Episode 79 - Emotional Vampire

In a raw, emotionally charged episode of *Who's the Bitch?*, hosts Jackie Zabrowski and Kara Clank tackle the painful aftermath of a deep friendship severed overnight after one friend became pregnant through IVF—while the other, still struggling with infertility, went silent. The caller, a woman who had shared every intimate detail of her fertility journey with her Canadian best friend, is left reeling by the sudden ghosting, questioning whether she’s the 'bitch' for wanting an explanation. The hosts validate her grief, framing the silence not as betrayal but as a painful, unprocessed reaction to jealousy and emotional overwhelm—what they call 'infertility as the bitch.' They urge her to reach out with vulnerability, not anger, through a heartfelt letter or email, emphasizing that deep friendships deserve repair, not surrender. Elsewhere, the episode unpacks the concept of 'April Reels Day'—a real, uncomfortable truth-telling holiday born from the hosts’ disdain for April Fool’s—where listeners are invited to submit their own unspoken truths. From a woman’s struggle with disordered eating and body comments at work to a roommate’s loud sex life and a mother-in-law’s absurd nickname 'Dodo,' the show confronts emotional vampires, societal pressures, and the quiet wars of intimacy with humor, empathy, and unflinching honesty.