Single Ladies In Your Area - Happy Valentine's Day!

Episode Date: February 14, 2025

It’s the series finale ...and Valentine’s Day! Amy and Harriet share tales of their best (worst) Valentine’s, and to end on a high, Amy shares news of some dating success! Bring on series 2 and the year of the snake snog. If you're sad that the series is over for now, why not sign up to our Patreon for WEEKLY bonus content during the break! You also will enjoy BTS photos and videos, messages from Amy and Harriet, and above all you'll help to support the pod 💖. Sign up at patreon.com/singleladiesinyourarea OR isitham.org (really.)We want to hear your dating stories! Email in at [e-mail] Single Ladies In Your Area on Instagram @singleladiespodRecorded and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive.Photos by Matt Crockett and Linda Blacker.Design by Welcome Studio. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This is Single Ladies in Your Area. So on this episode, it's our final episode of this series. We share our best and mainly worst Valentines. And I've got some exciting news happy valentine's day we made it to valentine's day oh you've got a red top on. You look like a Valentine's angel. I wore a red top. You've got little stars for the night sky.

For the night sky. Romantic Valentine's. Yeah, it's covered in sort of hair and fluff and pastry crumbs. It's beautiful. You're my perfect Valentine. Oh, thank you. We've got our show tonight. Yes!

Our first ever live show. That's exciting it's all go I wonder who'll be in the audience oh my god imagine if our valentines are in the audience I suspect it's mainly

going to be like women that we just love yeah I think it's mainly going to be women we love and actually that's better but it would be quite cute

if there were just like two hot guys with roses between their teeth oh don't give people ideas because we know But it would be quite cute if there were just like two hot guys with roses between their teeth. Oh, don't give people ideas because we know the guys will turn up with a rose between their teeth. They'll be like, ow, I got my commas over the thorn on my lip. And then we'll have to stop the show, tend to them, the whole thing.

We got the guy from St. John's Ambulance, please. Actually, he could be hot. Oh, yes. Oh, wow. We've got a lot going on this evening. It's really exciting. Do you normally like Valentine's Day? No.

No. Have you ever had a good one? Never. I actually broke up with a boyfriend on Valentine's Day. Did you know you were going to do it? No. I think it sometimes compounds things. I just was like this. I felt that it wasn't right.

But I am often the one that feels it's not right. And then I say it and then it leads towards a breakup. And then I'm like, wait, but I'm not ready. I just want to talk about it for ages and ages and just like slowly praises it. Or I want them to improve. Like, I'm not just saying it because I want to break up immediately. But he was like, oh, yeah, no, I guess you're right. Oh, please, whoa.

Come back, come back. I've definitely done that before. I've gone, maybe we should just break up. Thinking they'll go, that's the last thing I want to do. I love you. And they go, huh? Yeah, actually, that is a good option. All right, then.

Bye. You're like, oh, oh, I was calling you a bluff. I think they try and trick you into saying it sometimes. You say it and then you're like, no, I know, like, it's better than it's my idea, but ultimately, I wanted you to just, like, put a little bit more effort into this, like, fight for me, like, just, like, a tiny bit,

like, rather than just agree with me. Like, how can this be the first thing we agree on? Wait, we're agreeing on something. Maybe we should stay together. Come back. Hello. Oh, God. Yes, I've always wanted to say that I had a tab with my friend.

It wasn't right. It was definitely better that it ended. But we spent all night crying on Valentine's. So that happened. And then I had another boyfriend who once turned up the day after Valentine's with dead roses. That's nice. Was he like a goth? Maybe that was like his thing. No, I think the petrol station had an offer on dead roses because Valentine's was the day before and he got them the next morning.

And it turned out he was cheating on me. So, yeah, I have not had great Valentines, I would say. And like my ex-husband, I think he really would try, but it was like he would find the pressure like so overwhelming. For sure. That sometimes he'd just kind of crumble with it. And then it just feels so stressful, you know? But I kind of think if someone's crumbling under the pressure,

they're feeling the pressure and that means they care. It's not fun to watch, you know, when someone's like, I really wanted to do something but then I knew I had to do something but then I couldn't do it because the pressure of it

was just too much and then I went to the shops but then I didn't know what to get and then they're just there and so they're like, so I didn't get anything. And I've shaved my head

and I don't know why. And I've dismantled the bed. I'm confused and panicking. Should we break up? No. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Yeah, have you had a nice Valentine's Day? I was thinking I must have.

The only memorable Valentine's Day I can think of was many years ago, but I went to Pizza Hut. I'm in. I'm in, in Hull, with my boyfriend at the time, and he had a lot of money. Not loads,

but I think he had like a job. So I was like, okay. And we walked past this guy on the street who was homeless and asked for some money. And I know my boyfriend had loads of cash on him and it was raining.

And I remember being like, don't be a dick, just give him something. And he was going, no, no. And I was like, just give him something. just give him something he's going no no and I was like just give him something I was like and he was like no no and I was like right well that's put me in a bad mood but I didn't want to ruin the pizza hut so we go to pizza hut I'm trying to have a nice time our waitress and this should be illegal on Valentine's Day was the fittest woman I've ever seen in the tightest trousers that exist right and I thought well that's why have you put her on

shift on Valentine's Day? What are you doing there? This is a trap. Obviously, my boyfriend couldn't stop looking at her. He was in love immediately. And it was like, oh, okay. And she wasn't a good waitress. She was just fit.

He left her a £20 tip. Oh my God. And I was like. It can't have cost more than that in those days. It didn't. It was like £7. Oh my God. And I was like, it can't have cost more than that in those days at Pizza Hut. It didn't. It was like £7.99 a pizza and then he left a £20 tip

and made sure that she got it. It was like doing all smiles and stuff. And we walked back out, we walked past the same guy on the street and I was just like, can you give me something now? And he's just like, no. And I was like,

you just tipped that fit woman £20 and she got our order wrong. And we only ordered one piece at a share. And she got it wrong. She got 100% of the order incorrect. And you've given her 20 pounds. And then he was just like, so we was on the brink of an argument. But he was like, he's like, babe, babe, babe, I've got something so special planned.

And I was just like, okay, all right. Okay. And then I was like, okay, cool. And what he'd done is, you need to know that we both lived in Hull, right? He'd booked us a hotel in Hull. We was going to the Ibis near Hull bus station. And I was a bit like, why are we doing this? Both of our houses are nicer than this hotel. And then he got me to the bedroom door

and he put his hands over my eyes, right, to open the door. And in my head I was thinking roses on the bed or, you know, something like that. Not roses.

Not flowers of any nature. Not candles. What he'd done. And I honestly have never mentioned this product in my life i don't know where it had come from oh my god i can't even i can't even think about what this is he'd written in packets of toffers i l u v and then the letter u in toffers it was such a shock

because i was just expecting flowers or something i mean hey i like toffers. It was such a shock because I was just expecting flowers or something. It was a horrible shock. I mean, hey, I like toffers as much as the next person, which is, they're fine. They're not my favourite. Are they like Chewy Werther's Originals? Yeah!

That's exactly what they are. And he'd written I-L-U-V, which I hate anyone saying L-U-V anywhere, but fine. I-L-U-V-U.V anyway, but fine. I LUV you. And it was so square. It was all so square because they're long packets and sometimes you'd have to snap them in half.

And he took his hands away from my eyes and I saw it. And I was so shocked that I started laughing, but I also knew he'd put effort in, so I was trying not to laugh. But you know when you're laughing so intensely that your shoulders are shaking? And I was laughing so intensely. And he thought I was crying because I was overwhelmed with to laugh but you know when you're like laughing so intensely that your sort of shoulders are shaking and I was laughing so intensely and he thought I was crying because I was overwhelmed

with how beautiful it was and he said this is the best reaction I could have hoped for I was just like oh god oh god how long was he in that room for?

how long was he setting that up for do you think? I don't know I don't know I would have loved I would have loved I would have loved to watch a man write, I love you in Toffo and in bed. Because it either would have been done so quickly, so haphazardly, like they've done it so quickly,

or it's there for ages just trying to achingly line up the Toffos. And either are bad. I think he's got like a carry bag of toffers. Probably like his dad's come home with them or something and gone, do you want these? And he's gone, yeah, I'll take them. And then he's tried to write love L-O-V-E and he's like, I don't have enough for that.

And he don't have enough for why are you? So he's just like having to like really sort of scrimp, snapping them in half. And he's like, this is perfect. This will get her. Awful. And then he'd also brought some of this lube that I'm allergic to, it turns out.

So I spent a lot of the time sort of crouched in the shower rinsing. Oh. So you know what? What we've learned is actually being alone for valentine's is actually better it's gonna be great we're gonna have such a nice time yeah yeah we're gonna have a nice time because the problem with it is expectation that's the problem you can't help having like expectation and then it's the disappointment that's what it is it's like it's just somebody that sees you and that sees you.

Yeah. And like is thinking of you and it like never, it never transpires. No. I'd be very happy to like plan Valentine's Day and I'm sure I've like done things before, but I feel like I always kind of go, hey, like how do you feel about Valentine's Day? Do you want to do something?

And I feel like the response is resoundingly, no, I'm not into that and you're like yeah no that is definitely cool yeah yeah yeah it's when they're like yeah it's just like a corporate thing

and you're like yeah yeah yeah yeah let's not show love to each other I do know yeah I do I do know that but also it is just a chance

you know that we could and if it means something to me it might be nice but yeah we don't want to support big corps. Anyway, you just continue playing on your Xbox and all that,

which are definitely not big corporations either. Yeah. Siding around your Das Trax suit, playing on your Xbox, ordering from McDonald's. Yeah, let's not support capitalism. Please. Fuck. I mean, that's such a good point

the one day of the year that they're against capitalism yeah yeah yeah that's these fucks they've been fucking

with us this whole time I've literally just realised when you said that these fucks you got me again you fucks! Because you can't argue with that.

You're like, yeah, I guess I agree. Yeah, I guess I am against corporations. I guess I'm a bad person for wanting that. I know. Yeah, it's best just to sit at home and we'll watch, I don't know, FIFA, who have some terrible, terrible, they're a terrible corporation. We'll watch some football.

While swiping on TikTok on my iPhone, which is made God knows where by God knows who. These fucks! I'm so angry. And next time someone says that to me, I want to have that in my back pocket. Anyone listening that is in a relationship and someone says that,

you need to play Amy saying that. We need to get a soundbite of this so that we can all just play it. Great. Well, there we go. There we go. And so I think that's why spending it with friends is nice.

Not that we can do it with... Yeah. I think... I think Galentine's is so nice. If it's a choice. If it's a choice, it's a choice. But we'll make the best of what we have. Sorry.

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ACAST helps creators launch, grow, and monetize their podcasts everywhere. ACAST.com. Oh, it's been a long, it's been a long series, hasn't it? It's been a long series, I know. I can't really believe it. Like, the reaction has been so nice. Like, it's been so lovely. I just feel like there's lots of us out there you know and it's like really nice to laugh sometimes sometimes cry yeah um about it all I think yeah it's been so good and I feel so just pleased that so many people, mainly women, of course,

but like just people have gone, oh, I really relate to that. I feel like that. And you're like, oh. Yeah. Well, I'm glad that we all do. I'm sort of sad for us all collectively, I suppose. But I'm glad that it's like helping other people go, oh, great. I'm not on my own because they're idiots.

Yeah. I think that's it i think whenever i've listened to like pop like dating podcasts or whatever it's like two people that are really confident and really together and like really good at it yeah go on what and we throw something different to the table despite the advice um despite everything we just keep on failing often you listen to like experts talking like you try and learn things yeah and there are we've had experts yeah but we are the opposite of experts so people are just listening to two morons just try and work this out. Yeah. And do you know what? I have learnt so much.

Yeah, yeah. Like, I really have. I feel so much better and, like, a bit calmer about it all. Same. I've learnt so much about myself and about, like, my, what's it called,

the attachment styles. Yeah, I thought that was really helpful, yeah. I've learnt so much. Yeah. Have I implemented it in a practical sense? No no because it's still too scary but I at least I know it yeah so it is helpful I think for me it's been really good to be like more open with stuff because I'm very much like I like to be a very closed book and I don't

want anyone to know anything that's going on like I, I can't lie very well, but, like, I try to keep everything, like, in. And then it just comes out in these crazy ways. But, like, I think it's been good for me to, like, talk about, like, it a bit more openly and not be, like, so embarrassed. Like, I always feel so embarrassed at the thought of having a crush on anyone. And, like, you've really helped me feel less embarrassed. Like, just, like, it's's like, seeing what you do, to the extent you do it. Your behaviour has made me think, God, it could be worse.

No, absolutely not that. I think it's actually, there's something really charming. And I think more of us need to, like, romanticise things and be more open about it rather than, like, I think sometimes I can just, like, be quite mean to men because I don't want to give them anything. Like, I just don't want to give them any. I just don't want to give them any compliments. I don't want them to feel any better about themselves.

And actually, I think it's good to kind of, I want to believe in romance and love and all those things. And I want to kind of enjoy the process. I feel like you've helped me because I'm the opposite and I immediately tell everyone absolutely everything. I don't hold anything back and then at a party we was at recently I think you said I think the phrase was why don't you keep because it was about a new crush and and I was gonna about to tell everyone again and he was like why don't you keep that to yourself for a little bit? And I was like, that is such a good idea.

That is such a good idea. Of course that's a good idea because nothing has happened yet again. I've gone in my head, planned our wedding. I don't know this fucking guy. And I was about to tell everyone about it. And I really embarrassed myself. He was like, oh, why don't you just keep that as a special thing for yourself for a little bit? Obviously you know. Of course you know. I love that you share it, oh, why don't you just keep, that as a special thing for yourself for a little bit. Obviously you know.

Of course you know. Yeah, but I love that you share it, but I just don't want, it's just, I just feel like then you have to come out and be like,

oh yeah, no, I really got carried away. Like when you see these people and then it's like, I just think that must be like hard. I don't know.

Yeah, it's constantly hard to go. Because people go, oh my God, how's it go with that guy oh no nothing's happened there no we've stopped speaking maybe because I told all his friends

to have a crush on him yeah no it's really really good so I think the balance is together we're going to make one we've got normal human being that somebody's going to want to date. Maybe that's the thing.

Maybe we merge our hinge profile. It's just both of us. You've just got to take both of us. Between us, you'll get something half decent. Roses are red, violets are blue. We've matched on and up. What you up to what do you think is the biggest thing that you've learned over the series it's helped me be more open as I said I think also it's helped me I what I want to do is like take the pressure off a bit like I think like I go

into things and I'm like I then become so awkward like as soon as I think like I might like them I feel like I have to become like a kind of like robot lady that is perfect my thinking now is I'm gonna try and like see everyone more as like friends and like like oh like if I start the friendship and then something might come from it I think the most helpful thing I've learned is like to try and just like be open every day and like you don't know what can happen in a day because so often like I'm just like get through the day get through it and then it's like no you don't know and so I'm feeling a bit more like playful in my days with people I think and that it's like not really embarrassing to like be like friendly to people like it's not gonna be misconstrued as me like oh fuck what a homewrecker she is you know like um to be a bit more open and fun

and playful during the day like I found that to be a really helpful tip because you don't know who's out there you know yeah it is lovely like I think dating online is like great in so many ways in so many ways it's awful um but um I think it's also nice to like just be present out in the world and just be like oh I don't know what could happen today you know oh I love that yeah that's something I've learned that's amazing what have you learned um I think I've learned very recently I've come to the conclusion that I shouldn't put all my eggs in one basket what I do is I project I think I project the perfect person onto people and absolutely fall for them and then don't want to look elsewhere

because I'm like, but he's so good. Yeah. It is amazing the way you describe people. Like even people that I know and then you're like, I don't... You have a crush on someone, you'll be describing them this way and I'm like, am I missing they're literally like

these like like kings on like pedestals I'm like I don't know if he's ever done that but it's so beautiful that you see someone like that but I think you have to be

so careful with that because then you can miss all the things that like all the red flags which we've talked about yeah all the red flags terrible behaviour maybe just the idea that like... All the red flags, which we've talked about. Yeah, yeah.

All the red flags, terrible behaviour. Maybe just the idea that they don't like me at all. I'm like, it's meant to be. And you're like, right, what behaviour are they showing towards you? That's it. How do they make you feel? Yeah, but you feel great. I feel great, but it's because you're living in delusion.

It's actually nothing to do with them. They could literally be like a scarecrow. I'm so happy. He scares away all the birds so well. He's outdoorsy. He's agricultural. He's strong. He's outdoorsy. He's agricultural. He's strong. He's stable.

He's got a beautiful face. He doesn't run away from me. Soft straw. Soft straw. Spiky straw when you hug him. Yes. Yes. He's not into fast fashion.

Like, he barely changes his clothes i've got such an image of you in a field with a scarecrow oh god just skipping around the scarecrow i love you you love me i imagine me being like oh you've worked so hard and I put the scarecrow in my house and I just stand in the field so he doesn't have to. The scarecrow's on the bed with the TV coming up and you're in a field getting rained on. But still so happy because you love that scarecrow so much, even though the muddy scarecrow's in your bed. Oh, it's so sad because it's so accurate accurate i would say i'm about three months away from doing

that from just finding a scapegoat uh-oh it looks like i've met a turtle again we've had one man on which wasn't the plan plan. It wasn't the plan, but we just, we only wanted to speak to women, I think. I don't know. I don't know what's happened then. We will have more men on, I think. But I think we just needed, like, the comfort of women. I think we've had such, like, inspiring women on.

Like, I think, like, I mean, they're my friends, but, like, Lou and Sophie, like, I just think they're just, like, so, and Chloe, just, like, themselves, you know? Yeah, incredible. Yeah. And Charlene. Charlene was wonderful. Oh, my gosh, Charlene. and Sophie like I just think they're just like so and Chloe just like themselves yeah incredible and Charlene Charlene was wonderful oh my gosh Charlene just being

in the room with Charlene yeah she exudes sort of like confidence and sort of like a feminine power yes

and I don't feel like I have that I think our feminine power is growing oh I love this I think it's growing I think it might have been under the soil when we began this series it's tiny little his tiny little head is poking through the soil

hello hello mr scarecrow i love you yes okay our feminine power is growing yeah i think the tarot reading was like really cool because it did set me off on a bit of a frisson hunt you know oh really yeah i really after that was very much like you know like how pigs uh truffle truffle yeah i was like i was like a trouble hunter for frisson. And I found some. Not real life things, but like just moments and bits and bits. Yeah, getting through the day a little bit easier. Yes, it did. Reconnecting with old frissons and going, where are you?

What do you do now? How do I get close to you? Oh, you're married with a kid. I'm not bothered about seeing you again. I just wanted to check in and just remind myself about 10 years ago I had a frisson. Goodbye. Yes.

Block. I think that's it. I think that frissons, as you get older and harder and harder to find, because I think frissons, when you're a teenager or you're 20, they're like everywhere. It's like a frison express. Just like frison. Choo, choo. Choo, choo.

Another frison. I'm tired. Frison. Frison. Frison. Frison. But now, you know, there's a lot of just like, it's hard. It's hard to get a frison, you know.

You've got housework to do. Like, it's hard. It's hard to get a frisson, you know? You've got housework to do. Like, it's hard. It's hard to find the time to have the fun for it. I've got to take my washing out of the washing machine. Actually, no, I need to rewash it because I've left it in. I can't be walking around thinking about frissons when I know I've got wet washing in the washing machine. You can't.

You just can't. As always, trying to find the space for free songs. They're not just turning up at your door. We have to go out and find them and we have to let ourselves have the space and not just be like tired ladies. Because life in your 30s is so tiring. I'm so tired.

All the time, there's so much time that you're like, oh, I'll just do a free song as well, shall I? Like it just feels like another thing on the to-do list to open up I need to buy bin bags I know I need I know I need to buy bin bags I know that my motion's in the in the washing machine there's a table that needs putting up that I bought nearly a year ago it's still in its flat pack cardboard all this is in your head it's in your head yesterday I tried to leave the house. I had to change my daughter and then the dog was sick in the corner and it was like,

this is too much. This is too much when I'm just trying to leave the house and go about my day. Do you want to get a frizz on as well? Like, come on, please. I've never felt less frizz-a-neat. Come on in.

Mind your dog's sick in the corner. Do you have any bin bags on you by any chance? No, it doesn't matter. I'll get them tomorrow. Oh, I'll tell you what I did. I bought a lamp, a frisson lamp.

Yeah, well, it's not technically called that, but it's a lamp where you control it with an app on your phone and you can set it to any colour or anything. But the best thing is

it does candlelight and it sort of flickers it does fireplace it does more and you plug it in but also you can take it out and I bought it for the bath so I can have like

because I I always burn my hair on the candles in the bath because I don't know where to put them and I can't get them and I lean back and I go

oh that's hot so I bought a lamp a fireplace lamp but you can do it to blue or pink or sunrise. It's really good. It's called Philips Hue. And you can have it on in your bedroom

and it's the sexiest lighting of all time. FYI. What I find difficult is if you bring someone back going, I'm just going to put my sex lamp on. Don't mind me. I'm just turning these lights off but i'm not expecting anything it's the modern equivalent to someone putting barry white on it's a lamp with a fireplace effect if you press it if you press a button it's the same thing i just wanted to make you more comfortable bam yeah lights off fireplace on let's go the tv's going down in the bed tv's off tonight it's just me you and the fireplace lamp baby yeah it's hard i don't know how to play that i don't

know how to get it on i don't know what to do about that but it's not been an issue so far there's not been a man there but if there was i wouldn't know how to turn it on you're planning about about what you're gonna do in that situation yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I think it'll feel natural in the moment

do you think you say what's your favourite colour light and then they'll say green and you'll be like oh no no

how about this you put it on and then you'll be like it's very like wicked mine's fireplace I'm just going to put that on and some music.

Songs I like to have sex to. Where's that playlist? There we go. Right, anyway, let's just chat about the economy, I suppose. Is this flirting? Hey, here's some news. You know, I wanted to kiss somebody. I've done a kiss, haven't I?

Do we have a sound effect where we can have like a... Like a trumpet or something. Yeah, I did one. Amy, this is so great. Thank you so much. It's only taken 20 episodes. But what a way to end. What a way to end.

Yeah, I did it. This is so great. I did it. This is so great. Because you were getting so scared by it. I was so scared of it. And I think people listening might be in the same position. Like, I had the same thing.

Like, I was like, I forgot how to kiss. I don't know how to do this. Like, do I have my mouth open or am I shut? Like, how do I go towards somebody? Like, I can like, I forgot how to kiss. I don't know how to do this. Like, do I have my mouth open or am I shut? Like, how do I go towards somebody? Like, I can't remember. Half and half. Like, top lip covering the teeth, bottom lip open. You overthink it so much.

But then when it happens in the moment, you're like, oh, of course. I mean, am I doing this all my life? It, like, comes back. Oh, I was really good at this, I remember, back in the day. Yeah. It was really nice. It was really good. I really enjoyed it.

I had to. I mean, it took real months of solid, solid work. I don't think it should be this hard. I was just saying, Amy, I think it should be so much more easier for you. Imagine there's so many people that want to kiss you. I do not understand how it's been this hard. I really had to graft every day for...

Yeah, this doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Six months. And this is why you need to change your focus because you're like focusing on one thing and then it's like all these people around you are like, yeah, I've got a lot of little kids. Shh, the scarecrow's talking. I got to spend the night with the scarecrow.

But no, it was really good. I will be honest, I drank for 10 hours. Yeah, no, it was, yeah, very drunk, I would say. There was a point where we were on the bed in a hotel, not the Ibis in Hull, no, no. The hotel where Guy Fawkes was born. no the hotel where guy forks was born the house where guy forks was born yeah spooky fucking terrifying like genuinely the scariest vibe yeah and he wasn't staying there i was it's not the sexiest sound joke is is it? All those hats that you used to wear, you know,

those big hats. I'm wearing a ruff. Yeah, it was just me staying there and I booked it just for like a fun thing for me to do. Oh God,

I'm so pathetic. I know what I'll do as a treat for myself, I'll stay in an absolutely terrifying old house on my own in the attic. We'll put pictures of it up on our pitch. I'm just going to be closer to Guy Fawkes. Just any guy.

Just literally, how do I spend a night with a guy? Oh, God. He was a cool guy, though. He was quite a rebel, you know. He was a cool guy though. He was quite a rebel, you know. He was hot. He was hot,

hot, hot. The room I stayed in was the scariest place I've ever been. Yeah. And a young boy, like a young stable boy

helped me up with my case. A real boy? A real boy. Yeah, the way you described that I was like, is it a ghost? No, like a stable boy. Well, he worked he described that, I was like... Was it a ghost? No, like a...

Stable boy. Well, he worked in the pub downstairs, but he had the vibe of a stable boy. It's 2025! He's like, you're arrived by coach. Coach and horses, and then the stable boy has to help you with your bags upstairs. You're in the middle of York!

He carried my suitcase up all the stairs because I literally couldn't. And then he got it up and he went, all right, bye then. But he didn't turn any of the lights on. And I said, are there any lights? And he's just like, yeah, the switch is on the wall. And I was like, okay.

And then he'd gone. And then I stood in this fucking room in the dark. And it's the attic and I already knew there was stuff in there. Do you know like, I don't know. Bodies.

Bodies. And I managed to find some lights and I was in like, it wasn't like a hotel room. It was like, there was a living room then this like weird entrance-y bit and then there was a long dark corridor

and the bedroom was at the end of the corridor and i was like i can't go in there because that's too scary so i'm gonna have to sleep on the two-seater couch because i can find i couldn't find any light switch i could find one light switch so i'm gonna sleep on the settee on this two-seater horrible hard and you paid for this for fun oh yeah just for fun just for something to do and my mum said when mum said, when I said where I was staying, my mum was like, it's not going to be all right, you're going to be too scary. And I was like, I'm not 12, I'll be fine. Got there and I was like, oh my God, I'm so much younger than 12.

I'm like six, I'm too scared for this. And then got ready, dropped myself off, went out for drinks with friends and then met this guy afterwards and was like, this sounds like a line, but it was genuinely like, you have to come back to the hotel with me because I'm too scared to go into the bedroom. And he was a bit like, yeah, yeah, yeah. So any tips for any ladies on their own at Valentine's Day, but the spookiest hotel you can find.

And if the man won't come, you find that stable boy. Or a scarecrow. And he came back after, yeah, it was like four in the morning or something. He's not drinking. I'm fucking hammered. Ten hours. Ten hours of drinking cocktails.

The sugar as well. Hyper from the sugar. Calm down, crash off again. Oh, God. I was definitely not my best self. We got there. He helped. I was like, you have to go into the bedroom first.

I'm too scared. And he managed to, like, do it. And the bedroom first I'm too scared and he managed to like do it and we laid on the bed for a bit and it was really nice I mean

there was a time when I think I was trying to make a move on him I suppose I was doing Reiki on him I've never done

Reiki before I think I was so scared of touching him and I was just putting my hand near him going can you feel that can you feel that

there can you feel that and I was so drunk I couldn't keep my hand like above him so it was just putting my hand near him going, can you feel that? Can you feel that? There. Can you feel that? And I was so drunk I couldn't keep my hand like above him. So I was just sort of touching him going, can you feel that? And he was just like, yeah, because you're just touching me. And I was like, yeah. Does that feel nice? And then he's like, I'm going to go.

And I was like, yeah, that's totally fine. And then he said, should we have a little kiss? Yeah, and I was like, oh, how do we do that? What an idiot. And he's like, well, like this. He was like really smooth about it, but I was like, yeah, how do we do that? But then it was lovely. It was instantly lovely.

This is so great. She's back, baby. I'm back. And then since then, I've just been like. Oh, you wait for season two. Not that it's happening, but I'm ready and then since then I've just been like you wait for season two not that it's happening but I'm ready now I want to kiss everybody

everyone I'm chatting to at anywhere I'm just like could kiss you now probably because I'm a kisser now that's sort of my that's sort of who I am

that's sort of my identity my main thing I do comedy and podcasting my main thing is I'm a kisser I'm like a professional kisser so I think yeah I think this is the year of the snog.

I'm going to snog so much. I'm not scared anymore. This is so good. Is that what Kevin McAllister says in Home Alone? I think he goes, I'm not scared anymore. About the scary, maybe about the scary man with the shovel. Yeah. That's how I've been seeing kissing, the scary man with the shovel.

But it turns out he's just a nice, sweet old man. Oh, yes. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, the neighbor. Yeah. That's how I've been seeing kissing, the scary man with the shovel. But it turns out, he's just a nice, sweet old man. Oh, yes. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, the neighbour that's scary, but he's just nice. He's just nice. And if you just gave him a little kiss, it would have been fine.

I would absolutely snog that guy. This is great. Yeah. This is the perfect ending for this series. Yeah. I mean, look, we're moving slowly. We're moving very, very slowly. But this is great. This is great. I think it's going to pick up series. Yeah. I mean, we're moving slowly. We're moving very, very slowly.

But this is great. This is great. I think it's going to pick up there. Yeah. I think I just needed to break the spell. Yes. And if anyone else is scared, I get it.

But honestly, it's fine. It is. Because I had this, I had the same thing where we didn't start this podcast. I had like a year where I didn't kiss anybody

after the divorce. And it just built up and up in my head. And I was like, have a bit in my stand up about how like, I was just like overthinking it so much. It was actually like repulsed by the idea at the end and I was like I was overthinking it so much I was like I actually don't think I'd ever want like a man's mouth to touch my mouth like what would men even do with

those mouths you know like and so like I was like overthinking it so much and then when you do it you're like oh yeah it all just it's fine yeah it's fun actually yeah i really like it 2025 is the year for kissing yeah oh it's the year of the snake isn't it this year oh dear yeah a bit more than kissing maybe everybody get ready i'm still not ready for the snake but i but okay i'm ready for a kiss i'm still a few months away from being ready for any kind of snake. That's just me. Thank you so much everybody for joining

us on this journey. We're going to be back with series two very soon. I know. We thought, are we even going to be able to do series one without being married?

Everyone was worried. Everyone kept saying, how is this going to continue when you ladies get snapped up? Nope. Turns out we can run, run. a series one without being married everyone was worried everyone kept saying how's this going to continue when you ladies get snapped up nope turns out

we go run run run and run and run thank you so much for listening and thank you for just being great everyone we really appreciate it

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the episode that was out over Christmas which is how we're going to do the patreon eps which is we're going to get your stories we're going to share them we're going to talk about them it's very fun and we can be a bit more um uh 18 plus wow wow wow rated yeah the first patreon i didn't expect we did not plan that to be released but But very personal on our ham job techniques. The secrets are out. It's clear why we kept the secret in the first place. So join us on Patreon at patreon.com slash single ladies in your area.

Or is itam.org. It will take you to us. Because my subscription on that does renew automatically. So that's something to look forward to for everyone. But yeah, we really appreciate you guys listening and telling people about it.

Everyone's just been so, so kind. Yeah, well done everyone. Well done everybody, everybody we're doing it get out there and get kissing watch out for those snakes everybody acas powers the world's best podcasts. Here's a show that we recommend. So let me start us out. I love hearing from God. Sean Bowles has been a celebrated and trusted prophet for decades. God said that you are being given to your boyfriend. But did he have everyone fooled?

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