The Midwest Goodbye

Welp, I spose 🤝

Feat. @billydeuce86, Josh Burstein, Colleen Muraca, John Berens, and Dante Williams

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Midwesterner here, the Irish goodbye is definitely a power move. I've seen my wife say goodbye for 2 hours once, half of it was outside with the car running.

[GreatLakesGirl]

🎶🎶"You can check out any time you like, but you can Never leave..."🎶🎶

[Ataraxia]

Saying goodbye at my Grandma's house during Thanksgiving or Christmas Eve was arduous. Easily 50 people in a tiny condo that you need to have a "quick chat" with. Then the final boss, my Grandma who absolutely refused to let you leave without two bags worth of leftovers and at least two pies. She passed last year and honestly I'm really going to miss the whole ritual.

[michaelantosch]

The absolute worst thing that could happen after a Midwestern goodbye is, when you FINALLY got away, realizing you forgot something and having to go back.

[juliep]

I love how it morphs from a joke to a horror movie

[MarketResearchReading]

Gotta love a good Midwest Goodbye. For me A Midwest Goodbye takes around 45-1hr so you really gotta plan your time. If you haven't honed your skills, if you can't escape in the 1hr you might as well stay the night, because its likely past dark at this point. At which point at the crack of dawn with a broken spine from the hard or oddly too soft couch you've slept on you creak your way into the bathroom and then get your shoes on. Before you can leave, a final test. The host is likely up at this point and you have to make your escape with this final chance or be trapped forever. Take the container of food and your promise to return it, and escape this hospitality until you can try your luck at it again next time.

[roosternugget]

This has got to be one of my new favorite videos. It is so relatable because I live in Chicago and it usually takes 30 minutes to an hour to say goodbye.

[BossDoogles]

mastered the Irish goodbye in College. Now as a parent I find myself teaching my kids the midwestern goodbye. What a horrifying cycle

[BlikeNave]

This is maybe my favorite video from this channel so far. I have a large family and I've quantified the three stages of our goodbyes at parties: Phase 1 is where you say goodbye inside and start gathering your things, phase 2 is when you're at the front door halfway out of the house/on the front porch, and phase 3 is when we're in the car talking to them while the window is down. Avg time of 35 mins to get through all the phases.

[kevinbeck]

The constant pushing of beer is too real. That and saying "Welp, I s'pose..."

[christinamaria]

"I gotta be somewhere in 10 minutes"
"well ya shoulda thought about that 7 hours ago"
🤣

[meganbennett]

Milwaukee born & raised. Bith sides of the family live in various parts of Wisconsin. When we were kids, my dad would say "get your coats on & load up!" My cousins and I continued to play for another 2 because that's how long the goodbye would take!! This is so spot on!! Sending it to my siblings & cousins!

[jamieamodeo]

Fun fact that if you use the Irish goodbye as a form of introduction you’ll never have to say goodbye in the first place

[tbuff]

Growing up with relatives from Minnesota this hit's all the marks lol. "I spose" the cool whip container for leftovers, hour long goodbyes. Nailed it

[katannep]

You don’t refuse leftovers!! This one hit me to the core. I’ve tried to politely decline some of my mother in law’s leftovers, but it’s definitely an offense. She’ll also give you half of what is in her pantry. So I’m left with 24 cupcakes that no one ever touched, potato casserole, tuna salad, jello salad, three bags of hotdog buns, 5 hamburgers, a bag of dried apricots, & 3 month old Nutter Butters from the cookie jar.

[CuteNoobKat]

Yep when I was a kid, my aunts and uncles would say we are leaving. My cousins and I knew we had at least an hour to play, cause they stand at the door for more than an hour !

[thedobermans]

That was the best documentary about Wisconsin that I have ever seen.

[Collin_The_Red]

As an Iowan, I 100% agree on these goodbye terms. Its a MUST

[Athereel]

Can we all take a moment to appreciate charlie for the amazing video quality.

[supercoffeemug]

Its like trying to get off the phone with your parents you just can’t get them to say goodbye and let you off the phone how many times you say “well I got to go love you” they won’t let you off.