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TMG: The Viral Baseball Mum Who Divided The Internet · Outspoken the Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to the Mums Group you actually want
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  Speaker 1: to be a part of. I'm Kate Torber.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sophie Torber.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm Amy Torber.
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  Speaker 2: And on today's show, former Big Brother contestant Tilly Whitfield
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  Speaker 2: sparks debate about appropriate attire for kids' swimming lessons. Sam
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  Speaker 2: Mack goes viral for sharing a relatable parenting confession and
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  Speaker 2: And Taylor and Tay Lautner unveil their much-anticipated baby name.
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  Speaker 1: But first, let's catch up. How has everyone's week been?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, my God. I have been totally consumed by Audi's
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  Speaker 2: new range of wooden toys. They've been doing these drops
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  Speaker 2: and everyone's going nuts for them on TikTok. And somehow,
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  Speaker 2: without even knowing.
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  Speaker 1: It, I have secured the goods.
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  Speaker 2: So everyone is trying to track down a fire engine.
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  Speaker 2: And just I didn't even know it was a popular one.
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  Speaker 2: I just thought it was cool. I got it for Luca.
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  Speaker 2: And now I'm thinking that I should put it up
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  Speaker 2: on Facebook Marketplace and try and get some money out
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  Speaker 2: of it. It's sad how obsessed I've become with them,
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  Speaker 2: particularly because I didn't actually think much of them when
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  Speaker 2: I saw them in person.
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  Speaker 1: But when I went on TikTok and everyone.
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  Speaker 2: Was like, I want it, I want it, I want it.
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  Speaker 2: Suddenly I was like, fuck, I need every one of these.
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  Speaker 2: Like I ended up buying one of the stores, like this.
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  Speaker 1: $ 35 shop. And now I'm like, what am I going
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  Speaker 1: to do with this? It's like the Ooshies.
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  Speaker 2: You become children yourself and you just buy into the
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  Speaker 2: craze and say, I must have everything. I actually ran
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  Speaker 2: into this older couple who were looking for some for
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  Speaker 2: their grandchildren. And they were like, we've been to three
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  Speaker 2: stores and we can't find this wooden tool belt.
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  Speaker 1: And I didn't know anything about the tool belt. I
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  Speaker 1: looked it up. I'm like, I need this, but it's
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  Speaker 1: sold out everywhere.
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  Speaker 2: I was going to say, were they my in-laws? Because
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  Speaker 2: they've been on the hunt for the fire truck as well.
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  Speaker 2: I'm spewing because Jack actually grabbed the fire truck initially
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  Speaker 2: and then he decided, no, I want this different one.
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  Speaker 2: And now because you've got it, Sophie, as well, it's
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  Speaker 2: making me want it even more.
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  Speaker 1: It's really good to.
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  Speaker 2: Have friends who work in retail because my husband's friend
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  Speaker 2: works at Target and my father-in-law is obsessed with Lego
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  Speaker 2: and also Hot Wheels. And whenever any of the rare
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  Speaker 2: Hot Wheels cars come in, he gets a text message
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  Speaker 2: from my husband's friends being like, look, I've got them
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  Speaker 2: for you.
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  Speaker 1: I've sourced them.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't want to get him in trouble
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  Speaker 2: for doing that, but what a legend. It's a bit
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  Speaker 2: like those Christmas villages that Kmart brought out last year.
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  Speaker 2: They went so viral and now they've brought them out
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  Speaker 2: in a different colour this year. And it's only September
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  Speaker 2: and they've already sold out everywhere just because of TikTok.
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  Speaker 2: Can they bring back the anthropology dupe glasses that Kmart had?
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  Speaker 2: I reckon about five years ago. I'm so pissed off
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  Speaker 2: because you guys bought them. I never got around them.
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  Speaker 2: I thought, oh, maybe they'll bring them back.
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  Speaker 1: Never have. Mine have been damaged by the dishwasher. So
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  Speaker 1: I need some new ones. Yeah, you need to hand
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  Speaker 1: wash those ones. Oh, I've got a gloat.
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  Speaker 2: We've been hand washing ours and they're still in tip
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  Speaker 2: top condition. I actually checked out Anthropologie's new Christmas offerings
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  Speaker 2: this year and a little bit disappointed. They're not as
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  Speaker 2: cute as I thought. I have a tip though for
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  Speaker 2: other Pixar car mums. There is the best Lightning McQueen
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  Speaker 2: Christmas decorations at Big W. I popped in there the
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  Speaker 2: other day because it said it was all sold out
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  Speaker 2: online and I went a little bit nuts. I actually
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  Speaker 2: worked out that I bought the Christmas tree skirt instead
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  Speaker 2: of the stockings.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to have to go back and return it.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my God, who would have a Lightning McQueen Christmas skirt? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's what I'm- It sounds hideous.
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  Speaker 2: I'm worried that Jack's going to see it and then
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  Speaker 2: demand that we put it on our tree. So I
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  Speaker 2: need to get it out of here pretty quickly. The
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  Speaker 2: highlight of my week has been picking out a new
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  Speaker 2: summer wardrobe for my son. Suddenly it's just gotten really
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  Speaker 2: hot in Adelaide.
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  Speaker 1: It's 32 degrees today.
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  Speaker 2: And last summer, my son was just in onesies. So
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  Speaker 2: now I'm actually being able to pick out like two-piece
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  Speaker 2: outfits and it's.
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  Speaker 1: Just so cute.
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  Speaker 2: And it's also coincided with Luca now being obsessed with
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  Speaker 2: clothes because last night he literally demanded to have so
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  Speaker 2: many different clothes put on.
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  Speaker 1: It takes after you, Soph. You've created a monster. You've
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  Speaker 1: given him too many options.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like you got inspired to change Luca's wardrobe
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  Speaker 2: up after I did this massive Target shop. Like I
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  Speaker 2: did this online order of the cutest tops and shorts.
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  Speaker 2: And I think it was, I think I was inspired
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  Speaker 2: to do it after Dale bought all those ugly t-shirts
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  Speaker 2: from Amazon that I spoke about last week. I was like,
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  Speaker 2: I can't have Harry in these dorky clothes. I must
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  Speaker 2: take over.
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  Speaker 1: That's the thing.
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  Speaker 2: Target and Big W also came out and Best and Less.
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  Speaker 2: They have some amazing clothes that are just so cheap.
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  Speaker 2: And At the end of the day, I love to
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  Speaker 2: support small businesses as well when they have something that's
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  Speaker 2: really unique and cute. I thought you were saying that
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  Speaker 2: they were a small business.
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  Speaker 3: No, no.
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  Speaker 2: I love to support small businesses like Target. No, I
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  Speaker 2: love the fact that there are mums who create and
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  Speaker 2: dads who create their own kids' clothing lines as well.
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  Speaker 2: So I think it's important to be mindful to pick
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  Speaker 2: out a few nice items there when you've got a
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  Speaker 2: special occasion, you know.
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  Speaker 1: A few bougie pieces.
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  Speaker 2: And some basics from the small businesses like Target. You
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  Speaker 2: know what I'm saying. Not a great look.
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  Speaker 3: My man's already digging in. She's still got a kid
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  Speaker 3: on her chest and three other plates of food.
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  Speaker 2: A clip of a mum carrying her toddler whilst getting
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  Speaker 2: food for her family at a baseball game has gone
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  Speaker 2: viral online and ignited debate about the disproportionate load mums carry. Now,
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  Speaker 2: at the time of recording, the clip has racked up
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  Speaker 2: over 40 million views. This video was actually captured by
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  Speaker 2: TV cameras at the Giants baseball game. And if you
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  Speaker 2: haven't seen it yet, the poor woman has a toddler
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  Speaker 2: strapped to her And she's carrying three trays of food
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  Speaker 2: back to her seat. I mean, this woman is doing
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  Speaker 2: the absolute most. In the vision, you can see that
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  Speaker 2: she's trying to squeeze past people to get back to
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  Speaker 2: her seat. While her husband is seated, staring at his phone,
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  Speaker 2: he literally barely looks up at her and grabs the
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  Speaker 2: tray of food. And he leaves her to balance the
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  Speaker 2: other trays on her lap while she's trying to sit down.
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  Speaker 1: With this baby.
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  Speaker 2: He then starts digging into the food while she's left
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  Speaker 2: with the baby on her. She's not able to eat anything.
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  Speaker 2: And he sort of almost looked like he grunted at
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  Speaker 2: her to.
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  Speaker 1: Be like, is this it? Is this the right thing?
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  Speaker 1: I was fucking furious watching it.
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  Speaker 2: And of course he ate first. Like I feel like
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  Speaker 2: so many mums watching that were like, we have all
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  Speaker 2: been there. And I think we need to throw to
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  Speaker 2: what the baseball commentators said because they summed it up
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  Speaker 2: so well.
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  Speaker 1: Holy smokes, Mike, look at this.
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  Speaker 2: Well, if there's ever a true definition of a multitasking mother,
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  Speaker 2: that is the deal right there.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, my goodness.
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  Speaker 2: I think she's an Olympic champion.
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  Speaker 1: Did I just hear that guy say, did you forget something?
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  Speaker 3: Look at Dad. Oh, yeah, did you bring the ketchup?
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  Speaker 1: Last mom of the year right there.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, my goodness.
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  Speaker 3: Are you kidding me? Gamer babes.
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  Speaker 2: She'll be the last one to eat, too. I love
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  Speaker 2: that the commentators were giving him shit over this because
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  Speaker 2: rightly so.
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  Speaker 1: This was just so awkward to watch.
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  Speaker 2: And the worst thing is that the mother, it looked
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  Speaker 2: like this has happened a million times to her. Like
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  Speaker 2: this isn't the first time that she's been left waiting
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  Speaker 2: to have to eat her food or she's been left
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  Speaker 2: holding the baby. Yeah, she didn't seem phased by it,
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  Speaker 2: did she? It seemed like, as you said, a common occurrence. Now,
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  Speaker 2: as you can imagine, the internet has had a lot
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  Speaker 2: of opinions on this. Many are calling for the woman
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  Speaker 2: to divorce her husband. Someone wrote, how do I divorce
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  Speaker 2: someone else's husband, which received over 115,000 likes? And another said,
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  Speaker 2: let's stop normalizing this. It was quite a difficult watch.
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  Speaker 2: And the woman at the center of this video has
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  Speaker 2: come out to defend her husband. She wrote an article
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  Speaker 2: for Substack. But it was quite ironic because it was
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  Speaker 2: almost like she was having to take the mental load
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  Speaker 2: of defending their marriage. You know those situations where it's
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  Speaker 2: okay for you to complain about someone's behavior, but then
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  Speaker 2: when people mirror it back to you.
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  Speaker 1: Then you're like, oh, hang on. No, no, I've got
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  Speaker 1: to defend them.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, because she had to make a lot of excuses.
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  Speaker 2: It was like, well, I had the baby strapped to
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  Speaker 2: me because, oh, she's our little pocket rocker and it
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  Speaker 2: was cold. And then, you know, and then I thought
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  Speaker 2: I need to go to the toilet. So I may
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  Speaker 2: as well just change her nappy. And then I walked
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  Speaker 2: past the food stand and I thought I may as
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  Speaker 2: well just.
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  Speaker 1: Grab the food.
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  Speaker 2: It was all these excuse after excuse after excuse. There
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  Speaker 2: was a sad part of her statement though, where she
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  Speaker 2: said that her husband was actually mourning a friend who
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  Speaker 2: had passed away, who loved baseball and that she had
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  Speaker 2: actually taken her husband to the game to try and
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  Speaker 2: cheer him up. So I did feel sorry for him
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  Speaker 2: in that regard, because obviously this has become a huge
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  Speaker 2: story and people are attacking this couple's marriage. I think
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  Speaker 2: that context though was important. And she also added that
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  Speaker 2: she had actually eaten before the game and then he
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  Speaker 2: hadn't eaten all day. So that's why she said, you
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  Speaker 2: eat your dinner first. Apparently there was a bit of
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  Speaker 2: back and forth between them and he was like, are
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  Speaker 2: you sure? And apparently, you know, we actually couldn't hear
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  Speaker 2: what he was saying. So we've got the commentators kind
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  Speaker 2: of scripting it for you. Then the video goes viral
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  Speaker 2: on social media with all of the context taken out
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  Speaker 2: of it. But I think what has resonated so much
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  Speaker 2: with people is that so many people probably saw their
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  Speaker 2: own relationships reflected in this clip.
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  Speaker 1: So people are putting their own spin on it as well.
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  Speaker 2: I saw a TikTok creator sum up this situation really
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  Speaker 2: well and why it struck such a chord with so
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  Speaker 2: many people. And she was saying it plays into the
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  Speaker 2: trope of some men who say, if you just asked,
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  Speaker 2: I would have helped you. If you had just asked,
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  Speaker 2: I would have let you eat first. If you had
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  Speaker 2: just asked, I would have taken the baby from you.
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  Speaker 2: And at the end of the day, these things are
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  Speaker 2: so obvious. Like if anyone who looked at that woman
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  Speaker 2: knew that she needed help, So it's this gaslighting that
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  Speaker 2: sometimes goes on in some households. She shouldn't have to
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  Speaker 2: ask for help. You should see that she needs help.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, the wife came out and said that he
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  Speaker 2: offered to help her. I think another interesting element is
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  Speaker 2: that I know I struggled with this. When you're at
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  Speaker 2: home with a baby by yourself, you get used to
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  Speaker 2: doing everything by yourself.
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  Speaker 1: You get quite independent.
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  Speaker 2: And then when your partner is home and they're offering
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  Speaker 2: to help you, Sometimes it's hard to accept that help
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  Speaker 2: because you get it in your head that you know
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  Speaker 2: how to do this better. Like it's just easier for
• 9:27
  Speaker 2: me if I go in and settle him. Oh, it's
• 9:28
  Speaker 2: just easier. I know how to burp him better. And
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  Speaker 2: I think that can actually be quite detrimental. You've got
• 9:33
  Speaker 2: to let your partner learn how to do that stuff themselves.
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  Speaker 2: But I also think there's an added mental load when
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  Speaker 2: you have to ask constantly for help. This video actually
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  Speaker 2: plays into a trend I've been seeing on TikTok recently.
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  Speaker 2: It's where people upload something nice that their partner does
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  Speaker 2: for them and they go, oh, I've got this because
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  Speaker 2: I didn't marry a loser. Or I saw a woman
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  Speaker 2: posting about how her baby was two weeks old and
• 9:57
  Speaker 2: she's like, people are like, why are you out getting
• 9:58
  Speaker 2: a boost juice when your nail's done?
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  Speaker 1: And she's like, it's because I didn't marry a loser.
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  Speaker 1: And I actually like.
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  Speaker 2: That this is out there because there are actually two camps.
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  Speaker 2: There are husbands that are doing the absolute most in
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  Speaker 2: supporting their wives and then there are guys who act
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  Speaker 2: like losers like this guy did at the game where
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  Speaker 2: they're not helping their wife. And I actually think it's
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  Speaker 2: good to put it out there saying, look, there are
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  Speaker 2: good husbands and there are shit ones. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you deserve better than what this guy's doing.
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  Speaker 1: That's the thing.
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  Speaker 2: I think that this clip actually reflected what most women
• 10:26
  Speaker 2: experienced a generation before us because I think that dads
• 10:29
  Speaker 2: these days are a lot more hands-on They're a lot
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  Speaker 2: more intuitive to their partner's needs. And I think that
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  Speaker 2: that's why it was so shocking to see this unfold
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  Speaker 2: on national television and everyone felt very uncomfortable.
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  Speaker 1: And even the fact that the male commentators were calling
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  Speaker 1: it out.
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  Speaker 2: This wasn't something that was just picked up on social
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  Speaker 2: media and women were driving it. Like two male commentators
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  Speaker 2: called it out instantly and they actually set the tone
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  Speaker 2: for the discussion.
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  Speaker 1: Sam Mack has gone viral for sharing a relatable parenting confession.
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  Speaker 2: The Sunrise Weather presenter admitted he inadvertently stole baby blankets
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  Speaker 2: from the hospital after the birth of each of his children.
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  Speaker 2: It's pretty funny because he was only made aware of
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  Speaker 2: this supposed crime after posting a family camping video to
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  Speaker 2: social media. So in the video, he literally panned over
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  Speaker 2: to a shot of his newborn baby in the iconic pink,
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  Speaker 2: white and blue blanket for literally two seconds. But so
• 11:24
  Speaker 2: many people picked up on it, particularly midwives. So one
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  Speaker 2: midwife wrote, as a midwife, all I saw in this
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  Speaker 2: video was the hospital blanket you stole. Now, another midwife
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  Speaker 2: piped in saying, midwife here, same. Now, this actually annoyed
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  Speaker 2: me because I have a story about these blankets. I
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  Speaker 2: stole one, okay?
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  Speaker 1: I wanted it. It felt like it was mine. My
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  Speaker 1: baby was wrapped in it from day one.
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  Speaker 2: There's something very nostalgic about them.
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  Speaker 1: You didn't inadvertently steal it either. You purposely took it. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it was intentional. I'm sorry. I'll put it out there.
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  Speaker 1: So I hid it in my suitcase, got home. I
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  Speaker 1: was like, oh, this is great. I've got it. This
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  Speaker 1: is so special. So I had a midwife visit.
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  Speaker 2: I think the first day I was at home and
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  Speaker 2: the blanket happened to be in Jack's room. And she goes, oh,
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  Speaker 2: I see you accidentally took one of the hospital blankets.
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  Speaker 2: I'll take that with me now.
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  Speaker 1: And I was like, what? At least she didn't accuse
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  Speaker 1: you of stealing. At least she was like, oh, you accidentally.
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  Speaker 2: I would actually love to know the stats around how
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  Speaker 2: many of these blankets just go missing because it must
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  Speaker 2: be enough for the midwives to be like, personally offended
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  Speaker 2: by it. I ended up taking about six home, I reckon,
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  Speaker 2: because you guys said, oh my God, we never took them.
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  Speaker 1: Let's take them for us as well. And I got home.
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  Speaker 1: I'm like, what the fuck am I going to do
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  Speaker 1: with all of these?
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  Speaker 2: That was the irony. I was told by a midwife
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  Speaker 2: to take one. Someone's like, yeah, quickly just put one
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  Speaker 2: in your bag. So I thought it was all good,
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  Speaker 2: but apparently not. And it was so funny because I
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  Speaker 2: remember going to visit Luca in hospital and I was like,
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  Speaker 2: have you got it?
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  Speaker 1: Have you got it?
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  Speaker 2: And your poor husband who is just so anti any
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  Speaker 2: sort of stealing or any behavior like that. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I am anti stealing, but I just thought it's a
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  Speaker 2: hospital blanket. Like how much do they actually cost? He's
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  Speaker 2: a stickler for the rules. And it's so funny because
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  Speaker 2: of your experience, every time we had a midwife come over,
• 13:01
  Speaker 2: we were like, oh my God, please make sure that
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  Speaker 2: they're in the spare room. Because sometimes they go into
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  Speaker 2: your bedroom unannounced. I remember the first visit, the midwife
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  Speaker 2: was like, and can we come and check out your
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  Speaker 2: sleeping quarters just to make sure that they're safe? And
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  Speaker 2: it was an absolute pigsty. So I'm like, Brandon, go
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  Speaker 2: in there quickly, hide all the clothes. Hide the baby blankets.
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  Speaker 2: Back to Sam Mack, it was pretty funny because after
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  Speaker 2: these midwives started commenting on his video, he was like
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  Speaker 2: to his wife, did you know you weren't allowed to
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  Speaker 2: steal them?
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  Speaker 1: And she had no idea either.
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  Speaker 2: And she goes, God, we've got four in our house
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  Speaker 2: because they'd taken one for the birth of all of
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  Speaker 2: their children, plus an extra one somehow got mixed up
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  Speaker 2: in there. That's the thing, because when the baby's in hospital,
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  Speaker 2: that's literally all they put them in. It's quite funny.
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  Speaker 2: This reminds me of a story from your sister-in-law, Kate.
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  Speaker 2: She recently had a baby and she put up an
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  Speaker 2: Instagram story in the lead up showing her packing a
• 13:47
  Speaker 2: hospital bag and she had all these beautiful clothes laid
• 13:49
  Speaker 2: out and folded. And then her mum messaged her and
• 13:51
  Speaker 2: was like, Alicia, you do realise that they provide the
• 13:54
  Speaker 2: baby blanket so they don't actually need any clothes. And
• 13:57
  Speaker 2: she's like, what are you talking about, mum?
• 13:58
  Speaker 1: Of course the child.
• 13:59
  Speaker 2: Needs clothes underneath the blanket. I mean, this was in
• 14:02
  Speaker 2: winter as well.
• 14:03
  Speaker 1: Yeah, but you forget so quickly.
• 14:04
  Speaker 2: I remember you guys being like, how can you not
• 14:06
  Speaker 2: remember what you were doing with Jack when he was
• 14:08
  Speaker 2: three months old? But as soon as you move on
• 14:10
  Speaker 2: from that stage, your brain just deletes it. I think
• 14:13
  Speaker 2: it's almost a coping mechanism. Getting back to Sam's video,
• 14:17
  Speaker 2: I loved it because he ended up taking the piss
• 14:19
  Speaker 2: out of the situation and he created a real acting
• 14:21
  Speaker 2: as if he was on the run from the police
• 14:23
  Speaker 2: for committing such a serious crime. And that video racked
• 14:26
  Speaker 2: up over 2 million views on Instagram. And he was
• 14:29
  Speaker 2: inundated with other people also confessing to.
• 14:32
  Speaker 1: Stealing the blanket. That's the thing.
• 14:33
  Speaker 2: I think he's become one of the people. Well, I
• 14:35
  Speaker 2: don't think that anyone's upset with him, apart from maybe
• 14:37
  Speaker 2: the midwives that are doing this. It seemed like it
• 14:39
  Speaker 2: was the green flag for everyone to come out of
• 14:41
  Speaker 2: the woodwork and say, look, I've done it too. So
• 14:43
  Speaker 2: fitness founder Steph Clare Smith wrote, Lol, absolutely guilty as fuck.
• 14:47
  Speaker 2: My mum still had mine from when I was a baby,
• 14:49
  Speaker 2: so I thought it was a keepsake thing. Now, influencer
• 14:51
  Speaker 2: Brooke Hogan also added guilty. Someone else chimed in and said,
• 14:55
  Speaker 2: if you didn't take one home, are you even a parent?
• 14:58
  Speaker 2: There was another comment that said, isn't the blanket just
• 15:00
  Speaker 2: gift wrapping?
• 15:01
  Speaker 1: I tend to agree.
• 15:02
  Speaker 2: Someone else also wrote, we pay $ 12, 000 in hospital fees.
• 15:05
  Speaker 2: I'm taking the blanket and anything else not bolted down.
• 15:09
  Speaker 1: That's what I love.
• 15:10
  Speaker 2: That the blanket remains the same, whether you're in the
• 15:12
  Speaker 2: public system or the private system, you still get the
• 15:15
  Speaker 2: old school blanket. Like there's no discrimination there.
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: Do you think they'll ever bring out different designs?
• 15:19
  Speaker 2: Because they have been the same since we were born,
• 15:22
  Speaker 2: which I think is why it makes it feel extra special.
• 15:25
  Speaker 2: I definitely hope not. I think they've got to keep
• 15:26
  Speaker 2: it the same. And I'm sorry, but the hospital system
• 15:29
  Speaker 2: just has to surrender to the fact that people are
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: going to steal them.
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: Or maybe they should start selling them in the gift shop.
• 15:34
  Speaker 1: Like 10 bucks for a blanket. It actually reminds me.
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: Of when we were in Bali for our 30th birthday
• 15:39
  Speaker 2: and one of our friends, I won't name her, but
• 15:41
  Speaker 2: she ended up stealing one of the cups from Motel
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: Mexicola and then felt terrible when she found out you
• 15:46
  Speaker 2: could actually have purchased them. Yeah, but you want an
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: authentic one. You want one that's been doing the rounds.
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: No, they were. You want a used cup instead of
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: a new one.
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: Just before we wrap things up, I wanted to add
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: a bit of a recommendation while we're talking about Sam
• 15:59
  Speaker 2: Mack because he actually wrote a book called Suddenly One,
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: which is one of my favorite books to read to
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: Jack just after he turned one. So if anyone is
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: looking for first birthday gift, it's absolutely perfect because it
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: talks about all the milestones in the first year of
• 16:12
  Speaker 2: your baby's life.
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: I get quite emotional reading it now. We settled the debate.
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: Does my son look like me or his dad? Big
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: Brother contestant Tilly Whitfield has sparked debate about appropriate swimwear
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: after asking her followers what she should wear to her
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: son's swimming lesson. She admitted it was quite a niche
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: problem before modeling her four different swimwear options. I really
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: felt for her because she said she'd bought this one
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: piece with the kids swimming lessons particularly in mind. She
• 16:39
  Speaker 2: thought that it would look more modest. But she said, quote,
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: her milkers were out and they were spilling over. So
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: she thought it would not be appropriate to wear. It's
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: funny because as soon as you become a mum, suddenly
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: you're like, I need a one piece bathing suit. Like
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: there's something sophisticated about it. I was 10 weeks pregnant
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: for my honeymoon and I instantly said, I need the
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: one piece. Like I just need it. And they look
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: so good. Like they look really nice. But there's also
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: something cool about a mum being able to feel really
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: confident in a pair of bikinis as well that I love.
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: Influencer Tori Story was actually talking about this the other
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: day on her podcast. She said that she's having this
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: inner turmoil at the moment because she's trying to remind
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: herself that her body's just done this amazing thing and
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: brought life into the world and feed her baby.
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: However, she said she just doesn't feel confident.
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: And she went to the beach and she was wearing
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: a bikini and she said, look, even though I didn't
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: feel good in it, I'm going to keep doing it
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: because I don't want to rob myself of activities I
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: can do with my child because I want to go
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: to the beach with him and swim in the water
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: with him. I think there's so many mums who could
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: relate to this. It's such a normal thing that you
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: go through. I mean, I'm only starting to feel confident
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: in myself again and I'm 15 months postpartum if I
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: can even call myself postpartum still. It's a really long
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: journey and it really shakes up your whole identity because
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: you suddenly start looking at your wardrobe and you're like, okay,
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: for summer, can I get away with wearing denim shorts again?
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: Is that not something that mums wear? Or should I
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: be wearing long maxi dresses? Well, Tilly was actually more
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: concerned about being judged by other mums. One of the
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: bathing suits she had was this red one piece and
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: she said it was giving pick me vibe because it
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: was very Baywatch-esque. So I think because she's an influencer
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: and she's got blonde hair and tan skin and big boobs.
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: She was kind of like, oh, am I going to
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: come to these swimming lessons and be judged by the
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: other mums? Like it seemed like she actually wanted to
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: cover up. And it's pretty funny because it turns out
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: she didn't actually need to stress because at kids swimming lessons,
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: you're a t-shirt in the pool because your baby has
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: to learn.
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: To hold on to it.
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: I didn't know that. I am yet to go to
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: swimming lessons. We really need to take Jack. But I
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: always think it's the dad's job to do the swimming
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: lessons for some reason. Well, that's generally because sadly so
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: many women postpartum feel insecure in their bodies that it's
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: often them having to sit on the sidelines while the
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: dads get involved. And I think that that should change
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: because it's a really great way to bond with your children.
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: It's also a way to show them that mums can
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: be into sport and physical activity.
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: It's not just the dad.
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: So, I mean, maybe that would make a lot of
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: women feel more inclined to want to be involved knowing
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: that you do get a big t-shirt on that, you know,
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: you don't have to be out and about postpartum if
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: you don't feel comfortable. Yeah, because it takes away the
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: added stress of like, well, what bathers am I supposed
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: to wear? Like maybe they need to send out like
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: a pack for the mums or dads and say, here's
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: your swimming t-shirt.
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: It's branded up as from the swimming company.
• 19:27
  Speaker 3: And now that Taylor Lautner's wife, Taylor Lautner, is pregnant,
• 19:31
  Speaker 3: I think that they should mull over the possibility of
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: naming that baby Taylor Lautner. And don't get mad at me.
• 19:36
  Speaker 4: He clearly wants this. He publicly tried to lock down
• 19:40
  Speaker 4: a very famous woman named Taylor and kept in touch.
• 19:43
  Speaker 4: He was a man on a mission to marry someone
• 19:46
  Speaker 4: named Taylor, and one of them finally took the bait.
• 19:49
  Speaker 3: So why stop there? Name the babies Taylor Lautner. Name
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: the dog Taylor Lautner. Name the houseplants Taylor Lautner.
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: Taylor Lautner and his wife Tay have announced the arrival
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: of their daughter and finally confirmed whether they've added another
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: Taylor Lautner to the family.
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: Please no.
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: Okay, Sophie, you'll be relieved to know it turns out
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: Two Taylor Lautners were enough for the one family. And
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: they've actually gone with the name Lennon, which they've shortened
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: to Lenny. It seems like they bowed down to pressure
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: a little bit, though, because Taylor is the middle name.
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: So it's Lennon Taylor Lautner.
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: They had to do it because obviously the tradition usually
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: is that you give the parent's name as a middle name.
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: And in this case, you're paying respect to both parents there.
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: You're killing two birds with one stone. It was clear, though,
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: that Taylor Lautner was feeling a bit of pressure. Because
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: on her recent interview on Call Her Daddy, she admitted
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: that she was concerned the internet would cancel her if
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: she didn't call her baby Taylor. And it actually turns
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: out that the couple have joked for ages now if
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: their baby was a boy, they'd call him Taylor and
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: TJ for short. So I wonder if they actually ended
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: up having a boy rather than a girl that they
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: would have gone Taylor. I think that they'd get more
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: shit for calling their child Taylor, honestly. Like, I just
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: think that's cruel. Can you imagine in that household calling out, hey, Taylor?
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: Like fucking two people answer you. It kind of seems
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: a bit narcissistic not suggesting that either of them are.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: I am big fans of both Taylor Lautner's.
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: They seem like the loveliest people.
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: I've only just realized now because obviously Taylor Lautner dated
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: Taylor Swift that they were the.
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: Two Taylors as well.
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: But Taylor Swift never would have been legally known as
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: Taylor Lautner. Like I love that Tay has gone, all right,
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: it's probably a bit silly. It makes things extra confusing.
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: but I really want to legally have the same name
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: as my husband and my family.
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: Let's go with Taylor Lautner for both of our names.
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: To me, if they call the baby Taylor, it's a
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: little bit lazy. Like come up with something new. What
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: else goes with Lautner? I just love from the get-go
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: of this pregnancy announcement that the couple have been teasing
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: that a third Taylor Lautner was actually a possibility. So
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: when they announced their news, They captioned the post, what's
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: better than two Taylor Lautner's question mark? Look, I feel
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: like this podcast has an obsession with Taylor Lautner and
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: I don't know if I can get around it. I
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: feel like this is the third Taylor Lautner story of
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: this podcast and we haven't even been around for that long.
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: I'm putting a ban on more Taylor Lautner stories. I
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: don't know if that's going to happen because Taylor Lautner
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: is now a new mum and she's going to.
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: Be talking about it.
• 22:12
  Speaker 3: So.
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: We'll see. Maybe we'll say we've got to.
• 22:15
  Speaker 2: Wait till next year to talk about the Lawtoners again. Well,
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: on that note, that is where we're going to leave
• 22:19
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• 22:21
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• 22:24
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• 22:26
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• 22:28
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• 22:30
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• 22:33
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• 22:36
  Speaker 2: of the Adelaide Plains.
• 22:37
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