Leave A Message with Ally & G - 44 - Health, Happiness & Swearing Less: New Years Day Special

Episode Date: January 1, 2025

For auld lang syne, my dear... Happy New Year! It is officially 2025 and we are kicking off the New Year how we mean to go on: widening our vocabulary, reducing our swearing and maintaining good habits! (Let's see how long that lasts for...). On this weeks episode of Leave A Message, Ally & G are reflecting on the year that's been and looking forward to the year ahead. From running into past flings to finally learning to set boundaries to maintaining healthy habits and facing awkward social situations head-on. Plus we have listener messages and a ghost of New Years Eve past... think of this episode as the detox you need before starting a brand new year! Want to be a part of the group chat and featured on the pod? Send your voice note to https://wa.me/message/LLWFXNK4YXMHE1 (and please, don’t leave out ANY of the juicy details). NOTICE: Any advice provided in this podcast does not, and is not intended to, constitute professional advice or guidance; all information, content and materials presented are for entertainment purposes only. Any injury, damage or loss that may result from the consumption of this podcast is at the sole responsibility and risk of the listener. Follow Ally & G Instagram: @allyandg TikTok: @allyandg YouTube: @allyandg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Yeah, I think it's tacky. It's tacky to just use swear words as like vocabulary. Like it's not. I love the C word so I can't relate. I do too babe. I think, listen, I actually don't mind it in everyday life but I think listening to us back is jarring. Yeah, I think if we could just have a cap on the amount of profanities, that would be good.

I'd also like to speak about my sex life in a more demure way. That's the resolution for me on this pod, because apparently I'm vulgar. Whatever. Who told you that? So many people, I can't even count. Shall I sing Old Lang Syne? Yeah. Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot in the days of Auld Lang Syne? And then it goes into For Auld Lang Syne, I do.

OK, I'm not going to do it. We won't do it now, but that's what you sing at New Year's. Happy New Year, everyone. I love New Year. She's a bit of a weirdo, actually. I'm a witch! I'm going to have my crystals out of me, definitely. I remember when we first started, this has been two, three, two years ago now,

we were having all these conversations about doing something in September, and she was like, I can't do it until the New Year. And I was like, what does she mean? She was like, it it's like energy and I was like, yeah, I've got it But like it is three months away from January. Andrews laziness is what it is. No, I do feel that sometimes like I feel I really struggle With like no like now I'll give it to you. Yeah, like September, babe. You're exaggerating. It wasn't September November even yeah, I do. I I have to start with fresh intentions. I can't do it. And I know that the calendar is made up or whatever. Oh my god.

I read... I'm not going to be able to find it. I read this thing that is so true. And it's really changed my whole perspective actually. Basically, the original calendar had 13 months. Yeah. And every month has 28 days. And if you think about the Latin names for each month, it actually makes sense.

October in our calendar is the tenth month. But oct means eight. Dec means ten. nov means nine. Wow. It's like actually, and they're like, oh, I can't remember. I think April is the first month of the year because April is like, it's all derived from like the Greek gods and like April is obviously spring and that's like new life and April, I think it means something I can't remember.

Oh, so maybe I can't do anything until April then. No, no, it's really interesting, because if you think about it, in theory, the year should start in it. It would make sense for spring to be the beginning of the week. That you start in the middle of winter. December. In the bleak midwinter. Yeah.

That does feel wild to start intentioning at that time. Yeah. Sorry to rain on your parade, but I've just given it a little bit of Google. And a little bit of fact check. It says Mauritius. It's not Mauritius. I'm sorry if anyone Googles it and sees how badly I pronounce that. But it says that March was the first one.

Sorry, yeah, March. And then April. And then it's only 10 months. Oh, I've got it the wrong way around there. I think there's like in Ethiopia, they like that like there's something where there's thirteen months and the days in a different order. Yeah. And somehow and some religions their week starts on the Sunday.

Yeah. Yeah. Like time is just basically a completely manmade construct. So weird isn't it? Like we all just decide to have New Year's Day on the first of January. It's just another, it's weird. Also why did we all decide on the five day week? I will never get my head around that. And like also the fact that, you know, every year is like 364 and a quarter days and every

year we decide to have an... It's so stupid. I know, the leap year. Oh, so I think this is based on agriculture, if we're talking Romans specifically. So there's 10 named months, which is March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, and probably two unnamed months in the dead of winter where not much happened in agriculture. Oh wow. They just sacked it off. They just thought we just won't even name them. They just wasted time.

Which they are, to be fair. February is bleak, actually. I went to the gym this morning. I left my house at 7.30. It was pitch black. Oh, that's the one thing I really struggle with is the dark. I know. So bad. So, so depressing.

Yeah. Right. What are your... None of that depressingness. We're coming into a new year. What day will this go out? A new start. First is a Wednesday.

Great. Happy New Year. I think it's going to be our year, babes. Yeah, this is really good. Yeah, this is our year. I know. I just know it. I know this is going to be our year, babes. Yeah, this is really good. I know, I just know it. I know this is going to be our year. Happy, Happy New Year, everyone. Yeah.

So resolutions, talk to me. Give us three. Resolutions are different to intentions. I'll give you resolutions. I like to keep my intentions a bit secret. Ooh. Because I don't like to... I believe in the evil eye. I don't like to like...

How do you define the difference? What you intend to do? Resolution is like, I will not eat so much fucking sugar. No, no, no. That's just what you... That's not true. The meaning of resolution. It is though, isn't it? No, it's just like, things that you hope to keep. Intentions are like manifestations, in my opinion. Like a vision board. What you intend to achieve or like do or...

But resolutions are like promises you intend to keep then. But that doesn't have to be related to sugar. No, no, but as I'm saying, one of mine would be not to eat. Yeah, but one of yours could... You could really... Yeah. I guess you can't promise to keep a manifestation because it's like a tiny bit out of your control. Yeah.

A firm decision to do or not do something. Yeah, like in your control. In my control, yeah. Okay. So I would say swearing, definitely. I've got to get a cap on that actually. Potty mouth. Soaring. I've got like a...

Rihanna's like behind the camera like, you c***. Grow up, you c***. Sorry, Rich, you can't beat that. Oh, so many things like read. This year I set myself a target of 25 books. Did you do it? And I think I only did 19. That's impressive.

But I listened to them and I got a bit lazy the last couple of months about doing it. So that's definitely that's always on my mind. Are you going to stick to 25? Yeah, I'd like to. That's like two a month, which is really easy to do if you listen to them. Yeah. Something about like my late sleep and wake cycle. Oh, I'm gassed for you to sort that out because I think it will make my life so much better.

I spent half my life waiting for Addy Mack to wake up, to be honest. I think it's not. The thing is, often I'm awake. I've noticed that the problem periods for me are the, I was awake at 8.30 today. I didn't get out of bed for an hour. What's happened there? Yeah, what are you doing? I'm lying in bed scrolling on my phone.

Yeah, you can't. I've got to fix that. Up and at them, honey. And maybe I should start, like I do it especially, like I do it as well at night. Do you not need a wee? No. I wee about five times in the night, so I'm already on that. Why the fuck, sorry. Do you wee that much in the night?

So much, and I don't know if it's like, I've got a weak bladder. That's not right. It's about salt, it's like I've got a weak bladder. That's not right. It's about salt retention. It's about water retention. I'm actually on meds that like make me pee a lot because this like fucks with my... It messes with my water retention. But there are loads of things that you can do to not pee. It's so jarring.

Guys, sorry, this is a bit of a side note, but did you see Stephen Bartlett's like being like absolutely rinsed for like fake medical like, yeah, and we best be careful about what we like claim on him. I don't know what you just said about salt retention. It didn't sound very scientific to me. But what's he said? No, no, no, because he gets like, obviously he gets like health experts on and they're like, I think they're called damaging health claims. Oh, they're not coming here for medical.

They're not checking us. They're not coming here for medical. They're not checking us. They're not coming here for their medical. If Ofsted come calling, we might be fucked. Ofsted is for schools, but yeah, sure. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. Whatever regulating body regulate podcasts.

Anyway, my point is I've got to make that period of time. I do it when I go to sleep as well. I get into bed and I scroll and then I go to sleep an hour later than I really needed to. I need to like fix that up somehow. Because also you're on your phone all day. What's there to scroll? So much.

So much. Like we are on our phones 24 hours a day. No, but you're not watching TikTok. I really love people. They're so funny. I've been watching this dad daughter duo. You probably will have seen them. He's like, he is the best girl dad of all time and like they're hilarious.

Anyway. Really sweet. That, they're hilarious. Anyway. Really sweet. That's three. Yeah. Epic. Really good, babe. There must be one more. Keep your cholesterol low.

Yeah. Yeah, don't hold on that cholesterol. Start running again. I've really been lazy about that. No, but it's the weather. Don't worry about that. I know, I'm such a fair weather runner. Yeah, that's fine.

You can be a fair weather runner. I wouldn't worry about that. Yeah, I think that's it. Oh, and my Ali, okay, and I'll tell you my one is Ali from Ali and G Limited is to post a weekly dump because... Yeah, she's desperate to do her weekly dump. No, no, because the number of pictures that we take in a week is actually illegal and they must go somewhere.

They can't just sit on my phone for the rest of time. So that's my, as caption of Instagram, that's my Ali and G Limited resolution. My Ali and G Limited resolution is to upload shorts to YouTube, but I just hate it and never do it. And I've probably resoluted that 5,000 times, but alas. Is that due to the lack of, you know how they say, like you get dopamine from things, like the reward system and then it makes you want to do things more?

No, I genuinely think it is sheer laziness and also lack of like, unique content for YouTube. laziness and also lack of like unique content for YouTube because some time basically YouTube is the only platform currently that has a 60 second cap for shorts. You know how short 60 seconds is? We rarely speak for 60 seconds in one solo piece of content. I haven't seen a 60 second piece of content from us in a long time unless it's like a sound but that doesn't really work on shorts. And you can't do that every day. Yeah so it would mean me cutting them and I'm like, well, thanks for your work, no thanks.

Guys, if you've got any shorts ideas, actually, please put them in the comments. Yeah, if you like shorts and you actually do watch shorts, then hit us up because I'm... I reckon your content that you do like now is literally... No, but babe, it's too long. So I'd have to cut it and I'm being lazy is basically what I'm saying. Oh, maybe you could undo that then actually, maybe you could resolute that. Be less lazy. Yeah.

Yeah, sure. What else? Let me get on that. What else? Oh babe, how about your mouth situation? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'd like to sort my teeth out, but that just feels like... To do.

Like a to do list rather than like something I have to like. No, but you could maintain good gum health. I will. Oh yeah, flossing. I have to floss twice a day every day for the rest of my life. So that's going to be my new year's resolution every year. I would like to... I'd like to kind of sort out my phone situation in a different way to you. Like I don't scroll in bed ever, but I would like to like find a bit more of a

balance between like how I use my phone, I think. Yeah. Because I think it becomes so blurry when you work on your phone. Yeah. So I'd like to somehow create some kind of boundary. I don't know what that is yet. Might be like an afternoon a week or something. Do you know what I mean? Like a Sunday where I just like don't go on it at all. Or like never at dinner.

Because my screen time is wild. Or like never at X. Yeah. Or never while watching TV. Never while I'm eating. Never double screening. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? I just like don't go on it at all. Or like never at dinner, or like never at X, or never while watching TV. Never while I'm eating, never double screening. Yeah, do you know what I mean? I just think like, I'd love to do that. What else? Yeah, the swearing.

I would love to get a grip on my swearing. That's my Allie and G limited one as well. Because I think it's outrageous. And I think I need to use it more impactfully. Oh, and I know my big one is I would like to phone call my elderly relatives more often. Oh, well done, babe. Because like my aunt Jo, I never call her and God love her. She watches our TikToks and that's how she has to consume me and that's not right.

I need to call her, same with my nan. Do you know what I mean? Yes. I'd like to put that on my list of things to do. I'd like to call people more often, because I never do that. Or my friends, I never call my friends. Oh, another one is I actually reply to emails. I just literally look at them and just let them sit there.

Who's emailing you? Fucking people, like fucking people. Fucking people. Oh, no! Spilled my sparkly water. Oh, yeah, be less clumsy. I'm so clumsy. Oh, and you've got to lose less things, babe. I'm dysbraxic, it's crazy. Oh yeah, be less clumsy. I'm so clumsy. Oh, and you've got to lose less things, babe.

I'm dyspraxic. It's crazy. And also, yeah, I lose everything. Just flick it at the camera. It's fine. Sorry, Rich. What's yours? I'm still yet to like really give them a lot of thought. Oh, well, it's only New Year's Day, babe. She's got to get her journal out. Sorry, guys. I think I want to become healthier as a lifestyle.

Yeah. But this might be... I might be influenced by the whole wellness turn of things. And become better at producing. Babe! Put yourself down like that. Maybe hold the mic to my mouth once in a while. Yes!

We'd love it if you did that. That's something that's flagged quite often. For honest, she dips in and out of audio and we're like, is it Rahana's mic's broken? James just like, no, she's got awful mic control. What can we say? What else? Oh, I'd like to be kinder to myself. Good! That's a good one. That's really good, babe.

And open myself up to like, love. Yeah, baby. Yeah. And be nicer to the people who deserve me to be nice to them, because I'm not being nice to everybody. Yeah, good. Yeah. Get it, girl. I'd be nicer to the people who deserve me to be nice to them because I'm not being nice to everybody. Yeah, good. I like that a lot. Yeah, that's it.

Good. Really good, girls. I love it. I just do love it. The only thing I don't like about New Year's resolutions is the like... They're very binary. Yes.

Yeah. And I think they're very fatty. Like they have a kind of... I'm going to do it. And then, yeah. It's all or nothing. I think they're very, they're very fatty. Like they have a kind of- I'm gonna do it and then, yeah. It's all or nothing and I just think it doesn't need to be so like now or never. It's like subtle changes that are things

that you can really like stick to. Agree. And you really will like benefit you to change. Like no one needs to suddenly be like, I'm gonna run 5K five times a week and I'm gonna cut out all sugar. Like I just think- No, but there's a way like you suddenly be like, I'm going to run 5K five times a week and I'm going to cut out all sugar. Like, I just think... No, but there's a way, like, you can say, like, I will endeavor to eat less sugar.

You know what I mean? Like, you don't have to be so hard, black and white. Yeah. Especially when it comes to things that could be, like, damaging to your mental health. Yeah. Like, food is a tricky one. Yeah, food is a really tricky one. And also you've got to be careful around this time of year

because there is a lot of like, like I can get really triggered at this time of year with like weight loss plans, like six weeks to whatever the fuck they sell. And I just think like, that's not how it works. Like sustainability is something so important. And if you genuinely want to make changes because you feel it will benefit you and make you feel better, there's ways to do that that

don't come in packages of like dry Jan. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. And like that's something to think about when you're like approaching January and thinking about like New Year's resolutions because it can be really hardcore, like really like strict and really restrictive and that can cause its own problems. So watch out for that girls, don't get sucked in. What was the highlight of your year? Oh, she's had so many. Oh, we were talking about this the other day.

We actually just want to say how magical and unexpected and crazy this year has been. Thank you to everyone who has listened, watched, loved, supported us because there really is no us without you. We really wouldn't be able to do any of the things that we are so lucky to get to do every week without all of you. So I actually think like, sounds so cringe but being able to do this in a way that is fun and call it work and have people who care to watch, listen, love, support, like, share, comment is the highlight, the biggest highlight that you could ever ask for because like...

Well this didn't exist last year. No. Like we weren't here last year. Yeah. Like, we weren't here last year. Yeah. So that's actually crazy when you think about it. Yeah. Because now obviously it's like part of like what we do and what we get to do, which is as Al says, such a blessing.

But we don't take it for granted because this time last year we weren't doing that. And that's crazy. And also this time last year, like some of the things that we've done even in just the last three months, like if you told Us that a year ago. We'd never believe you. Yeah, it's mad and it's just yeah It's it's been well actually the beautiful thing about us and our delusion is we would have believed you Do you know why do you know? I'm sorry, you know, I watched a video That said to get anywhere you have to actually be so delusional because you can't have dreams based in reality

Yeah, the only way you can do it is to be delusional. Yeah, it's true. Yeah. That can be quite isolating if you're the only person in your peer group that actually thinks that way. Babe, 100%, you're so right. It can be really hard to allow yourself, especially to allow yourself to verbalize things that you would like for your life if you are surrounded by people that don't think like that,

that don't think big picture, that don't think impossible, because actually everything is possible. Like luck is created really, and there's fortunate positions to be in, and there are things that will help you along the way that some people are more privileged to have and some people aren't, but at the same time, imagining you can is half the battle.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So like, yeah, that's a nice... And having the confidence and the faith to get up and actually continue to do it, even if it's like failing at every turn. Yeah, that's a good thing to do alongside your resolutions as well, is to get a bit like manifestly, why not? Especially if you don't feel like you can talk like that in your circle, speak it into your journal then.

Yeah. Write it down, keep it under your pillow. Like, it can be yours. It can be yours to have and hold, but allow yourself to go there. What if? And all the craziness, yeah. Yeah, what if I? We did that.

We, I mean, we would always do that at the beginning of the year, but like for some random reason, we just did it in like autumn. Do you remember? Yeah, I think we were just feeling a bit of like energy shift and we were like, right We've got X amount of time left before the end of the year What do we want to have done? And like there are things on there we've done there are things on there we haven't but like at least we can look back At the end of the year and say oh my god

We actually did do those things that we set out to. And it gives you marzo's and also it shows you because you can Sit there in August and be like there's no way And then you might have done it by December. Like, things happen. Or you get to December and like the lasting memory that you have is something that you didn't get or that you didn't do and then you look back and you think, but I did all of this other stuff. Yeah. This whole year. Stuff I didn't even dream to put on the board sometimes. That's often the best stuff.

That's the best stuff. The stuff that like surprises you. What's your highlight? Yeah, like retweet. What is that now? Is it still retweet or is it re-ec? Yeah, what is it? Oh, I think we're still saying retweet. Everyone still calls it Twitter.

Yeah, same. Ex-formally Twitter or like whatever they say. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's so jokes. I mean, there's been so, so many highlights. Like I've been like lucky enough this year to do so many things inside our work and outside that I'm unbelievably grateful for. And the fact that we're finishing the year basically fully employed by Allie and G Limited

now, both of us, is crazy. That is wild. What a blessing and what a crazy roller coaster that we will continue to enjoy till the day we die. And I just have no doubts that 2025 is going to be our year. I just know it. I just know it in my bones. I just know it.

I knew it from the moment I set my eyes on it. Can I tell you as well? I had this tarot reading this time last year, so 2023. And this is before we started. We had just literally like, you know, we were hardly in it. Yeah. And the woman was like, next year, she kept talking, she didn't know about you, but she kept talking about like the duality and the, she always talked about like, things come to like being in pairs. She had my God, what's wrong with

me? I'm so sorry. I'll just put this cap on now. I've led you to. She looks like we've got a little duck in the studio. Sorry, Al. Carry on. No, just that she didn't know about... I hadn't said anything about you, but she kept talking about twin flames and duo and pair and twos. That was a theme. And then she just said a line that I have not ever forgotten. She was like, 2024 is the year that you sow the seeds.

2025 is the year that the plane takes off. Oh my God. Because I don't even know if I'm buckled in. I think I'm going to go and have a tarot reading. Oh wait, I've got my new resolution that you're going to love. I am going to start therapy. Oh, yes, good. I love that.

Al told me I had to go to therapy. Good. My therapist, although we've been on a break for a little bit, all she did was validate my emotions. She validated me constantly. Yeah. But maybe that's what you needed. I was like, it's not the face. They deserve it. I was like, yeah.

Sorry, she sounds like my kind of therapist. Maybe you need to give me her number. No, I don't think that's right. I don't think, I don't. I was like, she doesn't need to be validated in her bad behaviors. What did he say to me once that we were pissing ourselves about? Because I was like, I told her she was a little cow. And he was like, what did he say? He's hilarious. You're a therapist?

Yeah. Or I'll be like, well, she said, or he said, or whoever, la la la. And he'll be like, so why is that a problem for you? Yeah. And I was like, well, I guess it's not. And he's like, right, so did you need to call her a cow then? And I was like, well, no, probably not. And then that's like it. It's so good.

You need someone that's not a yes man. That's the thing I will say about this. It's pointless if it's a yes man. Oh, Rihanna, you've got to sort of therapy. I'm going to go speed dating on therapy. You've always wanted to be part of something bigger than yourself. You live for experience and lead by example. You want the most out of life and realize what you're looking for is already in you.

This is for you. This is for you. The Canadian Armed Forces. A message from the Government of Canada. I am so dreading groceries this week. Why? You can skip it. Oh what, just like that? Just like that.

How about dinner with my third cousin? Skip it. Prince Fluffy's favorite treats? Skippable. Midnight snacks? Skip. My neighbor's nightly saxophone practices. Er, nope, you're on your own there.

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I feel like that's a new name. Okay. Apple. Okay. Wait, no, no, there's like celebrities. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I like it, babe. Brilliant.

Thank you. Hey, gallies. Just wanted to leave a message. So this is a past news Year's story, but also a now dilemma that I have. So this was my first New Year's that I was doing without my parents, without my family, like I was going away. And so I went to boarding school. And so we decided that me and a bunch of other girls from boarding school decided that we would go visit another girl in the town that she's from. So we all go down there. Obviously

everyone's 16, 17, so you're going crazy. It's your first couple New Year's without your parents. You're going cuckoo. So I end up doing a everything but little type of situation with the guy because who doesn't love everything but but also because he didn't have a condom and I at the time was obviously like, you can only have protected sex, which you should still be following. Gee, you need to follow that a bit more. Just saying not to pull you out.

But everything but who doesn't love that at that age? And let's just say when this man came to completion, he not only came all over me unwarranted, came all over my clothes, and then came all over my iPhone 6S rose gold. To this point, to the day that I have this phone, I thankfully do not use it anymore. It still has come encrusted into the speakers, which you can see. Anyways, moving on, this man, now we both live in this,

I live in the city, come to two months ago, I'm at this house party. This man ends up at this house party. I haven't seen him in years. He keeps looking at me at this house party. I haven't seen him in Years, he keeps looking at me at this house party, and I'm just like okay Well, I'm just drinking heavily at this point So my I'm not like he's not someone I would go up and say hello to Anyways, I watch him go up to the host with one of his other friends and then speak to the host and points at us Then he makes the host

Introduce him like get him to be introduced to me. And I'm like, no, this is not on. I'm like, you're not getting introduced to me. Like come say hello, you know who I am. Anyways, luckily at the point that it was like mid introduction, the bathroom door opens, I run it. It wasn't like an obvious, I'm running away, I'm not getting introduced, but it was like,

mate, like I know who you are. Like we know each other, like, peace off. Keep in mind, I haven't seen this man in years. Now I see him at the house party. He now goes to my local supermarket because he's now moved to my suburbs. Someone has told me that he's moved to my suburbs because I'm at my local supermarket walking around. I've now seen this man on two other occasions.

I went for years of not seeing him. This is my dilemma now. This is my grocery store. So am I just going to like go find somewhere else? Because I think I need to like claim dominance over this because it's unfair. Tuesdays are my hot men grocery shopping day. He's not allowed to take that from me. So what do I do?

Help. Also, love you guys. Have been listening to drive through since season one. Love you, love you, love you. Bye. Okay, babe. Love you too. Love you, love you, love you. Bye. Okay, babe. Love you too. Love you so much. And I've had a bit of a similar situation recently. Yeah, of seeing someone that you don't want to see all the time.

Yes, like someone that's kind of taken over my turf. And I just think like, no. This is my patch. I don't want to see you on my turf. Be gone. Be gone. Not in the clap and calm. Yeah, in the clap and calm. And I leave my house. If you ever see me out and about, you best believe I will look like shit and I will continue that.

Oh, she looks like an actual dog. For all of time. Yeah, yeah, an actual dog. I know. No, no, sorry. You know those dogs that have the like little two bunches? Yeah. That's what you're kind of giving actually right now.

Well, I actually made an effort right now. So I wasn't aiming to look like a dog. No. Sometimes you know those dogs with the bunches. Ah! Anyway. Yeah, basically I slept with this guy that obviously lives opposite Ali's Max's house and now I keep seeing him and he aired me

and it's all really uncomfortable. So in my highest elevated self, if I was you and what I would do, next time you see him on Hot Man Tuesday at the shop, I would go up to him and be like, hey, listen, I know when we were younger we did some bits, I've still got the come in my speakers just to remind me of it. Um, I just want to like address the fact that like, I'm cool with that, I'm cool with you, but like,

we don't need to say hi to each other or feel awkward about it. Anyway, have a good shop. Would you really say that? I think in a dream world, like, say if I saw this guy, right? Again. And he blanks me. If you saw him in Sainsbury's Local. Yeah, I'd just be like,

hey stranger, haven't obviously heard from you in a while, we're going to keep bumping into each other. So maybe we just make it not awkward by acknowledging that like that's going to happen and we don't need to talk to each other. Yeah. I mean, maybe it's unwritten and you just don't need to talk to them. I mean, I'm a cold, heartless bitch, so I would just kind of pretend that they don't exist.

Yeah, that is another form of tactic that is probably quite helpful. I did that this morning. Clapham, I'm actually moving because I also saw another guy this morning that you... I don't... Sorry. Sorry, I'm moving. He's best friends with one of my exes. Bumped in, in him again every morning.

There's someone and I can't do it. Like why do they all live in Clapham? Because you picked them all in a mile. I dated this guy when I was 19 and now his best friend lives near me. No. That's a coincidence. But the other one, they're all... Some of them school.

We were walking back from Bricks and she was like, oh, that's where this person lives. Oh, that's where this person lives. I thought, babe, you could literally, you could widen your search to two miles. I know, but I can't be asked to travel to North for a shag. It's not worth it. Oh, listen, I think you'd rather be asked to travel for a shag than asked to move your whole entire life. I don't know.

I don't know. I think I could like, like everyone lives in Clapham. It's actually too much. And why do they all live there? Like even people I used to go to school with, I'm now bumping into. No, thank you. Really? Yes. Like who? I'd rather not say.

Oh that bad. Yeah. Yeah, I just don't enjoy it. No, no, it is too much. That's why you've got to go on with your hood. Yeah, you've got to get a hood. Unfortunately, he's allowed to live wherever he wants. Yeah.

He's allowed to shop wherever he wants. So annoyingly, you are just going to have to deal with it. Annoying is a free world and this is a free country. So, so annoying that. Either be completely cold, pretend like you don't know him, pretend like you've never seen him, you don't know his name, you don't know what his dick looks like, or... I do just find this whole thing of like, I've said it before, you know, like uber ghost mode. Like people can just like pretend you don't exist, like your head's been between my legs and you want to pretend I don't exist. I've had that on the Tube.

Do you remember that guy that I stood and he was like on the... He was inside the Tube and I was on the platform, but the door wouldn't open for genuinely 30 seconds and we just stood there and he looked at me like... He looked just like straight through me and I was like, right, okay. You know me. Intimately. Ew. Disgusting.

It's gross actually. It's a cork anyway. Maybe he tried to ignore you at the party because he did actually want to be reintroduced to meet you now. Do you know what I mean? Maybe he wanted another go. Would you not just say, oh, how's your iPhone, by the way? Jokes aside, when you've done everything but, you say, hi. Hi. Let you know that, hi. Oh god, it's so awkward actually.

It's actually nothing worse to be introduced as someone that you've slept with before. Yeah. No, no, there is nothing. Or like anyone, like I hate when someone like acts like they haven't met me before. Yeah. So I'm like, I know you know me. Like, I know you know me. Yeah. Don't say nice to me. I did that the other day. Oh, it is hard.

Sometimes it comes out by accident. By accident. I'm so, so on purpose. So, what, and you did it because you like wanted to get at them? It's because they were like forcing, well, actually, technically we hadn't met in person. We follow each other on Instagram. But like they were positioning themselves in a way where they would meet me. And I was like, I'm going to do everything in my power to avoid you.

But I should have left the building when I when I had the feeling to. But I really need to go tinkle. So when I was on my way back out of the bathroom, we met at the doors. And I was like, oh, and he came up to me and I was like, oh, my God. Hi. Oh, you just want to be like, yeah. I'm so bad. I just got no social etiquette in those moments. When I'm in my own world, walking, does everyone actually want to stop?

I don't think everyone would want to fade. That's why I don't think it's that bad, because everyone does it. You could be on the common and you could stop five times. You best believe my mum will stop the five times, chat, ask about the dog. She's got people pleasing issues. No, she just loves people. Exactly. No, but just loves people. Exactly. No, but like she's not trying to please them by saying hello.

No, because she feels rude. She wants to talk to them. And then she would go home and she'd be like, gosh, I was so rude. Some people... I don't know. I think she just likes talking to them. She's scouse. I don't know what to say.

I can't think of anything worse than stopping and talking to people. I know. It's northerness. They're crazy. They're so friendly. You do hear people say, oh, like I saw her and she saw me and they didn't say anything. So people do. I think it's fine.

Like everyone does it. Yeah, I think it is a bit of common knowledge that if like you do eye contact look away once, it takes one person to be like, hi. Yeah. And that person's never gonna be me. You've just got to blank him, babe. Should we do a Q of the Week?

Yes, question of the Week. Okay, so we asked the galleys, what are your new year's resolutions? The best question of the week. Okay, so we asked the galleys, what are your New Year's resolutions? Because we want a bit of inspiration. For the nation. Okay, number one, book my smear test. Yes, you must. Number two, quit vaping.

Good one. Good one, because it's really bad for you girls. Finish my degree with a first. Time to grind. Good luck. Everyone in their final year, it's crazy. Hold on tight, girls. It's like just work, work, work, work, work.

It's like Rihanna. Not be a people pleaser and give myself some love. Good, Rihanna, that's like you, babe. You've got to get self-lovin'. Do more and say yes to things. Less Friday nights and PJ's on the sofa. I'm 22, not a grandma, babe, you're speaking my language. No, you're not, you want to stay on the sofa, don't you?

Exactly, and I'm not a grandma. Yeah, no, but isn't she saying she wants to stop doing that. No, you're not, you want to stay on the sofa, don't you? Exactly, and I'm not a grandma. Yeah, no, but isn't she saying she wants to stop doing that? Oh, no, I don't want to stop doing that. Yeah, I was going to say, I was like, I think she's speaking Greek and you're speaking Mandarin, babe. You want to stay right on the sofa. I never want to leave my sofa, actually, yeah.

Be more selfish, interesting. Get it, girl. To be as hilarious as you's tough out here, actually. I'm not going to lie. I wouldn't put that on your list of things to do. It's hard to get to. Learn to say no more, both professionally and personally. That's a good one. Drink more water. Yeah. Drown yourself in it, girls. So good for you. Sorry, I'm a bit tired now. I'm just absolutely chan-bang.

Do a pull-up. Girls, I've been trying to do a pull-up for two years and I'm still not there. Rihanna, can you do a pull-up? I've been trying for the last two months. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's not two years, but no, I can't. No, it's so hard.

Oh, I like this one. This is a hard line. No boys. No boys. And just this like emoji. No, no boys. Oh, wait, did you already say this? Learn to say no more. You must listen. Oh, because I was thinking about drink more water.

You must be an active listener. Do you think you're a good listener? Who do you think's a better listener? Are you joking? I'm going to go for, I'm going to go for Jee, I'm sorry. You know how many times I've like, like when we used to do the briefs, Jee was like, yep, yep, yep babe, love it, epic. And then you're literally like, what?

Babe, you must listen. Then that's my line. I don't think I'm the best listener. I definitely think I could be a better listener. I'm really cheating now. I'm picking up one in every three words. I don't know. Sometimes I think you saying you're a good listener

is crazy to me. Speak faster, would you? Like, actually crazy to me that you saying you're a good listener is crazy to me. Like, actually crazy to me that you think you're a good listener. Could be the ADHD though. Yeah, no, no. I don't think it's your fault. I just think it's wild to say you are. I'll give you that. That's fair enough. We will have full conversations and you will have no recollection of them. And I'll be like, right, you weren't listening to me.

Or you'll be doing something else and I'll be like, baby, you listening? And then you get so defensive, you're like, yeah. I'm like, you're not. Okay. Get it on the resolutions. Oh, that's funny. She's going to get better at that, aren't you, babe? Learn Greek. Wow, crazy. Be less of a stressy mess. Babe, maybe it's something to do with your hormones. I was listening

to Women's Hour today and they were, are you listening? Yep. She's listening to Women's Hour today and they were, are you listening? Yep. And they were talking about PMDD and like your hormones and like how like impactful it can be. Probably hormones can give you high cholesterol. Maybe that's what's wrong with me. Yeah, potentially, babe. It's very serious.

You've got to get your hormone balance right. What were they saying? What could they do? Well, they should like basically like check your hormone levels. So it might be like using a different pill or like. Can I tell you what's so sad though? I have really low progesterone. My progesterone, you're supposed to have like 11 point something and mine is 0.3.

Whoa! That's low! That's what happens when you have PCOS. It's a symptom. But there's nothing you can do. But too much... what's that? Too much. A drug... a drug... A drug... a... yeah. Yeah.

Sorry. Happy new Year! That's so good. Oh, I must go home now. I know it's only the first of Jan, but I actually, I think I'm done here. Just go and have a little rest, babe and Will. That's really funny. I must. Every day you just wake up better. I'm going to do some meditating on how to listen better.

The problem is my ears just get bored. People talking, I just think. And then I'm looking at talk and I just think. And then I'm looking at something and I'm thinking, God, I wonder how they fixed that pipe to the other one. But you know you also talk in circles. So it's like we all do it. No, no, I know.

I'm not saying I'm not. I know that. And then I know because even as I'm talking, I'm bored of what I'm saying. I'm on to the next thing. I'm thinking about something else now. It's a real problem. Why don't you just say less? Then we're all like.

Why don't you just shut up? Why don't you just say less? Then we're all like... Why don't you just shut up? Why don't you just say nothing? Then you might be able to listen. We're going to have to... OK. I'm going to make the executive decision to wrap it here. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Get it wrapped. Happy first, guys. This is a positive time.

A time of reflection, but also excitement for what's to come. Yeah, much excitement. And get manifesting and get witchy and get burning your sage and your incense. 100%. I promise next episode will be better. Yes, sure. Oh, I can't promise that. I don't know. Maybe you can.

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