Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hey, everybody. Welcome to this week's episode of Father Knows Something. We're back. We're back. We got Justin. We got Jerry. Morgan's getting ready for her trip. Yes. Because you guys are leaving. I have to go home and pack. Yes, yes. So I know that you have some great stories. And our theme tonight is going to be... Tonight is heavy feelings.
So there's a variety of heavy feelings in these stories. It's all part of Father Knows. You have work questions, you have love questions, you have this and that. These... Yeah.
Chapter 2: What heavy feelings are discussed in this episode?
These are some heavy feelings. I will tell you this, guys, when you're a dad and all of you are looking at me to be your dad, even though I'm your internet streaming dad, I do also want to hear, not that I have to give advice, but I'm just here to hear your feelings. And I hope that if I can give any light to it, you know, to shine a thought, that's really what I'm here to do.
And that's why we're here. So let's dig into it. Before we go, though, and dig in, I want to let you know that we're at the end of the year. We're going to have New Year's right around the corner, and we're going to start recording again right after New Year's.
So if you guys have anything about New Year's resolutions or stories or thoughts about the new year and moving forward, I want to focus on that and let's dig into it. So I'm going to let you take it away, and let's start with dealing with some heavy feelings. Off we go. Off we go. Bye. Bye. Okay. Story number one. Number one. What do you got? Hi all.
What I need advice on is how to deal with guilt. Here is my story. Every morning I go to work. I normally will make two trips out to my truck. The first trip is my purse, lunchbox, backpack, and diaper bag. The next trip out to my car is with my son. Anyway, I leave the house around 6.30, so it is pitch black outside when I leave.
A couple of mornings ago, I went out to my truck, this was my first trip, and I saw a car driving very slowly down my road. The driver sees me, backs the car up, gets out, and starts walking toward me without saying a word. I turn and run back into the house and lock it on my way in. I wake up my husband and he runs out there with our gun and the guy is gone.
We called the police, but I couldn't see the guy, so I couldn't give a good description of what he looked like. My friends and family said I did the right thing by getting to safety, but I feel guilty. I keep hearing stories of women that go missing and how if someone would have seen that person, all these other people wouldn't have gotten hurt.
What if other mothers, sisters, daughters, and friends get taken from people's lives and I could have stopped it if I had just seen his face? I feel terrible. How do I deal with this? Do not carry any guilt on this. You really did exactly what you're supposed to do. You saved yourself. And unfortunately, we live in a world where people are predators.
And this guy very well may have had the clear intention. Look, he could have been coming to you and say, hey, do you know the way to the local 7-Eleven? But it doesn't sound like it. It really does sound like this guy had an agenda. Your instincts, your mama instincts kicked right on in. And you pulled back. You ran. You locked up. You got your husband. And the guy obviously realized he was had.
And he says, on to the next mark. Because let me tell you, people are abducted. People are thrown into slavery. It is very real. And that's the sad thing about our world. We like to believe that we live in a great, perfect world. Far from it. You've saved your child. You've saved yourself. You've saved your family. And you can't worry about, you know, what should I have done to save other people?
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Chapter 3: How should I deal with guilt after a frightening encounter?
I'm not trying to put fear in anybody, but you really must know the difference of true security and perception of security. They are two different things. And I don't want to frighten anybody, but let me tell you, perception is really about 90% of what we live in. We really aren't secure. People can get into security buildings without a doubt. There are ways to get past these elevators.
There's ways to get into everything. There's ways people can just literally bust your door down. If you think you're safe, don't think it. Always think above and beyond for more security. And your cameras are a wonderful thing. I mean, you never have enough. And we think today that everywhere they go, there is cameras and they should be more. We don't have enough. Stay safe out there. Really.
And always, though different than when I fly, I always knew that I have to always make sure I have a place to land if I have an issue. When you're out on the street, when you come out of your house, always have a plan for safety. Always be aware of your surroundings and know what you're coming against. Always have your ears peeled as much as you can. Yeah, and I agree with you.
There's no reason to feel guilty because you are not the cause of this person going and potentially getting someone else or trying to get someone else. It doesn't have anything to do with you just because you would be guilty. whatever might've happened, who knows, wouldn't prevent that from other people and that kind of thing. So it's fine to feel bad about it, but at the same time,
there really isn't anything else you can do. You got to protect yourself. So if you're still struggling with dealing with this going forward, it could lead to a therapy type situation or something like that, because you almost have sort of a PTSD from it and just that guilt and all of that being wrapped in one. So might be worth considering, see how it evolves over time, but
great job mama bear big wake-up call kind of for anybody right anyone listening anyone out there just always kind of remind yourself to keep an eye out move on to number two number two hi jerry and gang i a 22 year old woman just got out of a relationship with a guy also 22. the last two weeks there's a lot of twos going on story two 22 22 two weeks It's all two.
The last two weeks were rough in our relationship. And we're here too. We were fighting almost every day, mostly about me not communicating properly. Then later about him sending a flirty text to a girl and some suspicious stuff to his guy best friend. We had a mostly open phone policy as if he wasn't hiding it. He broke up with me less than a week ago and I'm spiraling.
I can't eat, I can't focus on my studies, and I feel so much regret for my part in the breakup. I've never felt this way before. I promised that after I attended therapy and healed from the issues in our relationship that I'd come back to reassess whether we still had love there and wanted to try again.
Now, time skipped to today, and his brother, who unfollowed me, is stalking my Insta, and my ex followed the girl again that he flirted with. I don't know what to do. I'm in therapy once a week, but I'm spiraling. My friends are doing their best to help, but it's just not working.
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Chapter 4: What advice is given for handling a breakup and moving on?
And I know a lot of people struggle with that. And there's a lot of different versions of infertility and so many different ways that can manifest in your life. So I think it's good that you've done the testing and there's no abnormalities. I think it's great that you're trying anything else that could possibly help. But if we remove the competition and if we just focus on
being a couple and you know, when it happens, it happens. I think you're right. Cause there are so many examples of, you know, we're basically gonna give up and then we had triplets, you know, that kind of thing. So. I know too many stories like this. Yeah. I have a couple of girlfriends too, in particular, who had a tough time getting pregnant.
They both adopted and then their second child, lo and behold, happened. Because they thought they were totally infertile. They didn't need to use protection. And the next thing you know is... Hello. Yeah, it happened.
So just my thing is chill out and just enjoy life and don't worry about whatever they, if you, if you buy a new car and they have the same car the next day, just don't even think about it. Don't even, don't even let it affect you. Well, what do they say? Imitation is the best form of flattery or something like that. It's very true. And then with the jealousy, that might be a little deeper.
That might require some therapy, some outside help, because that can be very difficult to work through on your own without the right tools. That's right, it's tools. It's your front door. Lock the door. And whatever goes behind your door, just do your thing. And don't let everyone else's actions, don't give it any merit. Be stronger mentally to just tune it out and just say, oh, well.
You're going to have to learn to say, oh, well. You say, oh, well, it's going to help you a lot. And that's all I got for you. But if you guys, again, look at the comments. The comments are going to be a lot of fun. Yeah. So that's it for the tonight. Guys, we are going to have Patreon. We invite you to the backyard.
I used to, for some reason, I thought we had a palm tree there once upon a time. Did we? And we moved it. Was it the one behind your head? It could have been. We could have moved it around. The backyard to me was always the palm tree. Got to move it back around. But we'll see you there. And thanks again for chiming in this week. Lisa, thanks for coming on. Thanks for having me. How could we not?
Especially when you have your life jacket on. Either that or I'm doing road work. Justin, it's great. Enjoyed the holidays. Justin is taking off for the holidays with Morgan. They're going to go back and enjoy back in the Midwest and freezing their tushies off. Lisa and I are going to stay here and stay warm.
One of the things I'm looking forward to is right before New Year's, we are going to go do, hopefully, decorate a float. And so I hope that we'll have some pictures to share with all of you. And I'm saying this to put a little pressure on Lisa that now we're going to have to go do the float. Received. So there you guys go. And I hope, again, everyone has a fantastic holiday season. Yes.
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