40ish - Is It Hormones or Annoyance? WFH Washing Up Wars & Easter Egg Drama

Episode Date: April 16, 2026

This week on 40ish, Lauren has to calculate exactly what a wee is worth and if a parking ticket is better or worse than wetting yourself. Nicol is debating whether she’s hormonally annoyed or just genuinely irritated… and whether there’s even a difference. Meanwhile we tackle a very relatable midlife dilemma about working from home, washing up wars, and the silent rage that builds when one partner washes only their own dishes and leaves the rest stacked like a passive-aggressive art installation. Plus, listener meltdowns include: the outrageous price of Easter eggs (and “bouji inclusions” that apparently cost extra now) and a full-scale marital chocolate war, featuring hidden Easter eggs, strategic quinoa placement, and a partner with the tracking ability of a trained Cadbury sniffer dogIf you enjoy honest chats about midlife relationships, marriage dilemmas, hormones, family life, and the ridiculous realities of being 40ish, this episode will feel painfully familiar. Share it with a friend who you think will relate. Get in touch!Email [e-mail]://www.instagram.com/40ish.podcastTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@40ish.podcastBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/40ish-navigating-midlife-and-perimenopause--6942825/support.Our website

And I bought, get this thing, non-forty-ish. They are a collab with ASAP Rocky. Please tell me you know who ASAP Rocky is. Please. And it's like, you know what? It's not actually about my fucking hormones. It's about the fact that you haven't emptied the bin, you know? Or it's about the fact that your trainers are in the middle of the sofa.

Well, like, would that have annoyed me five years ago? Or is it just annoying? He can't mind his keys, his belt or the TV remote that is it on his lap. But the second the chocolate enters the house, he turns into a. snipper dog with a cabberry sponsorship. I have moved this egg six times. Hello everybody. Welcome to 40ish. I'm Nicole Goodman and I am Lauren Mishko. This is the special special show where we talk about being in your 40s each and every week diving into midlife things, your stories, your dilemmas, our own mess and challenges of navigating this beautiful, beautiful decade of hell.

It's not stop saying that. Of your job. No, you can't say of hell. It's not of hell at all. Of female empowerment and coming in to one's own full self. You are. How's that? Yeah. Do you love that? Yeah. Okay. It's true. I mean, I know you're being sarcastic, but it is true. It's true on some days and other days. I can barely figure out which pair of socks I should wear. Yeah, same. That is true. Now because James is like totally fucked up my sock. game. I'm so paranoid. Like today, I'm in a green jumpsuit and I had to find a pair of white socks

with a green stripe because God forbid I wore ones with a blue stripe, would he comment? No, but it's supposed to match your trainers. It does. I've got green and white trainers on today as well. So it's all matchy, matchy, matchy, matchy. But he's not matchy, matchy, matchy, matchy, no, his problem is not the colour, his problem is the

brand. Yeah, it's got to be, if you're wearing Nike trainers, Nike socks. I'm not, I don't do that. I don't know. I mind you, I'm wearing Adidas and Adidas. I don't have any brand. Sox. Let's see. Okay. So.

Adidas and Adidas. I'm doing a... Oh, you can't see my leg in this shot. Why can't you? I'm doing a green and white Nike with a striped green and white. That'll do. Yeah, that is very blended today. You're not anywhere near the mic.

I mean, someone tells us to a podcast. Sorry, I'm very blended today. Anyway. Anyway, look, please don't forget, listeners. You can subscribe on Apple Podcast for early access. Add free listening across both our shows. bonus content you won't get anywhere else and you can watch this video and see our trainers and socks if you're that invested on Spotify or YouTube and if you have anything to share big

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So much to tell you. Go on. Firstly, I was in the car with Josh the other day. And we were, I was asking about his day. And he was saying, what did you do? And I said, blah, blah, blah, happened. Oh, it was so quasi. I thought, I'm just going to try it out.

Oh, the quasi thing. I forgot about that. I thought I'm just going to try it out. I'm just going to drop it into a sentence. And see if it works. and see if it works. And he said, how was it alone? I went, oh, so quasi.

Complete silence. You need to give context. Oh, you give the context. We were talking a couple of weeks ago about, I can't remember what we were talking. I accidentally said podcast. Podcast. And then we started to make a joke about how things were quasi. Yeah.

And we just like built the word. And we built the word around like the midlife world. Oh, it was very quasi. Or I feel a bit quosped today. Yeah. Or I feel a bit quasi today. Yeah. We made it into a verb.

We did. So I used it in the real world just completely out of context to see. Radio silence. It works, you know. Radio silence. Yeah. Half a death stare. Then he said to me, he went, only half.

I don't know what you're talking about. Angry. Yeah. And I thought, this is great. Because this is like my get back for the bra, calm. what time will you be back from your friend's house 4 o'clock will you be back in time yeah it's calm What was that mean what was that mean

I think it means like it's good Like it's fine As in like it's calm Like stay calm not stay calm but like it's good I mean Lily Rose will say things like so Can you can you Ask her to do or can you just text me and let me know the time She goes CBA

Oh CBA is so rude So rude Yeah But she thinks that I'm an idiot So she thinks that I don't understand understand what she's saying. Also IDW. Where's the la-l-l-la?

ID-W. I don't know. No, I-D-K. ID-K. ID-K. I-D-K. I actually decay. Talk in English to me.

Anyway, I was so thrilled with my quasi-throwout. Yeah. He didn't like it. He didn't like it when I dish it out. Yeah. Yeah. We should use it. I'm still using it.

What's your quasi-est moment this week? See? See? I'll tell you my quasi-est moment. this week, okay? I went to self-works. I really was. I went to self-ridges to buy some sunglasses. Now, I just want to say for context, by the way, podcasting, it doesn't make you a rich person. I had a birthday voucher, hence why I went to self-fages. Why are you justifying it? Because I don't really want anyone out there to think, hey, every day she goes shopping and self-ridges to buy sunglasses.

I do not. I had a birthday voucher for self-frages and I decided to go and use it. Calm town. It sounds so busy to say. Oh, shopping and self-fries. So what? Anyway, They're not the first person to shop in Selfridges. You will not be the last person. I certainly won't. And it is more than acceptable at the age of 48 to go to Selfridges to look for a pair of sunglasses. You are allowed.

Give yourself permission. You don't need to apologise for this shit. Also, I could have bought them online if I didn't have the voucher. You can't buy sunglasses online. No, I need to try on. I buy everything online. You can't buy jeans and you can't buy sunglasses online because you have to try sunglasses on.

So true. Even though, fun fact. What's my fun fact? Her fun fact is every pair of sunglasses suits her. In the world. But hats don't. No, they've gotten better over the years. But I wouldn't say every single solace a pair of sunglasses,

I would say 97% of sunglasses in the world suit me. Whereas I'm in the opposite camp. It's very, very, I'm very particular and not a lot to suit me. And I have a very, very small face. Is that why? Yeah, it's problematic for me because I look like I'm dressing up. I don't mind that. But all hats suit me.

So there you go. Never seen you in a hat. Don't wear them, but they all suit me. Why don't you? Why don't I wear hats? I feel like it's a bit eccentric even for me. You're not, what do you mean even for you? You're not the remotely eccentric.

I would be if I wore a hat every day. They wouldn't. Yes, I would. No, no, like a fascinator? No. Or like a cowboy hat? No. Or like a Trilby.

A fascinator or a Stetson. There are a whole host of other hats. I just can't be doing with a hat. So anyway, anyway, the point is, the point is, I park. my car got on the tube to self-faces. Fascinator. I don't think so. Parked my car, got on the tube to self-fridges. Now, I knew that where I had parked, there was a restriction that began at 2 o'clock. So if I came back later than 2 o'clock,

I was at risk of getting a ticket. I did buy the sunglasses. I'll talk about them in a moment because I've got them to show you. Oh, good. And I realized I really, really, really needed a wee. and I also realized that I really, really needed to get back on the tube to my car. And I had to have this moment at the top of the escalator where I thought, how much is a wee worth? Is it worth 60 pounds? No. But there are your kidneys like, tell me you went to the toilet.

Also, in Selfridges, I bet I know exactly where you were. And you have to go to the lower basement. And there's always a cue there. There's always a cue in the latest. Like the toilet situation in the suffragis, because I used to work there, is a nightmare. It is and I already knew that and I thought okay either I risk the 60 pounds or I run to the tube now do the journey. Or I risk my kidneys. Yeah but also like but you've already been boozy with the selfridges in sunglasses so you can't be boozy with the parking

ticket too. I'm telling you it was actually a conundrum like what did you do put us all out of our misery and let us know what you did. I did the way. Did you get a parking ticket? No I did it. Good. And you know what, this is some weird shit, I manifested it. I was like, no, the warden is not going to come until after half past two and I'm not getting a ticket and I'm going to go back to my car and there's going to be no ticket on it. What time do you get back to your car? Half past two, no ticket. I was so, I was like, I knew that. I knew it. I'm so glad I prioritized the week. There are things that I know recently. We are in manifestation mode. Yes, we are. And I manifested that. I was like, he's not coming at two o'clock. Could we manifest something a bit more,

bougie. Can we manifest something a bit more abundant? Anyway, can I tell you about my sunglasses? Yeah. Okay. I bought Ray Bands. Let's have a look. And I bought, get this for being non-40-ish.

They are a collab with ASAP Rocky. Please tell me you know who ASAP Rocky is. Of course I don't. Oh, you do. I don't. I don't. I'm sorry I wish I did. Oh, look at your little face.

I'm sorry to let you down. He's a rapper. Oh. And he's also Rihanna's partner, father of her three sons. Okay. They're together. all the time.

Okay. I don't follow Rihanna. But you know about her life. I don't know about her life. I didn't even know she had three children. I bought the glasses. I came home. I said,

Josh, I've bought Ray Bands in collab with ASAP Rookie. He's like, oh my God, let me see. He liked them so much. He sent a photo to his friends. I like the box.

Well, it's puffy. They're called Rayband puffers. They're puffy. I actually really like them. It's the first pair of... Hurry up! Some glasses I've had that cost more than 12...

Let's have a look. Oh, look at you! I didn't think you were going to, they do not look like Raybans. They're fabulous. They're like the Wayfarer slash. They're a Wayfarer puffer. That's what they're called. You know why?

That's very clever because they're basically a thicker wayfarer. Exactly. Should we see if I, if I see them? They're very nice. They're very, very nice. And then they don't look like Raybans at all, apart for the fact that I knew that they're wayfarers. Yeah, they're good on you.

Yeah, they're good on you. They're good. There isn't a pair that aren't, I'm telling you. They're good. They're nice. Telling you, put it to the test. Oh, I like them. See, now I'm seeing them on someone else.

I like them. They're fabulous. They're cool. They are fabulous. They are very non-40-ish. All my sunglasses are non-40-ish. Yeah. I bought a pair of sunglasses recently at the airport when I was on my way to Barcelona.

Oh, you needed another pair. I actually didn't. No, I'm joking. No, but I've been eyeing this pair up and I don't buy expensive sunglasses now. I buy them all from Lespec. And they're usually around the 50-pound mark and they do very good sales. So a lot of my sunglasses are like 30, 40 quid. They're not expensive.

I don't spend like the last expensive pair I had. They were a mu mu mu pair that my husband bought me. And they are so heavy. I never wear them. Yeah. Because they keep falling down. Yeah. Anyway.

So I bought them and I'd seen them online and I bought them at the airport. And they're lovely. And there were so many sunglasses shops in Barcelona. Obviously I went into every single slot you want because I'm not allowed to with my kids because they don't let me. Yeah. And basically these shops, I have got a version of every single pair. Of course you do. There is now no pair on the planet that I don't have.

I've been living in my 12 pound TK Max glasses for last 12 years. No, no, no. This is my first new pair. Oh, you know what? I wish you health to wear them. Thank you. Lovely. And enjoy them. Going to.

You enjoy a lovely pair of sunglasses. You deserve it. Thanks. What's your most fortage moment of the week? Have I not given mine yet? No. Because I've had like three. What is my most fortish moment?

I don't know. What did I write down? I'll tell you what my most 40-ish moment is. Yeah. I've decided that everybody in my house is slightly annoying me. Okay? Standard. Right.

It is standard. But it's like, and now Adam's like, and now he's pointing out, he said, you know, that was a bit mean? I'm like, was it a bit mean? So now I'm thinking, is it hormonal annoyance or actually just annoyance? And how can we tell and decipher between the difference?

Because I just think it's all one and the same now. And then if one more person says to me in my house, household like get your hormones checked well they're not really saying it like that i'm putting a whole spin on it but they might as well up if they didn't say that at all but i feel it in their eyes and it's like you know what it's not actually about my fucking hormones it's about the fact that you haven't emptied the bin you know or it's about the fact that your trainers are in the middle of the sofa well like would that have annoyed me five years ago or is it just annoying like it's annoying it's a very tricky one that because who really knows the answer who really knows

Who really knows? And then Adam's like, oh, your hormones are right. Like, my hormones are fine, move your fucking shoes. You know what I mean? It's like my hormones aren't the answer for everything. And I certainly wasn't like some wallflower pre-perimenopause, was I? I wasn't like I never had an opinion in my fucking life. I always had an opinion.

And he didn't marry me to have an easy life because that's not what he was signing up for. That he knew. He didn't marry you to have an easy life. I don't think that was the choice. No, and he didn't marry me thinking, oh, it's okay. She'll be passive and quiet and just do what I ask. Like he knows who I am.

I mean, unless you were mute for the whole of your courtship. No. I've never been muted my entire life. No. Like there is no, I haven't, no, no. I can't be mute. No. I've been asked to be on this advisor.

I've been asked to be an advisor. Yeah. On this thing to do in podcasting. Yeah. And I thought, and I went on the first call and I thought, do you know what? I'm just going to jump on. I'll keep on mute. And I won't say anything.

Did you manage that? No. How long did you last? about two and a half minutes and I didn't realize that you had to put your hand up but you have to press, put your hat, like raise hand. I wasn't doing that. I was just, I couldn't I can't, I can't do that. I can't be mute.

Well, then you know you're in the right job, right? No, no, I know, but what I'm saying is how do we know? How do we know? How do we know? We don't know. Why are the trainers on the couch annoying me more than they used to? Can I just say, the trainers on the couch would have annoyed me at 20. They annoy me at 20. It's not even my house.

But that would have annoyed me at 25. No, maybe not 25. Definitely by 30. Yeah, but like, just move your trainers and then it won't be annoyed. I stand by, I stand by last week. He said to me this morning, you were walking the dog very quickly and then he had to get called back, so he never walks a dog with me. And because he doesn't matter, he had to go back. And he could see the look on my face, goes, are you actually annoyed with me?

You can't be annoyed me. This is not my fault. I said, I'm not annoyed with you. I'm annoyed. And he's like, what's the difference? And I'm like, there's a big difference. That is a good question. He's like, not in my world.

Good question. Good question. And probably true. Anyway, hormonal annoyance or just annoyance. That's my question. Listeners, I want to hear from you. They're all in the same place. They won't have the answer to that. They might have, they might, they might. Like listeners, I need to know the answer to this.

What is the difference between hormonal annoyance and annoyance? I don't have the answer to that because I don't know with myself either. Sorry. Should we go to some feedback? Hi, ladies. This is to the show and I decided to actually be the person who tries out the peace signers. to thank you in the car for context. I live in a small village in Ireland so it can be a good 10 minutes

where I pass another car. How delightful. The first day I decided to do it. I reached my destination and didn't have to say thanks to anyone, but the next day the opportunity arose. The other driver didn't do or say anything, but I can tell you the look I got

from my 11-year-old next to me was worth its way in gold. I decided not to say anything which made it even funnier, loved the show. Thanks, Aisling. I don't think that's how you pronounce it, but I have no idea how to pronounce Irish names.

Aisling, Aisling. No, I don't think it's that. I think it's like a completely different pronounceation. Like E-L-L-L-I-L-N or something. Yeah, you know what I mean? Yeah. Like, Y-I-S. L-I-N-G.

I might even have to like- I bet it might be I-L-E-L-E-L-E-L-E-L-E. Google it. I can't bear it. I find Irish names so complicated to pronounce. And then I feel like an idiot because I don't know how to say them. Okay. You don't need to feel like an idiot.

I think that's a little strong. Okay, you pronounce it, Ashling. But who knew that? Okay. Nobody. No. Well, I mean she did. because it's our name.

Just before we dive into your dilemmas, a quick disclaimer, we are not doctors or healthcare professionals. So if there's an issue you are seriously struggling with, please contact a qualified expert. Just jumping in here quickly to say, if you are loving 40-ish, we would be so grateful if you could share this episode

and the show with a friend. The more ears we reach, the more we can keep bringing 40-ish to all the brilliant mid-life women who need to hear it. Okay. My husband and I both work, me in the office three days a week and him from home. The issue is the washing up.

Ah, I feel like my question might be answered here. We don't have space for a dishwasher, so everything is done by hand. When I get home, the washing up from the day, breakfast bowls from all of us, his lunch, things, cups, etc. It's often just piled up waiting for me. I did rant about this once or twice because it felt frustrated, walking in from work, straight into a pile of dishes. I mean, this is fucking standard.

Right? It's not the dishes. It's always, it's always something. His solution now is to wash up only what he uses. I love it. So he washes his own plate mug, etc. as he goes along. But he leaves the children's breakfast things, etc. For me to do when I get in, I was her job. Got it.

When I mentioned this, I said it felt quite passive aggressive. He insists it's not. He says he just doesn't have 10 spare minutes in one go during the day to do everything. But washing his own thing takes seconds. So he just does that. as he goes along. The thing is, it's giving me absolute rage. Every time I walk in and see the remaining pile, I do understand that he probably thinks he's being helpful, but it feels like he's proving a point. Part of me now wants to go full petty and just wash up my own things,

or only clean the bits of the house I personally use, which obviously is not the solution. Do you think if he is working from home that day that it's unreasonable of me to expect that all the washing up would be done, or should I just let it go? Oh, okay. This isn't... about the washing up. It's a very big question. It's not wrapped up in washing up. It's not about the washing up.

No, because if we all, if we all applied that logic, then I would only wash my own clothes. I would only cook my own dinner. It's like, but I think she's not expressing exactly what it is that she is feeling or needing. And his interpretation is,

you're annoyed with me because you think that I'm leaving you my way, washing up to do. Well, I'm now going to take that away and do my own washing up. So now I'm not putting my stuff on you. It's very male. That's what I mean is I actually think that he's not deliberately being passive aggressive here. He's not. He's absolutely not. But I also see why she sees it like that. But also leaving the rest of the washing up for her to do is problematic. Because it, what it is saying, the undertone of it is it's your job. It's not my job. And I'm not here for that.

It's like when Adam says to me, things like, oh, can I help you with the washing? Shall I help you? It's not helping me. It's your washing too, whatever it is. You're also wearing the clothes. But it's not my job first and your second. Like, who decided this? I think what I am interpreting this as her feeling is walking in after a day at work to see this pile of dishes in the sink.

what it says to her is that his time is worth more than her time. You know, his time is very important. His time is spent working. He doesn't have the time to do things like washing up. But even though she's done a whole day at work, she still has time to do that. Well, she has to do that. Or someone has to do it.

Yes. So I think my solution would be you have to sit down in a very non-confrontational, non-aggressive, very practical way and say, when I walk in from work and I see all the dishes in the sink, it makes me feel not you are lazy, you are selfish, you are, it makes me feel, what is the word I'm looking for? Take an advantage of.

Taking advantage of, yeah. And, or whatever, whatever the feeling is. Yeah. And if you could at points, just having that information so that I don't have to come in. Like I said to my mom yesterday, I feel like I spend two thirds of my life wiping the kitchen counters. Well, you do. We have this conversation many times. But it's like not okay.

So anytime someone walks into the kitchen, they just don't seem to wipe it like how I wipe it. It's not complicated. Just wipe it. Just get all the crums. Adam just moves the crumbs around. Bless him, he's trying. Just moves the crumbs around. But I think it is fine.

Even if you have to spell it out in really basic terms, on the three days that I'm in the office, I would really appreciate it if when you're finished work for the day or in your lunch break, you could just do this washing up because I'm really tired and I don't think it's fair that it's on me every day. And the other days that I'm at home, I don't mind doing it. But let's share the load here because all of up, we both have 24 hours in a day and my 24 hours are equal. as important as your 24 hours. And I feel disrespected when I'm left with all the washing up because it's not about the washing up. It's the feeling of being taken for granted,

taken advantage of, feeling disrespected, feeling put upon. It's that, isn't it? There was some very famous thing on the internet. I can't remember what it was, but it was a man, written by a man, who was divorced, who was saying we got divorced

over a coffee cup next to the sink. Yeah. Obviously it wasn't about the coffee cup next to the sink. But every single day, he'd leave his dirty coffee cup next to the sink instead of putting it away. I can tell you exactly what happened there. She said every single day, please put it in the dishwasher or please wash it up. And every day he would ignore her. So it's got nothing to do with the coffee cup.

It's like, I'm asking something of you and you are not hearing me. Yeah. You are not seeing me. Because it's not about the coffee cup. It's about the feeling of respect. Or I've asked you to do something. Being heard. Please do it.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think this is so common. and I think this happens in some iteration in many marriages. Well, it's the shoes on the couch. Yeah. Yeah.

But I don't think it's unreasonable of you to expect that the washing up is done. And I also don't think that you should let it go. I think you should have a very calm, practical conversation about explain how you feel about this and how you can, how he can help you stop feeling like that. Didn't we do a show on this? It was not how to give a compliment, but there was like a four-step program, how to ask for help. Oh no, I'll tell you what it was. It was the stop complaining. How to stop complaining show. How to stop complaining because basically a complaint is an unmet need. Yes. That was a really good show.

Listen to that show, listener. That's my advice to you. Yeah. It was an unmet need. So what we did is we put in a four-step program. of how to make that need heard. It was something like, if I remember it correctly, I've noticed that when I come home from work, all the washing up is left in the sink. You have to say what you notice. This makes me feel really disrespected.

And then what you want, I would really appreciate it if on the days you work from home you could do the washing up. And how that would make you feel. And that would make me feel like we're in an equal partnership and I was more respected.

Yeah. And it was amazing. It was. And I remember asking Adam that. I did it with something. And it was something to do with the washing up, funnily enough. I remember this.

It was the drying up, wasn't it? It was the putting away or something. Yeah. And he looked at me. I did the whole step playing. He goes, I know you're doing something for the show. But I don't know what it is. Right.

Let's get onto our meltdowns. My meltdowns are the price of Easter eggs. The price of petrol. The price of Easter eggs. Yeah, I know. What the factual? Well, like 13 quid for the most average egg. No.

No. No. I bought all my Easter eggs yesterday. Yeah. The smaller Easter eggs were like £4.5 pound 50. That's like the really little ones. No, it was about that big. Like a normal size Easter egg. What did you get? I wish I could have got them for £4.50. Where did you go? I was only waitrose. I was an M&S. Oh, okay. Okay. Anyway. Yeah. They've done a whole new thing, right? I actually bought Adam a really boozy one. What'd you get him? I got him the very big mini eggs. what they do now is they charge extra and they call it inclusions. So what used to be a standard

for fucking Easter eggs when you and I were young. Easter egg with the Malteseers or mini eggs inside the egg of. No, but the chocolate, the actual chocolate of the egg had some like honeycomb in it if it was a Maltesea. Yeah. Now they charge six pounds extra and call it inclusions. So I bought him a mini egg one because he loves mini eggs. So the egg itself has crunchy mini eggs in it. Nice. Nice. You put, it's 11 quid. Yeah. M&S doing this thing, which is half an egg.

Oh. It's just half. It's big, but it's just half, but it's got like pretzels, nuts, this, that, the other. It's got loads and loads and loads stuff in it. 13 pounds. I can't believe it. You're in M&S. Sorry, you're in M&S.

Well, I didn't buy the Selfridge's eggs. Anyway, I bought the girls, I bought myself one as well. Good for you. Yeah. What'd you get yourself? What do you think I got myself? I think you got yourself Maltesea bunny air. Of course I did.

Yeah. Yeah. Because I was buying everyone else one and I thought, no, I deserve an Easter egg too. You do. Hello. No one's going to buy me one. And I bought Lily Rose wanted a mini egg one and Daisy wanted a smartest one. Okay.

Okay. So they were four pound 50. That's pretty good. I bought Ollie some dark chocolate single origin M&S one that looked pretty, nice. I bought one of the half ones with all the bits in it and I bought Inclusions. Oh, Inclusions. Do me her favour. Inclusions. But that should have been a standard

for an Easter egg. Thing is we'll end up with loads because the grandparents always buy them Easter eggs. I hope so. I don't know if my parents are going to buy them Easter eggs but I thought, oh I hope they do. And then my sister's gone away. She usually provides a girl's Easter egg. She's like, oh, I forgot to buy Easter eggs. I'm like, oh, okay. I can't buy any more. No, you can't buy any more. Well, I can actually do what I like. And what's really annoying is like the next day they go down to about a pound.

As soon as Easter's over. Easter Sunday. Yeah. Then they're like a quid or something. So annoying. The listener meldown. Every single Easter, my partner eats his Easter egg and then tucks into mine. It's not that I mind sharing is just that I never feel like anything I own is just for me.

Oh, I know that feeling. This year I have hidden my egg. And frankly, I did not sign up for this level of psychological warfare. My marriage, my main issue is why is he so. good at finding chocolate. He can't mind his keys, his belt or the TV remote that is on his lap. But the second the chocolate enters the house, he turns into a snipper dog with a cabri sponsorship. I have moved this egg six times, six times. It's been in the laundry basket, behind the quinoa, which he will never touch, inside a handbag for 2007 and briefly

in the vegetable drawer. Do you know how stressful it is living like this? And the worst part is the lying when he asks if I've finished my egg yet and I say yes but I know that I've got it tucked behind the cushion I'm sitting on. That's so selfish. How firstly how stressful. What a stressful way to eat that Easter egg. I did come down to this morning. Yeah. And for context, it's the day before Good Friday. Yes. So we're about to go into Easter weekend and the girls had both tucked into their Easter eggs. They were very much half gone last night. Wow. I don't dish them out till Easter Sunday. I put them in the fridge. They took them out the fridge. Well, where do you put them? I hide them in the laundry room until

Easter Sunday. Yeah, but then they're like warm. No, it's fine. You know what? My kids can have them whenever they like. Oh, you're a very relaxed mother like that. I'm like, it's Easter Sunday. You get your egg on Easter Sunday. Yeah, but you're weird about Christmas trees. You're weird about Easter eggs. You're weird about... Timing. What is that? It's just things have to be done at the correct time. I wouldn't mind. It's not like you're always early. No, but the correct time. You're always a little bit, like you're not the most punctual person. A correct time of year.

But you are funny. But it's so, so weird like that. I bet you're like, no, you could only open this on your birthday. Yes. Oh my God. Who opens presents before their birthday? Depends what it is. No, it doesn't matter what it is.

It does. It's your birthday. Open it on your birthday. Why would you open it before your birthday? It's not a birthday? I don't like that. I can't compute that. My brain doesn't process that properly.

No. Actually, my much more. Lasse Fair with these things. I have your Easter egg whenever you want. It's your Easter egg. Do what you like? I'm actually, they're actually hidden in the boot of my car currently.

There's enough to worry about. I need to worry about when they're eating their Easter egg. Let them enjoy it. They can enjoy it on Easter egg. You know what? They can enjoy it whenever they like. They can enjoy it whenever they like. Well, I am still sitting here in the hope that someone will buy me an Easter egg.

I would like Terry's chocolate orange one or Toblerone. We should have bought each other Easter eggs. You know what? We should have done. We still can. Let's go do that now. Okay. Okay. Let's do it. Happy Easter, but you are listening to this about a week and a half later. So we're definitely done with Easter. But happy Easter to you and happy Easter to you. And to you. And you and you. We'll be back next Tuesday with a brand new episode. Thanks for listening and we'll be back. Bye-bye.