Episode 28
28 | Existential Crisis | A Little Bit Bothered
This week on A Little Bit Bothered, we’re kicking off our brand new WTF segment—where we spill our weekly Wins, what Triggered us, and anything that was Funny or a full-on Fail. Nicole shares a cautionary tale about looking up your favorite audiobook narrator (spoiler: just don’t), and we collectively cringe at how imagination-ruining that turned out to be. Then we talk about a viral moment involving an 11-year-old singing on a delayed flight and the absolute audacity of adults being bothered by a child having her moment. Like… be serious. We also get into a millennial vs. Gen Z spiral over all the things that supposedly give Gen Z the ick—like side parts, punctuation, and being unironically obsessed with things that bring us joy (yes, even if it's Harry Potter, and no, we’re not sorry).
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my God, I'm not exaggerating. People need to hear this. When I say I was ready to take a bottle brush and be like, I'm not getting itching. So itchy. Holy cow, I about died.
Monica (:Whoa.
Nicole (:Ugh.
I think we're a little bit bothered. Yes, we are. We're your bothered bitches. We're your bitches.
Ashley (:We're a little bit bothered. Mm-hmm.
Monica (:Willa the Mother. Yeah, we are.
Kelsie (:We're a little bit
bothered
Nicole (:We're your bothered bitches. Okay, I'm Nicole.
Monica (:I'm Monica.
Ashley (:I'm Ashley.
Kelsie (:And I'm Kelsey.
Nicole (:We did it.
Ashley (:Hello.
Monica (:We did!
Kelsie (:We did
Nicole (:We
did it! Hooray! Okay, Dora.
Kelsie (:it!
Monica (:Okay, we've only probably got about
like two more minutes left of us having our shit together. So we gotta get going.
Nicole (:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we're on a time limit. Wait,
Ashley (:Yes.
Nicole (:Monica
Ashley (:Keep the ball rolling.
Nicole (:said five minutes to have our shit together, so that's all we got.
Monica (:Yeah, have, well, no, not five
minutes to have it together. It's just, we have five minutes of having it together. That's it. That's all. We cap out at that point.
Nicole (:Five minutes that we have it together. Yes, correct We've already lost it. It's already gone. It's already gone
Ashley (:you
It's over.
Kelsie (:The fact
that we've spent so long talking about how we have our shit together means that we don't.
Nicole (:We don't.
Literally don't. Gone. Yeah, it's, yeah, fake.
Ashley (:We used it up before we got on.
Monica (:It's a facade. It's a facade. All
right. Well, we are going to do something a little bit new this week. ⁓ We of course always vent and talk about all the things that bothered us. Again, whether it's serious or just the pettiest randomest shit, we are bothered by it we like to talk about it. So today we're going to introduce a new segment called the WTF, which is our quick recap of the things that we either loved or just bothered the shit out of it.
week. So we've got the W for the win of the week, the T which is what were you triggered by and then the F is where we have a little bit of flexibility and it's either what was funny as fuck for you this week or what is your FML moment of the week. So I'm curious, Nicole, what is your WTF?
Nicole (:Yeah.
Okay, ⁓ I don't really know that I have any wins really this week. well, I guess, okay. We built a shed, the shed is complete, so that's a win. ⁓ I did not build it, however, I did help my husband with the roof. That's how last week, I mentioned about my blister, I was raking the spot where the shed was going, and that's where I got the blister, but then I was helping my husband with the.
Ashley (:how sad.
but that is definitely a win.
Monica (:That was a big
win!
Kelsie (:Thank
Nicole (:the roof and I threw the plywood up to him, tried to, and I scraped my knee on the plywood. Like on the, you know, so I got another boo boo, okay? So that's my fuck my life. I got another, that's my F, I got another boo boo. ⁓ The shed is the win and also the fuck my life, yeah. And my triggered is I stand by not looking up.
Ashley (:you
Monica (:Oof.
Ashley (:⁓ no, we're Nicole.
Monica (:I don't know.
Ashley (:That's the win and the fuck my life.
See
Nicole (:audiobook narrators and sometimes even sometimes even frontmans of like bands or like you know whatever
Monica (:Mmmmm
Yes.
Kelsie (:Mystery is good sometimes. Ignorance is bliss. Ignorance is bliss.
Nicole (:Listen, mystery is great, okay? Yes.
Monica (:Mystery is so good. Just keep it in your imagination.
Yeah, keep it in your imagination.
Nicole (:Yes, especially in the genre of book that we enjoy. A lot of the times, the male character is a little spicy and supposed to be kind of sexy, right? ⁓ against my will, against my will, I found out what Teddy Hamilton looks like and I'm scarred for life. I do not encourage you to look him up.
Monica (:⁓ no.
Nicole (:For those who don't know, he actually does the voice of Xaden in Fourth Wing. He does a lot of Rebecca Yaros's books, a lot of the books that we read, that we love, that we hold dear to our heart.
Kelsie (:He does a lot of.
Monica (:Mm-hmm. He's a popular one.
Kelsie (:because he's got a sexy voice.
Ashley (:Have you guys all looked him up?
Have you looked him up? Monica, Kelsey?
Nicole (:Don't do it.
Monica (:I think I, I
think I did. Yeah. I know we couldn't help it. okay. So there's still hope. Okay. Yeah. Yes. I will not. We will not. There's another one too, that I like, I don't want to look up. Although I think I have seen him and I think he's okay if I remember correctly, but I'm trying to remember what he voices. want, ⁓ Raven hood series. What's his name? He was okay. I think if I remember right.
Kelsie (:I think Nicole made us one time.
Nicole (:no, no, we looked up Anthony Palamini. We looked up Anthony Palamini. That was... Don't look up daddy.
Kelsie (:so I'm not gonna look up Teddy. Okay, nevermind.
Nicole (:I don't know. I didn't listen to the Ravenhood.
Kelsie (:He's a
very popular guy- popular voice though, I think. Maybe.
Nicole (:I'll find out.
Monica (:Yes.
Nicole (:Hold
on. Because I did not listen to Raven Hood. I read it all. Thank you.
Kelsie (:he has a...
Monica (:Uhhh... Uhhh... I told you Nicole to listen to it. Like, not just once. Yes, Joe Arden.
Kelsie (:You gotta listen to the Raven Hood. ⁓
Nicole (:years I know you did and I did not Joe Arden he is pretty
okay no cuz I look at the wait hold on I did not look up Joe Arden I'm about to no I'm not going to I'm not going to I'm not going to I'm not gonna scar myself further
Monica (:I think he's, don't think that one will ruin
Ashley (:Yeah, you just said not to. ⁓
Kelsie (:Yeah
Monica (:it for you, but it definitely, the thing though is like when they voice multiple books and then you look them up, I feel like that kind of like messes with like the imagination of it. Yeah.
Nicole (:It ruins everything. It ruins everything.
Ashley (:Yeah, yeah, you shouldn't see them.
Nicole (:So Anthony Palamini, he does Kingfisher for Quicksilver. That's what we were talking about. That's how we got on this conversation in the group chat. And I had already seen him before listening to Quicksilver, just because I saw like the promo on who was going to be doing the voices. I don't even know how this happened, but I happened to see that.
Monica (:⁓
Nicole (:And I was like, ⁓ boy. And then I heard Kingfisher and I was like, ⁓ no, that's not, I can't, my brain doesn't compute that. He also did Rhysand in, yeah no, he also did Rhysand in the graphic audio of Akatar. So if you've ever listened to the graphic audio of Akatar, you've heard him. ⁓ But that's one where I'm like, he's so goofy looking, it doesn't compute when he's like a 1700 year old fey male. Like it's like so weird to me.
Monica (:That is not Kingfisher.
Ashley (:you
Nicole (:But Teddy, Teddy really, Teddy really fucked me up, okay? I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be mean. And this is another thing I'm bothered by is how fucking shallow I am right now. Like this is, like this is a first world problem.
Monica (:⁓ no. What I think is...
But the thing is like, but like, okay, think about it though. Is that like,
but like you're hearing that voice and you're learning it as part of a specific character. So it might not even be that like the person itself is unattractive. They just don't match that character, which is the letdown. And you're like, you're not understand. Like you're not being fished.
Nicole (:No they don't, they don't, they don't, they don't, they don't match any of the characters!
It's bad, no it's horrible.
Ashley (:I'm so tempted to look him up
now so that I can understand your feeling, but I don't want to. I'm afraid.
Nicole (:Do it. Just do it.
Monica (:But yeah, I'm with you.
Don't look them up. It ruins it. I would rather just have the imagination of what's in my head.
Nicole (:Especially Ashley because
Ashley you love the fourth wing so I wouldn't I just wouldn't Just wouldn't they're not Yeah, yeah, just don't do it They honestly should
Ashley (:Mm-hmm.
Kelsie (:They're not meant to have faces. Their face is meant to be the character described in the book. So you're not supposed to look them up. They should be anonymous, honestly.
Monica (:No. Yes. Yes.
Ashley (:No, they're not. They're not even real.
Yeah, they shouldn't give their names.
Monica (:Well, no, actually there
is there is one and I can't recall which series he does like he does a bunch of them. But actually on his Instagram, he doesn't have any like actual face pictures because I think because of that is like he wants it to stay with the character, which then I mean, I'm also wondering like, what do you actually look like? But, you know, from like a creative perspective where like your voice is I mean, I don't know if it's would be considered art or whatever, but like it is the product. Right. And so
Nicole (:smart, honestly. Smart.
Ashley (:Mmm.
Nicole (:Like, yeah, but-
Yeah. Yeah,
Ashley (:Mm-hmm.
Nicole (:yeah. It's your medium, I guess. Yeah. That's what I'm bothered by.
Monica (:I don't blame them. Yeah.
Yeah, I get that.
Ashley (:Wow, okay, that was good.
Nicole (:Same goes for like bands. don't sometimes I've looked up like my favorite band thinking that I love their voice I'm gonna love what they look like and I'm sorely disappointed like
Ashley (:You
Nicole (:Dreams, hopes, and dreams come crashing down. It's bad. It's horrible. It's very shallow. And I'm OK with that. OK, who wants to go next? ⁓ Who wants to go next? Meanie, meanie, miney, moe, Ashley go.
Monica (:It's true though. It's true though. It's so true.
Ashley (:You
Monica (:think we're allowed to have some shallow bits.
Ashley (:I'll go. I'll go. I'll do one. Okay.
Monica (:Let's hear it Ashley, what's your WTF?
Kelsie (:Yeah
Ashley (:Okay. My win of the week is we harvested a cucumber and carrots from the garden. ⁓ I, we built that garden over a year ago, so this is like the first stuff coming out of it.
Monica (:yeah which, by the way, I'm very yeah and I'm
Nicole (:Yeah you did.
Kelsie (:Yeah.
Nicole (:⁓ well.
Monica (:I'm very impressed because growing anything in the valley is it's difficult with the heat and everything and I know right now our weather is still good but it's hard.
Nicole (:hard.
Ashley (:Yes. ⁓
It is hard. And the dirt that we have is like not the greatest because dirt is actually surprisingly expensive. ⁓ So yeah, yeah, I'm happy. So that's definitely a win. ⁓ triggered. I'm triggered by. OK, so I cut my hair for anyone who's listening and not watching this. I cut probably like eight inches off my hair, I'm guessing. It's very short. It's like above my shoulder, like above my chin, almost like short. ⁓
Monica (:Yeah.
Very.
Nicole (:Mm-hmm.
Yes. It's so cute.
Monica (:and it's amazing.
Nicole (:That's crazy.
It's literally
a bob and it's very cute.
Ashley (:Yes,
the Bob Summer. I can tell when someone does not like my haircut because like literally, for example, there's one of my coworkers comes to my office and she says the day after I got it done, she said, my God, you cut your hair. Do you like it? What is that?
Monica (:Yes.
Nicole (:You have mom's summer.
You
That's a dead giveaway.
Monica (:Do you
like it?
Nicole (:That's a dead giveaway.
Ashley (:But multiple people, like
some people were like, my God, you got your hair cut, it's so cute. Like first of all, don't ask me if I got my hair cut. Obviously it's cut, obviously. And then when you say like, yeah, when people are like either, wow, it's short or do you like it? I'm like, if even if you didn't like it, just lie and say you did. Like why are you asking me that question? So weird.
Nicole (:Yeah, right,
Kelsie (:you
Monica (:It's not a trim.
Nicole (:Yeah, yeah.
Wow, nice haircut. That's all you have to say.
Monica (:Right?
Yeah.
Kelsie (:you
Ashley (:Yeah, so that's annoying. Hopefully it's done now because I feel like I've seen most people since I cut it now. ⁓
Nicole (:Yeah, and they're over it.
Monica (:Well, I think they're wrong
for the record. Your hair is so cute. You pull it off. You can have a Bob Summer and rock it. Yeah.
Ashley (:Thank you. Thank you.
Nicole (:Mm.
Kelsie (:Yes, I like it a lot.
Ashley (:Bob Summer. I'm gonna have to, whether I want it to or not now. We're here. Okay,
for the F, I was gonna do something funny as fuck, which you three already know. But so me and Monica had a pool day yesterday. ⁓ We're getting ready to go swimming and my three year old, he just comes over to the table where we were eating our lunch and he says to me, the white pool is for the white kids. That's what he said, right? Is that how he said it?
Monica (:Ha ha ha!
Ashley (:And I said, what? I said, what? Yeah. And then he said it again. And I was like, why? I just, I don't know. He no, yes, he's my husband is half black. And so I'm like, but, but that's irrelevant. I mean, he doesn't even know that he's only three. Like I told Monica, like I, I don't know why he's saying this right now.
Monica (:I so. But he's like so little. Like so little so you can't even understand it like perfectly.
The way-
Kelsie (:For context,
he's not, he's not white, he's not fully white.
Nicole (:He's mixed, right, yeah. ⁓
Monica (:Yeah.
But the way we froze...
Kelsie (:Yeah.
Nicole (:That
is so funny though.
Ashley (:Nobody's means by that. I think really like they identify people by like the color shirt they're wearing or something. And the pool was white. So I'm like, I don't know. I literally don't know. But it was very, very funny.
Monica (:Yeah.
Yeah, we just sat there and
Nicole (:That's so funny. The
Kelsie (:you
Nicole (:white kids go in the white pool.
Monica (:we looked at each other.
Ashley (:I asked him, like
I understood him the first time, but I was like, what did you say? Cause I was like hoping he was going to say something different. I'm like.
Kelsie (:Hahaha
Nicole (:Try again, dude. What? my god, that's so funny.
Monica (:And then we're just like, this is not okay.
Ashley (:Yeah, we just, I don't even think I
responded. I think me and Monica just laughed for like five minutes straight. I was like choking on my sandwich.
Nicole (:Like, all right.
Monica (:Like we just like couldn't believe
it. Like did that really just happen?
Ashley (:Yeah, that was really something. So
Nicole (:god, that is so funny.
Ashley (:I have like a little list of things he says that are funny. need to put that in there because, yeah, I'm glad it was just at Monica's house. like, like, imagine if we were at like a new person's house, you know, like. Yeah.
Nicole (:This is...
Kelsie (:Yeah.
Monica (:I'm like, I get it. It's okay. Like I won't judge
Nicole (:feel like you
guys are even now. I feel like you guys are even because last week we talked about how Monica's kid said your bathroom was disgusting and now... It's alright, it's the
Monica (:you
Ashley (:Yeah
Kelsie (:Heh.
Ashley (:No, but
Monica (:So fast.
Ashley (:I don't know why, why he said that. So it was funny though. Okay. Kelsey, your turn.
Nicole (:Thank
Kelsie (:Thank
Okay. I have to recover from this. I need a second. Let me... Okay. My win is that I got to see the baby in 3D. I've never had a 3D ultrasound before, so I was very excited.
Ashley (:Yay.
Monica (:That's so fun. Mm-hmm.
Ashley (:And she's looking cute.
Nicole (:Those are fun. You never had one?
Kelsie (:Yeah.
Uh-uh. Nope. I've always just had the one at the beginning and then like a 20-week regular one. But now I get them all the time.
Nicole (:⁓ I love them.
Monica (:Mm-hmm.
Nicole (:No.
You're an ultrasound pro. She's so cute though.
Kelsie (:Yeah.
Monica (:Right.
Ashley (:Mm-hmm.
Kelsie (:And then my trigger is that, I don't know if you guys have seen this, but the girl that sang Moana on the delayed flight, on the delayed Delta flight, she sang like the full Moana song. My trigger is not the child singing Moana, which is what everyone else is triggered about. My trigger is that everyone else is...
Monica (:Yes.
Yeah.
Ashley (:Wait, I didn't see it. Wait,
I didn't see it. It was a child singing? Yeah, explain it maybe. Okay.
Nicole (:I also did not see it.
Monica (:She's an 11 year old. Yeah.
Kelsie (:Yes, she was 11. She
was an 11 year old. the flight was it sounded, correct me if I'm wrong, sound like they were delayed on the ground and then even maybe delayed in the air a little bit too. I was unclear.
Monica (:Yeah, I don't know, because
I saw the description in like two different ways. Like they were waiting to land and so they were like circling. But then most of the other posts I saw that they were like delayed on the tarmac. And I think that's really more of what it is. It's like they were all frustrated being delayed on the tarmac.
Kelsie (:Yeah.
Yeah.
So anyway, somebody decided to let this girl sing on the intercom and she sang Moana's theme song.
Ashley (:Mmm.
Nicole (:She
was singing.
Monica (:Intercom.
Nicole (:⁓
Ashley (:⁓
okay.
Okay.
Monica (:Which
Nicole (:I love
Monica (:by
Nicole (:it.
Monica (:the way was not that bad. Like, I mean, it was like 11 year olds voice. Yeah.
Kelsie (:I mean, she wasn't like, yeah,
was neither here nor there. was just her singing me one. The thing is, is that people are losing their fucking minds about it. posted videos from the flight and people commenting and they're just like, ⁓ would have jumped out of the airplane if I had to endure that or like all these dramatic things. And this poor child, like,
Monica (:Yeah, she was cute. Yeah.
Nicole (:She was singing. She
was having a good time.
Monica (:Yes. ⁓
Mm-hmm.
Kelsie (:She was just, she's just a kid. Like she was just, I don't know how it got brought up, but I'm sure she was just thrilled to death because she's gonna get to perform Moana.
Monica (:Mm-hmm.
Ashley (:Mm-hmm.
Monica (:right she was like
we're all frustrated i'll make you feel better like let me sing you a song
Nicole (:Over the intercom, right. ⁓
Kelsie (:Yeah,
and then these adults are just like losing their minds over two minutes of the like was it I'm sure that it was not I'm sure you were annoyed and I'm sure it's not ideal. I'm not saying it was a good idea I'm not saying any saying anybody should have allowed anybody to sing on the mic but though the internet has blown it up and I'm like I pray to God these parents are sheltering her so hard right now and she's not catching wind of this
Monica (:Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Kelsie (:And if they
are, like I pray to God her friends aren't catching wind of it because this poor little girl is like gonna be traumatized from this experience. These people are so hateful.
Ashley (:Mm-hmm.
Monica (:Yeah, because she's known as the Moana girl now. Mm-hmm. Well,
Nicole (:Kids are mean.
And that's a really dumb,
that is such a dumb thing for people to get upset about.
Monica (:It's so, like it's just such an
unimportant thing in the grand scheme of your entire day. But then the other thing about that, because I went down the rabbit hole and was watching a few videos about it, and then I realized that a bunch of the videos being posted where people were complaining weren't even on the actual plane. Yeah, and so then they're just making fun of her being like, I was on the plane.
Nicole (:Yeah.
Ashley (:Yes.
Kelsie (:No, they were just using the sound from the original video and like...
Ashley (:Mm.
Monica (:delayed and this happened and then you can tell that like their seats are completely different than the seats in the video with the little girl and you're like you're just literally using an 11 year old girl to get some likes on your page.
Kelsie (:It's fucked up. It is. And I saw a video of somebody who was so mad at Delta's apology because Delta said, you know. Yeah, they did blow it off and they said they basically basically they just apologize for the wait and they're like, they're like, I demand an apology for making me listen to this 11 year old saying basically is what they were saying. It's like, why would Delta?
Ashley (:Yeah, it's really pathetic.
Nicole (:That's wild.
I hate the internet.
Monica (:They kind of blew it off.
Ashley (:Cause it's stupid.
Nicole (:Yeah.
Monica (:Yeah.
Kelsie (:Rag on a child just so you feel better. Like they're not going to issue an apology about this kid singing. Like no.
Monica (:Seriously.
Nicole (:Yeah. Over a child singing. Yeah.
Monica (:Well,
so I think the other thing too is like there's kind of some hypocrisy about it in a way. I don't know if that's exactly what it would be, but it's like you see so many videos of like Southwest flight attendants and like they're singing there, they're doing their thing. And like, I get that that's a totally different vibe, but is it not similar? Like it's some form of entertainment where somebody was trying to make your day a little bit better when you were delayed and it sucked. Like, can't we appreciate that? ⁓
Kelsie (:Mm-hmm.
Nicole (:And it's like, okay, so I
think we got like this, you know, like sometimes the ⁓ pilots will let like certain kids or whatever go into the cockpit and like look around and then they'll give them like a little sticker or like the whatever. That's what I'm equating this as. Like the flight attendant saw an opportunity to make the kid happy. So they made the kid happy. Who gives a fuck about the rest of you?
Monica (:Yeah.
Ashley (:Yeah.
Monica (:Yeah, like what a fun thing.
Kelsie (:We have small, yes, we have
Monica (:Yes!
Kelsie (:small times throughout life where we have the ability to give a kid confidence and joy and just whatever and that was two minutes. You were stuck on the plane, it's shitty either way. Why are you ruining this kid's whole self ⁓ confidence? Yes, just fuck off.
Nicole (:joy and like yeah.
Monica (:Yes.
Right.
Nicole (:Right. You were gonna be stuck there anyway. Whether she was singing or not,
Monica (:Yeah.
Nicole (:you weren't going anywhere.
Monica (:I do want to say, though, that I did also see some videos that did look real of some people who were on the plane who were like, no, but like she really was good and like it was fun. So at least there's there's there's some people who were like actually on the plane who could appreciate it for what it's it's worth. But I think it's also the people who weren't even there who are making such a big deal out of it. And it's like you weren't even on the plane like you didn't even hear it. Like if you don't like the song, scroll past.
Nicole (:okay. Well, that's good.
Ashley (:I'm sure that's what it is. Yeah.
Nicole (:And
Kelsie (:Yeah.
Ashley (:It's just like a viral story, so people jump on it.
Nicole (:yeah, and the problem with that too, but for as much positive as there is, know, there's going to be like four times the negative. And that's what's sad about the internet today.
Monica (:Move on! Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely.
Kelsie (:Yeah, but it's just, yeah.
Yeah. I'm all for just,
Monica (:absolutely. ⁓
Kelsie (:you know what, complain when, especially airlines, when they're fucking your life up, but for fuck's sake, leave her out of it.
Monica (:Yeah.
Nicole (:little girl have her moment.
Monica (:Seriously.
Ashley (:Leave the children alone.
Nicole (:She didn't do anything, literally. Leave the children alone.
Kelsie (:I'm about to track her down and put her on our podcast as seeing Moana for two minutes. seriously, just leave her the fuck alone.
Monica (:Seriously. She was adorable. I liked her. I think it's
Ashley (:She'd have a smaller
Monica (:fine.
Ashley (:audience than she had on the plane.
Nicole (:I need to go look this up now though. I need to go look this up She's more famous than we are we're too small for her mediocre podcast Yeah Yeah, that is a favorite us mediocre podcast over here
Kelsie (:Hahaha!
Ashley (:She turned us down.
Monica (:Well.
She'll turn us down.
Kelsie (:She's like, yeah, sorry, no. She is.
Monica (:It's true.
Ashley (:Literally, actually maybe she would help us. That's a favor to us.
Kelsie (:Yeah, that would be a favorite of us.
Monica (:Seriously, seriously, can you please help us?
Ashley (:that's funny.
Why don't one of you guys sing on a plane intercom so we can get famous?
Monica (:Oh, I'm good. That is all you. That is all you. Okay.
Nicole (:I would. You want me to sing Moana? Taking requests. Taking requests. I am
Ashley (:Yeah, anything.
Nicole (:Moana!
Kelsie (:Okay, my
funny, it's like honestly a funny as fuck mixed with an FML altogether. And it's that at my doctor's appointment this week, I had my gestational diabetes test. And I did not have gestational diabetes, so yay for that. But I did leave diagnosed with a yeast infection, so FML.
Monica (:you
Yay!
Nicole (:Leave that.
Sorry, I'm so sorry.
Monica (:Yeah, that is a very true FMO. What is funny about that?
Kelsie (:But it's kind of funny, but.
Nicole (:Yeah, she what did what did you send to the group chat the other day?
Ashley (:Yeah, that's an FML for sure.
Yeah, why is it funny? Sounds terrible.
Nicole (:It's funny because she sent a group chat with I a picture to the group chat with ice on her crotch. That's what's funny about it. Okay, she was that was the funny part. He was like, I don't know what's wrong with me.
Kelsie (:because it's life.
Monica (:Okay, that was funny.
Ashley (:That was, yeah.
Kelsie (:Yeah, it was...
Monica (:That's true. That was funny.
Kelsie (:Something's wrong. I never had one before. was like, what the fuck is going on? Seriously, honestly, you should all feel blessed because my OB is like, you never had one? And I was like, no, she's like, usually I feel like it's at least like once a pregnancy. And I'm like, no, never in my life until now. And then the treatment...
Nicole (:Me either. None of us can help you. We're useless. All of us were useless.
Ashley (:Mm-hmm.
Monica (:What? Interesting. Interesting, yeah. I don't know that struggle.
Ashley (:⁓ wow.
Nicole (:No, that's weird. That's so crazy.
Ashley (:No.
Kelsie (:for the first two days is worse than the fucking yeast infection. my God, I'm not exaggerating. People need to hear this. When I say I was ready to take a bottle brush and be like, I'm not getting itching. So itchy. Holy cow, I about died.
Ashley (:⁓ yeah, I forgot you said that, yeah.
Monica (:Whoa.
Nicole (:Ugh.
Kelsie (:You need to know things you need to know in case you ever get one. If you've never had one and then you get one, just know the first two nights, knock yourself out as fast as you can.
Nicole (:Things you need to know in case you ever have to take Monostat.
Ashley (:Bye!
Monica (:Thank
Nicole (:You
Kelsie (:because it's gonna itch so bad you will want to die
Nicole (:Take some Benadryl, go to sleep.
Ashley (:You
Nicole (:Monica cannot compose
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Ashley (:I think
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Kelsie (:And this is why I said it's funny as fuck and an FML.
Monica (:you
Nicole (:Yeah, the bottle brush, yeah. ⁓
Kelsie (:I'm telling you, nothing else makes...
Monica (:Yeah
Kelsie (:Nothing else would do it, I'm telling you.
Nicole (:We've had a lot of really invasive conversations this week, if you will. It's been a week in the bottle. Well, sorry, hold on. The bottle brush. My brain can't compute.
Ashley (:Truly.
Monica (:We certainly
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Kelsie (:not doing it.
Ashley (:In the bottle brush.
Kelsie (:They can't erase the bottle brush image from their mind.
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Monica (:my gosh,
Ashley (:No, truly
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Ashley (:cannot.
Monica (:It's just that motion, my gosh Kelsey, that was so visual.
Kelsie (:needed you to understand how aggressively itchy it was.
Ashley (:It was like a full range of motion for her arm.
Monica (:You
Nicole (:Thank you.
Kelsie (:Watch the YouTube clip, I promise it's worth it. And while you're there, subscribe to YouTube.
Monica (:Yes.
Ashley (:Oh my god.
Nicole (:We'll make it a reel. We'll
Ashley (:Yeah,
Nicole (:make it a reel.
Monica (:All righty. Well,
Ashley (:yeah, please.
Monica (:seriously. All right. Well, my WTF of the week. So my win is really silly and stupid. I don't care. I got one of the viral ⁓ little raft tanning bed things that Ashley used yesterday. That is a solid win. Like that was the best like 30, 40, however many dollars I spent. I don't know. Best $30 I've spent in a while. That thing's amazing. Right?
Ashley (:Yes.
Mm-hmm. It was nice. I might get one.
Yeah.
Monica (:You
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Ashley (:Mm-hmm.
Nicole (:There you go. There you go.
Ashley (:Should I get it? Should I not?
Nicole (:Hehehehe
Monica (:You should,
Nicole (:⁓
Monica (:absolutely. It was comfortable. A win is a win, so that's my win. ⁓ What am I triggered by? Watching Secret Lives of Mormon Wives this week.
Ashley (:It was comfortable. ⁓
Nicole (:Hey,
a win is a win.
my God, the cultural phenomenon.
Ashley (:man, she got on a rant about the secret.
She got on a rant about the Mormon wives yesterday.
Monica (:Right? I did.
I did. So I'm going to give you like the concise version of it today. I am just like flabbergasted that they call themselves friends and like they are the worst friends. They are the worst friends I've ever seen ever. And like I've seen TikToks where they're like, no, like the drama is real. Like the issues that we're fighting about are real. Like those aren't prompted. And I'm like, if that's really your fights, like
Nicole (:⁓ they don't seem like friends.
Monica (:I have walked away from friendships for less. Absolutely not. Absolutely not. And like the entire show, like in all of their confessionals, they're just like, this is not what we stand for in mom talk. And like, this is not what mom talk is all about. Like it's about how we're each other and like just friendship and this is not what it is. And the entire time I'm like, but when do we see you guys do that? When does that happen?
Nicole (:Just the word, just the word mom talks
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Monica (:I
Ashley (:You
Monica (:I know. I know.
Ashley (:Mm-hmm.
Monica (:I mean, well. And like.
I still have to watch the last episode of the season, but I've seen enough stuff on social media that I'm pretty sure I know what happens. But it's the train wreck I can't look away from, and I'm very much triggered. And I just really hope that younger generations watching this do not think that that's what friendship is supposed to look like, because holy crap, is not. They are the worst. They're entertaining, but they are the worst. Yes.
Nicole (:No.
At the very least, yeah. That's
great. I haven't watched a single episode of that, but.
Monica (:I had
Ashley (:later.
Monica (:no intentions
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Nicole (:There you go. Yeah. Now you're sucked in. Now you're sucked in. ⁓
Kelsie (:I'm
Nicole (:Your F.
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Monica (:Right? birthday, James. But then with that, I saw a TikTok that made me laugh. And so it's kind of a little bit of both. It's a funny and an FML because I hate aging. I hate getting old. I hate like the reality of it. ⁓ But then I saw this TikTok. Let me just send you guys the links so you guys can see her.
Kelsie (:What's your age
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Monica (:Six and a half years. Six and a half years.
Nicole (:Monica's 35.
Kelsie (:did I not know this? Did I know this and forget? I don't know. Okay.
Monica (:I don't know. Yes. ⁓
Ashley (:Yes.
Nicole (:I was going say, we have talked
Ashley (:I forgot too.
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Monica (:Yeah, yeah, he's almost like seven years older than me.
Kelsie (:Somehow
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Monica (:It was,
you know what, it was a little bit of a thing because when I met him, yeah, when I met him I was 18 but we didn't start dating until I was 19. But even then it was just like, okay. It happened, it's fine.
Ashley (:Mmm.
Kelsie (:Yeah.
Nicole (:It's funny. It happens.
Ashley (:Ooh, yeah.
Kelsie (:Yeah.
Nicole (:It's funny.
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Ashley (:You
Monica (:Yeah, I know, I know.
Ashley (:The age gap and the church. Yeah, meeting at church, yeah.
Monica (:Yeah,
yeah.
Nicole (:The
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Monica (:Yes, yes it has. Well, and it
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Monica (:was kind of an interesting thing because like we didn't originally like have intentions of dating. We became best friends first and then it was like a year later that it just kind of happened and I was not prepared for it, like it happened. And by not prepared, it's like I had the feelings for him that I didn't acknowledge for a long time. I'm not prepared for him. He was being very patient.
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Kelsie (:Yeah. Yeah.
Monica (:There's some funny
Nicole (:man.
Monica (:stories in there for another time. ⁓ Okay, so have you guys ever seen the videos from ⁓ Grandma Carolyn on TikTok before? Okay. So she's hilarious. Let me just send you a video.
Ashley (:No.
Nicole (:I don't think so.
my God. Never seen her.
Kelsie (:I have seen her a lot. She's funny.
Monica (:She's so funny. Yeah,
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Nicole (:Okay. ⁓
Ashley (:you
Kelsie (:Honestly, older
Nicole (:Yes.
Kelsie (:people
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Monica (:Yeah they are. I keep telling my mom this.
Ashley (:Mm-hmm.
Nicole (:Do your thing, do something.
Monica (:Seriously,
Nicole (:There's
Monica (:I guess...
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Monica (:Mm-hmm. ⁓
Nicole (:And she has headphones on and she'll put on like some EDM fucking song and she pretends to be a DJ and it's always the songs that I love so I'm like yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, and I don't know who she is. Next time I come back.
Ashley (:you
Monica (:Ha
Ashley (:That's funny.
Monica (:It's just like they're so stupid but funny.
Kelsie (:There's this old couple, there's
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Ashley (:⁓ man.
Monica (:think I know who you're talking about. It is so funny.
Nicole (:⁓ God.
Kelsie (:They
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Ashley (:you
Nicole (:You
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Nicole (:NUH!
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Kelsie (:I think that
Ashley (:Mm-hmm.
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Monica (:Yeah!
Nicole (:for sure.
Monica (:Yes. Well, and it's not even just
Nicole (:Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Ashley (:Yeah.
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Nicole (:Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Ashley (:Ugh, yes. Yeah.
Kelsie (:It's a whole spiral. It's a whole spiral. Listen, I used to go down
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Nicole (:I believe it coming from you I believe it
Monica (:Yeah, it's so scary. It's so scary.
Ashley (:my God.
Monica (:my
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Nicole (:It's very Kelsey coded, I believe you. Wait, before we move
Ashley (:Yeah.
Nicole (:on though,
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Monica (:Yes, that's right. I
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Monica (:No, I feel like this week has been like two years.
Nicole (:Well,
okay.
Monica (:Like
that was a long time ago. But yes, that's true. I did. I finally went on my first run since my mommy makeover and it was the first run and I don't know how many years, like probably like 10 since like I was pregnant for the first time. ⁓ Where I ran and I wasn't in pain from like my pelvic floor being completely not existent and not needing to pee my pants, which was like huge. So I am.
Nicole (:Yeah.
Kelsie (:Yeah
Nicole (:All right.
Yeah. That's awesome. Good job, Dr. Belly
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Monica (:Yes, yeah, Dr. Pellet-Floater. But yes, but I'm super excited because
Ashley (:Dr. Pelvic floor now.
Kelsie (:He
Ashley (:⁓ Yeah.
Monica (:Ashley and I are supposed to do a mud run in think November. And not gonna lie, I was a little bit nervous. was a little nervous that this was gonna be problematic for me, but I'm very excited. I think I will be just fine, so.
Ashley (:Mm-hmm.
Yes, you
Nicole (:Yeah,
Ashley (:will.
Nicole (:you got that first one under your belt and I'll be good and it didn't hurt. There was no nothing. So you should be good. Easy peasy. No shenanigans.
Monica (:Yes. Yes. Yes. But on that
Ashley (:No shenanigans.
Monica (:note, I don't think I ever foresaw sharing on social media that I don't pee my pants. So that was fun. I don't think I ever foresaw how much ⁓ we would talk about that in motherhood of peeing your pants. And so I think it's come up like every episode of this podcast. So this is just the don't pee your pants podcast. Yes.
Nicole (:Yeah, well, you know.
Mm. Mm-hmm.
Ashley (:I'm
Nicole (:Yes.
Kelsie (:Gotta keep it real.
Monica (:But, okay, so speaking of getting old, Ashley, you were telling us about something you were reading.
Ashley (:Yes, okay, I read this article and it's basically, it's things that Gen Z wish millennials would stop doing from a bunch of millennials, okay, from a podcast full of millennials. They're funny. Okay, I'm gonna read you some of the best ones, some of my favorite ones.
Monica (:Oh dear. I have feeling I'm gonna have some thoughts on this.
Nicole (:is saying bye one of them.
Ashley (:So the first one says, uh, Gen Z hates when millennials, um, have the Jim and Pam style relationship that they love to broadcast. And then it says millennials love telling you that they fart in front of their girlfriend of 11 years.
Monica (:I love Jim and Pam.
Nicole (:means. Yeah, me either. I don't, we don't understand. We don't understand.
Kelsie (:I need somebody to break this. I've never seen The Office. I need you to explain this Jim and Pam thing to me.
Monica (:Yeah, that
Ashley (:⁓ my god. Never mind. You know what? Stop.
Monica (:⁓ It's just
Ashley and I that like the office and you guys are missing out. It's not the vampire diaries, but you know. ⁓
Ashley (:Sometimes I think, yeah, I don't even know how we're friends, if you guys don't like The Office.
Nicole (:you
Kelsie (:do fart.
I do fart in front of my husband. I want to say that he sent me a picture of a toilet that was like a double-wide toilet like two people could sit on it and I was like we would absolutely take shits together so if that's what you mean then yes Millennials are yes
Ashley (:my God. Okay, yeah. Okay.
Nicole (:No, my god. Sorry.
Monica (:Yeah, yeah,
yes, you track on that. Yes, you track on that for sure.
Ashley (:Kelsey fits the category. There you have it. Okay. The next thing that Gen Z hates that millennials do, it says they need to stop their obsession with Harry Potter.
Nicole (:Mwahaha
Monica (:F that,
Kelsie (:Never. Never,
Monica (:they can suck it. Hufflepuff
Kelsie (:never.
Ashley (:Yeah, I, I, I agree.
Monica (:for life.
Kelsie (:Yeah.
Ashley (:Okay, it goes on to say, I'm part of several fandoms, but I would never walk around and say things like, ugh, I'm such a Hufflepuff.
Nicole (:you
Kelsie (:Thank you.
Monica (:don't even care. I am. I am.
Ashley (:AKA Baraka
Kelsie (:It's funny because I would have
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Kelsie (:Go ahead.
Ashley (:He made me retest.
my god.
Monica (:Just to like really drive that one home, he me a ton of like hufflepuff
Nicole (:you
Ashley (:You
Kelsie (:I do that to Trevor because the first time he ever took the test he got Ravenclaw and he was so upset about it and like he denied that he was Ravenclaw and then he took it again later on and he got Gryffindor but now anytime we're out of store I'm like here you need this Ravenclaw thing like here's your Ravenclaw thing and it just really chaps his ass
Monica (:I wouldn't be two.
Nicole (:Thank
Monica (:Yeah, I don't blame him. I don't want to be a Ravenclaw either.
Nicole (:I didn't I didn't get into that until I like later in life. You guys know I've never read the books I've only watched the movies you guys know this
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Monica (:Harry, see, Harry Potter is
Ashley (:You need to the books. Yeah.
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Ashley (:Mm.
Nicole (:But but I did take the test at the
Ashley (:Okay, yes.
Nicole (:behest of you guys you guys made me take the test and it turns out I am a Gryffindor because I thought it was what one did I think I was I don't remember Yeah, yeah. Yeah. I was like, think I'm but I swear I'm a Slytherin I Don't remember if you did I know I know we have this whole conversation about it and Monica and Kelsey made me
Monica (:Yeah.
Kelsie (:Slytherin probably.
Ashley (:Did I take the test? I don't remember taking the test.
I don't know if I did and I don't know if I've ever taken it. I feel like I probably have, but I don't remember.
Monica (:Yeah.
Kelsie (:This
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Ashley (:So anyways, we're a bunch of millennials. Okay,
Monica (:Yeah, it really is.
Nicole (:Yeah.
Ashley (:moving on. ⁓ Here's a good one. Stop saying we did a thing. ⁓
Nicole (:I guess.
Kelsie (:you
Nicole (:No, I will not. That's
Monica (:But we do do things. Yeah.
Nicole (:my favorite. We do many things.
Monica (:We do do things though, and I like saying it. Yeah, I guess it is now that I think about it. We share announcements and we go, I did a thing.
Ashley (:I'm guilty of that.
Kelsie (:I didn't know that was a millennial thing.
Ashley (:Yeah, I think that's like the no, that's yeah, that's the original
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Kelsie (:You
Monica (:Yeah, yeah, so I did a thing.
Nicole (:Yeah!
Kelsie (:I
⁓
Monica (:Yeah, I get it. I can get that one, but also,
Nicole (:my god. Hold on.
Monica (:yeah, whatever.
Kelsie (:I might have said that
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Nicole (:Hehehehe
Ashley (:Yeah, you probably did, see?
Monica (:Ha ha!
Ashley (:Okay, this one says, I hate when millennials are like, okay, at least we didn't eat Tide Pods as if there weren't people planking on balconies. ⁓
Kelsie (:Oh my god, this is hilarious because I saw the TikTok the other day where this girl's like guess what year I graduated based on these pictures and there's a bunch of pictures and like two or three of them are her planking and I'm like, okay I'm guessing 2012 because I also have pictures planking from my senior year. Why the fuck did we do that? Hers was 2013 so
Monica (:Okay.
Ashley (:No.
Monica (:Mm-hmm.
Nicole (:Yeah.
Monica (:Let me just say, even
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Nicole (:So funny.
No, it was funny.
Can't relate.
Monica (:where Kevin
Ashley (:Yes.
Monica (:tries to shorten his sentences. I'm like, that's what you guys sound like. You're all in college getting like bachelor's degrees and you sound like toddlers. Like what is wrong with you? It's true.
Kelsie (:This is why she's a Hufflepuff. Actually, that's kind of Ravenclaw
Ashley (:Yeah.
Nicole (:Yeah.
Kelsie (:energy a little bit, actually. I don't know.
Nicole (:You ⁓
Monica (:No, that's very Hufflepuff and I'm just like, you guys are idiots. Well, I did say it nicely, but that's also why I have no issue saying this right now is because I told all of them at the time that they looked like freaking idiots and they needed to stop. ⁓
Kelsie (:Hufflepuff might be too nice to say that.
Nicole (:Okay, so I graduated
in: Monica (:Yeah, no, I agree with Gen
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Kelsie (:Although, I don't. I still think eating
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Monica (:Yes. I will. Yes.
Nicole (:Thank you.
Ashley (:This stuff is getting dumber. Yes. Yeah.
Nicole (:I don't think so, probably not.
Monica (:But if we're being honest, like planking was just like the ripple effect of what led to Tide Pods. So it's kind of our fault.
Nicole (:you
Ashley (:Listen, it was just some good
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Kelsie (:Honestly.
Monica (:you
Ashley (:Can't a bitch just lay down somewhere, you know?
Kelsie (:We were
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Nicole (:And she tries to take a nap. Yeah, true. Cornfields,
Monica (:Seriously. Yeah.
Nicole (:that's just you, friend.
Ashley (:I didn't do that. I drank
Kelsie (:Well.
Ashley (:a lot
Monica (:mean,
Ashley (:of Mike's Hard Lemonade and never in a cornfield, okay?
Monica (:the forest, so the forest with bonfires.
Nicole (:Yeah, yeah, we were in the desert. We're in the desert or the forest.
Yep.
Kelsie (:I'm sorry, I'm
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Ashley (:Yeah, it's evident.
Monica (:Yes, it's alright. I had the equivalent. I had the equivalent. It was just in the forest.
Nicole (:you
Kelsie (:Yeah ⁓
Ashley (:Okay, this
Nicole (:Yes,
you did.
Ashley (:one, I might agree. Okay, it says stop the pet worship. Like sure, pets are nice, but a lot of millennials seem to think they are exactly the same as human children, which is so true. People do that and it is very annoying.
Monica (:Yeah.
Nicole (:That is true.
Monica (:Yeah.
Kelsie (:I don't think
Nicole (:Listen.
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Ashley (:Yeah.
Monica (:Yeah.
Ashley (:Yeah, it's a certain type of people, not necessarily
Monica (:Mm-hmm.
Ashley (:a certain generation.
Monica (:I agree, although
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Ashley (:yeah, yeah, exactly.
Yeah.
Nicole (:Not the same.
Not like
Ashley (:All right, I have two more.
one just says, I hate millennials. What the hell is adulting?
Kelsie (:Thanks.
Nicole (:It's what I had to do It's what I had to do the other day.
Monica (:You wouldn't know because you're not doing it yet.
Kelsie (:Hahaha.
Nicole (:I had to actually adult and oh This is what I was gonna share as my win, and I totally forgot I actually did the adulting thing and bought the like washer cleaner for my washing machine and
Monica (:⁓ Yeah, that is yeah, that's
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Ashley (:yeah.
Nicole (:So you know how
it says like clean washer. I always just fucking throw bleach in there and I'm like, that's clean enough, whatever. But I actually went to the Home Depot because we were already there and I looked for the actual washing machine cleaner and bought it for the first time in my adult life and cleaned my washing machine like an adult. So that's what adulting is, okay?
Ashley (:Wow.
Congratulations. You actually did two.
Kelsie (:You
Monica (:Yes, it's doing
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Nicole (:Correct.
I did it!
Ashley (:they
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Nicole (:They just hate the term. Listen. Listen.
Ashley (:we putting it to sky?
Monica (:well there's a lot of things that I could say. Their high waters annoy me, so it's fine. ⁓
Nicole (:hahahaha
Ashley (:Okay, okay, that brings us to the last one, ma'am. The worst
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Nicole (:⁓ come on.
Ashley (:an
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Monica (:You know what? I think that I am okay with letting those go to an extent. There's just some outfits they make more sense. Or like when you're wearing boots, come on. Skinny jeans just make more sense.
Nicole (:Yeah, I love both. love
Kelsie (:Also
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Nicole (:body type, yeah.
Monica (:Absolutely.
Yeah.
Ashley (:Mm-hmm.
Nicole (:Very true.
Monica (:Mm-hmm.
You're gonna have,
you're gonna have like just basic baggy jeans looking like you're walking around wearing Jinko jeans.
Kelsie (:You're so
Nicole (:Shee-jinko
Kelsie (:cute!
Nicole (:jeans! Way to age yourself, Monica! ⁓
Ashley (:Thank you.
Monica (:Hey,
I didn't wear them, my sisters did. Those are back though, so maybe Gen Z will be okay with them.
Nicole (:I had them!
Ashley (:Ha ha ha ha.
Nicole (:Hey, I was a raver, I had those. So that was a time, that was a time. I'm actually so shocked the side part was not on that list because.
Ashley (:Maybe.
Monica (:⁓ my gosh. ⁓
Kelsie (:Just let people wear what they want. Fuck off.
Ashley (:All right.
Monica (:Seriously.
Ashley (:⁓ yes, that's true.
Monica (:I actually am
too. I actually, I am too. But you know what? You know what adulting actually is, is getting to the point where you don't give a fuck what everyone else is wearing? You're simply dressing because you're comfortable. So, F you Gen Z.
Ashley (:Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Nicole (:Literally. Yeah,
exactly. You just wear whatever makes you happy and that's... that's it.
Monica (:That's maturing.
Nicole (:Mm-hmm, and that's adulting. That's what adulting is. my god, and I will never stop saying I did a thing. I will never stop saying that ever. don't
Kelsie (:You
Monica (:Yeah.
It's just
a good interjection when you're like, I don't really want the attention on me, but I also want to tell you about this exciting thing. And so I did a thing.
Ashley (:Sometimes you don't know what else to say. Yeah.
Nicole (:Yeah,
I did a thing. And I don't walk around proclaiming my ⁓ Harry Potter house or whatever you call it. for those my fellow millennials that that do. Yeah, for those of you that do I will ride at dawn for you to let you have your moment because whatever makes you happy.
Kelsie (:You
Ashley (:Monica does.
Monica (:You can pry that out of my cold dead fingers, okay?
Kelsie (:My
whole Christmas decor is Harry Potter, so like, piss off.
Ashley (:Mm-hmm. So
Nicole (:I know.
Monica (:Mm-hmm. Right.
Ashley (:there you go. It's your whole
Nicole (:Are your
lights,
Ashley (:Christmas identity.
Nicole (:are your floating candles still up? I could have swore I saw them in your, ⁓ in like a story of yours.
Monica (:Mine are.
Kelsie (:Mine yes, mine are still up.
They're actually kind of like I mean like without all the other stuff They just yeah, yeah, it's like some obvious fine. Yeah
Monica (:Yeah. They're cool. They're fun.
Nicole (:They're cool though, I like them! Yeah, I like
Ashley (:It's ambiance.
Monica (:Yeah, no,
Nicole (:them.
Monica (:have mine up too. They're in our homeschool room. They're on year round. Yeah, seriously. Well, and my kids still think that I magically turn them on when I snap. And they're like, will you do the snap? And I'm like, I don't know if I have enough power in my hands today.
Kelsie (:And we have vaulted ceilings, so it's a lot of work to take them down.
Nicole (:I want to get some.
I love your children.
Ashley (:hahahahah
Nicole (:The
Raven, the Raven Claws not activated yet. Yeah, I love that. That's so funny. I would want some of those for like a little reading nook. Those would be good in a reading nook.
Monica (:Which is, yeah, which is basically I don't have the remote.
Ashley (:Yeah.
Monica (:Mm-hmm.
Kelsie (:Mm-hmm.
Ashley (:Yeah.
Monica (:Yeah, that would be a good one for sure. They're just cool, and I found mine at the Dollar Tree.
Nicole (:I wanna know.
Okay, so, but what is Gen Z's equivalent to all of our things? You know what mean? Like, I'm curious now.
Ashley (:⁓ well,
I did see, I saw another article about things that millennials hate that Gen Z does. So we could dive into that on another episode. Could be fun.
Monica (:Yeah.
Nicole (:⁓ okay, please go find it and we'll talk about
Monica (:Okay, I'm sure
that there's a lot, yeah, I'm sure that there's a lot that they bother me with.
Nicole (:it next time.
Ashley (:Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Monica (:Well, on that note,
next episode, I think we should dive into what does Gen Z do that bothers us. But in the meantime, we will be taking a little bit of a break for the summer just because summer life is crazy. so catch us over on social media where you might be able to find some lives as some like little mini fun episodes, but we should be returning in July. Is that what we're deciding is July?
Nicole (:Mm-hmm.
Ashley (:Mm-hmm.
I think so a little bit bothered just going on summer break
Nicole (:Yes, hopefully.
Monica (:Yes.
Kelsie (:June's
just a little fucky for us. Like, look at all that going on.
Ashley (:Yep.
Monica (:We want to live our life, really is what it is. so summer break, everybody needs a summer break, so we're going to take one.
Kelsie (:There's a lot
Ashley (:Yep.
Kelsie (:of vacations.
We're all having a vacation.
Nicole (:Mm-hmm, and I'm gonna be driving at some point. I'm gonna be driving to Arizona, so You guys will see that
Monica (:Yes, but make sure that you
Yes, which by the way Ashley,
Ashley (:Yeah, that need that.
Monica (:Well, on that note, if you are not already following us on social media, make sure you find us on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok so that you can stay up to date while we take a little bit of a summer vacation.
Nicole (:Mm-hmm.
Monica (:I do it every week.
Nicole (:your thing! ⁓
Ashley (:don't forget to like, share,
subscribe, all of the things, click all the buttons for us. We love you and we'll see you when we see you.
Nicole (:Do all the things.
Monica (:Yes, especially
Nicole (:Ooh, say, go say.
Monica (:especially over on YouTube. We would love you. Love you. Love you. Love you forever. If you go over to YouTube and subscribe, it makes a huge yes.
Nicole (:Yes.
Kelsie (:Even if that's not where you normally watch, if you just take
a minute to pop over there and hit subscribe, it actually makes such a difference.
Nicole (:Just do it, please.
Monica (:It makes a huge difference. love
Nicole (:Go do a thing.
Monica (:the support. We would love you for it. So hopefully we will see you over there. And so until July, stay bothered.
Nicole (:We love you!
Ashley (:Stay bothered.
Kelsie (:Bye!
Ashley (:Bye.
Monica (:Bye!
Nicole (:I'm.
Monica (:That would be another thing that Gen Z would hate.
