trust her and he slapped her. She broke it off right there and that was all that was written.

[@highcotton63664]

Man wanting the woman to have her hymen checked by his family is literally asking her to be sexually assaulted by his family. Disgusting, horrific, and unacceptable.

[@tiegz9770]

For the hymen story- i think the wifes mom and aunts should stand around him and analyse the size of his ‘member’ to decide if its suitable for the wife to be😂

[@katie18976]

Lmao 😂😂😂😂

[@pearlygirl88]

They would probably need a magnifying glass 😂

[@sp4cegrl27]

@@pearlygirl88a microscope 💅

[@8Makes1]

Absolutely brilliant response 🤣🤣🤣

[@rumis.dollsss.15]

EXTRA CRUCIAL CONTEXT FOR TRADWIFE STORY: OP HAS HEART ISSUES AND SUFFERED A SILENT HEART ATTACK A DECADE AGO HENCE WHY HE CAN'T WORK 100%. WIFE KNEW THIS AND STILL DECIDED TO BECOME A "TRADWIFE" Except, she didn't actually become a tradwife. She just started neglecting EVERYTHING SHE WAS MEANT TO DO.

[@DarkMewtwo1994]

These stories keep getting crazier and crazier omg 🤯 also glad that Courtney and Shayne got to be together on the reddit stories episode about family ❤ so cute and wholesome.. even if the stories weren't

[@caffeinana]

that 3rd story got me misty eyed in the end. i’m sorry for judging you too harshly, stacey. i was not familiar with your game.

[@Grunglefum]

Son of narcissistic mom here: tradwife story is very similar to how my mom would use me to get money out of my dad. The fact that the kid left a voicemail asking if he's leaving shows that the story is being twisted in her favor

[@orozco6989]

It's so evident yet they defend her and put half the blame on the husband

[@Grunglefum]

@orozco6989 it just shows the love they got from their parents. They just didn't register that someone would do something like that.

[@literaltrash5189]

​@@orozco6989I Don't think they were defending her, they were just saying he shouldn't have ignored the kid

[@Melancholeaf]

@@literaltrash5189 they definitely go about it in a way that gives everyone grace and empathy, which can be misinterpreted as them defending that behavior. if the updates were read i feel like they would've done a 180

[@skintagathahotness8456]

@@Melancholeaf it’s not misinterpreted it’s in almost every video they always have to make the man the bad guy or at least half at fault

[@bripenguin]

I like to go through the description to see what kind of stories I’m about to get into, I was NOT prepared for “My fiancé wants to check my hymen before we get married.” So now I get to watch this with whatever horror that’s going to invoke looming over me

[@khayriaarts]

I'm feeling the exact same way reading your comment while listening to earlier stories 💀

[@FlamesAndShadows]

Listened to it on Two Hot Takes awhile ago and In updates ex-fiance comes off progressively worse

[@albionaselimi3425]

his FATHER to check too 😭

[@oneweirddaydreamer6181]

This practically irrelevant to any of the stories i just wanna say, Courtney's hair this episode is gorgeous, it looks like something out of a drawing.

[@friendslivelovelaugh]

Arasha AND Courtney AND Shayne? What did I do to deserve this trio 😍 let’s goooo!

[@Sam_win58]

Story 2: Guy should definitely divorce his wife. She withheld intimacy and used it to leverage her point. She ALSO put their family in a financially vulnerable position.

[@rmslefttoe9024]

Not only that , a toddler doesn’t know what divorce means. She is also using the children against him.

[@StephanieHWLS]

Not only that but the OP has heart problems.

[@bunnyellabell]

​@@rmslefttoe9024 exactly what i thought and i'm surprised none of them noticed/pointed that out. how does a kindergarten kid send a voice message begging daddy to come back and asking why he's divorcing mommy... that's manipulation by the wife

[@wombat4583]

I also don't think leaving that first night is abandoning his kids. It's creating space to not blow up more and pull the kids into the immediate fallout even though they will inevitable be effected and I think that's fair.

[@bunnyellabell]

​@@wombat4583yes! maybe he could've hugged them bye but if they were actively fighting i understand wanting to get out asap. one night isn't abandonment. the wife def put that in the kids' heads

[@kokolarson]

Stay-at-home mom here (of a 2.5 year old and a 1 year old) and the Trad Wife trend is absolutely glamorizing it all. Before we even had kids, my husband and I agreed to me being at SAHM because that’s what we BOTH wanted. I just really appreciate that you guys acknowledge that being a SAHM is a lot of work (especially when your eldest has a rare genetic disorder who needs to see specialists often) and it’s rarely ever aesthetically pleasing. I absolutely love what I do every single day and it’s hard work that I wouldn’t trade for the world! My husband even is in full support of my little Etsy shop on the side to help raise awareness for my son’s syndromic disorder (Cri du Chat Syndrome) and that donates to an organization (5p- Society) that does a lot for the community! It’s just so important to talk with your spouse especially if you don’t agree on something. There’s always a compromise somewhere!

[@707isnotfound]

You sound like a great mother! Hope everything is well💕💕

[@kokolarson]

@@707isnotfoundoh my word, you are far too kind! Thank you 😭 You had made my day and I hope all is well for you too!

[@katie18976]

You are an amazing mom and I wish you all the best with your family ❤

[@kokolarson]

@@katie18976 you are incredibly sweet! 🥺 Thank you and I wish you the same!

[@paulct91]

...did you just call your child ugly? Something about it not being aesthically pleasing...(?)

[@melaniemagolan2241]

I relate so much to Courtney’s love of updates, lol

[@KahnMoongaming]

It’s not just the father, but the brother and uncles note how there is no women at that ceremony

[@ninjaltofficial]

“Stacy is gonna get her opportunity when she gets married again” That’s a Noah level roast from Shayne, MY GOD!

[@avamin0s]

One thing people don't often talk about with the trad-wife trend is how dangerous it can be. These women are entering relationships where the power is all at the hands of the man and they are "supposed to submit" to them. It can straight up lead to abuse (financial, emotional, physical, etc), like, one of these famous trad-wife influencers recently came out telling her story about how this dynamic is super romanticized in social media and she ended up in an abusive relationship because of it.

[@zizou00_]

It boggles the mind that people would willingly give up financial, social and emotional sovereignty because someone on tiktok said it would be fun and easy and sooo 50s Americana, ignoring that the 50s was rife with normalised domestic abuse and giving up that sovereignty is a really massive deal. Being entirely beholden to someone else's employment is bonkers. What if your husband gets made redundant or let go in an at-will state? At least in a two-earner household you've got a mild level of protection against that, with the other partner still earning whilst the out-of-work partner looks for a job.

[@TheodoreBotman]

There was a reddit story about a woman who was with some guy for like 30 years and he always refused to get married, and then he proposed after 30 years and she broke up with him and she seemed absolutely clueless to the fact she was completely dependant on him and had no work experience or money.

[@lyndsycarson8302]

Internet literacy is very important. Those woman often have jobs that aren’t just influencer jobs, one of them was even a parralegal and most of them don’t have kids.

[@ohhi7168]

The people who enter these dynamics are the type to not thinking will happen to them. I feel like she was banking on him sharing completely (and not abusing his power) so she can have the "benefits" influencers presented to her.

[@deathdragoncat]

You would not believe the number of people who keep falling for it despite how many women have been abandoned and left with nothing. Men are very fickle and the stories of them abandoning their families are NUMEROUS. They don't even care about their kids or the situation they put their wife in they just move on and nothing changes for them.

[@nicholashugo9907]

the hymen checking family gave me some sort of cult vibe, imagining em checking young women's hymens in a candle-lit dark room filled with people in red cloaks, what the friggin hell

[@myriambasoah3888]

That trad wide story I disagree she did something heinous and he removed himself from the situation. He didn’t run away from the kids and abandon them. What happened is the wife recognised the children and after seeing her husband upset told them prematurely about divorce and set the kids on the husband, which is so unfair, it was a day. Give him some space. Let them process. What’s the problem and be the mother and protect your children if you are getting divorced then the kids together or whatever you decide but don’t tell the kids you’re getting divorced after a threat because you did something outrageous.

[@hanzojapa]

The tradwife theres an update. OP reveals he has a hearth problem one of the reasons he avoid conflit and why he don't want to work more, for health issues, and also wanting to expend more time with his kids. Them he was pressured to try the tradwife with her, she did nothing in the house and spend all day on the couch. He then initiate the divorce, the wife manipulate the kids against him, now they dont want to talk to him, his whole family is against him. Dont know why they did not read the update.

[@JoTracy]

Poor guy That's devastating

[@ajjean2720]

I knew I wasn’t crazy! I remember this story, there are multiple updates. My memories kinda foggy but I think the wife continued to be abusive, leaving the husband to do house work as well. The OP, I believe, had to record her saying she didn’t care about him or the kids to reveal how abusive she really was.

[@middlenerd178]

It’s likely the update wasn’t posted at the time of filming, thank you for summarizing it in the comments!

[@AVesselOfFlesh]

@@middlenerd178mmm i don’t know…I think it was 1. And 2. If they included the updates they’d look foolish for dogpiling the husband constantly 🙃

[@orozco6989]

Smosh bias defending women shows almost every episode

[@jacobhogan3208]

"Stacey is going to get her opportunity when she gets married again" I FELT THAT.

[@JaimeVzq]

53:03 Shayne smiling like “yeah thats my wife”

[@Peach_Basket_Catch_It_Up]

Bro really tried to steal his sister’s home & wound up a homeless, penniless, orphan. He didn’t even have to steal her home either. She was already happily sharing it with him. What a doofus.

[@ida-mariebendixen2085]

There’s actually many more updates to the story with the brother and sister with triplets. If I remember correctly they go on a trip and the brother pays and travels himself. He doesn’t tell anyone which room he’s in or even what floor, the staff are told to not give out his information. Sis still had plenty of tantrums and was miserable because no one babysat.

[@juanadames8863]

Also the husband gave her money to pay the brother for babysitting, and she would buy them a pizza and take the rest of the money

[@dpreal8]

It all comes out and he keeps posting everything every time they are brats to him. They see the posts and get upset that he's posting. He agrees that he won't post if they don't give him material. It calms down. Turns out sister is just a brat and her husband HAS been helping the whole time.

[@iNDERUdmg]

The sister even spends hours following OP to find his room. Also the mother's manipulation comes out, how she always got OP to "keep the peace". I think the husband ended up forcing the sister to pay OP all the money she kept for herself.

[@GotitoGaara8]

For those curious about the update they didn't read: OP told her fiencé she wouldn't do it, he got angry at her, accused her of not being a virgin and slapped her. She left him after that. There's nothing more of the update.

[@piffyplays]

Shocked Pikachu face

[@Blue4626]

Whoa🫢 not surprised though...

[@percibaltwinkus]

courtney going om nom nom nom nom nom 😁 and shayne madly sipping tea to match their freak 🤣 they're perfect together fr

[@jenellenelson4447]

"You don't fricken fracken open your legs!" I'm deceased 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣