ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Lil Bitta Pod - 26th March, 2025

Episode Date: March 26, 2025

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From the ZM Podcast Network, it's Fletch Vaughan and Hayley's Little Bit of Pod. Welcome to A Little Bit of Pod. This has happened a couple of times now as a parent, and it certainly would never have flown in the 90s at my house growing up well for a start um august had a friend over after school on a weekday never happened at our house oh yeah maybe we could have friends on a weekday but they were gone by dinner time they never stayed for dinner sometimes they'd stay for dinner maybe if my parents knew that their parents worked late or something like that. Right. We just never did it.

No. Even when we had neighbors. Yeah but we had neighbors and mum and dad were like oh we don't want them at our house after.

You know they would never stay for dinner or you'd play on the street or at the park. Yeah. Yeah. So it didn't worry me having the friend of

her it was nice. And then August comes in and she's like hey what's for dinner. I'm like this is weird and she's like beef stir fry. We said beef stir fry and she's like okay and then came back she's like, hey, what's for dinner? I'm like, this is weird. And she's like, beef stir fry. And she's like, okay. And then came back.

She's like, what? What's beef stir fry again? I'm like, you know what beef stir fry. She's doing the thing where she's asking the questions. The friend's getting her to come and ask the questions. Oh, right. Okay. What's beef stir fry?

And then I explain it and she comes back and she's like, is it okay if my friend stays for dinner? Oh, wait. So the friend checked the menu first. Checked the menu. She's our the menu first. Checked the menu. She's a fucking menu log. Checked the menu. Hang on, I'm just going to open the menu before we get to the restaurant to make sure I like it.

Oh, what is it? Nah, I was like, shit, I'll go home. And then I was like, yeah, of course you can. Of course, there'll be heaps and blah, blah, blah. So that's fine. Had the dinner. The friend was like, this was yum and very filling and very nice. Thank you very much.

It was all good. And then at the dinner table. Was it nice? Yeah, it was. Did you make it nicer because a stranger was eating it than you would for your family? No, Sade made it. Okay.

Because, you know, like my mum used to do that a little bit, like just try to impress a little bit more than she would just for me and my brother. A little extra effort. A little bit. Because she wants them to go home and say, God, the kid to say, Mrs. Sproul made the most delicious beef silver fry.

Exactly, yum. Mrs. Sproul boils her veggies to work with an inch of her life too, mum. Yeah, she does her broccoli just like yours, brown. All the nutrients get tipped down the sink just like you, mum. And we're at the dinner table and August said, can my friend stay the night? Oh, absolutely not. On a school night. Oh, get the hell, absolutely not.

On a school night. On a Monday night. On a Monday night.'ll get the hell Absolutely not On a school night On a Monday night On a Monday night No, it's not the weekend, hon And I said Oh, maybe not That's all I said Maybe not

Oh, please And then I gave her the eyes I was like Maybe not tonight Like, the eyes I've sealed it Indy clocks in My oldest daughter

She clocks in She's like Yeah, I gotta get up Really early in the morning oldest daughter. She clocks in. She's like, yeah, I've got to get up really early in the morning. I'm like, good for her. She does because she's got to catch the bus to school. She does have to get up early, like 6 o'clock in the morning. And she's like, I've got to get up early in the morning. That was me too. And I was like, yeah, yeah, early starts all around.

Please. And then Sade says, oh, maybe we can do it this weekend because it's a school night and maybe your friend's mum doesn't want her to stay over at someone's house on a school night. Friend pipes up. My mum will be sweet with it. I was like, now you guys look like the bad guys. They knew they were going to do this.

Also, this kid checking the menu already has permission from the parents. This is the master manipulator i'm looking at all of a sudden i said oh maybe the weekend and shadow says yeah maybe the weekend because dad's gonna go play dnd on saturday night so we can have a girl sleep over yeah and um they're like oh it's just tonight she's already here and oh. Oh, my God. And it ends up happening. She twisted your arm. You lost. Absolute walkovers.

I didn't lose. I just clocked out. There's no way Bev and John would have let that fly during the week. I can't see if Craig would have not. It's a school night. I've got to get my sleep. More. To add.

What? What happens? Because of this child's at our house now, we've got to pack this kid's lunchbox. Oh, no way. Absolutely not. Oh, you can't send it to school with no lunch. You can't send it to school with no lunch.

Do you like cherry tomatoes? Nope. We're going to sell us a fussy lunchbox. Oh, no. Get what you've given. I was just like, this is not on my list of responsibilities. And then I was mauled by bees, so I had bigger worries. Yeah, true.

It was, yeah, it was just something I don't mind. She's a really good kid, really good friend of August. And so I was just like, I don't mind. On the big picture, I don't mind. But it's just, I never would have tried that. No. Because if it was me this afternoon when I'd get home from school, my parents would be like, we need to talk about what happened last night.

You can't be pulling that shit. In front of us. Don't you dare. And then you put what happened last night. You can't be pulling that shit. In front of us. Don't you dare. And then you put me in a position where I can't say no. Yes, exactly. Don't do that to me again. So there might be that conversation light. Yeah.

Because you didn't really mind and no harm, no foul. No harm, no foul. No harm, no foul. Apparently they went to bed. Like, you know, didn't do that thing where they stayed up all night. All night talking. Yeah, Saturday of the week, not a good start. So the kind of now I feel, though, that I've got that.

Next time they ask, I'm like, it went very well last time. Can I ask a little question of us? Can we have a little sleepover together when we've all got mattresses on the floor and we all hang out and talk all night and then go to sleep and stuff? Like separate mattresses, but we're all in the same lounge floor or something. Maybe we could sleep in our delicious own beds and then come into work and then all four. Don't you think that would be fun?

Because we only meet each other later in life, we miss out on these opportunities. We miss out on the sleepovers, totally. But Fletch goes to bed at 7.30. No, but we'll do it on a Friday when we start waking up.

Wake up, Fletch. You'll be like, I'm tired. You'll be talking laughing. And then we'll draw dicks on his face. Even on Friday. Although last Friday I went to bed at midnight

after midnight. I did really well. I had the Friday before you went out and you went to the casino. Had a couple of big weekends. She needs to calm down. She needs to pump the brakes.