A Lot On Your Plate - S6 EP 23: The Truth About Turning 30

Episode Date: September 30, 2025

Happy Tuesday piggies 🐷✨ This week we’re covering a LOT - from celebrating Zoe’s birthday to Jess discovering she’s basically royalty!! Jess is sharing her new favourite foodie spots, we’...re getting real about the best and worst bits of turning 30 and we couldn’t resist a chat about unsolicited dick pics 👀Remember to sign up to Patreon for exclusive access to our Side Dish episode every week plus bonus vlogs , competitions, group chat, early access to event 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 00:00:39 And we go, all right, all right. All right, pardon. Matthew McCona Kay, where it's called Mahonah. Matthew McCona. Maconough, yeah. Is he actually that attractive, though? Correct. Have you seen Jason Statham with, Jason Statham with Rosie at New York Fashion Week?
Starting point is 00:00:58 Next. He looks so. so hot. Together is a pair. They are the biggest power couple ever. And he is just the leader of the boldy community, I think. He just looks 10 out of 10 with that bold head. With hair, I don't think so much.
Starting point is 00:01:13 No, I would agree with you, actually. And do you know what else I love about men that actually do the shave, but it's to the buzz cut? I think it makes them look instantly attractive. I do like a buzz cut. Yeah. I think it's nice. Great move.
Starting point is 00:01:26 Anyway, let's get into the episode. Zoe, it was your birthday. It was, I went from, by the way, saying that I wasn't fussed about my birthday to having a really jam-packed weekend. You did? Because the thing was, I was always going for dinner. I then said, does anyone want to come and meet me for drinks? I'll be in town.
Starting point is 00:01:45 And basically, apart for you, everyone at ass could make it. So then it ends up being a thing, and my pal-a-wees going out with her two pals. So then we just joined four, she's. Oh, lovely. So it was like an unplanned birthday night out. I'd be fair, I wonder who two of the girls were there I was like, I've never had, are they Louise's friends? Yeah, so we just joined together
Starting point is 00:02:03 So we went to the Devil of Brooklyn Did you, was it good? Yeah, for a good few hours, loved it You can't, um, book there, can you? No, you can't. When I went in, there was plenty of tables So we were in like the front bit at first Well, for like, till I met one friend
Starting point is 00:02:18 And then, because there's going to be quite a lot of us We moved into the back bit And at first I thought, is it not going to be like his baby in here? The back bit? Because there's two rooms. I did not know that. Like as soon as you go in, there's only really like that one week
Starting point is 00:02:29 in a room with tables and then there's a full back in fact there's two other rooms there's like a cozy one we kind of like what's those couches that go like that and Chesterfield is that what they go into buttons
Starting point is 00:02:44 like that kind of vibe and a lounge you bit and then the other bit but then the dim delights candles are on it was good amazing drinks spicy marks
Starting point is 00:02:54 so did that on the Friday and then I ended up going out for lunch with my family on Saturday but it ended up wanting Ivy, by the way. Did you? Yeah. Because I was looking for somewhere that wasn't a cuisine.
Starting point is 00:03:06 Hmm? Because typically you end up an Italian, I feel, but we'd one the night before, she was because it wasn't that again. The Ivy's lovely inside, isn't it? I don't think I've ever sat in there and had a meal.
Starting point is 00:03:15 Really? I've been a few times. The brunch is quite nice and I went up, did you go upstairs? No, but I've been there before because I'm sure I went to the opening of that with jelly. Right.
Starting point is 00:03:24 Years ago. Yeah. So I have been in it, but And that private dining room they have. Yes, I saw in that. So we went there, but it was a funny one because, like, the food and everything was nice, but my brother got me a balloon and they were like, we don't allow balloons in here. But I kept it up all meal.
Starting point is 00:03:41 No one asked me to take it down. So I was like, if they ask me, I'll take it down. But until you do. I kind of appreciate that, to be fair. Well, it's actually because, in case they fly up and they can't get them back down. It's a really high ceiling. But it was on our weight. Got it, right.
Starting point is 00:03:54 So it's kind of like me. And then my mom had made me a cake. of cookie Which Was that your mom? Yeah She made that How good was that cake
Starting point is 00:04:02 And they were like Yeah but don't allow cakes either So it's kind of off But that's a hygiene reason isn't it No they let you Light the candle and all that But you just can't eat it Yeah but that is a health and safety thing
Starting point is 00:04:14 I'm sure I don't know actually But quite a lot of places are like that How bizarre So then we went there And then my mum got me Last Minute tickets to the musical Heiden now
Starting point is 00:04:23 Which is the step songs We were just singing it before the pod I'm going to tell you something right now it was unbelievable tell us more then unbelievable it was nothing about step story-wise it was just their music
Starting point is 00:04:37 kind of like Mamma Mia yeah it's about to say that there's another musical bit similar to that isn't it and it was about a woman approached in her 50s and they all worked in like a bargan supermarket basically
Starting point is 00:04:49 so the whole show was basically in the supermarket no like costume changes really apart from like the dancers yeah but it was just very like simple I guess still like a good set and everything but it was amazing like I was pleasantly surprised
Starting point is 00:05:04 I just thought I've steps done this to obviously get some money do you know what I mean because it's the next step to just be like how can we bring more money because I don't want to... Oh you're good at this but no it was so good like if that's going anywhere that you can go and see it and go and see it because it was amazing is it in Broadway Broadway West End or is it just small theatres
Starting point is 00:05:26 I think it's a tour. Okay. Because I don't know if it'd been at Edinburgh or if it was going to Edinburgh but some shows the steps actual steps people were like surprising them. They didn't do that the one I was at.
Starting point is 00:05:39 But it was just quite funny because people were like sitting in the audience in actions to the songs. Tragedy! Yeah, that exactly. And the Venus is going to kill you on. But like no, everyone's just sitting
Starting point is 00:05:48 like sly doing it and I'm like, oh. What's the other song like they say? Five, six, seven, eight. My boots gone babies. That was a good one. What a great band they were by the way. There's loads of good songs, by the way. Better the devil, you know.
Starting point is 00:06:00 Oh my God. That's not that song. I can't remember what that is. That's not that song. Loads. It was so good. And it was usually feel good. And my mum did say,
Starting point is 00:06:13 I think we will get triggered at this because everyone's going to sing along. And I don't condone singing along the theatre. But it wasn't too bad, to be honest. Like, it was actually okay. Considerate it on Saturday night as well, everyone's probably a night in the picture. up. It was bearable. When I really enjoyed it. What theatre was that, sorry? The Kings.
Starting point is 00:06:31 Oh, okay. So I ended up having a really busy weekend. It was lovely. A lovely time. Yeah, I was a bit. Bairable though. But you know what I did? I got home. I thought, obviously I'd been out for dinner, right? But that's actually all I'd eaten all day. So then I thought, I'm going to order something because I think it'll help the hangover if I eat. So I ordered a McDonald's and I fell asleep. And I woke up with the banging of the door. No. And then I like forced myself to eat like half the chips. Oh.
Starting point is 00:07:00 Because I was like, you should really eat this. But I really was just knackered. And Jason was out as well. And I didn't hear him come in. I didn't hear him getting like up for the toilet very unlike me. So I must have been sparked out. Love that. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:07:13 For you. But apart from that, we, you're present from me. Yeah, so we're going to London next week. And Jess got me tickets to go see Sixth musical. I've wanted to see that for a long time that's amazing a long time and I know all the songs
Starting point is 00:07:32 do you yeah how oh yeah because you listen to it already don't you you're such effort it's a kid so I know them all but like obviously
Starting point is 00:07:39 I won't sign along but I quite like knowing them because I feel like I can enjoy it more when like I know the tune yeah I'm excited for that and it's a one a one parter
Starting point is 00:07:49 there's no oh it's 80 minutes long with no interval yeah there's no interval I like that it's at 8pm no I know I quite like that as well actually we're going to go for some food and then go there and then the next day we've got a big day a podcast bets yes but i've got something funny to tell you about waiting to tell you on the pod what
Starting point is 00:08:07 a little sister messaged me last week and she went jess did you know that we're related to a queen what sorry yeah and she'd downloaded some sort of like family tree website a royal queen a royal queen you, where do you find out? And I was like, how? And she went, I've only been able to go so far back. But she went, but did you realize that granddad, our granddad, had a brother, which I don't think my dad realized.
Starting point is 00:08:36 And then it went further back, and there's just all the Ted's family, blah, blah, blah, it gets bigger. And then at some point, then the name changes. Right. We're going back to now the 1600s. Right. Henry the 8th's wife, Catherine of Aragon, is it?
Starting point is 00:08:50 But it was called the one that was best. headed. She is somehow related to me in the fucking family tree. Where's the money? Where's the money? Cash money. But her surname was something like Howard, I'm sure. So she's not a Ted's obviously. No, but there's, yeah, something's led to her. Yeah. She went, she went all the way back to the 1600s. I've never done anything like that. It makes you wonder. And my dad's granddad had Fifteen kids. I was like, what the hellie?
Starting point is 00:09:28 So you're a royal. So let's just say I'm a royal. Madame. Queen Jess. I'm 400 years ago. Anyway, anything else to update is on? Not much, honestly. Just getting holiday ready.
Starting point is 00:09:42 Oh yeah, because you're off to South of France tomorrow. It's a lot. And I know we do it all the time, but every time it comes to it, I'm like, this is a lot. Like, for one, I leave it four in the morning. so basically 12 hours from now and I've not even brought my suitcase out of the cupboard never mind I've not honestly looked a single thing out
Starting point is 00:10:01 fabulous so it's fine and usually I've maybe not packed until this moment but I've kind of like got things laid out is it warm yeah it's warm so I really need to get that sorted but also I had to like scrub shave my legs because I'm going to spray tan tonight I got a lash lift last night
Starting point is 00:10:22 I had to tint my brows It's just a lot This glamorous life of mine Fettest world problems Get my nails done today I need to fit in my toenails It's just hard being a girl And I do think
Starting point is 00:10:36 I look at guys a lot and think I mean I know guys do it too So if you do fair fucks But guys who don't And you don't need to I mean girls don't need to Yeah I know what you mean We want to
Starting point is 00:10:46 But we also can't be asked What a life it must be to to not do any of this. And also they don't think about anything for the holiday either. They just rock up and just hope for the best. And they have a fantastic time. To be fair, I'm mostly taking things to wear that I've wore on the last couple of holidays
Starting point is 00:11:01 because going to this time of year, I don't really want to buy loads of stuff because I'm not going to wear it again. I want to be buying like jumpers and that now. So I would rather just wear. Also, the shops don't really sell any summer stuff unless it's sale. No, I know. It's quite hard to find it.
Starting point is 00:11:13 So that's me. I just need to get organised for that. Really, then it's a wild few weeks. I have a lot going on. I'm not actually going to Copenhagen tomorrow, guys, now. So it's been too busy, busy with bits of Bob. So, yeah, I'm not going to Copenhagen anymore, but I am still going next week for a work trip. So, yeah.
Starting point is 00:11:31 After London. Not a leisurely one. I was hoping to extend at the end, but we need to see on that. There's just a few things going on that I need to just consider before we book that. But yeah, that's a great little round-up, Zos. What's been happening with you then? So I've been to quite a few places this week, lots of foodie spots. I'll rattle out with them quick because we've got a lot to discuss today on today's episode about the exciting things turning 30.
Starting point is 00:11:58 But aside from what's been a lot of my plate emotionally, no, what's been in my emotionally, I'm having a really bad baby brain. So I apologise in advance if I stumble or stutter my words more than normal because we know I can't do that or pronounce any fucking thing correct. Zoe, I literally would speak to my mum because my mum's up this week. thank God and the day she arrived on the Sunday I couldn't speak and she kept looking at me blinking like are you okay
Starting point is 00:12:25 but couldn't get your words out? I'd start a sentence what I was about to say would leave my brain completely and I was like what did I just say she went well I don't know what you were going to say because she never went into it
Starting point is 00:12:36 and I would try and say a word but I couldn't remember what the word was so I'd say the whole sentence and forget the main word and she was like something's not okay. I know. I'm really struggling with it at the minute.
Starting point is 00:12:50 Anyway. Can you even do anything about that? No, I don't know. I really don't know. Like what can you do to like not feel like that in there? Anything? And also intrusive thoughts are really creeping in as well, which I don't experience.
Starting point is 00:13:07 I don't experience, thankfully, anxiety with Jensen. But, you know, like leaving in with other people or... Yeah. But the intrusive thoughts, of, and if you're a parent, please tell me this is normal because I hate it. But you know if I'm walking somewhere and I visualised tripping up, then I visualised dropping him and this sounds so graphic I know and I apologise, but like his head exploding everywhere. Like it's so bad. Or I went for a facial which I'll talk to you about in a minute on Monday, but I asked my mum to walk and there's a really
Starting point is 00:13:38 big hill to get to there. And I had visions because my mom's got a bit of a bad back. I had visions of her, the pram rolling all the way down the hill and him being run over by a big massive lorry. I do think things of that as real, by the way. I'm like, get out of my head. This is horrendous. And I'm lying there my facial for like two minutes. I'm like, lying there like, oh my God, I hope she's okay. What can I do it? I've got no control of seeing it. And my phone was ping and I thought, oh my God, is that hurt? Is something happened? Oh, I hate it. And I'm not that sort of person either. So I'm like, this is, something's going on. It's crazy. But do you know why I think it is because he's on the
Starting point is 00:14:11 move now. Yeah. He's army crawling. And you, honestly, I have to just turn my back for one second and there's shit in his mouth. Yeah, you just can't not, can't leave them at all now. He's bashing himself on the floor. And I'm like, oh my God, this is horrendous. And my mum would turn around to me yesterday and she went, Jessica, how are you doing this?
Starting point is 00:14:34 How are you actually doing this? This is a full-time job. I'm like, Mom, you did it. You did this with me. And she went, I forgot. I don't remember it being this hard. She said, he's a lot. And I'm like, yeah, no, she's fucking shit.
Starting point is 00:14:48 No, I know. She went, you can't do anything. She went, I've been sat here for two hours. You can't let him do anything. I'm going to have to get him a pen. Yeah, because he also doesn't want his sex still. No, he doesn't. He doesn't.
Starting point is 00:14:58 Yeah. He's holding him and he's jumping out of your arms. He's so strong. Yeah. He's so strong. You can't. I said that, I can't control him. I know.
Starting point is 00:15:07 And with my mummy's thumb, which I said about on side of the side dish last week, it's really tough for me to hold him as well. Yeah. Then I was having like anxious thoughts that her back's bad and she couldn't pick him up. And oh, anyway, I know it's normal, but that is just really taken over my brain at the moment. So she's up, thank fuck, because we've had a really busy week, which also means that me and Richard managed to do a few things in the evening or go somewhere. So we went to Kelvin Grove Cafe, which I love and I speak about all the time, to their night
Starting point is 00:15:38 where they were showcasing a burger. They claimed it was the best burger in Glasgow, which I think was bold. In short, no. But I'm not slagging it because it was excellent. The quality and the thought I went into it was amazing. Their fried chicken for a start was incredible. I just love the menu there.
Starting point is 00:15:56 I think it's amazing. But I don't love that type of burger. I'm also not a burger connoisseur, so I can't really quote on that. I like a burger, but I'm really happy with the five guys. But the burger the meat was so big, so big, that for me, that amount of meat is a bit like, ooh, I'm a bit unsure. When you slice it open, it was pink. It was still moving, I'm sure.
Starting point is 00:16:20 And I was like, oh, Richard was like, just eat it. It's high quality, you're going to love it. And he's right. Like, I think you have an high quality beef. It tastes amazing, regardless if it's pink. But I'm just not like that. I'd order my steak medium. Would you?
Starting point is 00:16:34 Yeah, I know what you mean, yeah. Me too. Medium rare. Would you? Yeah. How about all that? No, medium. But I appreciate that it tastes better, probably medium rare.
Starting point is 00:16:43 But I wouldn't want a bogus for you like that. Okay, interesting. But it was very good. The pickle was, that's so niche, but the pickle was insane. So vinegory, so fresh, crunchy. Every part of it, they've made their own, like, ranch dip. Amazing. Really recommend it there.
Starting point is 00:16:58 I've screamed shout out of the rooftops about their brunch menu and their cocktails are excellent. So I had a lovely time there. And then on Sunday, I booked, because my mum was a bit of a food snob. Like, you guys probably think if I'm a bit of a food snob. which I'm not, I'm not, but my mum is. She's a chef, so she expects a lot. And I thought, right, I'm going to take her for a roast and I'm going to go to the Clarence, which I love.
Starting point is 00:17:19 And like I said last week, I really hope that people go and enjoy it. It was bloody gorgeous. Like, I fucking love the bone marrow gravy there. And did she have, like, she said it was amazing. She had the chicken though, which, you know, it's very rare for a Sunday roast place to serve a chicken. You ever notice that? It's either always pork, beef or lamb
Starting point is 00:17:40 But I feel like I get chicken quite a lot Do you? Yeah Maybe that's an English thing then Because there was a breast of chicken Sometimes it's like a half a roast But it's quite rare it's on there And I really rate that
Starting point is 00:17:50 Yeah, I would always have chicken as my roast Yeah, I would at home Yeah, at home when I'm out though I maybe would have beef, yeah Because I can't cook beef that well if I'm honest No But their beef is cooked to perfection I just really, really love it guys
Starting point is 00:18:05 And I can now confirm that I think it is still the best roast in Glasgow. Yeah, because you've been more than once now, and it hit the nail on the head both times. It's the gravy. It's the gravy. It's amazing. The dessert, I had the apple tart to share with the caramel sauce. The sticky toffee's amazing. I love there. Apparently, it's really viby there on a Saturday night. Really good. Yeah, if you go there on a second night, they've got a chicken key over the menu.
Starting point is 00:18:29 Anyway, really like it. Like, bougie pub sort of vibes. Yeah. Interesting. Where else I sort of go? I also went last night to the corner shop, which I've always wanted to go to because it's like Basque cuisine, which is like San Sebastian where we love. But it actually had a takeover from Birds Fried Chicken, which is at Phillies and Shorlands.
Starting point is 00:18:47 But they were doing a kitchen takeover. Zoe, it was so good. 45 pound per person. You got a glass of champagne. You got like a chicken salt and caviar cracker to start, which Rich was a bit like caviar, but he was like, okay, this is nice. Then I don't know how they did it, but they did a chicken wing. but it was, they'd almost emptied the chicken wing,
Starting point is 00:19:08 which was cooked amazingly, and stuffed it with paella, paella, paella. What I love, paella. Paya, with the chicken back in it, it was, I didn't even read the menu properly, but when I cut into it, I was like, I swear this is rice. And it was a bone in it?
Starting point is 00:19:23 No, I think they removed that. It was just like the tip of it, so it looked like the shape of it. It was so good, but it was in the chicken skin. Then for Maine, you had their unbelievable butter, milk, fried chicken, which the only thing I would say with that, it tasted amazing. I actually really love the Kelvin Grove one. It was really quite salty. It was a big pile of so, really big chicken. So I think after the last wing that
Starting point is 00:19:44 we had, it was quite salty. But it was served with unbelievable hash browns, smoked salmon pearls, which looks like caviar in a tin. It was like a collaboration with this brand. And their homemade cream cheese or creme fresh with like fresh chipes, so good. The only thing I didn't love was their dessert. It was a bit like a crem caramel style, which I do love, but it had like chicken fat on top. You couldn't really taste a chicken fat. I thought it was really clever, but at that point it was a bit too much for me. Well, we're quite a particular taste as well, that sort of thing, isn't it? So yeah, I really want to go back to both of them now individually and try it
Starting point is 00:20:22 and actually try Corner Shop's menu. And then, sorry, I've been nearly finished because there's quite a few shoutouts, I went to Stretched again with Rich. He loved it. Did you see him jump into the advanced cold plunge pool like it was not even a problem. I don't understand. I don't understand how people can do that. I was... God was smacked. And what is enjoyable? Nada. You know how I was saying that I was quite alright in the
Starting point is 00:20:42 beginners? I couldn't do it. I went into the beginning. I could not do it. Do you know what is funny though as a woman? Things are very different from you for you throughout the month? It's not good for you is it actually to go in a cold punch pool as a woman they're saying now. Really? Yeah, they're saying that are estrogen or guys allegedly I'm quoting here
Starting point is 00:21:01 there's something to do with cold plunge pools with women that it's not actually really that good for you saying they're getting a cold plunge pool and they were telling you to get it yeah maybe not do it regularly I don't know let's research that and then on Saturday
Starting point is 00:21:16 I was hoping to bump into you actually but I don't know what you did oh you went to the Ivy sorry went to that Queen's Diner in Southside I did park run went to Queen's diner it was nice really cool inside I love the coffee element the filter coffee
Starting point is 00:21:28 I just don't know if I love that style of breakfast that much like American fried breakfast Waffles, fried chicken for breakfast is just not really my thing No, actually wouldn't be mine either So I don't know if I'll go back regularly But I can appreciate that it's definitely needed In Glasgow, it was different, it was really cool
Starting point is 00:21:47 So I would say definitely try it But I don't know if I loved it But what I did love was next door was Kitty's Donuts Have you seen that on social media? Yeah, I have actually Zoe, it was amazing. So cool inside. I had the Vietnamese coffee donut, which again, it's quite of a rogue choice, worked incredible. I feel like we can get into good sweet treats and the next few months. You know, it's that sort of season with a coffee. Totally. I enjoyed it with a cup of tea when I got home. And last but not least, I then tried a new matcha place. It's a Korean art cafe around the corner from there.
Starting point is 00:22:25 I'm not going to pronounce this to you. but it's like N, aunt, aunt Leah or something, N dot, aunt lair, fuck knows. I'm probably butchering the word, but so cool inside it. It's ran by a mother and daughter. That's cute. And it was really nice. And their matcher was excellent. I saw what you had fancy matches, actually.
Starting point is 00:22:45 And the mum crocheted those coffee mats. What the fuck? No, Zoe. Why did people do such cute things in this life? It was opposite that potts. I'd never been down that road before I wouldn't say it was quite empty there It's kind of all like art around the side
Starting point is 00:23:01 But it was different It was nice and they did a good matcher So that was my foodie updates for you guys And my baby brain emotional Issues But I can't express express I'm proving my point there That my, I'm not seeing
Starting point is 00:23:17 Jensen hasn't seen my mum in I think it was nine weeks And she can't believe the difference And just having her here has been Game-changing I know because it's like sometimes you just need to nip out. Yeah. And taking him is just not worth it. Like you just need to nap out for something or nip to the post office or whatever.
Starting point is 00:23:38 And it's like, well, I need to put him in his car street or in the pram and I'm going to need to disturb his nap or whatever. And it's like, see if just someone being there. And he napped on her this morning. He wouldn't do that with me. You've seen how he is with me. He doesn't do it. And she came into our bedroom this morning because Rich is up at five every day. And I think it was like half four.
Starting point is 00:23:55 she was already up she's a proper like morning person that's the middle of the night to me she went don't want me to take him and she took him until eight half eight this morning didn't hear a peep from him maybe we could just move her in what you think said that to this morning she went you wouldn't want that and I thought now I fucking wouldn't this is the thing it's like it's great when it's here but like not all the time yeah the topic, the fun, amazing topic. Yes.
Starting point is 00:24:28 So we thought we would finally do the kind of like 30 shit I'm turning 30 topic that we spoke about. I mean, I'm not turning 30 yet but it just spurred on the thought. Yeah. Spurred on the thought.
Starting point is 00:24:44 Also, just to calm anyone's stress. Because there is a few people are stressing, isn't there? Yeah, but what I was going to say is I'm not actually stressed about it. No, you're not. You're not. are you at all?
Starting point is 00:24:56 I think you want to be 30. The only thing I was saying last week was turning 29, I was quite unfussed about my birthday, which is quite unlike me. But I do think it's also because I've now got three busy weeks. So it's like, when my pals were straight to me, do you want to do something? I was like, well, we're in nice a week.
Starting point is 00:25:16 Like, let's just do it there. Yeah. So I think that was kind of my realisation. Obviously, I celebrated it anyway, so whatever. The FOMO sort of diminishes. Yeah. It really does. I think also like my idea of a birthday night out is a different thing now. Say hello to Mia.
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Starting point is 00:26:03 Visit go.acast.com slash advertise to get started. Right, so we thought we would ask what's been the best thing about your 30s so far and also ask what you dreading the most if you're approaching your 30s. Yeah. Because I know it's a big thing for people, right? So let's go. So let's start on a positive, I feel. Let's do it.
Starting point is 00:26:26 Best thing about your 30s so far? Yeah. Let's fucking go for it. Let's do it. Why not? Yeah. Meeting the love of my life at 32 when I was just about giving up on love.
Starting point is 00:26:40 Love. We love love, I do love that. Love love. Feeling less pressure and more comfortable within myself to say no to things. Couldn't agree more on that one. I feel like that's a general consensus.
Starting point is 00:26:52 Yeah. You don't feel. You don't feel FOMO. No. Do you know what I think about how I feel if I try and compare to my 20s? I really know who I am as a person. Whether I like that or not, you have the choice to change it from this point on. Yeah. Or you accept it.
Starting point is 00:27:12 And take action. Yes, exactly that. And you just have more confidence to say no and just, you just really know who you are. I also think there's less expectation of the others. that are also in that age range of like, if you don't want to do, you don't need you, by the way. Yeah, it's... Whereas when you're younger, it is, like, why not coming out?
Starting point is 00:27:32 Yeah. So, like, because you want to be able to say no, you're also appreciative of other people that, when they say no. I think you almost put on your feelings onto others in your 20s. You, you know... Reflect. Let's just do an example of, like, drinking. Like, why are you not drinking?
Starting point is 00:27:48 Like, do that shot with me. And in your 30s, it's a bit like, okay, we respect that life happens. you've got probably a busy career, you've probably got children or you've got plans. You don't want to be hanging out of your ass all weekend, every weekend. Absolutely not. I like this one. Life feels generally more organised in 20s but still fun. Yes.
Starting point is 00:28:08 It's like you have the fun still but not the chaos that kind of brings you down every so often. I also think financially as well, and I know this is not for everyone in most cases, but if you started a career younger and you're building up and hopefully getting promotion promotion, it's like having being in your 20s but with money because in my 20s I was royally skint and I can say that now that I'm comfortable and I don't have those worries as much and that's quite a nice comforting feeling I think
Starting point is 00:28:37 yeah something just clicks on your brain and you fail to give a shit anymore it's so liberating so true a lot of people say no more formal red wine appreciation Yes Wow
Starting point is 00:28:52 I think I approached that young Although in saying that Like when I've actually ordered Red wine a couple of times recently For the first time in months Probably since we've last half together No I've just said like give me the house red Like I've not been like
Starting point is 00:29:06 Ooh Ooh yeah What wine do it happen Because in reflection I don't actually think I know You know what I'm the same really I just know one type of wine that I love And I kind of stick with it
Starting point is 00:29:16 Like I know what to buy in a shop Yeah from the bottle but like see when I'm looking at a menu I'm like is it Merlo I like or is it Mab like I forget I'm like what one's what again like I don't and then I can't be asking it so I'm just like giving a house I don't know the right terminology is to ask the the wine person to say that's what I mean
Starting point is 00:29:33 I like it kind of sweet but I like it bowl but I like it full body but I like it a bit fruity and then like what the fuck no I know the only wine I do know is rosy because I want it dry and pale province like I don't want it really fruity but apart from that not a fucking clue I'm fairly in thriving I don't go out much
Starting point is 00:29:51 but when I do go out it's bloody great yeah I agree on that actually apart from the fact that you do feel old as shit but if you do go to some nice places for example like Devlin of Brooklyn where you went you kind of appreciate the more quieter mingling aspect and then you can go
Starting point is 00:30:05 and party after if you want to dance with the youngans but I also think you appreciate your time out more because it's maybe harder to get with pals or if you do with kids you can't go out of all. the time obviously so it's like when you do it you're like fucking here we go yeah like that but going back to kind of what we said a few like seasons ago it is so true that you're 29 one minute
Starting point is 00:30:27 you open your eyes and you're 30 that actually isn't any difference it's just put in place to make us feel maybe a bit stricter in this routine but let's say let's say for example time and age never ever existed and it was removed from our brains I do feel like we would all live life so differently, especially time. Because time makes people feel anxious. Yeah. And it's like they're running out of time to do something. And actually, it doesn't matter. If you keep yourself fit and healthy, you could probably do all those things in your 60s if you wanted to. You just feel like you shouldn't. 100%. 100%. And I do, we say it all the time. But for women, it is a bit different. because if you want to have the idea of children,
Starting point is 00:31:16 you do feel like there is a clock because there scientifically is one. And that is really frustrating. I do also feel like it could probably be updated to potentially a bit later. Yeah, definitely. Because I think it's still quite low and I think if they did the stats.
Starting point is 00:31:34 We would have been in the overs in X Factor, 25. For me, 25 people, 25 years is so young. So young. Honestly, because you have quite a lot of people listen to this at like 22. Honestly, guys, you're so young. You're so young. If I could take myself back to 29, remember, I definitely did do what you kind of want to do, where I was like, right, this is my last year of my 20s.
Starting point is 00:31:58 I'm going to fucking climb that hill in Africa. And I did it. And I really did reevaluate a lot of things in my life in that year. But stupidly, I didn't need to reevaluate anything. I could have fucking done that yesterday if I wanted to. Well, maybe not yesterday, but that's it. I do think there's positives about it in the sense that maybe some people need, like, a wee...
Starting point is 00:32:19 Posh. Oh, fuck, like, let's do all these things in a year or whatever. Like, one of my friends texts me on her day saying, like, because she's the same age, saying that let's make her last year of her 20s count. Yeah, I love that. And even though I think we will, I was like, yeah, let's make more plans together.
Starting point is 00:32:36 Like, I don't see her all the time. Yeah. And I was going to time does just go by, and you're like, I'm not seeing you in fucking six months. Like, why? But that is adulting though, isn't it? No, I know. But I do think it's quite nice
Starting point is 00:32:45 if you recognise and think, you know what, I do want to make a list or like I want to do these things. Maybe not even in the one year, but just like, oh fuck, I realise I'm getting old. Let's enjoy life a bit more. But you know in your 20s, you used to go around your friend's house
Starting point is 00:32:57 almost every day. You'd always just chilling your bedroom, laugh, it's shit on social media or whatever. Like getting together now with friends is a task in itself trying to get your plan altogether. So if you are listening to this and you're young, seriously just go and do every single thing that comes your way if possible because life
Starting point is 00:33:16 happens and even with a child now as much as I absolutely love it things are so restricted yeah I can't just nip to the shop now and I take that for granted I've never I can't remember the last time I had a full night's sleep or sat and just watched a film in my bed with my candles with a face mask on like all those things that you take for granted just changes so drastically and it's but it changes for the better in a different way and I think that's similar like in your 30s just something feels different yeah you get you give less books I'm more confident in my skin I can happily walk around without makeup on you would never have caught me doing that in my 20s would you fuck I know I wouldn't you things just
Starting point is 00:33:52 change you don't care what people think about you I actually couldn't give a single shit what anyone thinks about me as long as if I know that I'm not hurting you yeah and I've not upset you in any way I don't care what you think of me and I think everyone needs to absolutely what i thought was i actually think 30 sounds younger than 29 yeah i love that it is so true it's like a reset yeah we're starting over like we're the youngest of the 30s now whereas i'm the oldest of the 20s yeah yeah exactly yeah i think it's just something in your head that you sort of told yourself shit i'm i'm so old because you're at the opposite end of the scale yeah and actually you're about to go you're about to be reborn no i know but you know what
Starting point is 00:34:35 I've heard that the 40s are great. I think this is just what happens when you get older. The next one's always the better one. Do you think 40s right? Is the time where you have definitely got a bit more money. You really are sure of yourself. Does your like sex life sort of like revamp? What?
Starting point is 00:34:53 And in your 50s. Like I hear that a lot about friends' parents with a... Sex lives than your 40s? Yeah, they sort of like get a bit crazy. My mum used to always talk about her friends and stuff when I was young and they... My mum would have been in her 40s. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:35:05 And her and her friends used to always, like, mingle and chat about men and stuff. And I was like, ooh. He's always airwig, like, what they talk about now? To be fair, right, let me work this out. Yeah, so I would have been, like, turning kind of like 10 when my mom's 40, right? And I used to always get shut out the room. Yeah, what were they chatting about? When, like, the pals came over and you do think, what were you, you shut?
Starting point is 00:35:33 But then I also, which is quite. It's definitely like marriages breaking down on that as well. I know, well, because some kids fly the nest. Yeah, but I do think that comes with then, like, meeting new people, maybe like some of these stories that you're talking about. Yeah. So you kind of need to take the goods with the back. And you know, if all those people that were, my mum's friends at the time, were single and they had...
Starting point is 00:35:53 Yeah. But, like, dating, online dating. But you know when you were young, Zoe, did you ever... This definitely would have been around when you were young. But you know, when your mum was on the phone to our friends, did you go upstairs and pick up the other phone and listen in? and then my mum would shout I can hear you breathing
Starting point is 00:36:08 it's echoey I used to love you as the house one do you have the one where you push your finger and roll it I loved that took ages though
Starting point is 00:36:20 especially if you're doing one it was like I know and then right background I know closer to be socially acceptable to get a facelift
Starting point is 00:36:28 facelifts these days are looking good they look great I think why would you not 60K though you're looking at Is that really how much it is? A lot of money
Starting point is 00:36:39 I think if you had it here in the UK 60,000 pounds Correct To get a new face Someone else has said Finally feeling sound of my own skin And being able to leave the house Without a scrap of makeup on
Starting point is 00:36:50 I do love that I come and go from that Depends how my skin is Yeah I do look quite dead though Don't I've got that sort of dead skin looking Talking about the skin
Starting point is 00:37:04 you know how everyone said embrace pale skin since then I've had so many creators pop up on my squirrel page and they do look all gorgeous don't you think when they embrace their pale skin they actually do look better than without the fake tan I think it's because you don't recognise yourself with it
Starting point is 00:37:23 but I wouldn't notice you any different if you had tan on or not really yeah but a lot of them are redheads and a lot of them are Scottish I know that's my I believe in but Scottish skin
Starting point is 00:37:38 British skin Brave First solo trip and it was class spontaneous week long holiday romance Wow I hold my hands up
Starting point is 00:37:49 to anybody that travels alone or can do a solo trip Apparently it feels incredible To do it I would love that You think you would love it Yeah Yeah me too
Starting point is 00:38:00 I've done it quite a lot In terms of travel for work I was always alone. So, but for me, I guess in my head, it didn't feel like I was alone, alone, but I would go for dinner by myself. That is so true, though, by the way, I wonder if that's why I do feel like that,
Starting point is 00:38:14 because you don't think of that as solo travel. But it is. But I've been on many of flights myself. Yeah. Walked around. I prefer it. Loads of places myself. I flew to Australia myself.
Starting point is 00:38:26 Was there for two or three days on my own. Oh, they go, then you've done it. Eating. Yeah, I remember that. but do you know I would go places like probably places I've been yeah so like Copenhagen I would go myself no problem big city breaks Amsterdam probably too because there's so many cute wee spots and things to do
Starting point is 00:38:45 you can ride a bike yeah it's kind of just like being at home in a way but it's more the evening plans and when you want to go for a nice restaurant dinner you're like oh I'm not sure I want to go somewhere full we're like hi table for one but I think that's probably when I wouldn't probably do proper restaurants you'd go to more casual spots or food markets and things. That's why I like shopping alone. I know it's a bit different but if I go shopping on a Sunday,
Starting point is 00:39:11 which was like, yeah, I'll come with you. I just know it's not going to be a successful shopping trip. I'd rather just be on my own terms, do my own thing. I don't have time. You're not going to give me time. Yeah. Right, so overall general consensus, you know, when you really need your nails done and your hair gets stuck under them.
Starting point is 00:39:29 Oh, yeah, I hate that. Overall consensus You just don't give a fuck on your 30s You do what you want You've got more cash to spend A bit less stress Don't compare yourself More comfortable in your own skin
Starting point is 00:39:41 Fucking love it Bring it on Yeah Bring it Bring it Oh Right let's get to the We should really be ending on negatives
Starting point is 00:39:49 But hey People who are dreading it Yeah Okay fair Let's listen People who are dreading it Yeah Don't know how to celebrate
Starting point is 00:39:56 I'm single And all my friends Are scattered around the world my 30th will be during my first month being back in Glasgow after three years abroad and prior to that I was in London for four years feels the kind of occasion I need to commemorate but literally feel like I don't have anyone to do it with
Starting point is 00:40:11 hope other people feel the same I think I would I mean I don't know the circumstances here obviously right but I would just be like family where you are yeah let's celebrate you could also just go and visit one of your friends abroad if you can afford it or get them to come over to you
Starting point is 00:40:28 I think if you've been in London for four years before that then I'm assuming you've maybe got quite a good group of friends down there or a couple of friends, why don't you ask them to come up? Yeah. It's far enough in advance you could say, would you fancy it? Yeah, a wee 30 quid train. Yeah. Like, they do exist if it's far enough in advance.
Starting point is 00:40:48 Yeah. But if not, I had to put myself like a spaddy or something. But also, what you... Yeah, that's a nice idea. A nice spadeer, that's a really good... Go get a blow dry, I did that at my birthday, was bloody great. Yeah. Felt like a queen.
Starting point is 00:41:02 Go get a blow dry, go a nice spa day and then maybe go out for a nice meal with your family if you've got a family here. Yeah, that's lovely. Go shop and treat yourself to something. I feel like surely in your 30s that's nothing, you must appreciate your family more because the older I've got, the more I do. That's so true. So I'm assuming it's just going to increase the older I get.
Starting point is 00:41:22 I do feel like this about Christmas, right. You know, when I was young, I would no problem go out Christmas Eve be piss as a fart, not take into consideration what the next day means with your family and helping out and your mum cooking. I couldn't think of anything worse in doing that now. I'd really want to, especially with the child, I'd want to be on the ball.
Starting point is 00:41:40 My family is the most important thing. I'm making sure that I'll make time to see them all. And, yeah, you definitely appreciate your family as you get older. I think I always did that because I had the two houses to go to regardless of my mental sober state. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:41:56 But I did go out in Christmas Eve, but I did love that. Oh, it was the best night of the year. I didn't ever let it ruin Christmas food though I still had my Christmas dinner and I've had to know people that I couldn't even like sit at the table I'm like, get to the table.
Starting point is 00:42:08 I mean, guilty. I got to the table but I was like, but that's my perfect meal if I'm hungover. Same, yeah, you drag your ass out. Yeah, I feel like gross tatties and gravy.
Starting point is 00:42:21 Be different if it was so I know like something weird but hundreds of tatties and meat. That's why I can rest. respect people getting a Chinese on Christmas Day because that would be perfect if you hung over. No, I know. Otherwise, it could never be me.
Starting point is 00:42:36 No, me neither. Worst thing is how sentimental it made me constantly remembering what happened and what's different about how I felt in my 20s, but I do love being in my 30s. I guess you do reflect. Yeah, definitely wish some people did more or... Because you remember, right, you know, Australia. I remember this for a lot of people,
Starting point is 00:42:58 they'd have the pressure because of the visa thing that they had to be in Australia before they were 30 because they wouldn't let you in the country yeah it was almost like you're too old now bye but all that's changed now haven't they because they need they need the expats it's also the full work in their thing change that you need to do you need to do like what
Starting point is 00:43:16 a year of farm work or something but now you don't need to do it I do remember that everyone had to go and work on like banana things and there was spider oh but never I think that would be a great experience though No, I know. My cousin did it when I went to visit her. Really? What did she pick? I don't mind, actually. But she did a few different things, I'm sure. I forget.
Starting point is 00:43:38 We speak about Holly a lot, but she's over it in Australia and absolutely living it. But what she said is she's met more people there that are so open to meeting people. Yeah. Because of all solo travelled, a lot of them have, than she ever has in her whole life. And she's 35 in February. Yeah. So if you are 20s and thinking about going and you're worried about going alone, And trust me, I'm sure you'll meet loads of people, like-minded people.
Starting point is 00:44:00 I also feel like it's probably quite kind of London vibes, but on steroids. Like, nobody's, this is so wrong to say, because I know a lot of people do live in London and in Australia who are from there, right? Yeah. But it's like a lot of people are not from there. Yeah. So no one's got like 10 school friends or their family or whatever. So everyone's quite keen to kind of like create a group. Yeah, agree.
Starting point is 00:44:20 So it's like older friends that don't have children and they all just absolutely love life and spend time. Well, they're doing the same thing to experience different life. So you are more open to meeting people. Do you know, I do find that about Glasgow, though. Like when I went to some of the restaurants last night, I was in Finiston. And it was Duke's bar we went to first for a drink and then the corner shop. And everybody in there was, we were definitely the youngest. And I would say everybody was in there, was in their late 30s, 40s, 50s and thriving.
Starting point is 00:44:49 Or were there groups of mates and probably didn't have kids. On a Tuesday night? Yeah. Good, fucking honest. end of Glasgow's quite like that. Edinburgh's probably a bit like that as well actually. When you live out in more like smaller towns, kind of like how we do,
Starting point is 00:45:03 the local pubs are just the older people who are retired with nothing else to do. They're not really the sort of your work's not next to them in anything so you don't just congregate there. Yeah. I just don't have that after work drink thing now, obviously, because I don't work with a team.
Starting point is 00:45:17 But that was great fun. But even when I did, it just wasn't that often. I don't think that culture is anywhere really except London, you know. It can I Was here and there A wee bit for me But not
Starting point is 00:45:29 It could have been a lot more London shit on a weekend No because everyone's out during week Friday night is terrible Thursday nights where it's at Thursday night is pumping Yeah Especially east end of London
Starting point is 00:45:41 Oh the finance bros out Good fun Finance bros Come on Right A few negatives to give you here Every sneeze is a small gamble Is it just a sneeze
Starting point is 00:45:55 Or did I just throw my back into another dimension? That is true You do become increasingly more crippled As your age Things hurt more Oh Halloween is my 30th Dredding it because I hate getting older I like that
Starting point is 00:46:12 I'd be even Halloween parties That would be my birthday Birthday Birthdays are the best From September until Early December The party season We say it all the time
Starting point is 00:46:23 I couldn't agree more. I love Halloween but I don't want to dress up if that makes any sense. I think if I was in the routine of having a Halloween party every year I would like dressing up but it's see if you're going out of the house are we dressing up, are we not?
Starting point is 00:46:36 Are people they're going to be dressed up or are they not? Or if it doesn't fall on a weekend as it's at the week before or the week after people are dressing up. It's quite stressful. Don't you feel like when you see there were pictures after Halloween weekend
Starting point is 00:46:45 you think oh that looks so fun. I couldn't agree more. Such good ideas and people really go to town, don't they? I love it. Yeah. It was last year. Remember that? Was I pregnant?
Starting point is 00:46:57 It's trancheable. Oh, and here? Yeah. Was that last year? I don't know, Zoe. I think it was. I wonder when the year before, because we weren't here. It must have been last year.
Starting point is 00:47:15 All friends at different stages in their life can be quite hard to navigate. I think that probably is a big one, actually, to be fair. I think that's a big one if you're single. Because if you want to go out and about and you're open to meeting someone and all your friends are with people or married or having babies, that can be tough. But then you've also got people probably like me and you where we are with someone. That still wouldn't have stopped with those. There's people that feel really super content.
Starting point is 00:47:40 Oh, I know. And they want that life where they're just like, you know what? I know I'm happy. I don't feel phomo. But then there's, I'm a bit in the sense of I still feel content, but I still want to do it. Yeah. so it just depends how you feel about that I guess I know and now I just physically can't
Starting point is 00:47:59 because then with our friendship group it's half and half but if it wasn't half and half it would be a struggle bus 100% yeah like I think it's it's all came at a good time that half like you've all got people to relate to and we've still got people to relate to even though we're still all pals obviously I imagine how hard that would be actually if you were with somebody and all of your other four friends, for example, all just became single at the same
Starting point is 00:48:25 time, that probably would be very difficult as well. It would just be the same thing, but the opposite, which I would actually find that harder probably if I was one that wasn't single. That's what I mean, because they're always probably doing things together all the time, but you need to still make time for your partner. Yeah. And part of you doesn't really want to do it all, because your single friends might be just out and about, maybe a bit on the prowl here and there sometimes that's hard for you because you've got to be
Starting point is 00:48:50 them be the wing woman and you're a bit left out and it is difficult on a night out because when you are single like you would all be lying if you say you're not almost a lot of the time
Starting point is 00:48:59 when you're night out just kind of try to chase a bit of attention or maybe trying to find someone when you just broke up with someone you want your bit of confidence or you kind of want at least like males in the room
Starting point is 00:49:09 yeah like you just want to almost feel the presence of could someone chat to me or could I chat to someone or even just a bit of banter like it doesn't need you be you fancy them or whatever so I think that's difficult when
Starting point is 00:49:21 that's kind of like the last thing on my mind when I'm out because I'm not single let's say it was a really bad heartbreaking breaker where they really wanted to be with that person then I guess you probably would element like an element of you would crave male attention but there might be somebody out there that in a lot of cases broke up with them and they didn't want to do it anymore
Starting point is 00:49:38 I'm sick of the sight of men or a woman keep me away I just want to be with my girls I want to have a good conversation good chat good crack I think you just need to get to a place of if your night out goes in that direction great, love it but if it doesn't it's not what you're thinking about Yeah, honestly do really believe
Starting point is 00:49:55 that meeting people happens when you least expect it When you least put it out there into the universe Which I know people say manifest it But it must be really annoying to hear But that's exactly what happened to me as well Happens pretty much with everybody I know And it's so more organic and nicer that way as well
Starting point is 00:50:12 I know Just turned 40 last Monday, my tool for this page absolutely fucking not no it's only because Zoe's about to turn 39 in my 30s but I know
Starting point is 00:50:22 there's loads of elder gorgeous ladies I'm 40 tomorrow and dreading it just as much as I dreaded search it you just think something bad is coming
Starting point is 00:50:30 I guess that's a big thing people have quite bad health anxiety I don't have it about me personally but I've got it around every single person that is involved in my life
Starting point is 00:50:39 I've got a sore head please go to the doctor I'm like go and get that checked where does I have the urine infection for 15 years I'm still got it. But I do just think as your parents go older, I'm like, see if you do just feel something.
Starting point is 00:50:52 Like, just go get your blood's done or something. Like, just go get it checked. Like, why not? I just hate the stories of, like, things getting caught too late and, like, what could have been prevented? And I know you can't live your life like that. Speaking of that, by the way, Zoe, you know eye to eye, the opticians that we love?
Starting point is 00:51:09 Yeah. Have you ever seen that place opposite it called, like, Randox Health or something? Yeah, what is that? It's, I'm sure, I could be wrong, but I'm... The full-M-O-T thing. I think it is the full-body-M-O-T thing. I bet you that's a lot of money. But I'm getting my parents for their Christmas. My dad had it done. Did I tell you that?
Starting point is 00:51:24 You did tell us that, actually, because member I was saying, my friend, Abby got it done. So she did, yeah. Like a year or so ago. Yeah. Was her results fine? Yeah. Yeah, my step-in-moment, I get it, because she just got health anxiety. And his all came back fine, actually.
Starting point is 00:51:40 But yeah, if you're able to do it, then, that looked like that's the place to get it done. I thought, wow, that's a mega place here. I know it's all in London and Birmingham and all those places, but it's on that street near Slaters. But if you work for a company, by the way, and you maybe do get private healthcare? Private healthcare, then you maybe have the kind of excess to pay or something because it's maybe not essential or whatever it might need to come under.
Starting point is 00:52:02 But you could look into that. Yeah. If it would maybe just give you peace of mind. I have the fear that I'm not yet the woman I imagine myself to be at 30. Oh, that's nice and honest though. But what I mean is you have the ability and the freedom to change that if you want to. I won't worry about a timeline
Starting point is 00:52:22 that you're not this person who you need to be. I bet you're just being harsh on yourself. You're only thinking that because of the age. Exactly. It means that away, then just gradually make changes and when it happens, it happens as much more what age you're. And it's interesting because even someone like my mum, she met her husband in her 50s
Starting point is 00:52:42 and she did a lot of work on herself, hence her job, a lot of work on herself from previous younger trauma and things that she probably felt like, actually, I really want to change this. I don't think there's any age that you can, A, start a business, change something about your life, ditch friends that are absolutely useless for you and make you feel a type of way.
Starting point is 00:53:05 I think this is actually a really good age to do that, I actually ditch the shit ones. And just focus on yourself. I genuinely think there's no age limit to change anything in your life at all. It's the societal pressures that have made us feel that way that we should have achieved this by this, you should be a CEO by this, you should have kids by this, you should be
Starting point is 00:53:20 married by this, oh, you're too old to do that, you're too old to go and run a marathon, or you're too old to start a business. That won't be successful. Some of the most successful people in the world have started a business in like the 50s. Absolutely. Do you know what I find so interesting though? I saw, I think it was girls overhaired, had posted a clip. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:53:40 and it was almost like kind of the opposite of this in a way not the it's not too late to change things but the kind of attitude you get with your studies off I'll say no what I want to I'm not going to do anything I don't want to blah blah blah but they were almost saying or someone had maybe messaged them in and I actually agree with it too
Starting point is 00:53:58 that it's almost made people like then not have enjoyable nights or like kind of have quite spontaneous nights or experiences or whatever because we're then like... They feel too confident to say no? Yeah, I feel like they're definitely a balance.
Starting point is 00:54:17 Oh, great. I do feel like the younger generation don't know how to have fun like we did because there is this whole wellness and element of protect your peace, say no, you don't need to give an excuse, which I do agree to. No, I know, me too.
Starting point is 00:54:32 Yeah, it's almost like, actually, I don't want to do that, so I'm going to do it, but sometimes you need to be a bit forced out of your comfort zone. And before you know it, the spontaneous night, are some of the best
Starting point is 00:54:42 and you might then meet the love of your life well that's what I think they were saying was like how often is it when you don't want to go out or you can't be arsh but feel you need to so you do say yes and it's the best night you've had in a while and you know if it's shit you just go home
Starting point is 00:54:55 whereas if we get so programmed to being like I'm my own person I can say no one I want no one's going to force me to do anything in turn you might actually just have a really boring shit life I think there's a very happy medium here and nothing else feels better
Starting point is 00:55:10 then getting dressed up and feeling your best self and you're like, I'm dressed up in ages. Exactly. And I think if you feel quite shit, low self-esteem-wise appearance department, sometimes that's what you need. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:55:24 So I do think you need to just be quite mindful of what makes you feel good in this life. And you know, since having Jensen, I've been out twice. So when I went to Hayley's Hendo in Liverpool and our brunch, they're two of some of the best nights out that I've had and the reason is because time and free time
Starting point is 00:55:47 to do those things has sort of like been taken from me so in my head I'm like I know this is limited and I know I can't do this every week so I'm going to fucking have the best time even Haley's wedding I was like I'm just going to have the best time and I have because you know that I can't do this freely all the time if I want to So if you are in that postpartum
Starting point is 00:56:09 And you're worried about going Go out with your mates Go and do it You will feel brand new Go on get dressed up Go on get your hair done Get something that makes you feel confident Because you probably have low self-esteem
Starting point is 00:56:18 From having a baby Or what's just feel on your shelf For a night isn't it That's your old self Honestly you won't regret it It's so good And then just try You better not take it to one step too far
Starting point is 00:56:30 And have a hangover And have to look after a screaming child When you wait for one night Like fuck Reality is But I do also feel like just in general Like especially with us working for a shelf And you're at home quite a lot
Starting point is 00:56:40 Yeah Sorry my lips are so dry I'm just putting on my summer Fridays Oh what, same actually Um Lip butter bam And it's the iced coffee flavour Oh love
Starting point is 00:56:51 I do love it but then I'm like I'm giving myself coffee breath But I'm not even drinking coffee It's just my lip balm This is what Molly got me From my secret santa It's still got it It's the elf glow revival lip oil
Starting point is 00:57:00 And I flip in all that They've really kept on to that for a while I have been like me What was I going to say there Yeah, I feel like most of the week I feel like a bag of shit because I'm at home most of the time I'm not really like doing my makeup, my hair or whatever
Starting point is 00:57:13 apart from the odd time during the week so when I then have a night out I'm even doing the same to an extent of like Yeah, I'm not wearing fucking trainers I'm putting my heels on Yes! I'm giving myself sore bunions because why the hell not? We need to bring heels back
Starting point is 00:57:28 I think they're back by the way Love a heel I love a trainer No, love a trainer but the heel thing is like I just don't feel the places I want to go on a night out now I shouldn't be going there with a trainer on
Starting point is 00:57:43 so I need to wear a heel we're not doing jeans and trainers in a night out anymore not at this age not of this old mature age so if you're in your thirties and you wear trainers out if I can get them out kidding on it as comfort as key I do know that and we also shop in Marks and Benz's as the next now
Starting point is 00:58:00 and we genuinely think that the things in there are amazing and I think they are No, but I don't think that's just age I think it's age A bit of accumulation of a few things Their buyers are good We've got a dilemma that involves The age of 30
Starting point is 00:58:15 So I think it's very fitting Yeah, I'm not heard this, let's go Okay So let's talk dickpicks Let's go Let's do it, why not I'm in my early-ish 30s Divorced and Dating
Starting point is 00:58:30 A guy I really like Who has great chat we've been flirting hold a very respectful job quite a few exclamation marks there we've been heavy
Starting point is 00:58:39 on the texting then one night sends me an unsolicited dick pick now I like until it says no
Starting point is 00:58:48 I'm all for a bit of flirting and even a nice sexy chest picture of some toned shoulders and abs but do we really think the dick is an attractive
Starting point is 00:58:57 part of the human body then what do you even reply to that oh nice penis when did dick pics even become a thing again? Just checking I'm not the only one who doesn't appreciate a penis picture signed a girl trying to navigate
Starting point is 00:59:11 single life in her early 30s I honestly would drop dead I'm deceased and I can't reply sorry she died what happens that girl you're talking to she died it's even like my single friend who I was talking about earlier
Starting point is 00:59:28 if someone isn't reply I'm like they've obviously died like they're not ignoring you They've died. I don't know. The thing about this is, everything else is tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. We're going well. I mean, is his penis nice?
Starting point is 00:59:42 Thoughts? But I think the question is, are they nice? And my answer to that is not. No. But then leg spread, vagina out. Is that nice? If you sent that back? No, but I just...
Starting point is 00:59:52 But the guys would probably like that, though. No. I don't know, right. I don't know what I would think about a dick pick. I... Has she met him yet? I would simply need to send that out at my group chat instantly and then I would get done.
Starting point is 01:00:08 No. Has she, if she's not met him, I find that a bit too much, that's a bit too much too soon, no. Has she met him? I don't think they had, she's not said they've met. She's not said they've met.
Starting point is 01:00:24 Just that they're... When they're having a bit of phone sexting going on, then maybe I could appreciate it. The unsolicited dick pick though has really given me we were just chatting and you've just sent a picture of your dick
Starting point is 01:00:38 and I just know I'm not here for that whatsoever but I do also feel like if everything else is good I think we just make a laugh of it and just say like my response to that would be so thanks for sending me that I didn't ask
Starting point is 01:00:52 and don't do it again and then I would just be like what you're having for dinner like I would just move on from it sausage I was really fancy sausages and mashed my dinner actually thanks for that I just I would just make a joke of it
Starting point is 01:01:09 I wouldn't be returning a picture sadly not for them you would never catch me sending a picture of my vagina I wouldn't send a picture of anything but also I know a lot of people doing honestly fair fucks you like I respect you but I think in that situation if you've not met and you're not really
Starting point is 01:01:29 in anything yet I just think at this age my first thought is that's risky who's going to see that although saying that me and Rich definitely used to exchange pictures no
Starting point is 01:01:41 to spark alive with the long distance and I used to think but I'd met he was my boyfriend so that's different but it's different because you know what the piece can do yeah
Starting point is 01:01:53 do you know what I mean I don't think we can't just doing that now but yeah Jason would know better to even ask me. You said you unsolicited one, though. I would say get that way. You know if you asked him, would he send you one?
Starting point is 01:02:08 I don't think he would, honestly. I think he would say you're taking an absolute piss out of me and get the dog. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he would. And I would say, connect. I was going to show my pants. Yeah, I don't know. Okay, so the answer is I've done it.
Starting point is 01:02:21 I've had them. And I've appreciated it because of who it was. But I don't know if I would appreciate that situation absolutely. No, I wouldn't. I think I would really be saying, why did you send that? Yeah. Did you mean to send that to me? I imagine if you replied saying, no, sorry. Yeah, like this isn't. I know. Like, we're not on Snapchat anymore.
Starting point is 01:02:45 But I do think it's also a shame because we really like him. He's got great chat. They've been flirting. So maybe he thinks it's acceptable if there's been a bit of flirting going on. He's got a good job. they've been heavy on the texting and then bang a dick pick all I want to know is what was it like was it a micropenus
Starting point is 01:03:09 because then we'll say boy bye right unless it's your thing maybe it's a bit of a fetish can I just say something about micropenuses right it's quite important point what I actually do need to know and no disrespect is
Starting point is 01:03:19 it wouldn't it actually go in oh that sounds amazing Like there's The task is impossible with that So what actually happens there We just play in different ways If anyone is with someone with a micro penis Or has one of themselves
Starting point is 01:03:45 Let us know how you work that shit I reckon I'd get myself on OnlyFand And I'd make a pretty freaking penny If you had a micro penis Yes Oh you would make it You'd make it worthwhile I think people on there that would love that.
Starting point is 01:03:57 Get operations to get... Like a blow up bed? Just pump it up. Don't you know? Pump it up. You get to pump it up. God help the micro penises out there. Praise game. I know that's a shame.
Starting point is 01:04:09 It's not their fault, is it? Oh, see to this girl, I honestly think, just approach it, ask what the aim was there. And if you're going to meet up, give a meetup a chance. I don't think we write it off. No, I agree. If the other posit was where,
Starting point is 01:04:25 I would say, don't reply to him. Like, if he were very early chat, you weren't really sure. Was it flaccid or was it hard? Because if it was hard, I mean, it'd be a bit of a compliment. Like, you're thinking of me. Fair fuck. But also, I know you've sat and touched that to get it hard for a picture, so I make down.
Starting point is 01:04:40 Right. It's the thought of them taking more than one to get, like, a good angle and actually a good... Like, how do they hold it in their fist and stuff? All of that. Did he say anything with the picture? Go on reply to his tellers.
Starting point is 01:04:55 Forney for you baby Listen, I want all the galley's We don't want to see any dickpicks No, I think send them in, why not? Ah! I actually don't want to... Break or hate? Left or right.
Starting point is 01:05:05 I think we should tell us Number one, do you like them? Is it circumstantial? Like, what is it? Do you and your partner, who you've been with a while, send nudes to each other when you are away for a work trip or whatever?
Starting point is 01:05:18 Or it work? Or did a dick pick work and... Your now work? Yeah, like... Ooh, kinky. Did a dick pit work and you were like, wow, sold? Or did it was going really well? And then you got one.
Starting point is 01:05:29 You were like, fuck no. And then you've ignored. Or did you send a nude to someone and then you've been ignored? No. I wouldn't be here. Oh my God, imagine. Dust into the sky. I think for me it's more of a confidence thing.
Starting point is 01:05:43 If I sent a nude, I'd be like, they'll probably be thinking, ew, block. Ew, brother. That is, it's a funny one that. It really is. For me, it's more like, where will that end up? Maybe not. Nothing was worse than... Well, it's illegal now, isn't it?
Starting point is 01:06:06 Well, tell us at school and everyone saw their naked pictures. I know. And it's just hellish. It's really tragic. There's not in place for that now. So don't send your dickpick to your group chat. No, I absolutely don't. But anyway, hope you enjoyed that episodes.
Starting point is 01:06:23 And I hope if you're turning 30 soonish like me You have nay fear Why have fear when you can just have hope and dreams I confidently tell you that it's the best years of my life I mean you're halfway through If we want to speak about anything Oh my God Anyway
Starting point is 01:06:42 Happy Tuesday You could have your 30th birthday in COVID No I know I think we made the most of it Oh I did We did We did Anyway, thanks for listening and watch as always
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