

12 May 2026 · 1h 3m · 24 chapters

The hosts discuss “Girl Talk” dilemmas: fake-tan mishaps and petty revenge stories, then pivot to relationship/family crises. Main focus is a listener’s wedding-savings theft by her fiancé’s sister-in-law, followed by another listener’s heartbreak over a best-friend/sister being engaged to a cheating partner and then excluding the best friend from wedding plans.
No named podcast guests. The episode is hosted by the “Girl Talk” hosts and includes two listener call-ins/messages (one from a bride-to-be; one from her best friend).
(1) The sister-in-law allegedly stole a joint wedding-savings bank card on New Year’s Eve and made repeated small transactions (Deliveroo/Uber/Amazon) before the card was blocked. (2) The sister-in-law deflected blame, deleted apps, and did not apologize; the fiancé is torn between believing her and holding her accountable. (3) In the second story, the best friend/“sister” feels used as a mediator after discovering texting infidelity, then later is told the wedding is “family only,” abroad, excluding her.
blocking the card; multiple micro-transactions; deleting apps; “family only” abroad wedding; mediator role in a three-hour conversation.
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Hosts discuss their breakfast preferences and the joys of baking banana bread.
“Yet your doctor says everything looks fine.”
Hosts discuss their breakfast preferences and the joys of baking banana bread.
“And also like, I need to have a lovely treat when I'm watching my favorite show.”
A lively conversation about a reality TV show and its latest drama.
“should see him now he's in turmoil like he really loves gia he's actually going through it a lot Because I saw a quote from Scott saying Gia was the nastiest, worst woman he'd ever met.”
Hosts share their experiences with tanning products and mishaps.
“Look, I'm going to tell you about this person.”
Hosts discuss the idea of mediums and psychics, sharing personal thoughts and experiences.
“And you can be like, oh my God, that's for me.”
Explore the hosts' humorous thoughts on psychics and superstitions.
“When I drive past, I'm like, where are you driving past?”
A lighthearted exchange of petty revenge stories among the hosts.
“I sold his sofa on Facebook Marketplace after finding out he cheated.”
The hosts share their thoughts on a recent Michael Jackson film and its themes.
“I know someone who's destroyed a passport in an argument and they were supposed to be going on holiday the next day.”
Hosts clarify that they are not professionals and discuss the importance of seeking help.
“We're just trying to get through life as well.”
The hosts begin discussing a listener's dilemma involving a thieving sister-in-law.
“Our first dilemma of the day, just like, you know, our drinks are nearby.”
Exploring a listener's relationship journey and wedding preparations.
“I met my partner almost four years ago now, and we quickly grew from strength to strength.”
Learn about Sarah's quirky behavior and relationship issues.
“And also never being able to hold down a job, but it's always her manager's spelt and they're just like, that's Sarah.”
Discover the events that unfolded on New Year's Eve involving a missing card.
“Despite all of the above, I could appreciate their family and if my Brian accepts it, I should.”
Explore the unfolding drama surrounding a blocked card and theft suspicions.
Delve into the emotional confrontation and manipulation surrounding the incident.
“And then she came in with that and it just kind of like, wait, wait, wait, it just, yeah.”
Understand the importance of setting boundaries in relationships after betrayal.
“because my mind is thinking, okay, did you plan when you came to my house on New Year's Eve that you were going to get this card?”
The hosts discuss the complexities of trusting family members and setting boundaries.
“She's probably taking your lip, just like your perfume, just like little stuff.”
Discussion on a listener's dilemma involving friendship, engagement, and infidelity.
“Since the start of her relationship with Brian, I felt a big shift in our friendship.”
A listener shares her experience with a nurturing boyfriend's mother and the challenges that arise.
A listener shares her experience with a relationship and her ex-boyfriend's mother.
“going on here like you're you're sexy I've always wanted the best I'm always going to be here for you like let's think about this yeah because like this is not his first offense good luck Okay, we've got here.”
The listener details the mother's reaction to her son's unfaithfulness and expresses admiration for her.
“a trip back in December what is going on with these twats today she was so disappointed in him I know it.”
Discussion about whether the listener should maintain contact with her ex-boyfriend's mother after the breakup.
The group discusses the mother's feelings of responsibility for her son's actions and her hopes for the future.
“and maybe just say like, look, I know that you're always there if I need you and I hope you know vice versa.”
A listener submits a nomination for 'Brian of the Week' for her supportive partner.
“He loves to listen to you girls on a Wednesday with me.”

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1:11Oh, I just had a deep yawn. That looks like I've been crying. We're in the studio bright and early today. We're not usually here at this time. I've not been fed all waters. but it is arriving soon i've had a tea nice yeah that's power oh i had my weetabix totally forgot wow yeah i had three weetabix with some honey you know what i want to rediscover actually bran flakes i had a sultana bran last week no no no raisins don't gag at my brain no sultana i actually really like it gives it a bit of chew i like it a lot you don't like raisins yeah i could smash a packet of raisins they're all right those little red packets but I'd rather eat many other things than a pack of raisins like there's a lot of other things I would rather well I went through a whole box of sultana bran last week whoa get yourself some bran flakes yeah I'm gonna get myself I love bran flakes I think they're so delicious I know keep things moving not that things aren't moving always moving guess what I made yesterday what a full loaf of banana bread like actually a full loaf oh my god five bananas five bananas wow five black bananas did you put chocolate chips in it yeah it was actually I really did it wow that's giving me like lockdown throwbacks I don't think I've made a banana bread since lockdown yeah well I I just so happen to have five right bananas I didn't buy them yeah I bought a kit I bought a pack ah nice i just so yeah i never have right bananas making a cake every sunday is beautiful and just having it to eat throughout the week yeah that's a goal of mine yeah but do you know what the problem is is i ate half the loaf last night yeah that would be me so it's yeah the idea is nice let me just eat it all today and then it'll be gone yeah true yeah yeah but the but the idea is nice if we had self-control a slice a day portion control yeah last six days then to cook again on the seventh day yes on jesus's day yes on the day of rest but that's just not how we roll is it well how to have three bowls because it was there this is why i live alone i can't have nice things best on the first day of course when it's hot and it's warm and the chocolate chips melted like i I want to eat it when I said it's best.
3:28And also like, I need to have a lovely treat when I'm watching my favorite show. Like Mavs last night was just amazing. I'm so sorry. I haven't watched it. Sophia, come on. I'm being dead serious now. I know. Because the episode last night was when they brought in those extra people, their potential matches. It's all going to kick off tonight. I'm so disappointed in myself because I was so locked in the whole way. Sophia. And then I just don't know what's happened, but I've just really fallen off. Well, it's okay. Don't apologize. Just sort it out. Just don't apologize. Just watch Homestays now and you're fine.
4:06And then you're sorted. I know, but like - Stop doing that. Yes, you do though. I know. You do. Like, I know I'm missing out, but I'm like, I'm so sick of all of these faces that like - I know I'm sick of them too. But you need to follow it through. You need to. All these teasers. And I know that people have got this, this, and this. Yeah, I know. But you need to see why Alyssa and David, you know you need to see it yeah i've seen elissa with a new man on the beach i know with a bum out with a bum out that shocked me to my call because i thought they were happy yeah i know i know it's crazy gia is with a man called alan now with a new tattoo he's got a tattoo they've got couple tattoos oh i know scott is my winner oh really bless him you should see him now he's in turmoil like he really loves gia he's actually going through it a lot Because I saw a quote from Scott saying Gia was the nastiest, worst woman he'd ever met.
4:58Well, she does really break his heart in this moment. Does she just leave? Well, betrayal, you know. Betrayal. Well, not in that sense. But she's moving a bit crazy. And he's really trying in this moment. Wow. Yeah. So he needs lock back in, babes. Should we all queue with a dub? Yeah. Happy Wednesday, everyone. Welcome back to the podcast. absolutely blueberry don't stop come here come on it's too early for that it's okay come on come back right our question of the week this week question of the week is have you put some fake tie on no oh I did you look tanned this is just from the sun wow and heavy on the bronzer you know oh but yeah hands have caught the sun yeah I was gonna say I was going to say.
5:53That was from my weekend in the lakes. Oh, because you can see mine is a bit, you know. But I am meaning to purchase the gradual tan. What, that Lydia's been chatting about? Oh. No. She's the effing gradual tan, the effing gradual tan. Oh, no, sorry. I've not seen that. The gradual tan that we were using. Yeah, tan looks. Tan looks. Yeah, the classic. I did mean to go and buy that yesterday, completely forgot. But I do, I'm looking to get my hands on that. Yeah, it's great. So I need to do a space and cater it. Yeah, it's great. Because I do need to start tanning now. Because I'm like, you're looking a bit bleak.
6:25Yeah, okay. But you don't. You look tanned. It was a compliment. Thank you. So the question of the week is, what? What fatale have you got? A loving-tale medium. Yeah. Nice. Just the moose. I like it. I had to just go straight in. Did the full body. Did legs. Boom. Back. Wow. Because I thought, let's just, yeah. You never know. Because I thought, well, exactly. You never know who you're going to meet at the studio. Yeah, absolutely. You don't know. I thought the legs were looking bad. But let's just do the full body. Yeah, it's worth it. You've been lazy. It's like, look, it's caprice season at the end of the day.
6:53Yeah. I think I did get out of the habit. Like I got a bit scared, not scared, scarred. I got a bit scarred from the fake 10 after Coachella. Yeah, we had a bad time. Because we had about six layers of shit on my skin. No, we... And that was like, I look like a crackled mess. And I just want to feel clean. We did a really bad job. And like I'm showering, I'm scrubbing, I'm red raw. And I'm just like, I'm looking at myself and I just don't feel right. Yeah, we looked a mess. So I had to take it back. But now I'm ready to start. Day three in Coachella, I looked at absolute mess. If you saw that tan up close, oh my God.
7:24My belly was like a tiger bread. No. It's because we made a mistake. We got a spray tan like a week, like way too early. So we didn't last. And also the spray tan was way too heavy. So it just didn't sit right. No. And then we went on top with more gradual tan. And then I went in with a bit of mousse. We were just trying to repair, repair, repair, repair. But really, we needed to scrub it to the bones. Like chins I remember on. like day three of the spray she was like just scrub that just scrub that little bit there and then just put a little more gradual it was like a painting i was like i just scrub that little bit stop scrub a little bit gradual on and it was remember when you just did that with your towel and the tan just like no i literally was just drying myself i went like that all the tan came off my chest i was like oh my god but do you know what is the best what chintz discovered last year kylie skintin on the neck and on the chest i swear to god if you're going out the weekend it's incredible you're going on a date on the arms we put on your kindly skin tint that you use on your face drip it down your neck drip it on your chest it is like a blurring but you gotta spray you gotta set it with powder yes and you gotta spray it with patrick tar one size one size sorry that stuff yeah the hairspray stuff and then seriously it ain't going nowhere it ain't going nowhere the question of the week is what's the pettiest thing you've what's the pettiest thing you've ever done that you still feel justified about okay oh i found out this girl i knew was sleeping with my ex so i went and slept with hers fair enough fair enough that's an equal trade-off absolutely well i feel like what we were talking about earlier kind of fits in with this question of the week not that we did anything but karma coming back around yeah karma just letting people Oh, no.
9:15Look, I'm going to tell you about this person. Paul Fallon. Paul Fallon. Call the police on someone having a lockdown party. Yes. Crack down. Crack down. Shit. Have you heard about Corona 2.0 on the cruise ship? No. Corona. Well, it's not Corona, but have you not heard about the people on the cruise ship? No. This has put me off going on a cruise ship. Well, this will put you off going on a cruise ship. If one person's getting a cold, everyone on this boat is getting a cold. Well, three people have died on this cruise ship. oh my god and they're all stranded where on the coast on the boat it's off the coast but they're all stuck on the boat and there's a there's a disease going around it was from rats oh my god i know and three people have people have actually died that's terrible i know so that'll put you off going on a cruise hey oh that's awful i know didn't you talk about that cruise where all the sewage was all over the boat yeah that was on netflix the poop cruise the poop cruise yeah the poop cruise and there was no one there was nowhere to poo so everyone was pooing and pissing well but they're in the atlantic ocean they can't it's a massive cruise ship they can't just pop their bum over the ledge it's a risk oh my god and there was poo everywhere sewage in the holes i do i'm quite scared of the sea yeah we are like the thought of waking up on a little boat yeah that's just being able to see see and no land is probably yeah well that's why you probably prefer it just following the coastline i'd like to see land at all times yeah yeah uh paid an etsy witch to curse my colleague nice nice are the etsy witch is still maybe i'll take a leave out of that out and about yes yeah apparently on etsy it is actually not allowed to sell something that's not physical so they have to find a way around it got you um but they're still they're still doing it speaking of uh witches just really quickly um i'm thinking about going to see a medium scared me then for a second go for it i think about it all the time when i pass them you know yeah what do you fancy when i well not really i don't know i just i'm just i just it's scary it's messing it's messing with well the future well no no no it's not the future it's the dead it's a medium it's not a psychic oh wait oh i'm getting confused you want to speak to the dad yeah okay yeah i support that so i was having a conversation with one of my friends and she has this medium who she it was on zoom she did it on her birthday on zoom medium never met this woman before never had any and she was like the thing she was telling me was crazy like stuff that is so niche that is not on the internet it's not online like you're not gonna find this stuff and like little like she was just telling me all this stuff and I was like oh my god that is crazy and I was like wow I feel like I want to speak to this woman okay okay why don't you sit on it i'm gonna sit on it for a month whoa why don't you watch that's like a magic power yeah have you seen the long island medium because then what she because i was because we're always a little bit like oh i don't want to mess with that i don't want to do that but then she said she was like yeah but someone could be trying to speak to you and this is how they speak to you through this person right like what if when we die and we're like i really want to speak to them but they're not letting me in you know and it kind of changed my perspective like oh and also you can go to these like group medium sessions so you can go in a room with like 300 people so we could just sit at the back or just blend in the middle and oh i've seen these and they're just like okay i'm getting something from blah blah does this mean anything to anyone and like you don't have to put your hand up like nothing might come through for you but if it does like Like it does.
13:14And you can be like, oh my God, that's for me. Like that's fine. But then you do not think if they're in a room with 300 people, there's more chance that they're just pulling names out their ass. Be like, I'm sensing a Liam. Yeah. A Liam. I'm sensing a Brian. And there's 300 people in the room. I knew a Liam once. Yeah. I knew a Liam. But I think it's more specific. Like the really good ones. Right. Very, very niche. Right. Okay, sit on it. Yeah. Well, I'll just feed back. Yeah. why didn't you watch some like the like the long island medium there's all those medium shows and see how it makes you feel when you're watching the families talk to people yeah okay yeah keep you don't want to get scared yeah yeah yeah or it's not scary though is it yeah it's like i know these lot yeah true true true ghosts true psychic the future that would yeah that's what i thought Or in the moment when you said medium.
14:09I'm not sure about the psychics. Don't want to mess with that. When I drive past, I'm like, where are you driving past? There's a few. Because there's that one near me on that main road. And where's that other one? There's one in Selfridges, the psychic sisters. We've not seen her downstairs by the books. No. Yeah. She's got a room downstairs on the book level. Wow. No, not seen her. Yeah, the psychic sisters. And there's someone else. I wonder if we've got any psychics listening. Don't like it. It scares me. I think it scares me. Let's move on. I put a load of salt in the food my flatmate kept stealing from me.
14:50That's a solid. That's fair enough. I support that. Yeah, so do I. I sold his sofa on Facebook Marketplace after finding out he cheated. Yeah. Nice. Support that a lot. Just walk home one day, boom, sofa's gone. That's great. reported him to the council for doing unconsented work on his house okay yeah the council extended his boundary when he shouldn't be the council will get you taking a few extra bit of the boundary the council is like crazy council's gonna crack down on you isn't it like the bins yeah like the the council's gonna do all of it the roads the roads getting permission to do stuff yeah so i pay council tax oh my gosh yeah so i pay mine emptied i signed my mum and sister sister-in-law up to be visited by jehovah's witnesses at 7 a.m regularly nice took the wi-fi wire out of the router when i left my ex he works from home nice i like that that's funny wore a piece of clothing all day just because my sister wanted to borrow it yeah i mean that's classic 101 you can't steal it if it's on me yeah it's like well i said no i'm gonna wear that i'm just lounging around the house on a sunday in a corset yeah tag my ex in all of our ig pictures when we broke up oh so she was marking her territory to say i've been here on his tagged and i'm still here yeah told my grandparents about my sister scamming them for money oh my fair enough oh my you know the elderly are vulnerable you know right there's something smelly down there that she's sniffing she's sniffing my socks She got smelly toes My socks are clean Blueberry Signed my ex up For all the free Junk spam mail Oh That'll do it Junk mail Is actually awful Reported my boss To fire safety When he sacked me For getting a job As a firefighter Your boss He sacked you Because you got another job But I got another job Stuck my ex's toothbrush In the toilet And put it back Nice Shared the screenshots of him cheating on my close friends His sisters and friends were on it Good Nice Out them, let them know Oh yeah, let them know Match with my ex best friend's crush on Tinder and slept with him Ex best friend I mean, okay, yeah Do what you gotta do, girl She must have really done you wrong there Cancelled my situationship's passport when I found out he had a girlfriend Wow, how do you even go about that?
17:15I know someone who's destroyed a passport in an argument and they were supposed to be going on holiday the next day. Wow, that's brutal. Deleted my ex's Love Island submission video. I used to turn the oven off when my sister was cooking her food. I cannot stand my sister-in-law, so when I stay over, I use all of her expensive products. Repeatedly paused my housemate's washing cycle whenever they use the washing machine. Why? and reported my ex-housemate to HMRC for tax fraud. Not the HMRC. God, keep them out of it, please. My worst nightmare in life is like a HMRC fucking phone call. I'll be sick.
17:58Like, I can't deal with that. No, I don't like HMRC. HMRC, go away. No, like, no. I'm paying my bills on time. Leave me alone. No, that's good for you. Yeah, you know what? We're all paying our taxes. So you saw the Michael Jackson film? Lydia was crying she said it was the best film she's ever seen I loved every single moment I'm on a whole deep dive of Jafar so you know apparently he had to audition for like two years before he even officially was like you've got the role and apparently he started training at the start of 2023 or 2022 but it was just like mental you were like oh my god that's Michael Jackson how is that not Michael Jackson it was great like there wasn't one moment where I was like like not not not quite I was like wow it was insane wow okay the storyline wasn't what I expected it wasn't the full thing right no no the storyline was more about him breaking away from his dad and actually becoming a solo artist away from the Jackson 5 because I thought the Jackson 5 was just like the childhood band but it wasn't he was still touring with jackson five after he'd released his own album oh and his dad was like bringing him back like you must do a tour with your brothers so and it was about him like not being able to get out of his dad's like oh interesting i didn't know any of that so when the film ended everyone was like what like because everyone was like oh my god like it feels like the story's just beginning but then the film ended so i hope they do another one I think they are it was amazing I'm gonna watch yeah I can't wait I have to watch it again
19:46just before we get into it quick disclaimer just to say 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, you know? We're just trying to get through life as well. Not professionals. Enjoy the episode.
20:13Our first dilemma of the day, just like, you know, our drinks are nearby. Yay. My sister-in-law to be stole from me. We're having a lot of thieves recently. Now, what's going on in the world? We seem to have thieves here a lot on the podcast. People stealing money. It's the in-law. Well, yeah, no, actually, we'd have that. sister, didn't we? Yeah, we had that sister, eh? Yeah. We know someone who's been stealing money from someone else. Fucking hell. Do we know some things? Do we know some stuff? But I wish I knew more. You know what it's just like, I just wish we had that insider just to get a bit more info.
20:50I wish we had one more scoop. We've got a pretty big scoop, but I need a cup. I need a big slice of that cake. But how close we were to that is mental. So we've got a thief in our midst. Sister-in-law stole from me. Massive fan of the pod. I tune in weekly to unwind and get into my flow state. We're about to enter our flow state. Drinks, reading, a dilemma. Wow. Heaven. Never did I think this would happen, but I've had the week from literal hell where it's felt like living in the twilight zone. Wow. I met my partner almost four years ago now, and we quickly grew from strength to strength. Love that.
21:30I've never had a relationship like this before where... Becky, pardon. Bear with me, caller. Three, two, one, back in the room. Back in the room. Cheers. Ready to dive in. Just need my concentration juice. It actually is concentration juice because now I'm alive. I just needed my mind to wake up. Wow, that's good. It's been a while. it actually has
22:00wow M &S sold out a carrot kick yesterday empty shelves I went to the weekend couldn't even see one wow I've never even tried it it's hot off the press I've got one bottle left I'm running on rations I've not even tried our viral product like
22:20yeah yeah that's the good stuff this is as close as we get to like doing drugs it's like the sweet release that'll do it i'm high now that's a high i've never felt one before isn't that crazy we've been like what is it like i knew you couldn't say that but like what what is it because like we've only experienced like drunk drunk yeah but i think which is like i think this is drunk I think it's the other way like I think I don't you mean I don't know I just think it's terrifying like what way I don't know because I'm watching euphoria drugs are flying about all over the place heroin crack all of them coke and I'm just like like all the hard ones watching like yeah like heroin is like that's like pat's like no that's not a party drug don't do drugs guys no seriously seriously marion is into i paid pad on the weekend as you see i had the most fun of my life yes did you enjoy it i went twice it was so fun i was sweating i was running but it was fun i was laughing like it was fun yeah two of you uh yeah then we went with full marion's boyfriend as well love it it was really nice i want to get really good at that every summer it's it's easy like every summer i'm like i want to have a tennis lesson i want to start tennis it's not happened yet i've been saying it for three years yeah but i'm optimistic that this summer it's gonna happen i think fuck tennis like no paddle is easier yeah so start with paddle I'm just playing at the weekend there you go then that's good it's just like badminton you just gotta get behind the ball yeah get behind the ball there she goes you just gotta get behind the ball guys yeah easy bees yeah but tennis I think is cool and you use the walls like you use the walls I think tennis is cool oh really yeah I thought paddle was the new cool thing I think paddle's like the fad and tennis is like right I'm playing tennis right okay I want to go like 6.30 in the morning nice quiet court get a coffee afterwards play some tennis just think it'd be lovely activity yeah i think i'm gonna get my kids to play tennis okay nice i just remember all the tennis um instructors at david lloyd oh what now oh just like sleeping with the wives oh brilliant sleeping with the mothers of the children right and do you remember when marianna would play squash
24:58squash is essentially paddle really yeah i don't think i really know what squash is squash is um you're in a box and it's four walls oh and you're playing against each other but you're next to each other you're hitting against the wall you're hitting you're bouncing it off the wall it's this tiny rubber ball and it's yeah yeah yeah it's like it will hurt you there's a line on the wall isn't it yeah and it's like yeah all over the wall i remember those squash courts yeah glass It's boxes. Yeah, it's scary. Squash is the dying arts. I mean, the tea is we should be getting our kids to play golf because have you been watching Full Swing?
25:31Oh, the amount of money in this. I mean, golf is like, yeah. They're playing this round and it's like, woohoo, you won. It's not even the big thing at the end. And then it's like nine mil. Wow. It's like, what? It just flashes upon the screen. How is that even possible? I don't know. But the real tick, you've got to get them into F1, Sophia. Oh, really? But you see, F1 comes with a lot of danger. Yeah, it's scary. Yeah. you can get golf balls with the eye I guess yeah true you could have a shield you know it's pretty oh no the smoothie's gone wrong oh it's just got a weird chunk of something oh oh that's gonna put you off now for six weeks oh not a chunk oh mine's pretty smooth so far oh it was like a chunk of coconut watch out oh yeah that would send me west right so just to reiterate my sister in looks we've got a thief of course Oh, I forgot about this.
26:22My sister-in-law-to-be stole from me. So we've got a thief. Uh-huh. So that's like, well, I guess you haven't. But if you had a sister-in-law, that's what would be happening, obviously. That's like you stealing from Maggie's husband. That's, isn't that, some people have got big, big balls. Big balls. Yeah, yeah. I tune in weekly to unwind and get into my flow state. Never did I think this would happen, but I've had the week from literal hell where it felt like living in the twilight zone. Is that a twilight reference? No, that's just a earthly reference, I think. The twilight zone. Right. I met my partner almost four years ago now and we quickly grew from strength to strength.
27:06I've never had a relationship like this before when you feel love for just being your true self. That's beautiful. I genuinely didn't think I'd ever be getting married in my lifetime. But when he popped the question two years ago, I was over the moon we're now four months out from our wedding lovely wow congratulations he has a sister send us a pic when you get married yeah that'd be lovely he has a sister who's a twin hmm we've not had any we don't really know any twins went to school with those twins my brother had those twins going up but as adults I don't know any twins no me neither and prior to meeting her I was apprehensive as he literally said that she'd never liked any previous partners i'll buy it i'm confident in my skin and we've seemed to always have a healthy relationship not super close but always friendly she has since i've known her seemed to always have issues from small to large but everyone seems to laugh them off like that's sarah so she's always got something going on including driving off without paying for petrol by accident oh wow that's that's in the news you know a lot of people are doing that no way well just robbing the petrol station yeah there's cameras everywhere yeah but there's cameras everywhere you're gonna you know you can sneak off but if everyone's doing it you can't catch us can you did i tell you i saw a police chase wow driving back to nottingham wow yeah a full like because this car was by me i was told there's a police car there he's definitely gonna get caught and then they were dodging all the lanes like this the car and the police car and it was mental probably chase never seen one before flash lydia got pulled over the police i know she did because our mothers met up for a hot chocolate and i got all this gossip i was like whoa our mothers like to go to hotel chocolate and bitch and all just chat chat chat chat and then we get all this gossip they go to a hotel chocolate at a um retail park at a retail park and they get a milkshake but apparently they're i want to go and get one apparently they're delicious i know my mom i know my mom bought some i forgot to she bought the shards for the machine i forgot to have one at the weekend when i went back but a milkshake yeah so i know she got pulled i was like whoa yeah she's not told me yeah right so that apparently that's sarah she's always up to Sarah just stole petrol.
29:33That's Sarah. That's just Sarah. And also never being able to hold down a job, but it's always her manager's spelt and they're just like, that's Sarah. A relationship breakdown whilst letting us know she'd met someone else and disregarding that the following week. So she's meeting people. She's whatever. She's breaking up with people. She's got someone new. Yeah. And she says the list goes on. There are always little white lies and stories that she's choosing to tell us. and they're just not adding up. Okay. Take a breath. Smoothie's thick today. Despite all of the above, I could appreciate their family and if my Brian accepts it, I should.
30:11This story starts in December where myself and Brian had a get together with friends for New Year's Eve. She turned up as we live in a small town and we all have a lot of mutual friends. So of course she was invited. The next day, Brian noticed a card was gone from his wallet. a physical card yeah didn't think much of it and proceeded to just block the card worth notice oh my god i've not told you i found out yesterday the weirdest thing happened to me yesterday so my boot of my car was full of shit like full of stuff there was so much stuff in that little boot i just shoved so much in there it was a bit of a dumping ground and it was always stuff that I was meaning to empty, meaning to go through, like some stuff was going to go to the old studio, like just like stuff.
31:02I went to charge my car last night and I was like, because that's where I keep my, I've got an electric car. They come with the big cables. It's like a hose pipe and I got it and I opened the boot. The boot's completely empty apart from the hose pipe. And I was like, I was like, whoa, all my stuff's gone. Initially thinking, yeah he must have cleared this out whilst I was away like wow thanks so much like that's been a job that I've been meaning to do for a long time but like where's he put all that stuff then because like where's it all gone so call Brian I'm like hey did you where's all that stuff from my boot and he was like uh I thought you I thought you emptied it and I was like no I was like what you haven't emptied it he was like no he was I did see it was empty though when I put your car on charge last week like i thought i thought you emptied it and i was like no so i don't know what's gone on here but someone's taken or it's it's what was in the boot all sorts of shit like all valuables nothing valuable no nothing that i like wanted because it was in the boot but just like an old parcel that i meant to send back like i just like stuff like a random pair of a random handbag from mesos like just random like stuff that just accumulated open a car but i mean i was very thankful that they left me my charging cable yeah and no windows because surely that they could have sold that for a lot of money i know but i'm like how has this happened like when did this happen i don't know but now all that stuff's gone that i was meaning to charity shop and throw away so it's kind of like a job solved but i'm like whoa they opened the boot but they couldn't start the car didn't they try to take the car because if you're in the boot or have they got a magnet that opens the boot of your specific car and also this happened weeks ago because brian said before we even went to coachella he noticed it was empty shit and thought i had just cleared it out for god's sake how crazy is that never leave anything in your car in london i know but there's always something in the boot i know but don't leave anything valuable in the car there was nothing valuable it was just like old time at least i didn't smash not in thank god they did me a favor really oh my god but how weird i've never had anything like that before i was like whoa it's actually scary the boots empty like actually scary because someone's done something with your stuff you don't know who it is or when yeah oh my god wasn't anything valuable to see it on the cameras but then if it's parked far away i know don't i'm just like oh i wonder when that happened i mean at least i left my cable i know my boots completely yes it's lovely give a hoover as well yeah right so it's new year's eve sorry oh yeah it was new year's eve cards gone no one thought anything of it oh just block that car must just drop that card whatever didn't think of anything of it froze the card not froze the card worth noting that that particular card had all of our wedding savings on was it like a month month she said each month month i'll send my half of the money so it was a pot that they were saving together for the wedding god okay his sister stayed with us that evening i set her up in the spare room gave her pjs skincare made her feel really comfortable she went home about 11 a.m on the 1st of january that very same day in the early afternoon the card was used for deliveroo it she is stressing me out like why are you doing this babes wow why is she doing this the card was used for delivery thankfully brian had blocked it but over the period of the next two months there were multiple attempts which were so strange amazon uber etc all small transactions but constant attempts it did cross my mind that someone from new year's eve could be doing this his sister knew this is where we kept the wedding funds as we discuss discuss savings so surely not her right a week ago brian went to his parents house where she lives to borrow a suitcase and while searching for that suitcase he found his bank card where was she starting it he called me and his heart sank he took the card with him home while he figured out how best to approach this so that she can so that she can't lie to him it got to the weekend i'd had a wine in the garden and if i'm honest spent the last couple of days so angry i opened up to my two friends and asked them how i should approach this and the girls were quick to offer advice i felt i couldn't tell my immediate girls like my best friends or my family because of course they're all gonna straight away be fuming too we're all away together for my hen in a few weeks and didn't want to cause any issues of course because the sister-in-law's gonna be coming the following one day brian went over there we both agreed that if she was truthful and honest and owned that she'd messed up and didn't lie we could hug it out and try to rebuild the relationship in the long term she walked in told him that one of our mutual friends told her and instead completely deflected situation onto me talking about her he was blindsided she'd had all weekend aware of the situation so of course took her opportunity to delete the apps from her phone and clearly spin a lie she says she accidentally took the card so the sister's saying like so they've gone to talk to the sister but the sister's got her whole story like i've heard the mutual friends that you've been speaking about me and gossiping oh so she's just you didn't come to me first this is a family thing you didn't come to me you've been speaking to everyone here about me so she's now you're like oh now i'm apologizing but hang on you i'm here to get an apology because i told So it's just like it caught Brian off guard and like it put you guys on the back foot because you thought you were going in, you knew your argument, you knew what you were going to say.
36:56And then she came in with that and it just kind of like, wait, wait, wait, it just, yeah. It's like when you snoop in your boyfriend's phone and there, and then you find something, but their response is, how dare you? Blah, blah, blah. My privacy. That's my person. And then you're like, oh, I'm sorry. Yeah. Yeah. She said she accidentally took the card. She came home. He came home almost believing her story. Oh, God. Oh, God. I guess you just want to see the best in your family. This angered me more, though, and to me felt more calculated and manipulated. Well, yeah, because you can't use the card by accident.
37:32Especially a new card. She knows exactly what she's done. You've got to go on your wallet, put all your numbers in, save card, payment. Oh, well, there's my usual card. There's that one. I'm going to click that one. Like, if she was smarter, she'd have done just one big, big purchase and tried to get that run from instead of like all these little Amazon ones. It's been two further days. I'd had no further apology until his parents called and asked about the situation. He said he needed a break from her and upon reflection knows it was all just lies. That he was disappointed she hadn't apologized to me.
38:04An hour later, I've just received not an apology message from her, but asking if we can meet up. I really don't know how best to move forward from here, but I'm so angry to have been put in this situation four months from my wedding. it's grown to the point where i don't know how deep-rooted this is with her and if i'll ever be able to trust her again brian brian has taken some breathing space but i also do feel he could have defended me more in that moment he's not confrontational so i understand but have had to follow up on this with him in discussion because i would always have his back so what should i do girls it's four months into my wedding and this needs to be resolved whoa so she's not apologized Brian's kind of in the middle he's kind of like he's trying to see the best of his family he wants to believe her story he obviously like you want to believe but he knows it's lies yeah like he knows his sister more than anyone and I think he knows what she's capable of and he knows she did that yeah but he's thinking it wasn't even like she tried to do it once it was Deliveroo Uber Amazon I can't believe she just did that you're just hoping this card like it's the it's also just what I just really don't like about it I knew it was the wedding card.
39:13That's the point as well. It's like, it's not like it was just Brian's credit card. Still awful, but like, whatever. This was, so you're stealing my money as well. This is the joint. You took that specific card, which you know, like say it was the Monzo card. And I just really hate the sneakiness of everything because my mind is thinking, okay, did you plan when you came to my house on New Year's Eve that you were going to get this card? She must have. Like was, how premeditated was this? that idea just come to you you then had to find his wallet look through it like without people watching get the card put it in your pocket like you had all these big plans and like if we never would have noticed that went missing or you never would have froze the card like you probably still have it and you probably still be using it and that I just think I just don't like that feeling of like she's just stealing from you.
40:06Well, it's crazy. And it's really sneaky. And I just don't like it. Well, yeah, because Brian would have, if she needed some money, Brian would have so appreciated her just say, Brian, could I have a couple hundred pounds this month? Yeah. La la la. And then it's up to him whether he says yes or no. But rather than like, yeah. In terms of how you, Brian's stuck because he wants to keep his relationship with his sister. he wants to believe what she's saying he doesn't want a big bust up before the wedding kind of thing and you know when it's your family you kind of want to see the best in them and be like oh you know it's fine let's just sweep it just sweep it and get on with it and that's obviously how he handles things he doesn't like confrontation but you're very much thinking like i can't trust you you're gonna be yeah like you're gonna be the auntie to my children yeah like that's not okay Well, she has reached out to you to meet up.
41:00I would definitely go. Yeah. And hopefully, like it's all called off now. Time, a little bit of time has passed. I would really hope she's asked to meet with you. I'm very hopeful that she is going to say, look, let me apologize. I'm so sorry. That was very out of character for me. I've really let myself down. I don't know what I was thinking. That was so sneaky of me. Like I would never do that again. I've never done that before. Or like, I don't know what was going through my head. And I'm really disappointed in myself. And like, how can I make this up to you? We're going to have an amazing wedding.
41:33Maybe the sister-in-law listens to the podcast. And she's going to hear this and she's going to know what to say. Fingers crossed. Like, because then that is like, okay. Like, because I feel like all you... I saw you want an apology. She didn't actually spend any money because it was all blocked. Like, you just want that apology of like, look, I recognize like this was wild behavior from me. Like, I'm not on the defense. Like, I'm just so sorry about this. It's happened now. I want to you're going to have an amazing wedding I'm going to be there for you blah blah blah and then hopefully that is that resolved and then I would also like if this happened to me I would be saying to my husband like your sister-in-law ain't come around to our house for a while I saw your sister-in-law because the last thing you want is anyone who you don't 100 % trust in your home otherwise you're going to feel like where's she gone is she upstairs is she you're going to feel like you don't want people in your home who you feel like you're worried about them rummaging and also she so easily took that card so easily If she sees one of your bracelets out, she's going to swipe out.
42:27She's probably taking your lip, just like your perfume, just like little stuff. Yeah. So I would be saying. Your road lip balm, that's going to be an easy grab for her. Do you know what I mean? Easy grab. Summer Fridays, easy grab. Your Ola Hendrickson, easy grab. That's 20 quid down the drain for you. Your living proof dry shampoo, easy grab. Yeah. So I would just be saying like, look, we're not inviting her around for quite a while. Like this needs to. Set a boundary. Set a boundary. And maybe say to Brian, you tell her that she's not welcoming our home because the last time she ended the home she stole your fucking card and like set some boundaries what do the parents have to say about this they're probably just like you guys sort it out themselves well they say that they're like oh that's sarah that's what sarah's like they're kind of used to this like yes sarah that's just sarah oh oh oh well she didn't actually be able to buy anything did she yeah oh it was an accident she didn't mean it that's just sarah but i think hopefully she apologizes if not try and hold her accountable at that meet up and let her know how disappointed you are in her and that you do want to start the relationship because you know you want a good bond and you're just looking for an apology good luck Sarah but that's just like what are you doing what was the point but also what was the point did she think she was going to spend the whole wedding pot and then you couldn't have this wedding she was like bingo I think she just thought there's loads of money in there they're not going to notice if a 20 quid and a 13 pounds and a 18 pounds and 32 pounds goes here and there I think so that's what you think right but who knows Not trying to sabotage the wedding.
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45:37Okay, next dilemma. we have a brian writing in this is which is always special always a great occasion and on the theme of weddings here we've got cheating last week wedding this week who is cheating we've heard real life stories of this have we and so we knew someone who would like knows that the groom has cheated like seen it firsthand weddings next week everyone's going woohoo not telling the bride let's go wedding in greece let's do this it's like i can't get involved oh let's just watch the poor girl get married to the cheater like what how people's brain can do that if my fiance is ever cheating on me let let me know seriously if i don't even know let me know just let me know send me a text don't let me get married please please we cannot be letting people get married like this please like we're waking up it's 2026 we're not marrying cheating men come on please let me know okay hey girls long time listener here first time writing in so to start off here's some background me and sarah he knows the law have been best friends for over 15 years we always say we are like siblings having met at secondary school and gaining a close bond we have very much been your typical ride or die duo love that she was a sophia to my chintzia and vice versa i love that i have been with my boyfriend for four years she has been with her partner for two and a half years.
47:07Since the start of her relationship with Brian, I felt a big shift in our friendship. I of course gave her a wide berth because it's a new relationship and we all have to live in that fresh relationship bubble. But this bubble took a long time to pop. Oh God. But I remained there for when she was going through things and needed me. I was always at the drop of a hat on at her side helping her move house even though I didn't get the same in return okay I have very much taken a lot of it on the chin because I'm happy she's happy and you know I have my own relationship and life too so I can just get on with it we still went on our girly holiday last year and there was a certain amount of effort back from her since then okay and I felt like we were getting back to our old selves I even helped her boyfriend choose her engagement ring and organized the proposal only six months ago and now they're engaged.
48:01But recently I have been starting to feel more and more strain on the friendship where I have been feeling the heavy lifting of the effort a lot more, which especially became apparent only a mere week ago when she called me at 9am on a Sunday morning saying that she had found out he was texting another girl. Right after they got engaged, that's heartbreak. I'm glad she came to you though. Same. Straight away. Same. That shows you've got a really close bond. Like she feels like she can speak to you about anything. So four minutes later, I was in my car on the way to her aid. Since then, sorry, she then asked me to help her speak to her fiance in a three hour conversation between them while I was a mediator.
48:47Oh my God. Wow. Helping them communicate properly. Oh my God. He's put FYI, I'm not a therapist. I'm just a mere gay I have checked upon her every day since I would love I mean I would have loved to have seen that mediation like discussion like to be able to witness that is like amazing now last night we met up for dinner and I thought we would talk more about her situation yeah like what's been said like what are we doing are we like breaking off this engagement like surely she then sprung it on me that they are back to normal and now planning their wedding god which is to take place abroad next year which I was to be there until now it has now become apparent that it's family only what I can't help but feel like this is because I know everything about their relationship and me being there is some sort of reminder or if I genuinely have been overlooked because perhaps I am not as important to her as I once thought I was.
49:53Wow that's a kick in the teeth. So she said weddings on family only. Abroad family only. I genuinely feel like I'm being picked up and put down and it's exhausting me. Am I right in seeing it this way or are they right for doing what they're doing? Please share your thoughts. Loads of love from one heartbroken boy losing his best friend slash sister. Pictures attached. This is my friend and her Brian. And I'm on the left in the other picture with my Brian, who probably also deserves a star of the week. Oh, my God. Okay, so this is the fiance. Yeah. This is the cheating man. Oh. Okay. Your best friend looks gorgeous.
50:36Beautiful Sarah. I mean, and he's just there. This is our Brian. What a handsome man. Oh, wow. This is Brian's. Beautiful. This is Brian's soulmate. Oh my god. Two gorgeous strapping men. This is... Yeah. And you know because you have literally helped her and guided her through this moment of like awfulness. Yeah. And trying to help her navigate this situation, both of them. You would think... We wouldn't be here without you. Exactly. You were the mediator and us figuring this out. What Brian said saying that you're going to be a reminder and you know everything, that makes sense to me. And then you're like, well, Brian can't be there because he might tell la, la, la.
51:25I wonder if actually the fiancé, your best friend's husband-to-be, is the one that said... Yeah, is starting this. I don't think we should have a family. I don't think he should be there because I'm not maybe maybe her husband has said I'm not comfortable with him being there because of x y and z well I'm not comfortable with you guys getting married like this isn't right if you're capable of texting another girl like imagine going through I know getting a ring proposing all of that and then you're just doing that it just doesn't make any sense to me at all and this is the only time she's seen it I know exactly so what other stuff is he been getting up to in terms of navigating this what do you think do you think he should say something like oh that's really disappointing i feel like i would love to be there as your best friend or we just gotta let her get on with it and it's just like look at the end of the day he's cheated on you i do sometimes think like this situation you can take so much from it like you were already feeling like you were doing a lot of the heavy lifting in the friendship you were making a lot more of the effort than she was and you're always there at her beck and call like you're always there to help her you're always there to pick her up and you don't sort of feel like if you called her at 9am on a sunday saying that i've just had a big fall like can you come over she'd probably be like oh i can't at the moment but like blah blah like you don't feel like she would do the same for you that you do for her and then to not be invited to the wedding on top of that.
53:04I think if this were me, I wouldn't be fighting for my invite, but I would just be like, I'm seeing all of this. Like I'm digesting it all. And now I know how you feel about me and I'm not going to be as there for you as I always have been. Like I can still be your friend, but I'm not going to be like ditching my partner to come and help you and like making my life difficult to come and help you because I don't feel as though it's a, it's 50 50 and i think for a long time the friendship hasn't been i just feel sad for her now because i'm like can we not just wake up and and realize what we're doing in this moment like obviously he's in our head quite a bit because he's kind of i mean why do you away from your friends a bit why don't you like have a round for dinner just you two or like go out for some drinks whatever you guys would usually would usually do because also like do you think this like is this wedding actually going to happen surely he's going to have another offense possibly yeah he he's done it and got away with it so in his mind he's thinking ka-ching like got a whole year easy easy who else can i message she's gonna forgive me for whatever yeah and i do think this wedding probably will not happen if i'm honest that's true yeah let's ask to meet up yeah maybe have another meet up and then maybe go more into the wedding like so like how's this all come about like how are you feeling like let's just go back to old times how are you feeling about the wedding like are we over that whole situation are you sure are you sure like you know there's no rush here you know i'm a little bit worried like obviously i'm going to support you whatever you choose to do but i am a little bit worried about x y and z yeah and just see how she responds because you might get a very defensive approach or she might cry and be like i'm not sure and it's like yeah bingo bingo don't get married this twat yeah because he's an idiot yeah because like who the fuck are you i don't know like i do think he will re-offend but yeah i think you just need to be there for her in this moment because she's a mess like i would be a mess too i've just got engaged it's erratic it's it's like yeah i've got engaged i've got cheated on i've not told anyone i've not told i've not told my mom i've not told anyone i've only told you it's like if people knew everyone would tell me not to marry this guy it's true but so she's she's kind of living a lie kind of with her other friends and family presenting this like we're perfect everything's great just got to engage woohoo but to you you're the one who knows the real truth she's her mind is all over the place and she will be having her doubts and have more of an intervention i think she'll be going to sleep thinking oh my god am i really gonna do this like i don't trust this guy he's just cheated on me like maybe you do have more of an intervention because yeah i do feel like going to sleep crying I think I do feel like she's trying to push you away a little bit probably because she knows that you're going to give her the truth and you're going to tell her like what's really going on so yeah maybe actually you shouldn't let her push you away no and you should like actually get in there a little bit more and be like I'm not like what are you doing what's going on here like you're you're sexy I've always wanted the best I'm always going to be here for you like let's think about this yeah because like this is not his first offense good luck
56:21Okay, we've got here. How do I cut off his mum? Sometimes the hardest one. Hello dolls. I'm in a pickle and would appreciate your helch. In July last year, I started dating a guy, Brian. We started a beautiful relationship, lots of flowers, lots of dates, all sorts. He seems super intentional. During this relationship, I met loads of his family members. They all love me, but most especially his mom. I should consider myself lucky. Most women have to deal with their boyfriend's awful mothers, but in my case, was very different. She's incredibly kind, a real girl's girl, always reminding me, him, that I'm a prize.
57:04Every time she'd go shopping, she'd pick us bits up that she thought I'd like her son was her only child she had trouble getting pregnant and even he was a miracle but you can see she was meant to be a girl mom so when I started dating her song she basically treated me like the daughter she never had in February literally a week before my birthday and Valentine's I found out this guy had been unfaithful with multiple women whilst I was on a trip back in December what is going on with these twats today she was so disappointed in him I know it. Yeah, me too. And she let him know as well. I love her for that.
57:40Yeah. I love her for that. And I don't think he'll cheat on anyone else again. I do. I think he's let his mother down. I think his mum's taught him that. So I found out at 11.30am. We met up and broke up with him by 1pm. Wow. After the breakup. Straight to it. Yeah, well done Sarah. Proud of you Sarah. Well done. After the breakup, I made sure to communicate with his mother immediately. So she knew exactly what had happened. What did she say? And he doesn't spin the story. she was devastated she literally said the words i can't believe i raised a monster this is our kind of mom wow oh poor woman though like poor woman like she loved you he's gone and done that she is so disappointed in that she's not defending him she's like what a monster i've raised a monster she shared that she has parented to always respect and admire women and that the fact that he did this has proved to her that actually that men actually can't be saved oh god this is just oh she's lost all faith in this yeah if she well she hasn't even got faith in her son and the and the cheating is literally in their blood oh god oh my god is that what we learned today i feel like we should get this more oh my god i think she's amazing you know she reminds me of lucinda do you remember her from um married at first sight australia a couple seasons ago lucinda she was like she was really full of life no i don't think i remember her maybe that old lady that old lady she was full of life and she was too much with these men no maybe if i saw her true state it's like just i'm single like these men are just like i can't so it's in their blood oh that's like imagine having this as your mother-in-law i love like It's such a shame this didn't work out because this is your woman.
59:25I know. I know. So when I met up with her a couple of days later. Imagine her being a grandma to like your little girls. Just amazing. She would love you guys. So I met up with her a couple of days later to return his things. She hugged me for ages and kept saying sorry. Wow. She's an angel. She's an angel. Fast forward now and she still texts me. She was the first person to wish me a happy birthday. Bless her, she said. Wow. And every three weeks, she'll write to me and ask how I'm doing and say, don't be a stranger. Oh, this lady is really nice. Oh my God. She asked me, she asked that when I'm free, we should meet for a coffee and catch up.
1:00:04Oh, go on. You've got two. I know. She's so nice. You've got two. She said, girls, I love her to mix. She's the nicest lady. And she's also quite young and hip. Like she's only 43. Oh my God. She's so cool. And I'm 27. She's young. Wow. You're basically peers. she's like kim kardashian's 43 wow um i would love to stay friends with her but she's also my ex's mom i fear it will send a wrong message like i'm trying to hold on to him somehow i am completely over the guy i was too good for him anyway and i fear his mother knows that do you think she's trying to stay buddy buddy in hopes that i'll forgive her son and she can go back to cosplaying mother and daughter do you think it's appropriate to stay in contact at all how can i cut her off without being rude or should I keep doing what I'm doing and keep the text I stand polite brief and vague in hopes that she'll get the hint any advice would be appreciated P.S.
1:00:55apologies for no photos as I'm as I'm the type of person to delete all traces of previous relationships whilst I'm doing them what are you doing I think look she's a lovely lady but it's just a reminder of that relationship I think keep it vague keep it brief reply don't ignore but like let's not meet up because I know because we're going to cross the line or we could go for a goodbye coffee but we just we had a goodbye coffee oh did we we hugged oh remember when we hugged and she kept saying sorry oh yeah she apologised for the species we had that look and that's just a part of being a mother of a son is these girlfriends are going to come and go and I've got to learn to let go of them she also needs to learn to let go of you yeah she does because Angela Bayless solo needs to take a leaf out of that rock it's going to be tough isn't it I think keep it fake keep the replies it's a happy birthday hope you do you know reply when she messages but we don't need to meet up and we are strangers now I know like unfortunately or yeah you meet up one more time one last blowout of the coffee shop final blowout and And over coffee, you could say that you love her so much.
1:02:11And you could say the things you said to us, like, I just don't really know, like, moving forward. Like, obviously, I would love to keep in touch, but I'm just not sure if it's best for me. Because, you know, like, if we actually become friends, you might just be like, oh, let me know what Brian's up to. And I don't need the reminder. And it is a bit of a reminder. And I was really heartbroken, as you know. and maybe just say like, look, I know that you're always there if I need you and I hope you know vice versa. But I do think it's best if we stop the regular community. Because like, you don't want to be speaking to your ex's mom every three weeks, no matter how nice she was.
1:02:51She's a lovely lady. It is that reminder constantly of the relationship, him, what he's doing, what he's up to. Like, you want to move on, forget about him. Like, forgive and forget and just keep it pushing and meet and blah blah like i would be tempted to go for a goodbye coffee really yeah i think if you like if you admire her so much yeah you have that otherwise we're gonna be a year down the line still texting every three weeks like you're gonna have to ignore her at some point so really i think you deserve to have a really nice in-person conversation just like it's not personal i would love to speak to you every single day if i could like I feel like we've got such a great bond.
1:03:31Do you think she just feels so bad and she's almost trying to repair? I think she probably wants to check on you and make sure that you're doing okay. She feels responsible because she birthed him. And she also like she will understand. She will understand that I'm the mother of the boy that cheated on her. Like it's not like I am a reminder. Like she will get it. You're speaking to another girl at the end of the day. Like she's going to understand why it's best that you don't keep in touch so regularly anymore. Yeah. She just feels responsible I think. She does. Like she's carrying the weight of that.
1:03:58She said she raised a monster. I know, but that's so good. I know. Because she's taking accountability for her son. Like not being like, oh. She's going to make a girl very happy one day. Oh, isn't she? Isn't she? Well, let's hope. Oh, no, but then I'm going to marry him. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe she's got some other sons. Maybe she's got some siblings. Oh, no. He's the only child. Darn it. Should we have our star of the week? Yes. But we should embody that lady. like we should be that mother-in-law like I want we will be I feel like we will be we've got it in our bones like that's just so lovely I want to go shopping for her yeah okay star of the week hey girlies love you both so much I wanted to nominate my Brian aka Dan for Brian of the Week he is without a doubt the most amazing Brian I could ask for Danny Zuko for context he had planned to go traveling Australia before we met but instead he actually took me with him and funded my whole travels for the whole six weeks He even bought me a crazy amount of Yochi.
1:05:00He loves to listen to you girls on a Wednesday with me. It's a weekly evening routine of ours. Hi, Danny. Just thought he deserves a Brian of the Week as he is always going above and beyond for me. Wow. Lovely energy to finish us off this week, everyone. Look, all expenses paid trip to Australia six weeks. Dan's got it covered. Daniel has got it covered. He knows how to show our Sarah a good time. I could smash Oyochi right now alright guys thank you so much for listening to another episode if you have a star of the week entry or a dilemma you can email it to hello at the girls bathroom.com follow us on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok thank you very much we will see you on Wednesday or Monday bye bye bye
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Being reported to HMRC has got to be up there with one of the pettiest things our listeners have ever done...AND they still feel justified about it! You guys really went to town in Question of The Week. Yet again we have a thief in our midst as the girls try to solve a dilemma involving a debit card and a sister-in-law...could this be a wedding sabotage or just your regular theft case? Plus a dear Brian of ours turns into a couples therapist for his bestie but it seems as if the therapy wasn't needed after all...
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