Life with Nat - EP221: Nat's Nieces #49 - Wanderlust or Wanderless

Episode Date: April 26, 2026

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Hello and welcome to Life with Nat. This is a Nat's niece episode, and it's wonderful that you are listening. How are you girls? Very well. Good. Thank you. We've actually carried on, haven't we? Because James is asleep.

We can help ourselves. We're trying to squeeze one in. We haven't been together in here for a while. That's true. Maybe that's why. So much to talk about. Yeah, so much to talk about. Lucky you guys.

Take a brief. This is why it will be good when we've got a few little bonuses for people to listen to. True. True, that. True, dear. What are you talking about? Well, things on the horizon, honey. Things on the horizon, honey.

You're all very excitable today. I feel really good today. I had a bit of a sad week. Shame you're not. Oh, I am. I had a bit of a weird week. So last week was lovely because it was a two-year anniversary and we had a nice evening, etc.

But also it was granddad's five years and I did feel a bit shit. Oh, no, babes. But feeling really good, actually. Good. Very good. Good. Well, it's nice to have us all back under the roof that we were at five years ago. Absolutely.

Why can I smell food? Just all of a sudden. Really? James up cooking. Mark? Maybe he's having his soup. What? He's travelled.

Did I tell you, I don't think I've ever told you, Scott Maslin, you know, Jack and he Stenders. I mean, do you know what he calls Mark? The Superman? Soupy. Superman. He's like, all right, soupie. Superman. No, soupy.

He goes here, come soupy. I don't know how he eats that much soup. It's not for me. No, it gets the texture. He sounds like the juice. Not for me. That's not for me, honey. It's because I'll be watching Namsa-lip.

Oh. I love it. I'll tell you something. I'm going to put it out there. We tried to give silly bollocks a chance. No, so yeah, I'm glad you brought it up because I know. We haven't actually had a lot of comments. That's rubbish.

We had two messages about it. And look, we are, we do support women. Of course we do. We're all about women empowerment and not about stereotypes. I mean, he is actually a stereotypical prick. Oh, sorry. We try to play a little bit of devil's advocate because things are not always black and white. Of course.

And also, he, you know, there's a bit of, I'm sure he's acting up a little bit and this and that. I don't think he is. I think he's a horrible person. I think he's just ignorant. And I think... I mean, you've not... You said you haven't watched last week's one. No.

It's too much. But he, with Adam... Yeah, it was out of all done. That broke my heart. It actually made me want to cry. I saw him be going, oh, you can't get up. No, and he carried on. And even Adam said, just stop.

Yeah. You know, like just pop a bullying. But just fucking leave it out now. You know, like, but just bullying. But again, he's doing that to Adam because Adam's kind and sweet and he's probably vulnerable. He isn't going to turn around and go, Just fuck off, mate.

Whereas I feel like, you know, I wish he was a bit, but, you know, each to their own and how they... And again, it's such a hard one, isn't it? Because I was a little bit like, why is no one else really getting involved? And then I get it, you don't want to and make it a bigger thing. But, I know, I feel, and obviously at the end of the day he went out. Yeah. So, but then you fucking took the GC with him, the prick. I can't believe that.

Just as if you couldn't like him anymore, he does that. I'm absolutely devastated. Oh, sorry, I'm ruined for you. Well, hopefully you've watched it by now. It's all on social media. Yeah, I would have watched it by now. Yeah, what a shame. But I love that when Adam was last,

and they were like, you're not going to pick David, are you? And I wish he got the opportunity to get him out. Same. Because a part of me thought he's not going to choose Adam. Surely not, because that would be an absolute kicking the bollocks. But anyway, technically we haven't finished it, so we don't know what's to come with other people in there, but David, glad you're gone. Yeah, no, he's a bit of a knob, and he, let's be honest.

See you, Dave. And we've got very dated stereotypical views. We appreciate that, but yeah, fuck him. Anyway, moving on. Swiftly. We put up a little post, didn't we? Is that gone viral? Is that what you call gone viral?

I don't know. It gives me the ick that. It's an ick of mine. Gone viral. But what does that mean? What? I don't know. It's just got a lot of traction more than ever.

So I don't know what's happened or what we've done. but maybe because I weren't in it. I think it's because I'm talking about something that resonates with people from Honest. Well, I think a lot of what we talk about resonates with people. I know, but there's a lot of people have enjoyed me being honest to say I'm very happy at home. Although I did read a comment earlier.

Oh, there's so many. Which I found quite funny. It said something about me not having a contented childhood. Yes. Because you're so happy at home. I tell you what is an egg? contented. Why?

Why? Why can't we say content? I hate the word content. I don't know. It should be content. No, but contented is a word. Oh, really? Oh, he's so contented.

Have you found it? What does it say? No, do you know what made me laugh the other day? Sorry to go back to it. The furies. Oh, you bastard. It's just lost it. He says, um, conversate.

I know. Fucking loved it. I'm obsessed with that. I like conversate. I like that. I need to start watching it because apparently I'm in it. Old Prince.

The old chin, chin and lisp. I've not seen the guy. I look forward to me. A 13-year-old boy, you're being committed. I can't believe that. That's out of fault. That is low blow. Someone did say that on Instagram.

They said I look like Prince Fury. Yeah, well, he's a knob as well. I often think this level of being content at home, doing nothing comes from an unstable upbringing. Oh, wow. Well, listen, everyone's got an opinion. I think it's a complete opposite. She didn't say contented, by the way, you said that.

I beg your part, don't you? And what? Because you're happy to just be at home? I love being at home. Anyway, but you do like to travel as well. Oh, yeah. Hold on, but there's things, right. So there's lots to one pick here.

There's going on holiday. Yeah. There's traveling, and there's traveling. Holiday for me is going somewhere in a hotel, not leaving, getting my room, I know where I'm going every day. I don't want to be finding little things and this and that. I've got no interest. So we all love a holiday. And some people even saying holidays, they can't be fucked. The packing, stresses them out, it's stressful. The airports, this, that. Yeah, I get it. We were talking more about touristy places where it is, you go, and it's ruined because it is just fucking full of people.

Yeah. I was speaking to someone today. It made me laugh. She said, oh, I went to Egypt last week. I went to see the pyramids and inside I was creasing. And she went, yeah, it's mad because then there's like McDonald's and a pizza heart next to it. No, there is. There is. There is.

I nearly did that when I went to Egypt and it was like five hour journey there and then five hours back and I thought, nah. I'm not doing it. Did the Great Barrier Reef scuba diving? So did I. Amazing. However, it was a cyclone. The water was misty. Oh, really?

Oh, no, I have to say that was, I did have an amazing experience doing that. beautiful, but I'm saying it wasn't, there was a cycle. I do love a city break, like going to Rome and seeing the Coliseum, the Vatican. That is... I love travel in terms of buildings, architecture, art, Florence, going into the office. Yeah, so you do like that. I do like that, but I could do without it. Do you know what I mean?

I'm not desperate for it. Yeah. If I had to choose, if someone said, right, you know, you're going away, you've got a week, where are you going? I would be picking a beach location where I can just sit and enjoy him playing. I think as I get older, I'm the same.

I don't know, I do love Florence though. It's even things like, I mean, I've done it, Thailand and getting overnight track, I mean, it was the pits, these trains. I've got no interest in that. It's like doing race across the world, but in real life. Someone said we should do it. Oh my God.

Imagine us doing race across the world. But also I think with this, a lot of people as well, there's so many comments. I'd love to read more out. But yeah, loads of people just saying, oh my God, we can relate to it. It's not, there's nothing sad about this, being content in your daily life. I mean, Jake said, I went to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and it was shit.

Yeah, there we go. Prefer Oakwood's Park near Sutton. But look, there you go. People just said, this is me and everyone makes me feel abnormal. There's nothing to feel abnormal about. Someone put a meme of Carl Pilkington. I love that. And also people said,

it's not everyone can travel can't afford it or if you've got a disability and you can't physically do it like there's loads of reasons someone else said that actually the problem is is that the internet and social media we're so exposed

that it ruins it because then yeah you see it all and you get there and you're like but also I wonder that all these people that do all this travelling and see these amazing things how many of them have gone to London for the day or stayed overnight with their family

and gone to see the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace. How many have done that? We're lucky we've done that, A, with our family, but also because we've had family in Italy, we've taken them and you go and you think, wow, this is actually amazing. But not many people take advantage of what we've got on our doorstep. It is an incredible city that we live in. Yeah.

Well, we don't live there, but you know what I mean? That I'm from. Someone said they went to see the White House and they were like, oh, this is why it's so small? Small? Yeah. Really? Oh, I don't know, I've never been, but I'm just saying this is not your perception, yeah, or what you think.

Yes. No, I get it. Yeah, like the Eiffel Tower. It's beautiful, but. Oh, I did like it, but again, you've got all shit round it. What are you doing? You're getting a photo, I saw it. But there is something a bit, I don't know, see, for me, like in Paris, there's something a bit magical about just seeing it, like, oh.

But getting close up to it, it's all, you know what I mean? It's all closed off. So you can't even, yeah, I don't know. It is funny though, isn't it? Because it's like all these, even Rome and that, it's beautiful. But you see it and then what? Just seen it. We've experienced it, I haven't you?

You can say you've been there. No, I know, but exactly, but you'll experience it, but you are just, look at it. I did a tour of the Coliseum. I had little headphones in. How was that? Excellent. Really?

Yeah, just walking around to know what I'm looking at. Yeah. That's the other thing half the time you go there and you don't really know what you're looking at. I do like the history of things, yeah. Perhaps I'll do a bit more travelling as I'll get older. About it though. Hi, Nat, Els and Row Row.

Just listen to the Et where you talked about Easter and Els says, Are Axolotto's Real? Get yourself and baby James down to Animal Corner in Harlow Girl. They have one there in the little room with the fish. Love the pod. Tammy from Stansett Abbots. Well, Tammy, we went. We went.

And we saw Joni and Alfie were absolutely buzzing. They were obsessed. It's when we walked away after. I was like, he's a fish. But yeah, I took our fee and met Nat, and we saw him in Halae. Do you think you could have a pet one? I think you could.

And I was, Joni's obsessed with them. So I was going to look into it for her birthday. Let me know, please. Why are you whispering? She's not here. I know, sorry. Just what you're doing. Yeah, let us know.

That sounds good. They were cute. Are they cute? Are they? Have you not seen her room? In a minute, I'll show you her. She's decorated it. She's decorated it with axolottle pictures all over the wall.

Oh, bless there. Again, where does that come from? She got another one or is it still in the bin? The one I bought her. Still in the bin. And that's not what they had the asbestos. No, I know. Sorry.

But again, it's like the Capi Barra. Capi Barra. Yeah, that's gone now. Well, it's still a bit around. But, yeah, where does this come from? Yeah, it's mad. It is funny. Yeah.

What was the other one that had a bit of a massive kind of moment? The cow with a head. Hair? Oh, the... Highland cow? Highland cow. They're so cute. They are, but they're everywhere. Love them. Rachel likes them. And sloths. Yeah, sloths had a moment. Yeah, it's just funny what happens. Some say the bubbles in an arrow truffle piece can take 34 seconds to melt in your mouth. Sometimes the very amount you're stuck at the same red light.

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People said that's how they have their toast. Love it like that. Remember you're being younger though and you have to scrape it off. That's what people were saying. You had to. I mean, I'd be honest, if I had more, I would not scrape it. I did it yesterday morning the same and I threw it in the bin. Oh, really?

That's bad, but I can't be scraping. It goes everywhere. Out to the birds. It still don't taste the same when you scrape it. It's, no, you can't do that. I'd be very happy with that. although things shouldn't be burnt. I like burnt things but not burnt toast.

That's really surprised. I like it soggy. I like it a bit soggy when you love it in butter. I know what you mean. Yeah, but sometimes I do like it when the toast goes a bit cold and then you put the butter on so it's almost like thick. I know what you mean. I do like that.

Kate likes it like that. Do you put anything on top of your toast and butter ever? No. Sometimes I love a bit of jam. Yeah. Strawberry or raspberry jam. Again, when I was pregnant, I loved that. Yeah, I like that.

jam. I like peanut butter, but we'll put it on top of butter. No, I'm not on top of butter, but I will have peanut butter and jam. I wouldn't have jam on its own. Not interested. Peanut butter jelly. What about Nutella? Nutella. What about Nutella? What about Nutella? Yeah, I fucking love it. But butter, then Nutella. A hundred percent. On a Jacob's cracker. Not interested. Butter. Nutella. Not interested. And then when I was younger, I used to go to the school friends and her mum used to get the hot baguettes. All warm, loads of butter, loads of Nutella. Oh, my goodness.

Like a Nutella sandwich. So good. I've got a little baguette downstairs that I got. It's nice and fresh. I was going to do some salami and butter. Oh, yeah. Lovely. I'm starving.

Yeah, I'm starved. I am today. Excellent. And then someone sent a photo of Strugganoff, Tegletelli. Oh. I'm up for it. It looked good. We should have made that tonight.

What a shame. You're a dick. You should have done Bolognais starter on bread. Why have we not done? And you could have done the Struganoff. My bolognese was so good yesterday. Was it? Just cooked all day. It was stunning.

Beautiful. Beautiful. Do you put an oxo cube in it? No, I do not. Only for chili. I do. That's shocking, Maria. Do you?

No, you don't. Your bolognaise. Your relatives would be fuming. Why? Because you do, what do you mean? Did you do your beef mix and pork? No, I just did beef. Oh, okay, just beef.

Oh, no. It's just a Monday night bolognais. I do. You don't do pork every time. I do. I do pork. and beef every time because of you now. To be fair, I just got, I had a mince in the freezer.

I just got it out. Fair enough. It was a little quick one. I did have some oregano in it, which I never do. Nice. Excellent. A leaves as well. No, you're going to make us to dinner tonight, aren't you, darling?

You're going to do chicken millinets. You're going to bread the chicken in a minute. No, I'm absolutely not. What are we having on the side, sorry. Spaghetti. Lovely. I'll do the sauce. Thank you.

You can bread the chicken. You can do the salad. There's your salad. Unnegotiable. Cracking. What else did you want to chat about? I'm fuming at the moment. Oh.

I bought what I would class as the, like the typical branded of Kling Film. Yes. Bacco foil. I was going to say barricle. Baracol. So that to me is your hinds of tomato ketchup. Yeah. Your oxo of your stock, whatever.

Yeah. It's shi. Really? Why? Because it doesn't... It doesn't stick. Where it's a bit thicker, it doesn't wrap nicely. So if you maybe go for the cheaper version, it's thinner and you can wrap.

And I don't use it that often, but it is pissing me off. Yeah, I go cheap, I go Tesco's own or... I have the big, massive Costco one. Fantastic. Yeah, well, is that a brand? I think it says cling film on it. It's not good. It's a bit green.

Do you know what I mean? Yes. And it just doesn't, like I've wrapped it around the hummus because you don't get a lid with the hummus anymore. Oh really? Yeah, for you mean, so annoying that is. How are you not putting a lid on hummus? Why do you not?

You should buy the little ones. No, no lid. The mini ones, I should. No, I know, but. Oh, I know if you can't get them everywhere. Some of them do, like the green one, but I don't like that one. No lead. That's a disgrace.

No, just a peely off. Anyway, and it just doesn't, just a pealie off. And yeah, it doesn't stick on it properly. So that for me, from a, a brand thing. I'll buy their tin for you, but in film next time I'm buying like an own brand one. There's certain things you can buy

branded and non-branded. You can do that with everything. Yeah. No, but I mean we don't know the difference. Like the kids cornflakes, I don't buy the brand. Do not? No, it's a piss take. Really? Yes. See, that for me would be a hard note.

No, it's not. It's not. I promise you. Is it the same? Same old we'd-to-bix from a certain store or Azda. No, not Asda, they're the square ones. Tesco's own or whatever, he's a fight. No, honestly. No, I'm only buying way to bits. No, I'm telling you, for the price, it's mad.

Especially when Ruby has a massive bowl of cornflakes and eats half of it, it winds me out. No, I get that. I love that program. It's so weird. I was talking, this was on the anniversary pub with Mark, we were talking about it. But I loved those shows where you had the four things, and it was a taste test. Yeah, that's it. They're excellent.

Yeah, things like Heinz, I must say, beans and that. Should we do a taste test soon? Or the brands. Yeah, we should. Blind one. And the pies and everything. We'll have a go, yeah. Heinz beans.

However, a family member will only eat. Is it, are they Brantston beans? Yes. So they're unbelievable. Like they're thicker. They're not all runny juice. Unbelievable. If it is the taste.

Well, I mean, we should try them. Even sweet corn. You can't. It's got to be the naturally sweet. Yes. With a little green man on. Yeah. one.

None of that, no added sugar and all that. No. Just the standard one. You can't go and get a own brand sweet corn.

No. Or frozen sweet corn. No. No. Well, I don't mind frozen sweet corn. It doesn't taste the same. It's not green giant.

Yeah. That's true. The little green man. It's green giant. It is a green giant. The tiniest green man and it's green giant. That is quite amazing.

Helmans or Heinz Mayo? Helmans. Helmonds. believe all downstairs. Although I really, really like the M&S simply the olive oil. I'm not tried it.

It's very good. Is it? And the ketchup is excellent. It's a bit spicy. It's got a little kit on board with that. It's very nice. Yeah, see, I love the Stokes. Tomato ketchup.

It's a bit more tomatoy. It feels fresher. For me, the best ketchup in the world was Flames in Hoddeson. Why was it so good? That's so random. It was so good. But I think maybe it was so good.

Oh, I just laver it on in the mail. Mayo. Oh, really good. What else is there brands that you have to buy? Walker's. I'm obsessed. Walker, She's and Chris. I'm obsessed with him again.

Can't stop eating them. Really? Yeah, I mean, Chris. Walkers is great. They are great. I didn't know that they did Lays. Yeah, of course. Is she taking the piece? Have you seen the brand?

What? Did you think it was a knockoff? I was 40 years old when I learnt that. No, but lays are something else. Why are they different? They are. They are on holiday with a fancy lemon. A fancy lemon sat on the bed after your shatter.

Nah, so good. It is the best. But why are they so good? I don't know. Maybe the potatoes. They're like European. Yeah, maybe. Very, very good.

Why are there so little crisps in a packet these days? Oh. If anyone says to me, they can have one packet of walkers. This is the problem. You're fucked in the head. You've got to at least have two. Well, there's hardly anything in them, but I would never have two.

I would only have one. I mean, I could smash about four, but... Easy. You want the grab bags. Yeah, the grab bag, which I do get from the laundies. Yeah, they're fantastic. Should we see what anyone's had to say to us? No, why not?

Second time. Hope we get this correct. This is the Nat's niece's one. listening to, I think it's 216, number 47. I'm from Scotland and now live in New Zealand. I've been here for 22 years, being back to the UK, three times. My mom and dad gave me three weeks to four weeks. I'd be back in the UK living there, but nope, I've started a whole new life over here. I have two kids, one's 20 and one's 16. I would think I've done the right thing living over here. It's good and the weather's nicer. People are more friendlier. But yeah, love to you all. And

I love listening to your podcast all the time. Always download it and always listen to it. Love you girls. Oh, there you go. New Zealand is a wonderful place. Is it? Really, really lovely. Beautiful, beautiful place.

And yeah, I love the people as well. But we've had loads of messages again just on that subject of moving away and stuff. I know. Thank you so, so much, honestly. Brilliant. Who sent a message the other day? A really humbled evening.

Oh, yes. seeing old people from school Yeah so I was out Saturday night Yeah In our local town of Hartford Bumped into so many people It's mental I mean I haven't been out there for like two years You also need to talk to me about the restaurant and the price

Because you said it was outrageous Right anyway, carry on Well yeah you've had four bottles of wine And a massive rib-bised sharing steak I mean I think they're forgetting to add what they ate No I know but when you're not in London It throws you a little bit Yeah but you're eating in a nice restaurant

You're not eating in a... Where was it? Where Lusmans used to be. Yes. Is it nice in the bar? It is, no, it was nice. Enjoy it was lovely. Downstairs, they had like an oval bar type kind of thing.

You could have a drink and maybe get some little picky bits. Me and Mark need a date night. I might go there. It was lovely. Have you been? Yeah. No, I know. Just in your head, I don't know.

When you're going out local, you just don't expect it to be. Yes, I know what I mean. But, yeah, you're not going to Pizza Express. Did you have the prawn toast? No, I don't. Were they really good Some of the little start bits were a bit

I'm not sure but yeah It's sort of some Not weird But it's all quite unusual flavours So some things you're a bit like Oh yeah Overall the food

I mean the steak When I had it was excellent State was lovely We had some lovely Asparagus with you Yeah It was lovely Bunked into loads of people

Just yeah Ridiculous Everywhere we went I don't know why you're shocked At that though You're in a place Where there's not many places To go out

On a Saturday Near where we live If you're going to go anyway it's there. Oh, I don't know. I haven't been out there in ages. I don't know. What was you expecting?

I didn't expect to see that many people, but it was lovely. I bumped into a really old school friend, a guy that I went to primary school with, so that was lovely. And then in the restaurant, there was a table next to us for women that were at my secondary school, but the year above.

Right. So I wouldn't say I was friends with them, but I know them when we used to go to local nightclubs. At one point, we'd probably do. didn't even get on that well. You know, when you have a little bit of beef, our friend was going out, one of the boys in the ear brave, all of that.

Anyway, one of them, or a couple of them come and said hello after, and one of the ladies was like, oh my God, I love the pod. And I didn't even recognise her. I recognised the other three, and I didn't.

I was like, oh my God, I'm so sorry. Now I know your name. I'm putting everything together. Yeah, yeah. But for me, I was just like, that's so lovely. Like someone that we went to school,

we wasn't like friends, friends. And the fact that, I don't know, know that she's listening, supporting and then come over and were speaking about it. That's nice. It just made me feel really like, I don't know, I felt a bit emotional. I was like, that's so lovely. Get over yourself.

It wasn't the three bottles of wine she drank. No, I did. I know, but where we live, it's all quite close near. I don't know, it was just, it was that. And then the day before I'd gone in speak to Ruby's teacher, she was like, oh, I listened to the pod. And I was like, oh, no, no, I was there. Oh, yeah, you were there.

Oh, don't. I've come out. I said, oh, no. A little bit of me sometimes, though, when I see the teachers, I think, oh, oh, do you Listen to me waffling on and swearing and stuff. Sorry for the bad language teacher. You are normal. You are just humans.

No, I know. I know. I'm joking. I know. People. You are allowed to swear. No, I know. No, she was very complimentary.

What do you think? The teacher's think, oh, she's lovely. She doesn't swear. Imagine them at home, effing and blinding. No, I know. But she was lovely. She said, I really enjoy it. She loves the dynamic that we have.

And she's an amazing teacher and the school is incredible. You have just. Sorry, I've got to do a shout out. because I had my hair done last week and a lovely girl called Jade swapped her appointment with me and she's a huge fan of the pod and she said I don't mind swapping for that

so shout out to Jade thank you for allowing me to have my hair done Jade can you swap with me next week I was going to say Jade we'd never do that but for Becky I'll be saying to Becky is it Jade can she swap out of it? Yeah Jade you're fucking out of it was my fault

stupid ass I booked it for Tuesday I was like, oh my God, I can't do Tuesday. And then she's going away again, ain't she? And it'll be like three weeks, and my hair was white, and all my extensions were falling out. So thank you, Jade. You really did. That is very kind.

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Post. Taste. View. And enjoy. Via Rail, love the way. The post that I sent you, the TikTok. Oh. Why is I'm doing that?

What is that a thing? I've seen one went massively viral. Let me just explain to our listeners. This is a video of a bride and groom doing a whole routine to raise where is my husband. Starting with the bride singing, where is my husband? And then the husband will see it. You've probably seen it because there's quite a few going around. Possibly.

I mean, it's for me when the husband comes out. I'd be sick. I'd be like, can we get the rules immediately? It was a little bit icky. A little bit? But I do think good luck to people if they're up there. Good luck to you. No, but it's bullshit.

What do you mean? That's only being done for social media. Yeah, but weddings are only being done for show. No, yeah. Yeah. But weddings have always been a thing. Not necessarily. Yes, they haven't.

But even going back to before social media, I feel like people did. dances or, you know. So it's just got, it's grown. Yeah, it's got more exaggerated than the stream. Without social media, that's like, favors, things on the table, that sort has evolved to what it once was.

But you're only doing that for show. Well, it's not. I didn't do it for show. I did it as a thank you. I'm saying the level of what it is, yeah, like, be bigger and better. Yeah, you don't have to do that. No, of course.

Of course. And I've been to some weddings, that are... Very simple, beautiful. And they have been the best weddings I've ever been to. Yeah. And actually the ones that are all singing or dancing sort of loses what it's about. What it's about.

And look, I had a big wedding, like, don't get me wrong, I did it. Obviously, everyone does this entrance thing. You get things from different countries. I think things evolve. But, I mean, it's not a show, is it? It's your wedding day. But I suppose. It's your, it's the bride and groom's day.

So it is about them. No, I get that. But I think there's an element of even like the first dance and all of that. And I know some people love it, but I wanted to get everyone involved, you know, in quite soon. And I remember Lisa would be like, oh, get involved because I don't just want to be standing there. Everyone watching us dance. Like, I think for me that's the cringe bit that everyone's just standing around watching these people. But some people are quite show off you and they want that moment.

And also it's your day and they've come to watch you get married. So having a dance. No, but there's a dance and then there's doing like a... Oh no, but I'm talking about a first dance. No, of course. Of course. Doing a show. But I mean that, the video of that, it's been rehearsed.

That's what I mean. It's hilarious. But then some people have dance lessons before. Yeah? Just to do their first dance because they might not be confident. Yeah. I don't know. It's cringy, but yeah, I don't know.

No, the video is... No, it gives me the ink. It gives me the ink. I mean, even just other people doing, yeah, like pure performances, like dirty dancing. Oh, yeah, but that's been going on for a long time years. It's mad. Yeah. I remember seeing that on Jeremy Beedle.

So before social media, where people got up and did dirty dancing and someone fell over. Back in the day, that song probably come on. Yeah, yeah. Oh, let's do it. Whereas now it's like, let's rehearse it. No, it's too much for me. But then, I mean, I'm the same with gender reveals. I can't quite get my head around it.

Oh, yeah. Gender reveals. I don't get it. I'm sorry, I don't get it. It does blow my mind. What are you going to do? The blue comes out and start crying. I don't get it.

You're going to be happy either way, you know? It does blow my mind. Do you think it's quite nice? I saw one the other day on social media. Yeah. For the other child. I think it's exciting for them. Yeah.

I think that's quite nice. Yeah, but I did it for you lot because it's nice. I did it for you lot. Why are you put on social media? I'm not saying that people don't care. but and even you lot don't care but it is nice for the grandparents to know if they're having a grandson

and it's a way to say good for the presents, know what to buy. But again you're not you're not putting it on social media as a show to at cannons fireworks, it's that for me. But also as friends, I don't care.

That's not in fruit. I don't care if it's a girl or a boy. I'm happy that you're going to have a baby that's healthy. Maybe if you were telling me it was twins, I might be like, like, oh, that's exciting, and there was a pink and a blue. But I don't care.

No, same. So you've got, oh, it's a boy. Right? And then to stick it on social media as well for everybody to comment on. Yeah. But it's just for me, it's just the... Or when they do it all in black and white and then leave you guessing, so you can't... Oh, they haven't done that.

Yeah, who does that? People do it. Or post tomorrow. I don't care, but now I do. What's I going to come back tomorrow? Look. What celebrities? Celebrities, non-celebrity.

Everyone. Non-celebrities do it in black and white and say, well, post tomorrow. No, I don't know about doing the post tomorrow. They might then at the end put the colour. People have got too much time on their hands. It's white. And again, different circumstances. If you're someone that's got three boys and you've then got that girl that you've always wanted and you do it,

maybe I can get on board with that. You know, fair enough. Yeah. But if you're not going to know what it is. So you're putting on a big show. You're not going to know until you press the button. No, but they might know. Yeah, but a lot of the time they might know.

That's wild. Yes. It's for everyone. I love watching the ones where they are, they do it. And they're like, for fuck sake another boy. But that was like Jake Quickenden when he put something up and there was stuff going around the girl, them saying, oh, why is she upset? It's another boy. And I'm like, but that is quite normal.

She's obviously then said, I'm very happy that we're having another beautiful baby boy. But I can't deny it that I had a feeling that I wanted. a girl. But why put it on social media? Well, because people, because they're celebrities and people like it. And also, they were normalising feeling disappointed.

But a lot of people are interested in looking at them because that's what, you know. But yeah, it is, I don't know, it just makes me laugh a little bit. Like having like a massive party and having everyone there to do a cannon so I'm having a girl. Basically, tell me.

I just. Oh, really? what they do, yeah, that's how they make their episodes by doing things like that. Right, fair do's. Yeah, no, it's an interesting point. She sounds like Uncle Torni. I feel like she's ready to say so, but she's like, oh, shall I? Shot and I?

No, I just, it just blows my mind, the social media element that everybody wants to put everything on social media. For validation. I don't think we have spoken about that enough. I know we touch on these things, but I can't believe that the other day I went on and there's a woman sitting there, and she's sobbing to the camera. What you fucking doing?

If you're upset, why are you videoing yourself? Also, can I just say, sorry, on that, we always show when we're happy and having a good time, why not? And I do agree. I'm talking about, So Natalie yesterday, when she popped in for the shoes and you got upset, she had a little cry. Let's video this, Nat.

This will be great to show the real you. Your dad's dead, so you're crying. You're not doing that. No, but you're not doing that. I mean, that's cracking content. No, but you're not doing that. And I understand. But that's what's fucked as well.

But I'm saying, that we only want to put on all, we're all happy. No, it isn't. What's fucked is thinking about. thinking about this in every situation. That, that's what's fucked. Whether I'm happy, whether I'm sad, whether I'm scratching my asshole. I don't want to...

Scratching Mark's asshole. That could be good content. We went out on Saturday and I said, oh, we can film some content. What fucking content did we feel? I left the shop. I took a photo. She said, well, fuck you do it.

I can post it. She went, all right. And never post it. We are useless. But the point is because we're not, it's not us. Like, I know you're saying about the really happy, but it isn't. I thought you meant the real. They're really happy.

No, but people do share just the amazing. Yeah. We talk a lot about just life, the mundane, the this, that, that, that, that's just normal life. We're just, and it's just to bring a bit of. No. We just, I don't think about what I do. But what I'm saying, I know, but I'm saying we post, don't we? You cry.

You have a moment, you've just broken up with your partner and you're crying. Are you picking your phone up? No. And you've been filming that. Have you put yourself crying up? No. It's not because you've got a perfect life. You just wouldn't do that.

No, I look butters when I cry as well. But also, yeah. And I know P-joking, I can't help it. I know people want to show that. But also you can maybe show that in another way of saying, if you are an influencer, I've not posted much today or this week because actually I've been feeling a bit down.

They love it, though. They'll go better than that. I'll go better than that. I'll go better. Wait till you've stopped crying. Just wait until you've heard your moment and then say, oh, I've just had a cry. If you want to talk about it,

you don't do that when you are in an emotional moment. And how are you crying like that for the camera? Because I'll just laugh straight away. I'd be crying and I'd get the camera and I'll just laugh. Yeah. What about a guy he put up photos of his mum's funeral? Right. And people are a bit like, why are you doing that?

Well, if he wants to, I think that's okay. Yeah, but he was like, we put up photos of your weddings and stuff. Yeah, we celebrate. No, I'm fine with that. No problem. No, I'm fine with that. Yeah. No, yeah, I am.

I remember mum taking photos at Nondul's funeral. And that was how many years ago? I was 20 years? Yeah. How old am I? 34? young more, 23 years and I remember some people being like

why is she taking photos? No, but we're taking photos of the flowers and stuff to remember and that's lovely because... I mean, we actually got a photo of him in his coffee. Yeah, no, that is a bit weird, isn't it? But... Well, no, not really.

I don't know what's even weirder? That being shared. Oh, well, it's tough. Do you know what's even weirder? And that's so weird. That is, this is so weird. No, it's weird. So earlier I was thinking,

I don't know why I was thinking about it. I think about art. and one of my art project at college, my final art project, was I made a six-foot crucifix. Yeah. Wooden one. I remember it. It was in the garden, I think, for a while after.

Then I made all these other ones. And then I made, had this wooden, beautiful wooden box. I think I got it from the uncles. And I made a shrine. And the inside was all candles and photos of the funeral. That was so lovely. Yeah. Your installation?

Yeah, I loved it. Thank you. You didn't see it. No. I like the idea of it. Shocker. Yeah, it's, I don't know. It's a weird old one.

Social media. I don't know. But, you know, there are some fantastic things on. Some of the stuff she sends. No, but I love it. I feel like a child again sometimes. Let's have a look at our... Again.

Yeah, let's have another look, because it's hilarious. What do I look at again? What? No, her search. No, you've got to go on your search. What, yeah. Now what? For you?

For you? Yeah, oh yeah. It's not coming up. What do you want, my love? For you, your algorithm. Mine's David Hay. Lately you've been into parenting, embracing your true self and discovering new eats,

motherhood, foodie finds, marks and Spencer's, parenting tips, podcast promotion, self-help and Ricky Jervais. Brilliant. Yeah, that? What do you mean? What are you seeing? Just photos? No, my algorithm. How'd you do that? Lately, you've enjoyed quality time with loved ones, hilarious food memes and laugh-out-loud comedy. Perfect. That's it. Let me see. There's not much on there. My algorithm. Fashion brand. Relationship inspiration.

Go on parenting. Music appreciation. Spice Girls, Grammy Awards, fashion, self-awareness, family-friendly. No, you knob. Come here. Oh. That's what you want to see more of. It's just that top. And you've done that as well. So you're all liars.

I thought yours are really long. Mine short. Lately, you've been into stylish labels, love stories and raising kids. Perfect. I'll tell you two things I'm obsessed with. Go. I'm obsessed with watching the videos of the sort of cartoon things that go, hi, I'm a lemon and I shouldn't go in the fridge.

I love it. Love it. Or I'm your time. And you shouldn't brush me like all those ones. I'm obsessed. Garlic. Garlic shouldn't go in the fridge. No.

Never. And I'm also obsessed with watching these fruits being cut. So satisfying. These sort of different textures. Have you seen the one with the bed if it was a chocolate bed or a... I've seen some of them. The cutting of the fruits that's like a sand or glass. Stunning.

Unbelievable. That glittery kiwi is lovely. But I do think that's why we're on the spectrum earlier. Likeing those things. No, genuine. Because we've undiagnetized. is because we find it calming because our brains don't stop. The brain's 100 miles and out.

Yeah, it's just a nice. I could watch them. It can't really relax in and I think it's really good. I do get stuck in some holes and I think I must still watching these videos. I do have to say that I do think that maybe we could have a little deep dive into our neurodiversity because we're certainly not neurotypical. Well, I know, but we also can't just go around throwing claims when we're not diagnosed. No, but I...

Who is? But also, no, I think there's just an element of, yeah, Yeah. 100 miles an hour. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that was lovely. We squeezed a little poddy in.

Fantastic. Who would have thought? Better go and do some work. Who'd have thanked it? 0-7-8-20, 1919. There's a lot to unpack today. Send us your stories. Send us your thoughts on social media and what we share.

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Definitely. Right, on that note, we're off. Peace out. Love you. See, have a cracking weekend, guys. Bye-bye.