Meet

The Cast & Crew

Family and Friends and Friends who are Family, but also some Bitter Enemies, Ghosts and Other People. Not comprehensive.

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Quick Facts

TOP SURGERY

I had gender-affirming top surgery with Dr. Tony Mangubat in September 2024. The removed tissue weight totaled 15 pounds. I never loved my body until they were gone. No regrets.

Dumpster Fire

I had a very harmful long-distance relationship with a woman in Portland who was emotionally abusive, mentally broken, and traumatised by childhood and adult sexual abuse.

First Love

I spent a few months in Tokyo with an American girl named Joan, whom I had met online in the early days of the Internet. It went about how you'd expect, if you expected it to go bad.

DIVORCED

In 2002, I met a woman named Janie, and we married in 2006. We split up in May 2010, and our divorce was finalized in February 2012. It was good until it wasn't anymore.

Dead Dads Club

My dad died in 2022, which has changed everything and forced me to work through some shit. My childhood's worst nightmare was that he would leave me. OOPS.

Therapy

I started therapy in 2006; in 2010 I started a mental breakdown, and in 2011 I began meeting with my current therapist. I spent a year in weekly EMDR therapy for CPTSD.

Bad Neighbor

Our upstairs neighbor, Elena, has harassed us for the last ten+ years. Misery loves company, so she has a husband named Phil and a young daughter.

No-Contact

I have gone no-contact with my brother, and my wife has gone no-contact with her parents. They all know why, and if they say they don't, they're lying.

grief in progress

I have lost friends and family by natural causes, freak accidents, overdose, suicide, unknown causes, and terminal illness. My path follows alongside grief.

Team members

linsey fam

Linsey Teppner

Uncouth Heathen
Perpetually Anxious
100% Will Cry
Head of Household

PLACEHOLDER

Uncouth Wife
Psychotherapist
Storyteller
Chief Talking Officer

PLACEHOLDER

Betty P. Spaghetti

Uncouth Dog
Aggressive Nester
Butthole
Sales Manager

Family members

dad fam

Fred (Opa)

Uncouth Dad
Maker of Breakfasts

d. September 24, 2022

mom fam

Lydia (Oma)

Uncouth Mom
Maker of Decisions

michael fam

Michael

Uncouth Brother
Oldest Sibling

PLACEHOLDER

M-A

Uncouth Nephew
Shot Caller

jen fam

Jennifer

Uncouth Sister
Oldest Daughter

jgn

George

Uncouth Brother-In-Law
Fiscal Conservative

nix

N.

Uncouth Nephew
Role Model

nick

Nicholas

Uncouth Brother-In-Law
Restless Heart

d. March 15, 2023

Chosen Family Members

Leah

Leah

Uncouth Bestie
SUPER GREAT

Iona May 2025 2

Iona

Uncouth Emotional Support Queer
British Treasure

PLACEHOLDER

Stacy

Uncouth #truefam
Child Free

PLACEHOLDER

Scott

Uncouth #truefam
Spreadsheet Fanatic

PLACEHOLDER

Annie

Uncouth Book Slut
Fellow Lunatic

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Kristiina

Uncouth College Bestie
Cornell Graduate

d. September 2020