Just Between Us

Writer and radio host Lauren Ashley Smith joins TLDRI to talk about sisters, scams, and keeping your parents from the wickedness of the Internet. Then, media literacy is dead and we all know it. R/rant brings us an OP who says their kid’s teacher sends too many texts and voice memos during the day. R/2000sNostalgia asks what stores we miss the most. We go so hard at being Millennials.  -- Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Writer Lauren Ashley Smith joins Best Gabe Ever to give advice even though she’s been married for ten years. A man insists on telling his friend that she’s not in the same league as the men she wants. Can you date someone you’re not attracted to right away? Was it rude for a wife to tell her husband he’s too broke to be sexist? Gabe’s new experiences as a man in the eyes of women. An HOA story about revenge! A woman wants to tell her BFF her baby name is horrendous.  Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

City kids v suburbs kids. Ella reveals her history of tagging and graffiti as a youth. R/digitalminimalism asks what people did before cellphones. Amy recounts her neighborhood’s infamous “naked running guy.” Next, what it’s like to play sports in a religious high school league. r/partyplanning brings us a kid who wants a butt-themed birthday party. And finally, some ideas for chaotic adult party games. Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Welcome to the first episode of Best Gabe Ever! For the premiere, we're throwing it all the way back to interview Gabe's old Buzzfeed coworker Ella Mielniczenko and her girlfriend Amy Nicholson. On this show, we give advice! First though, we find out how these gals met! Then, a man is iced out from his office because he won't contribute to a birthday gift, a pregnant woman is mad her husband wants his mother in the delivery room and a family falls apart because of a Labubu. A woman's husband uses ChatGPT to reply to her texts and the trio discuss how friendships suffer because of AI. Kid business! Sibling order! Don't forget to follow the couple's new pod Softcore Chaos. Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Goodbye JBU! Hello Gabe’s new pod! Please stick around!! A listener writes in asking what to do if her partner doesn’t want to get married. The duo want your follow ups to your past IQs! The last Hypotheticals is played. A partner sleeps in the nude on business trips with their coworker. You’re new at work and a man in another department wants to show you the ropes. A parent fakes night terrors for a good reason? And then, talking about ending the show and reminiscing about our time together. Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE: https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenus Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com This has been a Gallison Production Produced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint Productions Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Allison and John can use “pregnant wife” when she’s hungry. Then, an OP deals with a daughter in law who wants her to make a very intense coffee order for her in the mornings. A woman admits in her vows IN FRONT OF EVERYONE that she scammed her husband into marrying her. Melisa and Gabe share how to work smarter not harder when trying to get a love interest’s attention. The classic Gen Z v Millennial debate rages on. For our final Reddit or not, will a couple break up if they can’t share a bath? Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE: https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenus Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com This has been a Gallison Production Produced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint Productions Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Allison's preparing her nails for the arrival of her baby. A listener writes in asking if it was a mistake not to settle down when they were younger. Then, therapist Emma Kazarian (Allison's other BFF) joins the show to talk about working as a relationship OCD therapist and couples therapist while having OCD herself. And in Topix, Allison is not looking forward to writing Thank You Notes. Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE: https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenus Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com This has been a Gallison Production Produced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint Productions Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Going hardcore from the beginning. r/justnofamily brings a tale of a mother in law forcing unmarried older sisters to dance in a pig trough during the wedding reception. Can animals talk with buttons? An OP learns that they don't like dating multiple people while their partner does -- but they're still polyam. A parent worries their children are idiots. A front desk worker watches two people have an insane break up where they spill all the tea in the lobby. Hunter Biden is hot. Zohran is hot. An OP wonders if all American parents are so strict with their children. And finally, Chinese zodiac signs. Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE: https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenus Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com This has been a Gallison Production Produced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint Productions Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Baseball! Then, a listener writes in asking how to stay connected to their long distance partner while they transition AND open the relationship. Then, educator Margeaux Feldman joins the show to talk about their work on traumatizing events turning into trauma and what about community helps heal us. And finally, JBU is winding down and a new pod is ahead! Ahhhh! Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE: https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenus This has been a Gallison Production Produced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint Productions Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Gabe and Allison have some hot take animal thoughts to share. Some employers need to know how to erase HTML in their texts, or at least get people's names right in the templates. The trio discuss whether or not to give people ultimatums in relationships and whether or not you have to share that ultimatum with your partner. r/apartmentliving brings us a wholesome tale about an OP finding candy wrappers on their porch. An OP realizes she and her new bf got the same matching tattoos as him and his ex. YIKES. Gabe's going back to the gym and he's flossing, but he's not like...working on himself. A woman worries her teacher spouse is flirting with his former student. Then, Yelp reviews for a car wash bring so much joy and cats with thumbs. Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE: https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenus This has been a Gallison Production Produced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint Productions Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Gabe and a friend got lemon tattoos. A listener writes in asking about whether they are supposed to make up with their friend's partner who has become disrespectful to the friend. Then, Dr. Shireen Rizvi and Dr. Jesse Finkelstein join the show to talk about Dialectical Behavior Therapy, their book Real Skills For Real Life, and what tactics we can use to emotionally regulate and get out of painful patterns. In hypotheticals... geese! And finally, Allison has some thoughtful questions about Gabe's writing on bottom surgery for trans men. Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE: https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenus This has been a Gallison Production Produced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint Productions Post-Production by Coco Llorens Production Assistance by Melanie D. Watson Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Oops! Lots of relationship advice. Would you be in the wedding of the boyfriend who cheated on you with your best friend -- and now they're getting married? A woman forgets her friend is divorced and sends an awkward text. Why do people want to tell Allison and Melisa their life stories? Spaghetti dog closes us out!  Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE: https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenus This has been a Gallison Production Produced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint Productions Post-Production by Coco Llorens Production Assistance by Melanie D. Watson Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Allison's pregnancy update! Then, we answer a listener's question about if age is just a number (when she, younger, approached him, older). Next, they're joined by author Jacob Tobia comes by to speak about their book "Before They Were Men" and the rhetoric around men being co-survivors of patriarchy instead of solely beneficiaries. Finally, Gabe discusses some more information he’s uncovered about his ongoing chronic illness.  Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE: https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenus This has been a Gallison Production Produced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint Productions Post-Production by Coco Llorens Production Assistance by Melanie D. Watson Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

First, middle school boyfriends. R/sipstea brings us cute and funny coming out stories. Is it justified for a woman to not want to buy a house for her fiance and put his name on it? A man’s ex wife marries her affair partner and they make their combined last name her ex husband’s full name. Can you be a juice sommelier?  Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE: https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenus This has been a Gallison Production Produced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint Productions Post-Production by Coco Llorens Production Assistance by Melanie D. Watson Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Gabe and Allison answer a listeners question about how to handle her emotions about her changing body as she ages. Then investigative reporter Alleen Brown joins the show to discuss environmental justice and the lawsuit against Greenpeace by Energy Transfer (the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline) which is meant to bankrupt the organization. And finally, do we love or hate PR couples? Bennifer, Traylor, Sydney Sweeney etc etc. And how Gabe believes he could have married Christian Slater….  Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE: https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenus This has been a Gallison Production Produced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint Productions Post-Production by Coco Llorens Production Assistance by Melanie D. Watson Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Allison's very go-with-the-flow about her forthcoming baby. An OP writes about stealing items from a bully who had lots of expensive things and made everyone at school feel like shit. The choice had long-term consequences. A woman dumps her boyfriend because he won't stop moving forward on starting a business with her abusive ex. An apartment dweller wants a neighbor to stop making his place smell like weed. Is a note a good idea? Melisa's neighbor plays loud music and she only changed her mind when they played this one song. Allison's neighbor double parks in front of her driveway and then wants a thank you for moving it. How old is the oldest person each of the three would date? r/shittymoviedetails brings endless clever joy. What does Reddit think about water? Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE: https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenus This has been a Gallison Production Produced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint Productions Post-Production by Coco Llorens Production Assistance by Melanie D. Watson Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Gabe has a new overnight job and Allison has too many questions. They then answer a listeners question about how much she should push her husband who suffers from terrible anxiety outside his comfort zone for his own good. Then, harpist an recipient of the 2025 Doris Duke Artist Awards, Brandee Younger joins the show to talk about jazz, the importance of instruments in schools, and the spirituality of live music. She teaches the duo how to listen to jazz! And finally, what do Gabe, Allison and Melisa keep for sentimental reasons? Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE: https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenus This has been a Gallison Production Produced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint Productions Post-Production by Coco Llorens Production Assistance by Melanie D. Watson Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Allison is deep into “Sally” TikTok. Gabe has lost faith in humanity because of one subreddit Allison proposes, but learns to love it again from another. More politicians should quit. R/AmITheAsshole brings us an OP who wants to ask her sister to wash her hair before being a bridesmaid in her wedding. A guy on R/ThatHappened keeps bragging about wild sex stories, among other unrealistic events. Gabe cleanses the palate with r/RandomActsOfKindness and two tales of contact lenses. How do we feel about Christmas? Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE: https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenus This has been a Gallison Production Produced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint Productions Post-Production by Coco Llorens Production Assistance by Melanie D. Watson Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Note: Gabe was having some audio issues at the beginning of the interview. A listener writes in asking what to do now that her friend got quickie married to someone with a lot of internalized misogyny. Then, psychotherapist Jessica Baum joins the show to talk about healing attachment wounds from a trauma-informed lens. And finally, Gabe shares what it’s been like dealing with brain fog during his chronic illness.  https://jessicabaumlmhc.com/interview  Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE: https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenus This has been a Gallison Production Produced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint Productions Post-Production by Coco Llorens Production Assistance by Melanie D. Watson Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We don’t get into the Reddit articles until waaaaay into the episode, but first, a very good conversation about word usage and the divide between the LBT and the G communities. Then, a Redditor posts screenshots between her partner and a new girl on his team discussing how the girl questioned OP’s relationship with his kids. An OP explains how a local family they know is getting horribly scammed by an “international currency investment.” How are we going to avoid being duped by AI? Allison shares some nature facts — some true, some questionable. Gabe has a theory about Ginger from the Spice Girls.  Check out all of our content on Patreon, Ad Free! Watch the full episodes of TLDRI, listen to the full episodes of The Variety Show, watch the International Question and Topix videos, join us for a monthly livestream, PLUS MORE: https://www.patreon.com/justbetweenus This has been a Gallison Production Produced by Melisa D. Monts and Diamond MPrint Productions Post-Production by Coco Llorens Production Assistance by Melanie D. Watson Our Sponsors: * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/just-between-us/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy