A Lot On Your Plate - Navigating friendships in your 30's

Episode Date: July 7, 2026

Hey piggies 🐷💖 This week we're celebrating after winning our Scottish podcast award 🥹 Thank you so much to everyone who voted and supported us, we genuinely couldn't have done it without you ...lovely lot!!We also catch up on life lately, from Barcelona hen dos, spa days and Glasgow food spots to health updates and all the little things we've been up to.Then we get into your dilemmas... including a listener who’s ex has been contacting her again while he has a pregnant partner at home, and a chat about why making time for your friends can feel so much harder in your 30s. Got a story or dilemma you'd like to share? Pop us a DM on socials or email contact@alotonyourplatepod.com!And remember you can sign up to Patreon for extra episodes every week plus bonus vlog-style content, competitions, group chat, early access to tickets and looooads more! See you there piggies 💖 patreon.com/ALotOnYourPlate Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Starting point is 00:00:04 Hello guys and welcome back to your award winning here. Yes. I was really hoping we were going to fling that in there. Come on. Here it is. Nice and shiny. If you're watching. Right, let me tell you.
Starting point is 00:00:25 Winner of Lifestyles, Health and Well-Being, Fashion and Beauty. That's five and one. Honestly, it is. And we were commended for... Highly commended. Highly commended. Where's our certificate? for entertainment and pop culture
Starting point is 00:00:43 Check us out Young Hip And with no Exciting things are coming guys We've had a really really good week We have We've had a really good week for the pod
Starting point is 00:00:55 Award wins exciting emails Yeah it's exciting And we had a really fun time at the event It was at the fruit what Old Fruit Market Old Fruit Market Emergent City What a venue by the way
Starting point is 00:01:08 been in at my life. Never. Really nice, Ben you. Really nice. Really nice. Great for a wedding. Maybe a live podcast.
Starting point is 00:01:15 I thought that, you know, when you walked in. I thought this would be brilliant. You should see my notes up. Shut up. I had to be brainstorm another day and I was writing some ideas down.
Starting point is 00:01:23 Love that. And I put them in my notes because I think a lot but don't note them down and I forget. Anyway, I'm going to take this break up. I'm the opposite.
Starting point is 00:01:32 I've got about 5,000 notes on that bloody phone. No, but you know what I'm like, I don't like, like, I delete them and stuff. Like the TV. I've got like my notes that live there forever that've got like passwords and details and shit on.
Starting point is 00:01:44 Everything else once it's done needs to go. Oh. And sometimes I get annoyed with them that I just delete things to get them out of the way but actually I needed them. We went to Ziti rooftop before with the girls from girls ever heard which was lovely for,
Starting point is 00:01:56 guys, incredible spicy mugs, the best poloma that I've had in Glasgow. Amazing cocktails. I love it there so much. So we went there. Trotter. Shining. And it was brilliant.
Starting point is 00:02:10 So thank you everyone that voted. We didn't win the Listeners Choice Award, but Open Gold did. Well done, absolutely fairful because of the lad. Can't compete. You can't compete. They did so, so well. But yeah, thank you so much to everyone that voted.
Starting point is 00:02:22 We are so happy, though, with this category. It's probably the best one that we wanted to win. Best city to us, I would say. For Shoreses. Right, on today's app, we are going to just do a big, fat catch-up, because you've not been in the studio now for two weeks. So he's been to Barcelona.
Starting point is 00:02:39 She's in a patikil era. She's back, baby. She is. I've been eating in some really gorgeous places, a few things to catch you up on. And we're going to do some dilemmas. We've got a lot on your plates from you guys, which we need to discuss. How good was last week's episode, the Hendu's one. I howled.
Starting point is 00:02:57 It was funny. What about me saying, heading? If I was to plan my own heading, that was Hendu slash Wedding. But it worked. That's quite good. Sometimes you should, guys should let us know, right? But sometimes, like, I know what she do things and I just let it go because I'm like, they'll know what we mean.
Starting point is 00:03:14 I do so much of it. And I listen back and think, oh, whatever. Yeah. Like, whatever. When you're listening to it, just know that we've listened to that too. And I'm just like, oh, whatever. Yeah, but we did notice. I did.
Starting point is 00:03:24 I can't even bother to send the guys that cut. Let's just leave it in. Anyway, we've had since then even more responses. So we think next week we'll baby touch base on. that and a bit more of a follow-up because of some really good ones and yeah, thank you so much. For all your input. And then we have some sexy little stories.
Starting point is 00:03:47 We're going to wait for a few more of them to come in though, I think. We've got some... For next week. Yeah, next week. Yeah, next week. Yeah, let's do it. We can do it next week of some... Half the Ep being like a sex ep and the second half catching up of the Hindu marriage dramas. Thoughts.
Starting point is 00:04:00 Love it. Yeah? Love it. Let's do it. Right. Let's lock it in. what should we do what should we do now then you tell us what you've been up to
Starting point is 00:04:11 I want to know what's been a lot on your plate fucking hell sorry I've got a lot to tell you fuck we'll be here a while I know I did think that do we want me to shut the fuck up because I can just choose a few top
Starting point is 00:04:23 top contend a lot of things on my list what the fuck read them out award tick love it there we go I'll tell you what I've eaten I've eaten some nice places I went to Margo for a nice lunch
Starting point is 00:04:36 reservation with Richard and Jensen. This was like two weeks ago now. So that was gorgeous. I don't feel like I've known what you've been up to recently. Because I just don't take pictures. I am so bad at it now. Yeah, like I'll answer the story, yeah. I don't do that anymore.
Starting point is 00:04:53 Sometimes I do. Sometimes I'm really in the mood. And then sometimes I just go completely rogue and I don't place nothing. Yeah. Anyway, so I went to Margot. That was really beautiful. And then we went to see Toy Story. Yes.
Starting point is 00:05:04 I've been to see it as well. Okay. Loved. Fencey Toyser and Every Man, it was brilliant. Jensen's first cinema trip. Loved it. He sat still majority of the time, but the last 20 minutes he started getting up and walking about.
Starting point is 00:05:15 Fair. But there was only one woman in there. 2pm sitting. He was like hoisted up on like three different cushions, like a boost to see. It was great. Put his little red bandana on like he was Woody. So nice.
Starting point is 00:05:29 What did you think of the film? I absolutely loved it, Zoe. I cried multiple times. Really? See, that was my only thing about it. I wish it was more of a tearjerker. Oh really, yeah, quite a lot. Because I cry at the other ones, most of them I think.
Starting point is 00:05:41 Did you stay till after the credits? Is he the bit at the end? Yeah, but what bits? Did you cry it? Jesse, let me try and think. The tree bit. The tree bit was a tea jerker. Yeah, when she found the box.
Starting point is 00:05:55 Yes, yes, yes, I really cried it that way. She named a kid Jesse. I think the bit where Bonnie reunites with the friend and she finally meets somebody that's like her. Yeah. Do you know what else I really liked about the film as well? I thought quite deeply about it because I thought it was going to be very like anti screens, anti gadgets. And it kind of was at the start, wasn't it?
Starting point is 00:06:15 It was a bit like it's taking over kids, which it is. They're not playing properly anymore or? They're not using like imaginative play. Toys, thanks. Yeah. But I do think by the end of the film, it sort of showed you how they can all work together. And I'm really glad that toy story didn't eliminate it completely. because we are moving with the times.
Starting point is 00:06:37 Tech is in all of our lives and kids' lives. You can't avoid it. And I think it was really good how it showed a bit of both when they were playing at the end and they'll play with all the toys, but then they're using the lily pad for like a camera. It was cute. I liked it and I thought it was very cleverly done.
Starting point is 00:06:53 Yeah, I think it was done well that it was like with the times but not too woke if I'm being honest. Yes. I'm like toy story is like... A classic. A classic that everyone loves. it'll like it's never going to go out we're always going to love toy story
Starting point is 00:07:08 I'm like don't end it if this is the last one with it just being like what you're not all about yeah you know what I mean I love that um it's still Tom Hanks it's just crazy to me that there's still the same what about Jesse's voice did you notice it was different no I didn't Zoe yeah I couldn't unhear it oh no
Starting point is 00:07:24 I knew it was definitely going into it though and I couldn't unhear it right see I didn't what about would they having a bald head I like that brilliant and the do you know what I will say though about the toy being what, 20, 30 years old, they're all in Great Nick. Like, you would think toys that were played with that much,
Starting point is 00:07:39 they'd be a bit scruffy, there's a bit of stitching coming out. No, there is a few of that though. Is there? Because he loses his stitching a few times. I know it, it's always fixed. But then again, in Toy Story 3, remember they really cleaned him up
Starting point is 00:07:53 and painted him again, when they were going to be like an antique. But then Bo Peep's sheep were about done in. That skunk that drives around and picks him off. So good. Loved it. It was really good. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:08:07 So I went to there. I have also been to, oh my God. What? Guys. Since last week's episode, I have been asked to be a bridesmaid. I don't know. My dry spell is over. My dry spell is over.
Starting point is 00:08:25 How weird is that? Literally last week I was saying, I've never been asked to be a prize maid, so I don't know. We started to thank us with me. Am I the drama? But no, so my friend Sammy came up. to live with her in London. I'll have been doing the podcast since I spoke about
Starting point is 00:08:38 her quite a bit before we went to New York together a couple years ago. Anyway, she's asked me to be a bridesmaid in New Yorker in 2028. How exciting. I know, so I'm really excited about that. So when she was up, I fell a bit ill, actually. And we could talk a bit more about this later in the episode, but I had a glass of red wine on the Saturday night. I had Jensen all weekend with her,
Starting point is 00:09:00 so it's not like we could really go out much because Rich was away at a fitness competition. again. And the moment I had a glass of red, I was completely bunged up beyond belief, more than normal. And my nose was streaming. It felt like severe allergy, right? And I know over the years of doing this podcast, we've all established that I have nasal issues. Like, I'm always bunged up. There's definitely something kicking on around this area that I think's deeper rooted than the average allergy. There's something going on. I think so. There's something not quite right.
Starting point is 00:09:34 I had the glass of red. I was like, I am ill. So I felt terrible throughout the rest of the night. And then the next day we went to Lennox for a Sunday roast. It was Father's Day. Jensen then started to feel unwell. And I thought, okay, maybe I've just got a cold, but it came on so fast after my wine. And so much so that I ordered the roast. And it was nice, by the way, but I'm just going to be honest, 35 quid for a Sunday roast is absolutely crazy behavior. That is quite steep, isn't it? 35 pounds, right? And I was looking at the list of the things that are on it
Starting point is 00:10:10 and it's, on like face value, you're looking at it and it's like ragu stuffed yorkies and do your mac and cheese. Like it's a bit more premium. It's premium. Like, you're looking at it like, wow. My honest opinion was that it was all too much. There's like sweet red cabbage on the bottom, real rich gravy.
Starting point is 00:10:30 Everything is just fluffed up too much for me. Just give me a roast dinner. Yeah, I like the odd thing, like maybe the Yorkie. But in fairness to them, like it was cold when it arrived as well. But in fairness, Jensen was not playing ball. He was amazing for the first 20 minutes. And I think because he was coming down with something, he just flipped, a switch just flipped.
Starting point is 00:10:51 He was like, get me out of this high chair. And it was probably the first time that I felt, I wouldn't want to say embarrassed, but I was trying to keep him calm because it was father's day and there was people in there that were having a nice deal. I felt stressed. I felt stressed, yeah. The team came over and tried to give him my screen.
Starting point is 00:11:03 And the team were lovely, by the way. And I was just like, I need to get out of here. I felt so flustered. So we paid for, and it was half eaten, which was a shame. So I don't think it's very fair for me to say that it wasn't delicious. It wasn't my kind of roast. And I had a good few looks at that restaurant as well, especially from people that were parents as well.
Starting point is 00:11:24 I was quite surprised at that. In terms of what do you mean, judgment looks? Yeah, absolutely. What motherly child's relationship judgment? Yeah, I would say so. But what were they judging? The fact that your child was upset? I think so.
Starting point is 00:11:39 Even my friend Sammy noticed it as well. It would just, I just felt a bit uncomfortable. I was like, I need to get out of here. Anyway, so if you saw me Lennox, fuck you. But to be fair, Sam Hendry said she saw me in there and said she never even noticed Jensen was playing up. So I think sometimes your baby's scream can feel so loud. Much louder, yeah.
Starting point is 00:11:58 And you're getting so, like, worked up. I'm like, oh my God, I need to go. So remember, I wasn't feeling well either. It was just a bad day. It was terrible. I then went for a nice treatment at charisma for a lymphatic. I kind of go, try my best to go every six weeks. And I was telling her about this.
Starting point is 00:12:17 She said, Jessie, they ever looked into histamine allergy? I was like, well, I think I know that I'm allergic to cats. And she went, yeah, but there's high histamines in certain foods. Beer and wine, especially, which I'm always funny with. When I have a good old desperado, I'm fucked. And more ways than one. Pollin, fucked. I've heard that there's increased levels of pollen at the moment for anyone with hay fever.
Starting point is 00:12:39 I woke up really bad this morning. We're all just mutually fucked. But all fucked. My cats, fucked. So she said to me, have a little look at this. And I was also talking to her about my scar because I've also noticed that my stomach, lower stomach area is always freezing cold since I've had the section. What? And she was just saying to me like, there's not, it's a huge operation for, of,
Starting point is 00:13:01 obviously, but like my scar tissue feels so, so hard. Everything's changing so much in the past couple months down there. Like it feels, I'm going to say like it feels worse internally. And I just think like there's blockage is going on. Maybe she kept saying to me out there's not enough energy going in there, like the blood flow, everything changes. So of course it is. Like there's things that are behind the scar that wasn't there before.
Starting point is 00:13:26 Yeah. So my stomach just feels so freezing cold. So I was just basically saying to like, I've got a histamine allergy. I've got no energy in my body. I'm fucked. So, yeah, I had an amazing massage at charisma, by the way. It was incredible.
Starting point is 00:13:43 But, yeah, so I think I'm going to have a look into that. So my point of this whole story is I really want to have like a full body check, like bloods, health check. Where can we go, guys? I said it to my mum on Friday. I was there for dinner with my brother Adam and I said, I would like us all collectively to get that done. I think peace of mind.
Starting point is 00:14:01 Yeah. But also just know your body. Yeah. Would love it. Just having all your bloods on, all your list of things, what you're low in, maybe. Also, a full body scan. I know that would probably be extortionate. I'd love to see what's going on down there.
Starting point is 00:14:17 But you need to go in that big machine courseful, but darn. I'm also having, I'm questioning myself if I've had that, you know, that ab split separation thing when I had Jensen. I can't remember, but it's basically where your abs. It happens to a lot of women where your abs basically separate. And they do sort of men together. Eventually, if you do the correct abdominal exercises and you have, like, get properly checked and stuff.
Starting point is 00:14:42 But I just don't know. I feel like this is something not quite right. And the recovery for me has been so long. And I'm not feeling back to my full neck and it's been 17 months almost. I don't know. People can say it takes up to two years. Maybe it's that ab separation?
Starting point is 00:14:58 Fuck. Potentially, guys. Um, that's a bag, do all that. And then to round up what I've been up to, I went to Glenn Eagles. So you did. I was invited to Glenn Eagles. Well, if that's not an achievement, I don't know what is. Yeah, I got invited to their new chicken coop.
Starting point is 00:15:15 It's an outdoor summer pop-up, which you can go to until the end of August. Fried chicken. It's really cool, Zoe. You'd absolutely love it. Fried chicken, fried prawns and fried mushrooms, so it covers all different bases of your dietary requirements. Really nice chip. frozen cocktails, beers, champagne, all outside. You want to try and go on a hot day obviously. And with it included in that, they gave me a treatment,
Starting point is 00:15:40 which I've never had a treatment at Glen Eagles before. No, I was not. That eye watering, many. But one hour, 50 minute treatment. Long. You know it's going to be quite pricey. Yeah. And this one was, it was called The Serenity. It was designed by a lady called Anna there.
Starting point is 00:15:56 She's worked there for like 15 years. As soon as she shook my hand, hands, she goes, hi Jess, I'm Anna, right? It was firm and I thought, I'm in for a good time. I knew it as soon as she did it. And I thought, love her already. She's traveled the world to Thailand, India. She's gone and tried. She's done our market research. Exactly. And this was a signature treatment to her, but she's brought that to Glen Eagles, along with a few other things on the menu. Wow. And it was called the Serenity. And it was a mix of Thai. So I began with a Thai massage. We ended with reflexology all on my feet and then an Indian head massage where she poured a whole copper cask like iron oil bucket over my temple of my third eye continuously for about half an hour I just slowly dripped but all through my hair then she gave me like a massage gushed all my face guys it was fucking outrageous I think that's your dream treatment it was the whole thing it was everything I love in one and I spoke to her about mascara and that and she said the exact same thing to me as well you know
Starting point is 00:16:56 Like she told me to go and have a look at Chinese medicine And look at getting some like herbal To help the energy in the area I don't know if anyone's into that sort of woo-woo stuff But she was like yeah That's what you need So Glenn Eagles was incredible Sounds perfect
Starting point is 00:17:12 And you can just go and spend the day We took Jensen to go and see the horses in the stables The ferrets, the dogs in the kennels In the swimming pool obviously There's only certain pools you can go in with the kids But he loved it Nice day out The little shops
Starting point is 00:17:26 and you went through the little cafe, got him an ice cream. It's actually a really good place to go for a day out. Get the train at Queen Street. I think it's 45 minutes direct. They pick you up in one of those fancy-pancy land rovers and go on and spend the day with your house. But see, if you were just going for the day, would anything need to be booked?
Starting point is 00:17:43 You don't need to book the chicken coop. But, like, could you walk in there and just, like, go and sit in the cafe? Like, should some should need to be booked for you to have access? I spoke to a few people there, like when we're in the queue, because people always come up to you when you've got a baby. They're like, oh, he's so cute. And you get chatting to them.
Starting point is 00:17:59 Most of them were from Perth. They were just coming up for the day with their family. Yeah, okay. So, yeah, I guess so. Do you know what? I've never done it, Glen Eagles. I have never, and I've been there a few times. I've only ever stayed twice,
Starting point is 00:18:12 but I've never been to that fancy pink toilet. I've never, where the fuck is that? It's not what you expect. Where is it, Zoe? I made it my mission to find it one. time I was there because I was like, why have I been to toilets and it's never that? Like, where are people finding it? You know, as you walk from reception down, like, to go through the shops. Yeah. There's a toilet there and it's it.
Starting point is 00:18:36 What? So what... Needly like the American Whiskey Bar? Yes. So before you turn down to that bit, there's a toilet there next to, like, there's a wee... I won't buy that about 10 times, yeah. There's a wee soft seat and like a wee, like, a display of things there before you turn left. It's a toilet there. It's a pink toilet. Yeah. we need to go back and eat at Stevie's place no I know we do we need to book that in and just have it
Starting point is 00:19:00 like see when you book things in it happens and you don't never happens I know we need to do that but you don't just remember on like let's go on Friday night you know what I mean needs to be planned but it needs to be for that anyway because you need to book in advance but we do need to go to that do you know what I will say about gunneagles
Starting point is 00:19:15 and I'll say it till the cows come home it is the best service you will ever experience every single person the moment you step foot the guys at the door are so amazing and I think what's a really nice thing as well when you speak to the staff is so many of them have been there for years
Starting point is 00:19:32 yeah I was going to say that real like old Scottish guys that have been there and they all look after like part of the furniture the clay pigeon shooting or the Falcon reset bit like there's so much that people have been there for so so long
Starting point is 00:19:45 the sport centre is so cool the rackets it's like it's old money but then it's also not yeah because like the sport bit and everything's so cool and it's like very well done. And it is expensive to say there, right? It's so expensive.
Starting point is 00:19:59 Oh absolutely, there's no denying it. But if you could ever get an opportunity to stay it's worth it. Or let's say you're getting married and you could collectively ask people to maybe get you some vouchers for your wedding or something. Please go. No matter where you listen to this,
Starting point is 00:20:12 I would say it's my favourite hotel in the whole of the UK without doubt. Oh, absolutely. Maybe it's up there in the world. I love it. But it's a shame when you love it. I know. Every so often you just have a wee look to see how much it will be
Starting point is 00:20:27 and I'm like, for the weekend, no. No. And it is a three night minimum stay at Christmas. Which is mad. It is crazy. Not only at Christmas still because I've went a couple weeks before Christmas and it's not. So you can still go and experience Christmas there.
Starting point is 00:20:43 Santa goes on Christmas Day, they were telling me. So after the awards, Richard took me out for dinner and he took me to be a counter. which you guys know I absolutely love, so it was really nice there. I had steak chips, the gorgeous salad. And my last thing to tell you was, last week you were saying you really wanted the Aurora Ring 5, right?
Starting point is 00:21:05 Yes. And I've been on my list for ages to call Aurora because I'd heard on TikTok that it was great customer service because mine scratched a bit. We say it all the time in the Patreon chat when people ask, Jess, is it worth it, is it worth it getting gold paying the extra 150 quid? Point blank, no. get the silver, right?
Starting point is 00:21:26 But I'm a gold girlie. So I'm so annoyed by it. I paid that extra money and I've only had it a year. Called them up, they'll say, look, because you bought it from John Lewis, we can't actually do anything about it. So try and go to John Lewis. John Lewis also have a really good reputation
Starting point is 00:21:39 for being quite good with that. They price match with everything and they also, if you got your receipt, they're good. Anyway, I didn't have my receipt. But I knew the exact date that was in my Monzo, my bank. So I went into the store, went to the tech,
Starting point is 00:21:52 I just thought, I was randomly just asked the guy, and he was like, we can only trace receipts back for a few weeks. I said, look, I'd spent a lot of money this day. This is what I bought. I also got some headphones at the same time. He managed to find my receipt because it was just a day over a year. And he was like, because you've told me that you bought headphones as well and the make of them, I know that this is yours.
Starting point is 00:22:14 I'd also bought it on Apple Pay. So it's different digits, isn't it? Yes. Now, this is a good thing to note for everyone. If you ever need to prove those three digits and you'd change your phone, those digits change. So I couldn't even prove it either. Do they? Yeah. Right. I was like, I know it's this. I was showing him. I was like, is this card? And he's like, yeah, but it's not the same three digits. And I was like, well, I thought I've changed my iPhone since.
Starting point is 00:22:37 So that's a good thing to note, guys. We'd never have known that, by the way. Yeah. It's obviously a safety thing, isn't it? Yeah. But he swapped it for me and he only had the O-Ring 5. So I've got a brand new oaring 5 for 0 pounds and 0.0 pence. Is that all on your finger right now? No, it's not on my finger. I know. I thought it was that one. No, but it's about this size. It's thin.
Starting point is 00:22:58 Much better. Yeah, I need to set it up. That's why I'm not got it on yet. I was going to get one, but it wasn't on Prime Day. Oh, was it not? No, was you for, though? Yeah, but I don't want that. Oh, because it's chunky, yeah.
Starting point is 00:23:10 Tunky one. Right, I've just planned for half this episode, but Zoe, we have got so much to ask you. I was in Barcelona. Tell us everything. Ola. Well, I think. I think I broke the internet in my wig, first and foremost.
Starting point is 00:23:25 You did. You look like charity shop Sue. You ever seen her? No, but there was a mix of Princess Diana, which was obviously my favourite one. I thought, fine, I'll take it. And there was a few of someone else now. I can't think who it was.
Starting point is 00:23:38 A soap star, I think. Someone for the soaps. Pale Platt? No, but that would work as well. It works for a lot of people at different angles, I think. Anyway Honestly That brought me back to life
Starting point is 00:23:54 The wig Not the hendoo The wig as well But the hendoo And what I will say is I'll just be so honest about this When I saw themes I was like
Starting point is 00:24:03 Ugh And then when I saw a wig net I thought Fucking who wants to do that right But what I'll tell you is If you're out drinking all day And then you're just having a quick change And you're getting a wig on
Starting point is 00:24:15 Keeps the buzz alive There's no flagging because you're not having to do your hair and wash hair and all that. And it's funny as well. Funny as fuck, it just gets you going again, gets the buzz up. So we'd a great time. So we flew out from Presswick. I was allowed in and out of Presswick, by the way.
Starting point is 00:24:31 Thank God. Did anybody notice you? No one noticed me. And do you know what? Did I be drinking the bar? You shouldn't want him to wear that wig? The sky. The sky's in it. So we flew from there. Had they stopped from the sandwiches?
Starting point is 00:24:45 I didn't look. But some of the girls get a minute. meal deal for the plane so they must have. They said there was sandwiches and the fridge so do you know what? They've been listening to a bit. They've been listening much fine. We can, we like someone who takes it on. Yeah, I think of the word. So we got there
Starting point is 00:25:00 and there with some drinks at the rooftop and then we got ready for Gatsby night which was the first night at a restaurant called Gatsby. It's the show, singing, dancing, meal. We had a great time. We were up on the tables, dancing and everything. Loved it. Then, really good for something like that.
Starting point is 00:25:16 Yeah. Hendo, 30. whatever, 21st if you're young. And then the next day we had a boat day which I fucking loved. Disastrous. 70% of those 10 of us right. 70% of people were spewing.
Starting point is 00:25:36 Really? Rosie, the bride, was in. She's known for just being travel sick. She'd drive for five minutes and see spune so why we were on a bottom, not sure I think, because she wanted the vibes, but silly. She was in the toilet. of the boat the whole time spewing.
Starting point is 00:25:51 Did she get a refund? No. Our sister was spewing in a cup, our personalised cups, a couple of them were spewing all with the edges and the rest were sitting in that bit like annied off. Me and two others were fucking loving it up in the dick bit. But I think that's what you need to do
Starting point is 00:26:06 because you don't feel as much up there. And see because you're watching the waves, you kind of just move with it, do you know what I mean? Whereas when you're down and trying not to look at it's more that like when you're in bed and feeling. you feel you know on waves. So we were on it for about an hour.
Starting point is 00:26:24 It was meant to be a couple hours, two or three hours, I think. We turned back and got off, which is fine. I mean, we had a good laugh. We just didn't get in to swim, much was a shame. And then we just went to the beach, had a few drinks, and then we ended up my beach bar just along the front. It couldn't even tell you the name of it. Maybe in Cabana or something like that.
Starting point is 00:26:42 And we were in that for hours. Amazing. We were causing a ruckus, I think. Shots. drinks, games. Brilliant. Then it was Wagnite. And this is so good to follow on
Starting point is 00:26:54 from last week's episode as well because you don't really know many people on that hen either, did you? I'd met everyone once, I think. I think I'd met them all once but hadn't like a kind of high at Rosie Stedry's situation. A couple of them I'd had a day out with before.
Starting point is 00:27:07 A couple of people from my work. We used to work together. So it wasn't, yeah, it wasn't my group of friends or anything. But you had such a good time? It was honestly unbelievable. Loved it. Amazing.
Starting point is 00:27:20 I do just think what I would say, thinking of last week's ep and my experience there is like I could have easily not a went on that and it would have been so fine to not. Yeah. Because me and Rosie are like best pals, yeah, but it's not my group.
Starting point is 00:27:33 And she didn't ask loads of people. It was just very much her close-knit friends plus a couple of us. So it would have been so, she would have been so fine if I said no. Mm-hmm. But I thought, well, have a great time with her and actually like I'm buzzing
Starting point is 00:27:48 that she's getting married. because you know we went through the ringer together. Yeah. When first met her, she was, you know. Oh, she was, weren't she? Not in a great place romantically, she would say. So I was like, I love, like, when she told me she was engaged, I was emotional about it because I thought you deserve this so much.
Starting point is 00:28:00 And I know, even I was. Yeah. I used to wet Rosie a little bit and obviously we're friends. But she really wanted to meet someone and she's met her soulmate. No, I know. And they're so good together, aren't they? And I just wanted to celebrate her. Like, I really wanted to go.
Starting point is 00:28:13 And I just thought I could have easily also went there and still not really. really like got into it because again not my group but I fucking showed up for that in hell yeah I do show up in a night like when I when you get me right so it was just amazing with the west time so then it was wig night we went to some like I couldn't even tell you what we were in it was a kind of big if anyone's been in brighemia yeah in Edinburgh vibes with that I would say like big open high tables ben she's two floors big massive bar and then they put karaoke on. Brilliant.
Starting point is 00:28:50 One of the girls wrapped M&M so that was obviously hilarious and we all had their wigs on still. But to note here is a few people had left by this point and they all had like long ginger wigs long pink wigs big like curly wigs
Starting point is 00:29:05 and I had that wig on. Plus I had jorts on. Well like the material but you know what I mean? Long shorts. Colots, shall we say. With that wig. So it just got to the point. and I was like, people think I'm 19 and I'm a boy.
Starting point is 00:29:21 I'm afraid, in here. So I took the wig off and do you know what? I'm glad I did. And it's still in there because it was full of drink on the table. I wanted to bring it home, but it's still there. I was going to rent it out because people were quite intrigued by it. But it was just very feral. Rent it out.
Starting point is 00:29:38 I was going to punt it. It was just a feral head-do. Like in that bar, I don't, like, I didn't see half of them for ages. And we're like, who would we all talking to? Plus, one of the girls' Nick, she, she, She only drinks shots really on a night out. My God. People that do that honestly, crazy, baby. But she can't be arse with a drink.
Starting point is 00:29:56 I mean, there's so many people. I understand. Shots with tequila. But she bought, like, 10 shots at one point. And it came in like a wooden, see, like a shotgun would have. But I think she'd the wig on. And none of us wanted tequila. She was like offering them to people.
Starting point is 00:30:13 But I think they thought she was a shot girl. But she was also pitched with her wig on. they must have been like, where are we? Terrible service. And what I said to the next day was what you need to realise is you drank them all. Oh my God. Because every time I saw her, she still had them and she was still drinking them. No one else drank them. I'll take Zambuca. I think it's like having 10 drinks in it just without the mixer.
Starting point is 00:30:35 It isn't. It just happens quicker. Yeah. And they're over quicker. Because sometimes I do get sick of a drink as well. You don't you order an apple when it comes in a big goblet. I fucking hate that. Yeah. And it's massive. It's quite off-putting. Anyway, that was hilarious. So do recommend like a wig night or something quite daft. Yeah. Like guys do like shite shirts and that. Like keeps the vibes going definitely.
Starting point is 00:30:54 And then the last day we just wandered about Barcelona. Sorry, Barcelona. Bartholona. And saw some sites, went to the Sagrada Familia. It's finally finished. There was a couple of wee bits of construction still happening. Okay, well I've seen on Instagram that it's finished. But it's, it was looking, she was looking well.
Starting point is 00:31:11 She was looking good. So we got a taxi all the way there, looked at it for two minutes and they went to a bar. Perfect. That's what you need to do. No, going inside and all that. No, that cultured. And then we went for a nice dinner to Sikonis that night. Oh yeah, was it good?
Starting point is 00:31:28 Nice, really nice. Then we just had a few drinks. And then we flew home the next morning. That was a rough time. Was it? Yeah. So we were up at seven. Oh, my God.
Starting point is 00:31:39 A flight was at like 10. Back to Presswick? Back to Presswick. And then I had an hour journey home. Oh, my God. My taxi was 100. pounds home from Presswick. That's what I mean, Zoe.
Starting point is 00:31:52 It was actually 103, but he it was 103 and he meant just call it 100 I too fucking night. Oh yeah, cheers honey, bagging. He kept talking to me as well. But it was like a black cab I was in. Oh, okay, that's why then. You can't really hear. Well, I phoned a company when I got there
Starting point is 00:32:11 like air taxis or something. Oh. But it was a black cab and I couldn't hear him. He kept talking. I kept being like, sorry, what are you saying? Was it just you on your own? Yeah and I was kind of like... Oh sorry I'm stressed
Starting point is 00:32:20 Why don't you get a lift with someone? No one was from out my way really Oh they're not? No, a lot of them live in like Bargh in it Baruch So no one was my way Anyway it was amazing
Starting point is 00:32:34 All I can say is go on the fucking Hindu Go on the Hindu Go on the Hindu girlies Like who wants to invite me Because I will come Same It's good fun I just think honestly
Starting point is 00:32:46 You just need to decide you're having a good time. Like, as we've discussed, I'm not a big drinker and definitely do dread hangovers on a night out. Like, I'm already worried about that the next day. In my old age, you never used to care, obviously. But see, when you just choose to let your hair down, you have a fucking great time. Also, was I really that hungover?
Starting point is 00:33:04 No. Do you know what, though? Just get on with it. I think when you're getting pissed at home and you know you're going to be at home the next day, you're not with all your pals in the room having a laugh about it. That can be a bit more daunting, I think. Well, you've still got life to do, don't you?
Starting point is 00:33:18 If you're a holiday and you're all waking up together hanging, that's fine. You just crack back on. But in usual life, your night, your Saturday night, your Sunday, you've got the Sunday scary. No, I know that everything goes back to normal on Monday. I probably had 10 hours sleep max for the three nights I was there. Like, it's a good fucking time. You just got on with it.
Starting point is 00:33:34 Yeah. Loved it. Gorgeous, Zoe. Couldn't talk about it enough. I'll go tomorrow. Right. Shall we go into a couple of our listeners, dilemmas.
Starting point is 00:33:48 Let's do it. Hey girlies, I need to get something off my chest, off my plate, and a bit of reassurance or advice if you think I could handle this in a better way. Oh. Please keep me anonymous, of course. I came out of a serious relationship in March 25, but ever since my ex would text me every few weeks, like clockwork, sometimes just check in, sometimes it would get intense. He'd tell me he loved me.
Starting point is 00:34:16 One day we'd be together and everything. thing good in his life was because of me. He'd sex me too, sending me pictures, videos, which I fell into at points, as much as I tried to be better. I never saw him, but he asked me a lot, and I was tempted. I kept asking why he couldn't just let it go and never got a straight answer. I tried to just detach from him, but naturally it's hard to move on when the man you wanted to have a life with keeps orbiting. I also changed jobs, I brought a flat and 1030, so I've had a lot going on elsewhere. Last week, I was scrolling through TikTok. And this random video popped up of a girl in a bedroom. And I noticed it was, said X's bedroom, mine too for a while. Okay. So he had a new girlfriend.
Starting point is 00:35:01 Naturally, I couldn't help myself. Her profile was full of videos of them on holiday. Holidays he told me he was going on solo. Her living in his flat and then generally just looking happy. Ouch, but okay. The kicker, however. Oh my God I'm not ready I don't think Was this girl was heavily pregnant And showing how excited she was to be a first time mum With her new boyfriend
Starting point is 00:35:28 I felt like I'd been stabbed in the heart Like the breakup all over again Which I ended because he'd been cheating by the way Not because I didn't love him Oh no From the videos the baby is due any day Conceive six months after we split up And her moving in a month later
Starting point is 00:35:44 Oh my God My besties assembled for a deep dive. Love it. And we found out she's from down south. We think they met in August slash September. Obviously not a great love story if he's been texting me the full time. Was even text me when he was flying to a pistol to see her. I obviously had no idea.
Starting point is 00:36:03 Clearly a rebound relationship which has resulted in a whoopsie pregnancy. This is all documented on her TikTok by the way. Oh no. The problem is this girl has moved hundreds of miles away from her family. No support system up here. and probably not working if she's relocated while pregnant. She's posted videos that she has no friends, so he's probably quite dependent on him emotionally and financially,
Starting point is 00:36:24 and thinking she's met the most wonderful man. I've been there, sis. Having no idea he's cheated on every girl he's ever been with. I told him I knew. I wished him well and to never contact me again, and he's read but not replied. My anger hadn't kicked in yet. I was way too nice.
Starting point is 00:36:42 My dilemma is people have been quite divided on whether I should say something or not. As much as I wish someone had told me, I think let life take the wheel and hope that he either changes, he won't, when the baby is born, or she just doesn't find out until her life is more stable. I have a sensitivity around the subject, as I'm a child of this myself.
Starting point is 00:37:02 I watch my dad cheat on my mum my whole life, including while pregnant, and to cut him out of my life consequently. I'm also a proper girl's girl, and I'd be heartbroken to think if this was happening to me or my friends and someone knew and didn't say anything. thing. I felt like a mug when I found out that people knew when he was chasing girls behind my back, but she's heavily pregnant. She's isolated and she needs him and his family right now. I don't see what I have to gain by telling her and it may be in her best interest longer term, but not immediately.
Starting point is 00:37:30 All that said, it looks like she was single less time than him. So maybe it's a two clowns, one circus situation. Please tell me I'm doing the right thing by not saying anything and it doesn't make me any less of a girl's girl. While I feel so hurt, him keeping me attached while moving on was cruel, but he's lost someone who genuinely loved him and I've lost a lying, cheating, five-foot-eight man-man child. So I know I'm not losing the better heart off of the deal. It's clarity wrapped in agony and it will set me free. I have the most wonderful support system and I can take care of myself. My heart breaks for this girl and the baby involved because I know how good it feels when you're in it, but she has no idea what she's dealing with and I remember feeling lonely living
Starting point is 00:38:09 with him and I was 20 minutes down the M8 from my family. I'm hopping back into dating now with a deep breath so if anyone knows any decent guys who won't ruin my life between 30 to 35 with their head screwed on, hit me up, joking, kinder. Bye. Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck. Fuck. I think she is doing the right thing. Not saying anymore. What do you think? feel the same way.
Starting point is 00:38:42 And I don't think that makes you any less of a girl's girl. Not at all. You don't know this girl. You don't owe her anything. You certainly don't owe that guy anything. Yeah. And I just feel like the moment a baby is involved, things just become completely different.
Starting point is 00:38:55 Yeah. And you don't know her past. You don't know if she knows anything. Mm-hmm. Like you say, she's not been single all that long before she got with him. They both cheating together. Potentially. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:39:08 She hasn't got anybody. I think you've got anybody. I think you're getting quite emotionally invested in her life. All you're doing is stalking social media, which, as we know, half of it's not real anyway. So you don't know. She might have somebody around the corner. You don't know. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:39:20 I know she's documenting everything on TikTok. But if it was me and I had no association to this girl whatsoever or any ties, I'm not getting myself involved. You've done the right thing, though, by completely removing yourself from this guy. And don't you ever dare message him again because then you're becoming. the problem. Yeah. And I agree with you. I hate having to say that.
Starting point is 00:39:45 I think we should all sit together as women and tell one another, but when there's a baby involved, it does become extremely difficult. I also just feel like though you can be, there's like boundaries to being a girl's girl
Starting point is 00:39:57 because if we were all girls' girls to everyone, right? Nobody would be with anyone. Yeah. Because it's like everyone's got a past and everyone like needs to be allowed
Starting point is 00:40:12 to let go of that at some point and I'm not saying you just sit and watch people fuck people over because you shouldn't but you don't need to be a girl's girl to her you don't know her. To me a girl's girl's like to your pals friends of friends like people you know of you would never just watch them
Starting point is 00:40:29 like live a lie or be fucked over by someone but people you don't know is a bit different to me like it's still horrible to know but what are you meant to do like on my friends uncles dogs cats fish told me like it's difficult it depends on what the type of person you are because I'm trying to put myself in that girl's shoes as well and if I got that hey girlie text while I was heavily pregnant um part of me would be I'd like to know of course I want to know but that's me personally
Starting point is 00:41:02 I know that I would be able to support my baby on my own and I would do it loud and proud. You're mentally sure enough for that. Yes, I wouldn't want to be with a cheating scumbag that would do that to me, especially when I was pregnant. I know I deserve better as just every woman on this earth, right? But you don't know if she's going to be like, oh my God, your psycho ex has got in touch. He then be like, she's lying, she's lying.
Starting point is 00:41:30 You'll then just sat there like, why then earth did I say anything? Or she might be like, I'm really grateful, blah, blah, but then where does that leave her? It is a tricky situation. And I think I would like to know. I think we'd all be lying if we said we didn't want to know that we were with someone that was cheating on us and we thought everything was rosy.
Starting point is 00:41:52 But I don't know. I was so difficult. I'm not to pop a baby out. I've got no one around me. Financially I was fucked. Oh God, girls, I don't know. Does it mean I'd stand for it? A lot of people stay in situations that they're uncomfortable with
Starting point is 00:42:08 because they feel trapped. Yeah. And also, I do think, like, save her time and get her out now. So she doesn't waste any more time with this guy. But then equally, I'm like, she's got enough to be dealing with. And, like, the time will come again when it's not, you're not the girl that needs to do this. Because he'll do it with someone else.
Starting point is 00:42:30 But then you never know, maybe the baby will come and it'll completely change him. And I know it's still not nice that he's done that to her in the past, but I just don't think you want to get involved in it. But it's the conscience thing in it. I think I'll think about it every night before I went to bed. Maybe the girl he listens to this podcast and she's like, wait a minute, that sounds a little bit like me. Sometimes there's just like not getting involved in someone else's business doesn't make you a bad person. Like at some point someone's business isn't your business. anymore. Do you know what I mean? And in this situation I'm like
Starting point is 00:43:15 he's not your business anymore. And you've probably done all you can which is remove yourself. What are you going to say that he's been texting and sending you dickpicks? I think if you'd been active with him, I would maybe say teller. Yeah. Yeah, you never met him have you. I know it's all cheating right. We've established that. But I think if you were hurt and you were hurt and you're not. you were pregnant and it was messages you would choose to forgive and move on because you've got a lot to deal with. But if it was physical, you'd maybe not. So I think the fact that it wasn't physical is quite a important part of this, maybe in this situation.
Starting point is 00:43:56 The fact that he's left you on bloody red as well, ugh, coward. But do you know what I will say, you know, if he messages you again, I would 100% reply and say, if you message me one more time, I am screenshoting this and sending this to your misses. Yeah. You don't have to, but I would threaten him for sure. I think I would maybe do it when he texts again. Yeah. I don't even know if I would threaten him. I think I would just say, look, I'd have moved myself in situation.
Starting point is 00:44:20 I gave you benefit of doubt. I'm telling her that you've still been contacted me. Because with that point, you've allowed him to do better. And if he choose he's not to, then you can maybe get involved and tell the girl. Yeah. Whereas now it's kind of like, let's just, you've pushed him out. And if he stays there, then maybe it's been a bit of a wake-up call for him. Do you know what the thing is as well about maybe, like, sort of like, a randomer telling you something about your man?
Starting point is 00:44:41 I think is the person receiving the information there's always going to be is it true as it not because you don't have any relationship with this girl so like you're right Is she just the crazy ex? Is she just going to be like you're a crazy ex don't believe what you're saying you're just hung up on him
Starting point is 00:44:58 like it's probably not as much as you think it is or whatever and I think I would maybe almost feel slightly the same like I think if it was a random I'd be totally like where's the connection here but if it's someone I knew that was telling me I would appreciate them telling me. Unless he sent you like hard proof.
Starting point is 00:45:14 I know. Oh, it's so difficult. I think the bottom line is everyone would want to know, but I do kind of agree that she's got enough to be dealing with at the moment. Yeah, I don't think now's the right time. There's no going back. She's about to have a baby. I know, and there's never a good time.
Starting point is 00:45:31 So I think just leave them to it. You don't know how they got together. He was clearly cheating on you with her is what we've established here, so maybe it's her bad karma. Right. I think this is quite an interesting one. Someone wrote in, feeling friends have settled since hitting 30 and have no drive to do anything fun anymore. Right.
Starting point is 00:45:53 I've got stuff to say about this, right? Because I actually feel like I notice that's me sometimes. Okay. Like I... Self-awareness queen. I'm so self-aware it hurts, actually. Like it's too much. Like, just live life.
Starting point is 00:46:08 Stop back a minute. But I do honestly, that way sometimes and it's like more of like a you just go through life like you go through a whole week you just go through the motions not once did I think like remember that I could maybe go for a dinner yeah or go get a nice coffee and a walk or asking if anyone wants to go for a drink yeah like I do think it's easy to just fall into your sort of self-home life because I do love being at home and I think as well if you're busy with work and stuff you kind of crave that home time but yeah I'll be honest I definitely notice that in myself sometimes but also in my relationship like I'm quite
Starting point is 00:46:46 guilty not suggesting to do things a lot. I'm kind of just hoping we can just like chill at home all day yeah and I almost need to force myself to like do something I think that's quite normal though you know do you think she means settled in the sense of like settling in a relationship that they're not necessarily happy with or just like settling in and now I'm 30 I'm I think just settling that like you're kind of living like that textbook life now Like go to work, go home, like make a healthy dinner, maybe go to the gym in the morning. Yeah. You don't drink too much because you don't work be hung over.
Starting point is 00:47:17 Like maybe just like a bit firm in your lifestyle rather than just like not being spontaneous anymore. Yeah, I agree on that. Do you know what? As you get older though, you do become a little bit more anxious about so many things. Health, anxiousness. Finances are higher. Your adulting to the max. You have to understand that maybe your job is a bit more high pressure so you can't afford to go in hungover.
Starting point is 00:47:39 Your Sunday is the only day of the day. the week to get shit sorted in your house because you haven't got your parents to clean up after you anymore. Yeah, definitely. I think there's, there's a lot of factors to it. But I do think that we all forget to make time for each other. And another thing that I notice, and I've been a sucker to this as well, which is why I absolutely hate doing it. But let's say that I was calorie counting or trying to be healthy, you absolutely stop yourself doing things that you love, that include socialising. because you're too worked up about consuming too many calories,
Starting point is 00:48:15 whether that's alcohol or food or takeaways. Yeah. You're almost like punish yourself for like days after. Or if I go out that night, I'm not going to make my class on Sunday morning or whatever. Yeah. And whilst I think to a degree, we all should be health conscious in that sense.
Starting point is 00:48:31 Absolutely. Yeah, I do. But I do think sometimes, I'm not saying this is me, but I've noticed it with some people that miss out on certain situations because they don't want to overeat or overconsume things. Or just knock themselves off routine with that.
Starting point is 00:48:47 Yeah, exactly. Definitely. And they don't want to go on there, they run the next day. And it's almost like, look, you need to show up for your friends. Your friends want to go out for a drink with you. Just go and have a good time. Like, you're never going to be on your deathbed, are you? And looking back and thinking about, oh, my God, I can't believe I ate that burger that night.
Starting point is 00:49:07 Or also, I'm so glad I lived such a... settled life and my house was tidy every night. Yes. Because I never left it. You never. You are going to remember the laugh that you have with your friends and being there for each other and experiencing music or going to that concert, whatever it is. Going on that long room with your friends, just something different doesn't necessarily have to be involving around alcohol and food. But you know what I'm trying to get at? I think we all do settle.
Starting point is 00:49:34 Things that make you feel like you've loosened up a wee bit. Yeah. Mm-hmm. And it's all about balance, essentially. Absolutely. You shouldn't be doing it every weekend going on a bender. But the odd bender here and there, there's nothing wrong with it. It's actually really good for you.
Starting point is 00:49:47 It's actually healthy for you in so many other ways. Yeah, 100%. It is. I think my advice in this situation would be if you're fine, maybe struggling with in your group of friends, then maybe you need to kind of learn who's good for what. Yeah. So you've maybe got a friend that, like, is always up for maybe a night out.
Starting point is 00:50:06 and you can maybe pull a few of them together but then you've maybe got a friend who likes the same gym classes as you or you've got a friend who likes to go to Silverburn on a Thursday night and go shot and get an andos and maybe it's instead of sort of like trying to make a whole group
Starting point is 00:50:20 do the same thing that maybe you've got people that you can rely on for different things because you're not not everyone is into the same things as they grow up and have like external stresses to care about
Starting point is 00:50:30 so it's quite difficult to pull a whole group together and want to do the same thing but if you can maybe try you get like either we microgroups or individuals that will do a few different things you like then you can always maybe rely on them for that. Join Patreon as well.
Starting point is 00:50:45 Speak to the galley's in the chat. There's so many girls in that chat that will probably want to go on a night out with your meet up. We should do more community-based events and get the garris to meet up. I know. They love the booze actually. They do love the booze,
Starting point is 00:50:56 but they also just like to, like you are like-minded people and you've got to, where do you meet people these days? It's difficult. It is. A bit like what you were saying last week. in the episode where you were saying that
Starting point is 00:51:08 when you pick your bridesmaids and it was a really good point actually where you might not have come out of your friendship circle from school but other friends within that circle have and you're there everything but they you might not be theirs so you've got to try and those people have probably gone
Starting point is 00:51:26 and joined different gym classes or gone to university or travelled the world and met so many different people that have met them at a later stage in their life where they kind of know who they are as a person as opposed to when they're 15 years old Yeah. So maybe look at seeking out new friendships from hobbies that you like. Or you could just literally speak to your friends and say, girlies, like,
Starting point is 00:51:47 come on. Come on. Let's do something. I really miss you all. I'll miss the old days. Let's just go and have one night out together where we're just going to have a load of fun or, I don't know, whatever you're into. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:51:58 Does it need to be alcohol? I keep saying. I do think, like, it is a sad reality that either your friends are maybe just not your people anymore or you maybe just don't get what you want from them anymore but I do think the sooner you just kind of accept it and look elsewhere you can move on from it quicker you'll actually find your people because I always think
Starting point is 00:52:18 I know everyone's not into the gym and fitness right and I'm not necessarily into the sort of like class slightly cult vibes in a way at some gyms like that's quite intimidating to me but what I have noticed in that environment is even though these people are like married to fitness they also fucking love a night out. They do.
Starting point is 00:52:37 And like love a run club with brunch and whatever. So actually broadens your like social life in many ways. Having like gym pals, I think. And that's just from witnessing social media or people that we're pals with and we know of. And it kind of happens and
Starting point is 00:52:51 your gym group kind of became our pals. Yeah. So it happens. But I do also think everyone does maybe need to loosen up a wee bit, myself included at times. Yeah. Because even,
Starting point is 00:53:04 See if I hadn't been to Barcelona, I would have drove us to those awards 100%. Really? I think we would have just drove to them. Because we just think driving's easier for a lot of things. Yeah. I don't know. I think we would like...
Starting point is 00:53:17 Maybe it's a bit different now though, because I've never really been a no person though. I've said yes to anything. I'm not a no person, but I can say no to a drink. Yeah, yeah, yeah, same. Definitely as I get older, I'm raining in the binge drinking.
Starting point is 00:53:32 It's the convenience of driving for me. It's just easy. It's easier. And you do feel great the next day. There's no doubt about it. When you wake up fresh and you're productive, it does feel great. Nothing worse than a hangover though, is there? There's not.
Starting point is 00:53:43 But if you could legally have five and drive here, I would always do that. Five and drive, yeah. If that was a legal thing, like I would drive, but I would still have a drink. It's not the drink I don't want. It's the convenience of driving. Yeah, I agree. And also, we can all have an alcoholic beverage where it makes you feel a bit, woohoo, and you don't have to take it one step too far.
Starting point is 00:54:02 It's hard, but you don't have to. Exactly. You don't have to. It's a choice that we make. And when you do take it too far, do you ever regret it? You regret it in the moment of the hangover, but in a week's time, do you regret it?
Starting point is 00:54:14 No, because she had a great time. But I do agree with this girl. Let's all loosen up. We need to get fun again. We do need to get fun again. We need to be potting the shoulders. We need to go out more, girls. What thoughts on, do we wear heels again?
Starting point is 00:54:27 You've mentioned heels a few times in the last week. I have, and I've wore them. And you know what? I'm actually not against it. I just like warning. And that's fine. Like, I need to know of my toes need to do. I'm not talking to stettas.
Starting point is 00:54:39 I'm talking like a little kitten heel. We're talking like a wee, a small heel. Yeah. I love it. It's like, can we wear a sandal or a heel? I love it when the galley's wear heels. No, and it just, even if it's just for dinner and you're not drinking or you're only having a couple, it still feels more of a night out.
Starting point is 00:54:54 I also love a trainer, by the way, and love a flip-flop. But on a night out, I think we've all got to wear jeans in a nice top and a little thong heel. Come on a bag. 20s 30s now. Do we go out on a Saturday night we're training on? We probably shouldn't. No, we shouldn't.
Starting point is 00:55:10 We will do it at times but we probably shouldn't get the heels on, get the toes out. And girlies guys like, let's all go back out and meet people and date people and talk to people in the bar. And have a good time. I think all the social media has been
Starting point is 00:55:23 banned for under 16 year olds. I think dating apps need to be banned and we need to all go out more and socialise like normal human beings. In person. In person. We are going to. actively socialise more, aren't we?
Starting point is 00:55:36 Yes. As we said the other day, we need to socialise more together. Yep, like after the pub we need to go up with dinner. We both work for ourselves like, let's go for a brunch and a coffee and chat over that.
Starting point is 00:55:47 I know it's difficult now. I've got a child. That is difficult. But when we can make it work, we can make it work. When stays? Life just flies by and you realise you've not done a lot.
Starting point is 00:55:59 It does. And it is easy. Like, see, when you think about your perfect week, it is very like, I'll make my five gym classes. I'll eat healthy. The house will be good. I'll be in a routine.
Starting point is 00:56:08 I'll work 9 to 5. For what? But that's what I'm going to say. Why in my week am I not thinking? And I'll see the girls and we'll go. Like you just, you think of like the thing. You're saying for healthy.
Starting point is 00:56:19 For what? For what? To live longer? To do what? We're going to die anyway. Go to another fucking gym class. Do you know what Lendon actually watched Grace Beverly on
Starting point is 00:56:30 on Jamie Lang's podcast. She was on it just last week. and I love this actually I would love if we did this she, her and her and her friends see each other every Monday night and she was like I know Monday seems like a scary day but she was like it's actually not
Starting point is 00:56:44 because everyone's freeing a Monday night you're all back to work on a Monday morning you're all free on Monday night we go to each other's houses we either order dinner in or someone cooks you're not allowed to come looking nice like you're actually not allowed to come looking nice okay so you can just go in your jammies
Starting point is 00:56:58 if you've got wet hair if you've got hair mask in you've already got your turban on to keep your hair nice through the night you've got your jammies on, your gym stuff, you're straight from a gym class, you don't come looking nice, we all just sit and move dinner together every Monday night. I love that.
Starting point is 00:57:11 And she was like, and she said she realized that through being like obviously so addicted to fucking start in businesses and shit, that it's one of the first things that people stop as like seeing pals when they're too busy. She was like, and see if you just make the effort and you realize that actually fills your cup. Everything else is so much more enjoyable.
Starting point is 00:57:29 I thought it's so true. But you know what else, on the flip of that is, how nice once a month all girls meet up but you get dressed up and you go to each other's houses or you go out for dinner Joe I love dressing up with a wee pre-drink
Starting point is 00:57:43 at someone's house because you can properly chat then a wee catch up a wee nibble a wee christened up and then we go to a bar it's just not hard and it doesn't need to be anything that costs a lot of money either because a wee pre-you get a wee £3 bottle of beseco
Starting point is 00:57:57 gorgeous I think there is ones for £3 £3 £0. It might be shite Give it me. But it'll get you pished. Cup of drinks in a bar. Give yourself a budget. When your budget's gone,
Starting point is 00:58:07 if you're tight for money, you go home then. Do you know what else? We'll do you bring back. Bring back day drinking. There's nothing better than going out at one o'clock and in your bed by 10 latest. I'm laughing.
Starting point is 00:58:18 You still go fresh. I'm laughing at us being on our poor high horse but like going out and drinking because we had one sunny day moving at C. See a rooftop. Give us too much. A half an hour, we're like, woo. We crammed two of margarineers.
Starting point is 00:58:35 Give us a couple of months and we'll have been hung over twice in summer. We're like, don't drink anymore. Why do we do that though? We're like, nah, no. Or if I'm away from Jensen for more than like two days, I'm like, no, I'm a homebody. I'm a mother. I'm a mother. Anyway, I hope that honestly put, with the hen do it and the night out chat, a wee spring in everyone's step.
Starting point is 00:58:57 It's summer. Let's fucking enjoy it, don't we? You're never going to be as young. as you are today. And you know when we announce our Christmas night out, we should maybe do something boozy soon. When we announce our Christmas night out, which will be very soon,
Starting point is 00:59:11 all come! Save now, all come. We want you there on the table spinning on the fucking chandeliers. I'm ready for it. I'll be in and out this party, I'll probably five times before then, but hopefully the date that it falls on, I'm in it.
Starting point is 00:59:24 And next year we'll plan a few more, like get-togethers. It doesn't need to be where we're literally hosting it. can put together great dates out we can all attend where all the girls will be there
Starting point is 00:59:36 you can come on your own and we can meet people because that is something else I think see when it's something that you need to sort of like pre-book or buy a ticket to or something it kind of encourages
Starting point is 00:59:45 the group to get involved I feel because it's like right are we going to this we all need to buy a ticket rather and I'll see the night before if I can be ours going for a drink
Starting point is 00:59:54 kind of pushes you into plans you've got the dates in the diary but even stuff like we said it before the whole um sip and paint stuff where you can come and you don't have to drink
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