Bitch Fest with Joseph Tito Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/bitch-fest-with-joseph-tito Marriage, parenting, family drama — someone's gotta say what we're all thinking, and Joseph Tito is just unhinged enough to do it. Every week Joseph — gay dad of twin girls, bestselling author, and a menace with a microphone — reads your messiest letters and torches the villains with savage wit, brutal honesty, and just enough heart to remind you you're not alone in the chaos. From husbands who treat wives like free secretaries with dental benefits, to in-laws who think love has a rulebook, nothing is safe from the roast. Therapy meets stand-up meets that friend who's three glasses of wine deep and finally telling the truth. Send your mess to betweenthecoversmag.com. This is Joseph Tito — and I bitch so you don't have to. © 2026 JEO Publishing / Between the Covers 01e7ab80-80ba-552b-9608-99a7b6d5834c yes en Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:00:09 -0400 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:02:12 -0400 https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest https://img.transistorcdn.com/UwIbU2BipPWjXXjvyuGdFBOInQ47boOHBaBq6SIJwS0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xNDYy/NTM1Y2U2MzE2NzMx/NTVlYTdmZDBkZjdm/NTUwNC5wbmc.jpg Bitch Fest with Joseph Tito https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest episodic Joseph Tito Marriage, parenting, family drama — someone's gotta say what we're all thinking, and Joseph Tito is just unhinged enough to do it. Every week Joseph — gay dad of twin girls, bestselling author, and a menace with a microphone — reads your messiest letters and torches the villains with savage wit, brutal honesty, and just enough heart to remind you you're not alone in the chaos. From husbands who treat wives like free secretaries with dental benefits, to in-laws who think love has a rulebook, nothing is safe from the roast. Therapy meets stand-up meets that friend who's three glasses of wine deep and finally telling the truth. Send your mess to betweenthecoversmag.com. This is Joseph Tito — and I bitch so you don't have to. Marriage, parenting, family drama — someone's gotta say what we're all thinking, and Joseph Tito is just unhinged enough to do it. comedy, advice, family drama, parenting, relationships, roast, gay dad, marriage, in-laws, boundaries, listener letters, Toronto Joseph Tito joseph@jeopublishing.com No Yes Everything I Hate About Social Media 18 18 Everything I Hate About Social Media full 3d972a8d-a700-44f6-a037-a5368634a933 https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest Nine years on social media. Two hundred thousand followers, mostly women, mostly moms, almost no gay men. Joseph has thoughts about that, and about the other seventy percent of what all of us do online.


The nail tapping. The "everyone's been asking" when nobody asked. The fit check nobody requested. The seven-part series about a brunch invitation. The grocery montage that takes more editors than a feature film. The motivational speech filmed in a parked Hyundai.


And the confession: he has walked into his own house more than once, because the first time he entered his own home it wasn't natural enough.


Underneath the roast, the actual point. Social media paid his bills and let him stay home with his girls when he was a single father, and he will never shit on that. What he hates is the moment the content becomes more important than the thing that was actually happening. Dinner can just be dinner.


This episode is sponsored by Glitz Jewellery, 2396 Major Mackenzie Drive, Unit 8, Vaughan. Ask for Lina. Fifteen percent off through the BTC Magazine app.


BOOK SIGNING: this Sunday, October 18, 2 to 4 PM at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill. Joseph will be signing The Dad Diaries and reading a passage. Come say hi.


Joseph's memoir THE DAD DIARIES is out now, published by Cormorant Books. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, also on Amazon and Indigo.


Got a mess of your own? Send it to info@jeopublishing.com.

More at betweenthecoversmag.com, or read the magazine free in the BTC Magazine app, iOS and Android.

Bitch Fest is a Between the Covers production.

]]> Nine years on social media. Two hundred thousand followers, mostly women, mostly moms, almost no gay men. Joseph has thoughts about that, and about the other seventy percent of what all of us do online.


The nail tapping. The "everyone's been asking" when nobody asked. The fit check nobody requested. The seven-part series about a brunch invitation. The grocery montage that takes more editors than a feature film. The motivational speech filmed in a parked Hyundai.


And the confession: he has walked into his own house more than once, because the first time he entered his own home it wasn't natural enough.


Underneath the roast, the actual point. Social media paid his bills and let him stay home with his girls when he was a single father, and he will never shit on that. What he hates is the moment the content becomes more important than the thing that was actually happening. Dinner can just be dinner.


This episode is sponsored by Glitz Jewellery, 2396 Major Mackenzie Drive, Unit 8, Vaughan. Ask for Lina. Fifteen percent off through the BTC Magazine app.


BOOK SIGNING: this Sunday, October 18, 2 to 4 PM at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill. Joseph will be signing The Dad Diaries and reading a passage. Come say hi.


Joseph's memoir THE DAD DIARIES is out now, published by Cormorant Books. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, also on Amazon and Indigo.


Got a mess of your own? Send it to info@jeopublishing.com.

More at betweenthecoversmag.com, or read the magazine free in the BTC Magazine app, iOS and Android.

Bitch Fest is a Between the Covers production.

]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 900 Nine years on social media. Two hundred thousand followers, mostly women, mostly moms, almost no gay men. Joseph has thoughts about that, and about the other seventy percent of what all of us do online.


The nail tapping. The "everyone's been asking" when nobody asked. The fit check nobody requested. The seven-part series about a brunch invitation. The grocery montage that takes more editors than a feature film. The motivational speech filmed in a parked Hyundai.


And the confession: he has walked into his own house more than once, because the first time he entered his own home it wasn't natural enough.


Underneath the roast, the actual point. Social media paid his bills and let him stay home with his girls when he was a single father, and he will never shit on that. What he hates is the moment the content becomes more important than the thing that was actually happening. Dinner can just be dinner.


This episode is sponsored by Glitz Jewellery, 2396 Major Mackenzie Drive, Unit 8, Vaughan. Ask for Lina. Fifteen percent off through the BTC Magazine app.


BOOK SIGNING: this Sunday, October 18, 2 to 4 PM at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill. Joseph will be signing The Dad Diaries and reading a passage. Come say hi.


Joseph's memoir THE DAD DIARIES is out now, published by Cormorant Books. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, also on Amazon and Indigo.


Got a mess of your own? Send it to info@jeopublishing.com.

More at betweenthecoversmag.com, or read the magazine free in the BTC Magazine app, iOS and Android.

Bitch Fest is a Between the Covers production.

]]> social media, influencers, content creation, brand deals, parenting, gay dad, comedy, rant, authenticity, nail tapping, unboxing, creator economy, glitz jewellery, vaughan Yes The Angel Defense & The Bike Rack 23 23 The Angel Defense & The Bike Rack full 7c863786-ec6d-4516-a7c5-b836fef91897 https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest There's one at every school. She parks in the fire lane like it was built for her. Her daughter is an angel. Just ask her. In the office. At full volume.

Last week I asked you which moms you wanted roasted, and my DMs have never filled up that fast. So this week it's Brenda. Not one woman. A franchise. There's one in every plaza, like a Tim Hortons.

The four-minute voice notes that start with "I'm not trying to start anything." The second group chat, the real one. The birthday party that invited one twin, and the day I called a mother like a talent agent, with a rider. The concussion that turned out to be a brush, caught by the only school security camera in history that actually worked. What saved Brenda in the parking lot that day (it wasn't growth, it was a gummy). And what the school really means when it says "try to ignore her if you can."

And I'm in this one. I've been Brenda too. For about fifteen minutes. The difference is, I let the tape play.

Plus what to actually do if it's happening to your kid: write it down, ask the school what the plan is for the kid doing it, and when somebody tells you something about yours, say "okay, I'll talk to my daughter." Then actually do it.

This episode is brought to you by Jova Medical Aesthetics in London, Ontario. If you're in perimenopause or menopause, Dr. Alicia Smith treats hormone imbalance, and the consult is online. Your first consultation is free: grab the code in the free BTC Magazine app (App Store or Google Play) and give it to them when you book.

BOOK SIGNING: Sunday, October 18, 2 to 4 PM at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill. I'll be signing The Dad Diaries and reading a passage. Richmond Hill, Aurora, Woodbridge, Oshawa, come say hi.

THE DAD DIARIES, my memoir, is out now. It's the story of how I became a father to my girls and everything it took to get there. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, also on Amazon and Indigo.

This is Joseph Tito, and I bitch so you don't have to.


Got a mess of your own? Send it to info@jeopublishing.com.

More at betweenthecoversmag.com, or read the magazine free in the BTC Magazine app, iOS and Android.

Bitch Fest is a Between the Covers production.

]]> There's one at every school. She parks in the fire lane like it was built for her. Her daughter is an angel. Just ask her. In the office. At full volume.

Last week I asked you which moms you wanted roasted, and my DMs have never filled up that fast. So this week it's Brenda. Not one woman. A franchise. There's one in every plaza, like a Tim Hortons.

The four-minute voice notes that start with "I'm not trying to start anything." The second group chat, the real one. The birthday party that invited one twin, and the day I called a mother like a talent agent, with a rider. The concussion that turned out to be a brush, caught by the only school security camera in history that actually worked. What saved Brenda in the parking lot that day (it wasn't growth, it was a gummy). And what the school really means when it says "try to ignore her if you can."

And I'm in this one. I've been Brenda too. For about fifteen minutes. The difference is, I let the tape play.

Plus what to actually do if it's happening to your kid: write it down, ask the school what the plan is for the kid doing it, and when somebody tells you something about yours, say "okay, I'll talk to my daughter." Then actually do it.

This episode is brought to you by Jova Medical Aesthetics in London, Ontario. If you're in perimenopause or menopause, Dr. Alicia Smith treats hormone imbalance, and the consult is online. Your first consultation is free: grab the code in the free BTC Magazine app (App Store or Google Play) and give it to them when you book.

BOOK SIGNING: Sunday, October 18, 2 to 4 PM at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill. I'll be signing The Dad Diaries and reading a passage. Richmond Hill, Aurora, Woodbridge, Oshawa, come say hi.

THE DAD DIARIES, my memoir, is out now. It's the story of how I became a father to my girls and everything it took to get there. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, also on Amazon and Indigo.

This is Joseph Tito, and I bitch so you don't have to.


Got a mess of your own? Send it to info@jeopublishing.com.

More at betweenthecoversmag.com, or read the magazine free in the BTC Magazine app, iOS and Android.

Bitch Fest is a Between the Covers production.

]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 830 There's one at every school. She parks in the fire lane like it was built for her. Her daughter is an angel. Just ask her. In the office. At full volume.

Last week I asked you which moms you wanted roasted, and my DMs have never filled up that fast. So this week it's Brenda. Not one woman. A franchise. There's one in every plaza, like a Tim Hortons.

The four-minute voice notes that start with "I'm not trying to start anything." The second group chat, the real one. The birthday party that invited one twin, and the day I called a mother like a talent agent, with a rider. The concussion that turned out to be a brush, caught by the only school security camera in history that actually worked. What saved Brenda in the parking lot that day (it wasn't growth, it was a gummy). And what the school really means when it says "try to ignore her if you can."

And I'm in this one. I've been Brenda too. For about fifteen minutes. The difference is, I let the tape play.

Plus what to actually do if it's happening to your kid: write it down, ask the school what the plan is for the kid doing it, and when somebody tells you something about yours, say "okay, I'll talk to my daughter." Then actually do it.

This episode is brought to you by Jova Medical Aesthetics in London, Ontario. If you're in perimenopause or menopause, Dr. Alicia Smith treats hormone imbalance, and the consult is online. Your first consultation is free: grab the code in the free BTC Magazine app (App Store or Google Play) and give it to them when you book.

BOOK SIGNING: Sunday, October 18, 2 to 4 PM at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill. I'll be signing The Dad Diaries and reading a passage. Richmond Hill, Aurora, Woodbridge, Oshawa, come say hi.

THE DAD DIARIES, my memoir, is out now. It's the story of how I became a father to my girls and everything it took to get there. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, also on Amazon and Indigo.

This is Joseph Tito, and I bitch so you don't have to.


Got a mess of your own? Send it to info@jeopublishing.com.

More at betweenthecoversmag.com, or read the magazine free in the BTC Magazine app, iOS and Android.

Bitch Fest is a Between the Covers production.

]]> school moms, pickup, class group chat, birthday party, twins, head games, concussion, school cameras, try to ignore her, parenting, gay dad, comedy, rant, jova medical aesthetics, menopause, the dad diaries, book signing, hillcrest mall Yes The Plate Pusher & The Day Thief 20 20 The Plate Pusher & The Day Thief full 18d8d2a5-dba9-4c1c-806d-826d46679333 https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest A guest who brings her own dish, eats only that, and pulls a face at yours. So the host sends her home with a doggy bag of the food she wouldn't eat. A mother-in-law who has claimed the good holiday for ten years running. Two letters from Vaughan, both about the same thing: who gets to decide.


Plus the holiday group chat. The longest message you've ever seen, a reply to a question from nine messages ago, and one uncle who sends a thumbs-up. To what, Frank? What have you agreed to?


Joseph reads both letters, torches neither woman who wrote in, and admits that one disappointed "oh, okay then" on the phone and he'd offer to host both families, cook two turkeys, and pick everybody up. And bring back his container.


This episode is brought to you by Savor Us Catering in Vaughan. Elvira and her team cater across the GTA. Five percent off your first order, code in the free BTC Magazine app, App Store or Google Play, search BTC Magazine.


BOOK SIGNING: Sunday, October 18, 2 to 4 PM at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill. Joseph will be signing The Dad Diaries and reading a passage. Come say hi.


THE DAD DIARIES, Joseph's memoir, is out now, published by Cormorant Books. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, also on Amazon and Indigo.


Got a mess of your own? Send it to info@jeopublishing.com.
More at betweenthecoversmag.com, or read the magazine free in the BTC Magazine app, iOS and Android.
Bitch Fest is a Between the Covers production.

]]> A guest who brings her own dish, eats only that, and pulls a face at yours. So the host sends her home with a doggy bag of the food she wouldn't eat. A mother-in-law who has claimed the good holiday for ten years running. Two letters from Vaughan, both about the same thing: who gets to decide.


Plus the holiday group chat. The longest message you've ever seen, a reply to a question from nine messages ago, and one uncle who sends a thumbs-up. To what, Frank? What have you agreed to?


Joseph reads both letters, torches neither woman who wrote in, and admits that one disappointed "oh, okay then" on the phone and he'd offer to host both families, cook two turkeys, and pick everybody up. And bring back his container.


This episode is brought to you by Savor Us Catering in Vaughan. Elvira and her team cater across the GTA. Five percent off your first order, code in the free BTC Magazine app, App Store or Google Play, search BTC Magazine.


BOOK SIGNING: Sunday, October 18, 2 to 4 PM at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill. Joseph will be signing The Dad Diaries and reading a passage. Come say hi.


THE DAD DIARIES, Joseph's memoir, is out now, published by Cormorant Books. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, also on Amazon and Indigo.


Got a mess of your own? Send it to info@jeopublishing.com.
More at betweenthecoversmag.com, or read the magazine free in the BTC Magazine app, iOS and Android.
Bitch Fest is a Between the Covers production.

]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 648 A guest who brings her own dish, eats only that, and pulls a face at yours. So the host sends her home with a doggy bag of the food she wouldn't eat. A mother-in-law who has claimed the good holiday for ten years running. Two letters from Vaughan, both about the same thing: who gets to decide.


Plus the holiday group chat. The longest message you've ever seen, a reply to a question from nine messages ago, and one uncle who sends a thumbs-up. To what, Frank? What have you agreed to?


Joseph reads both letters, torches neither woman who wrote in, and admits that one disappointed "oh, okay then" on the phone and he'd offer to host both families, cook two turkeys, and pick everybody up. And bring back his container.


This episode is brought to you by Savor Us Catering in Vaughan. Elvira and her team cater across the GTA. Five percent off your first order, code in the free BTC Magazine app, App Store or Google Play, search BTC Magazine.


BOOK SIGNING: Sunday, October 18, 2 to 4 PM at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill. Joseph will be signing The Dad Diaries and reading a passage. Come say hi.


THE DAD DIARIES, Joseph's memoir, is out now, published by Cormorant Books. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, also on Amazon and Indigo.


Got a mess of your own? Send it to info@jeopublishing.com.
More at betweenthecoversmag.com, or read the magazine free in the BTC Magazine app, iOS and Android.
Bitch Fest is a Between the Covers production.

]]> thanksgiving, holidays, in-laws, mother-in-law, family dinner, hosting, guests, rude guests, holiday scheduling, family drama, italian family, vaughan, woodbridge, gay dad, comedy, rant Yes The Shrink Ray & The Loyalty Leash 22 22 The Shrink Ray & The Loyalty Leash full 737fdb89-de20-49a0-aed4-6fb26c3e4bd1 https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest I opened a bag of chips on Saturday and it exhaled. Half air. And on the front, in a little yellow starburst, it said NEW LOOK. Girl, the look is the same. There's just less of you.

This week we're going to the grocery store. Not to yell at the people who work there. Leave them alone. The kid on cash did not decide what butter costs. We're going after the people who decide what things cost, how much of it you actually get, and what the store knows about you when you walk in.

The Competition Bureau just opened a call for information on grocery pricing. Shrinkflation. Skimpflation. Loyalty programs. Algorithms. In my grocery store. I go in for milk, I come out analyzed.

The ice cream tub that stopped talking. The toilet paper hole that keeps growing. Brenda from product, who got a bonus for making your lasagna sadder. Why a discount has to be "loaded" like a dishwasher. The digital price tags on every shelf, and the law Manitoba actually had to pass so a store can't charge you more because of what it knows about you.

And I'm in this one. I've done food campaigns. I've stood in my own kitchen and told you something was a great deal without checking the grams. I've never been in that meeting. But I've been the ad that came out of it.

Plus what to actually do: answer the Bureau, read the small number on the shelf tag, take a picture of the price, and stop yelling at the cashier. She's on your side. She's just wearing their shirt.

This episode is brought to you by Cheekbone Beauty, an Indigenous-run brand founded by Jen Harper. Get 20% off Cheekbone through the free BTC Magazine app (App Store or Google Play), and read our interview with Jen while you're in there.

Send me your shrink. The product, the before, the after. I want the worst one in Ontario.

BOOK SIGNING: Sunday, October 18, 2 to 4 PM at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill. I'll be signing The Dad Diaries and reading a passage. Come say hi.

THE DAD DIARIES, my memoir, is out now. It's the story of how I became a father to my girls and everything it took to get there. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, also on Amazon and Indigo.

This is Joseph Tito, and I bitch so you don't have to.


Got a mess of your own? Send it to info@jeopublishing.com.

More at betweenthecoversmag.com, or read the magazine free in the BTC Magazine app, iOS and Android.

Bitch Fest is a Between the Covers production.

]]> I opened a bag of chips on Saturday and it exhaled. Half air. And on the front, in a little yellow starburst, it said NEW LOOK. Girl, the look is the same. There's just less of you.

This week we're going to the grocery store. Not to yell at the people who work there. Leave them alone. The kid on cash did not decide what butter costs. We're going after the people who decide what things cost, how much of it you actually get, and what the store knows about you when you walk in.

The Competition Bureau just opened a call for information on grocery pricing. Shrinkflation. Skimpflation. Loyalty programs. Algorithms. In my grocery store. I go in for milk, I come out analyzed.

The ice cream tub that stopped talking. The toilet paper hole that keeps growing. Brenda from product, who got a bonus for making your lasagna sadder. Why a discount has to be "loaded" like a dishwasher. The digital price tags on every shelf, and the law Manitoba actually had to pass so a store can't charge you more because of what it knows about you.

And I'm in this one. I've done food campaigns. I've stood in my own kitchen and told you something was a great deal without checking the grams. I've never been in that meeting. But I've been the ad that came out of it.

Plus what to actually do: answer the Bureau, read the small number on the shelf tag, take a picture of the price, and stop yelling at the cashier. She's on your side. She's just wearing their shirt.

This episode is brought to you by Cheekbone Beauty, an Indigenous-run brand founded by Jen Harper. Get 20% off Cheekbone through the free BTC Magazine app (App Store or Google Play), and read our interview with Jen while you're in there.

Send me your shrink. The product, the before, the after. I want the worst one in Ontario.

BOOK SIGNING: Sunday, October 18, 2 to 4 PM at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill. I'll be signing The Dad Diaries and reading a passage. Come say hi.

THE DAD DIARIES, my memoir, is out now. It's the story of how I became a father to my girls and everything it took to get there. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, also on Amazon and Indigo.

This is Joseph Tito, and I bitch so you don't have to.


Got a mess of your own? Send it to info@jeopublishing.com.

More at betweenthecoversmag.com, or read the magazine free in the BTC Magazine app, iOS and Android.

Bitch Fest is a Between the Covers production.

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 545 I opened a bag of chips on Saturday and it exhaled. Half air. And on the front, in a little yellow starburst, it said NEW LOOK. Girl, the look is the same. There's just less of you.

This week we're going to the grocery store. Not to yell at the people who work there. Leave them alone. The kid on cash did not decide what butter costs. We're going after the people who decide what things cost, how much of it you actually get, and what the store knows about you when you walk in.

The Competition Bureau just opened a call for information on grocery pricing. Shrinkflation. Skimpflation. Loyalty programs. Algorithms. In my grocery store. I go in for milk, I come out analyzed.

The ice cream tub that stopped talking. The toilet paper hole that keeps growing. Brenda from product, who got a bonus for making your lasagna sadder. Why a discount has to be "loaded" like a dishwasher. The digital price tags on every shelf, and the law Manitoba actually had to pass so a store can't charge you more because of what it knows about you.

And I'm in this one. I've done food campaigns. I've stood in my own kitchen and told you something was a great deal without checking the grams. I've never been in that meeting. But I've been the ad that came out of it.

Plus what to actually do: answer the Bureau, read the small number on the shelf tag, take a picture of the price, and stop yelling at the cashier. She's on your side. She's just wearing their shirt.

This episode is brought to you by Cheekbone Beauty, an Indigenous-run brand founded by Jen Harper. Get 20% off Cheekbone through the free BTC Magazine app (App Store or Google Play), and read our interview with Jen while you're in there.

Send me your shrink. The product, the before, the after. I want the worst one in Ontario.

BOOK SIGNING: Sunday, October 18, 2 to 4 PM at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill. I'll be signing The Dad Diaries and reading a passage. Come say hi.

THE DAD DIARIES, my memoir, is out now. It's the story of how I became a father to my girls and everything it took to get there. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, also on Amazon and Indigo.

This is Joseph Tito, and I bitch so you don't have to.


Got a mess of your own? Send it to info@jeopublishing.com.

More at betweenthecoversmag.com, or read the magazine free in the BTC Magazine app, iOS and Android.

Bitch Fest is a Between the Covers production.

]]> shrinkflation, skimpflation, grocery prices, loyalty programs, points apps, electronic shelf labels, algorithmic pricing, competition bureau, manitoba, brand deals, cashiers, gay dad, comedy, rant, cheekbone beauty, indigenous owned Yes The Teacher Code & The Summers-Off Steve 19 19 The Teacher Code & The Summers-Off Steve full 49a490e1-b907-494d-b0e1-67eec4acb938 https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest A five-year-old told his teacher he was going to rip her face off and eat it. She said, "Do you want salt with that?" That's the episode.


A teacher wrote in anonymously, because legally she can't tell you what happens in your kid's classroom. The daily meltdowns. The kicking, the biting, the scissors. The twenty-four other kids told to ignore it. The ten minutes of paperwork for a two-second incident. And the code teachers speak because it's all they're allowed to say: "He had a big day." "We're working on regulation." "Your daughter was very patient today."


Joseph decodes the code, refuses to roast a five-year-old, names the real villain (one teacher, zero assistants, and a gag order), and confesses to being Summers-Off Steve, the guy at the barbecue who says "must be nice, two months off." He said it to a teacher's face. She smiled like a hostage.


Plus three things to actually say: at dinner tonight, to the teacher, and at parent council.


This episode is brought to you by Mathnasium of Newmarket, run by Maria Elisa, a former teacher who found a way to make kids do math on purpose. Two hundred dollars off through the BTC Magazine app. Newmarket. Not Aurora, not Vaughan. Newmarket.


Joseph's memoir THE DAD DIARIES is out now, published by Cormorant Books. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, also on Amazon and Indigo.


Got a mess of your own? Send it to info@jeopublishing.com.

More at betweenthecoversmag.com, or read the magazine free in the BTC Magazine app, iOS and Android.

Bitch Fest is a Between the Covers production.

]]> A five-year-old told his teacher he was going to rip her face off and eat it. She said, "Do you want salt with that?" That's the episode.


A teacher wrote in anonymously, because legally she can't tell you what happens in your kid's classroom. The daily meltdowns. The kicking, the biting, the scissors. The twenty-four other kids told to ignore it. The ten minutes of paperwork for a two-second incident. And the code teachers speak because it's all they're allowed to say: "He had a big day." "We're working on regulation." "Your daughter was very patient today."


Joseph decodes the code, refuses to roast a five-year-old, names the real villain (one teacher, zero assistants, and a gag order), and confesses to being Summers-Off Steve, the guy at the barbecue who says "must be nice, two months off." He said it to a teacher's face. She smiled like a hostage.


Plus three things to actually say: at dinner tonight, to the teacher, and at parent council.


This episode is brought to you by Mathnasium of Newmarket, run by Maria Elisa, a former teacher who found a way to make kids do math on purpose. Two hundred dollars off through the BTC Magazine app. Newmarket. Not Aurora, not Vaughan. Newmarket.


Joseph's memoir THE DAD DIARIES is out now, published by Cormorant Books. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, also on Amazon and Indigo.


Got a mess of your own? Send it to info@jeopublishing.com.

More at betweenthecoversmag.com, or read the magazine free in the BTC Magazine app, iOS and Android.

Bitch Fest is a Between the Covers production.

]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 648 A five-year-old told his teacher he was going to rip her face off and eat it. She said, "Do you want salt with that?" That's the episode.


A teacher wrote in anonymously, because legally she can't tell you what happens in your kid's classroom. The daily meltdowns. The kicking, the biting, the scissors. The twenty-four other kids told to ignore it. The ten minutes of paperwork for a two-second incident. And the code teachers speak because it's all they're allowed to say: "He had a big day." "We're working on regulation." "Your daughter was very patient today."


Joseph decodes the code, refuses to roast a five-year-old, names the real villain (one teacher, zero assistants, and a gag order), and confesses to being Summers-Off Steve, the guy at the barbecue who says "must be nice, two months off." He said it to a teacher's face. She smiled like a hostage.


Plus three things to actually say: at dinner tonight, to the teacher, and at parent council.


This episode is brought to you by Mathnasium of Newmarket, run by Maria Elisa, a former teacher who found a way to make kids do math on purpose. Two hundred dollars off through the BTC Magazine app. Newmarket. Not Aurora, not Vaughan. Newmarket.


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]]> teachers, school, classroom, parenting, kindergarten, educational assistants, privacy, parent council, summers off, gay dad, comedy, rant, mathnasium, newmarket, king city Yes The Class Shuffle & The Budget Bastards 21 21 The Class Shuffle & The Budget Bastards full bfce0992-f55c-40b9-8d54-d41d0dd5dea5 https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest Three weeks into the school year I got an email saying my daughter was being switched to another class. So I went into that school like I was about to personally replace the Ministry of Education. No training. No experience. Just a daughter and a fucking opinion.

Then they told me why. Funding cuts. A class being cut. The secretary now splitting her time between two schools. The vice principal, same thing. Half here, half there. I'd come in to complain about the mess. They were the ones trying to make the mess work.

This one is about the school office, where every parent starts with "sorry, just a quick thing" and it is never a quick thing. About a woman being "shared" like a plate of cookies, when putting her name on a second schedule does not create a second woman. About who's doing the other half. About the new sign outside the school that gets more adults than the problem it's standing in front of. And about the appreciation mugs, when what she actually needs is a job posting.

And I'm in this one. I was the parent who walked in at full volume. Apparently my interest in education funding was waiting for a personal invitation, and it arrived in my inbox.

No school named. No board named. On purpose.

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THE DAD DIARIES, my memoir, is out now. It's the story of how I became a father to my girls and everything it took to get there. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, also on Amazon and Indigo.

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]]> Three weeks into the school year I got an email saying my daughter was being switched to another class. So I went into that school like I was about to personally replace the Ministry of Education. No training. No experience. Just a daughter and a fucking opinion.

Then they told me why. Funding cuts. A class being cut. The secretary now splitting her time between two schools. The vice principal, same thing. Half here, half there. I'd come in to complain about the mess. They were the ones trying to make the mess work.

This one is about the school office, where every parent starts with "sorry, just a quick thing" and it is never a quick thing. About a woman being "shared" like a plate of cookies, when putting her name on a second schedule does not create a second woman. About who's doing the other half. About the new sign outside the school that gets more adults than the problem it's standing in front of. And about the appreciation mugs, when what she actually needs is a job posting.

And I'm in this one. I was the parent who walked in at full volume. Apparently my interest in education funding was waiting for a personal invitation, and it arrived in my inbox.

No school named. No board named. On purpose.

Teachers, EAs, secretaries, parents: tell me what's happening. Send it through the free BTC Magazine app (App Store or Google Play). I will not name your school and I will not name your board.

THE DAD DIARIES, my memoir, is out now. It's the story of how I became a father to my girls and everything it took to get there. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, also on Amazon and Indigo.

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]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 706 Three weeks into the school year I got an email saying my daughter was being switched to another class. So I went into that school like I was about to personally replace the Ministry of Education. No training. No experience. Just a daughter and a fucking opinion.

Then they told me why. Funding cuts. A class being cut. The secretary now splitting her time between two schools. The vice principal, same thing. Half here, half there. I'd come in to complain about the mess. They were the ones trying to make the mess work.

This one is about the school office, where every parent starts with "sorry, just a quick thing" and it is never a quick thing. About a woman being "shared" like a plate of cookies, when putting her name on a second schedule does not create a second woman. About who's doing the other half. About the new sign outside the school that gets more adults than the problem it's standing in front of. And about the appreciation mugs, when what she actually needs is a job posting.

And I'm in this one. I was the parent who walked in at full volume. Apparently my interest in education funding was waiting for a personal invitation, and it arrived in my inbox.

No school named. No board named. On purpose.

Teachers, EAs, secretaries, parents: tell me what's happening. Send it through the free BTC Magazine app (App Store or Google Play). I will not name your school and I will not name your board.

THE DAD DIARIES, my memoir, is out now. It's the story of how I became a father to my girls and everything it took to get there. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, also on Amazon and Indigo.

This is Joseph Tito, and I bitch so you don't have to.


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]]> education, school board, budget cuts, teachers, educational assistants, school secretary, vice principal, ontario education, public school, parenting, gay dad, comedy, rant, king city, special education Yes The Self-Checkout Cop 17 17 The Self-Checkout Cop full abff8553-4bed-441b-a72d-1bcf5395a935 https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest A woman writes in about a husband who has appointed himself Head of Loss Prevention for their marriage. He supervises her at the self-checkout. He audits the grocery bill. He announces to an entire restaurant that he is not tipping.


None of these places employ him.


Joseph calls him Dave, because this is Dave behaviour, and because Dave has been radicalized by a debit terminal. The trouble is that Dave isn't wrong. Tipping screens are out of control, the cereal box is a pamphlet, and they made the toilet paper narrower and thought nobody would notice. Being right about the problem still doesn't entitle you to become the town crier at a sandwich counter.


Also: the Italian mothers of Woodbridge who drove to three stores with a flyer and a pen and were right about all of it, a confession involving a twelve-dollar item on a patio bill, and sixty-eight thousand loyalty points being guarded like offshore money.


Next week: the coworkers who are not your friends, and the birthday card that proved it.


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]]> A woman writes in about a husband who has appointed himself Head of Loss Prevention for their marriage. He supervises her at the self-checkout. He audits the grocery bill. He announces to an entire restaurant that he is not tipping.


None of these places employ him.


Joseph calls him Dave, because this is Dave behaviour, and because Dave has been radicalized by a debit terminal. The trouble is that Dave isn't wrong. Tipping screens are out of control, the cereal box is a pamphlet, and they made the toilet paper narrower and thought nobody would notice. Being right about the problem still doesn't entitle you to become the town crier at a sandwich counter.


Also: the Italian mothers of Woodbridge who drove to three stores with a flyer and a pen and were right about all of it, a confession involving a twelve-dollar item on a patio bill, and sixty-eight thousand loyalty points being guarded like offshore money.


Next week: the coworkers who are not your friends, and the birthday card that proved it.


Joseph's memoir THE DAD DIARIES is out September 26th. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, or pre-order anywhere you buy books.


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]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 711 A woman writes in about a husband who has appointed himself Head of Loss Prevention for their marriage. He supervises her at the self-checkout. He audits the grocery bill. He announces to an entire restaurant that he is not tipping.


None of these places employ him.


Joseph calls him Dave, because this is Dave behaviour, and because Dave has been radicalized by a debit terminal. The trouble is that Dave isn't wrong. Tipping screens are out of control, the cereal box is a pamphlet, and they made the toilet paper narrower and thought nobody would notice. Being right about the problem still doesn't entitle you to become the town crier at a sandwich counter.


Also: the Italian mothers of Woodbridge who drove to three stores with a flyer and a pen and were right about all of it, a confession involving a twelve-dollar item on a patio bill, and sixty-eight thousand loyalty points being guarded like offshore money.


Next week: the coworkers who are not your friends, and the birthday card that proved it.


Joseph's memoir THE DAD DIARIES is out September 26th. Signed copies at thedaddiaries.com, or pre-order anywhere you buy books.


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]]> self checkout, tipping screen, grocery prices, shrinkflation, husbands, public embarrassment, marriage, loyalty points, italian mothers, comedy Yes The Chronic Canceller & The Red Heart Emoji 16 16 The Chronic Canceller & The Red Heart Emoji full 4997e122-18cc-48b0-95df-fdee27c4067a https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest Priya has a best friend who has cancelled on her eleven times this year. Eleven. Not in a lifetime — since January. The text lands about ninety minutes before, and it always says the same thing: ugh, I'm so sorry, today got away from me. Red heart emoji. Let's for sure do it soon. Soon never comes.


Joseph gets into why she started counting in March, and what it means that she did — nobody builds a case file on a relationship that's working. Why "I thought you of all people would understand" isn't an apology, it's a promotion, to a title that comes with no dinners and no birthdays. And the uncomfortable turn: she isn't weighing you against better plans and picking them. She has learned, across eleven documented occasions, that cancelling on you is free.


Plus a self-own, because Joseph says yes to everything with his whole chest — the event is far away, and future Joseph is not his problem.


Busy people cancel once and reschedule immediately, because they want the thing. At a certain point "I'm so sorry" stops being an apology and becomes a subscription, and you're the one paying for it.


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]]> Priya has a best friend who has cancelled on her eleven times this year. Eleven. Not in a lifetime — since January. The text lands about ninety minutes before, and it always says the same thing: ugh, I'm so sorry, today got away from me. Red heart emoji. Let's for sure do it soon. Soon never comes.


Joseph gets into why she started counting in March, and what it means that she did — nobody builds a case file on a relationship that's working. Why "I thought you of all people would understand" isn't an apology, it's a promotion, to a title that comes with no dinners and no birthdays. And the uncomfortable turn: she isn't weighing you against better plans and picking them. She has learned, across eleven documented occasions, that cancelling on you is free.


Plus a self-own, because Joseph says yes to everything with his whole chest — the event is far away, and future Joseph is not his problem.


Busy people cancel once and reschedule immediately, because they want the thing. At a certain point "I'm so sorry" stops being an apology and becomes a subscription, and you're the one paying for it.


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]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 680 Priya has a best friend who has cancelled on her eleven times this year. Eleven. Not in a lifetime — since January. The text lands about ninety minutes before, and it always says the same thing: ugh, I'm so sorry, today got away from me. Red heart emoji. Let's for sure do it soon. Soon never comes.


Joseph gets into why she started counting in March, and what it means that she did — nobody builds a case file on a relationship that's working. Why "I thought you of all people would understand" isn't an apology, it's a promotion, to a title that comes with no dinners and no birthdays. And the uncomfortable turn: she isn't weighing you against better plans and picking them. She has learned, across eleven documented occasions, that cancelling on you is free.


Plus a self-own, because Joseph says yes to everything with his whole chest — the event is far away, and future Joseph is not his problem.


Busy people cancel once and reschedule immediately, because they want the thing. At a certain point "I'm so sorry" stops being an apology and becomes a subscription, and you're the one paying for it.


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]]> flaky friends, chronic canceller, friendship, being let down, boundaries, adult friendship, group chat, comedy Yes The Tech-Support Warden & The Concerned Committee 15 15 The Tech-Support Warden & The Concerned Committee full d655bf1f-2553-4c01-a69f-f9d154700bea https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest A friend texted Joseph in the middle of recording to say that getting old is a bitch. Not the knees. Not the back. The lecturing. Her kids are in their thirties. She is not old — she has just been reclassified.


Two villains tonight. The tech-support warden, the adult child who has decided one forgotten password is a diagnosis, and who does the voice — the slow one, with the little pause in the middle. And the concerned committee, the relatives who caucus about you without you and turn up having already decided.


Joseph gets into the coup nobody announces: thirty years of being the family's operating system, quietly deleted in one afternoon because your kid knows one thing about a phone that you don't. Why "I'm just trying to help" and "give me that, let me do it" are not the same sentence. And the two things you are allowed to say at the same time — I understand you're scared, and give me back my phone.


She kept multiple humans alive through fevers, heartbreak and one truly regrettable haircut. She is not confused. She's just not in a hurry, and you've mistaken that for decline.


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]]> A friend texted Joseph in the middle of recording to say that getting old is a bitch. Not the knees. Not the back. The lecturing. Her kids are in their thirties. She is not old — she has just been reclassified.


Two villains tonight. The tech-support warden, the adult child who has decided one forgotten password is a diagnosis, and who does the voice — the slow one, with the little pause in the middle. And the concerned committee, the relatives who caucus about you without you and turn up having already decided.


Joseph gets into the coup nobody announces: thirty years of being the family's operating system, quietly deleted in one afternoon because your kid knows one thing about a phone that you don't. Why "I'm just trying to help" and "give me that, let me do it" are not the same sentence. And the two things you are allowed to say at the same time — I understand you're scared, and give me back my phone.


She kept multiple humans alive through fevers, heartbreak and one truly regrettable haircut. She is not confused. She's just not in a hurry, and you've mistaken that for decline.


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]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 660 A friend texted Joseph in the middle of recording to say that getting old is a bitch. Not the knees. Not the back. The lecturing. Her kids are in their thirties. She is not old — she has just been reclassified.


Two villains tonight. The tech-support warden, the adult child who has decided one forgotten password is a diagnosis, and who does the voice — the slow one, with the little pause in the middle. And the concerned committee, the relatives who caucus about you without you and turn up having already decided.


Joseph gets into the coup nobody announces: thirty years of being the family's operating system, quietly deleted in one afternoon because your kid knows one thing about a phone that you don't. Why "I'm just trying to help" and "give me that, let me do it" are not the same sentence. And the two things you are allowed to say at the same time — I understand you're scared, and give me back my phone.


She kept multiple humans alive through fevers, heartbreak and one truly regrettable haircut. She is not confused. She's just not in a hurry, and you've mistaken that for decline.


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]]> aging parents, adult children, tech support, family dynamics, being talked down to, boundaries, ageism, comedy Yes The Guilt-Trip Artist & The Family Martyr 14 14 The Guilt-Trip Artist & The Family Martyr full f14895f9-ced5-4177-86af-d6e008989923 https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest Two performers, one family. The guilt-trip artist, who never asks for anything directly because a sigh does the work of a sentence. And the family martyr, who does everything for everyone and makes absolutely certain everyone knows the cost.


Joseph gets into the sentences that sound like love and function like a bill — "after everything I've done for you," "no, no, go, I'll be fine," "I just thought family mattered to you." Why guilt works on the people who care most and bounces off the ones who don't. And what happens the first time you don't take the bait.


Nobody is asking you to be cruel. Just to stop paying for a ticket to a show you never bought.


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]]> Two performers, one family. The guilt-trip artist, who never asks for anything directly because a sigh does the work of a sentence. And the family martyr, who does everything for everyone and makes absolutely certain everyone knows the cost.


Joseph gets into the sentences that sound like love and function like a bill — "after everything I've done for you," "no, no, go, I'll be fine," "I just thought family mattered to you." Why guilt works on the people who care most and bounces off the ones who don't. And what happens the first time you don't take the bait.


Nobody is asking you to be cruel. Just to stop paying for a ticket to a show you never bought.


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]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 973 Two performers, one family. The guilt-trip artist, who never asks for anything directly because a sigh does the work of a sentence. And the family martyr, who does everything for everyone and makes absolutely certain everyone knows the cost.


Joseph gets into the sentences that sound like love and function like a bill — "after everything I've done for you," "no, no, go, I'll be fine," "I just thought family mattered to you." Why guilt works on the people who care most and bounces off the ones who don't. And what happens the first time you don't take the bait.


Nobody is asking you to be cruel. Just to stop paying for a ticket to a show you never bought.


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]]> guilt trips, family martyr, emotional manipulation, mothers, family obligation, boundaries, holidays, comedy Yes Your Daughter Wouldn’t Enjoy It 13 13 Your Daughter Wouldn’t Enjoy It full ef704c2c-24bb-41ac-a78f-481ff43156aa https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest Kelsey from Cleveland writes in because her seven-year-old daughter was the only child in her entire class not invited to a birthday party. The only one. When she asked the other mother what happened, the answer was: "oh, I just thought your daughter wouldn't enjoy it."


Sweetheart. She wouldn't enjoy it because you made damn sure of it.


Joseph gets into grade-school social politics, where seven-year-olds are vetted for guest lists harder than intelligence recruits and the mothers running it have less self-awareness than a reality star three martinis deep. Plus a tribute to Terry the crossing guard, who sees more drama before 8:45am than the entire cast of any Housewives franchise and does it in a reflective vest.


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]]> Kelsey from Cleveland writes in because her seven-year-old daughter was the only child in her entire class not invited to a birthday party. The only one. When she asked the other mother what happened, the answer was: "oh, I just thought your daughter wouldn't enjoy it."


Sweetheart. She wouldn't enjoy it because you made damn sure of it.


Joseph gets into grade-school social politics, where seven-year-olds are vetted for guest lists harder than intelligence recruits and the mothers running it have less self-awareness than a reality star three martinis deep. Plus a tribute to Terry the crossing guard, who sees more drama before 8:45am than the entire cast of any Housewives franchise and does it in a reflective vest.


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]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 932 Kelsey from Cleveland writes in because her seven-year-old daughter was the only child in her entire class not invited to a birthday party. The only one. When she asked the other mother what happened, the answer was: "oh, I just thought your daughter wouldn't enjoy it."


Sweetheart. She wouldn't enjoy it because you made damn sure of it.


Joseph gets into grade-school social politics, where seven-year-olds are vetted for guest lists harder than intelligence recruits and the mothers running it have less self-awareness than a reality star three martinis deep. Plus a tribute to Terry the crossing guard, who sees more drama before 8:45am than the entire cast of any Housewives franchise and does it in a reflective vest.


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]]> birthday party exclusion, PTA moms, school social politics, kids left out, mean moms, parenting, King City, comedy Yes BONUS: The Christmas Creep & The Pumpkin Spice Gina BONUS: The Christmas Creep & The Pumpkin Spice Gina bonus d3c6ad3d-9396-4569-9dab-a6a173db4a0d https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest A bonus one, because this could not wait until December. Or October. Or whenever we have all agreed the year is allowed to start.


It is September. Joseph is in Costco on Highway 7 buying sunscreen, in shorts, in twenty-eight degrees, and there is a fourteen-foot pre-lit Christmas tree in the middle of the aisle next to an inflatable snowman. Nobody says anything. Everybody just pushes their cart around it.


So he says something. Out loud. To a stranger.


This one is about the people who stole the calendar. The conference room that decided December should start in September. Gina, in a puffer vest and Uggs in August, posting an iced pumpkin spice latte captioned "fall vibes" while the trees behind her are bright green. Spirit Halloween moving into whatever died this year. And the one thing in this country that still happens exactly when it is supposed to: tomato season in Woodbridge, with the uncle guarding the pot and two aunts fighting about the basil.


Also a confession involving a fourteen-foot Christmas tree currently sitting in a garage in King City.


You are not getting ahead of December. You are deleting September.


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]]> A bonus one, because this could not wait until December. Or October. Or whenever we have all agreed the year is allowed to start.


It is September. Joseph is in Costco on Highway 7 buying sunscreen, in shorts, in twenty-eight degrees, and there is a fourteen-foot pre-lit Christmas tree in the middle of the aisle next to an inflatable snowman. Nobody says anything. Everybody just pushes their cart around it.


So he says something. Out loud. To a stranger.


This one is about the people who stole the calendar. The conference room that decided December should start in September. Gina, in a puffer vest and Uggs in August, posting an iced pumpkin spice latte captioned "fall vibes" while the trees behind her are bright green. Spirit Halloween moving into whatever died this year. And the one thing in this country that still happens exactly when it is supposed to: tomato season in Woodbridge, with the uncle guarding the pot and two aunts fighting about the basil.


Also a confession involving a fourteen-foot Christmas tree currently sitting in a garage in King City.


You are not getting ahead of December. You are deleting September.


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]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:05:31 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 593 A bonus one, because this could not wait until December. Or October. Or whenever we have all agreed the year is allowed to start.


It is September. Joseph is in Costco on Highway 7 buying sunscreen, in shorts, in twenty-eight degrees, and there is a fourteen-foot pre-lit Christmas tree in the middle of the aisle next to an inflatable snowman. Nobody says anything. Everybody just pushes their cart around it.


So he says something. Out loud. To a stranger.


This one is about the people who stole the calendar. The conference room that decided December should start in September. Gina, in a puffer vest and Uggs in August, posting an iced pumpkin spice latte captioned "fall vibes" while the trees behind her are bright green. Spirit Halloween moving into whatever died this year. And the one thing in this country that still happens exactly when it is supposed to: tomato season in Woodbridge, with the uncle guarding the pot and two aunts fighting about the basil.


Also a confession involving a fourteen-foot Christmas tree currently sitting in a garage in King City.


You are not getting ahead of December. You are deleting September.


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]]> christmas creep, pumpkin spice latte, costco, seasonal marketing, fall vibes, spirit halloween, tomato season, woodbridge, italian family, comedy Yes Oh, Is This White? 12 12 Oh, Is This White? full cd94e2b5-718a-45b7-9466-eebcb5ad9cae https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest A bride writes in about a guest who arrived at her wedding in a floor-length white dress and then said, out loud, to her face: "oh, is this white?"


Girl. You bought it. You tried it on. You zipped it up. You looked in a mirror and you got in a car. At no point in that sequence did the colour come up?


That is not a question. That is an alibi. Nobody asks "is this white" unless they have already had the conversation with themselves and lost. Joseph gets into cousin Vanessa, the lace, and the moment she walked into the family photo like she had been invited into it.


Next week: the houseguest who stayed eleven days.


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]]> A bride writes in about a guest who arrived at her wedding in a floor-length white dress and then said, out loud, to her face: "oh, is this white?"


Girl. You bought it. You tried it on. You zipped it up. You looked in a mirror and you got in a car. At no point in that sequence did the colour come up?


That is not a question. That is an alibi. Nobody asks "is this white" unless they have already had the conversation with themselves and lost. Joseph gets into cousin Vanessa, the lace, and the moment she walked into the family photo like she had been invited into it.


Next week: the houseguest who stayed eleven days.


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]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 571 A bride writes in about a guest who arrived at her wedding in a floor-length white dress and then said, out loud, to her face: "oh, is this white?"


Girl. You bought it. You tried it on. You zipped it up. You looked in a mirror and you got in a car. At no point in that sequence did the colour come up?


That is not a question. That is an alibi. Nobody asks "is this white" unless they have already had the conversation with themselves and lost. Joseph gets into cousin Vanessa, the lace, and the moment she walked into the family photo like she had been invited into it.


Next week: the houseguest who stayed eleven days.


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]]> wedding drama, wore white to a wedding, family drama, cousins, bride, wedding etiquette, attention seeking, comedy Yes Haha 11 11 Haha full 0d8053b5-a868-4815-9d4a-1a6a77f87170 https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest You share a promotion. Haha. You share a diagnosis. Haha. You share funeral details. Haha.


A listener signing off as Left On Haha writes in about Nadia, who has one response to everything that happens in the group chat, and it is four letters long. Joseph gets into what "haha" actually is — not a laugh, but an exit. A way to be present in a conversation without ever being in it.


Also: the specific violence of being left on read by someone who is clearly typing, the friend who only surfaces when they need something, and why the group chat is where modern friendships go to be quietly downgraded.


Next week: the woman who wore white to a wedding.


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]]> You share a promotion. Haha. You share a diagnosis. Haha. You share funeral details. Haha.


A listener signing off as Left On Haha writes in about Nadia, who has one response to everything that happens in the group chat, and it is four letters long. Joseph gets into what "haha" actually is — not a laugh, but an exit. A way to be present in a conversation without ever being in it.


Also: the specific violence of being left on read by someone who is clearly typing, the friend who only surfaces when they need something, and why the group chat is where modern friendships go to be quietly downgraded.


Next week: the woman who wore white to a wedding.


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]]> Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 626 You share a promotion. Haha. You share a diagnosis. Haha. You share funeral details. Haha.


A listener signing off as Left On Haha writes in about Nadia, who has one response to everything that happens in the group chat, and it is four letters long. Joseph gets into what "haha" actually is — not a laugh, but an exit. A way to be present in a conversation without ever being in it.


Also: the specific violence of being left on read by someone who is clearly typing, the friend who only surfaces when they need something, and why the group chat is where modern friendships go to be quietly downgraded.


Next week: the woman who wore white to a wedding.


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]]> group chat, texting, friendship, digital communication, left on read, emotional labour, friends, comedy Yes Eleven Years of Forgetting Her Wallet 10 10 Eleven Years of Forgetting Her Wallet full 78eded39-b662-47de-b1d2-4eb4948076f0 https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest Eleven years. Eleven years of dinners, brunches and group trips, and Christine has never once had her wallet on her. Not lost it. Just never had it.


A listener signing off as Still Waiting On That Etransfer writes in about the friend who is always three taps away from paying you back and somehow never arrives. Joseph gets into why the person who forgets is never the one keeping score, why "I'll get you next time" is a sentence with no next time in it, and what it actually costs to keep quiet for a decade to avoid one awkward conversation.


Next week: the friend who replies "haha" to actual news.


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]]> Eleven years. Eleven years of dinners, brunches and group trips, and Christine has never once had her wallet on her. Not lost it. Just never had it.


A listener signing off as Still Waiting On That Etransfer writes in about the friend who is always three taps away from paying you back and somehow never arrives. Joseph gets into why the person who forgets is never the one keeping score, why "I'll get you next time" is a sentence with no next time in it, and what it actually costs to keep quiet for a decade to avoid one awkward conversation.


Next week: the friend who replies "haha" to actual news.


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]]> Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 599 Eleven years. Eleven years of dinners, brunches and group trips, and Christine has never once had her wallet on her. Not lost it. Just never had it.


A listener signing off as Still Waiting On That Etransfer writes in about the friend who is always three taps away from paying you back and somehow never arrives. Joseph gets into why the person who forgets is never the one keeping score, why "I'll get you next time" is a sentence with no next time in it, and what it actually costs to keep quiet for a decade to avoid one awkward conversation.


Next week: the friend who replies "haha" to actual news.


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]]> friendship, money, splitting the bill, freeloader, etransfer, friends who never pay, boundaries, comedy Yes Four Inches From Losing It 9 9 Four Inches From Losing It full 253d0013-227c-4b2f-910b-174b9f1c36ef https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest A woman writes in about her neighbour Lorraine, who came out with string and stakes to measure the property line. Four inches. Four.


Joseph gets into the particular madness of people who treat a shared fence like a contested border, the ones who know exactly where your recycling bin sat on Tuesday, and why the person with the most free time on the street is always the one policing it.


Plus a confession about what he has personally let happen on a neighbour’s lawn.


Next week: the friend who has forgotten her wallet for eleven consecutive years.


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]]> A woman writes in about her neighbour Lorraine, who came out with string and stakes to measure the property line. Four inches. Four.


Joseph gets into the particular madness of people who treat a shared fence like a contested border, the ones who know exactly where your recycling bin sat on Tuesday, and why the person with the most free time on the street is always the one policing it.


Plus a confession about what he has personally let happen on a neighbour’s lawn.


Next week: the friend who has forgotten her wallet for eleven consecutive years.


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]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 610 A woman writes in about her neighbour Lorraine, who came out with string and stakes to measure the property line. Four inches. Four.


Joseph gets into the particular madness of people who treat a shared fence like a contested border, the ones who know exactly where your recycling bin sat on Tuesday, and why the person with the most free time on the street is always the one policing it.


Plus a confession about what he has personally let happen on a neighbour’s lawn.


Next week: the friend who has forgotten her wallet for eleven consecutive years.


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]]> neighbours, property line, boundary dispute, suburbia, petty neighbours, homeowners, boundaries, comedy Yes Meetings About Meetings 8 8 Meetings About Meetings full 1c8dbbb4-ec9a-47e0-96be-c199722d5531 https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest A listener signing herself Death By Calendar Invite writes in with eleven hours of meetings a week and no time left to do the job those meetings are about. When she raises it with her manager, he books a call to discuss her bandwidth.


Joseph takes apart the whole performance: meetings to prepare for meetings, follow-up meetings to review them, and grown adults reading slides aloud to people who can read. The work does not vanish — it migrates into her evenings, unpaid and unacknowledged.


He also confesses his own version of it. He accepts nearly every invite he resents, nodding along while mentally somewhere else entirely — a man-shaped screensaver.


Three ways out: trade attendance for a written deliverable and a deadline, propose a short odd time slot, or ask for an agenda. That last one makes a surprising number of meetings quietly disappear.


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]]> A listener signing herself Death By Calendar Invite writes in with eleven hours of meetings a week and no time left to do the job those meetings are about. When she raises it with her manager, he books a call to discuss her bandwidth.


Joseph takes apart the whole performance: meetings to prepare for meetings, follow-up meetings to review them, and grown adults reading slides aloud to people who can read. The work does not vanish — it migrates into her evenings, unpaid and unacknowledged.


He also confesses his own version of it. He accepts nearly every invite he resents, nodding along while mentally somewhere else entirely — a man-shaped screensaver.


Three ways out: trade attendance for a written deliverable and a deadline, propose a short odd time slot, or ask for an agenda. That last one makes a surprising number of meetings quietly disappear.


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]]> Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 590 A listener signing herself Death By Calendar Invite writes in with eleven hours of meetings a week and no time left to do the job those meetings are about. When she raises it with her manager, he books a call to discuss her bandwidth.


Joseph takes apart the whole performance: meetings to prepare for meetings, follow-up meetings to review them, and grown adults reading slides aloud to people who can read. The work does not vanish — it migrates into her evenings, unpaid and unacknowledged.


He also confesses his own version of it. He accepts nearly every invite he resents, nodding along while mentally somewhere else entirely — a man-shaped screensaver.


Three ways out: trade attendance for a written deliverable and a deadline, propose a short odd time slot, or ask for an agenda. That last one makes a surprising number of meetings quietly disappear.


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]]> meeting culture, corporate burnout, unpaid overtime, calendar invites, workplace productivity, work life balance, office life, comedy Yes Already Married to Everyone’s Opinions 7 7 Already Married to Everyone’s Opinions full ca93aef8-392d-4774-bfcb-b745e0d82dc6 https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest A bride two months out writes in, worn down by relatives who have quietly promoted themselves to unpaid wedding planners. The dress, the decor, the honeymoon — everyone has notes, nobody was asked.


Joseph’s diagnosis is not the advice. It is her habit of answering it. Treating every relative’s opinion like a customer complaint that requires a justification is what turns a wedding into a deposition. And most advice-givers are not thinking about her wedding at all — they are relitigating their own.


Includes a three-line script for shutting it down: past tense, no reasoning, no debate. Plus the relative who swapped out his centrepieces mid-reception without asking.


Some hurt feelings are the price of a boundary. Pay it.


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]]> A bride two months out writes in, worn down by relatives who have quietly promoted themselves to unpaid wedding planners. The dress, the decor, the honeymoon — everyone has notes, nobody was asked.


Joseph’s diagnosis is not the advice. It is her habit of answering it. Treating every relative’s opinion like a customer complaint that requires a justification is what turns a wedding into a deposition. And most advice-givers are not thinking about her wedding at all — they are relitigating their own.


Includes a three-line script for shutting it down: past tense, no reasoning, no debate. Plus the relative who swapped out his centrepieces mid-reception without asking.


Some hurt feelings are the price of a boundary. Pay it.


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]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 614 A bride two months out writes in, worn down by relatives who have quietly promoted themselves to unpaid wedding planners. The dress, the decor, the honeymoon — everyone has notes, nobody was asked.


Joseph’s diagnosis is not the advice. It is her habit of answering it. Treating every relative’s opinion like a customer complaint that requires a justification is what turns a wedding into a deposition. And most advice-givers are not thinking about her wedding at all — they are relitigating their own.


Includes a three-line script for shutting it down: past tense, no reasoning, no debate. Plus the relative who swapped out his centrepieces mid-reception without asking.


Some hurt feelings are the price of a boundary. Pay it.


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]]> wedding planning, family boundaries, unsolicited advice, in-laws, bride, setting boundaries, relationships, comedy Yes The Drop-Off Demons 6 6 The Drop-Off Demons full 98c8fdac-7b2f-424b-82d0-9599f5574367 https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest Priya from Oakville writes in about the school pickup line, and honestly, she is not describing a traffic pattern. She is describing a hostage situation with minivans.


Joseph breaks down the five parents who turn twenty minutes into full institutional collapse: the early-arrival spot hoarder who shows up before lunch, the wrong-way driver who has decided arrows are a suggestion, the dramatic goodbye parent staging a wartime farewell, the phone-call parker, and the chronically late one holding up forty cars without a flicker of shame.


Grown adults. In cars. Behaving like this. Daily.


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]]> Priya from Oakville writes in about the school pickup line, and honestly, she is not describing a traffic pattern. She is describing a hostage situation with minivans.


Joseph breaks down the five parents who turn twenty minutes into full institutional collapse: the early-arrival spot hoarder who shows up before lunch, the wrong-way driver who has decided arrows are a suggestion, the dramatic goodbye parent staging a wartime farewell, the phone-call parker, and the chronically late one holding up forty cars without a flicker of shame.


Grown adults. In cars. Behaving like this. Daily.


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]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:00:00 -0400 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 633 Priya from Oakville writes in about the school pickup line, and honestly, she is not describing a traffic pattern. She is describing a hostage situation with minivans.


Joseph breaks down the five parents who turn twenty minutes into full institutional collapse: the early-arrival spot hoarder who shows up before lunch, the wrong-way driver who has decided arrows are a suggestion, the dramatic goodbye parent staging a wartime farewell, the phone-call parker, and the chronically late one holding up forty cars without a flicker of shame.


Grown adults. In cars. Behaving like this. Daily.


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]]> school pickup line, drop off, parking lot parents, Oakville, school run, parenting, suburban life, comedy Yes Pinterest Moms & The Competitive Birthday Party Industrial Complex 5 5 Pinterest Moms & The Competitive Birthday Party Industrial Complex full 9a58430c-7463-43b7-a224-b97ec62cf9de https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest When did a kid's birthday party turn into a production? Cake and pizza became balloon installations, live mermaids, and goody bags that cost more than groceries.


Two parents write in exhausted, broke, and quietly judged for not keeping up. Joseph gets honest about his own years of Instagram-perfect sponsored birthdays — and why he finally walked away from all of it.


Kids do not need spectacle. They need presence. And no parent needs to go into debt to prove they are doing it right.


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]]> When did a kid's birthday party turn into a production? Cake and pizza became balloon installations, live mermaids, and goody bags that cost more than groceries.


Two parents write in exhausted, broke, and quietly judged for not keeping up. Joseph gets honest about his own years of Instagram-perfect sponsored birthdays — and why he finally walked away from all of it.


Kids do not need spectacle. They need presence. And no parent needs to go into debt to prove they are doing it right.


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]]> Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:00:00 -0500 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 794 When did a kid's birthday party turn into a production? Cake and pizza became balloon installations, live mermaids, and goody bags that cost more than groceries.


Two parents write in exhausted, broke, and quietly judged for not keeping up. Joseph gets honest about his own years of Instagram-perfect sponsored birthdays — and why he finally walked away from all of it.


Kids do not need spectacle. They need presence. And no parent needs to go into debt to prove they are doing it right.


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]]> kids birthday parties, mom competition, party spending, goody bags, Pinterest parenting, gay dad, presence over presents, parenting, comedy Yes The Pinterest Bitch & The Part-Time Hero 4 4 The Pinterest Bitch & The Part-Time Hero full ec2322a2-1c15-4cb4-afda-c9b662cc9982 https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest Modern parenting, where mothers get audited for everything and fathers get a standing ovation for showing up once a season.


First, the mom being emotionally tackled by a Pinterest-obsessed PTA queen who treats store-bought cookies like a federal offence. Then the mother whose ex is crowned Dad of the Year for attending one soccer game, while she has been doing the actual work for years.


If you have ever felt invisible, undervalued, or ready to scream into a steering wheel in a school parking lot — this one is for you. The double standards get dragged, the Disney Dads get named, and the myth of the perfect parent gets dismantled. You are not crazy. The system is.


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]]> Modern parenting, where mothers get audited for everything and fathers get a standing ovation for showing up once a season.


First, the mom being emotionally tackled by a Pinterest-obsessed PTA queen who treats store-bought cookies like a federal offence. Then the mother whose ex is crowned Dad of the Year for attending one soccer game, while she has been doing the actual work for years.


If you have ever felt invisible, undervalued, or ready to scream into a steering wheel in a school parking lot — this one is for you. The double standards get dragged, the Disney Dads get named, and the myth of the perfect parent gets dismantled. You are not crazy. The system is.


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]]> Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:00:00 -0500 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 1001 Modern parenting, where mothers get audited for everything and fathers get a standing ovation for showing up once a season.


First, the mom being emotionally tackled by a Pinterest-obsessed PTA queen who treats store-bought cookies like a federal offence. Then the mother whose ex is crowned Dad of the Year for attending one soccer game, while she has been doing the actual work for years.


If you have ever felt invisible, undervalued, or ready to scream into a steering wheel in a school parking lot — this one is for you. The double standards get dragged, the Disney Dads get named, and the myth of the perfect parent gets dismantled. You are not crazy. The system is.


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]]> PTA, mom shaming, double standards, Disney dad, co-parenting, mental load, school parents, parenting, comedy Yes The Emotional Vampire & The Boss Babe 3 3 The Emotional Vampire & The Boss Babe full b6f34f14-6ede-4816-8bb4-786cdee25182 https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest One-sided friendships — the kind that drain you faster than your phone at one percent.


Two letters. A twenty-two-year friendship that quietly turned into unpaid emotional labour, and a best friend lost to an MLM spiral where every conversation is now a sales pitch with a ground-floor opportunity attached. If you have ever been guilt-tripped into being someone's 24/7 support line, or watched a friend you love start talking like a pyramid scheme, this is your permission slip.


Real friendship needs reciprocity. Not extraction, and not a downline.


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]]> One-sided friendships — the kind that drain you faster than your phone at one percent.


Two letters. A twenty-two-year friendship that quietly turned into unpaid emotional labour, and a best friend lost to an MLM spiral where every conversation is now a sales pitch with a ground-floor opportunity attached. If you have ever been guilt-tripped into being someone's 24/7 support line, or watched a friend you love start talking like a pyramid scheme, this is your permission slip.


Real friendship needs reciprocity. Not extraction, and not a downline.


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]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:00:00 -0500 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 1041 One-sided friendships — the kind that drain you faster than your phone at one percent.


Two letters. A twenty-two-year friendship that quietly turned into unpaid emotional labour, and a best friend lost to an MLM spiral where every conversation is now a sales pitch with a ground-floor opportunity attached. If you have ever been guilt-tripped into being someone's 24/7 support line, or watched a friend you love start talking like a pyramid scheme, this is your permission slip.


Real friendship needs reciprocity. Not extraction, and not a downline.


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]]> one-sided friendship, emotional labour, MLM, boss babe, toxic friends, boundaries, friendship breakup, advice, comedy Yes The After-Hours Asshole & The Public Executioner 2 2 The After-Hours Asshole & The Public Executioner full 628f3b17-5a1a-486f-8f80-210aa2a85fcd https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest Two workplace tyrants, one episode. The manager who thinks "after hours" is a suggestion and texts you like an emotional support employee. And the supervisor who runs staff meetings like a firing squad with a slide deck.


If you have ever been guilt-tripped for having boundaries, dragged in front of your coworkers for a mistake that was not yours, or told you can cover the weekend because you do not have kids — this one is your gospel. Joseph breaks down why these people thrive, how to shut them down, and how to get your time and your dignity back without setting your career on fire. Unless you want to. He supports that too.


Petty. Cathartic. Painfully accurate.


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]]> Two workplace tyrants, one episode. The manager who thinks "after hours" is a suggestion and texts you like an emotional support employee. And the supervisor who runs staff meetings like a firing squad with a slide deck.


If you have ever been guilt-tripped for having boundaries, dragged in front of your coworkers for a mistake that was not yours, or told you can cover the weekend because you do not have kids — this one is your gospel. Joseph breaks down why these people thrive, how to shut them down, and how to get your time and your dignity back without setting your career on fire. Unless you want to. He supports that too.


Petty. Cathartic. Painfully accurate.


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]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:00:00 -0500 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 824 Two workplace tyrants, one episode. The manager who thinks "after hours" is a suggestion and texts you like an emotional support employee. And the supervisor who runs staff meetings like a firing squad with a slide deck.


If you have ever been guilt-tripped for having boundaries, dragged in front of your coworkers for a mistake that was not yours, or told you can cover the weekend because you do not have kids — this one is your gospel. Joseph breaks down why these people thrive, how to shut them down, and how to get your time and your dignity back without setting your career on fire. Unless you want to. He supports that too.


Petty. Cathartic. Painfully accurate.


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]]> toxic boss, workplace boundaries, after hours texts, bad manager, work life balance, office politics, career advice, comedy Yes Family Fuckery 1 1 Family Fuckery full c5cb4c63-1c2c-4429-ba03-fec2b76b090a https://www.thedaddiaries.com/bitch-fest Two letters, one theme: the people who are supposed to have your back and somehow keep standing on your neck.


Rachel from Thornhill is drowning in a household where she is the only adult doing adult things. Sarah from Vancouver has a mother-in-law with opinions about her family — the kind that arrive dressed up as concern. Joseph takes both apart: why doing everything yourself teaches everyone that you always will, why anger is information and not a character flaw, and why the standard you accept is the standard you get.


No coloring-book advice. Just the thing your friends are too polite to say.


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]]> Two letters, one theme: the people who are supposed to have your back and somehow keep standing on your neck.


Rachel from Thornhill is drowning in a household where she is the only adult doing adult things. Sarah from Vancouver has a mother-in-law with opinions about her family — the kind that arrive dressed up as concern. Joseph takes both apart: why doing everything yourself teaches everyone that you always will, why anger is information and not a character flaw, and why the standard you accept is the standard you get.


No coloring-book advice. Just the thing your friends are too polite to say.


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Bitch Fest is a Between the Covers production.

]]> Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:00:00 -0500 Joseph Tito Joseph Tito 828 Two letters, one theme: the people who are supposed to have your back and somehow keep standing on your neck.


Rachel from Thornhill is drowning in a household where she is the only adult doing adult things. Sarah from Vancouver has a mother-in-law with opinions about her family — the kind that arrive dressed up as concern. Joseph takes both apart: why doing everything yourself teaches everyone that you always will, why anger is information and not a character flaw, and why the standard you accept is the standard you get.


No coloring-book advice. Just the thing your friends are too polite to say.


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Bitch Fest is a Between the Covers production.

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