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Dear Toasters: The Mother-in-Law Bob & Bangs Incident
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The second Dear Toasters letter is the episode's funniest and most outrage-inducing. A listener's mother-in-law overheard that the 4-year-old daughter needed a trim before appearing as a flower girl in two summer weddings. She took the child out alone and returned with a full bob and bangs on a child who had never had a haircut in her life. [1] — Jackie Oshry "A mother-in-law took a 4-year-old who had never had a haircut and returned her with a full bob and bangs, citing a comment about needing a …" 1:06:25 The mother-in-law's defense: the 4-year-old said she wanted bangs. Jackie's response is withering: how stupid are you? Claudia's verdict is crisp and enforceable: this woman does not get to take the child alone again until the hair grows back. In that interim period, she should think about what she did. The hosts acknowledge the daughter is probably adorable — hair grows fast — but the boundary violation here is serious enough to require a loud, unambiguous response to prevent escalation.
A listener's mother-in-law took her 4-year-old daughter — who had never had a haircut — to get a full bob with bangs, citing a comment about needing a trim before two summer weddings.
A mother-in-law took a 4-year-old who had never had a haircut and returned her with a full bob and bangs, citing a comment about needing a trim. The hosts are united: this woman cannot be trusted with the child alone until the hair grows back.
A listener's husband wants to recreate their college long-distance sexting ritual every single week. Claudia's solution: train an AI chatbot on your previous messages, let it run in the background, go to sleep. The polar bears understand.
