Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe - S7 EP46: THE POST CHRISTMAS CATCH-UP

Episode Date: December 29, 2023

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Hello, I'm Rob Beckett. And I'm Josh Winnockham. Welcome to Parenting Hell, the show in which Josh and I discuss what it's really like to be a parent, which I would say can be a little tricky. So, to make ourselves and hopefully you feel better about the trials and tribulations of modern-day parenting, each week we're chatting to a famous parent about how they're coping. Or hopefully how they're they're tha be hearing from you the listener with your tips, advice and of course, tales of parenting woe. Because let's be honest, there are plenty of times where none of us know what we're doing.

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Not ideal tim Terrible birthday. Not ideal timing for birthday. When he's older, he'll probably get a summer party out of it. Yeah, but no one will care. It's point. You just have to, this is the that I spoke about it before. It's my birthday and second of January. Basically anything from about the 10th of January, you might as to never have a birthday and there's nothing you can do to make it better. Just use that pain to drive you to the top of comedy.

Exactly. Channel that into stand up. When your mum's driving out at 9 p.m. on New Year's day hoping St. Ridge is open to buy you an electric whisk for your 13th. That's when you know it's your birthday. Right, where was it? to buy you an electric whisk for your 13th. That's when you know it's your birthday. Right, where was I? Oh yeah, so it's birthday. Oh yeah, we struggle quite a lot when Joel was younger. The podcast, I like this description. Laughs, laughs, chaos and community, massively

helped us find our feet. We still don't know what we're doing but enjoying working it out. Wishing your section of Labor on 2024, Matt and Anisha London. Oh Matt and Anisha Matt sounded a bit Welsh I don't know if he's from Wales originally. Oh never know we will never know. Email in Matt we'll never find the email Michael never. That'll go emailing 9 a.m. next Monday emailing but that's how I got my first gig up the creek was I was the I emailed at the end of the ednbripe and I was the first one one at the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the end I email email emailing emailing emailed emailed emailing emailing emailing emailing emailing emailing emailing emailing emailing emailing emailing emailing emailing emailing emailing emailing emailing emailing emailed email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email email. at at at at at at at at at at the end end at the end at the end at the end at the end at the end at the the the the the email at the email at the email at the email at the email at the email at the the the the end end of the end of the end of the end of the end of the end of the end of the Edinburgh Fringe and I was the first one at the top of the inbox and they were running late and they just wrung me up. Oh those were the days Rob those were the days. Josh we are recording this at 9 a.m. 27th of December hot off the back of Christmas I feel I feel quite like edgy it's quite overwhelming Christmas and before we start I

think I it's great and I had fun time however I find Christmas quite hard and I don't really know why I love all the kids and all the stuff for the kids but then yeah when it goes but I find it quite depressing at points and I don't know why Josh and I want it quite hard yeah big up to anyone out there that's maybe a single parent that don't have their kids this year because I imagine that's brutal. Well, why don't we start with your Christmas? Because I'd say I had crashing highs and crashing lows. I just think you want it to be so good and everyone on Instagram looks like it's amazing.

And they have these photos of this big family of like 30 people on a dinner table and they're all smiling. I was like, do they like each other or are they pretending for this photo? There's too many people there having a good time. Well, what I would say Rob is I'm on various WhatsApp groups, but there was a one WhatsApp that I mean that was discussing Christmas. Yeah. And what I could glean from it was that people with kids were really looking forward to it. Yes. I love that. Anything to do with the kids. It's a fucking... Christmas Eve, Christmas morning, I love it. Dinner, I find hard work. We will come to it. I keep saying we'll come to it. Maybe we should just talk about it.

But I'd say the period between wake up and we'll come to what time I woke up. The period between wake up and the end of the present giving, I'd say is the best bit of life. Yep. Wake up to like coffee, presents. There's no with your kids. That is not just the best bit of life at the moment. I'd say, when I die, if they said, can you relive any bits of

your life, I'd say Christmas morning with young kids is fucking incredible. My only issue is because it's so early, I'm not really conscious. I'm half away because it's happening. Do you mean, but what time did you get up? Talk us through the wake? Do early I'm not really conscious. Yeah. I'm half away because it's happening. Do I mean? But what time did you get up? Talk us through the wake up? Right. Do you want me to talk you through through my Christmas? Yeah, talk me through my Christmas Eve? Why don't you do Christmas Eve? Why don't you do the Christmas Eve? And then you do your Christmasto a boxing podcast they talk about fights that have happened and then they score it round by round and one of them goes well I gave that round 10-8 and then the other put so it's a bit like you're going to go yeah, I got up on it. It's quite nice because

yeah or that's it's like all like a film where you're watching two narratives going on at the same time and then they okay so Christmas Eve was pretty uneventful I'd say sure so I was still wrapping I still had to make my lasagna it was just busy I had to go I got sent on a on a car trip that took in seven different shop pickups oh what what were were you, what, so what, because they didn't have it, or you had to go to seven places? Had to go to seven places. That is a horrible, that's like goodfellas, you know when he's getting tracked by police?

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shop. And then I had to pick up, sure. Yeah. And then I'd get, no, from like the shop where she's got it put aside. Oh, okay. That's okay. From a news agent's. Hi, I'm here to pick up the parcel? Yeah. What? Oh, God. It'll be over there. Three thousand parcels. Okay, now I'll just work in a the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thirty. thirty. thirty. thirty. thirty. to to to to to to to to to to to to thirty. thirty. to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the p. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. P. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh, the. Oh, toge. S. Sote. Sote. Sote. Sote. I. Sote. Sote. I. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh there, three pounds and parcels. Okay, now I'll just work in a sorting office. How about you fucking stack them in alphabetical order? You know this is going to happen. They're here to be collected. And then I'd go and pick up some very specific white bread for a bread sauce for my mother-in-law's bread sauce. Okay, what kind of bread we're talking? Because I'm, well, well, not sourdough, th dough, the th dough, th dough, the th dough, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, th. th. th. tho, th. th. th. th. th. th-a, th-a, th-a, thin. th-a, th-a, th' th' th' th' tho, tho, tho, tho, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. It, th. It's, th. It's th. It's thi. It's tha, tha. tha. to to tha'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a. tha. It's East London is tough to find. Is it just water-to-wall sourdough? It's wall-to-wall.

Well, it can't be sliced and it had to be white sandwich. Wait, but if your kid has a sandwich. What about? Do you just get normal white, you can get white, you can get white, you can not get normal king's mill or whatever. Right, okay. What, what we needed you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you just, you th is to th is th is th is th is th is th is to th is to to to to to get just just, to get just, to get just, to get just, to get just, to to to to to to to to to to to just, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, no, no, you can get normal king's mill or whatever. Right, okay, so is that what we needed? Because our kids can't get through salad. What do my kids have?

They have bagels in the morning. Sure. They're not big bread eaters. But were they to, they're not big on their bread or toast, but were they to eat white, it, it, it, it, it, it, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they're, they're, they're, they're, they, they, they, they, they, they're, they're, they're, they're, they're, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, th. th. th. th. th.. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the, tha, to, they're, to, they're, they're to, they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're, they're, they're, they're, to, to, too, they're not big on their bread or toast, but were they too, it's white sliced, let's be honest. You can't give a king's salad. I don't know what those little milky tea. No, no, no, exactly. So, what we needed was a white sandwich life, which is like fucking gold

dust in London. It ended up going to Tesco on Bethnal Green Road. and you're like this and get the whole family worming tablets. Oh lovely bit of thread needle, itchy asses all around for Christmas Eve. Well, my daughter potentially have worms, the whole family has to take the worming tablets. Yeah, and that you have to, well it's not take it's like a little drink, like banana's drink, I bought both, I bought the tablettablet and the drink, because the th......... I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I' both both, I've both, I've both, I've both both, I've both, I've both both, I've both, I bought both both both, I bought their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their... Well, their, their, their. Well. Well. their, their, their, their their their the. the. theaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseasease, I' thea, thea' thea' thea'a'a'a, their, their, theto get the other one if one of the children reject one. I'm gonna I'm gonna pay the extra 15 quid because at this stage in the game I'd rather have too much worming stuff than too little. You what you don't want to be is all sat around and say where Richie arse is going I should have just spent money. Why don't I get the banana stuff as well as word tablets if I only ever had banana. And it worked out because my son wanted the banana stuff and my daughter wanted a tablet.

Ah, and some clean arses all round. Exactly. So then the curse of Christmas started to strike Rob. Yeah. Um, I, uh, I was putting, I was making my, um, uh, making my lasagna. My dog's making a noise. Can you hear that? No. No. Good. Okay. Make my lasagna and I cut my thumb open on on the tin as I was pushing a tin into the recycling. Oh, down the lid. Oh. It's dangerous game, isn't it? Looking after the planet?

And then 30 minutes later my son dropped a glass. Do you think it's the world telling you not to make a lasagna for Christmas dinner? Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Sometimes you've got to look at this. I'd say the way my body feels today is the world telling me not to make a lasagna for Christmas dinner. I'm fucking over Christmas food. Right, this is a thing Rob. When I was young, Rob, Rob, th young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, thi, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, my dad would make himself a healthy meal, because he'd like, I can't deal with this anymore. Yeah. I need some vegetables. And I'd think, what, this is for effect?

I don't buy this shit. Fetic. Yeah, weak. And now, I don't want to ever eat a chocolate again, I'm fu. I can't want to ever eat a chocolate again, Rob. I'm, I can't, boxing day, the leftovers on boxing day, I don't want any of this shit. I just want some fucking broccoli. I feel fucking shit. I don't want chocolate.

I don't want cheese. I don't want a fucking crisp dipped in something. I could do 48 hours Christmas Eve Christmas Eve Christmas Day that is my max for Christmas food I'm done with it well we went we didn't go hard call on Christmas Eve so I was still up for the food boxing day left was my favorite I cook the dinner and on Christmas Day and on Christmas Day by the time I've done it takes ages I sit down I'm like fuck you I'm so angry at the plate wherever I've done it takes ages I sit down I'm like fuck you I'm so

angry at the plate wherever else is loving it I'm like oh fuck oh do you know the problem with Christmas dinner I don't know I was still trying to think of apart from sledging right yeah I bear with me yeah cricket I can't snow snow I can't think of anything where the amount of time to prepare is so different compared to the amount of the time of of of of to to time to to time to to to time time to the to the time to the time the time time the time the time to time the of the of of of of of of of of of of of of the the the the of of of the to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the time time time time time time time time time time time time time time time time time time time time time time the time time the the the the the of the of the the the the of the anything where the amount of time to prepare is so different compared to the amount of time to enjoy. Yes, I agree. Like Christmas dinner, I don't understand why you're talking about sledging. Because you used to have to walk up a massive hill and it would take 20 minutes,

and then you're down in 30 seconds. I lived on a hill so it was fine. Right, right. So, but you'd still have to walk back for a second time. You'd have to walk down for a second. I'll just stay down there forever. You just stay down there until the snow melted. But it's like, the Christmas dinner, and then barely the Yes that's what I that so I love that my Christmas but I'm bored of cooking now because you have to spend too long

Christmas Day and then I'm dressed like a slob because I'm wearing like just a tea shorts come getting food all over me and stuff like that yeah but anyway we've jumped we've jumped it up Christmas Eve Christmas Eve, we're Christmas Eve. You're doing the shop. My sun drops a glass. Yeah. So I've already cut my thumb open, my sun drops a glass. Yep. Yeah, we clean all that up. And then another bowl breaks.

I'm like, this is, I don't know what's going on here. But, there's panic. Don't makeie lasagna how is that too much chop you were like oh I need a healthy meal because a veggie lasagna isn't a healthy meal is it is it it it's got vegetables in no but I just want something that doesn't contain cheese or milk or I I just do you know what I want a bowl of porridge what do you want a bowl of porridge quick gobble up I don't want a fucking bowl of porridge. Quick gobble up. I don't want some fruit and yogurt. Like a first meal after an operation. Yeah I want, do you know

what, just some, just a nice vegetable and tofu stir fry? Is that too much rice? Is that too much rice? Yeah, I'm like, do you know what a problem with vegetarians is? Just fuck the tofu off? Just have veg'm like, you know what a problem with vegetarians is? Just have veg. Just have veg. Stop making, I know it's a bit of a cliche, old hacky thing, but stop adding, just have vegge. Veggie's fine. Vegetarians are brought, especially in Asia, just have veggie curry. They don't start going, oh, do you know what we need? A weird sponge. A we need a weird sponge. to have a weird sponge, a weird sponge that tastes a bit like salt, just to bulk it out.

Just have a fucking egg. You see that bored about protein? Have a protein shaker, right? It boiled about it. There's my, um, you can't really get a feel for it actually until you, that's my wrapping from Christmas Eve. So it was all done. We went to, we went to the church crib service for a bit of festivity. That was great.

I fucking love that. What's that mean? Festive crib? It's like, like they do the nativity story for the kids and then you just sing some fucking carols. I never went, I'm not religious, I didn't go to church as a kid, so I get a real festivity off it. There's no, we we we they they they they's sort, like, like, like, like, like, like, the th, th, th, like, like, th, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. the th. th. th. th. th. the th. th. th. thi, the thi, thi, their, thi, their, thi, thi. thi. they're, thi. thi. that, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like over like you've got to be religious. They've got no, none of the, um, they chucking around a donation plate. Yeah I donated. Am I was going to, it's not going to the church, Rob, it was going

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With the stocking. Okay, that's different level, isn't it, with the stocking. He's been. He's been. We look at the clock, 215. She thinks it's morning. You can't. You can't. Anything after 4.30 in a way, 2.15 is good because you absolutely cannot get up then. Yeah, exactly. There's no negotiation. After 4.30 you're in trouble. I'm like, I'll take you back to bed. I'll lie there until you go to sleep because I'm like, there's no way way. Yeah, she's too excited. I'll just lie next to her. She's got a bed, it's as hard as a fucking prison bed. Why? Yeah, but you said that as if she's bought it? No, I know, it's our fault.

Oh, okay. Rose bought the same type of mattress when we went from a cot to a bed right same brown or whatever and he's so hard because you don't sleep at wheat bottoms and she don't think I sat on it once like this is a piece of shit this mattress yeah this is awful but she doesn't seem to care and she finds our bed too kind of hot and squidgey so you're like well fine what you're doing in there you're after getting to her I'm like she'll be asleep in five minutes here kind of put my arm around her let her go to sleep she drifts off I think yeah take my arm off her head shoots straight round ten minutes in two hours no she was awake for two hours she was awake for two hours she was awake for two hours two fifteen to four fifteen to four fifteen on this hard bed all so how are you are you laying fully down I I she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she she she she she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was she was to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to four fifteen on this hard bed right

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The fucking stiff neck's gone. Oh no no. I know you're like the stiff neck. The fucking stiff neck's gone. Yeah. Heartbreaking. What time did she get out once? Because you left her? So 415 I left her to go back down to my bed and she gets up at 6.30. No. Okay, up we go, ready for the day. Ready for the day? Yeah. Now, bear in mind, this is probably the first Christmas day I've ever gone into without a hangover, so I still felt fucking incredible. Yeah, of course, yeah. Not first day about, obviously when I'm drinking.

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Oh really? Yeah. You were your friends as well, so you won't cook in either, which is the hell. We got up. We did the stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock. We got the stock. We got the stock. We got the stock. which is the hell. We won't cook. We got up. We did the stockings, went downstairs, had breakfast. You know I said I broke the glass? Yeah. We did have a weird curse Christmas. I've still got a bit of glass in my foot. I still can't get it out.

Okay, from when you said, I looked, I was like, Rose, look, I thin, I there, I, I, I was, I was like, Rose, look, I think there's a bit of glass in my foot, I lifted my foot up and it was, there's like blood all over my heel that I hadn't seen. That's still there, I still can't really walk on it, I don't really know what to do about it, but I'm not going to fucking any of us. So, so, it's a hot, soapy salt bath and it should reject it. Yeah, when am we doing that??? that? that? to in the new year. Rose, it's Boxing Day. Have you just sort the kids out?

I'm just going to get a whip out of the old footbar. But as far away to go, when am I doing that? As a mean, a new kid will start trying to drink it. Yeah, just not happening. So, I've still got glass in my foot. Yeah. And then when we're opening our presents, um, I'm opening the first present for my son. It's got plastic on it and I pulled too hard.

Yeah. It rips open. And what he stood next to me, and my hand, the momentum, what I can only describe as a swift jab to the momentum what I can only describe as a swift jab to the left eye to the kid to your son my son like a proper just bang because my hand just went like it just ripped that's the first present yeah of course I just I just punched him in the face I love it if he slipped it then jabbed you back I head off the line it was the contact was like incredible to bang if you'd you if you the hand if you'd the the to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to the the the to to the to the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the to to to to to to to my to my to my the the to my to my the to my to my to my to my to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they. they. they. the they. the the the the the the the the the the the they. they. the they. the the the the the jabbed you back. I head off the line.

It was, the contact was like incredible. If you'd say you did it to me and was in the pub and you was trying to open something, did that, how would like, how do you think you would react as an adult if someone did that to you? Well, I'd probably cry, but you probably, you probably, you beat the shit out of me. No I don't, I wouldn't do that because we're friends and I'm not, I don't know. But what you do, I go fucking L mate. I think, or do you think I would just push back? Your reaction would be, I think, it was so quick. I think it was so quick.

It was like, yeah, even open, open, I'll be a push back. to the thing. So it was a fist. I got one each punch. Yeah and then I bought Rose this glass of all she wanted. She opens it up. She's like, ah, there's a shard of glass. She's cut her hand on glass as well. I don't know what was going on. Everyone was getting injured, left, right and center. The presents, Josh, are in so the staples to staple a fucking dull onto a bit of paint. Just put it in a bag, just put it in a see-through bag with Barbie written on it or a paper back you do not need this plastic and cardboard and it's important you can't recycle it because it's all attached. Yeah. So the recycling Josh. Oh I love it, Rob. I've got new true.

Tell me about how you deal with yours, and I'll tell you, I've got a new tradition now I do as well. I am during the present wrapping, if we're going to start the present wrap, first thing I do when we start the stocking, I go downstairs, cup of tea for the grownups. Yeah. And I get I get the recycling the rec the r out out out out out out out the r out the r out the r out the ro the ro the re the the their their their their their their their to get their to get to get to get to get to get their to get to get their their to get to get to get to get to get to the recycling. I'm the recycling. I'll their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their te. I. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. I'm te. te. I'll. te. te. te. te. I te. te. te. te. I te. I te. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll during the present unwracking under the tree one black bag one green bag and as we go I'm just sweeping up I'm just going as we go and I love it it feels so satisfying it's like I'm just on it I'm on it bang bang bang bang bang and that is one of my most satisfying things at Christmas. So I was a bit more like, I used to be like that, but now I let the mess develop. And it sort of feels quite.

Do it all the once. And why I do is I wait until I get empty, because normally what you get is you get the wrapping paper, then you get empty cardboard boxes when what stuff's been in. So I get all the kids to put the wrapping paper all paper so it's all goes in one right put it in the boxes and then Josh I take all those little boxes out to the garden and burn them is that allowed yeah it's carbold it's just a bonfire I just did a little Christmas bonfire and then I had it all stacks up so then when it gets dark I go out there and do a massive fire oh that it's a not plastic you the stuff it's no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no the stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff stuff you you the stuff stuff you the stuff the stuff the stuff the stuff the stuff the stuff the stuff the stuff the stuff the stuff the the the th is th is just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just. so so so so so the the the the the the the the the the the stuff. I the the the stuff. I the the the the th. I the th. I the th. I the the th. I the the th. I the the the a massive fire. Oh that is lovely. But not plastic and

that's going to recycle. No, no of course, it's the stuff you normally put on, you just start to fire. Yeah and if I've got any old tires, I took them on. Antihilium canisters. That is a lovely Christmas tradition and I love it. And also what I did before then was I went to the dump and diump and did and the dump and the dump and the dump and the the the the the the dump and the the the the the the the the the the the the dump and the the the the the the the the the the the the. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I went. I was. I went. I was. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I went. I. I. I. I. I went. I. I went. I went. I. I went. I to. I to. I to. I to. to. to. to. to. to. t. t. t. t. I t. I t. I t. I The vibe of the dump, the week leading up to Christmas is absolutely, honestly, it was, it felt like a band of brothers. You know when people were going to war? I had a five minute chat of a guy going, I don't mind doing it, Rob.

But the thing is, she just won't break the boxes down. I say to her, I'll take them but break the their their their their their their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, I', I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, tho, tho, thoomoomorrow, thoomorrow, thoomorrow, thoomorrow, thoomorrow, thoomorrow, their, thoomorrow, down. I say to her, I'll take them but break them down because I can't, if they're still built, I can't get them in the boots son. And I've shown her at it because Lou just throws a full box in a room. Catherine does it for Bobby. I've seen it on Instagram. Preach. Preach. I will deal with all these. But help me help me break it down. It's easy to do and you can get more in the car Josh. We have them on top of the fridge because that's where we get out we do recycling right and so we can do our boxes then but they've got too much and we've got a we've got like a bicycle it's from the last people who lived here because

yeah I'm not a cyclist. We've got like a big thing out the front of our house which is like a metal which people put their bikes in to lock up. Right yeah a bike shed I suppose you'd call it. A bike garage. Yeah like you know it's about up to up to your waste or whatever. I think we all get. A shed implies yeah yeah yeah you've got like a plastic box you put bikes in? A metal. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's full of, it's full of cardboard boxes now. Yeah. And my daughter on Boxing Day wanted to ride her bike. And I was like, where's your bike? And she was like, in the bike shed? In the bike shed. I think that and I couldn't see it. There was so many boxes and I'd lost her bike

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Do you know what? My son falls asleep on the 10-minute drive over. And I say to Rose, look, I think we should give him a bit more sleep here. Yep. You go in with your mom and our daughter and all the presents and all the stuff. I'll just sit in the car with my son for 20 minutes. And I'll, yeah, I might listen to the last 20 minutes of the top 10 carols according to classic FM and see what's number one on my own. And I'd say that, it's one of the best 20 minutes of a Christmas day I've ever had.

Do you know what? Sitting in the Christmas car with my son, he's lulling to sleep and I'm listening to come all you faithful. At number three, which I thought was low, he's low. He's low. Alexander Armstrong giving us the rundown. Still working Christmas Day. I'm saying it. I'm saying it, probably not. Not the way the way the way, the way, the way, the way, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I'm, I's, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm th. th. th. th. to. to. to, to, to. to. to. to, to. I, to. I, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to. I's, to. I's, to. to. I's, to. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. th. I'm th. I'm th. th. th. th. tho. tho tho th th th th th th th th th th think you need a bit of time out on your own. That's the thing isn't it? There's no time

on your own. So you found it. Yeah, that's what I've struggled with. Yeah, that's what I've struggled with. I had an argument my dad within 10 minutes of arrival. Did you? So I was doing all the food. I said don't bring. He out. He out. He out. He out. He out. He out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out something out something out something out something out something something out something something something something something something something. He right? Guess what he whipped out? A turkey? A whole crab? A whole crab? A whole crab? A whole crab? A crab? Well it's Christmas? Well it's Christmas, it's Christmas, crab. Anyway, so they've been at my brothers today before and they like, I like seafood as well, but they like seafood, I think they had a leftover crab. Yeah, of course. There's a crap. So anyway, but he doesn't go, hi Rob. we, we've they they they they they they they they've they've they've they've they've, they've, they've, they've, they've, they've, they've, they've, they like seafood, I think they had a leftover crab. Yeah, of course. There's a crap, tell you, but he doesn't go, hi Rob, we've got a leftover crab that we could have maybe with you guys, or if you've already got food, can I put it in your fridge so I can take it home, so I can take it home, because they're going home the's like you know the ones you get online shopping they still give you the plastic bags a like paper thin that you can

have the water right there the liquid actually goes through yeah yeah yeah so he gets out of that and it goes look girls and starts to try to chase my girls with it doing the little pincersthen I double bag it and put it in the fridge. And then he then, to clear himself up the crab juice, but then the plastic bag he puts on a chair, just like a leathery material chair, and I can still still have a fish state, a bit like a big crab, a bit like big crab the tape, a the the the the the the the the the crab, a the crab, the crab, the crab, the crab, the crab, the crab, the crab, the crab, the crab, the crab, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and then, and the, and the, and the, and the, and the, and the, and the, and the, and the the the crab, and the the the th crab, and th crab, and th crab, and thrub, and thrub, and then, and then, and then, he's they crab, he's they crab, he's they. He's, he's, he's they. He's they. He's they crab, he's they crab, and then, he's eat the crab? No, but I already got some seafood for start that was in the fridge, so they took the crab home the next day. And then I was like, Dad, you're not allowed in the kitchen, so then I put them in the front room and then I was in the kitchen.

And I think when you're cooking dinner for like eight, thinne, to eat a throwne, the their people people people people people people people, you, you my house with it, which I don't think is all right really. No, I wouldn't come around your house, get a crab out and chase your children. No, I'd be annoyed. I'd be annoyed. His classic boomer parenting. And then he sat on the sofa, and he's like, oh, I just thought they'd like it. Anyway, so then it all come down. We had a the drink and we had a lovely day, but it's just hard work with family and loads of people. And you want dinner to be good and time in and stuff like that? Not drinking was a real win. Because I was doing quite a lot of driving, I had to drive Rose's mom back. And then we'd not nipped to another friends for Christmas drink. I drunk too much tea, Rob.

But you've got to get you your kick somewhere, haven't you? A bit of tea belly. Bit of tea belly. And I had an incredibly nice Christmas day. It was brilliant. And then we got home, and then I cleaned, clean the kitchen for an hour on my own, just because I wanted a bit of me time. You know what? That I think, because I had a brilliant morning.

that was amazing I loved it then afternoon was stressful because people arrived in people are going you're trying to get all the food in and I was cooking all the food and then you sit down about time we've cooked to me like I can't we both tweak this and then my evening was really good but I think next year I'm either gonna do more prep the day before or work or work something else I just I just it's a bit hard work but um yeah that I'm boxing day Rob can I talk to you about boxing day yeah talks about boxing day I think it's shit I love boxing that's my favorite I prefer it's fucking crap why why because you're bored of the food but you feel like you have to keep eating it I like I like the food Chris I prefer I like to I tho god I'm so I don't want to have I to have a a to have a to have a to have a to have a to have a to have a to have a fucking fucking to have a fucking to have a fucking to have a fucking to have a fucking to have a fucking to have a fucking to have a fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking fucking the food to to to to the food food food food food food food to to to to to to to to to the food food food food food food food food food food food food food food food food food food food food food food food food food food food to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the food to to the food to the food the food the food the food food food food food food food food food food food food food food but but you you the the the the to the the the the the the the the th the food food food food food food food food food food food food food but but but I to to to to to to to like the food crisp, I prefer, I like it. God I'm so so, I don't want to have another fucking

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shade on there what I mean is like they get loads of presents on Christmas Day and then like... Are you throwing shade on there? No, what I mean is like they get loads of presents on Christmas Day and then on Boxing Day it's just like a few extra presents but it doesn't quite scratch the itch of Christmas Day. And also Christmas Day morning so far away. Couldn't be further. Yeah, and my daughter got this. The football though, the football's on all day. Yeah, and I watch football the football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. the football, football. the football. the football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football's football's football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football's football's football, football, football's football. Football's football. Football's football. Football's football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. Football. the football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, football, the football, the football, the football, the football, the football, the football, the football, the football, the football, the football, the football, the football, the football, the football, the football, the football, the football, football, football, the football's. the football's. the football's on all day. Yeah, but I'm not into football that much, Rob. I had Amazon Prime on all day from midday. I watched football, I watched, it was on first,

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We then have to go to find the bike, the bike shed. Yeah. I have to find the helmet. We have to get out of the house. It takes another 20 minutes to get out of the house. Yeah. I'm like, do what, I'm going to nip into the cafe to get a tea that I'll drink probably sat on a bench watching them play in the park. This is going to be lovely. Lovely. That is lovely little boxing day. Obviously it's a huge. the the the the thiii. th. thi. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. I'll thi. I'm thi. I'll thi. I'll thi. I'll thi. I'll thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I th. I I I th. I th. I th. I tip. I tip. I's tip. I's tip. I's tip. I's tip. I's tip. I'll tip. I'll tip. I'm tip. I'm tip. tip. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. tipe. I'm tip one. Going, get to the front, they both want an apple juice. Do you do cartons of apple juice? No, we do fresh apple juice. By this point, they want apple juice, it's too late. Yeah. She starts feeding fucking Granny Smiths into a presser.

Like, what, you know when you watch this one to... About 20 apple, you're just like, fuck, this is mental. Five quid for this apple juice that I'm splitting between two glasses. Five quid. The cue, fucking livid that I'm stood here, holding people up, pressing apples. Obviously it's foamy, obviously they don't like it. So I'm already annoyed. So that's another 20 minutes. Get to the park. We we we we we we we we we th. We we they th. We they they th. We th. We th. We play th. We play th. We play th. We play th. We play th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. thate. the. the. th. th. th. th. th. th. th for th for th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. tha tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. So that's another 20 minutes. Get to the park. We play for 10 minutes. They both want to play on separate things because they're four years in difference

in age. Then my daughter's like, I'm thirsty, I want some water. We've all got to leave the park now to go to the shop. Because there's no water here. So I take both of them to the shop. I promise my son to go to go to go to go to go the the to go the the to go the the to go the the to go the the to go the to go the the the to go the to go the the to go to go to go to go to go to go to go to go the park. We'll to go to go to go to to to to to to to to to play to play to play to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their. We. We will. We'll their the the the the the the the the. the. the the te.oooooooooooooooooo. Wea. Wea. Wea. We'll. We'll toe. We'll their their no water here. So I take both of them to the shop. I promise my son that to go to the shop will go to the ducks because he wants to go to the ducks. So we buy water and some white sliced bread to feed to the ducks. We buy water and some bread to feed to the ducks. I don't know if that's the wrong thing. That's what I've the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the been told. If you've given the...

The way I look at it is the ducks have got to take some responsibility for themselves. I think, that's what I've seen other people feeding the ducks, that's why I feed the ducks. I look at it as evolution. Darwin. If we've done it before, they're all still there. The ducks survive, the intelligent ones that goes, you know what this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, th, th, the th, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thinks, their their, the ducks have the ducks have the ducks have the ducks have the ducks have their, their their, their, their, their, their, their, their their, their, their, their, th, th, th, th, th has... We've done it before and they're all still there. Also, ducks float. If anything, bloat, being bloated helps, did it? But don't, because I don't want to get cancelled with this guy. Just please be...

Do you know what someone said to me? He went, they're like a little bit of cooked bacon. I don't bet they're fucking do. I can hear my son screaming at the moment. So anyway, we go, I'm like, we'll go, the deal is we'll go and get the water and then we'll go and feed the ducks. My daughter doesn't want to feed the ducks. So I go, look, after we feed the ducks, we go back to the park, because we go back to the park. So we go all the way back to the park. It's a deal, that's fair. My son doesn't want to go back to the park.

He's two. We go back to the park. He's crying. He wants to go home. There is no point when both of them are having a good time on this park trip. We do the park. the magazines we got home four minutes before people are due to arrive yeah we've been out for over

two hours that whole process took oh Josh this is like people just people coming we had three sets of people coming all of them all of them them I just got the end I was like I don't want to be around anyone I was like I the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they they one one one one they. I they. I they. I don't they. I don'tto see all of them. I just got the end. I was like, I don't want to be around anyone. Yes. This is, because normally the way I deal with the fact I don't want to be around anyone is drinking. Yeah. I'm not doing that. So now I'm on pure, I just want to be alone with my book about Elton John and Graham Taylor's friendship. Do you know what? I think that's how a lot of people feel and I don't drink that much anymore, but I've drunk loads over Christmas because I've realized it's a coping mechanism to calm down a bit because it's like you're under siege. It's fucking great not drinking. It's so good. But you realize that that's your outlet. Well well done for not cracking. also I'm very excited and it feels like a good way to end this episode because you it's like your life as

a parent has just moved on to a new sort of almost like that there was the Old Testament of the Bible and the New Testament because what you're going into now you've had two children where you've got one child that can make decisions and wants things because she's older and then you had a baby that came with. And basically we'll carry him while you do whatever you want to do. But now you're in negotiations. This is my life and this is what a lot of people where everything you do, one wants a song in the car. It's my turn, it's not my turn, it was her

turn, I want to sit there. No, because she did that, I wouldn't an ice-coo but she had that at lunch, and you are entering negotiationsville. And it's hard. And it's hard. And what you explain, what you're going to go and find out more about the tria to-o'-o'-n't-n, th, th, th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, and thi-so, and thi-a, and thi-a, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, thi, and thi, thi, and thi, and thi, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, thi-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s, the-a-s, thin, thin, the-a-a-s, the-a-s, the-a-a-s, the-a-a-s, thi-s, I it feels like the end of a thriller. What you explained there about a very difficult two hours you had, that is going to be all day, every day for the next 10 years. That is in a mad little two-hour trip to the park where they just decided that day to have different opinions or wanting different things. That wasn't that hard work when that day they decided to want to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do the next the next the next the next the next the next the next the next the next the next to do to do the next to do to do the next the next to the next the next the next 10 to to to to to to to to to to to to their. their. their. their. their. their. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to be.. to be. toe. toeck.eck. toeck.eck. toeck.eck.eck.eck. toeck. toeck.eck. toeck. toeck. toeck. toeck. to work when that day they decided to want to do completely different things, that is the next 10 to 15 years. Yeah, okay, well I look forward to that, Rob. Merry Christmas!

Christmas Day, best ever, boxing day, most ever rated day of the year. Yeah. I'd had too much, I just wanted to be in a dark run with Graham Taylor and Elton John. Oh, hello. Yeah. New Year, new me. The year knew me. Also, I should say, do you remember when we lost the cleaner took the box? Oh yes.

So for Rose's present, I got loads of a friend. It was a box full of all of memories that got thrown out. I got loads of friends to send photos, keeps and letters. I. I. I. I their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. I. I. I. I. I their. I the the the. I the. I the. I thea. I the. the. I thea. thea. thea got thrown out. I got loads of her friends to send photos, keepsakes and letters. I put them in a box. You've recreated the box? Her words, this is about than the original box. Yes! Absolutely, absolutely, best bit of husbanding I've ever done. And then Michael included something in the box and along with it included a present for me, which is a stiff neck t-shirt. Oh, lovely stuff. So there's my stiff-necked t-shirt. Thank you for that, Michael.

There we go. So look, for what was a terrible thing, actually, like we say, we don't know enough about what's going to happen if it's good news or bad news. Rose quoted you on that. She said it's like Rob says. Exactly. We don't know, we don't know enough about the future to know if the news is good news or bad news, it's just news. Exactly. There you go. Exactly. Well I'm glad that's a brilliant present idea Josh. Well done. Really what you don't want is never get a job giving cancer diagnoses Rob because people don't want to hear that. I agree but it doesn't make it not the truth okay but yeah I don't I think that would be a weird career change to me to get into that any medical profession where they basically have bad news and I

are going. Yeah you're right. Because also as well if everyone knows that I do that yeah everyone's gonna panic if they see well, if everyone knows that I do that, everyone's gonna panic if they see me in a hospital. Yeah, like the person, you know the person that's job is to sack people? George Clooney and up in the air when his job is to go into companies and sack people. Guys, got a bit of news, but as we know, it's not always good or bad. It's just news. It's just news. Three weeks. All right. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Have a happy new year. Are we doing a small business shoutout? I don't think we do this. A little Christmas message for me and you, Josh.

Don't put too much pressure in yourself as parents or people, if you've got kids or not, don't get too down if you're not with your kids this year, it'll pass. It's just a moment in time and then next week is just another Wednesday when the bins have got to go out. So don't beat yourself up. It's just a day or a couple of days in the year. And I'm sure you did a brilliant job. job don't beat yourself up because that's what we all do isn't it is this okay is this good enough did it was a dinner right with the presents right have I

over spent if I not spent enough oh my god my kids gonna that did that all just take yourself out your brain and do something whether it's reading a book about Elton John and Graham Taylor and Graham Taylor or if it's going for a walk with a great trying to say, I don't think that... Graham Taylor was the manager. Yeah, but I don't think that... And they have this strange friendship because they came from a totally different world. Yeah, but that's you all.

Matt, I could tell you more about it. Yeah, no, I don't have a bit of time for yourself because you can't be a good partner, parent, husband, wife, mom, dad or whatever if you're not prioritizing yourself. So after listening to this, take half an hour for yourself and calm down, it's all going to be okay. Right, Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.

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