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Couples Therapy: Reddit Edition | Reading Reddit Stories

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Navigating Relationship Nightmares: Financial Overreach, Ethical Breaches, and Long-Term Deception

Learn to spot immediate red flags—from retroactive invoicing to concealed living situations—that signal manipulative behavior in new connections. Uncover expert consensus on how to ethically and safely sever ties when trust is fundamentally broken.

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  • Decide immediately if retroactively billing dates via spreadsheet warrants running, not walking, away.
  • Recognize that therapists who pass judgment on patient maturity or pursue ex-partners demonstrate profound professional malpractice.
  • Confirm that obsession leading to multi-year catfishing and friend group infiltration requires necessary social isolation for safety.
  • Understand that extreme private behavior, such as hiding entire living arrangements for years, suggests active deception rather than mere privacy.

This episode dissects several extreme dating scenarios gathered from Reddit forums, illustrating various ways boundaries are crossed in modern relationships. Readers will gain insight into identifying manipulative tactics, understanding the ethical red lines in professional relationships (like therapy), and gauging when extreme boundary violations necessitate leaving immediately.

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Sometimes you need a therapist...but sometimes they marry your husband? Get your new 3-month premium wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to https://mintmobile.com/PITREDDIT ! PODCAST: https://smo.sh/PitRedditSpotify https://smo.sh/PitRedditiHeart https://smo.sh/PitRedditApple 0:00 Intro 2:28 He wants me to reimburse him for our dates https://www.reddit.com/r/AmIOverreacting/comments/1lv7t72/hes_been_pursuing_me_then_sent_me_a_spreadsheet/ 9:19 Sponsor 10:45 Back to the spreadsheet 20:20 My couple's therapist married my ex https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/1lv995s/aita_if_i_report_the_couples_therapist_that/ 28:45 Walked out on a double date my friend set up https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/hgr9s6/aita_for_walking_out_on_a_double_date_my_friend/ 44:40 My gf and my brother are soulmates... https://www.reddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/1ltroqr/my_girlfriend_21f_and_my_brother_20m_are_soulmates/ 54:08 I suspect that I might be my bf's side chick https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/comments/3lxo9t/i_21f_suspect_that_i_might_be_my_boyfriend_29m_of/ SUBSCRIBE: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshPit WEAR OUR JOKES: https://smosh.com WHO YOU SEE Shayne Topp // https://www.instagram.com/shaynetopp/ Chanse McCrary // https://www.instagram.com/phatchanse/ Angela Giarratana // https://www.instagram.com/angelagiovanagiarratana/ WHO YOU DON’T SEE (usually) Director: Bailey Petracek Editor: Vida Robbins Director of Programming, Smosh Pit: Emily Rose Jacobson Associate Producer, Smosh Pit: Bailey Petracek Production Designer: Cassie Vance Art Director: Erin Kuschner, Josie Bellerby Stage Manager: Alex Aguilar Prop Master: Courtney Chapman Art Coordinator: Abby Schmidt, Bridgette Baron Audio Mixer: Jose Perez Audio Utility: Dina Ramli Director of Photography: Brennan Iketani Videographer: James Hull Camera Operator: Eric Wann Assistant Director: Jonathan Hyon Executive Vice President of Production: Amanda Barnes Senior Production Manager: Alexcina Figueroa Production Manager: Jonathan Hyon Production Coordinator: Zianne Hoover Operations & Production Coordinator: Oliver Wehlander Production Assistant: Caroline Smith Director of Post Production: Luke Baker DIT/Lead AE: Matt Duran DIT/AE: Beni Kimuene Post Production Coordinator: Ariana Martinez IT: Tim Baker IT & Equipment Coordinator: Lopati Ho Chee Sound Editor: Gareth Hird Director of Design: Brittany Hobbs Senior Motion & Branding Designer: Christie Hauck Graphic Designers: Ness Cardano, Monica Ravitch Director of Channel Operations: Lizzy Jones Channel Operations Manager: Audrey Carganilla Director of Social Media: Erica Noboa Social Creative Producer: Peter Ditzler, Tommy Bowe Merchandising Manager: Mallory Myers Social Media Manager: Kim Wilborn Social Media Coordinator: Margaux Bernales Brand Partnership Manager: Chloe Mays Operations Manager: Selina Garcia People Operations Specialist: Katie Fink Front Office Assistant: Sara Faltersack CEO: Alessandra Catanese Executive Producers: Anthony Padilla, Ian Hecox EVP of Programming: Kiana Parker Coordinator Producer of Programming: Marcus Munguia Associate Producer, Special Projects: Rachel Collis Executive Assistant: Katelyn Hempstead OTHER SMOSHES: Smosh: https://smo.sh/Sub2Smosh Smosh Games: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshGames SmoshCast: https://smo.sh/Sub2SmoshCast SmoshAlike: https://bit.ly/Sub2SmoshAlike FOLLOW US: TikTok: https://smo.sh/TikTok Instagram: https://instagram.com/smosh Facebook: https://facebook.com/smosh

Top Comments (10)

@sassafrasfruit 2025-08-30

I love seeing Angela very obviously scanning the room whenever she makes a joke to see if it landed. Same, girl.

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@NorwegianGirlie23 2025-08-30

All three of them collectively amazed at Angela's infinity stones reference is so funny. Angela looking like she received a prophecy.

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@CrochetingEngineer 2025-08-30

33:44 I had to wear a wedding ring to work because a coworker wouldn’t take no for an answer and HR refused to file a complaint. He respected my fake husband more than he respected me.

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@seilavie_ail 2025-08-30

"Affair caught via obituary" 😂😂😂 had me rolling

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@asterionwren 2025-09-04

i’ve been sharing these stories with my dad. and a bit ago he just put on his glasses and peered at my screen and said “who’s talking right now? oh! it’s the little italian lady!”

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@saianmalsetty2145 2026-02-16

coming for feb 2026 - update on the guy who thought his gf and brother are soulmates: he saw that Smosh covered his story and updated. he said he introspected and realized he has low self-esteem. he then had a long discussion with his gf, who confirmed that she loves how they’re opposites. since then, they have been trying to participate in each others hobbies and are enjoying each other’s company. on top of this, he has now met her family and that went lovely as well.

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@ellie-anne173 2025-08-31

I love how aita posts always seem to end up being "aita for kicking a puppy and throwing an old woman onto a busy road?" or "aita for shouting at someone I witnessed kick a puppy and throw an old woman into a busy road?"

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@A.H.03 2025-08-30

There are way too many people on this earth that are far TOO comfortable dismissing a no, and that’s awful. No means no, it is not that hard.

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@alexmacdougall5700 2025-08-31

That therapist one is wild shit. That's like a house inspector coming in, condemning your house and then you find out they bought it at a major discount.

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@ilessthanthreeu99 2025-09-01

54:13 i'm also shocked they didn't mention this in the video, op was 19 and tim was 27 when they started dating. yeuch he took advantage of her 10000000%

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