A Lot On Your Plate - S6 EP 23: The Truth About Turning 30
Episode Date: September 30, 2025Happy 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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Happy Tuesday to you.
Happy Tuesday.
All right.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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?
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?
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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?
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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,
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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.
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.
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...
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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.
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?
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
British skin
Brave
First solo trip
and it was class
spontaneous week
long holiday romance
Wow
I hold my hands up
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
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,
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.
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
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,
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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?
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
on the texting
then one night
sends me
an unsolicited
dick pick
now
I like until it says
no
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
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
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
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?
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...
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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
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
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