Armchair Anonymous: Crazy Ex
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What is Armchair Anonymous about?
Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to Armchair Expert early and ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts, or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Anonymous. I'm Dan Rather, and I'm joined by Mrs. Mouse. Today is Crazy X. Tell us about your Crazy X. People have Crazy Xs out there. They do.
They have a history.
I think I have one. But I don't think it was realized till after. Now this, I got to give a disclaimer to this. Obviously, this should have been foreseen. Obviously, Crazy X entails some stalking. So if that's an experience you had, this probably- Isn't for you. You want to skip it.
At least skip the first two. Yeah.
Yeah. Skip the first two. Just skip the whole fucking thing.
Just don't listen to this show.
Go get a burrito and a Diet Coke and two martinis and kick your feet up. It's Friday. Enjoy the day off. You've got a day off. No homework today.
Fun.
What does a Crazy Ex story entail?
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What happens when an ex-boyfriend becomes a stalker?
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All times come and go We'll be right back.
Hello.
Oh, my goodness. Look at this wonderful sound booth you've constructed.
It's my husband's. He has a microphone and headphones. I was like, thanks, babe.
But behind you, too, there's a lot of nice sound dampening.
I'm in my baby's nursery in this little nook.
Oh, my God. Perfect. How old's your baby?
He's four months old.
Congratulations.
How did Jackie deal with her stalker?
Thank you. He's tiny.
Does he smell delicious?
Yes, the best. So good. When does that change?
It goes on for quite a while. Are we using your real name?
My name's fine, but everyone else will change names. Perfect. Just because.
And so you're not named after Carly Simon because you would have spelled it differently.
Actually, my mom, my name was Sierra. And then she was putting my nursery together and she heard a Carly Simon song. So she changed it. What? My dad came home. He was like, why does her room say Carly now?
And she's like, I changed her name. So you are named after her. Yeah. Just spelled different.
I guess that's permitted.
I like that.
What was the resolution of the stalking situation?
You like when people spell names. You and I have talked about this in the past, Monica.
A little bit differently.
You like that, yeah.
I like that.
Okay. You have a crazy ex. I mean, everyone does, but you have a crazy ex that we're going to hear about.
I was so excited when I saw the prompt. I was like, yes. So you can't wait to hear Monica go, oh, my God.
What the fuck? We'll set the stage for us.
Yeah, let's hear it. Yes. So it was in 2013. I was a couple of years out of college. I met. This guy, we won't name him. When I was in college, he just lived in the college town, but he didn't actually go to school. One of those. And he'd sold weed. So that's a big part of the story. He was a dirtbag. Not my proudest boyfriend moment.
What was it about him that tickled your fancy? Was he gorgeous or something?
He was cute. You know, in college, you're drinking a lot. We met at a party and it was fun. That continued for a couple of years, but it was never great. But yeah, so we eventually broke up. But I should have mentioned this earlier. He was into graffiti. Graffiti gangs are called crews. I don't know if you guys know anything about this. I'm like so embarrassed to tell this story.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is Armchair Anonymous about?
0:00–1:11
2
What does a Crazy Ex story entail?
1:11–1:54
3
What happens when an ex-boyfriend becomes a stalker?
1:54–2:49
4
How did Jackie deal with her stalker?
2:49–3:32
5
What was the resolution of the stalking situation?
3:32–4:45
6
How do past relationships affect current ones?
4:45–6:18
7
What lessons can be learned from these crazy ex stories?
6:18–55:44