Episode
Exes And Oh NOs | Reading Reddit Stories
- Podcast
- Smosh Reads Reddit Stories
- Published
- Dec 13, 2025
- Duration seconds
- 4380
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Summary
The Smosh crew dives into a collection of toxic relationship drama, ranging from privacy disputes to extreme infidelity. The episode explores the thin line between harmless secrets and relationship-ending betrayals.
Topics
- Relationship Drama
- Reddit Stories
- Infidelity
- Am I The Asshole
- Social Boundaries
- Marriage Problems
- Petty Revenge
Highlights
- Main idea: Relationship boundaries are often tested by extreme secrecy, such as hiding professional identities
- Failure mode: Using old, irrelevant grievances to justify current suspicious behavior often masks one's own infidelity
- Practical takeaway: Transparency is vital, but demanding access to a partner's private creative work can be a red flag
- Main idea: Petty revenge, like photoshopping an ex out of family pictures, highlights the lingering tension of breakups
- Failure mode: Making offensive jokes during high-stakes emotional moments, like weddings, can permanently damage intimacy
Chapters
1:00The Pen Name Dispute: A debate over whether a partner has the right to demand the secret identity of an erotica author.13:00The Mechanic's Secret: An analysis of a woman whose husband used a decade-old message to justify his own recent cheating.23:00The Breakup Pivot: Discussing the emotional fallout and the ambiguity of 'breaks' that lead to permanent separations.34:00Digital Erasure: The ethics of using Photoshop to remove an ex-partner from significant life photographs.51:00Wedding Day Blunders: A look at a groom whose attempt at a 'funny' wedding joke backfired into a public insult.1:07:00Petty Revenge: Exploring the chaotic energy of locking an ex out of shared spaces as a form of retaliation.