In today's episode, we share listener submissions of the absolute wild situations they experienced in relationships and still stayed. There will be no judgement while listening because we've all been there. Truly, we've never had so many stories fill our inboxes. It is almost like we have an audience full of empaths who desperately want to fix people and will tolerate entirely too much in pursuit of their healing. Although these stories are shared in a humorous way, many of them reflect traumatic and toxic relationships.

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We've got a special Valentine's Day treat for you! The first 15 minutes of the show features a Speed Date between our very own Cici and Christian from That's Pretty Dark Podcast! It becomes very clear post date that Jeri & Ciara have had very different expriences when it comes to seagulls. Something we do agree on though? That these Ho-rror stories are some of our juiciest yet! If you'd like to send in a "and I stayed" story, send it to our email [email protected] !

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We understand the importance of waiting until AFTER you return from a trip to reveal where you went. You avoid people knowing you weren't home, you increase your personal safety by not giving people access to your current whereabouts, and you guarantee an uncomplicated schedule while on your trip. After sharing hints about where we spent our work retreat, we really wish we would have had your input BEFORE we left. We had no idea that visiting the OCALA National Forest would expose us to some of the spookiest stories and cryptids known to the sunshine state.

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https://trippingonlegends.com/2024/06/27/the-ghostly-tales-of-ocala-national-forest-is-a-little-bit-haunted-and-a-little-bit-goosebumps/

https://352today.com/news/257752-rumor-has-it-ocalas-haunted-hotspots/

https://trippingonlegends.com/2020/12/17/the-haunted-ocala-national-forest-the-dark-man/

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We heard you. You like when we don't have a topic and brain dump all over you. Unfortunately, there was a frosty lil biotch named fern who decided that she wanted to drop her 18 inches on our heads, making it impossible for us to get together to record this week. Here is a COVID throwback of Coach Cici and Sleepy Jer.

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Be advised that this episode is heavy on the tangents. If you're here for some lore and/or history- you'll need to skip ahead about 40 minutes. Give us a break, our name isn't Ladies & Topics for this reason. The topic you ask? Is that the question? After name dropping a certain play last week, our DM's were FLOODED with people demanding we expand on the curse associated with that one play about the Scottish King. You'll find out in this episode why I'm refusing to type the name rn. We're supposed to get on a plane soon and I'm not taking any chances. The world is a stage and we're respecting this ish for real.

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This episode is a funny ha ha, definitely not serious ep about quirky little sayings that have transcended time. Are you more than a little sticious? This episode is for you. And to our OCD baddies- please remember that before you adopt one of these as a new intrusive thought, not everything is meant to be taken home from the grocery store. We will listen to why it's lucky to be pooped on and carry it with us on the daily. I believe in us.

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Starting 2026 off with an episode that is leaving us with more questions than answers. I hope every single writer of the stories from today's episode listens and responds back so we can update everyone. There's fake death, there's a real dirty parent trap situation and back to back coochie. I mean, 2 coochie stories isn't a lot, but it is shocking to have two coporate cooch stories sandwiched together in an episode. Happy Jan Scands to those who celebrate!

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It's the episode we wait all year for- it's the 2025 reflection. We went back and listened to who we were in 2024 and introduced them to who we became this year. It has been such a year of growth for both of us, for better and worse and we couldn't be more thankful to have spent it with all of you! Thank you for another incredible year! Here's to the stories we'll tell and the side quests we'll take along the way in 2026!

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It's cold, there's snow, lights are on houses- that means it's time to get SLOPPY with your bestie at the COPY machine- or whatever corporate people do at their Holiday Parties. If you're like us and have never worked in a place that has had true, messy Christmas Parties, grab a cookie and some eggnog (you sick b!tch) and listen to the festive chaos others have experienced.

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Thank you, internet, for reminding us that there are groups of adults who are obsessed with making rules and regulating their neighbors. After coming across a video of a man losing his mind over what shade of beige his neighbor's house was painted, we knew that we needed to dive deeper into the world of Home Owner's Associations.

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