Mojo In The Morning

War of The Roses Pt 1: That's Not His Mom

9 min
Apr 2, 202617 days ago
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Summary

In this War of the Roses segment, Katie calls in suspecting her boyfriend Mason of infidelity after a jewelry store employee reveals he was purchasing gifts labeled with multiple women's names. During a surprise flower delivery prank call, Mason reveals he's sending flowers to someone named Susan, claiming she's his mother—but Katie's on the line and immediately identifies this as a lie, suggesting Susan is actually another woman.

Insights
  • Relationship trust issues often stem from third-party information that may have questionable motives or incomplete context
  • Avoidance of direct confrontation in relationships can allow suspicions to fester and escalate into larger conflicts
  • The instinct to protect a surprise can override legitimate concerns about partner behavior and honesty
  • Deceptive behavior patterns (lying about identities) often indicate deeper relationship problems beyond the immediate incident
Trends
Relationship transparency and trust verification becoming central to modern dating dynamicsThird-party observations (retail workers, friends) influencing relationship decisions and suspicionsSurprise-based relationship milestones creating communication barriers and enabling deceptionDirect confrontation avoidance in relationships leading to escalated conflict resolution needs
Topics
Relationship trust and infidelity suspicionEngagement ring shopping and proposal planningPartner communication and confrontation avoidanceJewelry retail observations and customer behaviorSurprise proposal etiquette and transparency trade-offsIdentifying deceptive behavior in relationshipsSix-year relationship commitment and marriage readiness
Companies
RosesBloom.com
Fictional floral company used as cover for the War of the Roses prank call to catch Mason's deception
iHeart Radio
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People
Katie
Girlfriend calling War of the Roses after suspecting her boyfriend Mason of infidelity and gift-giving to other women
Mason
Katie's boyfriend of six years who is caught lying about sending flowers to a woman named Susan, claiming she is his ...
Nicole
Mojo in the Morning host conducting the War of the Roses prank call and reveal
Quotes
"We've been together for six years. I should be able to trust him. But I also have this weird pit in my stomach."
KatieEarly segment
"That's not his mom. That's what's that? That's not his mom. What do you mean by that? His mom's name is not Susan. He's lying to you."
KatieReveal moment
"Because he doesn't want me to know. You're going to say, why did he say mom? Yeah, why would he? Because he doesn't want me to know that he's got to."
KatiePost-reveal
"I always wonder their intentions. I know my brain goes in weird spots sometimes, but my brain goes in a spot wondering if the girl at the jewelry store has a thing for him."
HostMid-segment analysis
Full Transcript
No gloss, no filter, just stories, spoken without fear. Varsan, who is not generous, cannot be an artist. The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Bhachow on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty, stay for the fire. I'm proud of it. Ow, I'm sorry. It's your home for war the roses on mojo in the morning. Katie, are you engaged? Not yet. But you guys are looking at rings, I understand? Yeah, we've been going to the drawer and looking at rings together. Okay, so how long have you guys been together? How long have you guys been dating? Six years. And this is the part where things get kind of weird. When you were looking at rings, what did the person at the jewelry store say to you when you were there by yourself? She said that he was like looking at jewelry for other women and like labeling them in bags. What is it? What is labeling in other bags? What do you mean by that? Like putting jewelry in separate bags, but like putting different women's names on it. So he was like handing out gifts? Yeah, it is what it seemed like. At least in her. Does he got money? Is she a fool? Why is she blowing this guy's money that he spent in there with her? Yeah, but see, I kind of appreciate that. She must be like, they are about to get engaged and she wants you to know. And do you feel like you... Yeah, she's being a girl's girl. You feel like you believe what she's saying to you? I don't know why she would like say otherwise, you know what I mean? But I hope she's getting the situation wrong, but... Did you say anything to him? I don't know. Did you say anything to him about it? I mean, I asked if he bought the ring yet. He said no. He said no. And that's all you asked him? You didn't ask him about all these other bags, with all these other names written on them? No, I just said, did you get the ring yet? And he said no. I wonder sometimes when I hear stories of somebody telling you that somebody's cheating, I always wonder their intentions. I know my brain goes in weird spots sometimes, but my brain goes in a spot wondering if the girl at the jewelry store has a thing for him. You know what I mean? But I guess the only way that we know what his true intentions are is to do the call and call him up to see where he sends a dozen free roses. Yeah. Why wouldn't you ask him about it though? I just... It just makes me uncomfortable. I don't want to ruin the surprise. You're about to marry his man. But if he's about to propose to me, I don't want to ruin the surprise. Oh my God, you're doing this. Do you want him to propose to you? Knowing all of this stuff? If I'm... I feel like I'm just assuming the worst. And I do have a gut feeling about it, but I also need to just check. If I just don't want to ruin the surprise, we've been together for six years. I should be able to trust him. But I also have this weird pit in my stomach. Because what if she was telling me the truth and she was just looking out for me? What's Kevin's point? That's why I feel like I'd go home and be like, the lady at the jewelry store told me the craziest story. Why is she saying this to me? This is wild. I just feel like he's been a liar before. And I don't know if he would tell the truth if I confronted him. Alright, we're going to dial him up to see where he's going to send a dozen free roses. We're hoping that the roses go to Katie. I want you to mute your phone right now. Okay. It's the War of the Roses. Hello? Hi, is this Mason? Yeah, that's Mason. Who's this? Hi, Mason. My name is Nicole and I'm calling you this morning from a brand new online floral company called RosesBloom.com with an offer for some free flowers. Do you have 30 seconds to answer two survey questions in exchange for one dozen long-stemmed red roses? I'll be super quick and I'm not going to ask you for any sort of financial information, credit card, anything like that. So you're not going to say that scam or anything, is it? Nope. We're just a new business and this is our, you know, we're spending marketing dollars to try to get our name out there. Can I ask you the question? Sure, I mean, what? Yeah, I mean, I got a little time. What do you need? Okay. Have you purchased flowers in the last six months by chance, Mason? Probably not. Probably not. I don't think so. I can't remember. Okay. Do you plan on purchasing flowers in the next six months? Oh, yeah. Yeah, no, I'm most definitely. Okay. As a thank you for participating in that RosesBloom.com survey, I'm now authorized. That's it. Yeah. Yeah. You get the roses now. So a couple of things. They are going to go out today later on this afternoon. They can actually go anywhere in the country. So out of state if you need them to. And I need to get a few things from you starting with the first name and the last name if you want these flowers to go to today. Oh, yeah, sure. Well, can I send more than one? You can only send one. Okay. All right. Well, I guess Katie, Katie will be the first person or the only person, I guess. Okay. And what's Katie's relationship to you? That's my, that's my girlfriend. Okay. If I can get my manager to approve a second arrangement. Who would you want those to go to? Can you give me a first and a last name real quick and I'll check? Oh, yeah, yeah. No, that'd be great. Yeah, that'd be Susan. Okay. And what's her relationship to you? She's my mom. Oh, okay. Okay. Mason, I am going to pass you off to my supervisor to get all of the information for Katie and your mom, Susan. Before I do, I do have to let you know that this call is being recorded for quality and training purposes. Are you okay with that? Yeah, sure. No problem. Okay, great. Mason, we're going to actually get a couple of phone numbers from you so that we can send those flowers off to both people, but I just wanted to let you know of one last thing if you don't mind. Huh? Mason, while you have been sending the flowers to your girlfriend and to your mom, your girlfriend Katie has been listening in and just heard you send flowers to her, which I'm sure she's very, very happy about. Okay. Mason. That's not his mom. That's what's that? That's not his mom. That's not his mom. What do you mean by that? His mom's name is not Susan. He's lying to you. He's f**king lying to your face. Mason? He's just hung up the phone. Katie, that's the woman that he sent the flowers to Susan is not his mother. No, I don't know who the f**k that is. Wow. I'm thinking that here's a guy that's sending flowers to his girlfriend and sending flowers to his mom. This is like a nice thing. Why would he? Because he doesn't want me to know. You're going to say, why did he say mom? Yeah, why would he? Because he doesn't want me to know that he's got to. That's crazy. Because of course I'm going to go, oh, that's so nice of you. Yeah, yeah. How do we know who this person is though? That's the thing. We didn't even get a phone number from him on that. I mean, we have a person last day and I can look her up on. Katie, will you do us a favor? Will you stay with us and let's see what we can do as far as getting him back on the phone. We'll try to call him up again. Sure. All right, hang on one second. Yo, yo, yo. This is the home of War of the Roses. Mojo in the morning. No gloss, no filter, just stories, spoken without fear. A person who is not generous cannot be an artist. The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Bhachow on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty, stay for the fire.