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- 0:00SPEAKER_02: Welcome back to Fuck Off Fridays with me Charlie and me Liv.
- 0:04SPEAKER_02: Thank you so much for all your DMs and your positive messages sending in all your stories.
- 0:09SPEAKER_02: We've been inundated.
- 0:10SPEAKER_02: And don't forget you can message us on Instagram.
- 0:13SPEAKER_00: Or you can email in your stories, obviously they're anonymous, to fofffridaysoutlook.com.
- 0:19SPEAKER_01: So my ange, my sweet, my love.
- 0:22SPEAKER_01: How has your week been?
- 0:24SPEAKER_00: It's been tippity top.
- 0:25SPEAKER_00: Wisteria is popping at the moment.
- 0:27SPEAKER_00: That's a highlight for me.
- 0:29SPEAKER_00: I actually stopped on the way here to take a photo of a cottage in the village because it's she looks glorious.
- 0:33SPEAKER_00: My village.
- 0:34SPEAKER_00: Yeah, just at the bottom of the road.
- 0:36SPEAKER_00: I see how you are.
- 0:37SPEAKER_00: We had a lovely little celebratory drinks with the gals on Friday night to mark the release of the first episode.
- 0:45SPEAKER_00: We did.
- 0:45SPEAKER_00: Which was really nice.
- 0:47SPEAKER_00: And I think all of the love and the support and the positive messages have been absolutely top tier.
- 0:53SPEAKER_00: Top fucking tier.
- 0:55SPEAKER_02: So one fucking hilarious story that I do have to tell you.
- 0:59SPEAKER_02: Um I was out Saturday night.
- 1:03SPEAKER_02: As you do, as you do.
- 1:04SPEAKER_02: She never stays home.
- 1:05SPEAKER_02: No, she's a loose canon.
- 1:07SPEAKER_02: Doing karaoke of all the things, which I know you love.
- 1:10SPEAKER_00: Yeah, let's go down to business.
- 1:12SPEAKER_02: Um, and I was there with all my pals, me old buddy, me old pals, and um I was talking to this lady who was an incredible singer, like incredible singer.
- 1:22SPEAKER_00: Better than me, incredible singer, or I wouldn't say better, but I would say she's very, very good.
- 1:27SPEAKER_00: That sounds arrogant for anyone who doesn't know me.
- 1:29SPEAKER_00: Total twat.
- 1:30SPEAKER_02: But basically anyway, basically I was talking to her and I was I can't remember what I was saying.
- 1:33SPEAKER_02: And she came up to me and said, Are you straight?
- 1:36SPEAKER_02: And I was like, Strickly dickly all my life, girl.
- 1:41SPEAKER_00: You don't give me gay vibes.
- 1:43SPEAKER_02: She turned around and said, I don't give straight vibes.
- 1:46SPEAKER_02: Interesting.
- 1:47SPEAKER_02: I wouldn't say you give gay vibes.
- 1:48SPEAKER_02: Don't give straight vibes.
- 1:50SPEAKER_02: You give vibes.
- 1:51SPEAKER_02: I yeah.
- 1:52SPEAKER_02: And I so now everyone's calling me the Girt Leser.
- 1:56SPEAKER_02: Because she's Girt Leser.
- 1:57SPEAKER_02: Because I'm a Gert Leser.
- 1:59SPEAKER_02: Um, which has gone down a storm and I've been changed in multiple people's phones to the Gert Leser.
- 2:06SPEAKER_00: To me, you'll always be Olivia Dahmer.
- 2:08SPEAKER_00: Look at those glasses.
- 2:10SPEAKER_00: For anyone who isn't looking at this, she's got bright orange glasses on, just like Jeffrey Dahmer.
- 2:14SPEAKER_02: Yeah, well, I'm not a serial kid, I just like that vibe.
- 2:17SPEAKER_02: Are you gonna tell me what's happened to you?
- 2:18SPEAKER_02: Because I feel like some things have happened to you this week that you are hiding from me.
- 2:23SPEAKER_00: I did nothing major has happened.
- 2:25SPEAKER_00: I went to Badminton horse trials last weekend.
- 2:27SPEAKER_00: We had a jolly time.
- 2:29SPEAKER_00: Shout out to Ross Cantor, who had a baby in January.
- 2:33SPEAKER_01: I know.
- 2:33SPEAKER_00: And then went and won.
- 2:35SPEAKER_00: Sorry for anybody who's not horsey, but respect to the women.
- 2:38SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
- 2:39SPEAKER_00: She had a baby in January and then went and won Badminton, which is like top of the game five-star eventing within a few months.
- 2:46SPEAKER_00: Incredible.
- 2:47SPEAKER_02: She was pumping breast milk before she was going to do each discipline.
- 2:52SPEAKER_00: Just to get her jackets on, I heard.
- 2:54SPEAKER_00: What a woman.
- 2:55SPEAKER_00: What a woman.
- 2:55SPEAKER_00: So it does show it takes a village.
- 2:57SPEAKER_00: So shout out to a village.
- 2:58SPEAKER_00: We love that.
- 2:59SPEAKER_00: Other things that have happened to me.
- 3:02SPEAKER_00: So for anybody who horse rides or cycles or plays sport and is blessed in the booty department, I'm interested to know if this happens to anybody else.
- 3:12SPEAKER_00: But I went riding with someone on Saturday morning wearing a thong like I normally do and my butt cheeks chafed.
- 3:19SPEAKER_00: And the worst thing is I didn't realise until I got in the shower later on and had an almighty sting when the water ran down my back.
- 3:27SPEAKER_00: So if this has happened to any other fat bottom girls, I'm with you, sisters.
- 3:31SPEAKER_00: Big booty.
- 3:32SPEAKER_00: Horrendous surprise did not enjoy.
- 3:34SPEAKER_00: Oh my god.
- 3:36SPEAKER_00: So I think let's go on to so things we're loving this week.
- 3:40SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
- 3:41SPEAKER_00: And then things that we're leaving behind.
- 3:43SPEAKER_00: Okay.
- 3:43SPEAKER_00: So what are you loving?
- 3:46SPEAKER_02: What am I loving?
- 3:47SPEAKER_02: Bit of a mixed review.
- 3:49SPEAKER_02: Delusional confidence.
- 3:50SPEAKER_02: What do you mean by that?
- 3:52SPEAKER_02: Us.
- 3:53SPEAKER_02: Oh okay.
- 3:56SPEAKER_02: Um yeah, I I think there's a lot of people out there that wouldn't try what we're doing.
- 4:01SPEAKER_02: And I think we're doing a fucking great job so far.
- 4:08SPEAKER_00: People find us funny.
- 4:10SPEAKER_00: Um it takes a lot to put yourself out there though.
- 4:12SPEAKER_00: It's quite it's quite daunting.
- 4:14SPEAKER_00: Like people know what we're like in person.
- 4:16SPEAKER_00: Actually, what was nice is that a couple of friends are like, I felt like I was just sat with you guys at the pub, which yeah, hopefully is the vibe we're giving.
- 4:24SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
- 4:24SPEAKER_00: But it is a lot to put yourself out there and try something new, and even just putting stuff out on social media, like for the people who don't do it, I think it's really easy for them to kind of pick holes.
- 4:37SPEAKER_00: And you can keep your comments to yourself.
- 4:40SPEAKER_00: You say it best.
- 4:42SPEAKER_00: When you say nothing at all.
- 4:45SPEAKER_00: I agree.
- 4:46SPEAKER_00: I'm not delusional to the fact that in time, if this were to go well, well-being, many views, and maybe some baby bell sponsorship.
- 4:54SPEAKER_00: Shout out to the baby bell.
- 4:55SPEAKER_00: Shout out to the baby bell.
- 4:57SPEAKER_00: Then obviously you're gonna get negativity, and that's fine.
- 5:00SPEAKER_00: But I'm very much of the opinion of the only opinions that matter to me are those that are your closest circle.
- 5:07SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
- 5:07SPEAKER_00: Everyone else, like all these people that troll on village Facebook groups or just online, I just feel like if you wouldn't say that to that person, you wouldn't, then don't don't say anything.
- 5:21SPEAKER_02: It's keyboard warriors, we see you.
- 5:23SPEAKER_02: We see you.
- 5:24SPEAKER_02: We see you, we don't care.
- 5:25SPEAKER_00: Deborah in the village group, we got you.
- 5:29SPEAKER_00: Um, but no, I I'm with you.
- 5:31SPEAKER_00: I think there's a lot of people that wouldn't put themselves out there, so go us.
- 5:35SPEAKER_00: So what are you loving this week?
- 5:37SPEAKER_00: I am loving the support from everyone that's been really positive and kind.
- 5:41SPEAKER_00: I've even had people at the the yard be like, oh my god, I listen to your podcast.
- 5:46SPEAKER_00: And I was like, Oh, that's cool.
- 5:48SPEAKER_00: And that's really nice.
- 5:49SPEAKER_00: So yeah, it's it's quite unusual.
- 5:51SPEAKER_00: Obviously, I've mentioned wisteria hysteria, it's wisteria season, baby.
- 5:55SPEAKER_00: Wait, the minute you said wisteria, I thought wisteria lane.
- 5:58SPEAKER_00: Oh, but how do I?
- 5:59SPEAKER_00: It's unreal.
- 6:00SPEAKER_00: Do you know my brother went to Wisteria Lane?
- 6:01SPEAKER_00: He went to the set at the studios in LA.
- 6:05SPEAKER_00: Yeah, very jealous.
- 6:07SPEAKER_00: And then the only other thing I would say is just like leading on to the cheerleading thing, it doesn't take a lot.
- 6:13SPEAKER_00: So my friend Jen, shout out, has got this brilliant business.
- 6:16SPEAKER_00: Please hold, I'm gonna show you.
- 6:17SPEAKER_00: She's got this brilliant business called Ad Squirrel.
- 6:20SPEAKER_00: Here she is, go on, Jen.
- 6:22SPEAKER_00: Where basically you stick in a card a little QR code.
- 6:27SPEAKER_00: Here it is, and you can send a video message, a photo, or a voice note to someone.
- 6:32SPEAKER_00: So if you've got like an elderly grandparent that you want to send something to, or somebody who lives on the other side of the world, um, then you can basically record a little message.
- 6:40SPEAKER_00: I've used it a few times for gifting people an experience because it's it's really underwhelming just writing something in a card, whereas someone has to like scan a QR code and open it up.
- 6:51SPEAKER_00: I think it's great.
- 6:53SPEAKER_00: So, in the interest of friend supporting friends, shout out to Eugen, because Ad Squirrel is great.
- 7:01SPEAKER_00: And I think it's something that everyone should be using, and I shout about it all the time.
- 7:04SPEAKER_00: So I just remember when you see your friends trying to plug something, trying to do what we're doing, a like, a share, a comment.
- 7:12SPEAKER_00: Trying something new, yeah, support them, even if you wouldn't want to do it yourself, that's fine.
- 7:18SPEAKER_00: But it doesn't take much to give them a little bit of love and support on the way.
- 7:23SPEAKER_02: Because it's always the ones that literally go, Oh, what's she doing?
- 7:27SPEAKER_02: She's so cringe.
- 7:28SPEAKER_02: That then when you do get big time, or if you do get, you know, and people go, Oh my god, this is this is really massive, they're the ones that go, Oh my god, I went to school with her, oh my god, I knew her.
- 7:37SPEAKER_00: Yeah, bore off.
- 7:38SPEAKER_00: Bore off.
- 7:39SPEAKER_00: You're dead to me at that point.
- 7:40SPEAKER_00: You are dead to me.
- 7:41SPEAKER_00: So, in the interest of what I'm leaving behind.
- 7:43SPEAKER_00: What are you leaving behind?
- 7:44SPEAKER_00: Tell me.
- 7:45SPEAKER_00: Those sorts of people don't support you.
- 7:47SPEAKER_00: So for everyone who's given us a follow, etc., we appreciate you.
- 7:51SPEAKER_00: We're mad for it.
- 7:52SPEAKER_00: But also, really interestingly, I listened to I voice noted you about this the other day.
- 7:56SPEAKER_00: I've been listening to Jamie Lang has a podcast called Great Company, where he interviews different people each week.
- 8:02SPEAKER_00: I've listened to Rochelle Hume's What a Queen.
- 8:04SPEAKER_00: I listened to Paris Fury earlier on today.
- 8:07SPEAKER_00: She has many great things to say.
- 8:09SPEAKER_00: But the one that really stuck with me was Chris Appleton, who is a superstar hairdresser to the likes of Kimmy Kaye, J-Lo, Christina.
- 8:16SPEAKER_00: He's top tier.
- 8:17SPEAKER_00: He basically said he obviously works in a world where everyone is incredibly successful financially, and it's really easy for people to say, I'm really jealous of this person, and get bitter about it and go sour.
- 8:31SPEAKER_00: And he said the biggest piece of advice he could give to anybody is if you are working with someone who is incredibly successful or a friend is incredibly successful, number one, be their cheerleader, but be a sponge and learn from that person.
- 8:43SPEAKER_00: So rather than having it ferment into something really ugly, yeah, toxic.
- 8:47SPEAKER_00: Take it as a positive and take that in and try and understand from them what they've done to get to where they are.
- 8:54SPEAKER_00: Agreed.
- 8:55SPEAKER_00: So there's a nice little take on a negative.
- 8:58SPEAKER_02: We can move on, yeah.
- 9:00SPEAKER_02: So extra icks from last week, keep 'em coming.
- 9:05SPEAKER_02: Because I think people have given it a little bit of thought, and fuck me, is it entertaining?
- 9:11SPEAKER_02: So a couple we got from one of our gals, uh, one of our clothes gals, which I did nearly spit my tea out when I read them one morning.
- 9:21SPEAKER_02: When they asked permission in the bedroom, and she can't kiss you.
- 9:27SPEAKER_02: Yeah, her exact words were no no, pin me down and ravage me.
- 9:30SPEAKER_02: Preach.
- 9:31SPEAKER_02: Preach, sister.
- 9:32SPEAKER_02: But I can kind of understand this because I've been there.
- 9:36SPEAKER_02: Consent is important.
- 9:38SPEAKER_02: Consent, an act of free will, all of those things, I understand.
- 9:43SPEAKER_02: But if you're getting down a business and someone goes, Do you mind?
- 9:50SPEAKER_02: It's giving I'm ever so sorry, but I think I'm about to arrive.
- 9:54SPEAKER_02: Like why?
- 9:59SPEAKER_02: If you're if you there's a fine line.
- 10:03SPEAKER_02: There's a fine line.
- 10:04SPEAKER_02: So I agree.
- 10:06SPEAKER_02: Um the other one was hold the knife like a pen.
- 10:09SPEAKER_02: I can understand.
- 10:10SPEAKER_02: I can understand like a barrel handwriting pen, you know?
- 10:13SPEAKER_02: Wears flip-flops and jeans.
- 10:15SPEAKER_02: No one needs to see those toenails.
- 10:18SPEAKER_00: I agree.
- 10:18SPEAKER_00: It's an odd combination.
- 10:20SPEAKER_00: I went on a date with a guy that's fine.
- 10:22SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
- 10:23SPEAKER_02: Jeans and flip-flops, what are you doing?
- 10:25SPEAKER_02: No.
- 10:26SPEAKER_02: And this is actually one of mine, and I only thought about it after we had the Hold's knife like pen.
- 10:32SPEAKER_02: Can't believe I forgot about it.
- 10:34SPEAKER_02: Anyone that licks their knife during a meal.
- 10:38SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it's horrific.
- 10:39SPEAKER_02: I'm talking butter knife, I'm talking steak knife, I'm talking any knife.
- 10:42SPEAKER_00: That's gonna be doing it.
- 10:44SPEAKER_00: What are you doing?
- 10:46SPEAKER_00: No.
- 10:47SPEAKER_00: No, we're here for it.
- 10:48SPEAKER_00: So keep it icks coming because we uh enjoying reading them.
- 10:51SPEAKER_00: Sony shall love it.
- 10:53SPEAKER_00: We've also had a couple of dating stories.
- 10:55SPEAKER_00: Um well I say dating stories actually, things went exit to me and I stayed with them.
- 10:59SPEAKER_00: Cool.
- 11:00SPEAKER_00: Now again, keep them coming in because these are great.
- 11:03SPEAKER_00: Top two, yeah.
- 11:04SPEAKER_00: Stood me up for a date night, was meant to meet me at 6 30, and at 9 45 he messaged me to say he was drunk and at the pub, and could I go and collect him?
- 11:14SPEAKER_00: The audacity I there are many words I would be booming.
- 11:20SPEAKER_00: And then the other one we had, he cheated on me and then had me beg him to take him back.
- 11:28SPEAKER_02: I don't know what's worse.
- 11:29SPEAKER_00: Who's begging for anyone back?
- 11:31SPEAKER_02: Someone egging my mum's house or No, I'm not begging.
- 11:35SPEAKER_00: No egg the house.
- 11:37SPEAKER_00: Okay, so we also had a couple of polls that went out this week.
- 11:41SPEAKER_02: We did.
- 11:42SPEAKER_02: We did an interesting, interesting change.
- 11:45SPEAKER_02: Like, I've got a couple of couple of vibes with it.
- 11:48SPEAKER_02: Would you split the bill on the first date?
- 11:52SPEAKER_02: Discuss.
- 11:53SPEAKER_02: Right.
- 11:53SPEAKER_02: Before I get into these, I want your opinion.
- 11:56SPEAKER_00: I wouldn't ever go for dinner on a first date.
- 11:59SPEAKER_00: So to me, there's no bill splitting.
- 12:02SPEAKER_00: We're going for drinks, and someone else can buy me a pint.
- 12:06SPEAKER_00: And I would order a pint on a first date.
- 12:08SPEAKER_00: Yeah, why not?
- 12:08SPEAKER_00: I'm not gonna be all oh, I'll be effeminate and have a Shirley Temple.
- 12:12SPEAKER_00: Have a skinny a skinny bitch of vodka soda.
- 12:15SPEAKER_00: I would I'd feel confident having a pint.
- 12:18SPEAKER_00: So to me, no, you don't split the bill because I'm not going for dinner with you.
- 12:23SPEAKER_00: Who's who's eating in front of somebody on a first date?
- 12:25SPEAKER_00: I've done it many times.
- 12:26SPEAKER_00: Have you?
- 12:27SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
- 12:27SPEAKER_00: That's punchy.
- 12:29SPEAKER_00: How do you slightly careful about what you order?
- 12:31SPEAKER_00: You don't have spaghetti.
- 12:33SPEAKER_00: But it's more about the person.
- 12:35SPEAKER_00: You don't know what person you're ordering.
- 12:36SPEAKER_00: So what if you're getting you're getting into it?
- 12:39SPEAKER_00: Are you ordering a person?
- 12:41SPEAKER_00: No, but if you're getting into your into your food, into your date, and the person is like red flag energy, it's a bit hard to escape when you've got a burger on the way.
- 12:50SPEAKER_00: Not that I'd order a burger, but also have a starter and dash.
- 12:55SPEAKER_00: No, it's a no for me.
- 12:56SPEAKER_00: I'd be drinks only and they're picking up the bill.
- 12:58SPEAKER_00: Many thanks.
- 12:59SPEAKER_02: My argument would be who's asked who out.
- 13:02SPEAKER_02: Because I'm if you've asked me out, it was your idea.
- 13:07SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
- 13:07SPEAKER_02: So you're you're paying.
- 13:09SPEAKER_02: Yeah, valid.
- 13:10SPEAKER_02: If I've asked someone out, if I asked you out, if I asked anyone out, I'd be like, Do you want to go for sushi?
- 13:16SPEAKER_02: My favourite meal.
- 13:18SPEAKER_02: Obviously, I've suggested it, I'm gonna pay.
- 13:22SPEAKER_00: Even on a first date?
- 13:24SPEAKER_02: Depends who it is.
- 13:26SPEAKER_00: What what feedback did we get on this?
- 13:28SPEAKER_00: I'm really interested to hear other people's perspectives.
- 13:30SPEAKER_02: So one of my closest male friends, big up, love him, um he is a lovable rogue, and this will come across as quite callous, but he is glorious, and I adore him, and it would have been said in jest.
- 13:49SPEAKER_02: Girls are expensive, questionable investment at this early stage.
- 13:54SPEAKER_02: Depends what you deem to be expensive, either.
- 13:58SPEAKER_02: Start with the intention to pay, but if it is if if it is becoming apparent that it's not going anywhere, split.
- 14:05SPEAKER_02: Splitting the bill on the first date means I ain't valuing this bitch.
- 14:10SPEAKER_02: Which to me, I'm he's got a valid point.
- 14:14SPEAKER_02: As a raging feminist, and he knows I am, he knows that was rage bait for me.
- 14:19SPEAKER_02: And I'm like, you fucking twat.
- 14:22SPEAKER_02: But I do agree with his sentiment.
- 14:24SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I do too.
- 14:25SPEAKER_00: It must be expensive for a guy to be dating.
- 14:28SPEAKER_00: If you're a single guy and you're constantly taking these girls out.
- 14:31SPEAKER_00: Well, so just be kind and don't act like a twerp.
- 14:33SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I mean there is that.
- 14:34SPEAKER_00: You don't need to date and then ghost, but if you're serial dating, that's on you.
- 14:38SPEAKER_02: If you're going for like three, four dates a week with different people, that's on you, then that is a hell of an investment.
- 14:43SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
- 14:43SPEAKER_00: And it is a poor investment.
- 14:45SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I agree.
- 14:46SPEAKER_00: So some of the stuff we had from girls, someone said it's a red flag if they don't pay.
- 14:51SPEAKER_00: Mm-hmm.
- 14:52SPEAKER_00: I guess on date one, yeah, I'm okay.
- 14:55SPEAKER_00: Someone said I'd offer and hope they'd say no.
- 15:00SPEAKER_00: And then someone else also said, I'll always offer to pay the full thing so I look like a cool girl who's not like other girls.
- 15:06SPEAKER_00: Then it also gets me out of every bill ever for eternity.
- 15:10SPEAKER_00: I don't know that I would offer to pay for the whole thing.
- 15:13SPEAKER_00: I feel like takes two to tango.
- 15:16SPEAKER_00: At most, I would offer to go fitty fitty.
- 15:18SPEAKER_02: Dutch.
- 15:19SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
- 15:20SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
- 15:21SPEAKER_00: Okay.
- 15:21SPEAKER_00: Okay, so the second poll we put out was would you be picked up on a first date?
- 15:27SPEAKER_02: So I'll read out a couple of responses I got for this.
- 15:31SPEAKER_02: 20% said yes.
- 15:33SPEAKER_02: The rest was no.
- 15:36SPEAKER_02: And here are two of the responses we had because they all basically said the same thing.
- 15:41SPEAKER_02: Hell no, need a quick get out option.
- 15:44SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I feel that.
- 15:45SPEAKER_02: And um leave on my own terms, get away if he's an absolute monster.
- 15:50SPEAKER_02: I agree with that, but I do think it's sad because there was a time, and I spoke to this, spoke to a friend about this the other day.
- 15:59SPEAKER_02: There was a time, especially in my teens, where we loved it.
- 16:03SPEAKER_02: And like someone would come and pick us up, and we didn't stress about someone knowing where we lived or being with them for a big amount of time and then dropping us home.
- 16:14SPEAKER_02: It was quite romantic.
- 16:15SPEAKER_00: That has all died out.
- 16:17SPEAKER_00: It's because the internet's got weird, I think.
- 16:19SPEAKER_00: People have got weird.
- 16:20SPEAKER_00: There's only many men, I think, that are like buying photos of people's feet and things on the internet.
- 16:26SPEAKER_00: Like, how many women do you hear about doing that?
- 16:27SPEAKER_00: Sorry that not sorry, that that's a sweeping statement.
- 16:30SPEAKER_00: But I feel like women's safety is important and without getting too dark, but look at like Sarah Everard, for example.
- 16:38SPEAKER_00: Oh god, I know.
- 16:39SPEAKER_00: You know, like that was a person that was in a position of power and trust, or should have been.
- 16:45SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
- 16:45SPEAKER_00: And again, I don't know the stats on this, please don't quote me or troll me.
- 16:50SPEAKER_00: But how many women are attacking men?
- 16:53SPEAKER_00: And how many men are attacking women?
- 16:55SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
- 16:56SPEAKER_00: Well let that's sick in.
- 16:58SPEAKER_00: So even if it was a friend of a friend, I don't think I would because I would always want that get out.
- 17:05SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
- 17:06SPEAKER_00: You always want to be able to be like, this has been great, but my dog needs me to go home, or something like that.
- 17:13SPEAKER_02: That's that's the resounding vibe though.
- 17:15SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
- 17:16SPEAKER_00: Um yeah, which is we're choosing safety first and it easy escape.
- 17:23SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we are.
- 17:24SPEAKER_00: Okay, so this week we also asked you for nicknames for boys.
- 17:29SPEAKER_00: So I think this is a girl thing.
- 17:30SPEAKER_00: This is I've asked a couple of guy friends about this and said, you know, do you when you're dating someone, do you give girls nicknames?
- 17:37SPEAKER_00: Or is it just a girl group chat thing?
- 17:41SPEAKER_00: And I think what we've established if there's any men out there, there's any men out there who who do what we do, I'm really curious to hear.
- 17:49SPEAKER_00: But the great thing about nicknames is okay, so sometimes they are literally the person's occupation, like the pilot or the shepherd, or the farmer, or the doctor.
- 18:00SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- 18:01SPEAKER_00: But and this is where it's been great, and people have sent in some absolute gems.
- 18:05SPEAKER_00: Sometimes there's a bit more of a story behind it.
- 18:09SPEAKER_02: So, Liv, over to you.
- 18:10SPEAKER_02: I gotta hit it off with one of mine.
- 18:12SPEAKER_02: Oh, go on.
- 18:13SPEAKER_02: Only because I do think it's quite funny, and if he ever listens to this or watches this, I apologise, but it's content.
- 18:25SPEAKER_02: Um I went on a diet a dite with a guy many moons ago, and he was actually a gardener of a private estate.
- 18:35SPEAKER_00: Call him the gardener.
- 18:36SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you'd think you'd think the gardener would be the obvious way.
- 18:41SPEAKER_02: Was he fuck?
- 18:43SPEAKER_02: Anyway, go to meet him at a pub, sit down, and he goes, Close your eyes.
- 18:48SPEAKER_02: And I was like, Close your eyes and put your hand out.
- 18:51SPEAKER_02: And he was like, put your hand out, and I was like, Oh god, where is this going?
- 18:54SPEAKER_02: Yeah, one eye opened, like, and he put something in my hand, and I opened my eyes, and it was a massive cucumber.
- 19:04SPEAKER_02: Oh yeah.
- 19:11SPEAKER_02: My cucumber in your hand.
- 19:12SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
- 19:13SPEAKER_02: And from then on, it was Cucumber Boy, and that's if I say that to my friends, they go, Oh yeah.
- 19:18SPEAKER_02: Cucumber boy.
- 19:19SPEAKER_02: I remember Cucumber Boy.
- 19:20SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
- 19:21SPEAKER_02: It's an obvious name.
- 19:23SPEAKER_02: Um, it's possibly one of the weirdest things, but there are there are a few others.
- 19:27SPEAKER_00: So someone else sent us in trombona.
- 19:31SPEAKER_00: The reason being he plays the trombone and he's a bit of a twat.
- 19:35SPEAKER_00: So I thought it was gonna be like he plays the trombone and he got a boner mid-performance or something, but no.
- 19:39SPEAKER_00: It's it then says um tripped over his trombone, fell down some steps, and then broke his ankle.
- 19:46SPEAKER_00: Couldn't have happened to a nicer blow.
- 19:47SPEAKER_00: Poor guy, poor trombona.
- 19:50SPEAKER_02: Ah, do we go with the next one?
- 19:52SPEAKER_02: Yeah, let's do it.
- 19:55SPEAKER_02: Uh, a friend of mine who shacked a boat captain and he gave her the clap.
- 20:01SPEAKER_02: Oh god.
- 20:02SPEAKER_02: And what felt appropriate at the time?
- 20:04SPEAKER_02: Captain Clap Sparrow.
- 20:07SPEAKER_02: Very good.
- 20:07SPEAKER_00: That was wise.
- 20:09SPEAKER_00: Quite a good one.
- 20:09SPEAKER_00: Take a bout.
- 20:10SPEAKER_00: Yeah, that's impressive.
- 20:12SPEAKER_00: So, personal favourite of mine, this is from a very dear friend of mine.
- 20:16SPEAKER_00: She started dating a guy a couple of years ago, and it's a really interesting story.
- 20:23SPEAKER_00: They matched, she was home from living in the Cayman Islands.
- 20:26SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
- 20:26SPEAKER_00: So she went on Tinder, little Tinder swindler.
- 20:28SPEAKER_00: Go on, other apps are available.
- 20:30SPEAKER_00: Matched with this guy and was like, Oh, I don't, I don't know.
- 20:33SPEAKER_00: I don't know if I can be asked to date because I'm going back home.
- 20:36SPEAKER_00: We were like, just go for it.
- 20:37SPEAKER_00: So there's the three of us in the group chat.
- 20:38SPEAKER_00: We were like, just go for it.
- 20:40SPEAKER_00: She said she has the best time.
- 20:41SPEAKER_00: We're tracking her location all night, as you do.
- 20:43SPEAKER_00: She ends up staying over.
- 20:45SPEAKER_00: Dude, let's stop out.
- 20:46SPEAKER_00: Anyway, two years later they're together, which is absolutely glorious.
- 20:50SPEAKER_00: He ended up going out to go and visit her, she's in the Cayman Islands.
- 20:53SPEAKER_00: Yeah, it's lovely, and he is the nicest human being on the planet.
- 20:57SPEAKER_00: Anyway, he's a fireman, so he then adopted the name Feynman Kyle.
- 21:01SPEAKER_00: To the point where now, if we talk about him or talk to him, we want to get his attention, it's either Feynman Kyle or it's FK.
- 21:10SPEAKER_00: And other people have also adopted it as well.
- 21:12unknown: Oh fuck.
- 21:13SPEAKER_00: So that's it's a great example of where it has just stuck.
- 21:17SPEAKER_00: But yeah, he is a Fynan, he's a 10 out of 10 guy.
- 21:20SPEAKER_00: Shout out Fyman Kyle.
- 21:22SPEAKER_00: We love ya.
- 21:22SPEAKER_02: Who loves ya, baby?
- 21:24SPEAKER_02: Just before we move on to this or that, before yeah, before we go on to this or that, one of the questions I got from a dear dear gal pan of ours was would we ever date someone with the same name as our ex?
- 21:40SPEAKER_00: No.
- 21:41SPEAKER_00: No hesitation, no.
- 21:43SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
- 21:44SPEAKER_02: Oh, PTSD, it's triggering, man.
- 21:46SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
- 21:47SPEAKER_02: See, I feel the same.
- 21:50SPEAKER_02: I know in a way you'd never get their name wrong.
- 21:55SPEAKER_02: Try dating someone with the same name as you.
- 21:58SPEAKER_02: We need to talk about that.
- 22:00SPEAKER_02: But it's fucking annoying for all of us.
- 22:03SPEAKER_00: It's confusing for all of us.
- 22:05SPEAKER_00: For all of you, it's confusing for me.
- 22:07SPEAKER_00: But I I yeah.
- 22:09SPEAKER_02: In the heat of passion, I couldn't do it.
- 22:12SPEAKER_02: No, and it depends what you associate said person with.
- 22:15SPEAKER_00: I think if you've had a nice ending, if you've had an amicable ending to your relationship, then I imagine it would be easier to say.
- 22:23SPEAKER_00: But I think given without going into too much detail, given what each of us have been through.
- 22:29SPEAKER_00: Went through with exes, it's a hard no from me.
- 22:32SPEAKER_00: You could be the most glorious person on the planet.
- 22:34SPEAKER_00: And nah, yin nah.
- 22:36SPEAKER_00: As the authors would say, yin nah.
- 22:38SPEAKER_00: Okay.
- 22:39SPEAKER_00: Talk to me about this three martini lunch.
- 22:43SPEAKER_02: Will you do one with me?
- 22:45SPEAKER_02: Hell yes.
- 22:47SPEAKER_02: Right, so you s we're gonna talk about three martini lunch.
- 22:50SPEAKER_02: I'm mad for it.
- 22:51SPEAKER_02: I fucking love a Vesper.
- 22:53SPEAKER_02: Who doesn't?
- 22:54SPEAKER_02: Basically just jet fuel in a glass.
- 22:56SPEAKER_02: But my question to you is I do you like vodka?
- 23:00SPEAKER_02: Do you like gin?
- 23:01SPEAKER_02: I like vodka, not gin.
- 23:03SPEAKER_02: Yeah, so you could do vodka martini.
- 23:06SPEAKER_02: Fruit juice in there, make it a little no, that's not a martini.
- 23:09SPEAKER_02: Oh, it takes the edge off.
- 23:11SPEAKER_02: When you do a three martini lunch, we do a three martini lunch.
- 23:15SPEAKER_02: And I'm talking about my birthday a couple of years ago when I had literally like what 16 Vespers?
- 23:20SPEAKER_00: Oh yeah, I've never seen someone sink that many.
- 23:23SPEAKER_00: It was take a bow, girl.
- 23:25SPEAKER_02: And that's basically just gin and vodka mixed with a bit of Ille Blanc and some lemon.
- 23:31SPEAKER_02: What a fucking champion.
- 23:33SPEAKER_02: That's that's what you're working with.
- 23:34SPEAKER_02: So could you do three of those with me over a long lunch?
- 23:37SPEAKER_02: I think I could I think I could.
- 23:40SPEAKER_02: I don't think I'd be able to do anything afterwards.
- 23:42SPEAKER_02: Well, that's the point.
- 23:43SPEAKER_02: So the whole point of three martini lunches, back in deer, when everyone was working their nine to fives and they were on Wall Street or you know in the banks in London or whatever.
- 23:54SPEAKER_02: Goldman Sachs, that kind of era.
- 23:56SPEAKER_02: Yeah, you know, you like so Smith Kleins in PwC.
- 23:59SPEAKER_02: They were doing a martini lunch, and it was like a couple of hours.
- 24:03SPEAKER_02: You had three martinis over a couple of hours, and they were all going back to work.
- 24:07SPEAKER_02: And I would like to see if we can do it.
- 24:10SPEAKER_00: Man alive.
- 24:11SPEAKER_00: I could have two pints, it would ruin me.
- 24:12SPEAKER_00: I'm three pint Charlie for a reason.
- 24:14SPEAKER_00: I used to be two-pint Charlie shouting at me.
- 24:16SPEAKER_00: I've up to my uh I've up to my game.
- 24:18SPEAKER_00: One pint wonder.
- 24:20SPEAKER_00: She's gonna one more.
- 24:21SPEAKER_00: My PB is six and a half.
- 24:23SPEAKER_00: Go on.
- 24:24SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we can test it.
- 24:25SPEAKER_00: I think, yeah, let's let's.
- 24:27SPEAKER_02: But you're not allowed a cup of tea afterwards.
- 24:29SPEAKER_02: Oh god! No, you're not allowed to come to tea.
- 24:32SPEAKER_00: Let's give her a whirl.
- 24:33SPEAKER_00: Watch me take a client call after three martinis.
- 24:36SPEAKER_02: What are the terms?
- 24:37SPEAKER_02: What is the charge?
- 24:42SPEAKER_00: Oh god.
- 24:43SPEAKER_00: Give her a whirl.
- 24:44SPEAKER_00: Um this or that, my lady.
- 24:46SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so we're gonna round up again with this or that.
- 24:48SPEAKER_00: So same as last time.
- 24:50unknown: Fuck.
- 24:51SPEAKER_00: Quick fire questions.
- 24:53SPEAKER_00: Quick fire answers.
- 24:55SPEAKER_00: Okay.
- 24:55SPEAKER_00: Are you ready?
- 24:56SPEAKER_00: I'm all yours.
- 24:58SPEAKER_00: Sleep with socks on or socks off?
- 24:59SPEAKER_00: Socks off.
- 25:00SPEAKER_00: Arrive everywhere early or fashionably late?
- 25:03SPEAKER_00: Early.
- 25:03SPEAKER_00: Big romantic gestures or small consistent efforts?
- 25:06SPEAKER_00: Small consistent efforts.
- 25:07SPEAKER_00: Time travel to the past or the future?
- 25:09unknown: Past.
- 25:10SPEAKER_00: Gas station sushi or airport pasta?
- 25:13SPEAKER_00: Uh pasta.
- 25:15SPEAKER_00: I like fresh sushi.
- 25:16SPEAKER_00: Plan everything or completely spontaneous?
- 25:18SPEAKER_02: Spontaneous, you know me.
- 25:19SPEAKER_00: Dating app or meeting in real life?
- 25:21SPEAKER_02: Meeting in real life.
- 25:22SPEAKER_02: 100%, hands down.
- 25:23SPEAKER_00: Take a bow.
- 25:24SPEAKER_00: That was very good.
- 25:24SPEAKER_02: Yeah, you've got my panties down if we meet in real life.
- 25:26SPEAKER_02: Boof, boof.
- 25:28SPEAKER_02: Um right, are you ready?
- 25:30SPEAKER_00: I'm ready.
- 25:31SPEAKER_02: Live in the countryside or city centre?
- 25:34SPEAKER_02: Countryside.
- 25:34SPEAKER_02: Obviously.
- 25:35SPEAKER_02: Loud at the restaurant or suffering silence with the wrong order.
- 25:39SPEAKER_02: Oh loud at the restaurant.
- 25:40SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
- 25:40SPEAKER_02: I'm the first to complain.
- 25:41SPEAKER_02: Of course you are.
- 25:43SPEAKER_02: Long distance or on and off relationship?
- 25:45SPEAKER_02: Long distance.
- 25:47SPEAKER_02: Street food from a dodgy van or a sad meal deal.
- 25:50SPEAKER_02: Oh, give me that kebab van anytime.
- 25:54SPEAKER_02: Big up the man in the laid by we love you.
- 25:56SPEAKER_02: Yeah, great gollet man.
- 25:57SPEAKER_02: Shoot your shot or wait for them to?
- 25:59SPEAKER_02: Shoot your shot.
- 26:00SPEAKER_02: 100%.
- 26:01SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
- 26:01SPEAKER_00: Eat something off the floor or something slightly out of date.
- 26:05SPEAKER_00: Something slightly out of date.
- 26:06SPEAKER_00: Almost everything I eat is slightly out of date.
- 26:09SPEAKER_00: And I'm I'm okay with it.
- 26:11SPEAKER_00: You look at me alarmed.
- 26:12SPEAKER_00: Do the sniff test.
- 26:14SPEAKER_00: Most things, it's a guide.
- 26:16SPEAKER_00: And if anything, it makes you gut stronger.
- 26:20SPEAKER_02: I feel like that's a different subject for you and I to talk about because slightly out of date.
- 26:26unknown: Yeah.
- 26:27SPEAKER_02: Uh rent forever in a city you love or own a home somewhere boring.
- 26:32SPEAKER_02: Rent forever.
- 26:33unknown: Obvious.
- 26:34SPEAKER_02: Who can afford to buy in this economy?
- 26:36SPEAKER_02: Well, no, but why would you want to be somewhere boring?
- 26:39SPEAKER_00: Choose happiness always.
- 26:41SPEAKER_00: And don't conform to social norms.
- 26:44SPEAKER_00: Societal pressures.
- 26:45SPEAKER_00: I mean, that's a whole other waller on it.
- 26:48SPEAKER_00: Go for it.
- 26:49SPEAKER_00: I feel like, and I guess just reassurance to anybody who is not where they think they should be.
- 26:57SPEAKER_00: As someone who has been where they thought they should have been, i.e., followed that normal social norm, and had everything come crashing down.
- 27:07SPEAKER_00: What I will say is that it's amazing how much pressure people put on you without even realizing.
- 27:15SPEAKER_00: And it's when are you gonna get engaged?
- 27:17SPEAKER_00: When are you gonna buy a house?
- 27:19SPEAKER_02: When are you gonna have children?
- 27:20SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and then if you say you don't want children, they look at you like you've got seven heads.
- 27:24SPEAKER_02: They go, You'll change your mind.
- 27:27SPEAKER_00: That's rage bait.
- 27:30SPEAKER_00: Cannot.
- 27:32SPEAKER_00: So I and it's even down to when people finish a marathon, for example, the first thing people say, What was your time?
- 27:42SPEAKER_00: There's all this pressure all the time.
- 27:43SPEAKER_00: Instead of just being like, Did you enjoy it?
- 27:45SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
- 27:46SPEAKER_00: Or asking someone where do you want to travel to next?
- 27:51SPEAKER_00: What's making you happy at the moment?
- 27:52SPEAKER_00: And I think it was only when I went through a pretty significant breakup, and it was amazing how much the social pressure went.
- 28:02SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
- 28:02SPEAKER_00: But it took for my whole world to come crashing down for people to stop asking me questions.
- 28:08SPEAKER_00: And I just think next time you're speaking to a friend, and I think speaking to Shout, my sister-in-law, they've got a beautiful 18-month-old, my little niece, Shout Ruby.
- 28:22SPEAKER_00: We love her.
- 28:22SPEAKER_02: Yeah, she's glorious.
- 28:24SPEAKER_00: The number of people that have asked her and my brother when they're having another one.
- 28:28SPEAKER_00: Are you gonna have another one?
- 28:29SPEAKER_00: And I'm like, come everyone just calm down.
- 28:31SPEAKER_00: Like, why is there it's like everybody has a need to be chasing something else rather than just being content and happy where they are, and I am here for that.
- 28:41SPEAKER_00: Like, it's okay if you're in your late 20s, in your 30s, in your 40s, and you're not married or you're not dating anybody, it's okay.
- 28:52SPEAKER_00: Like, I actually feel I learned a lot about myself through all of that, and I prioritise myself so much more now.
- 29:02SPEAKER_00: I've always been a very like fly by the city of pants, YOLO, you know me, I love a holiday.
- 29:07SPEAKER_00: But I prioritise my myself, my own happiness even more now.
- 29:11SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and I really wish that other people would do that and all these social pressures would just say Nara, see you later, no thank you.
- 29:20SPEAKER_02: Depends if you've been to peer pressure as well, I guess.
- 29:23SPEAKER_02: Like when I was in my early 20s, completely different to someone the person I am now.
- 29:29SPEAKER_02: Now I just tell everyone to get fucked.
- 29:31SPEAKER_02: Some fat one, leave me alone.
- 29:33SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
- 29:34SPEAKER_02: Probably happier than most of you anyway.
- 29:37SPEAKER_00: Exactly.
- 29:38SPEAKER_00: And so I think next week I'd really love us to touch on so if anyone has any suggestions on this, things that are better in your 30s.
- 29:45SPEAKER_00: So I think like as you grow up and you evolve, like what's better in your 30s than like 10 years ago?
- 29:50SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
- 29:51SPEAKER_00: Because let me tell you, for one, eating out 10 out of 10 better.
- 29:53SPEAKER_02: The holidays I go on so much better now.
- 29:57SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it's slightly better than going on a girls' trip to Shagaloof.
- 30:04SPEAKER_00: So in sync.
- 30:05SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
- 30:07SPEAKER_02: Anyway, we've hope you've enjoyed.
- 30:10SPEAKER_02: Obviously, this week is possibly a little bit deeper, as you said.
- 30:13SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
- 30:13SPEAKER_02: Um, but don't forget to submit your stories on Instagram, or you can email us at flockfridays at outlook.com.
- 30:20SPEAKER_02: It is all anonymous, no one's gonna be outed.
- 30:23SPEAKER_02: We're not gonna judge you.
- 30:25SPEAKER_02: If you want to send us a voice note, oh I'd love a voice note.
- 30:28SPEAKER_02: Fucking great too.
- 30:29SPEAKER_02: And any of your hinge or dating stories, we're here for it.
- 30:33SPEAKER_00: Any negative can be spun into a positive, let me tell you.
- 30:36SPEAKER_00: Any tragic date is a story for someone else.
- 30:40SPEAKER_00: And I'm here for it.
- 30:41SPEAKER_00: But without getting too deep, a little something to leave everyone with have a little follow of We Are Feel Good Club on Instagram.
- 30:48SPEAKER_00: They post really lovely quotes, nice mantras, that sort of thing.
- 30:51SPEAKER_00: And something I saw on there earlier on which hit me was you're allowed to be proud of what you did.
- 30:58SPEAKER_00: And I think in a world where we are not our own cheerleaders enough, I just want to applaud you for having, as you being Olivia, having the balls for taking an idea that you had, turning it into something tangible, putting yourself out there and rolling with it, taking the bull by the horns.
- 31:16SPEAKER_02: You gotta.
- 31:17SPEAKER_02: No one's coming to save you.
- 31:19SPEAKER_02: And it has been my brain child for a very long time.
- 31:23SPEAKER_02: And who is crazy enough to come along for the ride?
- 31:27SPEAKER_02: Lady Ride for a blowout.
- 31:28SPEAKER_02: So which in turn makes me proud of her because she's having to deal with me every Tuesday.
- 31:33SPEAKER_00: It means I get a regular date night with you, I'm absolutely here for it.
- 31:37SPEAKER_02: Speak for them more now than we did before.
- 31:41SPEAKER_00: So next week we want to hear your guilty pleasures.
- 31:44SPEAKER_00: I've got some good ones to strap yourselves in.
- 31:47SPEAKER_00: Your life hacks and things that get better in your 30s.
- 31:50SPEAKER_02: And any dating drama, hot topics, unsolicited advice you didn't ask for, it will obviously be from someone called Karen with a pixie cut.
- 31:58SPEAKER_02: But let us know.
- 31:59SPEAKER_02: It will be great.
- 32:00SPEAKER_02: We look forward to seeing you next week.
- 32:01SPEAKER_02: Look forward to seeing you next week.
- 32:03SPEAKER_02: Stay toxic.