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Brooke and Jeffrey

Awkward Tuesday: Buddy Roommate Sitch

14 Oct 2025

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Chapter 1: What is the main issue Chris is facing with his friend Ethan?

1.533 - 8.379 Jeff

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9.06 - 20.009 Brooke

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30.085 - 31.548 Dani Shapiro

Hi, I'm Dani Shapiro.

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31.888 - 36.797 Jeff

We were in the car, like a Rolling Stone came on, and he said, there's a line in there about your mother.

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And I said, what? What I would do if I didn't feel like I was being accepted is choose an identity that other people can't have.

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I knew something had happened to me in the middle of the night, but I couldn't hold on to what had happened.

50.302 - 62.016 Dani Shapiro

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Chapter 2: Why did Chris invite Ethan to stay at his apartment?

615.278 - 632.161 Alexis

Yeah, Chris. I feel for him. I mean, he was heated, dude. I think what you do is you just tell your roommate. Hey, listen, my nephew's coming into town, so he's got to leave for a couple weeks just so that you can get some space to clear your mind before you have this terrible conversation with him.

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632.181 - 651.798 Alexis

So it sounds like, again, Brooke, your advice is to not make the awkward Tuesday phone call in this segment that we're actively doing right now. I mean, the problem is I just don't think you can have a productive conversation when your emotions are really high. Okay, we're going to cancel that and move right on over to Jose.

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651.858 - 653.22 Brooke

What's your advice, Jose?

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653.4 - 670.168 Alexis

Dude, I would just tell him that the landlord saw him. Oh, blame the landlord. Right? Like they noticed him coming in and out of the apartment. And it's totally cool, but that just means you got to put him on the lease and you guys should probably start talking about payments and everything. This is actually really helpful, Jose. Okay. What do you feel about that, Chris?

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670.208 - 675.939 Alexis

Can you blame your landlord? I mean, I guess I could, but, I mean, do you guys have any other advice?

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Alexis!

677.842 - 687.84 Alexis

Oh, this happened to me, and I just complained in silence for, like, five months and suffered. So, don't ask me. Pretty sure if I remember when Alexis started here, she was living with five people in a two-bedroom apartment.

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Yeah.

688.261 - 695.835 Alexis

Now it's only three people. Nobody was paying rent except for her. Oh, so maybe you can send your buddy Ethan over to live with Alexis' friends.

Chapter 3: What problems have arisen during Ethan's stay?

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They love community living, but here we go. I'm going to dial Ethan's number, and we're going to step back and let you do this. You got it. You ready? All right. Okay, okay, okay. Okay. He's your friend. He should understand. Nothing on the line except friendship. So here we go. That's a lot. Okay. Hello? Hey, bro, what's up? What do you want to? Wait, is it Chris? Yeah. Oh.

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730.215 - 766.106 Alexis

Dude, you're calling from, like, a weird number. I don't know. Maybe it's, uh, I don't know. I'm calling from my phone. I don't know why. Oh. Oh, that's weird. Okay. Yeah, man, dude, I'm just hanging, dude, man. I'm tired today. You want to order some pizza or something? You want some? No, I'm actually at work. Oh, burger. That sucks, dude. You know what?

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766.126 - 790.312 Alexis

Could you still like door dash it from your phone? Would that be cool? Are you being serious? You want me to door dash your food at my place? Am I hearing it correctly? Dude, I'm a little light this week, man. Could you help me out? Just a little bit? You're always light every week. That's actually the reason why I'm calling you about. Wait, what? This is why you're calling?

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791.253 - 820.492 Alexis

Man, you've been staying at my place for a while now. And if I'm being totally honest, it's just, I just, I'm starting to feel like I'm getting take advantage of. Wait, wait, who's taking advantage of you? Well, you are, or that's how it feels. Chris, are you being super trite out? Me? How? How am I taking advantage of you, dude? Please, please. Well, it's been months.

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I've been helping you out, and you literally just asked me to pay for your lunch. And, you know, I'm covering most of your share of the rent. Hold on, dude. Hold on. Hold on. Okay, you told me that I could stay here and you would take care of everything, right? You said it was no problem, right? You said, don't worry, dude. I got you, man. This is you getting me right now, man, right?

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Yeah, exactly. Well, I said that I can help you out for a while, but I didn't mean I'd cover your expenses forever. And you have a job now. You're working part-time. Yeah, dude. I am working part-time. Not like your job, though, bro. Wait, what is that supposed to mean? Dude, come on. Come on, dude. We both know you're making a lot more money than I am, dude. Don't play, man.

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Ethan, that doesn't even matter. That's not what we're talking about right now. Hey, be honest, man. It's just me and you, to be honest. How much money do you actually make? Tell me. What? How much, dude? How much? How much do you actually make, dude? Tell me. What does that have anything to do with this? What are you saying? You know what it has to do? Because you know what?

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The other day I was bored, right? I was kind of wandering around. Came across some of your bank statements. And dude, Chris, those are some big numbers, dude. What are you doing?

Chapter 4: How long has Ethan been living with Chris?

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What are you doing, man? Those numbers were ginormous, dude. Bro, bro, you can't be going through my stuff. That's not okay. If you want to come at me asking for money, you should be making less than $200,000 a year, dude. You're not. You're not. What are you doing? What are you talking about? Oh, God. That's not what we meant.

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Chapter 5: What expectations did Chris have regarding Ethan's contributions?

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Sorry, Chris.

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Whoa.

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What is this? What the hell is that? Hold on, Chris. You really make that much money? What does that have to do with anything, Jeff? I'm just saying. That doesn't have anything to do with anything. He works hard and he's got a good career.

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933.693 - 934.053 Brooke

Okay, sorry.

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934.073 - 937.176 Alexis

You're right. You're right. Yes. No. That doesn't mean he should be paying for his buddy.

937.196 - 937.677 Brooke

No, it's fine.

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We'll get a job application for every work after this. Ethan, you're probably hearing a lot of people right now because you're on the radio with a show called Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. I'm on the radio? Wait, how do I get on the radio? Yeah, it's kind of magic. Well, the magic of your friend emailing us asking for help because this is a segment called the Awkward Tuesday phone call.

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Yeah, we've been listening the whole time. Why are you going through his bank statements? Okay, look. It was just there. It was just there on the counter. I didn't just go rummaging through his stuff. I'm not that kind of friend. It didn't have your name on it. Well, I'm sure he was cleaning it. He was cleaning up the counter and it just caught his eye for a second.

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Dude, you're freeloading off your buddy, man. Yeah, let's get to the core of why we're doing this entire call, Ethan, is because your friend Chris reached out needing help addressing the fact that you've been staying with him now for, it sounds like, four months and haven't contributed anything to... Well, dude, yeah, but did you hear how much he makes?

Chapter 6: What advice do the hosts give Chris about addressing the situation?

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Let's go.

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