Episode 22

22 | There's only one Steve | A Little Bit Bothered

This week on A Little Bit Bothered, we kick things off with a spicy group chat fail—Ashley was ragey, and we missed it... sort of. We talk about how important it is in friendship to call out those misfires and show up for each other. Next up, a viral story about a dad who allegedly kept leaving h is 6-year-old alone at the airport. Moms everywhere cringed—and we got into it about how our brains are wired to think safety-first while some dads are just out here raw-dogging parenthood. Must be nice! We also spill the tea on the absurd rumors flying around after Monica’s mommy makeover (plot twist: she’s alive and well), and the wild world of rage baiting on social media. Because apparently, being a parent and online is a full-contact sport. We lighten it up with addressing "rumors" about Monica (ok, Nicole) and celeb sighting stories—yes, that includes the Steve from Blues Clues. It’s parenting pressure, friendship feels, and a whole lot of laughter.

Transcript
Ashley (:

I'm over that rage. have a different rage now.

Monica (:

Well, we love you.

Kelsie (:

you

Ashley (:

Its you bitches.

Monica (:

There it is, especially this week.

Nicole (:

We're a little bit bothered.

Ashley (:

We're a little bit bothered.

Kelsie (:

I have this strong urge

to say that every time I hear it. I think we're a little bit bothered.

Nicole (:

time and you know what's really funny is I

Monica (:

and a little bit valid.

Ashley (:

Hahaha

Nicole (:

can't figure out who says that me or Kelsey

Kelsie (:

It's you,

but it sounds like me, but then right at the end it's like, it's Nicole. No.

Monica (:

you.

I'm sick of it.

Ashley (:

I thought it was Kelsey. I thought

for sure it was Kelsey. I thought that was Kelsey's part.

Kelsie (:

It

sounds so much like the both, like it sounds like me and I'm like, is it me? But then right at the end, it's not, it's Nicole. And I'm like, okay, no, it's definitely Nicole.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm. Yep. We

Nicole (:

It's just us together, we just morph together, both of us combined.

Ashley (:

It's both of you put together. Yeah.

Monica (:

had make sure that all four of us had a part in there. And that's Nicole's. I think I'm a little bit.

Kelsie (:

Yeah.

Nicole (:

Well, that's accurate for my life, so it's fine.

Ashley (:

We're

kind of a lot of it bothered today in particular.

Monica (:

Yeah, this last

Nicole (:

We're a lot of it bothered. was,

Ashley, Ashley was mad at us today.

Monica (:

life has been a bitch.

Kelsie (:

I can't believe you didn't come on there be like bitches pay attention to me

Ashley (:

I was.

No,

okay, I was just gonna say this happens all the time. But I don't think that's really true. But I just don't, I don't vocalize as much as the rest of you what I think I'm thinking or feeling. And so when I do say something, it's like very minute. Whereas if one of you is upset, it's like, oh my God, this happened. I'm so mad, blah, blah, blah. And I'll just be like.

Monica (:

Give me attention!

Kelsie (:

no-

Monica (:

No you don't.

Nicole (:

True.

Ashley (:

You know what? I'm kind of pissed off. And then everyone's like, OK, and then we move on. And I'm like, what the fuck? Why don't I get that same attention? Why isn't everyone doting on me?

Kelsie (:

to say when I did go back and read it

when I did go back and read it I was like I didn't really gather she was that upset about it you've got to be a little more ragey about it

Ashley (:

Ahem.

Nicole (:

Yeah, well she

Ashley (:

I I'm ragey.

Nicole (:

texts the group chat, I'm Reggie.

Ashley (:

That's what I said. I said I'm ragey. I gotta put on a whole fucking show. I gotta do a whole fucking song and dance. That's what I'm saying. And that, this is not the first time.

Kelsie (:

I know, I know, but perhaps you have to amp up the dramatics a little bit. We're very dramatic and it just goes over our heads. Yes.

Nicole (:

Send a voice note, we need a voice note.

Monica (:

We need more drama.

In my defense.

Kelsie (:

Monica was actually awake.

Monica was actually awake.

Monica (:

I was the only one awake and I

Ashley (:

No,

Monica (:

was losing my mind simultaneously.

Ashley (:

and she made it all about herself, didn't she? She made it all about herself.

Nicole (:

She

did! She did!

Ashley (:

And then

everyone reacted to Monika and no one cared that I was having a problem.

Nicole (:

I'm sorry, we really didn't realize that you were at-

Ashley (:

I'm getting bothered again right now. I'm about to get off this podcast.

Kelsie (:

Yeah.

Nicole (:

you have to stay you just need to you need to send the voice note we need to hear it out of your actual mouth when you when you're like you need to just even if you don't say a lot you need to just be like I'm raging and then we'll be like oh shit okay we love you

Monica (:

We love you!

Ashley (:

Uhhh

Kelsie (:

We just didn't understand.

Ashley (:

I-I know.

Well, sometimes... Okay,

Kelsie (:

Just say, this

is serious.

Ashley (:

I'll do that. I need a code word. We need a code word.

Nicole (:

Ashley, you're

not good with emotions, okay? So you need to give us a little more.

Kelsie (:

She's pretty calm even when she's not calm, so it's kind of hard to tell. She's the voice of reason for a reason because she remains reasonable.

Ashley (:

UGH

Nicole (:

She's our closed off Scorpio, so we never know. Right?

Ashley (:

I said to Patrick earlier,

Nicole (:

Correct.

Ashley (:

I say what I mean, I mean what I say. I said I was ragey. Then this morning I was still annoyed, but I was like, you know what? I know, I understand what's happening here. I understand, I didn't say that much, so they're not reacting to it. But I still had to, I had to put an effort to not be annoyed at you guys.

Monica (:

You did say that. You did say that.

Kelsie (:

Yeah.

for the rest of the world, yeah. When the rest of us are upset,

we're like, yeah, we're losing our minds when we're upset, so, yeah.

Ashley (:

Balling, yeah.

It's okay. I forgive you guys. It's fine. It is what it is.

Kelsie (:

You

Nicole (:

example

was Monika stole the spotlight with a story that she set to voice note please Monika she's she's gonna she's she's gonna cold roll you again just fucking overshadow you again with this story because it's actually really funny and I I did tell her like you need to you need to tell this to the people

Ashley (:

Yes, do tell Monica. Tell us your story. Tell us your qualms, please.

Monica (:

mean to.

Kelsie (:

Bye.

Overshadow her problems again.

Ashley (:

Hey.

Monica (:

my gosh. It was just...

Ashley (:

you

Nicole (:

I'm so sorry Ashley.

Kelsie (:

Yeah

Ashley (:

You

Monica (:

I'm sorry, Ashley.

Ashley (:

Shut up!

Tell the stupid story! No! No! I don't!

Kelsie (:

Do you want to tell your rage story first?

Nicole (:

Tell your story!

She's over it.

Ashley (:

I'm over that rage. have a different rage now.

Monica (:

Well, we love you.

Kelsie (:

you

Ashley (:

Its you bitches.

Nicole (:

My face hurts.

Kelsie (:

My cheeks hurt.

Ashley (:

you

Kelsie (:

Yes.

Ashley (:

Hmm

Kelsey is laughing you can't tell because she's not making a sound as per usual

Nicole (:

The snickering witch!

Ashley (:

I think she's laughing really hard. It does connect to her face though if you're watching this you'll know.

Nicole (:

answer

Kelsie (:

My laughing box doesn't connect to my voice box, okay?

Nicole (:

He

Monica (:

She's like melting.

Ashley (:

She looks like she's in pain a little

bit.

Kelsie (:

I am, my face hurts.

Nicole (:

stomach hurts.

We are only five minutes in.

Kelsie (:

You

Nicole (:

Okay, really fast, Monica. Please tell the people your story. It's really stupid. Like, it's like a stupid, ragey moment.

Kelsie (:

Okay.

Monica (:

It's just one of those like, it's so stupid. It's so stupid.

Kelsie (:

Okay.

Ashley (:

but it is it's relatable.

Monica (:

was just one of those moments where like everything felt so overstimulating. Like if somebody breathed wrong, I was going to like literally explode. It was just not good.

Like, just, there was too much crap in our room, too much crap in the bathroom, like every single thing was just pissing me off and I wanted to shove it all off the counter, was that bad. And then as my husband was talking to me, I'm like trying to put away this package of face wipes in the drawer. And every time I put it in the drawer, I was trying to slide it behind where my tooth whitener is and it just kept brushing on the top where like the touch sensor button is.

Nicole (:

you

Ashley (:

you

Monica (:

And it just kept turning it on, which I didn't mention this part before. It's got like the LED light on it, right? Because it's like the blue light and then the red light, right? And so it's like so fucking bright. And every time I turn it on, it's like blinding in my eye. And then have to like turn it off and like try it again. And I think it happened about three times before I started crying.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

You

Monica (:

you

Nicole (:

This is why it this this is why her rage overshadowed your rage because I started laughing hysterically at at at her getting mad about a package putting Like turning on this thing because it was covering the sensor and her not putting together the fact that she had to move the fucking package so that it would stop like I was picturing it in my brain and I'm cackling as

Monica (:

simultaneously.

just couldn't. I fucking couldn't.

Nicole (:

I'm listening to this voice now. I'm just dying. Cause like, I would have done the same thing.

Monica (:

But that's the thing is like I couldn't

move it because it's like where it needed to place in order to shut the drawer like it wasn't an option and it's fit in there but also like there's too much like new stuff in our bathroom so like I'm like trying to reorganize it and like I can't and then my husband's talking to me like okay

Kelsie (:

it.

Nicole (:

See, you started crying, I would have grabbed the

wipes, I would have grabbed the face wipes and flung them. You breaking down and crying would be me just fucking grabbing them and saying fuck these face wipes and throwing them across.

Monica (:

The thing that set me was that my husband was like I think like you need to move I was like why won't it stop? It's like why won't it stop? It's not a real

Nicole (:

Wait, say what he said! No you have

Ashley (:

What?

Monica (:

I was like, but it's not a real hand. He's like, I think I'm gonna end up coming up here and finding you in the corner just crying. Like, it's not a real hand. It's not a real hand.

Nicole (:

Pfft

Ashley (:

Wait, what's not a real hand? I don't even understand. What are you? Okay, I'm like, your hand's not a real hand? Were you wearing gloves? Was it a prosthetic?

Nicole (:

Heh!

Kelsie (:

The wipes that were triggering it to turn on like you expect it like to be a finger that could trigger it

Monica (:

You

Nicole (:

This is Ashley

Kelsie (:

Her logic was that

only, her logic is that only a warm, like, real human hand should be able to turn on.

Ashley (:

War

Nicole (:

This

is the vagina conversation all over again. Wait, who are you talking

Ashley (:

all over again.

I am too literal for this.

Monica (:

But like I still don't totally get it how this like piece of plastic is turning on the button I don't understand

Kelsie (:

The button is obviously just pressure sensitive and not like...

Monica (:

Yeah, apparently.

Ashley (:

It doesn't recognize humans. It's not verifying the identity.

Kelsie (:

I'm just...

Nicole (:

my god.

Kelsie (:

You're thinking like touch screen phone you have to have if you have wear gloves you have to have special yeah, yeah

Nicole (:

doesn't have capture.

Monica (:

I don't like it.

Ashley (:

She thinks it's like

has fingerprint activation.

Monica (:

right? But I mean, then this morning I started my period, so it all makes sense now.

Kelsie (:

Yeah,

makes a lot of sense.

Monica (:

I think so much sense. And it came

early, so I was really unprepared.

Nicole (:

god, that's so funny. Okay, I'm sorry. Again, I'm really sorry it overshadowed your rage. Ashley, your rage is valid. We love you. But I...

Ashley (:

That's funny.

Monica (:

Yes, you too.

Ashley (:

it's... it's fine. No, it's fine. I'll take a backseat to Monica's Tooth Whitener.

It's fine.

Nicole (:

fucking crying laughing because that all happened last night and Kelsey and I are ahead of you guys in time so I was already like asleep like done for the night like I didn't have my phone on me so I didn't see any of that until this morning and I was like what? I just got well and then I have this bad habit sometimes of like if you guys send a voicemail voicemail what the fuck here is it voice message

Kelsie (:

I I read it at like 330 in the morning.

Ashley (:

I'm

Nicole (:

and then a text right after, I'll play the voice message while I read the other text. So I'm not focusing on either one of them. Like normally, I will like focus on the voice note more and I'm not really absorbing what I'm reading. And I think that's what I was doing. Like I was listening to her voice note while reading your actual text messages and didn't compute really any of it except for her getting.

Monica (:

I do that too.

Nicole (:

or crying about the thing not turning on.

Ashley (:

hahahaha

Kelsie (:

Yeah, I was gonna say also like her hysteria

just like instantly overshadowed your text like she was you're like, I'm raging and she's like, oh, the stupid wife's are touching

Ashley (:

Hmm.

Yeah!

Nicole (:

in the corner, rocking back and forth.

Ashley (:

Ridiculous. Yeah.

Famous lust words.

Kelsie (:

Ugh.

Nicole (:

Wow. Okay, the hysterics right out the gate. All right, what are we talking about today? What are we doing?

Monica (:

I'm sorry, Ashley.

Ashley (:

Okay, it's fine. Yeah. What are

Kelsie (:

Well,

I think that first off, right off the bat, we should put some rumors to rest, because I know all our listeners have probably heard these rumors, because I bet they're spreading like wildflower. Wildflower.

Ashley (:

we?

What?

Kelsie (:

Wildfire! Wildfire!

Nicole (:

wildfire.

Monica (:

you guys.

Ashley (:

Wild

Nicole (:

sorry about

Ashley (:

flowers also spread.

Nicole (:

I am not sorry about what is about to be said I'm not sorry I I regret nothing

Kelsie (:

There's some rumors that

Monica had a BBL.

Monica (:

quote unquote.

Kelsie (:

We just want to put those to rest. Her booty is banging all by itself.

Nicole (:

She did

Ashley (:

You

Nicole (:

not

get a BBL, but, but her surgeon did tell her when she had this surgery, because of how it was going to go, there was going to be a little bit of lift and it was going to look like she had a BBL. And so now I just, it's the, it's the, the way it's being, yeah, cause she already had a booty. So her waist being like cinched in the way that it is now, it kind of looks like she had a BBL. So I call her BBL baddie. That's her new nickname, BBL baddie. And I commented,

Monica (:

Yeah, it's the waist being pulled.

Nicole (:

on some video and said look at that bbl baddie and she was like you better shut the fuck up so anyway the rumors are not true she doesn't have a bbl i'm still calling her that though

Ashley (:

Ha

Monica (:

the rumors on the so-so

Ashley (:

We're starting and ending the rumor.

Monica (:

viral-

Kelsie (:

I'm gonna

go to bed.

Ashley (:

It's all over the internet.

Nicole (:

just trying to get some attention

to our videos. I'm trying. I'm trying to create a rumor so that we can get some podcast clout. I don't know.

Ashley (:

You should bait people. You-

Monica (:

Well, I mean, I love that you think that people are going to be running to the video.

Nicole (:

They will be. Go watch Monica's.

Kelsie (:

To check to look at Monica's booty.

Nicole (:

So follow Monica.

Kelsie (:

Let me see that booty work booty work.

Ashley (:

I was gonna sing Baby Got Back.

Nicole (:

Go follow Monica and

comment. Comment on all her videos. BBL Batty, BBL Batty, just every video.

Kelsie (:

Yeah.

Ashley (:

If I still had Instagram right now, I would go do it right this second. I would just start commenting on everything.

Nicole (:

yeah, that's right, these

Monica (:

my gosh.

Kelsie (:

Where?

Nicole (:

bitches

Monica (:

yeah.

Nicole (:

deleted it. Fuckin' Ashley and Kelsey said goodbye social media and they deleted, I guess, which is the worst option. Yes, I can't, sorry guys, we failed. I can't shame you for your decisions, but yeah.

Ashley (:

You guys are in charge of the social media now.

Kelsie (:

I'm trying to be a more productive human.

Monica (:

Thank you.

it's going anywhere sorry

He had more of the creative magic.

Kelsie (:

I can still do it on desktop. I just need to cut myself off from the scrolling.

Monica (:

Yeah, which I get, I do get it. think sometimes it's good to just take a step back and not be, not like that. So I get it. I applaud you.

Nicole (:

Very true.

You know, maybe this is a good thing because I

need to get back into the creating. So maybe I'll be forced to do some creating now since you're not for the podcast. Because I need, that's you did it for me. Great, thank you. Everything's about me.

Monica (:

Mmm. Okay.

Kelsie (:

Yeah.

Ashley (:

Yeah, we need

you.

Kelsie (:

That's why I did it to help kickstart your, yeah.

Monica (:

Yeah, it's critical.

Ashley (:

Me too.

Kelsie (:

It's not because I just went off the fucking deep end.

Nicole (:

No,

you did not. You did not have an episode. It's for me. You did this for me.

Ashley (:

No.

Monica (:

We really did have a full week where all four of us were very much bothered.

Nicole (:

Bro, okay.

Ashley (:

several

manic episodes later.

Nicole (:

All of us, all of us have issues.

Monica (:

You

Kelsie (:

Yeah.

Ashley (:

Actually, we're recording

this late because of a few manic episodes.

Nicole (:

I was gonna say literally this is being recorded on a day we don't normally record because things happened life life be life and

Kelsie (:

It is. Not, yeah,

Life-lifed.

Monica (:

Life-threatening.

Nicole (:

be life in. Alright, so besides the BBL accusations, what else is on the agenda for today? Bitches.

Ashley (:

Yup.

Kelsie (:

Well,

I think we got some would you rather so that we can kick off this whole shindig with

Nicole (:

Okay.

Ashley (:

yeah.

Monica (:

Yeah, that's

Nicole (:

Those

Ashley (:

Who's going first?

Nicole (:

are fun. Let's do it. I don't care. Eenie meenie minie moe.

Monica (:

always a fun one.

Ashley (:

Kelsey, my would you rather is for you.

Kelsie (:

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

Ashley (:

Would you rather?

Okay, hold on, sorry.

Nicole (:

Hehehe!

Ashley (:

I didn't have one.

Okay, Kelsey, would you rather always be stressed and busy or always be bored?

Kelsie (:

Yeah.

I don't know. hate being stressed and busy, but like, what are we talking about when we say I'm bored? Like, we literally don't have anything to do.

Nicole (:

Thank

Ashley (:

Like really bored.

Nothing.

Monica (:

guess

she allowed to find things to do or is she just constantly?

Ashley (:

Well, if they're

Kelsie (:

Or you have to stay

Ashley (:

boring,

Kelsie (:

bored.

Ashley (:

they better be boring.

Nicole (:

You better only be doing boy shit.

Monica (:

know

this TV show is so boring.

Kelsie (:

I hate this show.

Nicole (:

That's a hard one, but I also, why do I feel like that is my entire life? I'm always stressed and busy and at the same time. All of them at the same time, collectively.

Ashley (:

All of them at the same time. That's so

Kelsie (:

I get.

I

Ashley (:

true.

Kelsie (:

I feel like stressed and busy because I feel like if you actually have to be bored all the time like real bored that would be that would be like depression status. Yeah.

Nicole (:

That's Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

Yeah, it would be. Yeah.

Monica (:

Yeah.

Nicole (:

Welcome to my

Ashley (:

Okay.

Nicole (:

life. Okay, sorry.

Kelsie (:

Okay, okay

Would you okay, Nicole, would you rather be in jail for five years or be in a coma for 10 years?

Nicole (:

Yeah.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm

I knew you were going say that one. This is such an easy answer.

Nicole (:

Honestly, I could probably handle

jail for five years. I'm sure I can handle it. I'll take that one. Jail for 500 Alex. Because I don't want to be in a coma for 10 years. If I'm knocked out, I absolutely could. And you know what? can still, I could, oh my God, girl. I could finally get, no, I could finally focus on like my gym routine. I could read so many books.

Monica (:

Yeah, it's a long time.

Ashley (:

You could accomplish

much more in jail.

Monica (:

Imagine all the books you could read.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

You could read so much.

Nicole (:

I could get a degree in that time, likely paid for by the state. I could literally still see my children and my husband. If I'm in a coma, I can't do any of that. That's 10 years wasted.

Ashley (:

Paid for, yeah. You could just go to school.

Kelsie (:

I could write the book that I started.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

Also, it's like

Ashley (:

Yep. And

it's 10 versus five.

Kelsie (:

if you're in a coma, is that do they have the option to pull the plug? Like can't risk that.

Nicole (:

Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, already

told my husband if I'm ever like a vegetable just fucking take me out. So yeah, no thanks.

Ashley (:

Yeah, who was in a coma for 10 years actually? I mean, who's

paying for that?

Monica (:

What happens?

Kelsie (:

They have to have like brain activity and like everything's functioning and they're just out.

Monica (:

Yeah.

Nicole (:

But, that seems cruel.

Monica (:

Yeah, their

body just hasn't woken up. Well, it's always a possibility that they could wake up though. Like if there's brain activity, like they're still there.

Nicole (:

That seems cruel.

That

also seems expensive to be in a coma for 10 years. Imagine the medical bills. No, thank you. No, I will go to Joe.

Ashley (:

That's crazy. So, that's so expensive.

Monica (:

for sure.

Ashley (:

And what happens when you wake up and everything's

different 10 years later? If you were like married, is your spouse supposed to like wait for you to wake up?

Nicole (:

Yeah, I mean,

Kelsie (:

There's a lot of movies about this.

Monica (:

available. There are.

Welcome to Hallmark and whatever other channels make, what is it, Lifetime? Lifetime.

Nicole (:

Mm-mm. Mm-mm.

Yeah, Yeah, yeah, they would. I

thought of my brain always goes straight to Kill Bill when she's like, I don't know, have you guys seen Kill Bill when she's like in a coma and then she wakes up out of the coma and she literally escapes the hospital, but her body doesn't function. So she's like sliding across the floor, like trying to crawl out of that. like, well, okay, but all right. Yeah. I've never seen that.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

We go to... Mine goes to Miss March every time where the kids in the coma

and they hit him with the baseball bat and he wakes up.

Ashley (:

No!

Nicole (:

never even seen that. I don't know what that is.

Monica (:

That's

Kelsie (:

Ugh.

Monica (:

horrible,

Ashley (:

That's the secret trick.

Monica (:

but also he woke up so It's like a cartoon

Nicole (:

Okay, well,

Kelsie (:

Hit him with the baseball bat.

Ashley (:

worth it.

Nicole (:

I have a question for Monica because I feel like, okay, Monica, would you rather take back anything you say or hear any conversation that's about you?

Monica (:

OK.

Ashley (:

Fabulous.

Mmm.

Nicole (:

I feel like the answer is obvious. Like, like anything that you say, have the, yes, you have the power to reverse UNO and you could be like, nevermind. I didn't want to say that. you can. Yep. That's, that was my answer too. I'm like, I don't want to know what people are saying. What people say about me are none of my business. Yep. Exactly. It's not, it would, that would make me crazy.

Monica (:

to like take back anything you say, like.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

reverse.

Put it back in.

Monica (:

Oh well easy that. I don't want to know what people say about me. That's none of my business.

Kelsie (:

low-key want to know a little bit

but I think I would be better off not knowing. Yeah.

Nicole (:

Can I have both?

Monica (:

yeah, like I want, I kind of want to know,

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Monica (:

but also that is not, that is not what I need to know or hear. Like that is dangerous territory. Like not okay for my mental health. I can't, nope, I'm good. Not my business.

Nicole (:

not okay for my mental health. Yeah.

Ashley (:

It's toxic.

Nicole (:

Honestly,

if I could do both, that would be cool. If I could know what everybody's saying about me, because then I could say some shit and then be like, oh, I'm gonna reverse card to take it back now. Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha, you can't be mad at me for saying what I said.

Kelsie (:

Yeah.

Monica (:

I

guess there would be some value to it though, like holding some people accountable, but I don't think I wanna know. I think I'm good.

Kelsie (:

you

Nicole (:

yeah, I don't want

Kelsie (:

Can

Nicole (:

to know either.

Kelsie (:

we, can I just have two switches where I can't have them at the same time, but I can turn one off, turn the other one on.

Monica (:

Right.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

Yeah, go back and forth. Yeah, yeah,

Monica (:

Yeah.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Monica (:

Yeah. I like that. I like that idea. That's, that's still pretty dangerous. That is a fun one. I was looking at that one too.

Nicole (:

Might be cool. That'd be really cool. All right, that was a fun little... I like that one. Okay, Monica, it's your turn.

Monica (:

Okay, I was actually looking at that one so had to find another one.

Nicole (:

And

that's okay.

Kelsie (:

I saw that

Monica (:

Okay, so Ashley, I mean, I know which one I would do, and this seems fun. Would you rather be able to speak every language in the world or be able to speak animals?

Nicole (:

Okay, go.

Ashley (:

Okay.

Nicole (:

This is so fun. that's so hard.

Ashley (:

that's hard. No, it's not. No,

I mean, it is hard, but I would rather be able to speak to animals. I don't want to talk to more people. Yes. Yeah. my God. Yes. Plus that's a way more unique, like everyone can speak some language, like all the languages can communicate already. No one's communicating with animals. Hello.

Nicole (:

Really? that's funny. Yeah, yeah.

Monica (:

Yeah, like what is it? Eliza Thornberry? Yeah.

Yeah.

Nicole (:

True,

very true. I'd have to pick the languages.

Kelsie (:

It just goes back to me being

nosy though and like wanting to know what people are saying when they're like at the nail salon. I really want to know what the ladies at the nail salon are saying.

Ashley (:

Don't you want to know what the animals are saying?

Nicole (:

yeah.

Monica (:

That's

That's true. And also I don't.

Ashley (:

Well, that's true. Yeah.

Nicole (:

You know what would be cool? You know what would be cool? Just like a universal translator.

Like you hear somebody saying something, you can understand what they're saying and that could apply to animals too. They're barking and you can understand why they're barking. Like you know what I mean? a, like a, a translator for everything.

Kelsie (:

What if...

What if you blow your

Ashley (:

A

magical translator.

Kelsie (:

load on this wish though, you get to talk to the dogs and the animals and they're like really simple minded and they don't really have much to say, they're just like, food, poop. And then it's really boring and you've wasted it.

Ashley (:

I guess it would get boring.

Monica (:

You're

like, damn. Well then, you know what, maybe you could teach them how to have more of a thought process and talk to them because maybe nobody's talking to them. So they just, need somebody to converse and figure it out. I do too. Yeah.

Nicole (:

intelligent conversation.

Ashley (:

No, I, I, yeah.

I stand by the animals. Animals

Kelsie (:

You

Ashley (:

for sure. You could go to the zoo. Dr. Dolittle. You're Dr. Dolittle.

Nicole (:

Well, if you do get that, if you,

if you do get that superpower, please come over and tell my dog to shut the fuck up because homeboy barks way too much.

Monica (:

my goodness. Okay, I.

Ashley (:

I could make that a paid service.

Nicole (:

Yeah, you could. You could. Could you please translate to my dog that he needs to not do this, please? Like, try to bite the chickens next door? my God.

Monica (:

Actually, yeah, that's great job.

Kelsie (:

Have you seen the pet

Ashley (:

I'm like, yeah, your dog

said fuck you.

Kelsie (:

medium on TikTok? The lady that like, she's a medium for like pets and she literally does, she like, yeah. And I've watched multiple TikToks of this particularly popular one that she's like telling them what their pet thinks and saying and she'll be like.

Monica (:

No.

Ashley (:

No.

Nicole (:

haven't seen her, but I know one in real life.

Ashley (:

No.

No!

Kelsie (:

and they like so-and-so that comes over on this day, whatever, whatever, like as very specific about this person that they like. And it's crazy. It's crazy. Crazy.

Monica (:

Interesting. Speaking of wild things

Ashley (:

sounds like a quack.

Monica (:

on the internet, okay. yeah.

Nicole (:

Wait, wait, wait, I have something to add to that. Before we move on, I have something to add.

I actually know, or I guess knew, because we're not really friends with them anymore. I knew a pet medium. When we lived in Arizona, one of Justin's employees, because at the time he owned a tree company, his wife was a pet medium. She could literally speak to pets. She told my father-in-law's best friend, he got a dog and he named her Sabbath.

And she told the medium lady, I don't like that name. I want to be called Annie. And he didn't listen. He would still call her Sabbath. And anytime he would call her Sabbath, she would be a dickhead. And she would like totally not listen to him. But when he called her Annie, she would be sweet and like finally listen. So she's like, I told you I don't like that name. So I call her Annie all the time because apparently she likes Annie better. But I just thought that was so funny. was like, that's awesome.

Monica (:

I told you.

I love that, also what if it's like the medium who's like, just don't like the name.

Kelsie (:

Thanks

Nicole (:

I yeah,

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Nicole (:

yeah, yeah. I don't know. Yeah, I don't know. But I just thought it was so funny because she would literally act out anytime anybody would call her Sabbath and then she would chill out when you called her in and it was kind of funny.

Ashley (:

I don't believe it. I don't believe it for a second. I don't believe it for a second. And also, can you I'm just like imagining this guy and he's like a blue collar worker, you know, and he's with all his like coworkers, his buddies and everything. And he has to say, yeah, my wife's a animal medium. She talks to animals. I feel like everyone would be like, OK, bro, you're fucking weird. You and your wife are weird.

Nicole (:

I it. I believe it. I believe it because I've seen I've seen it so I believe it

No, yeah, that's exactly what happened. No, no, that's exactly what happened

because they had like a bajillion dogs and like that's how it came up in conversation. They were like, wow, you have a lot of dogs. And he was like, yeah, they're all rescues because my wife is a pet medium. And it was like a thing.

Monica (:

my friends.

Ashley (:

I'd love to know just

Kelsie (:

If

you're listening and you're a pet medium, can you actually come on here and read our pets for us so that we can put Ashley's skepticism to bed?

Ashley (:

the reactions.

I'm not convinced.

Monica (:

Okay. I am not convinced.

Nicole (:

Okay, let's go. Next

Kelsie (:

you

Nicole (:

topic.

Monica (:

Okay. So I saw something on TikTok this week that I wanted to share because I wanted to get your guys's input. so first, so it's this post of this dad, like walking, holding the hand of his daughter who looks like she's probably around like seven, maybe, maybe six. And so somebody posted saying, is this your child? And then it says, so TikTok, do your thing. Is this your child? They were flying to Detroit with their dad from O'Hare.

on 49 flight information all of it right just know he left her alone a minimum of six times three times he was completely out of sight and the girl was calling out for him frantically she took after him once and I had run after her until she caught up to him at McDonald's he's lucky four moms at the gate were looking out for her and that they are still good people there are still good people in the world but O'Hare is not the place to leave small children do better sir you're extremely lucky today

What are our thoughts? So I think it's just an interesting thing of like TikTok in general and just like social media of like being able to blast like when you see things like this for better or worse. I'm curious though, like what are your thoughts? She looks like she's like six. Like there's a picture of it's just the back of them. Cause I don't think that like the, I could have gotten like a full picture. But like she looks like she's like six.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

How old did you say she was or how she looked?

Nicole (:

Mm-mm.

you

Monica (:

And like just having flown with my child in the airport, like the anxiety I have traveling with my kids, like there's not a chance I'm leaving them anywhere near being alone. So like, I love this of like moms looking out for their kids, like, or for other kids, right? It's, it's wild thing though.

Nicole (:

Nah.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

Mm-mm. Mm-mm.

Yes. I think the TikTok post,

the person that posted the TikTok good on you, that father not good on you, bad. I don't want to say too many things because I will get upset. But you sir,

Monica (:

I I need to go back to the original book and see like what else has come

Kelsie (:

you

Monica (:

of it because I mean, TikTok is wild in that way. Like the algorithm always finds its way of getting to the right person it feels like.

Ashley (:

Yeah, because maybe they found them. Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

Yeah,

yes.

But I will say you sir do not deserve to have that child because how dare you just leave her alone. And especially like in an airport, public transportation where places like those places are like trafficking freaking playgrounds. Like how dare you, how dare you.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

Sky Harbor is a

really, really big airport. Obviously.

Monica (:

What my heart breaks

for her, I've like, if she was calling out for him, clearly it wasn't, hey, I'm gonna be right over there. I'll be right back kind of a situation.

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

Yeah,

like if she wasn't scared to just sit there and It would be I mean it still is irresponsible, but it'd be one thing But like if she's like calling out for you, and she's obviously not comfortable staying Then that's like I don't know. I'm I'm probably the wrong person to ask because I don't I have a unique situation I'm gonna my kid out of my sight in my house let alone

Nicole (:

it would be different.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

That's true. But even still, like just just the danger. No, and it's crazy that you brought this up because I had a recovered memory last night. I don't know what I was thinking about. I was thinking about something completely different, but it was an event that I went to with my dad and I don't speak to my father anymore. And I had the memory and I was like, my God. He left me alone at.

a fucking, okay, so I know Ashley and Monica will know what I'm talking about. Sorry, Kelsey. At Westworld, there was a 98 KUPD event. That's like a radio station and they had an event and we used to go to like all these things a lot because my dad was a weekend dad. So anytime there was like an event on the weekend, we would go. So this particular one was like a motorcycle theme and my dad's a big motorcycle guy.

Monica (:

Mm.

Ashley (:

Mm.

Nicole (:

Ducati was there. I think I was like 11. So I was still pretty young. I didn't have a cell phone, because obviously this was way back then. And even if I did, it probably didn't have minutes on it or anything. You know what I mean? Like this fucker, okay. Yes, aging. This fucker left me alone to test drive a motorcycle. Kelsey, you don't know how big Westworld is, but it's huge. And when they put on events like this,

Monica (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

Aging us.

Monica (:

Hahaha

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm

Nicole (:

bajillions of people come, okay? He left me at the sign up table with the Ducati people, said stay here. I'll be back, I'm gonna go ride this.

Ashley (:

Mm.

Kelsie (:

You're safe with the

Ducati people there, classy folk. Expensive motorcycle brand? Fine.

Monica (:

That's scary.

Nicole (:

Are you kidding me?

I like, so it's so crazy that he was, he didn't buy it. He test drove it. A whole group of people went on a test ride down the freaking highway and he was gone for like 15 minutes. That's not a long time, but it left the park, left. Bye, see you later. Went on a full test drive. He was, my mom wasn't with us. No, none of our friends were like, this was an actually an event that like him and I just went to by ourselves. We didn't meet up with anybody. So it's not like there was another group of people. I sat there.

Ashley (:

They were watching you that he wouldn't have bought it if they lost you.

Well, I know. my god.

Monica (:

Like he left the part.

Ashley (:

Yeah, that's...

Monica (:

Yeah.

Nicole (:

by myself for 15 minutes just like waiting for him to come back. I could have literally been kidnapped. And I was thinking about that last night. So it's kind of weird that you brought this up. I don't know why I was thinking about that, but it's like, I was just thinking about all the times that like those situations I've been in that probably could have gone wrong. That's one of them. And that was my own parents' fault. Like at least I was 11 and I probably would have, you know, more likely

Monica (:

Yeah.

Nicole (:

made a scene than like a six year old, like still that's fucked up. You don't leave your kid alone.

Kelsie (:

What if she doesn't

Monica (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

even have a mom though? Like what if there's no one to see that video to care?

Nicole (:

That's what I'm thinking like

that too. mean, somebody hopefully somewhere got to care. Maybe her grandparents, but still, know, somebody, somebody got to care about something. I don't know.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

Did you watch the video?

Wait, did you see the video, Monica, of the kid?

Monica (:

No, it's not a video, it's just a photo. Yeah. Yeah, it's just...

Ashley (:

OK, OK, OK. And she's making.

Obviously, I don't agree with leaving a six year old alone in an airport like, you know, that's pretty like standard, I feel like. Also on the post, I don't know. I don't know the context. How do we know she's telling the truth? Like, what if she's just calling this guy out for something else? I think there is two sides to every story. And also, like, I've been somewhere and like, like my kids will.

Nicole (:

true.

Ashley (:

Phoenix specifically will be like over here and I'm staring directly at him and he's just screaming, mom, mom. And I'm literally looking directly into his eyeballs. So.

Kelsie (:

Yeah.

I do have to say, there's a lot of Karens in the world. it's like, was he really, was he in eyesight of her? And he's like, you say sitting here, I'm gonna walk right here to this McDonald's that's literally just right here. And yeah, and I mean, maybe he could see her the whole time and it was just a matter of that mom is just very, likes to watch people and judge other people.

Ashley (:

Ahem.

Monica (:

Yeah.

You're right.

Ashley (:

Maybe

she was starving. Maybe she needed food and he wanted to go get it for her, you know?

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Monica (:

Yeah. I think it's kind of an interesting thing because like on one hand, the algorithm has a way of like making these videos like find who they need to find, right? And so on that side of it, and I'm like, okay, that's great. There's value in that. And then on the other side of it, also as a mom who has experienced like the public meltdowns and like the challenges and stuff.

Kelsie (:

So who knows? Who knows?

Ashley (:

Yeah. Yeah.

Nicole (:

could be.

Yeah, that's crazy. We need a follow up.

Kelsie (:

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Monica (:

There's that side of it where I also wonder if stuff like this just kind of intensifies that anxiety for us too. Where we know everybody's watching and like, what if you do the wrong thing in their eyes, but like really they don't understand the full context of what's happening and yeah.

Nicole (:

Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

Yeah, I mean, we've talked about this before. It's like, you

Nicole (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

know your child, you know what you're doing for them and like, but you know, from the outside, might seem like it's not the right thing, but they just don't know the situation. So it's hard.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Monica (:

Yeah.

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Nicole (:

Also,

I do feel like though, if the little girl was like repeatedly seeming stressed, she shouldn't have been repeatedly left alone. He should have just been like, fine, come stand in line with me. Or like, you know what I mean? Like suck it up and hold your kid if you have to or whatever the case is. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. that's true from the way that she phrased it, if the child was repeatedly, know, voicing that she was uncomfortable being alone, like then you just...

Ashley (:

you

Monica (:

Yeah.

Ashley (:

shouldn't have if if that's true if it's true

Monica (:

Yeah.

Hmm.

Nicole (:

Don't go to McDonald's or like, you know, something.

Ashley (:

It's weird the

power someone can have just like taking a single photo. Like this could have been a photo of anyone ever anywhere and it's now viral and people are saying something about this person's parenting based on nothing but this random person saying something.

Monica (:

I know.

Nicole (:

Yeah, yeah.

Mm-hmm. I would feel...

Monica (:

Yeah. What? I mean...

Nicole (:

Based on a photo,

Monica (:

Yeah, I

Nicole (:

yeah.

Monica (:

mean, who knows, like, we don't know who this girl is who posted it, right? And so for all we know, it could have been her attempt to get her own like clout on TikTok and whatever.

Kelsie (:

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

Yeah,

Ashley (:

Yup.

Nicole (:

I would feel better with the whole post if there was a video proof of the girl being genuinely upset, you know, like if not just off of her word, but if her word is true, then that's not okay. You don't, shouldn't leave your kid alone in the airport.

Monica (:

Yeah. Yeah.

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

Well, and it also it's like if you

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

felt truly like concerned that he kept leaving, why not? Yeah, or or go get there's security everywhere. Just go say like they could give him stern warning like

Nicole (:

Why don't you say something to him?

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

TSA. Yeah.

Nicole (:

They can say something, anything. Don't leave your kid alone. Are you stupid? Yeah.

Ashley (:

Don't leave, they're out there. Don't leave your bag unattended. Yeah,

Kelsie (:

Yeah, it's like you're not allowed

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

to leave your luggage unattended so probably don't leave your kid either like

Ashley (:

don't leave your kid.

Monica (:

So

probably don't leave your kid. Probably, probably.

Nicole (:

Yeah. See, yeah, see if I, if I was a TSA

Ashley (:

Yeah, they might get taken.

Nicole (:

agent and somebody, you know, had said something to me, I would literally, I would go up to that person and be like, don't be an idiot. Like, keep your child within your line of sight, please. And next to you, like, don't be stupid.

Kelsie (:

Yeah, like.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

Yeah,

I mean, if you watch this go on, like even even the like you the first time it happened, he walked away and you're like, this isn't okay. But maybe he won't do it again. And then he does it a second time. Like you said that he did this like what four times or something like by the second time you realize he's walking away, then you could be like, okay, I need to go tell somebody.

Nicole (:

Yeah. Say something for three or four times. something like that.

Monica (:

Yeah. Well.

So

she said he left her alone a minimum of six times three times. He was completely out of sight.

Nicole (:

Yeah.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

Okay, now that's just bystander. That's just like,

Nicole (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

at this point, you're guilty by as a bystander, like by not alerting authorities.

Nicole (:

Yeah.

Monica (:

Yeah, I did remember I do remember like

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

Yep.

Monica (:

reading in the comments that like she had said that like there was a couple of moms who were like They were trying to keep an eye on her for him in a way, but but still like yeah, why wouldn't you go tell someone?

Kelsie (:

Okay, that's great, but you could also tell authorities.

Nicole (:

Yeah, that's great. Yeah. Did

they say or say something to him? Like, dude, what are you doing? You're lucky that we're all here right now watching out for your kid. What are you doing? Or and the thing with the airport too is like, they have attendants, know, who help unattended minors. So I bet you if he was to say, I am a single dad, I'm traveling alone with my child, I need to leave her here so that I can go, whatever.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Hmm.

Yeah.

Nicole (:

Is there somebody that can sit with her and watch her? I bet you the airport would have been like, yeah, we'll just sit here. We'll keep an eye on her. You know, we'll have a so-and-so come and sit with her, whatever. Like.

Monica (:

Yeah.

Yeah.

Nicole (:

there's options other than leaving your kid alone, but this is also hearsay as a bystanders point of view that we don't really know everything that went on.

Monica (:

I

I know.

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Monica (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

I've worked myself

up to be just as mad about this lady that made the post as I as a because like no because It didn't happen once it didn't happen twice it happened a minimum of times and you didn't at that point like After the second time, but after the third time you didn't think okay. I'm gonna go tell Somebody that has authority around here because like this is neglect at this point like come on

Nicole (:

Yeah, truly. I mean both sides. Yeah.

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Nicole (:

Six times? You didn't say nothing?

Monica (:

Right.

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Nicole (:

Yeah.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

Yeah, seriously. And then, and then she'll, yeah.

Ashley (:

No, she's waiting for it to go viral. No actual care for the

Monica (:

Yeah. Right.

Kelsie (:

Yeah.

Ashley (:

child's safety. Like, I'm just gonna use this opportunity.

Nicole (:

And that's the other thing.

Kelsie (:

Yeah.

Monica (:

Right?

Nicole (:

That's, yeah, that's the other thing. Virality of a post, virality of a post really drive, like, drives people. And sometimes it's like good intentions and sometimes it's not good intentions. So you just never know today with social media. There's good and bad, obviously. And that's why Kelsey deleted it. Cause you just never know. I'm just kidding. It's these kinds of videos that send her into a spiral, no.

Monica (:

Yeah, I this would be an interesting call.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, you really don't.

Kelsie (:

Yeah.

Ashley (:

Yeah

Kelsie (:

No.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

No. I would have eaten this up and then I would have gone down the hole trying to figure out if they found the person that it was.

Monica (:

See, I knew you would have- I knew you guys would have good input though.

Nicole (:

No, just kidding.

Yeah, I actually

am very curious about that. wonder if we, the algorithm can work its magic and give you an update for us, Monica.

Monica (:

I

I took a screenshot of the post, so. Yeah.

Ashley (:

Well, do you see their name? Is their name on it, though?

Nicole (:

So hopefully it will.

Kelsie (:

If we want to talk

about.

Ashley (:

Yeah, we could go back.

Nicole (:

Okay, so you have to go

and follow up.

Monica (:

Yeah, yeah, we can follow up and find out. But yeah, like I just, I think that there's so many different angles of this and it's so hard because, you know, you can't believe everything on the internet just because it's right there in front of you.

Ashley (:

We'll see if we found the parents.

Kelsie (:

Okay.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

It is. It's very layered. Yeah.

Nicole (:

Mm-mm.

Kelsie (:

I think this is a good lesson for anybody

that watches these. Next time you see one that like obviously seems like you should be enraged at the person, like, what are the other angles to this? it goes for all of parenthood when you're out and about and you see a parent struggling. Just be like, let's look at all the angles of this. Like.

Nicole (:

Just think for a minute.

Ashley (:

That's it. Just think. Yeah, you just have to think actually.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm. Just think.

Nicole (:

Just think.

Monica (:

Gosh, yeah.

That for sure.

Nicole (:

See, and my brain

also goes like traveling with one kid, it's not that hard to keep an eye on them if you just stay with them.

Kelsie (:

Yeah, I have very

little sympathy if he truly was leaving this kid like and like going

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Nicole (:

Yeah, yeah,

Monica (:

Well, right, and

I think that...

Nicole (:

because like I could not, I probably wouldn't do with both my kids, but one kid is fine.

Kelsie (:

But also, it's a guy with a little girl, and

you're going to the bathroom. I'm sure there are family bathrooms.

Nicole (:

There's family

Monica (:

No, family,

yes, there's family bathrooms for sure.

Nicole (:

bathrooms. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

But guys

don't think like moms. It's not a good excuse, it's not a good excuse, but they really don't. I could see, my husband knows about family bathrooms because we have an autistic child and it's a constant thing to be thinking about, we need to have a place where we can all be. But that's not every person's experience. And a lot of dads could just be like,

Ashley (:

I thought that too, they don't, they're not as protective.

Nicole (:

true. I...

Monica (:

Bye.

Nicole (:

it's not but it's a true one.

Monica (:

Yeah.

Nicole (:

Yeah, yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Monica (:

Yeah.

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

I'm a dude, they don't even think about the fact that some places have family bathrooms and they're not always by the other bathrooms.

Monica (:

That's what I was just

Nicole (:

Hmm.

Monica (:

I yes, I'm actually I'm kind of curious about that because having just flown the family bathrooms are extremely convenient, especially because I was traveling with my son, but they were all by the women's restrooms. They're right by the entrance of the women's restroom. I don't know if there is one over on the men's side.

Kelsie (:

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

That's like,

that's like, they're only being changing tables in the women's restrooms. Like that's ridiculous to me. Put some fucking changing tables in the meds restroom, okay? Like, dads change diapers too. At least they should be. Like, come on. That makes me angry.

Monica (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

Mm-hmm.

Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Ashley (:

Yeah. Yeah. And maybe on that topic

that like, it's not that men or men aren't protective, like they obviously are. I think they aren't as aware of potential dangers as women are, you know, like things don't seem as dangerous to men because it's not.

Kelsie (:

Mm-hmm.

Mm hmm. Yeah.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm. They're just not as anxious about it. Yeah, but

Kelsie (:

No,

Nicole (:

because they're men, they don't have to worry about it.

Kelsie (:

I've had this conversation with Trevor so many times because he gets so mad that the car will only unlock. I don't know if our Tesla does it, but like most cars, if you touch the driver door, it's only gonna unlock the driver door and all the other ones stay locked. And that pissed him off so bad. I'm like, it's a safety feature so that when you climb in the car, nobody else can climb in the driver's seat and attack you. he's like, well, I'm like, literally you're just not a girl. You don't understand. Do you know how many? Yeah.

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

My car doesn't do that. I unlock it. I touch the handle,

all of them unlock. I literally, but it's ingrained into my brain to get in my car and hit the lock button. That's like, I don't not do that. I can't not get in the car and not hit the lock button.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

It's

yeah, it's not every car, it is some. And it's like.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

But I even tried to explain it to him and he still was like not, it was, I'm like, you literally don't know what it's like to fear for your life, I don't think.

Nicole (:

Yeah.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Monica (:

Yeah, it's like

Nicole (:

Mm-mm.

Monica (:

the fear of like when you get into your car and like it's a dark parking garage or a parking lot or whatever and like you have to check the backseat to make sure that nobody's in the backseat. Like that's a thing for sure.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

Well, do you know how many like, do you know how many like,

Nicole (:

Under my car. Check

under your car.

Kelsie (:

kidnappings of women have come from like the doors unlock and somebody climbs in with them? yeah. Yeah.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm. Or at the gas station. Have you seen like

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

that happening to people at the gas station? This was incredibly evident. This is a side story, but this was incredibly evident to me. Like a month ago, Patrick was home with the kids and he texted me and told me or he called me and told me something that happened. And someone came up to the door. A girl came up to the door with a dog wrapped in a blanket and she was like panicked and she's like a coyote attacked my dog, a coyote attacked my dog. I need help.

Nicole (:

yeah.

Ashley (:

And he was like, I can't really help you. Like, I don't know what to do. You have to go to the vet type of thing. Well, he tells me like, it's like to him, he calls me. like, it was so weird, whatever. And my house at our house. And I was like, yeah. And so when he called me, I'm like, well, did you, was she our neighbor? Do you know her? He's like, I don't know. I didn't recognize her. And I'm like, okay, that's fucking weird because why? Where'd the blanket come from? Like if it happened in front of our house, where'd she get a blanket? Like this is like she's.

Kelsie (:

Thanks

Monica (:

Wait, where was he? Okay, that's what thought you said. Okay.

Mm-mm.

Ashley (:

Are they checking to see if my house is empty? Are they like baiting you? Like she wanted you to drive her. Like she probably expected a mom to be here. Let's be honest. And I told my friend, yeah, something, right?

Nicole (:

Or, or she wanted you to let her in to use the phone or something, you know.

Kelsie (:

A lot of the times

they're, yeah, they're baiting women out, really.

Nicole (:

Nah. Nah.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

Yeah. And

so like, I told my coworker the story and she's like, my God, that's so creepy. It's so weird. Patrick sent a group text to me and Dakota and her husband and Dakota was home at the same time too. And she like locked her doors and stuff. And I'm like, this is a clear, like Patrick didn't think anything suspicious, you know? And I'm like, you're not worried your life's in danger all the time. Whereas three women and now you three also, you hear this story and you're like,

Monica (:

Good.

Nicole (:

Mm-mm.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

Whoa, that's not safe. Like something, yeah.

Monica (:

Immediate no. Danger danger!

Nicole (:

Danger, danger, alarm bells.

Kelsie (:

I look at my blink

no I look at my camera, and I don't if I'm home alone, and I don't know the person I don't answer the door like I'm an adult and I don't answer the door

Monica (:

Yeah. Yeah.

Ashley (:

I wouldn't have answered it. Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

Monica (:

Yeah, if you're not expecting someone and you don't know them, nope.

Nicole (:

where my house is? Yeah, where my house is situated,

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

Yeah.

Nicole (:

it would probably be a full on brawl if someone just came up to my door because people you can't even see my house like you don't even know I'm back here. You know what mean? Like my if you're you're trespassing at this point. Yeah, I'm answering the door with the shotgun like sorry, it's not and I have three scary dogs that will bite you. So get away from me.

Kelsie (:

Yeah.

Yeah.

Monica (:

You're like, why are you on my property is the better question.

Ashley (:

You

Yeah.

Nicole (:

No, that's so sketchy. Well, okay, did you guys hear? Okay, so last week we had talked about like tornadoes and like how the one TA wouldn't let the trucker in. I saw that video about how they wouldn't let the trucker in and then the algorithm fed me another gas station video. This time, this was in Texas, not where I live, thank God, but in Texas.

Ashley (:

But yeah, men and women, just don't think the same.

Kelsie (:

I saw this the door that locks the women in the bathroom. Yes

Nicole (:

with the door that locked the women in

the bathroom. It's a lock, a big ass lock on the outside of the bathroom that is remote controlled locks and there's not one on the men's. my gosh, dude, insane. the woman, you can like literally like, she had a check. She was like, what the fuck? You can manual unlocking, but it's outside. So if you're in, you're in. And it's like, there's not one on the men's door and it's right next to the emergency exit. The women's bathroom is right next to the emergency exit.

Ashley (:

Hmm

Kelsie (:

Mm-hmm. It was on the outside. Yeah.

Ashley (:

What? No, I didn't see this.

Monica (:

yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yes, I did that.

Kelsie (:

Yeah. And you can.

You can manually unlock it, but it's on the outside, so it doesn't do you any good on the inside.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

Did you follow that story

down the rabbit hole? They got it taken off, not, wasn't, at first the cop was like, well, there's nothing we can do. They told the cop that it was because these men were coming in and like going into the ladies bathroom and like destroying it on their break or whatever. And they're like, okay, well, yeah, well, yeah, or put the lock on the inside.

Nicole (:

Not all the way, no. I know they got shut down or arrested or something. Yeah.

Ashley (:

Yeah, what's the rabbit hole?

Monica (:

I did.

Nicole (:

Ugh, okay, yeah right. Yeah, yeah.

Monica (:

to use the other lock, a key.

Nicole (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

It's remote controlled, but it's also like, that doesn't make any sense because they could, it doesn't keep them from going into the bathroom. The lock on the outside is remote controlled, but you can manually unlock it. It only stops you from leaving if it's locked.

Nicole (:

or just have a cop on standby.

Ashley (:

No it doesn't.

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

keeps them from coming out.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm. Leaving, yeah.

Nicole (:

coming out, yeah.

And it's only why like that's so weird. Yeah, and he took it down. Yeah, I did see that. I wanna know what, I hope they got, I don't know, like shut down. I hope they did.

Kelsie (:

Someone called the fire marshal and he took it. He made him take it down.

Monica (:

Yes, I saw that part.

Kelsie (:

Probably not.

Monica (:

Probably

Ashley (:

I'm sure

they didn't. You'd have to be able to prove the malicious intent, which...

Monica (:

not, but it's probably on the radar.

Kelsie (:

Someone's like, what if there's

Nicole (:

I would, yeah,

Kelsie (:

a trap door in there and once you're locked in there, they like pull you out of a trap door.

Nicole (:

then I, my God, could you imagine? Do you imagine? No. Well, well, yeah, so actually the woman that posted it, she posted the exact location, like on the maps and everything. It was in Bryan College Station, which is like right, and it's a college town. College Station in Bryan, there's literally like colleges right there and it's a big bustling fucking area. I would literally not be surprised if it's a highly trafficked.

Ashley (:

Well, I would certainly recommend no one use that restroom.

Monica (:

I hate that idea.

Yeah. Good. See, see, that's one thing.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm. Wow.

Nicole (:

area for sex traffickers and things like that.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

I literally do

not use gas station bathrooms unless I am like hard pressed.

Nicole (:

Nah.

Monica (:

Unless I have to. Yeah.

Nicole (:

If

we do I prefer we go to a truck stop like a loves or like a well like a QT like something Big with lots of lights and lots of people, you know Like that are gonna be lots of people most of the time like you know because I just don't want to be in like a seedy little gas station on the end and you know at last gas station on the left No, thank you. I mean I will if I have to but

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

Okay.

Kelsie (:

I used.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

When we were traveling,

when we used to like, like obviously before kids or even just when we lived like continental US but not near home, when we would drive home, I would make Trevor like he would walk me to the bathroom and I'm like, I wait right here for me.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

Mm-hmm. Mm. Yep.

I mean, now I bring protection into the bathroom with me because I'm an adult, but, you know, not everybody has that, I guess.

Ashley (:

I

definitely don't always have the privilege with my job and where I drive. I have certainly been in some shady, shady gas stations to use the restroom and also at night before, but I'm always very aware of what's going on around me and who's in there. I've been afraid before. And there'll be nothing, nothing has happened, but I'm like, my heart rate's elevated. I'm like this.

Monica (:

Yeah.

Nicole (:

Yeah.

You have to be hyper aware.

Monica (:

Hmm.

Nicole (:

do

too. I do too. It's scary. Yeah. Yeah. Well, especially too, like when you hear, I heard, and I think this went pretty viral. So I'm pretty sure everybody has heard about it, but like a family stopped at the gas station and I think the, the mom and dad were like gassing up, getting snacks. And the two girls went into the bathroom, the older, an older one and a younger one. And they both went in and the older one didn't wait for the younger one. She just left cause she thought maybe she went out already.

Ashley (:

I know this is a sketchy situation I'm in right now.

Kelsie (:

Yeah.

Ashley (:

Ugh. Mm-mm.

Nicole (:

And the younger one never came out. And thankfully it just had happened like quick enough to the mom was like, what do mean your sister didn't come out? And she went into the bathroom, kicked open every stall. And in the last stall, the little girl was being held with like by an attacker and they had already shaved her head. They already shaved her head because they were going to take her out and literally traffic her and change her clothes. And yeah, they had already shaved her fucking head. Like good thing that that mom was paying attention.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

HUUUU

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Monica (:

And they were gonna change your clothes

Nicole (:

But also like how scary for the sister too, that was like, I thought she left already. Like I didn't hear anybody. didn't know she, didn't see any feet. I didn't know she was still in there because they were holding her like up on the toilet and like telling her, you know, don't shut up. Yeah. So it's like, how terrifying. But again, you know, you just, never know.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

I've heard that story too. Yeah.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

You just never know.

you feel crazy sometimes, like being worried or like taking the precautions, you know what I mean? But like the shit does happen. It does happen to people.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

No, I don't. I don't. I never feel.

I bring either. The protection that I don't know if we're allowed to say on air or I have bear spray. I literally keep bear spray in my car and if I feel like I need to bring it with me, I bring it with me. I bring bear spray with me on walks. I bring bear spray with me everywhere because it's bear spray. It's not, you know, something else. So and bear spray is going to take down.

Monica (:

Right. You have to, yep.

Ashley (:

Mm.

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

a bear, it's damn sure gonna take down a full grown adult. you know what mean?

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Monica (:

What is what bear spray like smell like? Like, because I know of like mace, right?

Kelsie (:

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

It's like

pepper spray, but like more. It's more. It's meant, it's for a bear, a bear size problem, okay? It's gonna deter the bear. It's definitely gonna deter the man. Like, and I just, you if I don't, if not bringing my, what do you call it, Kelsey or Mouse Katoole? Mystery Mouse Katoole. And I'm bringing my bear spray and that's just, it just.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

For a bear. A bear-sized problem.

Ashley (:

of

Monica (:

This is

where it's from.

Kelsie (:

the mystery mouse-couture, yeah.

Monica (:

haha

Ashley (:

That's funny.

Monica (:

Your mouse-cadool.

Nicole (:

That's a good option though if you don't have a mystery mouse tool you can go to any sporting goods store and get some bear spray.

Monica (:

Yeah. Yeah. No, that's, that's smart.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Monica (:

That's a good call. That's a good call. man. Yeah. That crap just scares me so much. Yeah.

Nicole (:

It is literally so scary.

Kelsie (:

Yeah, it freaks me out. It's

sketchy.

Nicole (:

Speaking of TikTok, Kelsey, you had a TikTok that irked you this past week too. was it real? Okay. Yes, this bitch. This is why. This bitch.

Kelsie (:

it was actually on Instagram, but this, this, was a real, this bitch, she.

Monica (:

This bitch. Great start. Great start.

Ashley (:

This is why she deleted it.

Kelsie (:

you

She was like, it was one of those like on the screen, was like them, you're quiet. it was her and her response is like, well, you said being a stay at home mom was hard. like insinuating that it's not like she's annoyed by that. And so then I start reading the comments and

Ashley (:

So.

Yeah. Yeah.

Nicole (:

no.

Kelsie (:

somebody was like, I don't know what the person said, but she said, she basically just straight up said, stay at home moms are lacy. And every comment where anybody said anything of dissent, like she's like, she didn't, she was trying to pick a fight. Like everything was just like a bash at stay at home moms. So I was, at first I had to reread it a couple of times because I was like, surely she's not insinuating that.

Ashley (:

Yeah, obviously.

Monica (:

Yeah

Kelsie (:

she thinks that it's not hard to be stay at home mom. No, but she absolutely was. She was like, you just like, yeah, it's you're lazy, like get a life basically. So yeah, that's what I'm saying. That's what I, and I made a reel that was like, say you're desperate for views. Like if you have to go out and do that, cause that's just rage, that's just rage bait.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

That's gotta be rage bait, right? Like, people don't actually think that.

Nicole (:

I have a life, it's called my children.

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

Yeah, exactly.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

yes.

Yes, that's so stupid.

Nicole (:

And you don't know people's

situations. I'm not gonna lie, there are some days as being a stay at home mom where I am lazy. And you know what? I'm allowed to be because...

Ashley (:

Yeah, but you're

still, you're not, you're never not doing a job. You, even if you're being lazy, whatever you're saying is lazy, you have lives that are under, yeah, but there's lives in your hands.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

Exactly. If I'm having a day where I'm lazy, I'm laying down reading a book. Exactly. Yeah, still have to, literally,

Kelsie (:

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Nicole (:

I still have to get up and feed them, make sure that they're living, make sure that they're not jumping off the crate. They don't care. But I mean, yeah, well, okay, so for me, a lazy day is I'm kind of laying on the couch, I'm reading a book, but I'm still obviously tending to my children.

Kelsie (:

I don't know if you've met children, but they don't let you be lazy. Like, what?

Ashley (:

Yeah

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

obviously getting up with them, doing whatever I need to do with them, playing with them, whatever. Maybe I'm not doing my laundry. Maybe I'm not vacuuming the floors. Maybe I'm not house working, right? But to me, that's a lazy day. I'm not house working. Yeah, I'm being, yeah.

Kelsie (:

But that is not by any means the daily... Yeah. But everybody has...

Ashley (:

The second job, the second part of the job really. Yeah, yeah. That's like, it's like two jobs.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Kelsie (:

Everybody has lazy days. But it doesn't mean that every day is lazy.

Nicole (:

Mm-hmm. Yeah. No, no.

Do I dress like I'm lazy? Yes, I dress like I'm Adam Sandler every single day. I look like it. I look like I live under a bridge, but...

Kelsie (:

Yeah, I dress homeless, but it's fine.

Ashley (:

You

Monica (:

You're

dressing for the job you want.

Kelsie (:

Ha!

Nicole (:

Yeah,

right. And you know, are my kids dressed? One of them for sure, because she goes to school the other one sometimes not. And that is just what it is. not really. No, one, one of mine is always dressed and put together because she actually has somewhere to be. She has a life. So, you know.

Kelsie (:

Am I dressed? Barely. Are my kids dressed? No.

Ashley (:

Tch.

Kelsie (:

you

My kid has somewhere to be, but the second he's home, he's like, shh, shh, my kids just want to be naked all the time.

Monica (:

She doesn't like.

Nicole (:

Yeah,

yeah, yeah. Literally, my youngest came out of their like playroom today and I was like, where'd your pajamas go? And she goes, I took them off. Okay, why? What for? What's the reason? I didn't want them on. All right, well, I guess. Do what you will. That's it. It's like.

Monica (:

That's it. Now fix the explanation.

Kelsie (:

I think that there's just to sum that up, there's no role of a parent that is easy working, not working. Like it's just fucking hard no matter how you slice it. And it's just like, as a mom, whether you work or not, you never get to turn your brain off. Like.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

Yeah, it doesn't matter what kind of parent you are. Yeah, it doesn't matter.

Ashley (:

Yeah, it's hard.

Monica (:

It's, so hard and there's there's sacrifice.

No.

Nicole (:

No,

no, no.

Monica (:

No, and I think like we fill our time with things too and like other responsibilities and like other things. So it's not like there's just nothing that's going on. Like there's so much that's going on and so much that's happening.

Ashley (:

It's just so

stupid because no one believes- like, it's just such clear rage bait, you know? Like, that's not even a believable lie you're saying. It's not even a believable thing, like, you're just trying to piss people off. No, they're fucking stupid.

Monica (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

Yeah. But it works! Yeah.

Nicole (:

Mm-hmm.

Did work. Yeah. I mean, I was gonna say if you truly think

Monica (:

But some people truly do think that, though. Some people truly do

Kelsie (:

What?

Nicole (:

that...

Monica (:

believe that, which is wild to me.

Ashley (:

They don't have

Nicole (:

It's crazy.

Kelsie (:

Well, there's

Ashley (:

kids.

Kelsie (:

a lot of moms that that probably and I'm not saying they should be married to these men, but are probably married to men that feed them that belief on the daily soda and then to have it like re like solidified by a stranger. It just pisses me off like

Monica (:

Yeah.

Ashley (:

Yeah, that's true.

Nicole (:

Yeah.

Monica (:

Well, I think that there's some people too who just, they find a lot of their self-worth and value and doing things and being busy. And so that's great for them, but that's not for anybody else. Well, and then that's fine. like, if that's their level of like their baseline for it, then everybody else who doesn't match that is gonna be like less than essentially, which is sad.

Kelsie (:

That ain't me.

Nicole (:

Honestly too like

Kelsie (:

You

Yeah.

Nicole (:

think too,

like that woman needs to really look deep inside of her and realize that like she's actually super lucky and very blessed that she can have a job and afford childcare because like a lot of people can't, like I can't, my husband and I cannot afford childcare. If I was gonna go get a job right now, we would be real struggling just to afford the childcare for a while before, you know, we got just to break it. Yeah. So it's like, it doesn't really make sense for like me

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Monica (:

yeah, I'm

Ashley (:

Just to break even, yeah.

Monica (:

It's so freaking

expensive. Ooh.

Nicole (:

to work at this moment in time because anything I make is just gonna go to childcare at this point because childcare is so expensive right now.

Monica (:

Yeah. Yeah.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Monica (:

Right. And if you're not making enough to make it worth it, then it like you're sacrificing your time with your child, which is even more valuable. So if you even coming out ahead, but it's only like $500, is that $500 worth missing out on all that time? Usually not. yeah. I'm curious, the person who posted, like, are they like working or are they a stay at home mom? Are they even a mom? Yeah.

Nicole (:

Yeah.

Yeah, right, usually not, exactly, yep.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

Are they even a mom?

Kelsie (:

See listen, I didn't go too deep because I was like I'm not giving this bitch. She's obviously Just like desperate for like this. She knows this is views She knows this is engagement and I cannot be giving it to her. So I didn't go on her page I gather that anybody who has the balls to say that is Probably not a stay-at-home mom. I assume you would at least be a mom if you said it she looked old enough and like

Nicole (:

you

I hope so.

Kelsie (:

lived enough that she could be a mom, but I assume I can't remember if I saw anything that alluded to her being a mom. But either way, I was like, I can't. It's why I didn't even send it to you guys is like, I was like, I will not feed this into the algorithm anymore. I'm taking a fucking stand. But yeah. I was like, no. That's not why I deleted the app. But yeah.

Monica (:

you

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Monica (:

Good.

Ashley (:

Yeah. And now here we are talking about it. Yeah.

Nicole (:

and then she spiraled and deleted the whole app.

Monica (:

Yeah.

Nicole (:

No,

no, but it was like the same day, I think, or the day after. It didn't help, that's for sure, help.

Ashley (:

It contributed.

Kelsie (:

It did. Yeah, I think it was the day. I was like, well, yeah, it was just... Yeah.

Monica (:

It didn't help.

Ashley (:

I actually saw another video

like the other day. was, it must have been this past weekend, because it was Coachella related, but it was a girl in the video was taking a video proof of me bringing my little brother to Coachella. And it's a guy and her and she's very like scantily clad, you know? And it's just like a, like a B-roll, you know? And they're just like laugh, like there's looking, but then they're laughing. And then he like grabs her and his hand like goes all the way down her body and kind of like grabs her ass and stuff.

And obviously this is not, this can't be her brother, but to be sitting here posting this like with the incest, you know, you're insinuating incest for views.

Monica (:

I think...

Well, so I am, I'm wondering,

I'm wondering if it's a specific creator that does stuff like this. And she's doing it mocking the people who make legit videos like that. Cause she posted another one just recently too, if it's the same person where it's like showing up to my son's prom, she's like in a prom dress. Mom's in the comments.

Nicole (:

Mm.

Ashley (:

Maybe, I don't know.

Kelsie (:

There, I was about say, there's a fair amount of this

Nicole (:

my god.

Ashley (:

That's

Kelsie (:

is becoming

Ashley (:

funny.

Kelsie (:

a trend of like, purposely rage baiting things like that. Yeah. That are funny, but not funny.

Ashley (:

Like satire rage baiting kind of.

Monica (:

Yeah, and and the guy who's in the video.

Yeah, the guy who's in the video with her who sometimes plays her brother Usually is actually her husband and like she's an actress I can't think of her name. She's blonde though

Nicole (:

What girl are you thinking of? What'd

she look like? Oh, okay, because there's another girl that I know. Okay, and then there's another lady that does, she has brown hair, gorgeous, but she does these really funny, I think they're funny, she's a satire account, and she does these things. was like, my guy best friend's fiance doesn't want me to come to the wedding, so I'm gonna go anyway, and she has this whole series about her guy best friend.

Kelsie (:

There's a lady that does just boy mom stuff.

Nicole (:

And she's like, I wasn't invited to the wedding, so I just flew to where they're having it I'm staying at his parents' house and they love me so it doesn't matter. then she's like, come shopping with me to go find a white dress for my guy best friend's wedding. And like, they're funny, but people in the comments don't get that it's satire and they get so mad and I think it's so funny.

Ashley (:

Ha ha ha.

Monica (:

What's that?

Ashley (:

They take it too literally. Yes.

Kelsie (:

Yeah. It actually,

Monica (:

Yeah.

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

it shocks me how many times I read through a comment section on something that is so obviously satire and people are like completely missing it. I'm like,

Nicole (:

favorite is when there's a tag and it says satire.

Monica (:

Sanitire.

Kelsie (:

Satire.

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Okay. That actually, I don't believe this one was satire. I mean, I think I don't think it was her brother. And I think she was doing like a rage baiting type thing, but I don't think it was satire, but I didn't go and look at her account. it

Nicole (:

lose it!

Go!

Monica (:

no.

Kelsie (:

She wasn't trying to

Nicole (:

Okay, well.

Kelsie (:

be ironic. She was just trying to rage bait. Yeah. Yeah.

Ashley (:

I think she was doing it for views, like a rage bait, not

Nicole (:

Okay, well.

Monica (:

Yeah.

Ashley (:

like

ironically, but that does happen, especially on Facebook with the people in the comments, like not getting anything.

Nicole (:

I actually know, I actually had like,

yeah, no. I had a client when I used to do hair in Arizona. So I worked in Desert Ridge area, which is very close to Scottsdale, which if you know anything about Scottsdale, you know it's all basically big boobs and blonde bombshells, right? Okay, it's bougie. And we had this one client and I still follow her on social media to this day because she's a riot. Anyway, she,

Monica (:

Poojie!

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

took her little brother and I mean like she was in her 20s this little brother is was probably 10 at the time to Comic Con and he was dressed I don't know as somebody she went as Harley Quinn and she went as the most scantily clad Harley Quinn I've ever seen with her 10 year old brother and I was like bro that's not appropriate like I mean he wasn't grabbing on her like this video but it's just like it really

Monica (:

You

Thank you.

Ashley (:

That's

gross. Yeah. Yeah, that's weird. Yeah, that's weird.

Nicole (:

It's not appropriate. You should have just went by yourself to Comic-Con if you wanted to dress like a hoe. I don't care. You know,

cosplay as a hoe all you want. I don't care. Do it. I'm for it. You're hot, so you could get away with it. Fine. But like, why you gotta bring your brother? Like, or dress a little bit more not naked when you bring your brother.

Kelsie (:

Thank

Ashley (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

Why you gotta bring your brother?

you

Ashley (:

Yeah, I'm sure it was uncomfortable for him on so many levels.

Nicole (:

You know, I just, people, that's what I'm saying. Like,

it's gotta be weird. It's gotta be weird.

Ashley (:

Yeah, it's weird.

Kelsie (:

Maybe,

but maybe, I mean sometimes when it's your own, when it's your sibling, sometimes you're like, don't know. My sister's a hoe, it is what it is.

Nicole (:

Maybe he's used to it!

Monica (:

Yeah, I to do it.

Ashley (:

Yeah, but but it would be weird

Nicole (:

Maybe he's used to it. Maybe this is kind of how she always is. My sister's a hoe, it's

Monica (:

They probably didn't think twice.

Nicole (:

fine.

Monica (:

Yeah, they probably did not think twice.

Nicole (:

No, she's not a hoe. Actually knowing her, she's not a hoe. She looks like she a hoe, but she's not a hoe. I do know her. She's actually very nice. I I said she dressed like a hoe, but she does. She still does. And now she's like, it's so funny because now she is like a mom of three, but still kind of like a hoe. like, she's...

Kelsie (:

No.

No, I forgot you know this person. I'm sorry.

Ashley (:

Ha ha.

Monica (:

I love you back, right?

Ashley (:

You

Nicole (:

a really, really sweet person when you actually talk to her. It's so funny. Like the contrast of like seeing her online persona versus like actually seeing her in person and like meeting her is kind of funny. but I mean, like she's stunning. She's gorgeous. She is a model. So it's like, want to dress like a hoe? Go for it. You can, you can get away with it. That's fine. Maybe not in of your brother though. It's still weird.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Monica (:

Brent.

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

Okay. Speaking of Comic-Con, my friend works, her dad like owns a catering company in Washington, DC, and they do a lot of conventions. And so she, and she works with them. And

Nicole (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

she was getting on an elevator and it's like these guys and she's not really paying attention. She's like, but it was pretty full. She's like, can I get on here? And they're like, yeah. And so she gets in and, and then as like she looks over and it's Orlando motherfucking bloom and his bodyguards in this elevator. And she's like, I don't think he would.

Ashley (:

Hmm.

Nicole (:

Was he dressed like Legolas? Because I would have died. If he was Orlando

Monica (:

That's wild.

Nicole (:

Bloom Legolas, I would have melted into the floor. okay, I mean, I would have melted into the floor anyway, but.

Kelsie (:

I don't know. think he was just Orlando Bloom. But she was

Monica (:

my god.

Kelsie (:

like, she was like, I didn't realize so I was already in that it was him. And then she's like, I'm sure that I was just like, and one of I guess she like made eye contact with the bodyguards and he just was kind of looking at her. Like, I think they were waiting to see if she was going to notice and like say anything, but she did it. She was just like, you know, but the guy like, I think one of the bodyguards had kind of just like nodded at her.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

She played it cool.

Kelsie (:

But yeah, she just played it cool. was like, it's, it's, yes it is.

Monica (:

Like yep, it's who you think it is

Nicole (:

Like, it, yeah. I, I, I,

I, no, I don't even know. I think I would have done the same thing that she would have done. Just been like, okay.

Ashley (:

you

Kelsie (:

I'd like to

Monica (:

like

starstrap.

Kelsie (:

think that I would say something, but I probably wouldn't. I'd probably just be like... And then I'd leave and I'd do exactly what she did and be like, guys, I just was in an elevator with Orlando Flu.

Monica (:

Yeah, I wouldn't know what to say.

Nicole (:

wouldn't either.

Monica (:

Yeah.

Like I do that with people that like I know in real life, like from a distance, I can't even confront and be like, hey, I think I know you. There's not a chance.

Nicole (:

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Kelsie (:

think she

said he even had his dog.

Ashley (:

He had his what?

Nicole (:

I

wonder.

Kelsie (:

He had his little dog with him, I guess. I think is what she said.

Monica (:

Aww.

Nicole (:

Was this at the same time that Katy Perry was going up to a spaceship? Because aren't they married?

Kelsie (:

No,

Ashley (:

my

Kelsie (:

this

Ashley (:

God. That was yesterday.

Kelsie (:

that was just like Monday morning. This was this was like last week, I think the.

Nicole (:

I'm sorry,

really quick, I just have to hate on it super quick. That was the stupidest bunch of people to go up into a fucking spaceship. The only one that wasn't stupid was Amanda. I don't know how to say her last name, Nugin. I don't know, she's, I think Korean or something. She's the only one that made sense. I saw like a whole video. She wanted to be an astronaut. She had an assault situation. She was assaulted in college and she took that obviously very seriously and actually went

Ashley (:

It's so fucking stupid.

Monica (:

I think I saw that video too.

Nicole (:

and created like laws to get passed. And she took it to like her local state, got it passed there. Then she took it all the way to the UN and got laws for like survivor rights passed. And now she's getting, then she got to go, she got to go back to her original dreams of being an astronaut and go up to, you know, it was like a full circle moment for her it was a great story. And then I find out that she's in the fucking space shuttle with fucking Katy Perry. Who cares? Who? Why?

Monica (:

That's pretty cool.

Ashley (:

I stand by what I said

Kelsie (:

Think that if they

Ashley (:

about

it being a joke. They went up for 11 minutes, dude. It was so pointless. And for it to be this big fucking feminist movement, they did. They paid so much money to be on that fucking spaceship.

Nicole (:

Like.

Monica (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

think that they probably paid to go on it.

Nicole (:

Hahahaha

Monica (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

Well that's what I'm saying, I don't

give a fuck as long as they paid to go on it, then that's fine.

Nicole (:

Yeah, but they made

it, but the way that the media that I saw was like all female crew. No, it's not a crew, it's a passenger situation. You're going up, you're coming back down. It's like a helicopter ride. Yeah.

Monica (:

Yeah.

Ashley (:

Yeah, no. They were, it's, no, it's like the fucking ship that went to the Titanic. That's what it's like. The ship that went

Monica (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

Yeah.

Ashley (:

to the Titanic, wherever the fuck that hydro gate, whatever that thing was.

Kelsie (:

Yeah, I understand what you're saying.

Monica (:

Yeah.

Kelsie (:

I don't think it probably needed like the all feminist like thing, but I don't care that they like I think it I think it that's like I mean if I had an exorbitant amount of money I might ride up to the edge of space just so I can tell you bitches that the earth is round and then come back down

Monica (:

Ocean Gate.

Ashley (:

Yes.

Nicole (:

Yeah, like bro, they wanted to go up, they went up, okay.

That's cool! Cool for you! I would do it.

Ashley (:

Ha,

we'll have to ask Katy Perry.

Nicole (:

All right, all right, all right. See if

I, yeah, we'll just ask Katy Perry really quick. Is this the round? Because I need to know. No, no, I wouldn't. I would not actually. I will ask Amanda. I would listen to Amanda because she's the only one that made sense to be on that craft. I don't understand. Okay, back to Orlando Bloom. Can we talk real quick, speaking of Comic-Con, talk about how your friend also ran into Bill Steeves.

Kelsie (:

Would you listen to her honestly? I don't think you would Okay

Ashley (:

No, no, I would not either.

Kelsie (:

Okay, so then after the

Orlando Bloom thing, she walked past a different set area where I relayed the story because this is way more than three, that both Steve's from Blue's Clues were there and Nicole so gently, not gently, reminded us that there's only one Steve.

Monica (:

It's Christmas

Nicole (:

No, I literally was cracking

up. I was like both Steve's and I was laughing because I was like, I know what you mean, but I was like, there's only one Steve. Like there's only one Steve. And like, I really thought this was common knowledge that everybody knew that there was only one Steve. But I kept repeating it and Kelsey was like, you're confusing me. I was like, what? How is this confusing? There's only one Steve. Steve, Steve Burns is.

Monica (:

You

There's only one Steve.

I knew.

I'm leaving in one state!

Kelsie (:

I'm like, what do you mean?

Monica (:

This isn't a bullp- situation.

Nicole (:

Steve! No, it's not a blippy situation. It's not a thirst trap blippy.

Monica (:

They're a family.

Kelsie (:

I cared about the old blues clues. I didn't give two shits about the new blues clues, so they're all Steve to me.

Ashley (:

Well, do we even know if they were really those people or were they just people cosplaying as Steve from Blue Clues? Maybe they were both Steve's.

Monica (:

Steve one, Steve two.

Nicole (:

See you on YouTube.

Kelsie (:

No, I think they really were.

Nicole (:

No, they were at like the

Kelsie (:

I think they really were Steve's.

Nicole (:

were at like the Blue's Clues booth probably and like, yeah. by the way.

Kelsie (:

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Also, like, she's our age. She would definitely know she would recognize Steve. The real one. The only. The one and the only.

Nicole (:

yeah, think everybody, yeah, the real one. Only Steve. The one and only

Ashley (:

The one and only, don't get it twisted.

Nicole (:

Steve. Which I did end up Googling the guy that plays Joe, because okay, I went on like a whole rant. I was like, the guy that plays Steve is actually his name is Steve. The guy that plays Joe, I don't remember his name, but it's not actually Joe. The guy that plays Josh, the new one is actually Josh. I Googled, because it was bothering me, the guy that plays Joe, his name is Donovan. I don't know where they got Joe from. Too long, too long. Kids won't remember Donovan.

Kelsie (:

They're like Donovan's too much. We've got Steve, Josh,

Ashley (:

Donovan's too hard. It's too hard. Yeah. Joe.

Monica (:

Yeah, little kids can't-

yeah, kids can't say Donovan.

Kelsie (:

Donovan's not gonna cut it.

Nicole (:

They

couldn't have done Donnie, Don, something shorter. No, it's just completely different, Joe. so you know, Joe's real name is Donovan. Okay, anyway, I need to know now if you, listeners, please, if you knew that there's only one Steve or if you thought they were all Steve's, like Kelsey and Ashley, because Monica and I knew.

Kelsie (:

My kids are home.

Ashley (:

Just Joe. Well.

Monica (:

show.

I did know. I did know.

Nicole (:

But Kelsey actually didn't know that there was only one steam.

Ashley (:

I

Monica (:

However,

Ashley (:

also

Monica (:

I don't think.

Ashley (:

don't know if I would have, what?

Monica (:

I didn't learn the rest of that until Steve resurfaced on TikTok and gave us that heartwarming message. And then I went into the deep dive and learned about the rest of them. Like I knew he was replaced, but I didn't know the storyline until then. So.

Ashley (:

You

Mm.

Nicole (:

Mm-hmm.

Ashley (:

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

I watched the episode of them replacing him.

Monica (:

Of course you did.

Nicole (:

I just, I don't know how old I was when that came out, but I remember watching it to be honest.

Monica (:

But does it, does

it surprise you at all that you and I are the ones who know this information when we're also the ones obsessed with Bluey? So, every generation who's a Blue dog.

Nicole (:

Yeah, no it doesn't. If it's got a blue dog in it, we're there. We're there for it. I can't wait for the bluey movie.

I can't wait for the bluey movie. I'm gonna be busting down the doors to the movie theater. Move over little kids.

Ashley (:

I don't know if I would have

recognized Orlando Bloom in the elevator, honestly.

Nicole (:

I know if I would have either, but maybe, maybe because Pirates of the Caribbean and I was obsessed with him, so his face is pretty much the same.

Monica (:

Yeah

Ashley (:

He's older now though. Yeah, but depending what he's wearing

and I don't know, I don't think I would have recognized him. His hair is different. He would have had to have the hair. He would have had to have the curly hair for me to like really, I don't know. I have no idea. I have no idea.

Monica (:

Mm-hmm.

Nicole (:

Has he had a lot of plastic surgery? I don't know. I haven't seen him in a long time.

think he still does, he? Or maybe he has short hair now. I don't know, bro. I guess we

need to insert a picture of Orlando Bloom.

Ashley (:

Yup. Then and now, we should do a then and now. We have a guest appearance.

Monica (:

I said it now

Nicole (:

I'm just going to put Legolas,

just a picture of him as Legolas with LeBlond win wig. That's my favorite. And you know what's I'm not even like that big of a Lord of the Rings fan, but Orlando Bloom with pointy ears. I should have, I should have known where my life would end up. I would be obsessed with fairy books, smut fairy books. So should have known, which we're not going to talk about our smut fairy books.

Ashley (:

yeah.

Yep.

Monica (:

That was your entryway. That was the gateway to pay.

Ashley (:

The Gateway Drunk.

Nicole (:

We're not gonna talk about our Smut Fairy books because there's two of the four of us bitches that are way fucking behind on the Smut Fairy books, even though we're doing Throne of Glass. Yeah, there's really no smut in Throne of Glass. It's very, it's very, I mean, there was, there's one thing I can't get over and I'm not gonna say it, but it's, it's so far, it's PG.

Ashley (:

Let's catch up on Smart Fairy Books next week.

Kelsie (:

There's really no smud.

Ashley (:

No, there's not. No.

It's very PG thus far where I'm at. Yeah.

Kelsie (:

for a busy day.

Nicole (:

I'm on Kingdom of Ash. Okay, I'm gonna stop talking about it. We'll catch up with it next time because if I don't, if I start, I'm not gonna stop. Goodbye. Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go. Yeah, yeah. I don't know how to end the segue, so bye.

Ashley (:

Okay.

Kelsie (:

Yeah, she's like my my you don't know how to shut up my

Monica (:

Yes.

Ashley (:

Next week. Next week, we'll talk about it.

Kelsie (:

That's our sign off.

We don't know how to shut up. Bye. Follow us. We're funny.

Monica (:

We will see you guys next week. Like, follow, share, subscribe, do all the things.

Nicole (:

to all the things. tell your friends. Okay,

Ashley (:

Tell your friends. Okay.

Kelsie (:

Bye your

Monica (:

Bye!

Kelsie (:

friend. Bye.

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