A Lot On Your Plate - S6 Ep9: Dating Horror Stories, Solo Mum Trips & Blue Ivy's Dancing

Episode Date: June 24, 2025

This week Jess recaps her solo mum trip to London, we discuss what we'd do if we won the lottery and we dive into your dating horror stories 😱 Seriously, you guys have been through it!! Remember you can sign up to Patreon for side dish episodes every week plus bonus vlog style content, competitions, group chat, early access to tickets and looooads more! See you there piggies 💖 patreon.com/ALotOnYourPlate Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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But like Zoe says, everything is on Instagram So please come and see us Hi everyone, it's 11-11-make-wish There you go, happy Tuesday Everyone Imagine if you would listen to this at 11-11 As I said that That'd be weird

Goodness is coming your way, baby It annoys me that you can't tell people your wishes Like I couldn't say it either What did you wish for Because it won't come true Exactly That just reminds me I put the lottery on the other day I must have won

Did you put the lottery on when it was meant to be something like 20 million? It was Tuesdays. Something crazy, crazy. I will be into that right now. But what made you put the lottery on? Because my friend texted me saying, put the lottery on tonight,

and I thought, what, no one said that to me in ages. It was 208 million on the Euro millions. And who won it? Some bastard. Did they? Oh, it wasn't me then. Two minutes about that.

By the way, imagine if you just check you out now and we were a minute. What would you do? I'd run out here and no one would ever she'd be again. Would you get your tits out? I would. For 200. million good done right

I would all get naked where's it tell you I'm assuming I didn't win well you'd get a text and you'd maybe get a phone call do your results you have no match he's perfect

no the reason I put it on is because my I was with my dad and Adam and they put the lottery on like religiously every week and I think I'd said I'm one of those people who talks about what I would do

if I won but I don't ever put it on yeah and then Adam was like you're the type of person that would annoy and put it on once and you would win so I was like fuck it I'd love to know the people that have won had they ever, like, was their numbers

a looky dip or was it their favourite set of seven numbers? You can't do that. What? If anyone has never put the lottery on and is going to do it now don't pick numbers. Why? Because then you can never stop. Right, what have you forgot to put it on one week? We'll do two lines then, do one looky dip, one...

What have you ever got to put it on one week and they came up? You would never forgive yourself. My dad still remembers all his from back in the day and he puts them on every so often as well like a lucky dip and he's like you just need to try and attach him it because he was like

locked in to these of my numbers and I need to one day like it's never happening for me the next week yeah imagine can you imagine

that definitely happened to many people what would be your first thing if you won oh I don't know I feel like when I was young there

running in the street I used to always say I would just go at the airport and I would fuck off somewhere like wherever there was I would just go

you wouldn't know but see now it's like I know this is like I know this is so boring to say but you would kind of like but you'd plan it you would plan your spending you would speak

to someone you would say that I'm going to give so and so this much and this much that'll lead me with this what could I then do that and then you would have like a logical think about it I think now yeah also back in the day when it was like you won a million pound realistically I don't think a million pounds

you could live a comfortable life until you you'd die but you wouldn't be them going to be able to pay off your parents mortgage, your mortgage, you wouldn't really be left with an awful lot anymore. If I won a million pounds now and went and bought a house that I wanted, you'd be left with half a million probably. Or like, over half, just over half a million, right?

Or three quarters of a million. By the time you then, as you said, pay it off fully, do everything you want to, maybe pay off your cars and shut up. Or if you stop working, you pay yourself a wage. And then stop working, you would run out of money. Yeah. The only way you wouldn't is if you kept a million in a bank and you got interest on it. Correct, yeah.

But you'd want to use it and benefit from it. It's a hard one. But if it was $208 million, tits are out everywhere. I'm on the plane. Ah, you don't need to think about it. You'd get enough to be able to fuck some up the wall and then I think if I'd be like flinging it around and all that.

Yeah. Anyway, that was a side note. What you went up? Not a huge amount. But I had a bit of a busy weekend. I was out for my anniversary, which spoke about last week. Dunker Sanso? Went to Don't Casanzo for dinner, and we did go to golf fang in the end.

Oh, did you? Was it nice? Yep. They've also got a darch bit in it now. Kind of like flight club vibes. Yeah, I've still never been there. I feel like it's good, but it's not like... Yeah. Like groundbreaking.

I actually think I prefer it in the sort of golfing atmosphere. Did you eat there as well? Oh no, sorry. You went there straight after Don Casanzo, so right? But you know it's smoky trotter in there? No way. I did not know that. I don't think it's always been like that, though.

That's a very good little combination going on there. So it's a good menu. You can do the golf. Smokky Trotters is a really good bag of a place here in Glasgow, by the way, guys, if you don't want to show it. Yeah, like you dip it in the, like, crispy onions and all that. In the gravy, guys, the peppercl sauce, oh, my God. So they've got that, and then, like, in the corner, they've got a few kind of looks like TV screens that are the darkboards. It's real darks, obviously.

And you just choose, like, the games on the screen that you want to play. Right. a wee quick round of that because we had a wee bit of time before our dinner. Nice. It was actually really fun. I enjoyed it. Yeah. Good. Jason won the golf but it was actually more he goes first so like if one's quite hard he doesn't really get to suss it out but obviously I do

through his shot. Yeah. So there was one that you know when you get to max six you just don't like you don't play the call anymore your score's just six. He was at six and I kind of thought how would you know that that you had to whack it in? Yeah. So I was like just make it four because I was winning anyway. at this point and then I had an absolute shiter

in one of the ones and he won and I'm kind of like technically I think technically you won yeah but we'll just give it but then I won at darts

wow did you get any bullseye no how do people do that fluke I started doing all that when I'm like shutting one eye

and like maybe like my vision's looking at the wrong thing do you know what I mean I don't actually aim for any number or any score I just aim for it

you just aim to get it on the board yeah exactly that Not in someone's eyeball. Yeah. Yeah, same. And there was a wee button to miss if you missed it. And Jason pressed me a couple of times even though I hadn't missed yet. Oh, fuck.

Cheat, cheat, cheat, cheat. He has a cheetah. So, he's disqualified. Yeah. He lost it anyway. Cheap. Cheet, cheat, cheat. Then on Saturday I went to a 30th in the exchange.

Lovely venue, by the way. Is it? Yeah. Lots of people getting married there, aren't they? It's actually quite nice for, well, I don't know how to be set up for a wedding. Obviously, I'm assuming differently. but the way it was even for a party there was kind of like the seats round the edge

at one of the kind of corners and then down the middle they had high seats and then like a wee kind of narrow dance floor so it was quite like a it's technically a hall party but it's not because it's just more of a nice bar but there's still enough space to boogie

boogie on down was the DJ good honestly I can't mind there's a wee like smoking there a bit I mean I'm no smoking around but we were sitting out there most of the night. All right. Because it was nice vibes out there.

So it was getting used to have to hear it. It's above, it's Kong. But it's right opposite Kong. Next door it's Kong above like the social basically. Our friend Rebecca got married there when it was 29. Fuck me. Is that where it is? Yeah.

It's weird when places change you almost totally forget what it was. So it was called 29 before. Now I know where we are. Okay, fine. We remember Chris took us to actually see it all being built. When, what, God, ages ago. Was that not when we were doing a Wonder Bar event? A Wonder Bar event, yeah.

Yeah. And he was saying this is going to be a really big wedding venue. It was Gorge. Amazing. So if anyone's looking for, like, private event or that, I would check it out. And you didn't get in until the early hours of the morning? I can't even discuss it. The day light was coming up and I was like, get me home.

Yeah. It's not okay. And I had a father's day lunch the next day. Oh my goodness God. I was meant to come with you, but I was like, I actually just, I can't. I've got too much going on. And no, me and Zoe together would just get carried away. it would be fun

I've said it before but I'm just one of those people that if there's anyone in the group that's like up for it I'm instantly up for it too whereas if everyone's quite mellow I'm happy if a few and go home

but I'm easily convinced and like easily swayed too easily actually and there's just no persuading me I'm out the only reason I went home is because I was like it's not okay to still be out of this time

I could have stayed for hours longer the night just went so quickly yeah it's more that for me like the night wasn't really ready to be over it just went so fast mm-hmm anyway it was good you don't do it often hey no once a year and then I went to clubhouse for father's day lunch on sunday my dad and adam that's an iconic place to go through your father's day by the way poor dad vibes yeah isn't it sporty dad did you suggest that yeah that's nice and then we went to a few pubs around town like my dad and adam like I wasn't drinking I drove in I couldn't have faced a train no If I got on that train

I was never getting afat I would just keep going back and forth until the day was over Anyway that's actually all I've been up It's got to be you I've had a really busy week Here they're and everywhere Yeah I have

From the podcast last week I went to go and meet Little Miss Winnie Oh so you did She's gorgeous And you're going to meet her on Sunday Aren't you? Yeah So it was there for a good few hours

Just in their little newborn bubble It was really nice actually Rich came along and it was cute because Jill and Andy obviously were looking at Jensen and how big he's got since they last saw him

and they're like so when will she start doing this then and when did he start doing that and I'm like, you know, because he's exactly pretty much the day, four months, he's four months old tomorrow, Friday.

So that'll be pretty much exact. Yeah. Yeah, so it was, that was really nice. And then I went to London on my own, I did a solo trip to London on Thursday in about 24 hours

me typical me nothing's changed my friend said to me right I'm coming back from LA so Charlotte who was on the pod I think I had said this she was back for a bit I know it's a big ask but would you come down to London

I'm free on the Thursday I was like yeah no problem be fine like of course it's fine it just comes with me right and then came two days before and I thought I might actually book that

but I don't want to do the flight same situation to you it was extortionately expensive. Yeah. I actually then looked at the thing of doing what Murray said, the tip, about the 30-pound thing, but I actually couldn't risk that because I didn't want to risk going on a six-hour train with Jensen. I thought, for me, I need to get on the quickest one.

Yeah, I booked it through Seat Frog, which is random. I thought that was just more of like an upgrade app. I thought it was just that as well. No, they now do, it's now like train line. Right. I booked that. Now, Avanti West Coast train, this is quite a good tip. They do a new carriage now called Standard Premium.

So it's in between first class. So you actually still, it's still class as first class, but you just don't get a 100 pound onion bargey wrap. Like, what a fucking joke that is, by the way. So it's exact same, like seats, table. You don't get service, but you can just go down to Carriage C, which is donkeys away, which was the only thing. You're never near Carriage Cree, by the way.

Like, have you ever been set in near that? Never. Only if it's because unreserved seating, isn't it, in Carriage C? So if you haven't reserved the seat, then you are flung in there. Anyway, the aisles were much bigger. So a few tips that I noticed, which I soon learned, so he was ever going to do that again or anyone. Because the math messages that I've had from people in my head, I don't know much about parenthood. So for me, everything seems easy.

He's just coming with me as a go. And I was deal with it when I deal with it. That's how I see Jensen and I, right? Yeah. So when I said I was going, people were like, oh my God, I can't believe you're doing that on your own. And I was like, why? What's going to happen to me? Like, I'm stressed.

What's going to be bad? And nothing is bad, it's just hard. And there is a lot of things that you have to think about that you don't realize. So I took my travel stroller with me. Bear in mind, I've also got an overnight bag for me, an overnight bag for him. I try my best pack minimum, which is hard. I then had him on the carrier, got on the platform at Motherwell. So I thought, oh, you know what, I'll drive to Motherwell Park for free.

And it's one stop from Glasgow. And it's also closer to London, technically. Save yourself 15 minutes. I don't know where my carriage was. because when the train comes, it's not the starting line, you have to know where to stand on the platform to get on. Oh, I'm okay, yeah. So that bit for me was stressful.

There was three girlies on the platform. A lot of people were going down to see Beyonce, I think. Oh, yeah. And they bless them, they help me on the train. Because I was like, fuck. Then I'm on carriage D. And you're like, oh yeah, you're all the way back at carriage H. Obviously the param doesn't fit through.

So then I'm looking at how to get the train conductors to carry me down. I've got Jensen fucking flinging about in the carrier on me. It was just, honestly, I thought I need to plan this. better next time. So next time I'd either get on at Glasgow. Yeah. So I've got more than enough time or I'd ask somebody to help me on the ground staff and say get me on. Yeah, because I'm sure when I went to

where was I going? I was going somewhere from Motherville recently as well on the train and asked what, like where where would the carriage be? Yeah. Right. But there was someone kicking about because I'm sure there was a delayed train so there's loads of people there. Because sometimes on the screen, the LED screen it tells you, but it didn't need that one.

I know. Either did or there was someone there because I remember asking because even if you've not got all that stuff it's a bloody boy. It's a long train as well yeah but I do think as you said like you're not really one for worrying about it before it happens where

people just get sewn their head I think especially with motherhood it sounds like I've obviously not been there of like how could it ever travel on my own but how could you not like it's just more preparation and the moment might be harder like getting on the train is more difficult because I mean the main thing's really

you've not got enough hands. That's the problem, really, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. And also you're having to deal with, and Jensen, as you know, he doesn't really sleep. I knew he wouldn't sleep on the train. I didn't know we'd have that problem. Because he just wants to see everything and he's not comfy.

And he was fine. The way down he was fine. And for the most part, a lot of people were very nice. The train conductor actually bought me with porridge and a coffee, which I thought was really sweet. Because I was like, oh, where's carriage scene? And he's like, oh, it's quite far away. And he says, oh, well, I'll get one of the girls

to come and look after Jensen for you if you want, or your son, if you want. And I was like, oh, obviously I'm not sure about that. I was going to get a random person to look after my child. So I was like, oh, no, it's okay, don't worry. I'll just take him down with me. And then next minute he comes back with it for me. And I was like, oh, that's really sweet.

Yeah, that's cute. And two ladies opposite, like, one either side came up to me, you know, throughout the journey, like, do you want me to go and get you anything? And we're like, you're doing so well. and then we got to Preston and I said this to you but all like the finance bros got on to go to London and I thought fuck me

they've got the laptops out and they're not going to hate me and they're kicking about with this lipping four month old starts going they're all looking at me like but that's just life isn't it like and one guy I was at a table and two of them got the laptop out and one man did look at me and he went

oh I remember those days and I thought you know what Fairfox like to me I just thought he's going to be pissed off but he was a dad he was a dad he got it It'd been a long time It's like my kids are now six and seven

But you know it goes so fast I remember those days And it gets easier you know I was like yeah It barely bloody better But I just think now If I hear And I've been like for ages

Even before you all had kids Yeah There's a switch where A baby crying isn't annoying anymore It's more like I feel sorry for them Because I know they'll be feeling stressed Before getting annoyed

I kept getting up leaving the carriage To go in the middle bit And this was like a span of like an hour of the four and a half hour journey where he was really fussy. He was tired. But that's, he's four of mine sold. Thank you about it.

Also, a chain is so stuffy in horrible. Yeah, it was hot. Yeah. I wish I bought that fan. I fucked it with the fan. Anyway, all in all, it was great. What I didn't realize is when I got to London, the weather, it was 28 degrees and it was also stuffy.

You know what it's like in a big city? And luckily I packed good for him. I didn't pack well for me. I'm not confident enough at the moment to get my arms out in his strappy top. so for me I was wearing like this sort of stuff and fuck me I was so hot so I was getting a bit stressed with that

but I got to see Charlotte yet in some really nice places I stayed at the 100 like you I love Shortch Shortwich is where I sort of go every time it's just easier I love East so yeah that was really nice we had two big double beds in the room

so that was quite handy it was a big massive like family room and then we met her dad we went to eat I wrote from down here because I actually can't remember the names we ate at Delamina East I ate there last time with them when I met them.

Never heard you. That's a nice. Really nice. Small plates, Lebanese style, I think. Really recommend that to you. You would love that. I also went to meet my friend Alicia and Harry that evening

and we went to Los Mocki's, Los Mocki. I've been there. You know they're Mexican? Yeah. Yeah. I like it. It's nice, but I went to the rooftop one in the city. Because there's one in Notting Hill that I've been to before,

and I've been to the city one as well before. Is it near the train station? It's near Broadgate Circle. No, I think. It was at another one. It was mobbed. Like, you know, because it's a big massive. financial district all of like the guys in the suit and they're all flipping on gear you know

they love it don't they on a Thursday they do all the fine nights like the weekend starts a Thursday they absolutely are like what's that film with Leonardo DiCaprio um with wall street they're all wall for wall street and yeah it was mobbed Friday ghost town I know that's a bit like that I think that too and you know where I did eat as well the next day that salad place called Attis have you seen it oh yeah oh my god it was good I think I had one of them delivered right when I was doing like a shoot in London a work years ago

but at that time that probably wasn't really my thing like all the best in the one bowl I was about like all the green but I have had it and I know I would love it now it's just basically like a sprig but what I think these salad bars in Glasgow are missing is they toss it all

so it's like here's everything they mix it all and they go to right your sauce tahini you want light medium or saucy I was like I like I like I'll have medium please mix it all and it was like fillets of salmon on top or smoky sticky chicken it does need mixed yeah because you eat it bit by bit really because it's like piled in our bowl and you can only mix it because it's not enough space couldn't agree more and then I went for a really nice breakfast place

which if anybody is staying in east you should go here because it's one of those breakfast spots where it's just like your usual fried breakfast but it's done so well and it's called watchhouse and I just had avocado fried eggs with chili on the most amazing sourdough but they put this lemon I think it was lemon butter oil on the side fuck me I'm doing that in future iconic golden yolks

so so good yum really good so go there for your brecky breaky bricky brushy you go to the Scottish place you told me you go to no sorry I had to stay in my little zone oh another good tip as well I was thinking how the fuck do I get in a taxi

like I don't have a car seat like what's the crack with that public this class is public transport so it's fine but black cabs you can just keep your pram up put the break on also somebody to say that to me as well they mentioned you like if you don't want to pay for the standard premium or first class then you can reserve a seat in the disabled section and there's two carriages usually that have that but you would obviously need to move if somebody came on but it's good because you can keep the pram up yeah that's handy but yeah i definitely recommend it guys i had a really good time it was nice to see my friends I just felt, it felt good to feel like a little bit like me, if that makes sense.

Yeah. Just have him there. They all loved it. I'm never going to have the opportunity to see Charlotte when Jensen's like young again. Likewise for my other friends in London. And he loved it. He loved being out about everyone with stopping him. It was just fun.

I love being in London. It was great. He likes being busy. Yeah. Booked him busy, baby. Uh, nabut. I had a nice matcher from a place called Jenkey. Oh, it was bloody good.

Is that not the kind of like, OG. Yeah. It's just really good grade matcher. Yeah, so it was really nice. And I bought myself a little kit, bamboo whisk, which I've asked for Secret Santa every year no one's bought it.

Zoe. Do you put it on the system thing that we use? No, but I think I might have mentioned it to you a few times. Anyway, I got myself a little whisk, the little spoon, the little pot of match. I made myself one yesterday. It was bloody gorge. And did look nice, actually.

They look gorgeous. They taste like absolute shane. It tastes like ass. They do. Yeah. I'll never be on board with it. I think that's it, guys. Sunday I went to Kelso, where Rich's dad's from.

We had a nice lasagna. Saw his dad. And then I took myself to Park Run. And I did Park Run on my own. Well, with two friends, but I ran on my own. On Saturday morning. I thought, fuck it. Raining.

No headphones. Sports bra this time. Do you not think the best weather for running as raining? Honestly, Zoe, I thought the exact same thing. I thought this is amazing. It's a constant cool down. And I did it. I did it, and I'm really proud of myself.

I ran the 5K, slowest ever, didn't give a flying fuck. It was amazing. Do you think once you get the morning... The running mindset, you kind of keep it? Well, do you know what I noticed, right? The time that I did, I looked back at my other park runs when I did them like two years ago, I'm pretty much, maybe a little bit stowy than what I was when I very, very first started getting into running. Yeah.

The difference I felt where back then I was like, I want to stop at every few hundred meters. I hate this. I can't breathe. I, my lungs and my fitness, my stamina. Is that what the word is? Like my stamina felt great. I thought, bloody out, it's just my mind telling me that I'm a bit tired.

My body's not there yet. Mechanically, I can't move like that at the minute. I'm over a stone heavier. Like, things are feeling a bit different. Yeah. But fitness-wise in my lungs, I felt fine. I thought I can do this. So I do think if anyone is listening to this

and is pregnant or into fitness and they're worried that they're not doing a lot or putting pressure on themselves, trust me, it will come back. And the way I feel, even with Richard now, postpartum, maybe like, I think I started like six weeks postpartum, tried to do a reverse lunch.

Oh my God, the pain. Most of that was probably to do with the section, but I felt like I was in pain. I just probably wasn't ready yet. And then now, I did it, went to, had a session with him yesterday. I'm absolutely fine now. Yeah, it'll just take time.

It takes time. And in my head back then, I'm like, I want to be ready now. Why do I feel like this? It's going to take me ages. And I've barely done anything. But my body's just recovering still. Yeah. But also if you message in for one week, you go back on your shore the next day.

I know. I'm trying to saw today, actually. Like it does, you need to keep going for it to not kind of fall back again. But I'm not doing the running for, like, weight loss or anything like that. I'm doing it genuinely for like my head. Like, for me, even the fact that I didn't wear it. headphones. I was like having an hour piece or 35 minute piece and running is just so good for me at the minute. I don't think I need headphones at the gym. Do you not? No. I mean if I've got

headphones in and I'm running on a treadmill what do you think I'm listening to? Disney. Like I've got wicked on. Like I'm not honestly hand on heart that's what I'd be listening to. I think it's quite motivational but I just music doesn't like get you going no it doesn't pump me up it does for me no big big time I know it does for most people it doesn't really make a difference to me I hate it regardless I'm just a massive house music lover

I think it's not really my it's not really your thing no so like I don't really have pump music no I love it it's quite depressed like if I was in a car that's one thing I do miss actually having a child blaring the music yeah I love it And when he's not in the car, I am loving it, thriving. House music, though.

Oh, yeah. No, see, I've got, like, the ballads on. I'm singing from the rooftops. Nothing annoys me more when I'm at a good part of a song and you stop at traffic lights or somebody next to me. Yeah, and you have to tell you down, you're embarrassed. I'm pretty like. Sometimes I actually pause it.

Really? And then you're like, right, play. Boom, boom. Nothing makes me happy and singing in the car. Like, that's my time. Really? Yeah. See something's in it.

I'm like, you're the same. this morning, I'm like good. Yeah, I do love ballads as well. There's a time and a place for that though, I think. You know if I'm in a long, long car journey down to Leicester? I'll have my eras. So it's like, right, now it's time for a bit of like Whitney Houston, like Airy, Celine Dion. You're moving through it.

Then we've got the house. And then we've got the David Gray's. Country's more for Alexa if I'm cooking. I would never be playing house music in my house. No. And then I used to love grime music and like hip hop. But I'm a little bit over that now. Storm as he hasn't bought her an album

out in five years like come on to fuck mate we're bored now and Rianna when's she coming back I don't know if she ever will she'll know up the duff again fuck off

she's a goner I think she's gone I can't we leave her back in the 90s or whenever she was relevant She's a goner 90s what age am I making her 40 Beyonce's still flipping

swinging her bloody wig all over the flipping Can't stand her Can I say something by the way Of course I don't think Glive is a good dancer there I said it Wow

She's stiff She's getting better Though she's loosening up the limbs Do you not think she's a bit stiff though as well I think she looks exactly like her mother No she does I've been watching quite a lot of videos Because I do agree she's loosening up

Yeah But see especially at the start Everyone was raving over I'm like she looks as if she's in training Zoe It looks at the rehearsal Zoe Zoe Zoe Zoe Zoe If you were 10 years old

And you were playing on a world tour in front of 60,000 people, Fairfucks, honey. No, but I would have attitude, I think. Like, I would all, like, you know, the pure head attitude and that, dancers have. I think she's very... You wanted her to give more of, like, Kanye's kid.

What's her name? North. She... But dancers do that. Is that the one extreme to the other? But that is what dancers do. Like, they've got the facial expressions and, like, the head movements

and a bit of attitude about them. The darky face. Yeah, whereas she's quite... Yeah, sour-faced. Yeah, like, there's no emotion. She's in the zone. She's probably just trying to concentrate. I feel like her head doesn't move. She's got to do it with all the backing people as well. I'd be a bit robotic. I'd be terrible. But you're not a dancer. She is. That's what I mean.

She's 10. Maybe she's not 10. I don't think she's 10. No. She's... How old? 13. All right. Same same. No, I think absolutely fair fucks her. Like, I think it's so cute as well that it's like her mom singing and all that. Right. But I'm like you and you listen up a bit. And if I was another dancer and that, I think I'd be human.

Yeah. Nepo baby, get off. Deanna, get too far. I'm better than you. Fucking 13 year old. Pizant. Nepo baby. Anyway.

Tell you where I went actually after Park Run quickly for any local girlies. I went to Homegrown where we love going homegrown garden centre but they've expanded now. An expansion. Yeah, so it's really big so if you ever do go to homegrown

because it's a little bit out of the way in the middle of nowhere. If you get there you turn up and you can't get a table, you're bit pissed off. Yeah, where else are you going really around. But it's big now. So I'd go, the food is really nice there actually.

so that was a nice little post-run brunch and then yesterday I met Richard's sister and we met at Kelvin Grove Cafe I may have said this before in the pod but I think that is an unsung hero of a brunch spot you've done and I've still not been excellent excellent quality food I think I had trout rather than smoked salmon

by the way way way prefer trout over smoked salmon have you ever had it? No it's basically looks the exact same right but it's just nicer quality it's softer it's less fishy I bloody love it more sustainable as well Oh, right, sustainable queen, are we? Yeah, they don't do like smashed avocado

because, you know, it's not good for the planet so they do smashed peas instead. Why smashed avocados and not good for the planet? There was a big movement around it a few while ago so some brunch places don't do it anymore. Apparently not good for the rain... Is it the rainforest or something? I think it's very intensive to grow,

so I think it's a bigger process to farm it than just... Yeah. Because if you think about it, right, avocado a few years back was just not a thing. It was not a thing. People didn't buzz off it. And now it's like on demand. Avo's are on demand. Right. So. Bring up the avos. Then everybody became vegan. So then it's like, fuck. That's all the breakfast is avocado for breakfast, lunch and dinner. So the avocado, you know, community was fucked.

I think what when he asks, everyone is, do we actually really like it? Zoe, yes. Stop trying to make this a thing. I love avocado. No, so dare. But what I mean, like, is do we actually, though? But do you know what I will say? It's rotten when you get, when it's not ripe enough. Yeah, like a banana, rotten. Or overripe.

Yeah, there's a sour taste. Bananas are the same though, don't you think? Yeah. A banana needs to be the perfect yellow for me. Yes. I can't do it any hint of green and I can't do any hint of brown. The green. Oh my God.

And when you peel it and it makes that ripping noise. It's stuck to the skin still. Yeah, perfectly good ripe avocado. Cardo is fantastic, sliced very thinly, gorgeous, a little bit of smoked chili sea salt on top, fried egg, has to be golden yolk. I can eat that every day. What do you mean, golden yolk?

They're not all gold. No, but I mean a good quality egg. That's like a really rich orange yokey colour. Jason's in a moment right now where he eats eggs every single day, right? Four eggs, scrambled for his breakfast. Could never do that on their own. With anything else?

No, like bread in it? Oh. Out a bowl with cheese through it. Anyway, and he's like, you can really taste the dip as being a good and a bad egg, and I'm like, we're no doing this. Sorry, I agree with him, sorry. You're preaching to the wrong person, yeah. No, I know, that's why I'm telling you.

Oh, yeah. An egg's an egg to me, I think. Nah, it's not when you have a good one. He likes Max and Spencer's organic. Wow. Fear fucks them. Love that. Just keep me in, I'll do.

Anyway, yeah, so we want to tell you about homegrown. Calvin Grove Cafe, they had it. My sister-in-law had a French onion soup. Oh, my bloody God, it looked good. We love a French onion soup. We do. We need to see if it rival was Maison. Not sure, well.

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Yep. Disasters, awkward moments. Anything. I love it. I've got none. Well, I pissed the bed from that shag a few years back, but that was about it. You guys know that. If you knew here, yeah, it's a few seasons back.

Hell them. Oh, God, Marie. Why do you do this to me? Yeah, so I met a guy. really, really liked him so much. And went back to his house, piss as a fart, and I piss his bed. And I got called Pissy Pants for years afterwards, actually. And I can't say this next people, say that for Patron.

Years ago now, met a boy in Jelly, if you know, you know. Do you know what Jelly is? No. It was an old club in Glasgow. And later matched with him and Tinder. we spoke for months but you always seemed to make an excuse when I brought up meeting up I was too naive to see what that meant eventually went on a date to the cinema all went well and said we would meet up at Jelly the following night

met up at Jelly chatted kissed etc I went dancing with my pal for a bit and later seen him stood at the bar kissing another girl knowing I was in the same club found the nearest unattended drink and chucked over him to his horror as he was wearing his favourite top first and only time I've chucked a drink over someone and would highly recommend when necessary. People do just love a disco winch though. Yeah. Like no, not enough people

is enough for folk on a night. Do you know what I mean? Just keep it going. Feel like you girls will appreciate this one. So way back when when I used Tindo for a game to pass the time in the evening I used to do that, I fucking loved it. Never had the intention to meet up and the story firms that up to me. I was chatting to this guy who ticked a lot of boxes to be honest. He asked to go on a date.

And by all accounts sounded lovely. He was sick. six foot eight. Jesus Christ. That's about to in tall, isn't it? Fuck it out. And look nice in his pictures until I realized he never smiled with his teeth. I went on a mad stalking binge on all platforms to see if he had tombstones for tea. In the meantime, he thought it would be a good idea to start sexting.

This was his line. I can't wait to kiss you from your ankle, working my way up to your knee, where I would work on your clit before carrying on. This was it for me. Couldn't have those tombstones Noring on my knee on my cliff. Trimstones. Anyway, I love the pod. Keeps me saying,

praying for an event with the U in Leicester soon. Oh, oy, o'allie. Tombstones? No. This is going to sound terrible, but I went on a date with a guy I had mutual friends with. We met for drinks and I saw he was missing a finger in one hand and I immediately put me off him and I don't know why, poor guy.

Gary, you're going to hell. You're going to hell. I'll see you there, hen. Would that put you off? Listen, if he lost his finger from like real like macho story, like chainsaw, wars, Fairfox, he'd probably be very good with the other hand. No, I don't know if you put me off.

No. Maybe when I was a younger girl, yeah, but that's a molding that. I think if it was like a pinky tip it wouldn't. But I think if it was like half your middle finger. Nah. I think it depends what they're like, though. If they're quite rugged and that, I'd be like that. It's a bit of a look.

No, I don't know how I think that's a look. My friend went on a few days with this guy, really nice lad from home, and ended up in a shitty nightclub in our hometown. after going out for some drinks. My friend went to the toilet and he was still sitting there at the table when the club lights came on.

Whilst he was stub with her jackets, the club emptied quite fast. Confused as to where she was, the staff had tied it up and were also leaving and he was told he needed to leave the club because it was closing time. He left gutted thinking that she'd done a runner

and ghosted him. Her phone was off and he thought she wasn't really into him after all. He went home, nursing a kebab, a bit gutted but confused. Anyway, a few hours later on our WhatsApp group was kicking off about 5am.

I was a night shift in A&E at the time and she was fucking locked in the club after falling asleep in the toilet sending his voice notes we couldn't make out what she was saying is the club alarm was going off so loud The alarm then sent a notification to the police station who called the club

peering out the tiny wee window of the club front door chapping so the police would hear her and they drove away I had to get the police who were in the A&E department to call in and send cops round to save her the owner opened the door and freed her and we were raging at her and she got bored

luckily she was absolutely fine and they are now married what the fuck oh so surely in a club they check like all the toilet I know that because that must happen loads yeah by the way all I thought that whole time

was I would have a panic attack die imagine being locked in a club like that it would be awful imagine it being on like a Sunday night and it'd be a Thursday you die that could be a great horror film because think how do you have

I dated you've already been from drinking. Another story for my Tinder days. I met a guy for drinks and liked him enough to go back to his. I was death-o-braver when I was younger. I asked you as the toilet and he said, oh, I'll take you to it. Took me up the stairs and waited for me whilst I was in there. Red flag.

Then when I get out, he said, I want to show you something. Oh. And took me to the room next door and said, what do you think? All I could see was a big tent and my young naive self thought it was a spray tan tent and said, oh, do you do spray tans? What? Nope. Turns out he was growing weeds and had a full set up.

Such a weird situation to be in. I was out of there. Why would you be proud to show off your flipping plants? I think people who are into that are quite like you're... You're proud. Yeah. What about the ganges? I'm not going to be like a big dungeon of a tent, like six dungeon tent or something. You're going to tell me that. A bit of 50 shades going on.

My friend went on a coffee date with a guy to Café Nero. He ordered himself a drink and a cake. And they had just started chatting when he shoved half the cake in his mouth. She instantly got the ick at how much he had just bit. top and then was chewing with his mouth open oh no i'd hate this he then screwed his face up and spat the full thing back out into his bare hand no said he didn't like that cake dumped his chew-up cake on the plate and went back to get himself a different one no she was left with her jaw on the floor and wanted to run a mile as the shop was busy and people around him

were like what the fuck she didn't ever meet him again i do think things like that are really for me if i was on a date right it's been a long time but I think if I was on a date now, I'd definitely look at what they would order, how they treated the waiting staff, and, yeah, if they chew with their mouth open. All of that is the X-Me. Or waited for me to start or everything to come on the table.

I hate that. Even a first date ordering a drink and a cake, like, just get a drink. Yeah, I don't think we need right now. Imagine if you are, oh my God, no, imagine this, right? You are in a nice fine dining state restaurant, and you order a glass of wine he orders a pint of Guinness

thoughts for me that's just a hard no I think I've vodka and something's worse no it is I don't mind a lager but a Guinness which I love with a meal is a meal

that's a meal and a meal no I do agree with you That's so specific it is though don't you think that's a meal you greedy pig but I'll have a man in three sides a glass of wine, a cocktail, and then I'll get a dessert.

But how dare you have a pint of Guinness? Yeah. I agree. No, I hate it. Like, my dad drinks Guinness all night every night, and I think, you must be stuffed. Then farts the next day, absolutely never. Did I tell you when I went to the Dublin factory and my dad did Guinness? I was farting my way around that rooftop bar, honest to God.

Can I tell you, I really took off? I'm not sure I've ever tried it. it's nice with the bit black currant but then again you don't like match you it, it's in a quiet taste you have to keep drinking it and then you're like oh okay it's bitter yeah I'm not sure if I have or not

your gut would absolutely not agree with that by the way I started dating a guy and he suggested that we go to DiMaggio's in time for something to eat lovely or so I thought that's your first problem met him on the train not seven met him on the train

we got on meeting someone on the train by wow I know. That's brave. We got off the train and he started walking towards an Enix Centre. I stopped him and said, aren't we going the wrong way? To which she replied, no, DiMaggio's is in St. Inic Centre. So you're telling me, I just spent hours getting ready to go to a shopping mall food court

for some school dinner macaroni. Anyway, I got my way and we headed to the actual DiMaggio's restaurant in Royal Exchange Square. All was going well until his carbunera arrived. He continued his conversation with a mouthful of food and ended up in our jug of cocktail in my glass on my plate, on the table and on the floor. He was completely unaware that this was happening. I was mortified

safe to say, I suggested we stayed friends after this experience. I'd need to get up and leave instantly. If anything comes out your mouth whilst you're talking to me, I will be sick. I cannot. I don't know. It's just a really hard one. Especially, imagine if they had something all in their teeth as well and you're not that

into them at the start to even say like, you got something in your teeth. But then if you got home and you'd on your teeth and your teeth. I'll be motivated. That happens to me a lot as well I get stuff in my teeth all the time.

I just think if I was to date now like I would just be so as if I'm a robot because I'm just to act out by everything for a start but I'd be so conscious of myself too about like having stuff in my teeth or spitting whilst the meeting

or whatever that I would just almost do nothing I don't know what I must be so hard I actually love to see myself in another life of what I would be like dating now at this age really really intrigued I don't think I would ever be like a serial date I don't think it's for me

No I'm not brave enough for that I don't enjoy it I don't find dating an enjoyable experience Until you're with them The small talk Yeah Oh my god I'm not an eater either

Like I don't want to go out for dinner Do you not? No because if you order something weird I'm out Yeah Joina is I'm trying to avoid me Getting put off you so quick Like it's for your benefit

Not mine What would you do though Where would you go What would you suggest Golfing? Drinks I know but then you end up shagging them you would let's be honest

I would because you get drunk yeah and you do they like you probably act a bit more like into even if you're not because you're a bit boozy I shagged Richard on the first date

but I just got pissed and I really liked him but I don't even think guys saying that I think they think fucking yes and I was speaking to him for about two months before but I was nervous and I think when you're just like oh my God I've fucked it

I should have just I should have done my three date rule thing No, I know what you mean. And then I didn't. I don't know what you mean. And I think a lot of the time as well when, do you know what, to be fair, to be fair, listen, we're all adults here, you end up getting drunk right and you shagged them and you realise actually it was really crap sex or you didn't have that sexual connection with each other and you've got it over and done with and you're like, you know what, shit, bye. I know because I do think people build such a relationship with someone before that, not knowing if they're into them in that way and then what if you're not? Exactly.

And then you've kind of like you're into someone but you're missing something that's quite important Yeah I feel there's a fine line I think a couple of dates give it a bash I used to always have a three date rule thing I think If I remember it's been that long but I do think in my head I was like I think I've been on three dates my whole life

That's just not for me that awkwardness I can't cope with Time to check on the skies It's another sunny day in Calgary Forecast calls for high levels of economic activity. Late afternoon, we've got a burst of potential in a place ranked North America's most livable city. Tomorrow, blue sky thinking in the blue sky city should hold steady. And the outlook remains optimistic throughout the week. So come grab your dreams and enjoy watching them take hold.

It's possible in Calgary, the Blue Sky City. For the full economic forecast, visit calgary economic development.com. So much. Right, we've got more embarrassing stories, but we'll save that for Patreon. We also have a dilemma. A dilemma that we should read out. And then we've got more of them as well. Sounds pathetic, but I actually feel so lonely.

My friends don't want to do much anymore. Honestly, that's really sad. That is really sad. But do you know what I was, I was thinking this either day, actually. I think motherhood can be quite lonely, right? And from the outside, you probably think that someone like me, I'm always doing something. I've always got, but I'm not. A lot of the time, I genuinely am 85% on my own, right?

And my brain is filled with obviously looking after a little human. But it can be a lonely time. And I do think that other girlies around because everyone's moving on their life or they've got a partner, people aren't going out as much. A lot of people are feeling that. They just don't admit it. And I think a lot of people are lonely, but they probably don't realize. You also don't need to be alone to feel lonely.

Yes, very true. That's an important point. That's very true. You could be around people that don't fill your cup or you just, yeah, you definitely feel like something's missing. And I guess as I've got older in my life and everyone is going off in their different directions, there is, you know, I do miss that connection of, you know, just hanging out with your friends when you, or you should just come around and you're just chilling your

bedroom and that doesn't happen anymore in adult life. Things have to be planned weeks in advance and that can be quite hard. Yeah. I think sometimes you're like, fuck me. All I want to do is to see my mates, but I have to schedule them in three weeks in advance. I think I'm trying to make you feel better here but I reckon a lot of people are quite lonely and you're not and that in itself I think is probably quite comforting

doesn't solve the issue but we're all in it together and I think we maybe just need to I think sadly it's probably a bit part of growing up also I don't know your situation you might be like you've just said you might have a group of friends but you still really feel like something's missing or I need to find my people maybe you're wanting their partner and you don't have one

or you know you're not going out to find one like we've spoke about loads of times before no one goes out anymore to meet people organically which can be difficult real connections and all seem to be just very few and far between because everything's online swipable yeah man as your thought of advice would be like get into something that you enjoy because you meet new people that way like for example gym I know it's not everyone's thing but especially classes or gyms that are based around classes

are so good for like you do chat before and after if you want to yeah there's always people want to chat about it and stuff like that or even like even like the Pilates class

that I go to most weeks like you naturally have a wee like how hard was that with people and like you never know what that could come to what could lead to especially if you would like to build you like I'm quite in my own lane

because I don't want to talk to anyone but if you did want to it could easily spark up conversation of things like that Or like a book club. Yeah. I was going to say a book club, yeah. There's loads of things you can do.

If you can make the effort to look into it, there's actually loads of things you could go to. Even like there's walking clubs, running clubs. Yeah, running clubs are good, yeah. Loads of things like that. And I think there is certain people that go to stuff like that and it's all because they're... Feeling the same?

They're either feeling the same or they maybe want to meet new people or new friends. So I think it's kind of like a general aim. Yeah. I don't think you're going to a running club if you just wanted to run your own, you would just run on your own then. So you're watching to chat to talk.

Yeah, meet people. There's loads of good running clubs, by the way. You don't know where your base, but in Glasgow there's loads of really good ones you could go to. Or come to one of our events. Our events are good for stuff like that, come to one of our events.

Meet friends. Lightminded people. Join Patreon, going to the group chat, suggesting there's anybody else, like, trust me, there's so many people that have sent in messages to us saying that they would love to meet friends or they're struggling to meet like-minded people.

Everybody that listened to this podcast surely has one common thing. Thing in common. Absolutely. Well, you do, because the lesson in our podcast. That's what I mean. So there's loads of chit-chat. On our Patreon, we also have group chats. We've got a book club group chat.

Booked and busy. Yeah, listen, we can add as many group chats as you want. If you want us to organize a meetup group chat on there, you can absolutely do that. We should do that. That would be really nice, actually. Yeah. Really sorry that you're feeling that way, but hopefully it's just a little blip and you won't be feeling that way for too long. We'll drop you a message to see if you can help you with anything.

Sending you a big, big hug. Right, before we leave, we move on to Patreon. I've got a quick tip that I want to stay on the main and not a pageant. So I'm going to Kefalonia in a week. That's soon, by the way. Yes. I'm not going to be able to give you an update for a few weeks, because we're doing a double record next week, aren't we, before we leave.

Yeah. But I'm really excited. I can't wait to update you on that, guys. But I saw on Instagram, it was actually a girl called Mel, Mel, is her Instagram. She did this thing at Glasgow Airport, but it's actually all UK airports, a lot of UK airports. If you fly with EasyJet, Tu-E and Jet 2, and it's called Twilight. And it's really good if you live near an airport or you're staying near, if you're staying at a hotel near an airport. And ideal if you have children, I think, personally, this is why I'm going to do it.

So I've got a flight at 6 a.m. the next morning and I've got big suitcases. For me, when you have a big suitcase you have to get up two out you have to be there what two three hours before to get the queue what that's me getting up at like two in the morning three you're fucked what they do do is if your flight is before 12 o'clock that day which mine is at six you can drop your luggage off between check the airline but jet two is between 430 p.m and 9 p.m. the night before one person needs to go with all of the passports from the people in the group booking so I'll be taking jensen and richard's passport with me I'll just take my suitcase drop it off So the next morning, we can have an extra couple of hours in bed, get through and go straight to security.

You have to check in before you go. So you need to be already checked in. Take your passports. You get free parking in the multi-story, so it doesn't cost you. That's good. Yep. Because honestly, some people would be like, well, what's the point I'm paying for luggage to go and queue up? But you get free, one hour free parking in the multi-story.

And where are you flying from Glasgow? Yeah. So for me, it's a piece of piss. Glasgow airport is so close to me. Yeah. So it's not far. But for me, I'm going to do that because it will just make my life so less stressful. The last thing I want to do is in the morning is have him queuing up.

I can't predict if he's going to be crying, standing there, you know, just rather get in, get to security, get on the plane, and let's get it over and done with. Yeah. So I thought I would share that tip because I never knew what I never knew about it. That is good. And someone just messaged me here to say that the small T's and Cs in Jet 2, you actually get 30, an extra 10KG luggage. What?

If you have a child. Hi, girls. Just listen to the recent app. I flew with my baby, I flew with my baby with Jet 2. Just to let you know, you get an extra 10KG on your checked-in-case with a baby. So you get 32KG. They don't really make this known, but if you look at the T's and C's Online, it's on there. So just double-check that, guys, but I might chance that.

That's well good if that's true, by the way. And you get your stroller and you get your car seat. That's like a chunk of extra weight. And I'm going to maybe shove a few little things in my stroller bag. Oh, yeah. Flat-packed things. They don't check inside it. Baby tops, isn't that?

Yeah. Anyway, I thought I'd let you know that because we like talking about travel and stuff so I thought you'd let you any of you, Mama's out there, anyone else that's living, close to an airport. Absolutely. You had to, say, for example,

you had to go down to Manchester and you're like, fuck me, you've got a 5 a.m. flight in the morning. Go and drop it off the night before. So it's also quite good if people work. Yes. We should use that at work when you had like 10 big,

so cases you're all, having to log them home the night before and take them back and all that. Yeah. That's manageable. It's only certain airlines, set an airport. So talk about, but it's called twilight. Google it.

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