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4th of July Mom Reality Check: Matching Outfits, Chaos & Toddler Meltdowns · It's Mom O'Clock

• 0:01
  Speaker A: Hello.
• 0:02
  Speaker B: You guys, stop. Isn't mom o' clock yet? I'm going crazy. Heck yeah.
• 0:08
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• 0:18
  Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Who's making it? Cause I'm not.
• 0:23
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• 0:24
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• 0:27
  Speaker B: All right. It's Mama Clock.
• 0:29
  Speaker A: That was our new intro. Our famous actor over here.
• 0:33
  Speaker B: 10 year olds can be cute.
• 0:34
  Speaker A: So cute.
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  Speaker B: Still cute.
• 0:35
  Speaker A: Still so cute.
• 0:36
  Speaker B: All right, we have a couple years.
• 0:37
  Speaker A: Yeah.
• 0:37
  Speaker B: Oh, you know what I really want to say? Moms out there. Body positive.
• 0:42
  Speaker A: Body positive.
• 0:42
  Speaker B: I have a daughter. I stare at myself in the mirror. This body created.
• 0:46
  Speaker A: Scream.
• 0:48
  Speaker B: This body create. I scream her. And she loves my body. She thinks my body's great. All the wrinkles, all the disgusting things that I think are horrible. She doesn't. So if we don't put such negative body image in our kids heads, they will grow up and think that not perfect is okay.
• 1:08
  Speaker A: I agree, but I also think they need to be aware when they're overweight.
• 1:15
  Speaker B: Yes, but there's like a healthy boundary of like fat shaming and also being.
• 1:21
  Speaker A: That's the parents who are so body positive. Their kids at a young age are like diabetic.
• 1:28
  Speaker B: Well, I think the parents that are so crazy about what their kids eat, their kids turn out to have eating disorders.
• 1:34
  Speaker A: Okay, well, I'm not crazy. I can't eat a chicken finger off the floor last night.
• 1:38
  Speaker B: I'm not. I'm not. I'm not.
• 1:39
  Speaker A: You were like eyeing.
• 1:40
  Speaker B: No, no, no, not at all. I'm just saying, like, I've known parents.
• 1:43
  Speaker A: Totally. I agree.
• 1:44
  Speaker B: That have been like.
• 1:44
  Speaker A: Yeah, they're like closet eaters. But that's not what we're talking about.
• 1:48
  Speaker B: No, no.
• 1:48
  Speaker A: If you can't tell Happy 4th of July, insert fireworks. USA. USA.
• 1:57
  Speaker B: Either in the World Cup.
• 1:58
  Speaker A: I've been watching.
• 1:59
  Speaker B: I love fire.
• 2:00
  Speaker A: You've been watching. If you haven't watching, you should be watching. Have you been watching the cup game? Yeah.
• 2:05
  Speaker B: Ride or die.
• 2:05
  Speaker A: You've been wearing this shirt every day. I'm sure.
• 2:07
  Speaker B: Yep.
• 2:08
  Speaker A: Same. I'm not taking this off until they win.
• 2:10
  Speaker B: Me neither. Happy fourth of July, everybody.
• 2:12
  Speaker A: Happy fourth of July. I love the fourth of July. You know why?
• 2:15
  Speaker B: Why?
• 2:15
  Speaker A: Memorial Day weekends, like, it's always shitty weather. Like it's the start of the summer. No one's ready. By the time fourth of July comes, it's like a swee spot. It's summertime. It's game time. Hot dogs, hamburgers, family photos. That's matching outfit that is my point, though.
• 2:33
  Speaker B: Do you match?
• 2:34
  Speaker A: Oh, my God.
• 2:35
  Speaker B: She has fits for everything. I went into her room. Yet the other day, she. I have never. This is, like, the thing about me. I have never, like, planned an outfit, like, so much so, like, where I've, like, picked out earrings to go with the shirt like that. It sounds insane to me.
• 2:49
  Speaker A: Like, she had those fucking. I'm trying to grow my business. Dressed by Dial.
• 2:53
  Speaker B: No, I've never even thought to match a clip to an earring to a shoe.
• 2:56
  Speaker A: But do you know what's so funny?
• 2:58
  Speaker B: Bracelet.
• 2:59
  Speaker A: This is me, though. So you see this, right?
• 3:01
  Speaker B: Give me some nipple tousles.
• 3:03
  Speaker A: You see me here running out the door. I saw these in my drawer. I just grabbed them.
• 3:07
  Speaker B: No. And that's the thing about you.
• 3:09
  Speaker A: That's the thing about me.
• 3:09
  Speaker B: You look like you're put together, and you totally are, but you do. You don't. It's effortless.
• 3:14
  Speaker A: It's effortless. It is. And that's why I'm growing. Dress by Dom. Follow me on Instagram.
• 3:19
  Speaker B: Fit by Dom. Dressed by Dom. Five foot, nothing. Thighs ain't tight.
• 3:23
  Speaker A: No talking, just outfits.
• 3:24
  Speaker B: I swear to God, I told her if she talks on another platform. Platform. No one wants to hear you talk anymore.
• 3:31
  Speaker A: I love my outfits, but speaking of, I love to match red, white, and blue, you know? That's the plan. Family photos, hot dogs, hamburgers. That's the plan, right?
• 3:42
  Speaker B: My kids love to wear a flag. Like, they will.
• 3:44
  Speaker A: I think they wear a flag, like, throughout the year.
• 3:46
  Speaker B: They love a flag.
• 3:47
  Speaker A: They love America, you know who love America? My husband loves America. He would die on that hill.
• 3:53
  Speaker B: Well, that's good.
• 3:54
  Speaker A: Like, I'm like, okay, me too. But, like, calm down.
• 3:58
  Speaker B: Also. He wouldn't. He, like, wants to run away and go live on an island.
• 4:02
  Speaker A: He's so dramatic. Okay, so expectations versus reality of 4th of July. This is what we're talking about today. Because I'm not even going to get into what my Fourth of July used to look like, because I don't want to start, like, getting emotional because now I'm a mom and I have to.
• 4:16
  Speaker B: It was just like a party.
• 4:17
  Speaker A: Feed my dog hot to my dog. Feed my son hot dogs, and, like, cut them small. Him complain because the hot dog.
• 4:23
  Speaker B: Small people. Hot dogs are the number one choking hazard in the United States of America.
• 4:27
  Speaker A: All right, Google, relax.
• 4:29
  Speaker B: You know, grapes. Grapes. Cut those grapes and popcorn.
• 4:34
  Speaker A: Anyway, so we're talking about expectation versus reality. I feel like we come into Fourth of July.
• 4:40
  Speaker B: I have zero expectations.
• 4:42
  Speaker A: You definitely have zero. Do you even know what you're doing for the fourth of July? Yeah, I'm having a party.
• 4:45
  Speaker B: You're coming? Maybe. What do you mean maybe? I mean I'm gonna be down the shore with my family.
• 4:50
  Speaker A: And you never hang out with us.
• 4:52
  Speaker B: I never hang out with her ever. Well, so the thing is we both have shore houses, our parents in laws and like on 4th of July for me, like I'm getting drunk, so I don't want to be able to be at a party with my kids and then I have to take them home. Like I want to be where I'm gonna be sleep where I'm gonna be sleep over. You want my whole family to just sleep on your couch?
• 5:15
  Speaker A: Fine. Everything's fine.
• 5:16
  Speaker B: But yeah. No. So fourth of July to me means being with family, grilling, being down the shore. We're always down the shore. Fourth of July, nice.
• 5:24
  Speaker A: I never missed a fourth of July at the Jersey shore since I was in my mother's belly. Yeah, I will say that.
• 5:30
  Speaker B: Yeah.
• 5:30
  Speaker A: That's just where you need to be.
• 5:31
  Speaker B: Yeah.
• 5:32
  Speaker A: If you're a Jersey girly, you're at the shore.
• 5:34
  Speaker B: It's. I love fireworks. I love the kids stay up late. They wear their light bracelets. They do. On our my mother in law's street, they have like a bonfire on the beach, which is like our a tradition every year. So the kids stay up late, watch fireworks. Watch the fireworks on the beach. We all bring our beach chairs and we just sit around the fire and it's so fun. I just like love something about fireworks. Is like America. It's like love America. No, I don't. I love America. But like fireworks are like fun and sexy, but also like think about kids and like magic. Like it could be too. Like I remember back in the day before kids, like I would want to be like sex on the beach under fireworks. And now I'm like, you want like a light up stick with light up fire? Yeah, like roasting marshmallows on the fireplace.
• 6:17
  Speaker A: I mean, you're a family. You're a family woman now.
• 6:19
  Speaker B: That's family.
• 6:20
  Speaker A: So.
• 6:21
  Speaker B: You know, my roof sex on the beach sucks.
• 6:23
  Speaker A: I know, it does suck. It's so sandy, so no sex on the beach. Plus you have three kids. Where are you gonna have sex on the beach? So anyway, we sit on top of our roof or a little bit closer to the sky, watch the fireworks from up there. It's so nice. But let me just say, so expectation versus reality. I want a nice picture in front of the fireworks with our matching outfits. I'm going to look cute with my clips in my hair. You know what's really happening? My dog's having a goddamn panic attack because he can't do the fireworks. So I go to drug him and the drug has the adverse effect. So he starts freaking out.
• 6:50
  Speaker B: Your dog cannot take his animals. Oh my God.
• 6:51
  Speaker A: No fireworks for my dog. So now I'm panicking going into fourth of July because I'm like, my dog does not do well at fireworks.
• 6:57
  Speaker B: Why do dogs hate fireworks?
• 6:59
  Speaker A: And they sense them coming to it. Just a whole show.
• 7:01
  Speaker B: You know what's so funny? A lot of parents like don't like fireworks because they'll wake the baby. But like that's never happened. Like my kids have fucking slept through fireworks. No, they've slept through fireworks. Or you get the headphones, like it's fine.
• 7:12
  Speaker A: No headphones around here. We're raw dogging ears.
• 7:15
  Speaker B: We have a running joke that Joey has never missed a firework. Vienna and Rocco have fallen asleep, but Joey has stayed out of the.
• 7:21
  Speaker A: I feel like you did have a
• 7:22
  Speaker B: running joke about that. Yeah. He's so excited. Like he was born in August, so his first, his. Well, it's July, so. No, I was pregnant for two Fourth of July's. That was awful.
• 7:32
  Speaker A: Yeah.
• 7:34
  Speaker B: But he does always stay up for fireworks and he's like so excited. And I feel like as a kid it's like really fun.
• 7:38
  Speaker A: It's so fun. It's like such a good holiday. Yeah, it's like a. It's like a family holiday holiday. So back to what I was saying about expectation versus reality. You expect to do all these things,
• 7:48
  Speaker B: but you'll also still get the picture. So like you're talking out of your ass.
• 7:51
  Speaker A: I know because I'm good like that.
• 7:52
  Speaker B: But most people are.
• 7:53
  Speaker A: I'm Talking to the 3.69 subscribers that we have that aren't good at this.
• 8:00
  Speaker B: Okay. And myself.
• 8:01
  Speaker A: Your toddler's melting down. You're spending $100 plus on fricking arts and crafts for your kids to do during the fourth of July and holding the air and waving the fireworks. The expectation is to have fun during all that. But really they're complaining because their light up stick broke or their shoe fell off or their hot dog without the buns cut wrong. Like that's what's happening.
• 8:21
  Speaker B: You know what you really only have to do as a parent if you're down the shore? You just get like water paint. Not even real paint.
• 8:28
  Speaker A: I love when you give us hacks.
• 8:30
  Speaker B: Real paint is the worst.
• 8:31
  Speaker A: You always Give us hacks.
• 8:32
  Speaker B: Real paint is messy. Real paint sucks. Water paint. I'm talking those little cheap things you can get at the dollar store. It has the color of the rainbow. All you need is water and a paintbrush. And you paint seashells. Kids love it. They could paint the American flag on seashells. You can line them up on the beach. You can line them up by the pool. You can line them up in your fucking bedroom. I don't care.
• 8:50
  Speaker A: Get seashells from the beach and get paint and just paint.
• 8:52
  Speaker B: Yeah, but it doesn't have to be, like, crazy when. When parents hear paint, they're like, oh, fuck paint. Like, I hate paint. But watercolor paint is not.
• 9:00
  Speaker A: But also on the beach. Like, who cares about paint?
• 9:02
  Speaker B: Who cares about paint on the beach? Yes, you could just. It's easy.
• 9:05
  Speaker A: Okay. You are full of ideas. See, like, I'm also at a place, and this is off topic. Not really. Like, I forget because I'm so used to just having a toddler who will play with anything.
• 9:14
  Speaker B: Yeah.
• 9:14
  Speaker A: I'm getting to the stage where, like,
• 9:16
  Speaker B: he needs to be, like, you need to entertain.
• 9:17
  Speaker A: So now, thank God, from, like, all the years, I have, like, stuff that I never use, like Play doh.
• 9:21
  Speaker B: Yeah.
• 9:22
  Speaker A: And coloring books. Like, I always just bought them, but he never used them. Like, now he needs them.
• 9:26
  Speaker B: Right.
• 9:26
  Speaker A: That's a good idea. I might go to the beach tomorrow. I might as well bring the paint and get seashells on the beach and just let them do that.
• 9:32
  Speaker B: Or rocks, anything. They'll paint anything.
• 9:35
  Speaker A: Start painting people.
• 9:36
  Speaker B: Crab. Crab shells.
• 9:38
  Speaker A: Crab shells. Great. So, okay, let's get into. So that's, like, the reality, right? You want to do the aesthetic. You want to be red, white, and blue. Your husband's in blue. You're in red. Your kid's in white. So cute. Your dog's, like, wearing a little tag on his neck with a little bandana. I hate you so much. I don't even do that. But anyway.
• 9:56
  Speaker B: Yes, she does. Where did you fucking get that? Whipped it out of my butt.
• 10:06
  Speaker A: Wait, that's hilarious.
• 10:08
  Speaker B: She does that. She does it and she does it proud.
• 10:10
  Speaker A: And she's annoying, and I do it well. So anyways, coming from the girl who has barrettes in her hair. A barrette.
• 10:17
  Speaker B: I haven't seen a barrette since 1999.
• 10:19
  Speaker A: I love barrettes.
• 10:20
  Speaker B: All right, bring them back.
• 10:21
  Speaker A: I'm a 90s girl.
• 10:22
  Speaker B: I know.
• 10:22
  Speaker A: I'm 90s today.
• 10:23
  Speaker B: This is kind of like a 90s shirt.
• 10:25
  Speaker A: Yeah. Cute. Anyway, so can I get into my mom Confession. So I've never felt this way. Cause I only had a kid for two years. But have you ever, like, wished.
• 10:33
  Speaker B: Amateur.
• 10:34
  Speaker A: Have you ever wished away Fourth of July? Like, hoping it rains, trying to go home and be traffic? Like, have you ever been that mom that, like, wishes away the holiday?
• 10:41
  Speaker B: Cause it's harder with your kids, Not Fourth of July. Like, I genuinely enjoy Fourth of July.
• 10:47
  Speaker A: Yeah.
• 10:48
  Speaker B: Cause I don't. There's not much effort in it for me. Like, I don't. I'm not really thinking about all the things you just talked about. I just want to, like, have a good time with my family.
• 10:55
  Speaker A: I also have a good time with my family.
• 10:56
  Speaker B: I'm not saying you're not, but I'm just like. I literally am not thinking about any of those things.
• 10:59
  Speaker A: And you don't have to.
• 11:00
  Speaker B: I just hope that I have a good drink in my hand and show
• 11:03
  Speaker A: up, and I show up with barrettes, and that's it. And that's the plan.
• 11:11
  Speaker B: She's so mean.
• 11:13
  Speaker A: You set yourself up. You literally rat a rat on the 4th of July. An R, A T that's in red, white, and blue. It's all good. You like being a rat?
• 11:28
  Speaker B: You. I do. I like being a rat.
• 11:29
  Speaker A: I know.
• 11:29
  Speaker B: Yeah. I'm just like a sewer rat. Just, like, popping up. Disgusting.
• 11:34
  Speaker A: But I gotta say, you've been on the. Trending towards my direction.
• 11:38
  Speaker B: I think you like it trending towards, like, outfits. Not a rat.
• 11:43
  Speaker A: Yeah.
• 11:43
  Speaker B: Like a what?
• 11:44
  Speaker A: Like a large hamster. Hamster.
• 11:47
  Speaker B: I don't like any rodents.
• 11:49
  Speaker A: Me either. Why are we comparing ourselves to rodents? Can I finish? Because we get off topic about rats and hamsters for no goddamn reason. Okay. So wishing away all those things. Have you ever. I don't think I ever would. I love this kind of. I love a holiday.
• 12:01
  Speaker B: I do. It's, like, fun.
• 12:02
  Speaker A: It's just like the holiday.
• 12:04
  Speaker B: I do think there are holidays where you do, like, sometimes when you're just in it and, like, there's a lot to do. And as a parent, like, Easter.
• 12:11
  Speaker A: Wish away Easter.
• 12:12
  Speaker B: Easter. I hate Easter.
• 12:13
  Speaker A: Wish away Easter.
• 12:14
  Speaker B: Like, even, like, God's day, but wish it away. Christmas magic is, like, nice, but, like, sometimes it's just, like, so much work and there's so much.
• 12:21
  Speaker A: Yeah.
• 12:22
  Speaker B: It's like, I just want it to be done. I agree.
• 12:24
  Speaker A: You're right. Right.
• 12:24
  Speaker B: But we're in 4th of July. 4th of July.
• 12:26
  Speaker A: I'm telling you. This is why I'm saying that. Because Fourth of July is such a holiday.
• 12:29
  Speaker B: Yeah.
• 12:30
  Speaker A: I mean, look at us. We're like, so America right now.
• 12:32
  Speaker B: Yeah, America.
• 12:32
  Speaker A: Okay, so let's rapid fire a little bit. A little bit?
• 12:35
  Speaker B: Yeah.
• 12:35
  Speaker A: Just like, let me rapid fire to you.
• 12:36
  Speaker B: Yeah, do that.
• 12:37
  Speaker A: And you say this is a yes or no. And they think about your kids.
• 12:40
  Speaker B: I'm not sure, because my confidence is a little low. Because I'm like, a rat level low. I'm a ham.
• 12:44
  Speaker A: I'm a hamster.
• 12:45
  Speaker B: Okay.
• 12:45
  Speaker A: I'm not any better than you. Okay. Look at my bottle. I match this too. Can you imagine?
• 12:49
  Speaker B: I'm just like, did you buy an oala? You probably bought the red, white, and blue oala.
• 12:54
  Speaker A: No, I didn't.
• 12:55
  Speaker B: Did you buy the red, white, and blue bog?
• 12:57
  Speaker A: No, but I bought a new bog. Don't tell my husband, but it's not my web, though. Anyway, so can I rapid fire? Sure. Minder reminder. You have kids, right? Sparklers.
• 13:07
  Speaker B: Sparklers, yes.
• 13:09
  Speaker A: With kids.
• 13:09
  Speaker B: Yes. Set them on fire.
• 13:11
  Speaker A: Maybe pool or beach.
• 13:12
  Speaker B: Beach.
• 13:13
  Speaker A: Potato salad or pasta salad?
• 13:16
  Speaker B: Pasta salad. I hate potato salad.
• 13:18
  Speaker A: Matching family outfits or. Absolutely not.
• 13:22
  Speaker B: I mean, I joke around, but, like, it would be nice if I could get my shit together and do it.
• 13:26
  Speaker A: You have before.
• 13:27
  Speaker B: I have. It's just, like, a lot of work.
• 13:28
  Speaker A: You complained every second, though.
• 13:30
  Speaker B: My boys like to match, though. Like, they love when they match.
• 13:32
  Speaker A: Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
• 13:33
  Speaker B: So, like, if I can get it together. If I can get it together, I would like to do that.
• 13:38
  Speaker A: Okay. Fireworks are magical or overrated.
• 13:41
  Speaker B: I love them.
• 13:41
  Speaker A: Okay, so just my closing question to you. So actually, do you have any questions to ask me? Like, hot dog Hamburger?
• 13:49
  Speaker B: Yeah, sure. Would you rather no Cheeto fingers for the rest of your life or popcorn kernels in your teeth?
• 13:58
  Speaker A: Are we talking about fourth of July things?
• 14:00
  Speaker B: Yeah, things.
• 14:01
  Speaker A: You eat popcorn in my teeth.
• 14:04
  Speaker B: It's a terrible feeling, though.
• 14:06
  Speaker A: You always Cheeto.
• 14:07
  Speaker B: All right, Hot dogs are hamburgers. Hamburger with cheese or without cheese? Lettuce, tomato, onion. McDonald's or Burger King?
• 14:16
  Speaker A: McDonald's.
• 14:17
  Speaker B: Okay.
• 14:18
  Speaker A: That's all you have to ask me for the Fourth of July.
• 14:20
  Speaker B: Do you like to match your husband?
• 14:24
  Speaker A: I like to match with it looking effortlessly, like, I don't want him wearing this shirt, but I. Maybe I'll.
• 14:30
  Speaker B: That would be weird if he was in a shirt.
• 14:34
  Speaker A: Wait, my husband would probably wear this.
• 14:39
  Speaker B: Mike put that on right now. And it would be a belly shirt. Oh, God. I would pay money.
• 14:43
  Speaker A: I would not pay money.
• 14:44
  Speaker B: You do, like, a magic mic move in it, too.
• 14:46
  Speaker A: Yeah, seriously. I like, like, if I wore this, like, him to wear, like, a blue shirt.
• 14:50
  Speaker B: Okay.
• 14:51
  Speaker A: Like, Something like that. Yeah. Okay. Just to close it off. What's one thing that always happens on the 4th of July in your family? Always. Like without a doubt.
• 14:58
  Speaker B: Without a doubt. Joey always stays up for fireworks. Yeah, okay.
• 15:03
  Speaker A: Well, without a doubt. While we were sitting on my roof watching fireworks.
• 15:05
  Speaker B: That's so nice. I like that also, actually, the past two years, we went out on the boat and watched fireworks. That was really fun.
• 15:11
  Speaker A: I love that. Oh, no, am I lying? We go on the boat too.
• 15:15
  Speaker B: So you do.
• 15:15
  Speaker A: We go a little earlier now that we had the boat.
• 15:18
  Speaker B: The boat ride last year was so. That was when I took the edible and I was flying high with the fireworks.
• 15:23
  Speaker A: And then your daughter said she saw mermaids.
• 15:26
  Speaker B: Yeah. And then I thought that there was mermaids everywhere. That was fun. I'm gonna do that again. Thank you for reminding me. That was amazing.
• 15:31
  Speaker A: I love that. And I'm not going to do that. I'm going to be matching outfit. We're going to get pictures, we're going to do some tiktoks and then we're going to enjoy like cheeseburgers and. And have a party. You know what I love? I love a Fourth of July party. I just love that.
• 15:42
  Speaker B: I do too. And I just like, like spending time with family and that's.
• 15:45
  Speaker A: It's such a family. Like no one's forced to not be there, right? Everyone's forced to be there.
• 15:49
  Speaker B: I should say. It's nice.
• 15:50
  Speaker A: So all I have to say, all
• 15:52
  Speaker B: in all, anything else to say to
• 15:54
  Speaker A: me is 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays. That's why I want a summer baby next.
• 15:59
  Speaker B: You do?
• 15:59
  Speaker A: I do. And pregnant is summer. But I hope everyone enjoys their holiday. It's gonna be a good one. It's hopefully gonna be nice out, but it's coming. I flew by. I can't believe it's here already.
• 16:10
  Speaker B: Yes. Stay safe, Stay safe.
• 16:12
  Speaker A: If you have older kids, track them because they're doing naughty things. But if you have younger kids, go paint a seashell. Yeah, we'll have so much fun. Watch the fireworks.
• 16:22
  Speaker B: Enjoy their little eyes when they light up when they watch.
• 16:24
  Speaker A: And nothing's better than family. So just be blessed that you have that.
• 16:29
  Speaker B: Yeah.
• 16:29
  Speaker A: And protect your dogs because they fucking hate fireworks.
• 16:33
  Speaker B: And happy Fourth of July, everybody. We love you, mama.
• 16:36
  Speaker A: Off the clock.
• 16:37
  Speaker B: Out.
• 16:37
  Speaker A: Bye.