Girl Talk: He's leaving me on NYE?!

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1:50of you Joy Anniversary Happy New Year everyone it's 2026 it's 2026 well it is tonight oh yeah tonight the big night tonight night of nights is that the word? night of nights alright don't panic panic now do we have to dress up for the prom dude I don't think we have a choice Yeah it's a night of all night God it looks just right Dressing to impress the boy Yes 2026 Energy Do I want classic or vintage or black What's everyone doing tonight hey We're going out we're staying in Big plans big plans It's gonna be huge tonight Tonight's gonna pop off It's gonna be a movie tonight It's gonna be major I'm gonna get so crunk So fucked up On NYE happy new year guys last episode of 2025 look guys i'm really proud of us all we made it we made it we're here no we made it i'm really proud of us all me too we've moved studio yes like we weren't in this space yes we haven't been here long but we definitely weren't in here this time last year.

3:08It's New Year's Eve. It's New Year's Eve. Blueberry, your first New Year. Your first New Year. This is going to be the year that you turn one. So we're departing this episode with our last wisdom of the year. Absolutely. Our last lot of wisdom for 2025. God. We hope you all have fun, go crazy tonight, kids. Be safe. Let loose, be safe, always. Yeah. Let loose. And look, if you're spending it alone, at least you've got us here tonight. At least you got us here to keep you company. Yes. Maybe we'll do a fake. Should we do a fake countdown? Three, two, one. Woo! Blue Bree is going berserk. She doesn't know what's going on.

3:52She doesn't know what's going on. She doesn't know she's coming or going. Baby. She's getting all confused. We're calm now. For our video listeners, we've got some 2026 balloons. Absolutely. We went all out. All out for the big night. On bubblegumbullings.com Shout out always So we're very excited to be here You know it's really nice that our episode's fallen on New Year's Eve It is, it's actually beautiful We've got it with Christmas Eve, we've got it with New Year's Eve So does that mean next year it'll be on New Year's Day? I feel that's pretty iconic Didn't we have that last year though? Last year we had it Did we?

4:20Yeah, so I'm really confused how it's worked out this year Well it's a Wednesday, New Year's Eve, it's brilliant It's fantastic So, I'd like to reiterate actually I'm really proud of us all for making it this far Like we've made it. We've made it. Made it to the new year, guys. It's been, I hate to say it, but it's been a quick year. It's been a very quick year. Like I know we always talk about it, but like we went to Australia at the beginning of the year. And the fact that that's coming up for like the year anniversary is why, like that does scare me a little bit because that feels like maybe like five months ago.

4:55Well, who said to us the other day? But a great year. Who said to us to like not to get all weird and stuff? Who said to us the other day that, well, apparently time is moving quicker? I said that to you because someone said that to me. No, someone said that to us, did they? Someone said that to us. Yeah, it's like a conspiracy that time is moving quicker than it used to. It actually is. Like it actually is. Like how is that? We can't even get into the physics of that. We did. Let's keep it light, you guys. It's New Year's Eve. You know, I took it at A-star philosophy and ethics. Yes, she did.

5:21That's anything. Well-educated woman. But that's obviously not physics. Is it, Sophia? It's not science. I guess. Come up here, then. But it's philosophical. absolutely so it's new year's eve let's celebrate and we're gonna sign up i'm s1 it looks like i'm wearing a dress it's giving lizzie mcguire it's gonna wear a cream for a dress it's like i'm in a big santa coat it's like i'm being swallowed again this week right so our question of the week we're gonna look for some new year inspo you know what do we want to leave in 2025 what are we taking 2026 absolutely what is our ethos you know what are our resolutions it's a lovely sorry I'm chewing I mean do you have any resolutions off the bat no come on what are you thinking this year well I guess you think about it it's New Year's Eve your resolution Blueberry is no more weeing on people's carpets unfortunately I think she's like I can't promise you anything to be fair she's not weed on my carpet for a long time she's foreign carpets she's doing really well yeah she's still a baby she's doing really well so what's your resolutions do you think um core core blimey guess we should think about that now it's new year's eve the time is of the essence the balloons are being tampered with back there oh no um okay i would like to keep up with pilates let's get it i'm really let's shred we're shredding right now you know what she said to me the other day you're really toning ginsia nice love it yeah and i was like tone let's push you're really toning i was like oh thank you girl i didn't tell you what my pilates well i mean she didn't say it to me but i thought i feel like you're speaking to me right now because she was like i'm seeing some lovely pointed toes in the room definitely some old dancers in here i would not be able to rest if someone said that to me and i was like um i was like look at that look at that arch oh my god oh my god she got a cramp oh my god it just seized up it actually did just seize and actually that happened to me in pilates last night i was like pointing my toes like oh ow oh no i've still got it though dawn dawn dawn look at me get me in helmhurst crap get me the royal ballet school It was like an electric shock.

7:38Oh no, it really got me. Yeah, so I mean, she may not have been looking at my feet, but my feet were pointed. And I thought, well, well. Sophia. It was definitely your feet, doll. Thanks. I can spot a ballerina's feet a mile away. You know, just even the posture. She knows it's me. Even the posture that, you know, do you know what my favorite thing is, is just spotting a dancer in the world? That posture. That posture. It's like nothing else. It's just the neck. I know. it's shoulders down they're walking with their feet turned out goals in just a permanent state of turnout like and then i had this other sorry matt pilates class yeah and he was like um so i have a ballet background i was like oh my god okay we're the same you and me guys i did get a um what's the word scholarship scholarship let the people know i'll just leave it there i did get a scholarship once to the my excellent school summer school what was that summer school we went to yeah it was like um the scholarship goes to yes i know sorry it's not to steal your thunder doll uh so and he was like a ballet guy and he was like okay so i'm just gonna start today in first position and i was like well i know that yeah but also like that's so foreign and i was like follow me i'll be at the front for once and then we were doing all these like um like ballet arms and again he was like some ballerinas here and i was thinking come on i love it i need to be that i need to be that i thought please say you're referencing at least me and some of these other people because there were some people and i thought these ain't ballet arms you know these aren't ballet fingers i'm giving you ballet fingers and I'm giving you ballet arms exhibit A as Chintzy's demonstrating.

9:26And he did do a little shout out. So I thought, come on, like ballerina knows ballerina. Look at that hand. Gorgeous placement. Did the camera pick that up? Am I ready for my closer? It is, it's in the fingers. It's in the tip of the fingers. That line. You know, so many ballerinas get it. If you get it, you get it. So that's one of your resolutions to keep it up? Yeah, to keep going with Palazzo because I'm really happy with the studio I found. It's so close to me I really like the instructor And I really like the classes Keep the extensions out Ah yeah And I'll just keep running all these businesses You know it's all Really nice Keep Libri alive Very important Very important Keep the home afloat Very important Focus on myself Health, well-being Health, well-being and happiness Worry less is always nice Yeah that's always a good one Have faith in the universe Always a good one Let it flow and let it go.

10:22You know, flow and go. I like that. That's a new one. Let it flow and let it go. I like that a lot. Wow, we've just invented this new term. Let it flow and let it go. Truly. I like that a lot. I'm going to embody that in 2026. Yeah, I think so. Let it flow and let it go. Nothing is that serious. It's not that deep. We're on a floating rock. Yeah. It's always a good reminder. We are okay. Always have fun. Always be happy. Stay crazy. Yeah. Stay crazy, guys. All right, what are yours? My resolutions are to let it flow and let it go. Truly, I think we should. I really actually like that. That's our new motto, let it flow and let it go.

11:03What else are my resolutions? I want to get back into my running. Yes. Because I'm kind of let that slip. You know, I did my half marathon. But I feel like also this time of year with the cold and the weather. I just don't want to go outside. Sorry. Christmas to me is a running season. No, it's not, is it? I mean there's some people who are running on Christmas morning I yeah I I've just got out of the habit like the dark mornings the darkness the wetness I don't recall I don't really want to go out there but I should because I am seeing the runners like in their little gloves and I'm like hmm it looks quite fresh actually like a fresh blue sky morning once in a blue moon so I would like to get back into my running in the new year and journaling I'm really thinking about journaling I'm not really sure what I would like to journal but I would like to start journaling.

11:51Don't really know why. The beauty of journaling is you don't know what you're going to journal. Yeah, just see what comes to me. You get your pen, you get your paper and you just let it flow and let it go. Let it flow and let it go. That's how I feel like journaling would actually feel. Yeah. It's flowing, it's going. Once it's written, it's gone. Yeah. Pretty powerful stuff. So if anyone's a keen journaler, let me know. Any tips, let me know. Yeah. Beautiful. yeah we did ask you guys for some new year's resolutions just to give everyone some inspo including us so we've got a few here that you guys have wrote in I really like this a yes day once a month where we say yes to everything that's nice that's really nice that's really nice I like that complete an Ironman do you want avocado toast yes do you want a matcha yes do you want a smoothie yes yeah want to go to Remy's yes yeah complete an Ironman Wow, that's a big goal.

12:49I went to see an Ironman earlier this year. It was inspiring. And the women do it too. Insane, yeah. It was crazy. I can't even fathom that. This is really nice, guys. 26 new things for 2026. Oh, we should all do that. What could we do that's new? Well, it might just be like trying out a boxing class. Trying out a pottery class. Just new things. Journaling. Because that, how many new things a month is that? What's 26 divided by 12? Well, let me work that out really quickly. I am a calculator.

13:32It's two things every month and a little bit extra. Love it. It's very talented. To finally learn how to drive, move to Oz. I feel that should be mine, driving, not the Oz, but also, yeah. I mean, I feel we should be doing the Oz too. To get myself my very own bloop. That is a nice one. Truly. Because you think about it for so long and then when you finally do it, like you've just done it then. You've got a dog, you know. Learn the piano. Beautiful. 14 ,000 steps a day. Wow. Less TikTok. Oh, that's a good one. To flirt more. A little. A little. I like that. Honestly, my favorite so far is a yes day and the 26 things.

14:15Stop being mean to boys I fancy. okay growth to save to buy a house nice incredible my first solo trip nice i think we can all learn a lot from a little solo trip to be honest less slick backs guilty guilty read 60 60 bucks so what how many is that a month then okay so my reading goal for this year was 50 bucks I'm only like I'm like high 30s I don't think I'm gonna make it you've got tonight but I've got to get through 20 tonight I've also read some really big books so I'm like come on that counts as like three like my most recent book was over a thousand pages and really and I saw you could have like split that up into four books because I was speaking to this girl and she was honestly like read some of these novellas they're like 50 pages I'm like wow then I would probably get my reading goal but yeah my reading goal was 50 and i think that on average is about four a month is that right five a month jesus what did i think i was going to do that and yeah i've not quite hit it but there's always next year but i would also like to read like three to four a month i average about three yeah because four is one a week that that's a pretty quick turnaround i say Six is like if you have a good holiday, like a good reading holiday.

15:37But I would like to hit three a month. But it just depends how big the book is. Yes. It depends how much reading time you get. But I would really like to do four a month, three a month. Yeah. But yeah, sometimes it doesn't happen. So 60, you'd have to be looking at how many books is that a month? That's bloody. That's a lot. It's what's six times 12. I'm really bad at math. six times we should know that oh it's five years oh 60 is five a month 60 is five so yeah it's like less than a week and we're grabbing it yeah it's like come up for air yeah because like do you not also need like book processing time yes just to just sit with it for a second before you know but sometimes it's like the hangover really hits and it's like shit i need like i need something else so people like people might go for a palette cleanser right so a palette cleanser would be something like god i've just read this crazy thing i'm never going to get over i'm going to be thinking about this the day i die it's like you know what let's have a palette cleanser let's have something short fun sweet pretty light not heavy yeah pretty like happy clappy yeah just to cleanse the palette before we go in again yeah i understand well next what we've got to be an iconic diva i think we could all channel that we could all channel that yeah iconic divas girls Run a half marathon Nice To do the splits I could have that one to my Pilates goals I like that a lot Enter my hair care era Same I mean yeah In the new year we're going to go to that head spa There's a really nice head spa I really want to do it so bad You know they analyze your scalp Less slick backs but I fear a slick back has to come once a week and also the slick back is good because it means we're washing it less then drying it less using less heat so although it has its pullbacks it also has its benefits I think as long as it's not as much tension it's the tension I mean but we need it right and tight I guess right we're going to dive into the ims oh was that all of them lovely okay well I'm feeling inspired alright alright Right, so it's January almost.

17:56Almost, tomorrow. Sarah here says, he's going on a New Year's trip without me. Oh, goodness me. Okay, well, we're going to keep this positive and we're going to keep it happy. Yeah. And we also start as we mean to go on. We start as we mean to go on. You know, what energy, we don't chase, we attract. That's the energy for 2026. And also we let it flow. And we let it go.

18:27just before we get into it quick disclaimer just as we are not doctors we are not professionals we do not actually know what we are talking about this is a light-hearted space okay don't take what we say literally because we could be wrong yeah and if there's anything serious if there's anything you feel like you're seriously struggling with please contact a gp a professional because that is not us we're just girls girls and boys just like you we're just trying to get through life as well not professionals enjoy the episode Hi, gorgeous girls. Oh, hey. I'm going to try and keep this as short as possible.

19:00My boyfriend Brian and I have been together for four months. So this is the first Christmas, first New Year. First everything. Have you met each other's families at Christmas time? Right, right, right. I can imagine that's all happened in this past week. Very fresh, but I have never truly been happier. I am 25 and he is 23. I've never been treated so well. It's like all the love I've ever poured out into the world Has finally found its way back around to me through him Oh that's beautiful That's really beautiful goals honestly His friends have asked him to go on vacation for New Year's And this included one of the boy's girlfriends Changes everything Changes everything However I have not been invited He did say he wanted to spend New Year's with me As it is our first together But I don't think he will end up doing that his friend can be quite persuasive controlling she's pop and i know they will end up saying just forget about sarah me and come and stay with us my point to him is if other people's girlfriends are being invited why haven't they included me is it because it's still so fresh i don't really know how to approach the subject to him without feeling like i'm coming off jealous or bitter when in reality i just want to spend our first new year's as a couple together no matter where it is also sometimes it's just nice for your presence to be acknowledged even if you don't end up going yeah you at least want the invitation yeah and whether i say yes is a different thing but i'd like to be asked the consideration of me and just including me like welcome me in you know also like you can't say one thing like you can't say on one hand i really want to spend the years with you no and then like as soon as your boyfriend's like forcing me oh no i can't say You know how persuasive he is.

20:50They're just super persuasive. And then it's like, then you end up doing that. It's like, you've got no backbone. Like, don't, you're not, just because you don't want to miss out with your boyfriends. FOMO. Sorry, this is not the most juicy dilemma. I just need help on approaching certain subjects when the relationship is still so new. I'm still terrified that certain things I slash slash do will put him off me. That's an interesting thing. That's interesting. Because nothing you, nothing, Especially this should not put him off you This is you kind of asserting your Just having your voice in the relationship And your boundaries And just saying oh I'm actually Kind of not okay with that You know I'm quite an insecure person So reassurance is a big thing for me Right so something like this would actually make you feel like A real type of way Yeah I think it would most Yeah because it's like oh you're not considering me You don't want to show me off you don't want to bring me around with your friends you don't want to spend news like all these things well I just feel second best yeah pics of me and Brian Attach this is really cute right so is he going with his mates then tonight sounds like it he's kind of said this is them really cute you can tell they're in love oh that's really cute he's kind of said really want to spend New Year's with you my baby sugar plum lips you know my new love my lover my lover love of my life mother of my children Brian He's just asked me, he's so persuasive, you know, he's so persuasive.

22:17You know what he's like. And it's kind of, I don't know. I don't know if he's decided, but she's saying, I want to say something. Yeah. Because it's also like setting the tone for the rest of your relationship. If this is the first time you're having to bring up something that's affecting you, it's really important that you do so. But it's disappointing when it's like, I wish I didn't have to ask you to be with me on New Year. Like, I wish you wanted to be with me. Like I don't want to have to ask you to choose me over your friends. I just want you to do it. Especially when it's so, we've just fallen in love.

22:50Like it should be like you want to kiss me on New Year's Eve. Because like I really want to spend New Year's Eve with you. Like if my friends, I'd be like, sorry, I'm with that new guy. Like so the fact that he's not having that energy towards you is like, oh, it's just a shame. But then on top of that, it's like if you are going away, there's a girlfriend there. So why? Exactly. Why can't I just come along? Why isn't it like, why isn't he going to his boys? is oh well sarah's coming of course and they're like yeah yeah yeah you gotta bring a new girl like that's sad that is sad so how do we approach him for the first time with our first issue or thing that's affecting us i think it's one of two things it's kind of like what we said a while ago when was it even last week when it was like i don't want to have to tell you how to behave like we're four months in we've reached a bit of a hurdle there's that there's the difference between like I want to voice my opinion and I want to say that I'm not happy with something and I want to address something and I want it to be I want my feelings to be taken seriously and like I want us to speak about this but then in other instance it's like I don't want to tell have to tell you that it's really disappointing to me that I'm having to explain to you that I want to be especially when you've told me I want to be with you on new year and we've kind of made a verbal plan that we're going to have our new year's eve together like it's a romantic night especially for new couples it's like it's like you can't is that like it's a couple night like you know but we can't start off this relationship on the foot where you kind of say you're going to do one thing exactly another exactly now it's like oh so you're going to say you're going to do all this stuff and i'm not going to be able to believe a single thing you say because you always do this you always say you're going to do one thing and do another yeah like that's really number one unattractive number two just like not good relationship practice i would maybe just say like look about about tonight i mean we've left a bit late sorry sarah but i would just say look i know that um like this whole thing's come up with your friends but like i kind of thought we made plans like did we not make plans because i think there's been a miscommunication like i was under the impression that we were having new year's eve together yeah i was really looking forward to having a new year's eve with you like and starting the year together kiss at midnight start the year together and i do kind of feel like you've just chosen you felt like you've got a better option like i know sarah's going so is it just one girlfriend or not any other girlfriend and also like if he knows that he can start palming you off yeah he is going to continue to do this in the relationship think oh she's all right yeah i'll come with you boys she'll be fine i'll see you the day after set your boundaries you do because otherwise he will do this in the relationship continually and he will let you down with plans like it might be date night but i know all the boys are going out so i'm gonna do that instead yeah like you need to set the tone and i think it starts now yeah and if he doesn't understand it okay it's disappointing that i have to spell it out like it really is because i want you to want to spend it with me just as much as i want to spend it with you well surely but also surely it's just it it's just common sense that i would Be coming with you And your friends On New Year's Eve And the other girlfriends Is that not common sense Why am I the one Being excluded Just say it Just say it Why are we biting our tongues Like that's how you feel Sarah Say it Like let him know Otherwise he will Walk all over you And he will just think Oh everything's on my terms With this relationship And it's like no It's not at all Say how you feel Or stay And don't be scared Or just like Don't say anything And just watch him Watch how he behaves Yeah Because that also Speaks volumes then act accordingly of course then act accordingly it's either like you stand on business and you say no you're not doing that because you said you're gonna hang out with me and i'm really disappointed blah blah or it's like i'm not gonna tell you what to do like you're your own you're a grown-up you're a man i actually want to watch you make this decision like you've got two offers here we both know we made plans you've got that plan i'm gonna watch what you do and i'm gonna i'm gonna judge you for what you do i'm not staying quiet in 2026 like i'm gonna speak up for what like is right for me like I'm not here to babysit you and like so this is the right decision and this is the wrong one like no think for yourself what do you think you should be doing tonight and like act accordingly I don't want you to just be this chill chill girlfriend it's like oh have fun oh I don't mind no I know this is really disappointing we do mind yeah I do mind actually good luck Sarah you've got this let's start hope it goes well tonight let's start the year as we mean to go on truly I think especially in these new relationships set the tone set your boundaries this is my expectations if you can't meet that then i've got to go

27:36okay now we're going to shout out to all the single gals on new year's eve single gal my e goals yes girls hey girlies i love the pod it's helped me so much i cannot tell you the amount of times i've gone back to listen to your single fouls episodes they helped me so much this year what a time to be alive that was this isn't really a dilemma but any big sisterly advice you can give me would be amazing this year i've had some big things to go through on my own i bought my own house in january wow that's incredible sarah congratulations which i'm so incredibly proud of i had a big breakup in feb good timing what oh safe to say going through a breakup while only just starting to live on my own was difficult yeah i have gotten so much more comfortable being alone and I now love my safe space I have created for myself so I want to continue working on that next year however I still struggle so much with the loneliness and this time of year is even more difficult as my ex would have moved in with me by now you know the picture the the future that I was picturing hasn't necessarily played out that added in with the horror that is modern dating is rough I guess my goals next year is to somehow pick myself up and carry on dating to try and find my person and to work even harder at dealing with the loneliness that comes from being alone a lot of the time.

28:54If you have any tips on this or how to keep picking yourself up when dating someone ends and things go badly, I would really appreciate it. Sending you all the love, a lonely Sarah with the tiniest bit of hope left that her person is out there somewhere. Great, Sarah. Of course they are Sarah. Sarah, also we're not lonely. I understand, I live alone too. That's why I had to get blueberry. do you know what i mean i was why don't you get a blueberry what sarah could get a blueberry truly house cat truly i do think a feline friend of any kind if you can if you've got the capabilities you've got the schedule to take care of what i needed that kind of constant like company it's just like it's not even it's not a human it's just like company and it's like you're not lonely it we just need to change how we perceive perceive it like and how we think about it because let's see it as a blessing that we've been able to live alone we can live alone like it was the year anniversary last month of like when women could have their own bank accounts the year anniversary sorry sorry yeah um the it was the anniversary not the year yeah it was just the end of the date of like when women could get their own bank accounts like mental we never like back in the day we were not allowed to live on our own we were not allowed to have jobs we allowed to be independent women who could do all this stuff and i think it's just like let's be grateful that we can do that and we're not lonely because for all we know like you could meet someone next month sarah and then that's it then that's it you've got a boy who's around all the time you're never gonna live alone ever again yeah and then it's over exactly and like it's such a blessing to be able to live alone and do and do it and yeah it is and also yeah you've bought your own house yeah it's like some people never achieve that in their whole life that's such a huge feat and you've accomplished that on your own like it's amazing but I understand the thoughts and feelings that yeah especially the time of year like it's a little people aren't as like it's the winter it's getting depressing like people aren't well people are sociable but it's in different ways isn't it and I do think it's normal for those like lonely thoughts to creep in yeah but kind of just like stopping yourself in that moment go no actually I'm amazing successful beautiful I pay for this house it's all mine I'm so proud of myself the right person will come along when I'm ready and when they're ready, when the universe decides it and having faith in that and just kind of continuing on like that.

31:17And just telling yourself to, I know it's easier said than done, but just like Chintzia said, like try and soak it in and enjoy it as much as possible because it, it won't always be this way. Like someday you will live with a boy or you'll move into his space or he'll move into yours. And like, it's not, you know, the years of you living alone, when you look back on life these are probably going to be some of the times of your life yeah like some of the shortest like you're it's such a blessing that you can you're on your own timeline yeah you can do what you want with your evenings you can cook your own food watch what you want yeah do whatever you want you don't have to tell anyone what you're up to nothing like soak it in like these are truly the times of your life yeah and and you can meet someone next week and then it's like oh well that era's over because you will meet someone you will of course yeah you will you're very lovable you you you will get love like love is coming it's on its way it's just when and i think you know we're so lucky to be able to live alone and do the things have your own space have our own space and do those things for yourself yeah i think just filling those time keeping busy pick up some new hobbies in the new year a new you know keep checking in with your mates class but i would honestly recommend a feline friend to be honest yeah seriously a little companion a fish because it's nice to be greeted when you come home yeah like I think that's what it is it's like there is someone else at home so I would consider that honestly Sarah I think it's a really good thing if you're really if you're really not enjoying living alone do you have any mates like do you want to live with a friend someone move in like does one of your mates want to move out of their house they could move in like you know living alone isn't for everyone it's not it's not something that everyone's going to enjoy and I get that you might be like I actually don't like living on my own that's fine like it's amazing that you've got to experience it and kind of like tick that box but if you're really not enjoying it maybe look for a housemate that might be a really nice thing for you and it might really change things up and give you a bit of a spring in your step and be like oh I love this like I'm now feeling really good about this you know maybe think about that because if it's not for you it's not for you but I would try and soak in and enjoy it because you won't be living alone forever and I mean I even look back and think oh that was so fun like living alone and it went so quick like I had no idea it was going to be for such a short period of time in the grand scheme of things like now that feels like a distant memory but it didn't when I was in it I was like god I feel like I've always lived alone but that time like life will move on and you won't always be in this same place so but yeah if you're really not enjoying it maybe look for a housemate and then it'll be like that company you may need like when you get home from work yeah just that like the presence in the home I understand that yeah but good luck sarah truly try and look at it yeah yeah and try and look at it with just new eyes like you're doing great you've had a huge success you're obviously very successful your own property exactly 2026 look out like i feel like it's your year honestly yeah i feel like you're so successful you've done such an amazing thing for yourself you're alone yeah it's and it's really powerful to be alone and live alone it really is really independent powerful woman things which we all Sarah.

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36:26okay look we've celebrated the new year whatever we're over it now and now sarah here says we're gonna lock back in now guys sarah here says i've stolen my sister's identity well whiplash i mean are we twins because this is a yeah are we twins like you know identity twins is very easy to to achieve um hi sophia and chintzia I have accidentally gotten myself into a funny predicament and I'm hoping you can help I like going to the gym but I'm always looking for new ways to shake up the routine okay at the start of this year I got into yoga and I've really been enjoying going to classes about once a week nice nice I finished my master's earlier this year so I finally so finally I have a big girl job and the money to try out more things I love that for you congratulations one thing that always caught my eye was reformer pilates get it we know it well get it absolutely but I could never afford the classes during college I live in a small city so there aren't many reformer pilates studios around about a month ago my older sister told me that she had signed up for a 30 day yoga challenge and wouldn't need her gym class and wouldn't need her gym classes at for the month I see where this is going she's impersonating you at the gym you're impersonating her Sophia was impersonating Lydia Bailey Sillow at David Lloyd West Bridgeford for 10 years.

37:49For a decade. Like. Yeah. For a decade. Yeah. Pretty nice. Just buzz in. They had no idea. They had no idea. They did question me once or twice. But that was nearing the end though when we were older wasn't it? That was nearing the end. Yeah. She gave me her login details so that I could use it for the month and that way her credits that she had already paid for wouldn't go to waste. That's lovely. Nice. That's a nice Sicily thing to do. I thought great. I can finally try the fancy reform of Pilates classes. We look really similar. So I used her ID. It's my fake ID when I was younger and it always worked perfectly.

38:24There's a small Pilates studio near my new job. So I signed up for an introductory class there. Aren't they identical twins, did she say? No, I said that. Just her sister. They're just sisters. Right, okay. I got confusing about the ID. I was like, well, aren't you the same age? Yeah, they're going to look similar enough. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Got you. Because I used my sister's account to book the class. it's booked under her name Sarah so after work I walked into the studio it was really nice and small with just two rooms a changing area in the Pilates room with just eight reformer machines and that's really nice yeah I tell the instructor hi I'm Sarah she crossed my name off the list I almost said my actual name not my sister's but I remember just in time this is very me coded I fear Sarah Ginzia always gets asked what her name is And she goes Sophia Yeah Well yeah it's my default In Blank Street, wherever Sophia Well yeah because they just get confused They can't write it They don't know what I'm saying So I know the feeling It's just It's having your identity stone Yeah Sophia And then I go next and I'm like Well my name's Lydia I guess what do I say my name is now because my default is Sophia but I need to change my default to Lydia yeah sorry it's alright 2026 you know let it go and let it flow let it go Sophia let it go I should just say blueberry you know I'm blueberry's mum you can write blueberry's mum you can write mum right okay so throughout the class she would call out things like Sarah arch your back a little ass and I'd have to remember that she was talking to me I loved the class and after it finished I immediately booked another class for the end of the week my sister had a lot of credit so I could afford to do two classes a week with her this is ideal nice every time I had the same instructor and after the class the minute I would walk through the door she would say hi Sarah she's the kind of person who's very good at remembering names and faces you kind of have to be if you're polite Because it's a really nice personal touch.

40:37It really is. Welcome back. My problem now is that I've been doing this for almost a month and my sister's 30-day yoga challenge is nearly done. She will take her classes account back and after this to use her own credits again. I'm really loving these Pilates classes and it's so handy that the studio is right beside my office. But the instructor now knows me as Sarah. I mean, I actually had this in my spin classes back in the day. He would call me Sophia, remember? what is that little man that bold little man who would teach those spin classes at david lloyd and that one and one time he said because i go on a saturday morning with mom and you know this story no this is years ago i must know it but it's not like in my memory when i would spin i do yeah back in the day yeah and then i go to the gym 9 a.m with mom on a saturday morning and i would do that spin class with that little bold man in it what was his name ad or something you know that little you know that man you do quite handsome muscly no no no but not him smaller guy right okay anyway yeah and i remember before what's your name like mid-class what's your name sophia and then it would be the whole time oh sophia's yeah hi sophia yeah and then i'm yeah great great stuff back there like and it was that thing and like obviously i was like what 16, 17 Oh my god 18, 19, 20 Yeah And then it actually became An anxiety inducing thing Because you had the wrong name It's quite Like yeah Yeah you're waiting to get caught out It's awkward He knows all the names On the register Yes It's Chincia It's Chincia So luckily he wasn't checking But it was always Yeah Yeah and it doesn't feel nice I'm trying to think If I've ever had a situation Like this But I don't think I have No but you You can be honest with your name I've always just said Yeah There's really something ringing a bell in my head because like imagine when i was in that spin class it's dark and it's loud what's your name chintzia what was that and then it's just like this whole thing he's on the mic yeah he's on the mic oh god everyone's in the class watching just much easier yeah yeah have you ever heard this itch i don't know but i can really picture like there's really something ringing it i'm not sure if it's someone i used to work with like that they would always go in this coffee shop and I've just there's just really something in my brain about like giving the barista a different name but then I think she liked him and it was like oh this is really awkward because it's not actually my name and I feel like it was something about like her Instagram and it was like fuck that's not the name I've been giving you like that whole like yeah it's I can't remember but there's really something in my head where I feel like I've had a secondhand experience so now she's stressed she's saying if I make my own account under my actual name she's put Jane is that your real name Jane G.I.

43:29Jane is this another Jane is such a sexy name yeah Jane I walk into the class and she'll greet me as Sarah and I will have to explain that as she was pretending to be my sister I'm actually Jane I think you could laugh that off you could laugh that off youth rack I really do yeah I was stealing my sister's credits I'm actually Jane Wait, didn't Ross do it? When he was pretending to be British. Oh, yeah. He just had to phase it out. Phase it out. You could just phase it out. It's actually just, you could give a nickname. You could. And then eventually it will become Jane. It will phase out. Yeah.

44:04We could go from Sarah to Jane. So go Sarah to what's the nice in between? We're going to just need to add a J in there. Shane. It's actually Shane. Oh, it's actually Shane. You've been saying it wrong. It's actually Shane. Yes. Yeah, seriously. It's actually Shane. And then it's Jane. They give it another month. That was actually Jane. Oh yeah, Shane. You mean Jane? I'm Jane. Wait, wait. Who's Shane? I'm Jane. Make her think like she's fucked up. Make her think she's fucked up. It's Jane. It's Jane. Yeah. Or you could just boldly walk in. She goes, hi, it's Jane. Jane. Oh, you must meet my sister.

44:41We look very similar. I'm Jane. We've met many times. Do you not? No, no, no. Make her think like she's going crazy. you haven't met she's only met Sarah she's gonna go home and spiral she's gonna go home to her boyfriend I've seen this woman every day I've seen a ghost and now she says I've never met her and her name's Jane she's gonna think maybe she's on the run maybe I should call the police fucking like seriously have you seen this woman seriously goes by Jane or Shane Jane or Shane I don't know Jane or Shane I think right you could be quite clever and you either go in like very confident and just like oh like I'm actually Jane like I was using my sister's credits yeah and you just like I was using my sister's credits like I was stealing her membership but like don't worry I'm like I'm legal now I've got my own credits and like it's kind of funny like it's only embarrassing you feel it'd be embarrassing like it's kind of funny you could laugh that off like be confident like I'm actually Jane like psych like haha my name's Jane like I've been fooling you yeah prank patrol prank patrol prank patrol no i fear she'd get a bit freaked to be honest or you go in and say hi nice to meet you i fear she's gonna fumble this and then you go yeah i'm jane and she's going and then you can say oh that's my she's gonna think she's going through psychosis she's not gonna be well with this that's like yeah that's like amisha saying in no my name is susan whoa no no no your name is not susan say that's my twin that's my identical twin yeah but then a sister walks in oh she's gonna still keep going she thinks so yeah because that's her account oh so it yeah i don't know if she's a pilates girl i think make i think she's lost it i'm jane sarah i'm jane where's your manager actually i'm jane sorry this woman's accusing me of being someone else excuse me excuse my record this is definitely my first ever palante's class you just need to make sure i'm being accused here you wear none of the clothes you've bought you need a full full fresh wardrobe new scent on amazon get some new stuff new scent style your hair a new way everything change everything about yourself yeah no maybe just get like a full fringe or something there we go curtain bangs i think a full fringe and you could pass it off as she's never seen you before because that would change if you got a full fringe down you were like no my name's susan i got you would you would think if it was like all new clothes you would second guess yeah i had a new image yeah absolutely let me just quickly finish her conclusion at the end it wasn't get a tattoo she's like i'm just actually jane i'm actually jane get a tattoo on your neck sarah then you're fine then you can walk and say look I'm Jane.

47:32You've never met me before. That's it. You ain't seen this face before, Yeah. The instructor's really nice, but does everything vary by the book? Oh, God. That's why I'm scared of a, what's a job's worth? So, hang on, you've actually been, I'm going to have to charge it to your accountant because you've been having a little, yes, convinced her she's lost it. Yeah, no, she's, no. I'm Jane. No, she's a job's worth. I'm the owner of this house. She's going to say, whoa, whoa, whoa, so I don't actually have your name, major in all of your information on file. This is the first time I've been here.

48:04I don't know you. My name's Jane. She's gonna shit her pants. Get the manager. Get the manager. I'm being accused of being someone called Sarah. Get the manager. You are mistaken. I can assure you. So she's just saying. She's saying. Stare in the eyes. I can assure you. I'm mistaken. I can assure you. You have never seen me before. It was like, You have never seen me before. Get to the front of the line when you're checking in. Straight away. You have never. My name is Jane. You have never seen me before. My name is Jane. Three, two, one. Lights out. Lights out. I feel she wouldn't even fall for that because she says, I'm not sure how she would react to my little scam.

48:49So this woman is an easy breezy. You're going to have to hypnotize her. I could make my account with the same name, Sarah, but then I have to pretend that my name is Sarah forever. your name's Jane convince her that she's lost it the city is small what if one day someone I know or someone from work goes to a class and blows my cover that's true Jane yeah I don't know what to do I'm Shane the only other reformer pull up I'm Shane where's Jane so was it Sarah who's Sarah I don't know what to do the only other reformer pull up studio is kind of near where I live it's always booked out for classes outside of nine to five hours so the studio that i've been going to is the only place that i can regularly do reformer classes before or after work i so didn't think this through when i started this all a month ago please let me know what you think i should do i'm completely torn right shane shane get a great get yourselves the hairs on cut that fucking fringe and get a tattoo cut that fucking or as a police are gonna be after you okay and that job's worth Seriously, cut a bob and a fringe.

49:58That's it. You can walk in as Jane. Easy peasy. I'm being dead serious. Dead serious. Just dye your hair. Cut it. Easy. New wardrobe. Get a new piercing. My name's Jane. Get some surgery. Get a septum. My name's Jane and I've got a full fringe. Get to know. You've never met me before. Get to know. Oh, yes, Sarah. That's my sis. Get over it. Yeah, you think you've seen me before? You haven't. You haven't seen me before. I've got a lip piercing now. I'm out of this house. Sarah. you're gonna go get two lip piercings unfortunately a piercing eyebrow tattoo a septum piercing a full fringe and a bum and a neck tat now it's problem solved yeah and now you're fully given pilates princess and you're fine yeah and clearly a jane yeah i'm so jane you're so jane like that you're not sarah yeah just gonna change your identity you're fine and if things go wrong i'm shane if someone complains about you Jane I'm Shane I'm Shane not Jane not Sarah not Jane I'm Shane sorry Jane I'm actually Shane I would be tempted to just if this was Lydia I'd just make a new account of the name Lydia with a different email well she said she could use she could use Jane she could use Sarah Shane but then she said you're going to be Sarah forever yeah only at the gym though only in this class but then like you go with your sis oh my god two sisters the same name so yeah our mum loves it our mum just you know whatever get over it she wasn't very imaginative get over it you jobsworth yeah what's it to you what's it to you teach the class get on with it come on Shane let's go Shane we're leaving Shane Shane we're out of here Shane yeah you're fine Sarah you got this in the bag babe good luck every new year yeah Happy New Year love Happy New Year Shane

52:00Right our last one before we pop the champagne Help I'm stuck in a lesbian affair Here we go Let's get this ironed out before the clock strikes midnight Please So I've got two friends Sarah and Susan They are not part of the same circle I'm friends with them separately Jane and Shane Let's call them Jane and Shane Susan has been in a relationship with this really lovely girl Let's call her Jane Let's call her Rachel for about a year and a half Wait, sorry, you're going to have to circle back and read all that again Two friends, Sarah and Susan Right, okay Separate, they don't know each other Separate circles You were distracting me with Jane and Shane Susan has been in a relationship with this really lovely girl Rachel Sarah and Rachel are together Jane and Shane Susan and Rachel are together Jane and Shane Who's Jane?

52:47Who's Shane? They look so similar They look the same But one's got Jane and Shane Look the same Oh no Jane and Shane Look the same Right so we've got Sarah is with Rachel Susan's with Rachel Susan is with Rachel For about a year and a half Right Rachel also has Her own friendship group Which Susan is a part of And I know them too From the outside Susan and Rachel Look solid They're not just a couple They're really intertwined They've built this Whole life together and from the outside, you'd think they're in it for the long run. Got it. Here's where it gets messy. Over the past while, Susan and Sarah have started talking again.

53:26They dated briefly, ages ago, nothing serious. But recently, the convo has picked back up. Well, Susan's cheating on Rachel then. At first, it was just casual chats. Then it got flirty and then it crossed the line completely. Susan has basically told Sarah she doesn't even want to be with Rachel anymore and that she wants to be with her instead. You can't just jump ship like that, Suze. I feel like it's the time of year, though. It gets people having big proclamations. And now Susan has started spinning lies. Susan. She's saying her name is actually Shane.

54:02I've been lying to you. It's Shane. And I'm in love with Shane. She's been telling people outside of Rachel's circle that she and Rachel have broken up. What the fuck? So word gets back to Sarah that she's single. But in reality, she's very much still with Rachel, living life as normal, like nothing's going on. Susan, just, oh, Susan's a mess. So she's creating a whole alternate reality for herself. Yeah. The worst thing is, Susan doesn't even realize how much I know. She told me a little bit at the start, but Sarah's been filling me in too. So I've got the full picture, which means I'm here stuck in the middle.

54:38Trying to figure out who's Shane and who's Jane. Who's with Shane? Who's with Jane? I've been to lunch with Susan and Rachel before, just the three of us. And I honestly wanted the ground to swallow me up. Rachel has no idea. She's sitting there being her lovely self. And I know the whole thing's fake. Now Susan asks me to hang out and I don't even want to because I just can't look at her the same way. I just keep thinking if she can treat her girlfriend like this, what does that say about how she treat her friends? So here's where I'm stuck. Do I tell Rachel the truth? Do I cut Susan off? if I say something I'll blow up their whole friendship group they even live together and both Susan and Sarah would probably turn against me but if I say nothing I feel like I'm betraying Rachel who doesn't deserve any of this girls what do I do I feel like I'm holding a ticking time bomb and at some point it's all going to explode well it is and it is all going to come out sooner rather than later it is coming because like she's everyone knows it's brewing it's bubbling someone is going to tell Rachel yeah word's gonna get back but she's being very bold to like tell people that she's single when she's still in a whole relationship that's fucking mental mental and the fact that she sat there I guess Susan doesn't actually know that you know everything but she has told her a bit yeah I think you should say to Susan next time she confides like sort out this mess yeah don't talk to me about this anymore sort out this mess get your name right what are you Rachel is my mate and her name's Jane by the way it's not even Rachel right sort out this mess I'm in the middle of it it's not fucking fair yeah sort it out I would say like I can't hang out with you and Rachel together like that again like sort it out yeah just be honest with her give her some tough love just say like you can't treat people like this what are you doing like she's spun this web and I think it's got out of control for her and she probably feels like she's struggling to manage it she must feel like she's drowning I think she does and she kind of needs spinning plates and when you're doing that you need tough love to be like look just break up with Rachel then you can do whatever the fuck you want problem solved then you can do what you want yeah seriously it's so easy in height in theory i think maybe you might need to call her out a little bit i think tough love is sometimes that's what gets through because right now she thinks she's like on top of the world or even just play dumb and send her a text like hey like so sorry to hear about you and rachel like jane told me you guys broke up yeah yeah yeah and then she'll be like oh shit and then be like i think rachel's gonna get with for this watch out oh you've not well she's definitely going to find out yeah and I just encourage that conversation I think if you say to her oh I've heard about the breakup because let's face it like people know let's face it let's face it she's been telling enough people so Rachel Susan Sarah let's get it all out there start the year as we mean to go on with truth and honesty and no infidelity Rachel oh no Rachel's not done anything Jane Jane Shane watch out right well that's lovely oh right guys wow we're gonna sign off the year there i think if you're shane if you're jane thank you guys this week no truly special episode for you shane and jane if your name is jane shane as well like if you're oh jake shane whoa whoa very close jane shane jane shane this is your year truly you've got this in the back hang in there jill you've got this we would both like to say a big happy new year happy new year thanks for listening to the pod this truly it's been a lovely year it has we've been to australia what a christmas show wow we've done incredible things with the pod this year so thank you so much for listening guys absolutely we love you very much we hope you all have a safe celebration yes we'll be back here in jan go crazy but be safe go crazy be safe always here everybody on wednesday kids keep it real jane and shane i guess we'll see you next year breeze up she says bye love you guys happy new year bye Woo-hoo!

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