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5 min readWhen strangers become confidants
The email inbox was "genuinely popping" after Drovin asked his audience to send in their deepest stories. What arrived was a stack of confessions spanning friendship betrayals, family secrets, workplace power trips, and moral dilemmas — all read aloud while he worked on his underground city in Minecraft. The throughline of the episode is not the stories themselves but the quiet act of validation: a stranger on the internet taking each submission seriously, offering measured advice, and reminding people that their feelings are real even when their families won't acknowledge them.
The burden of parenting your own sibling
The longest and heaviest story came from a 17-year-old boy describing his 19-year-old brother's deterioration. The brother had been isolated throughout school, spent high school watching children's cartoons on his phone during class, and after graduating in 2025, did nothing — no job, no college, no driver's license. When his parents let him drive for the first time, he crashed the car into a neighbor's house and "ran away back in the house without saying a word," locking himself in the bathroom for hours while watching YouTube.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:14) **Intro & Call for Stories** - Host announces a different format: reading viewer-submitted deep stories while continuing work on an underground Minecraft city.
- 2 (02:35) **Story 1: Betrayal by Best Friend & Catfish Guy** - A listener describes a toxic triangle where her best friend Kate shares her secrets with a guy who catfished her, James.
- 3 (05:05) **Story 2: Struggling with a Possibly Autistic Brother** - A 17-year-old male shares the painful history of his 19-year-old brother's social isolation, childish behavior, and explosive temper.
- 4 (16:15) **Story 3: Escaping a Toxic Father** - A 20-year-old welder details his plan to move out after a fight with his dad over missing underwear escalated into a shouting match and a threat of violence.
- 5 (19:37) **Interlude: Pringles Math Teacher & Friend Crush** - A short, funny story about a seventh-grade math teacher stealing Pringles, followed by a more serious query from a 16-year-old with a crush on a friend who is avoidant.
- 6 (24:10) **Story 4: Catfishing Confession** - A 23-year-old male admits to catfishing as a 19-year-old girl for fun, but his "prank" went too far when a 31-year-old man named Jacob sent him money and gifts.
- 7 (27:08) **Story 5: Applesauce & Snowball Bus Attack** - A 14-year-old describes being soaked by snowballs and covered in applesauce on a school bus by rowdy kids.
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Show Notes
I hope you enjoy!Follow me on twitch https://www.twitch.tv/drovenaxo2ND CHANNEL FOR LONGER VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/@DrovenTwoJoin the discord: https://discord.com/invite/QnMHDwfWAbLISTEN ON SPOTIFY : https://open.spotify.com/show/3D8aAvlM4xgRBD4rA7nqkh?si=3dbf995d0ad8493aSend me YOUR story : drovenmc @gmail.comTimestamps: 0:00 - Intro0:20 - Am I in the wrong for being happy that my best friend and the guy who likes me stopped being friends? 2:52 - I hate my brother11:30 - I'm moving out15:06 - I have a friend that I have a crush on and have no idea what to do16:52 - I catfished someone19:55 - A kid covered me in apple sauce21:33 - My dad cheated on my mom with his stepsister26:56 - How my last boss got fired34:13 - AITA for not letting my friend go home with a stranger38:09 - AITA for breaking up a one year relationship
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