Brunch Behavior: The Pour Report

Send us Fan Mail Your partner is having an AI romance while you’re trying to get a decent conversation over dinner. And now your hurt needs a technical review. “Your Side Piece Is a Computer. Are You Still Cheating?” brings that uncomfortable situation to Brunch Behavior: The Pour Report. We’re getting into AI companions, emotional cheating, and what happens when someone saves their affection for a chatbot while their actual relationship runs on bills, errands, and dinner updates. Through fic...

Send us Fan Mail Dating after a breakup takes more than getting back in the gym and deleting pictures, especially when your dating profile is advertising somebody you’re still practicing how to be. “Back Outside: Is Your Résumé Accurate?” puts that gap on the table. On Brunch Behavior: The Pour Report, Styles talks about getting back into dating, shaking off the social rust, and figuring out what you actually want before somebody takes your word for it. Online dating, meeting people in person...

Send us Fan Mail Set boundaries with family and friends, and suddenly your behavior needs a meeting—but the disrespect that got you here never made the agenda. “Now My Peace Is The Problem” gets into that uncomfortable switch on Brunch Behavior: The Pour Report. A voicemail from my sister Mattie opens the conversation: why are you expected to protect everybody’s feelings when nobody checked on yours? We’re getting into pressure to be the bigger person, guilt over turning down invitations, and...

Send us Fan Mail Fake friends love your honesty until there’s an audience to impress. “My Petty Is Different” gets into that switch-up, when somebody’s behavior makes you reconsider conversations you thought were settled. Now knowing them comes with homework. Cool. On Brunch Behavior: The Pour Report, I’m talking about authenticity, trust in friendships, and the cost of keeping people comfortable at your own expense. Being yourself includes owning when you’re wrong. But being liked shouldn’t ...

Send us Fan Mail Your social media post might be for adults, but your kid’s classmates didn’t get that memo. “Your Kid Has to Go to School After You Post That,” from Brunch Behavior: The Pour Report, looks at parenting and social media through the child who has to walk into school after everybody’s seen Mom’s page. A cooking video connects him to her account. An explicit joke lands in a group chat. Now he’s answering questions at lunch that have nothing to do with him, and coming home quiet b...