<![CDATA[Daddy Tissues]]>41020ec2-bfeb-5431-a864-427e174d8cfeMon, 03 Aug 2026 17:57:58 +0000Captivate.fmGina Sullivanhttps://artwork.captivate.fm/4126c284-f0d8-4ebd-920f-867e04bf8af4/Black-Grunge-Dark-Experimental-Podcast-Cover-39.jpegDaddy TissuesGina SullivanGina SullivanWhat happens when a woman who has survived enough finally gets a microphone. Gina Sullivan is 40, divorced, raising three kids, and done pretending she's fine. Every week she gets brutally honest — and brutally funny — about divorce, dating after divorce, daddy issues, toxic relationships, gaslighting, co-parenting, and rebuilding your life when it didn't go the way you planned. No filters, no shame, no judgment. Just the truth that makes you say "oh my God, me too." Grab your coffee, your tequila, or your Ativan — and grab your Daddy Tissues. New episodes every Monday.https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fmtrueepisodic24313150-79f8-11f1-8f05-eba84b7b8a42yespodcastSupport the show — The Swear JarTrailerTrailerThe brutally honest, brutally funny show for women holding it all together with a hair tie and spite. Divorce, dating, daddy issues, and the truth nobody says out loud. First episodes drop Monday, June 15th.

Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

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]]>The brutally honest, brutally funny show for women holding it all together with a hair tie and spite. Divorce, dating, daddy issues, and the truth nobody says out loud. First episodes drop Monday, June 15th.

Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

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]]>d4754005-804b-4168-a39b-675955445894Sun, 14 Jun 2026 09:30:00 -040001:20truetrailerE1: I'm F*cking Doing ThisE1: I'm F*cking Doing ThisDivorce, dating, daddy issues, and the truth nobody says out loud — welcome to Daddy Tissues. Gina Sullivan introduces herself: 40, divorced, three kids, zero filter, and done pretending she's fine. Why your breakdown might be the beginning of everything, and why when one woman tells the truth, another woman gets free. Grab your coffee, your tequila, your Ativan — and grab your daddy tissues, girls.

This podcast reflects personal experiences and opinions and is not therapy or professional advice.

Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

]]>Divorce, dating, daddy issues, and the truth nobody says out loud — welcome to Daddy Tissues. Gina Sullivan introduces herself: 40, divorced, three kids, zero filter, and done pretending she's fine. Why your breakdown might be the beginning of everything, and why when one woman tells the truth, another woman gets free. Grab your coffee, your tequila, your Ativan — and grab your daddy tissues, girls.

This podcast reflects personal experiences and opinions and is not therapy or professional advice.

Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

]]>5da4f909-1a14-4e80-a78e-e3b864c384cbMon, 15 Jun 2026 04:00:00 -040020:28truefull11E2: The RootsE2: The RootsDaddy issues aren't a punchline — they're the map. Gina digs into why smart, self-aware women keep choosing the same wound in different men, what your childhood actually wired into you about love, and why awareness isn't the same as healing. The patterns start way before the relationship you're crying over now.

This podcast reflects personal experiences and opinions and is not therapy or professional advice.

Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

]]>Daddy issues aren't a punchline — they're the map. Gina digs into why smart, self-aware women keep choosing the same wound in different men, what your childhood actually wired into you about love, and why awareness isn't the same as healing. The patterns start way before the relationship you're crying over now.

This podcast reflects personal experiences and opinions and is not therapy or professional advice.

Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

]]>12aec015-ac0f-463a-828a-6cd1eb53531bMon, 15 Jun 2026 04:00:00 -040016:24truefull22E3: The Boiling FrogE3: The Boiling FrogWhen the chaos isn't loud: the nice guy, the covert narcissist, and how toxic relationships heat up one degree at a time. Gina on gaslighting, being made to feel crazy, quiet control, and the real questions that tell you whether you're actually safe — or just less obviously in danger than last time.

This podcast reflects personal experiences and opinions and is not therapy or professional advice.

Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

]]>When the chaos isn't loud: the nice guy, the covert narcissist, and how toxic relationships heat up one degree at a time. Gina on gaslighting, being made to feel crazy, quiet control, and the real questions that tell you whether you're actually safe — or just less obviously in danger than last time.

This podcast reflects personal experiences and opinions and is not therapy or professional advice.

Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

]]>7199c939-0f8b-457a-9837-8eb65506e156Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:00:00 -040022:34truefull33E4: Let's Get HighE4: Let's Get HighYou did the work. You read the books, went to therapy, drank the Kool-Aid, hauled around the giant embarrassing water bottle. And then he walks in with the right eyes and the right chaos, and your whole nervous system lights up like a slot machine. So what is that feeling — chemistry, or your childhood trauma getting pushed through your veins by the little mad scientist Gina lovingly calls Mr. Trauma?

This week on Daddy Tissues, Gina gets honest about the most inconvenient truth in dating after divorce: danger feels incredible, butterflies might be a warning sign, and the high we chase is sometimes just our nervous system getting a hit after years of being starved. But this isn't a lecture about settling for the beige-wall guy. It's about the real question — can love be electric and safe? Can you have the fire without abandoning yourself? Grab your tissues and your popcorn. This one hits a nerve.

]]>You did the work. You read the books, went to therapy, drank the Kool-Aid, hauled around the giant embarrassing water bottle. And then he walks in with the right eyes and the right chaos, and your whole nervous system lights up like a slot machine. So what is that feeling — chemistry, or your childhood trauma getting pushed through your veins by the little mad scientist Gina lovingly calls Mr. Trauma?

This week on Daddy Tissues, Gina gets honest about the most inconvenient truth in dating after divorce: danger feels incredible, butterflies might be a warning sign, and the high we chase is sometimes just our nervous system getting a hit after years of being starved. But this isn't a lecture about settling for the beige-wall guy. It's about the real question — can love be electric and safe? Can you have the fire without abandoning yourself? Grab your tissues and your popcorn. This one hits a nerve.

]]>600806b5-a0bb-407a-aa8c-d125a514e160Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:30:00 -040012:10truefull44E5: OPI Don't LieE5: OPI Don't LieThere's nothing like a fresh bottle of nail polish — smooth, clean, untouched, before anyone's contaminated it. But leave it in a drawer long enough and it goes thick, crusty, expired. Most people toss it. Gina the fixer? She pours in a little acetone and shakes it back to life. Sound familiar?

This week, Gina turns a bottle of polish into the most accurate metaphor for fear, hoarding, and that man you keep trying to revive that you'll never hear from. Surviving childhood hoarding ("Barb, pull the car around") to the real reason we hold onto old jeans, old beliefs, and old relationships way past their expiration date — this one's about the fears we were never actually born with. Turns out we come into this world with only two, and moms conquer both of them before breakfast. Everything else? We learned it. And anything you learned, you can unlearn. Grab your tissues, girls. It's time to stop pouring acetone into assholes and start choosing you.

In this episode:

  • The nail-polish theory of why you can't let anything go
  • Hoarding as a generational hand-me-down nobody asked for
  • Why "loyalty" and "not giving up" are often just fear in a costume
  • The only two fears humans are born with — and why moms crush both daily
  • How we recreate our parents' relationships without realizing it
  • Staying for the kids vs. leaving for the kids
  • Why it's never too late to cleanse the bottle and start over

Follow & share: New episodes of Daddy Tissues drop every Monday. If this one hit a nerve, send it to the friend who's still shaking a bottle that should've been tossed two seasons ago — and follow so you never miss one.

Connect with Daddy Tissues: Follow along for more brutally honest conversations about dating, divorce, motherhood, daddy issues, toxic relationships, healing, self-worth, and all the emotional junk we somehow inherited without asking for it.

Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and personal storytelling purposes only. It is not therapy, legal advice, medical advice, or a replacement for professional support. If you are in an unsafe relationship or crisis situation, please reach out to a qualified professional or local support service.

]]>There's nothing like a fresh bottle of nail polish — smooth, clean, untouched, before anyone's contaminated it. But leave it in a drawer long enough and it goes thick, crusty, expired. Most people toss it. Gina the fixer? She pours in a little acetone and shakes it back to life. Sound familiar?

This week, Gina turns a bottle of polish into the most accurate metaphor for fear, hoarding, and that man you keep trying to revive that you'll never hear from. Surviving childhood hoarding ("Barb, pull the car around") to the real reason we hold onto old jeans, old beliefs, and old relationships way past their expiration date — this one's about the fears we were never actually born with. Turns out we come into this world with only two, and moms conquer both of them before breakfast. Everything else? We learned it. And anything you learned, you can unlearn. Grab your tissues, girls. It's time to stop pouring acetone into assholes and start choosing you.

In this episode:

  • The nail-polish theory of why you can't let anything go
  • Hoarding as a generational hand-me-down nobody asked for
  • Why "loyalty" and "not giving up" are often just fear in a costume
  • The only two fears humans are born with — and why moms crush both daily
  • How we recreate our parents' relationships without realizing it
  • Staying for the kids vs. leaving for the kids
  • Why it's never too late to cleanse the bottle and start over

Follow & share: New episodes of Daddy Tissues drop every Monday. If this one hit a nerve, send it to the friend who's still shaking a bottle that should've been tossed two seasons ago — and follow so you never miss one.

Connect with Daddy Tissues: Follow along for more brutally honest conversations about dating, divorce, motherhood, daddy issues, toxic relationships, healing, self-worth, and all the emotional junk we somehow inherited without asking for it.

Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and personal storytelling purposes only. It is not therapy, legal advice, medical advice, or a replacement for professional support. If you are in an unsafe relationship or crisis situation, please reach out to a qualified professional or local support service.

]]>94c88de5-0091-4989-89eb-8fb57c2f3bdcMon, 29 Jun 2026 12:15:00 -040023:04truefull55E6: White TrashE6: White TrashA phone call from Gina’s cousin brings her face-to-face with the exact fear she had before starting this podcast: being judged by someone she loved.

In this episode, Gina talks about the woman who felt like a second mother growing up, the painful fallout that happened after her divorce, and what it feels like when family love turns out to have terms and conditions.

This is an episode about truth, grief, family judgment, emotional freedom, and what happens when someone attacks the packaging because they cannot attack the truth inside it.

Support the show:

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Support Daddy Tissues here:

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Every dollar helps support the show, the kids, the chaos, and this profane little truth-telling microphone situation.

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Content note:

This episode contains explicit language and discussions of family conflict, divorce, emotional abuse, grief, and estrangement.

In this episode:

Gina opens up about one of her biggest fears coming true only five episodes into the show: someone she loved listened to the podcast and judged her harshly for telling the truth.

She shares memories of an aunt who was once like a second mother to her, how much that relationship shaped her childhood, and why the loss of that bond still hurts.

Then she breaks down the bigger lesson: sometimes toxic love does not come dressed like chaos. Sometimes it comes dressed like family. Sometimes what we thought was unconditional love was actually approval with fine print.

This episode is for anyone who has ever been punished for telling the truth, rejected after a divorce, judged by family, or forced to grieve someone who is still alive.

Follow & share: New episodes of Daddy Tissues drop every Monday. If this one hit a nerve, send it to the friend and follow so you never miss one.

Connect with Daddy Tissues: Follow along for more brutally honest conversations about dating, divorce, motherhood, daddy issues, toxic relationships, healing, self-worth, and all the emotional junk we somehow inherited without asking for it.

Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and personal storytelling purposes only. It is not therapy, legal advice, medical advice, or a replacement for professional support. If you are in an unsafe relationship or crisis situation, please reach out to a qualified professional or local support service.

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]]>A phone call from Gina’s cousin brings her face-to-face with the exact fear she had before starting this podcast: being judged by someone she loved.

In this episode, Gina talks about the woman who felt like a second mother growing up, the painful fallout that happened after her divorce, and what it feels like when family love turns out to have terms and conditions.

This is an episode about truth, grief, family judgment, emotional freedom, and what happens when someone attacks the packaging because they cannot attack the truth inside it.

Support the show:

If this episode made you feel less alone, less crazy, or slightly more ready to tell the truth, there is now a swear jar in the show notes.

Support Daddy Tissues here:

💸 SUPPORT THE SHOW — THE SWEAR JAR:

https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/support

Every dollar helps support the show, the kids, the chaos, and this profane little truth-telling microphone situation.

And if money is tight, I get it. It costs zero dollars to follow the show and leave a quick rating or review.

Content note:

This episode contains explicit language and discussions of family conflict, divorce, emotional abuse, grief, and estrangement.

In this episode:

Gina opens up about one of her biggest fears coming true only five episodes into the show: someone she loved listened to the podcast and judged her harshly for telling the truth.

She shares memories of an aunt who was once like a second mother to her, how much that relationship shaped her childhood, and why the loss of that bond still hurts.

Then she breaks down the bigger lesson: sometimes toxic love does not come dressed like chaos. Sometimes it comes dressed like family. Sometimes what we thought was unconditional love was actually approval with fine print.

This episode is for anyone who has ever been punished for telling the truth, rejected after a divorce, judged by family, or forced to grieve someone who is still alive.

Follow & share: New episodes of Daddy Tissues drop every Monday. If this one hit a nerve, send it to the friend and follow so you never miss one.

Connect with Daddy Tissues: Follow along for more brutally honest conversations about dating, divorce, motherhood, daddy issues, toxic relationships, healing, self-worth, and all the emotional junk we somehow inherited without asking for it.

Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and personal storytelling purposes only. It is not therapy, legal advice, medical advice, or a replacement for professional support. If you are in an unsafe relationship or crisis situation, please reach out to a qualified professional or local support service.

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]]>958181c7-0f6b-4b8f-8972-55218228b910Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:50:00 -040032:50truefull66E7 C1: Who is Vicky?E7 C1: Who is Vicky?Grab your daddy tissues, girls — Chapter One starts NOW.

I told you I was telling my story from the beginning, and I keep my promises. Time machine to Northeast Philly: the loving chaos, the perfect-little-girl checklist, my first soulmate — we're calling him Coolio — and the day a complete stranger in an art supply store broke my heart in a million pieces with three words: "That's his girlfriend."

This is the episode where 17-year-old me chose herself for the very first time. And it ends with a bombshell on the morning of my 18th birthday that you are NOT ready for. Chapter Two drops next Monday.

In this episode: • Time machine to Northeast Philly — loving chaos, Sister Helen, and 70 lates a year • The star who walked away — my dad's story (the part that's mine to tell) • The most important sentence in this episode: kids don't do what you say, they do what you allow them to watch • Coolio — the carved initial, the copycat girl, and why "boys will be boys, but girls better keep everyone comfortable" • The glove box — and the lesson my mom didn't know she was teaching me • "Who is Vicky?" — the art supply store showdown and the parking lot scream heard across the shopping center • The Wildwood summer that saved me, the neighbor, and the birthday morning that changes everything • It's all one story — Episodes 1 through 4, this is where it started

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PREVIOUS EPISODES

  1. I'm F*cking Doing This
  2. The Roots
  3. The Boiling Frog
  4. Let's Get High
  5. OPI Don't Lie
  6. White Trash
  7. Chapter 1: Who is Vicky? ← this one

Follow & share: New episodes of Daddy Tissues drop every Monday. If this one hit a nerve, send it to the friend and follow so you never miss one.

Connect with Daddy Tissues: Follow along for more brutally honest conversations about dating, divorce, motherhood, daddy issues, toxic relationships, healing, self-worth, and all the emotional junk we somehow inherited without asking for it.

Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and personal storytelling purposes only. It is not therapy, legal advice, medical advice, or a replacement for professional support. If you are in an unsafe relationship or crisis situation, please reach out to a qualified professional or local support service.

]]>Grab your daddy tissues, girls — Chapter One starts NOW.

I told you I was telling my story from the beginning, and I keep my promises. Time machine to Northeast Philly: the loving chaos, the perfect-little-girl checklist, my first soulmate — we're calling him Coolio — and the day a complete stranger in an art supply store broke my heart in a million pieces with three words: "That's his girlfriend."

This is the episode where 17-year-old me chose herself for the very first time. And it ends with a bombshell on the morning of my 18th birthday that you are NOT ready for. Chapter Two drops next Monday.

In this episode: • Time machine to Northeast Philly — loving chaos, Sister Helen, and 70 lates a year • The star who walked away — my dad's story (the part that's mine to tell) • The most important sentence in this episode: kids don't do what you say, they do what you allow them to watch • Coolio — the carved initial, the copycat girl, and why "boys will be boys, but girls better keep everyone comfortable" • The glove box — and the lesson my mom didn't know she was teaching me • "Who is Vicky?" — the art supply store showdown and the parking lot scream heard across the shopping center • The Wildwood summer that saved me, the neighbor, and the birthday morning that changes everything • It's all one story — Episodes 1 through 4, this is where it started

💸 SUPPORT THE SHOW — THE SWEAR JAR

Every "fuck" costs me a quarter. Bail me out here:

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PREVIOUS EPISODES

  1. I'm F*cking Doing This
  2. The Roots
  3. The Boiling Frog
  4. Let's Get High
  5. OPI Don't Lie
  6. White Trash
  7. Chapter 1: Who is Vicky? ← this one

Follow & share: New episodes of Daddy Tissues drop every Monday. If this one hit a nerve, send it to the friend and follow so you never miss one.

Connect with Daddy Tissues: Follow along for more brutally honest conversations about dating, divorce, motherhood, daddy issues, toxic relationships, healing, self-worth, and all the emotional junk we somehow inherited without asking for it.

Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and personal storytelling purposes only. It is not therapy, legal advice, medical advice, or a replacement for professional support. If you are in an unsafe relationship or crisis situation, please reach out to a qualified professional or local support service.

]]>c6898ef6-e096-4544-81a1-eb3a27c7a09bMon, 13 Jul 2026 19:50:00 -040030:25truefull77E8 C2: Get Out of Jail Free CardE8 C2: Get Out of Jail Free CardGrab your daddy tissues, girls — Chapter Two starts in a basket of dirty laundry.

Last week ended with one word on the morning of my 18th birthday: pregnant. This week you get the whole story — five positive tests and a due date instead of a keg party, the get-out-of-jail-free card his sister put on the table, and the reason I couldn't take it: a psychic with a glass eye, a miracle baby, and my mother's voice from a random Tuesday in our kitchen.

Then I climb into a laundry basket in a cold Northeast Philly cellar, too scared to speak — and my mom turns around and says the two words I never got to say. What happens after that is nine months of everything falling apart in slow motion: a father who went silent, a boy who wasn't who I thought he was, one accidental phone call that told me everything, and a "perfect" family whose foundation I never checked before I moved my whole life onto it.

And it ends in the one place nobody — NOBODY — knows a guy for. Chapter Three drops next Monday.

In this episode: • Five positive tests, one due date, zero keg parties — happy 18th birthday to me • The get-out-of-jail-free card — and the kitchen memory that wouldn't let me use it • Mr. D, the psychic with the glass eye, and the two baby girls he called before I existed • The laundry basket — "Are you mad at me?" and the answer that decided everything • Nine months of silence: the first time I was ever a disappointment • The butt-dial that told me the truth — "there are things she doesn't need to know" • Nine months pregnant, stone sober, chasing a car down the highway (yes, there was a cop) • "She already made one mistake — why is she gonna make two?" My mother's finest sentence • Daddy Tissues University: CURB APPEAL — why you never buy the house on the shutters alone • You're Not Crazy: the victim game, and why the truth-teller always ends up apologizing

Every name in this story is changed. Every single one. The people don't matter — the pattern matters.

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Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo (licensed)

Daddy Tissues is a personal storytelling podcast for entertainment, reflection, and connection — not legal, medical, financial, or mental health advice. Take care of yourself. Names and identifying details may be changed or omitted to protect privacy.

PREVIOUS EPISODES (for reference / episode links)

  1. I'm F*cking Doing This
  2. The Roots
  3. The Boiling Frog
  4. Let's Get High
  5. OPI Don't Lie
  6. White Trash
  7. Chapter 1: Who is Vicky?
  8. Chapter 2 ← this one

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Chapter 2: Are You Mad at Me?

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Grab your daddy tissues, girls — Chapter Two starts in a basket of dirty laundry.

Last week ended with one word on the morning of my 18th birthday: pregnant. This week you get the whole story — five positive tests and a due date instead of a keg party, the get-out-of-jail-free card his sister put on the table, and the reason I couldn't take it: a psychic with a glass eye, a miracle baby, and my mother's voice from a random Tuesday in our kitchen.

Then I climb into a laundry basket in a cold Northeast Philly cellar, too scared to speak — and my mom turns around and says the two words I never got to say. What happens after that is nine months of everything falling apart in slow motion: a father who went silent, a boy who wasn't who I thought he was, one accidental phone call that told me everything, and a "perfect" family whose foundation I never checked before I moved my whole life onto it.

And it ends in the one place nobody — NOBODY — knows a guy for. Chapter Three drops next Monday.

In this episode: • Five positive tests, one due date, zero keg parties — happy 18th birthday to me • The get-out-of-jail-free card — and the kitchen memory that wouldn't let me use it • Mr. D, the psychic with the glass eye, and the two baby girls he called before I existed • The laundry basket — "Are you mad at me?" and the answer that decided everything • Nine months of silence: the first time I was ever a disappointment • The butt-dial that told me the truth — "there are things she doesn't need to know" • Nine months pregnant, stone sober, chasing a car down the highway (yes, there was a cop) • "She already made one mistake — why is she gonna make two?" My mother's finest sentence • Daddy Tissues University: CURB APPEAL — why you never buy the house on the shutters alone • You're Not Crazy: the victim game, and why the truth-teller always ends up apologizing

Every name in this story is changed. Every single one. The people don't matter — the pattern matters.

💸 SUPPORT THE SHOW — THE SWEAR JAR Every "fuck" costs me a quarter. Bail me out here: https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/support

⭐ LEAVE A REVIEW That helps more than you know. It tells the algorithm that this white trash right here is worth listening to. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daddy-tissues/id1896925409 Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/daddy-tissues-6514529

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  1. I'm F*cking Doing This
  2. The Roots
  3. The Boiling Frog
  4. Let's Get High
  5. OPI Don't Lie
  6. White Trash
  7. Chapter 1: Who is Vicky?
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]]>Grab your daddy tissues, girls — Chapter Two starts in a basket of dirty laundry.

Last week ended with one word on the morning of my 18th birthday: pregnant. This week you get the whole story — five positive tests and a due date instead of a keg party, the get-out-of-jail-free card his sister put on the table, and the reason I couldn't take it: a psychic with a glass eye, a miracle baby, and my mother's voice from a random Tuesday in our kitchen.

Then I climb into a laundry basket in a cold Northeast Philly cellar, too scared to speak — and my mom turns around and says the two words I never got to say. What happens after that is nine months of everything falling apart in slow motion: a father who went silent, a boy who wasn't who I thought he was, one accidental phone call that told me everything, and a "perfect" family whose foundation I never checked before I moved my whole life onto it.

And it ends in the one place nobody — NOBODY — knows a guy for. Chapter Three drops next Monday.

In this episode: • Five positive tests, one due date, zero keg parties — happy 18th birthday to me • The get-out-of-jail-free card — and the kitchen memory that wouldn't let me use it • Mr. D, the psychic with the glass eye, and the two baby girls he called before I existed • The laundry basket — "Are you mad at me?" and the answer that decided everything • Nine months of silence: the first time I was ever a disappointment • The butt-dial that told me the truth — "there are things she doesn't need to know" • Nine months pregnant, stone sober, chasing a car down the highway (yes, there was a cop) • "She already made one mistake — why is she gonna make two?" My mother's finest sentence • Daddy Tissues University: CURB APPEAL — why you never buy the house on the shutters alone • You're Not Crazy: the victim game, and why the truth-teller always ends up apologizing

Every name in this story is changed. Every single one. The people don't matter — the pattern matters.

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PREVIOUS EPISODES (for reference / episode links)

  1. I'm F*cking Doing This
  2. The Roots
  3. The Boiling Frog
  4. Let's Get High
  5. OPI Don't Lie
  6. White Trash
  7. Chapter 1: Who is Vicky?
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Grab your daddy tissues, girls — Chapter Two starts in a basket of dirty laundry.

Last week ended with one word on the morning of my 18th birthday: pregnant. This week you get the whole story — five positive tests and a due date instead of a keg party, the get-out-of-jail-free card his sister put on the table, and the reason I couldn't take it: a psychic with a glass eye, a miracle baby, and my mother's voice from a random Tuesday in our kitchen.

Then I climb into a laundry basket in a cold Northeast Philly cellar, too scared to speak — and my mom turns around and says the two words I never got to say. What happens after that is nine months of everything falling apart in slow motion: a father who went silent, a boy who wasn't who I thought he was, one accidental phone call that told me everything, and a "perfect" family whose foundation I never checked before I moved my whole life onto it.

And it ends in the one place nobody — NOBODY — knows a guy for. Chapter Three drops next Monday.

In this episode: • Five positive tests, one due date, zero keg parties — happy 18th birthday to me • The get-out-of-jail-free card — and the kitchen memory that wouldn't let me use it • Mr. D, the psychic with the glass eye, and the two baby girls he called before I existed • The laundry basket — "Are you mad at me?" and the answer that decided everything • Nine months of silence: the first time I was ever a disappointment • The butt-dial that told me the truth — "there are things she doesn't need to know" • Nine months pregnant, stone sober, chasing a car down the highway (yes, there was a cop) • "She already made one mistake — why is she gonna make two?" My mother's finest sentence • Daddy Tissues University: CURB APPEAL — why you never buy the house on the shutters alone • You're Not Crazy: the victim game, and why the truth-teller always ends up apologizing

Every name in this story is changed. Every single one. The people don't matter — the pattern matters.

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Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo (licensed)

Daddy Tissues is a personal storytelling podcast for entertainment, reflection, and connection — not legal, medical, financial, or mental health advice. Take care of yourself. Names and identifying details may be changed or omitted to protect privacy.

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Schedule for Monday, July 20 at 4:00 AM via Captivate

PREVIOUS EPISODES (for reference / episode links)

  1. I'm F*cking Doing This
  2. The Roots
  3. The Boiling Frog
  4. Let's Get High
  5. OPI Don't Lie
  6. White Trash
  7. Chapter 1: Who is Vicky?
  8. Chapter 2 ← this one

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]]>2c848947-8c18-44e9-bfcc-da4d02d26553Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:55:00 -040045:27truefull88E9 C3: Fan MailE9 C3: Fan MailGrab your daddy tissues — Chapter Three opens with champagne.

Because apparently I've made it: I've reached the level of podcasting where people are mad about things I didn't say, names I didn't use, and jokes they've decided to treat like sworn testimony. So this one starts with a little fan mail — a toast to the haters, a quick word with God (we're boys, we get each other), and the one thing I need everybody to understand: you can love people and still tell the truth about what happened to you. Both things can be true at the same time.

Then we get back in the time machine. Last chapter ended with me going into labor at eighteen. This chapter is what came home from the hospital with me: a baby I loved more than my own life, and a relationship where I had to fight for permission to be my own son's mother. The flowers that vanished to a house I never agreed to live in. The 3 a.m. crying nobody comforted. And the lesson nobody teaches you — why we stay. The gifts, the apologies, the flood of love that always comes right after the hurt. The low gets fed by the high. That is the design.

Plus a plot twist nobody saw coming: my dad — nine months of silence, and then one baby boy unlocked him completely.

It ends on a normal fall night in Northeast Philly. Leaves in those orange pumpkin bags. Macaroni and cheese on the stove. I kissed my son on the head and went to the gym.

And then my phone rang.

In this episode:

  • Fan mail: a champagne toast to the haters — "I finally made it"
  • The fuck-you clarification, once and for all: it's a JOKE (even great-great-grandpop gets a pass — no therapists or ChatGPT back then)
  • The abuse nobody can see: when everyone's telling you you're crazy and the cycle feeds itself
  • Fighting for permission to hold my own baby — the hospital rules, the balloon heist, the 3 a.m. face
  • Daddy Tissues University: the cycle of abuse — you're not addicted to the pain, you're addicted to the relief. The low gets fed by the high.
  • The coat, the jewelry, and the car I paid for — when the gift is really a reset button
  • The prison: how he made leaving worse than staying — "I felt like I didn't have a choice"
  • The sermon: fear runs the world, love wins anyway — live a good story
  • The plot twist: my dad, the grandson who unlocked him, and the last-name fight (maybe he was right)
  • The leaf night. And then my phone rang.

Every name in this story is changed. Every single one. The people don't matter — the pattern matters.

Content note: this episode discusses emotional abuse and postpartum struggles. Take care of yourself.

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Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo (licensed)

Daddy Tissues is a personal storytelling podcast for entertainment, reflection, and connection — not legal, medical, financial, or mental health advice. Take care of yourself. Names and identifying details may be changed or omitted to protect privacy.

Follow & share: New episodes of Daddy Tissues drop every Monday. If this one hit a nerve, send it to the friend and follow so you never miss one.

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Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and personal storytelling purposes only. It is not therapy, legal advice, medical advice, or a replacement for professional support. If you are in an unsafe relationship or crisis situation, please reach out to a qualified professional or local support service.

]]>Grab your daddy tissues — Chapter Three opens with champagne.

Because apparently I've made it: I've reached the level of podcasting where people are mad about things I didn't say, names I didn't use, and jokes they've decided to treat like sworn testimony. So this one starts with a little fan mail — a toast to the haters, a quick word with God (we're boys, we get each other), and the one thing I need everybody to understand: you can love people and still tell the truth about what happened to you. Both things can be true at the same time.

Then we get back in the time machine. Last chapter ended with me going into labor at eighteen. This chapter is what came home from the hospital with me: a baby I loved more than my own life, and a relationship where I had to fight for permission to be my own son's mother. The flowers that vanished to a house I never agreed to live in. The 3 a.m. crying nobody comforted. And the lesson nobody teaches you — why we stay. The gifts, the apologies, the flood of love that always comes right after the hurt. The low gets fed by the high. That is the design.

Plus a plot twist nobody saw coming: my dad — nine months of silence, and then one baby boy unlocked him completely.

It ends on a normal fall night in Northeast Philly. Leaves in those orange pumpkin bags. Macaroni and cheese on the stove. I kissed my son on the head and went to the gym.

And then my phone rang.

In this episode:

  • Fan mail: a champagne toast to the haters — "I finally made it"
  • The fuck-you clarification, once and for all: it's a JOKE (even great-great-grandpop gets a pass — no therapists or ChatGPT back then)
  • The abuse nobody can see: when everyone's telling you you're crazy and the cycle feeds itself
  • Fighting for permission to hold my own baby — the hospital rules, the balloon heist, the 3 a.m. face
  • Daddy Tissues University: the cycle of abuse — you're not addicted to the pain, you're addicted to the relief. The low gets fed by the high.
  • The coat, the jewelry, and the car I paid for — when the gift is really a reset button
  • The prison: how he made leaving worse than staying — "I felt like I didn't have a choice"
  • The sermon: fear runs the world, love wins anyway — live a good story
  • The plot twist: my dad, the grandson who unlocked him, and the last-name fight (maybe he was right)
  • The leaf night. And then my phone rang.

Every name in this story is changed. Every single one. The people don't matter — the pattern matters.

Content note: this episode discusses emotional abuse and postpartum struggles. Take care of yourself.

🎧 FOLLOW THE SHOW — that's the whole ask If this show has ever made you feel less alone, hit follow so the next chapter finds you the second it drops:

Everywhere: https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/listen

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Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo (licensed)

Daddy Tissues is a personal storytelling podcast for entertainment, reflection, and connection — not legal, medical, financial, or mental health advice. Take care of yourself. Names and identifying details may be changed or omitted to protect privacy.

Follow & share: New episodes of Daddy Tissues drop every Monday. If this one hit a nerve, send it to the friend and follow so you never miss one.

Connect with Daddy Tissues: Follow along for more brutally honest conversations about dating, divorce, motherhood, daddy issues, toxic relationships, healing, self-worth, and all the emotional junk we somehow inherited without asking for it.

Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and personal storytelling purposes only. It is not therapy, legal advice, medical advice, or a replacement for professional support. If you are in an unsafe relationship or crisis situation, please reach out to a qualified professional or local support service.

]]>84564724-4b35-4d91-88d4-4a4b08f2528bMon, 27 Jul 2026 01:20:00 -040028:01truefull99E10 C4: The BattlegroundE10 C4: The BattlegroundGrab your daddy tissues. This is the chapter I almost didn't tell.

Last episode ended on a normal fall night in Northeast Philly — leaves in the orange pumpkin bags, mac and cheese on the stove, a kiss on my son's head before I left for the gym. And then my phone rang.

My actual next-door neighbor, completely out of breath: "Your son got hit by a car." I thought he was messing with me. He wasn't. And when I asked "Is he okay?" — over and over — he wouldn't answer me. There is no way to explain where your mind goes when somebody won't answer that question.

This is the story of that night and the eleven days that followed. The ambulance that appeared out of nowhere like God dropped it in front of me and said "follow that." The phone call from HER — the get-out-of-jail-free sister — that I can still hear word for word twenty years later. Holding my baby's hand on a stretcher and singing his bedtime song because it was the only thing I could do. And the thing nobody warns you about: while you're inside the room keeping your child alive, other people are outside of it telling the story — to the newspapers, to the news, to anybody who'll listen.

Because here's the truth: sometimes tragedy brings a family together. And sometimes it exposes everything that was already broken. The room where my son was healing became a battleground — blame, loyalty, sides, who could scream the loudest. It stopped being about a three-year-old in a hospital bed.

My son survived. My miracle baby came home. But the war was just beginning.

In this episode:

  • The phone call — "Your son got hit by a car" — and the question nobody would answer
  • MapQuest-era panic: no GPS, no directions, just an ambulance that appeared out of nowhere
  • The sister's phone call — instinct is the moment people show you exactly who they are
  • The stretcher, the neck brace, the bedtime song — when you can't take the pain away
  • A hit-and-run driver we never found
  • Eleven days in the hospital — and the miracle: every injury could heal
  • The front page: who tells the story while you're living it
  • My dad — the guilt that never left him, and the look he'll never forget
  • Why blame feels safer than fear — and what tragedy exposes in a family
  • "Something began inside that hospital…" — and that's the next chapter

Every name in this story is changed. Every single one. The people don't matter — the pattern matters.

Content note: this episode discusses a child being injured in a hit-and-run accident. He survived and recovered fully. Take care of yourself.

🎧 FOLLOW THE SHOW — that's the whole ask If this show has ever made you feel less alone, hit follow so the next chapter finds you the second it drops: Everywhere: https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/listen Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033ygF97LFxvu3ZpHysLMb Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daddy-tissues/id1896925409

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💸 THE SWEAR JAR Every "fuck" costs me a quarter. Bail me out here: https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/support

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Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo (licensed)

Daddy Tissues is a personal storytelling podcast for entertainment, reflection, and connection — not legal, medical, financial, or mental health advice. Take care of yourself. Names and identifying details may be changed or omitted to protect privacy.

PREVIOUS EPISODES (for reference / episode links)

  1. I'm F*cking Doing This
  2. The Roots
  3. The Boiling Frog
  4. Let's Get High
  5. OPI Don't Lie
  6. White Trash
  7. Chapter 1: Who is Vicky?
  8. Chapter 2: Get Out of Jail Free Card
  9. Chapter 3: Fan Mail
  10. Chapter 4: The Battleground ← this one

Follow & share: New episodes of Daddy Tissues drop every Monday. If this one hit a nerve, send it to the friend and follow so you never miss one.

Connect with Daddy Tissues: Follow along for more brutally honest conversations about dating, divorce, motherhood, daddy issues, toxic relationships, healing, self-worth, and all the emotional junk we somehow inherited without asking for it.

Music: "Do It Anyway" by Scarlett Solo, used under license.

Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and personal storytelling purposes only. It is not therapy, legal advice, medical advice, or a replacement for professional support. If you are in an unsafe relationship or crisis situation, please reach out to a qualified professional or local support service.

]]>Grab your daddy tissues. This is the chapter I almost didn't tell.

Last episode ended on a normal fall night in Northeast Philly — leaves in the orange pumpkin bags, mac and cheese on the stove, a kiss on my son's head before I left for the gym. And then my phone rang.

My actual next-door neighbor, completely out of breath: "Your son got hit by a car." I thought he was messing with me. He wasn't. And when I asked "Is he okay?" — over and over — he wouldn't answer me. There is no way to explain where your mind goes when somebody won't answer that question.

This is the story of that night and the eleven days that followed. The ambulance that appeared out of nowhere like God dropped it in front of me and said "follow that." The phone call from HER — the get-out-of-jail-free sister — that I can still hear word for word twenty years later. Holding my baby's hand on a stretcher and singing his bedtime song because it was the only thing I could do. And the thing nobody warns you about: while you're inside the room keeping your child alive, other people are outside of it telling the story — to the newspapers, to the news, to anybody who'll listen.

Because here's the truth: sometimes tragedy brings a family together. And sometimes it exposes everything that was already broken. The room where my son was healing became a battleground — blame, loyalty, sides, who could scream the loudest. It stopped being about a three-year-old in a hospital bed.

My son survived. My miracle baby came home. But the war was just beginning.

In this episode:

  • The phone call — "Your son got hit by a car" — and the question nobody would answer
  • MapQuest-era panic: no GPS, no directions, just an ambulance that appeared out of nowhere
  • The sister's phone call — instinct is the moment people show you exactly who they are
  • The stretcher, the neck brace, the bedtime song — when you can't take the pain away
  • A hit-and-run driver we never found
  • Eleven days in the hospital — and the miracle: every injury could heal
  • The front page: who tells the story while you're living it
  • My dad — the guilt that never left him, and the look he'll never forget
  • Why blame feels safer than fear — and what tragedy exposes in a family
  • "Something began inside that hospital…" — and that's the next chapter

Every name in this story is changed. Every single one. The people don't matter — the pattern matters.

Content note: this episode discusses a child being injured in a hit-and-run accident. He survived and recovered fully. Take care of yourself.

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PREVIOUS EPISODES (for reference / episode links)

  1. I'm F*cking Doing This
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  3. The Boiling Frog
  4. Let's Get High
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  6. White Trash
  7. Chapter 1: Who is Vicky?
  8. Chapter 2: Get Out of Jail Free Card
  9. Chapter 3: Fan Mail
  10. Chapter 4: The Battleground ← this one

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