Episode 12

11 - Art, Abs, and Baby Babs!: We're planning 2024, talking about keeping intimacy in this trying time, and Tilly's experience nudie modelling

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Welcome to Episode 11 - New year and Bubba is already three months old!

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🎉 New Episode Alert: "Art, Abs, and Baby Babs!" 🍼 Episode 11 is here, and we're diving into the unique and often amusing world of parenting, postpartum fitness, and a touch of artistry! Join us in another candid and lively episode of Blabbering. In this episode, we're sharing:


1️⃣ Resolution Adjacent & Postpartum Fitness: Explore our journey into postpartum fitness and nutrition. Tilly's experiences with a personal trainer and her plan for postpartum body recovery are both inspiring and hilariously real. Get insights into the balancing act of fitness, feeding, and motherhood. 🏋️‍♀️🍼


2️⃣ Relationship Realness & Parenting: Dive into our honest discussions about maintaining relationships and intimacy amidst the whirlwind of parenting. We delve into the nuances of emotional and physical intimacy, and how they evolve when a little one enters the scene. 💑👶


3️⃣ Life Modelling & Body Image: Join us as Tilly bravely steps into the world of life modelling with baby in tow, confronting post-pregnancy body image changes head-on. It's a story of empowerment, laughter, and the occasional milk mishap! 🎨🤱


4️⃣ Highs, Lows, and Funnies: We're sharing the highs and lows of recent parenting adventures, from joyful moments to the less glamorous sides of baby care. Expect chuckles, nods of understanding, and a hearty dose of reality! 😂👣


This episode is a blend of humor, heart, and the everyday heroics of parenting. Whether you're navigating the postpartum world or just enjoy a good laugh with some heartfelt stories, this episode offers a relatable and entertaining experience.


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Transcript
Tilly:

Hello and welcome back to Blabbering.

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This is now episode 11.

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My God, 11 already.

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This week you can expect to hear all

things from resolution adjacent, farting

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through loose fanny flaps, a bit of nudie

modeling, and of course, keeping the

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spark alive, so settle down and enjoy.

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Dan 1: Alrighty, so, week eleven?

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Twelve.

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It's twelve weeks now.

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Oh yeah, it's week twelve.

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Tilly: Well, we're on to months.

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Dan 1: On to months, we're

finally on to three months.

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Baby girls like to watch the money.

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Quarter of a year?

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So it was about a year ago

that you were conceived.

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Tilly: Oh yeah, it was.

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That was January.

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I don't know what we did in January.

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Well, we had sex in January, but

Keeps us warm in a cold, cold house.

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Dan 1: Yeah.

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Got a whining dog downstairs, because

he opened the door, and let all

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the cold air into the living room.

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Now he's not enjoyed it.

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Yeah, no actually, but that's him.

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We've got an incredibly bright eyed girl.

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Tilly: And a currently blurry eyed wife.

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That's how I'm feeling.

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I'm very tired today.

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Yes, I am.

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Mumma's tired.

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Yeah, I remember like when we're

going for, we found out we're pregnant

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and obviously you go It's a doctor

and, you know, they do all the

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tests and confirm you are pregnant.

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Lovely you are.

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Happy days.

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And they always say, oh,

you know, what was the last,

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first day of your last period?

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Mine was New Year's Eve.

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And so like, okay, so that's what

we'll date the pregnancy from.

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And I'm always like, yeah, but that's

not what I conceived her, is it?

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Let's be honest.

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I wasn't having steps on the

first day of my last period.

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And mine is so regular.

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It didn't really make much sense to me.

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So that always, that always irritated

me about the Dating process, until

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you actually get the dating scan.

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Dan 1: Why was yours so regular?

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Do you know?

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No.

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No?

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Tilly: Like, so many things in

women's female health, they go,

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that's just the way it is, and

you go, that's really helpful.

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They go, it can be from this range to

this range, and they go, cool, any reason?

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We don't know.

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Excellent.

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Oh, Suzanne.

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It's like when we're like, oh, why is

it taking us a long time to conceive?

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They're like, we don't know,

you're both perfectly healthy.

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And I was like, excellent.

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They're like, wait another two

years, or three most carriages,

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and then we'll look into it.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Dan 1: That's a bit of a joke.

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So what do we have for dinner today?

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Tilly: Today we've got one of

our pre baby freezer meals.

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Dan 1: Yeah, so this was

a good thing that you did.

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Speak through that.

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Tilly: So before Bubba was born, I was

fully aware that after she was born I

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wasn't going to be Fancy and cooking or at

least cooking like, you know, long meals

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when they say like the most nutritious

meals But I also wanted to make sure we

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had good food in so I did a little sort

of cooking Frenzy in the week before

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she was born and filled up the freezer.

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We had Spag bowls, that's what we've

got tonight We also had a creamy coconut

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lentil dal Stoked some of chilli some

cottage pie filling I did some, at

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the time I did some energy balls and

some cookies, but those are all gone

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I added a massive load of granola.

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Again, that absolutely got obliterated.

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Dan 1: The freezer food lasted a while,

because we actually, you know, we managed

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to do a bit of cooking during that period.

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Tilly: Yeah, it wasn't as

thought it was going to be.

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Dan 1: No, so it's quite handy to have

days like today, where you're suddenly

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like, I'm just tired and I need food.

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Tilly: Yeah, I mean that's good

for us, like, I stuck loads of

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vegetables into this bolognese.

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I love a processor.

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If I'm doing a big batch, I don't chop

anything up, I just use a food processor.

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So onions, and carrots, and celery,

and leeks, and garlic, and courgettes,

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and peppers, and mushrooms, and

tomatoes, so, lots of vegetables.

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And then I do a mixture of both

beef mince and lentils, so it's

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not all, it's not all beefy.

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It's not all meaty.

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It's not all beefy.

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It all helps the old milk supply, that's

also why I made sure that all the meals

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I made were good for the milk supply.

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Dan 1: So it's important milk supply.

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Tilly: Yeah, baby

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Especially now we've had I've had my

program come through for my trainer

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Dan 1: Yeah, let's talk

about that briefly then

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Tilly: Yeah, so I signed on to this program with a trainer, basically she's

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going to be doing my postpartum training

program and nutrition to go with that

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because although I've got a lot of

experience in the gym, I don't experience

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training a postpartum body and I just

wasn't sure where I should push myself to

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get better and where if I push myself too

hard I'm just going to fuck myself over.

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Dan 1: Well especially

considering milk supply.

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Tilly: Or, yeah, that as well, but

I mean more just my body, like, my

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core's not there and stuff, so I

don't want to actually injure myself.

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Dan 1: Yeah, so for example, you

used to want to check if you've got

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Tilly: Diastasis recti?

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Dan 1: Yeah, just your abs

being split like the red suit.

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Tilly: Yeah because they've been

getting lower, like, lower back pain

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and things and that adrenaline which

can be quite a good common sign a bit.

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And so yeah, she did that and

then it also, sort of, a rough

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nutrition guidance around that.

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So I have enough, you know, protein, etc.

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to build muscle but also I've got enough

calories that my milk supply is not

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going to drop while hopefully still

building muscle and losing some fat.

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But I'm not really going to

be focusing on losing the fat

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as much until after I finish.

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feeding her really.

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Well once she's started weaning

it's different because she

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won't be so, you know, all her

nutrition won't come from my boobs.

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Yeah.

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But until that point I can't risk my

milk supply dropping because my milk

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supply tends to drop quite easily.

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I just can't, I'm gonna have to

just be a bit chubbier for a while.

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That means baby gets fed.

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That's the most important thing.

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Dan 1: Chubby wifey

gets you a chubby baby.

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Tilly: Yeah.

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So yeah, just doing that.

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I need to do my body measurements today.

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And then yeah, fill up my

tummy for the separation.

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But you're about to get back to work.

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Dan 1: Yeah, so I've actually been off.

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For Christmas still, so today is actually,

because we record this four weeks behind,

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so we're what is it, today is the 7th

of January so I'm still about to go back

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post Christmas today and managed to lock

myself out of my laptop, which is good

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fun, so it means that before my first

day back, I'll have to log in and try and

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ring IT a bit early and unlock myself but.

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Yeah, I don't know what I'll be

getting back to, what it'll be like.

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It's always a bit weird when you, so

basically I forgot my password because

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I haven't been working for two weeks

and that is always how it kind of feels,

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you just haven't been working for a

while and you're like, oh, what's this?

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What's that?

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It just all feels a

bit, so weird, isn't it?

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How it's just like a little

bit, you forget how to work.

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Yeah, you forget how to work.

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Fuck knows what it's gonna be

like for you after six months off.

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I know,

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Tilly: I had it confirmed

that I'm getting my 10th.

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Kit days.

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Oh good.

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So we've set our dates for that.

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So yeah, so end of January I'll be doing

sort of one day of work a week and then

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going back fully at the end of March.

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So it's quite nice that I get that

sort of like slight ease into it.

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Yeah.

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Although my boss was saying I'm

gonna regret asking for the 10,

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I'm gonna wish I only had five.

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So we'll see how it goes.

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Dan 1: Financially we won't.

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Tilly: Yeah financially

we definitely won't.

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And I think mentally I won't

stimulate, like I need the stimulation.

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As lovely as you are, darling daughter,

you're not much conversation right now.

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Well you are starting to

churn tobacco, doesn't it?

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Which is nice.

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I'm quite looking forward to

that, but I do think I'm going

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to have forgotten how to work.

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And I'm also not looking

forward to the massive amount

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of emails I'm going to have.

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Dan 1: I'll definitely just, like, delete

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Tilly: them.

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I mean, I probably will just

speak to my boss and be like,

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What do I actually need to know?

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I'm going to look

through for those emails.

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Also, I just think there's anything that

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Dan 1: I'll do I'll probably

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Tilly: not delete

everything Mark has read.

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Dan 1: If anything's like three months,

like older than three, four months, just

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bang that in a folder and just be like

We've only been off for three months.

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Yeah, I know, but when you go

back, you'll have been off for six.

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Not when I first get back.

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So

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Tilly: I'm gonna go back one

day a week, I don't know.

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Dan 1: Maybe older than a month.

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Tilly: Not important.

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Last year, who cares?

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Dan 1: Yeah.

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Oh.

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Okay baby girl, let's check

if she's got dirty nappies.

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We've got

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Tilly: a bit of a grizzly bubba.

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We didn't capitalise on her good time.

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Dan 1: Well it's always a real,

like, it's a juggling act to try

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and We can't schedule babies.

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Oh fuck, it's a nappy.

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Yeah, it's trying to fucking get Food

hot, baby happy, do all the set up.

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Because if anyone's thinking of

sending up a podcast, by the way, it

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takes a while to set up all the gear.

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Unless you just buy the

expensive stuff, if it does that.

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Even then, I'm not sure.

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Oh, it's a change complete.

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There you go.

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Back to trying to build a pot.

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Tilly: Yes.

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So, New Year resolutions.

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What are you thinking?

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I know we don't really do resolutions.

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That's probably

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Dan 1: what you're thinking.

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Yes, we do resolutions.

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You know, we're built for planning.

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I do think you need to find

what it is like, ins and outs.

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Yeah, I've seen

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Tilly: that all over Instagram.

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Yeah, okay, so what's on

your ins and outs then?

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Dan 1: Well, I guess he's

just outside to the ball.

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Out with sugar in it for you?

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Out with sugar, a lot of

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Tilly: sugar, a lot of, I

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Dan 1: don't, I hadn't.

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Tilly: I'm gonna bring in cigarettes.

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But alcohol, I'm thinking.

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Yeah,

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Dan 1: we don't, I don't really have

loads of things that, No, I already

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feel like this is just such a.

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It'd be like, I don't know, shit, you

know, because if someone does that, I'll

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just change it, irrespective of the date.

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Oh,

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Tilly: I agree with you.

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That's what we're supposed to think about.

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Dan 1: Resolutions.

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I think that's special.

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Like, it's just, you know, it's

just their own stuff, you know.

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There's always something new happening.

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It's still the thing.

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Oh, yeah.

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Because remember, a resolution

never touches chocolate.

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Or some bullshit like that, like,

just don't have, don't have, you know,

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don't have a mental bother with having

to deal with bullshit resolutions.

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I'd rather take more

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Tilly: photos.

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Dan 1: That's the end.

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At least we're sure.

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I don't want to set a resolution

on Earth you won't see.

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No,

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Tilly: but I guess we do set our

goals, which are, we do actions,

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which, you know, aren't resolutions,

they are resolution adjacent,

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Dan 1: I would say.

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Yeah, so we do something else,

which is resolution adjacent.

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Do you like that?

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I do like it.

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Tilly: Ha ha ha ha ha.

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Oh, this is a massive fart.

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Sorry if you heard that one.

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That bubbled up through my fanny.

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I

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do that a lot more since

having a baby, don't I?

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Because maybe I've got looser flaps.

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My farts bubble up a lot

more through my fanny.

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I'm an old director.

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Well,

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Dan 1: even that old fart snuck

up, but the old You don't Ha

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Tilly: ha ha ha ha.

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People are going to be like,

Wow, I can really understand

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why I'm married to that woman.

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What a sexy lady.

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My wife

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Dan 1: is very sexy lady.

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You should spell married

floppy flaps right now.

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Tilly: Floppy flaps.

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Floppy, floppy flaps.

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Why does it still look

like Homer Simpson's mouth?

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That's the throwback, because that's what

Dan's mouth, my Brad's used to look like.

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Dan 1: I won't spoon to the sarcasm.

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Smile for us.

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Nostalgius.

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Yeah.

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You wanted to know?

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Yeah.

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I mean you all No, no, I don't care.

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Alright, so

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Tilly: we talk about, we'll

talk about resolution adjacent.

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Dan 1: Okay.

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And instead is you work out, I

think life now been complaining.

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But there's just so much

to do and stuff like that.

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I think that there's more

options than there are.

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People get caught up trying to do more

things than they can do more things.

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And so what we try and do is determine

What are the roles, as it were, that we'd

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like to further by the end of the year?

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Like, by the end of the year, what do you

think it would matter to us to improve?

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Yeah.

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And then, you'd set goals for

the roles, wouldn't you set that?

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Goals for roles.

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The actual goals.

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We do.

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Tilly: So, like, our roles, what we do,

might be things like, you know, parents.

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Spouses,

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family members, whatever,

friends, that sort of thing.

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Then from that we

determine how we want that.

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to be improved or maintained and

in actions so that we know we want

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to at least maintain our level of

relationship, hopefully improve it.

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Dan 1: Yes, I was actually listening

to quite interesting it's actually

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that there would be the Raising

Good Human podcast by It's a

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something, though it is a something.

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But very good podcast.

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He's class.

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I think French Jewish American

sex therapist, I think

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her name's Esther Perel.

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Huh.

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What's very fascinating is that

like all sex therapists, she's

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like fifty sixth in class.

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Less threatening.

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But also, years of experience, and like

grandma's sort of like show off style.

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Tilly: You don't really give a shit

about ADHD, do you know what I mean?

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You're like, far less embarrassed.

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Dan 1: But she's then also able to talk

about things, tell a lot of stories, and

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relate it to it, and stuff like that.

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And, live on with her in,

oh yeah, relationships.

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While we do say like, maintain

sounds really rubbish, just try

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and maintain your relationship.

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It is more of the biggest

stressor on the relationship.

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It's this phase.

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Yeah.

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And actually I didn't realize

it's, but it's your, yeah.

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I don't know if this

is just a women minute.

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I'll clarify the moment.

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It's food where your brain grows.

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The third, it's the third world's

rapid state of brain growth.

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You have like.

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But the birth period.

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Yeah.

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The teenage period.

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I remember when you first become a

parent now I say I don't know if it's

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Jeff's mother because as you discussed

you're Supposedly the brain shrinks.

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Apparently, yeah.

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But I believe it's the both, both genders.

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The brain will start through the the

most rapid growth and learning phase.

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I imagine so.

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Again, yeah, because it's the most

stressful, it's the most stressful period.

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And so, there's a lot of stuff in terms

with this, this, as well, thoughts

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about the fact that, you know, what

you need to, you need to have somebody,

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well, I guess the, the issue is that.

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What makes a good parent is actually

the opposite of often what makes

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for a very good interrelationship.

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She says that the the energy we need

for being a parent in terms of being

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organized, being consistent, being

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you know, deliberate and all those

sorts of like, sort of, father fourth

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parents are probably the traits.

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Yeah.

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Are the opposite from the sort of fun,

spontaneous, erotic kind of traits.

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It's true.

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And so you need, you're, you

always need to have somebody

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that come hell or high water.

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Make sure that you do those things so

that you keep the, do, sorry, so that

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you fulfill that kind of paranormal,

spontaneous or, or those things that

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kind of meant more erotic energy that

were like, I don't know, going on date

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nights or like doing things that you

know, you enjoy it and finding time

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that even whether The other place

won't bother you, even if that's the

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only place that doesn't bother you.

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You gotta do those things, be it coffee,

pipes, light lights, whatever it is.

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And, it's, it's said that like, from

all, like, clinical time, that's one

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of the most important things, is that

you always have to have somebody that,

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irrespective of whatever's going on,

needs to be the person who, and it was

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quite interesting, sorry, needs to be the

person who makes sure those things happen.

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And it was quite interesting because

she was talking about the fact that,

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What can often happen is, there's one

partner that ends up resenting the other

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partner, because They feel that they do

the majority of the household and parental

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chores, and the other partner doesn't.

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And, and then, and, and because of

the difference in the way the genders,

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like, enjoy intimacy, in terms of for

women, it's Emotional intimacy first, in

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order to get in the physical intimacy.

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For men, those who think they're

more tuned in the vulnerability, it's

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generally vulnerability is that for

a man, the physical intimacy is being

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vulnerable, whereas for women it's

must be emotional intimacy first.

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And so, again, it's all

about the fact that.

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What can happen is that often the

woman in the relationship finds that

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he's doing the vast majority of the

household, and Parental chores, well,

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responsibilities, and she then feels

it's all stated in his own thought and

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then when he kind of comes back and wants

kind of the intimate, she just thinks

383

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he just wants sex, whereas to him, that

is how he's intimate, but to her, she's

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intimate for emotion, and so it's kind

of trying to achieve the same thing.

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Tilly: It's not great

evolution, is it, really?

386

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Dan 1: No.

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And therefore you need that one person

that's irrespective of the fact that

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somebody might be like I'm fucked off

with you because all I've done is clean

389

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up clothes and take kids to school and

your proxy girl goes fine, whatever,

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we're going out for a date night

tonight, don't care what you think.

391

:

That's

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Tilly: what you're thinking right now.

393

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Dan 1: Try and keep that kind of, keep

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that

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Tilly: going.

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I think that's true.

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:

I think

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you need to make sure you're

both putting in those times.

399

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Because you're right, there's going to be

points where both parties resent the other

400

:

person for different reasons, isn't there?

401

:

I think.

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And they might be, they might be

longer lasting, it might be fleeting,

403

:

but it's bound to happen at times.

404

:

Resentment always sounds really extreme.

405

:

Like resentment doesn't have to be

like some like, awful massive thing.

406

:

I mean,

407

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Dan 1: like, you look at the

amount of content there is now.

408

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One part of it being alongside the other.

409

:

That is all, that is based on resentment,

and you, you, you resent the fact

410

:

that your partner is complaining

about something when you believe they

411

:

should be less tired than you are.

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:

Yeah.

413

:

It doesn't need to be like a

long term resentment, it can just

414

:

be a sort of flash in the park.

415

:

Yeah.

416

:

I'll dare you to say that

you're tired, given that I

417

:

did this or that or that work.

418

:

And, you know, I think it's

just the fact that you can

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both be tired parents as well.

420

:

And one thing to just say, while I'm

tired, and just completely generally,

421

:

it's another thing to use it as an excuse.

422

:

And Both parents should be allowed

to say I'm tired, irrespective of

423

:

who got the most sleep or whatever.

424

:

But neither parent should necessarily

be able to use it as an excuse,

425

:

unless it's really fucking bad.

426

:

God, I've always Especially this stage.

427

:

Yeah.

428

:

Sorry, I cut you off while you

were talking about resentment.

429

:

No, I was just saying, I

think resentment is natural.

430

:

It's gonna happen.

431

:

But I think it's, you don't

432

:

Tilly: wanna let it brew.

433

:

Don't let it feed.

434

:

I think you have to sort of like,

let yourself in and let it go.

435

:

But like, I think you just have

to, I think you have to give a

436

:

lot of grace, have a lot of grace

during this period, don't you?

437

:

Some of the time

438

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Dan 1: we're unknown for.

439

:

Tilly: Yes, but I think it's really

important at this stage to sort of

440

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go, Yeah, that's not ideal, that

might piss me off, but you know what?

441

:

Neither of us is functioning

at our best right now.

442

:

We're both learning, because

everything's new all the time.

443

:

And, you know, neither

party's done this before.

444

:

And even when it's not your first

child, that'll be the same, because

445

:

You know, apparently you might have

never parented multiple children

446

:

before, and that's, that'll be a

whole other challenge when it comes.

447

:

So I think parenting in general

involves a lot of grace when it

448

:

comes, if you want to maintain that

449

:

Dan 1: relationship.

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:

Dan Ep11 clear: I mean, it,

it it you a lot about yourself

451

:

as well because, you know, you

452

:

people do this.

453

:

Like people have been fasting.

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Tilly Ep11 clear: fasting

455

:

Dan Ep11 clear: for spiritual

enlightenment for years,

456

:

because they find that,

457

:

I guess, from when I fasted, I've

become not necessarily for spiritual

458

:

reasons or whatever, but people

have done it for spiritual reasons

459

:

or for spiritual enlightenment.

460

:

People do it because they find that

it brings them more in line with that,

461

:

guess love

462

:

version of themselves because you're

more cranky, you're more irritable.

463

:

You feel a bit more like pity me or

I'm, you know, something's been done

464

:

wrong against me or this is so unjust,

this is so unfair kind of stuff.

465

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: Yeah.

466

:

Dan Ep11 clear: And reality is, and,

and, and that, and during those periods,

467

:

because, because you turn up the,

your sensitivity up, the periods where

468

:

you're then in a more reflective mode.

469

:

You can now see those elements

of character traits that

470

:

you don't like as much.

471

:

I it's,

472

:

the same is true with sleep, and that

basically you're going through a period

473

:

of almost like involuntary sleep fasting.

474

:

When you first have a baby,

you, you know, you end

475

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: up,

476

:

Dan Ep11 clear: you end up getting

less one, less total sleep,

477

:

less quality sleep and less

478

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: for a nap.

479

:

Dan Ep11 clear: sleep times as it

were, you might end up sleeping a lot

480

:

during the day if you're napping or you

might, you know, these sorts of things.

481

:

And so I just think that,

you know, the fact is it's.

482

:

It is a great teacher in that

regard, because if you are

483

:

willing to be reflective,

484

:

that

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:

you've turned your sensitivity

right up because of the fact that

486

:

you've got so much less sleep.

487

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: You are

488

:

Dan Ep11 clear: up being a lot more, I

489

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: doesn't

matter, not so much.

490

:

You

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:

just end up, I guess, sensitive

492

:

to people.

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:

has been massive, I know that,

494

:

you know,

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:

obviously you physically

feel better as well.

496

:

but that's

497

:

just magnified since

498

:

becoming a parent.

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:

Like,

500

:

the Days where I go, to the gym or,

501

:

you know,

502

:

and go for good walks and stuff

versus the days where I don't,

503

:

huge difference, whereas before that was,

504

:

Dan Ep11 clear: I

505

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: I guess,

506

:

Dan Ep11 clear: more mellow

507

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: I think it

508

:

definitely does, it magnifies things.

509

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Yeah, I

think, yeah, definitely.

510

:

Sensitivity effectively goes

up, so it magnifies it, I agree.

511

:

And so in that regard, it teaches

you a lot about yourself, but if

512

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: sometimes, if

513

:

Dan Ep11 clear: willing to admit

514

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: willing,

you know, that can be

515

:

Dan Ep11 clear: if you're not

willing to admit that you're not,

516

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: it can

517

:

Dan Ep11 clear: You know that you're

wrong sometimes, that can be quite,

518

:

or you can end up with a bit of a

519

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: a bit of time.

520

:

No.

521

:

Jealous.

522

:

Dan Ep11 clear: From one

boob to the other now.

523

:

I don't, I don't.

524

:

No?

525

:

No.

526

:

That's good, I don't, I

don't despise you yet either.

527

:

I need a flash.

528

:

Yeah.

529

:

I'm not a very long laughter.

530

:

Jealousy.

531

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: Yeah, probably

what I do, yeah, Jealousy

532

:

and Resentment, I don't know.

533

:

I guess they're kind of

sisters, aren't they?

534

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Yeah.

535

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: This all stemmed from

our Resolution of Jason talk, didn't it?

536

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Yeah, I did.

537

:

This is how, this is, this is why

we can talk for so long, because we

538

:

just go down trains of association.

539

:

Yeah.

540

:

Where were we with the

resolution of Jason?

541

:

Why was this relevant?

542

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: just

saying, I just brought a

543

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Oh yeah.

544

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: We do

like, year planning, don't

545

:

we?

546

:

Dan Ep11 clear: we went on.

547

:

The aim is to try and keep the

relationship at least the same.

548

:

At

549

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: to at least

maintain it, hopefully improve

550

:

it.

551

:

And so I was saying, you know, one

of the goals I would set for us is

552

:

that once we're both back in work, so

both back, or not so both back, both

553

:

earning, so when you're on parental,

you've still got a good amount of

554

:

money coming in, and I'm back at work,

555

:

Dan Ep11 clear: got a

556

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: We'd like to

start couples therapy, not because

557

:

anything is particularly wrong,

558

:

Dan Ep11 clear: is such a

559

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: but we've

always, we've wanted to do

560

:

couples therapy for a long time.

561

:

Not going all shit together about

it, but I think now is the time where

562

:

it's really worth that investment

because like we've just spoken about,

563

:

this is such a massive change in our

relationship and strain at times.

564

:

I mean, absolutely glorious

part of our relationship, but

565

:

tough and our relationship is a bit

different, our relationship now.

566

:

You know, previously,

you were my priority.

567

:

Dan Ep11 clear: like, isn't it, isn't it?

568

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: you're still,

you're still a priority, but

569

:

you're not my top priority.

570

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Well, yeah, so this

is, again, something that I've spoken

571

:

to about, like, with my friends.

572

:

It's a very weird change in your period

of life, because, previously, You

573

:

were neurotic because the thing that

you cared most about was the other

574

:

person and the thing they likely,

hopefully, cared most about was you.

575

:

So between the two of you, you would

either write or you would forgive.

576

:

You know, so you'd either, if somebody

was to do something, they would either

577

:

be trying to do something nice for you

or they would unthinkingly something that

578

:

annoyed you, but you being, realizing

that they're doing it for your best

579

:

intentions can forgive as it were.

580

:

Whereas now, your greatest

581

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: priority

582

:

Dan Ep11 clear: is

583

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: A little parasite.

584

:

Dan Ep11 clear: a little parasite

and you both have a load of

585

:

learned behaviors and because

586

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: it's

587

:

not like

588

:

Dan Ep11 clear: happening to you.

589

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: not as likely

to if that makes sense, Yeah.

590

:

because like, you know,

591

:

Dan Ep11 clear: you know, if

someone wronged me, but I,

592

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: like,

593

:

Dan Ep11 clear: I know they, you know,

we're trying to do something right or

594

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: year.

595

:

Yeah.

596

:

You

597

:

know, I'm very

598

:

Dan Ep11 clear: and I'm very, if, because

it's probably not been that damaging.

599

:

Whereas, you know, let's say

600

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: baby, one.

601

:

So it

602

:

Dan Ep11 clear: was to happen or whatever.

603

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: Baby

604

:

Dan Ep11 clear: my priority.

605

:

I think, how could you

have let that happen?

606

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: Yeah, yeah.

607

:

Versus,

608

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Had it happened,

had you done something like that

609

:

to me, I'd have been more likely to

find, sort of, softer Okay, well,

610

:

let's just not do it next time.

611

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: Yeah, absolutely.

612

:

So yeah, I think this is definitely

a good time to start couples therapy.

613

:

Just to be, I think, I think

it's having that third party,

614

:

that checking in point, isn't it?

615

:

Just be like, once a

fortnight, having that time.

616

:

And also, you know, it's not a date night,

but it is time that's focused on us.

617

:

Not Barbara.

618

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Yeah.

619

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: You know.

620

:

Dan Ep11 clear: I mean, we can always

make it part of Date Night, can't we?

621

:

Yeah.

622

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: it's time

that's focused on us, not her.

623

:

I mean, obviously, it comes into it

because I imagine a lot of things to work

624

:

with how she's impacted our relationship.

625

:

But I want to make that investment this

year because I think we're both very aware

626

:

of things that, you know, can go wrong.

627

:

And I don't feel like hardly shit's

going wrong, but I just, I think things

628

:

can slowly drift without you realising.

629

:

And then before you realise it.

630

:

I think

631

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Sorry, she

sounded like she'd vomited.

632

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: but she kept it in

her mouth, so I think she swallowed it.

633

:

She does it quite a lot.

634

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Vomiting on the

nipple but keeping it in your mouth.

635

:

Ah, it's glamorous this shit.

636

:

It's glamorous.

637

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: Oh,

talking about glamorous.

638

:

Shall we touch on

639

:

the

640

:

Dan Ep11 clear: how are we finished with?

641

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: do it?

642

:

Have you got more to say?

643

:

Carry on, say more.

644

:

Dan Ep11 clear: No, no, if we

finish that line of conversation,

645

:

I'm happy to be finished.

646

:

I just don't want to stim it because

it's, because we were talking, because

647

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: I mean, maybe we

do another podcast on our planning.

648

:

Maybe that's a whole

episode and it's enough.

649

:

Let us know, guys.

650

:

Do you want to hear about

how we plan our lives?

651

:

I think that says highly

successful people, but are we?

652

:

I don't know.

653

:

I think we're like,

relatively successful people.

654

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Yeah, people think

we've got our shit together and

655

:

then they come look at our house

and they're like, fuck it, I don't

656

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: Which way does that

house Do you still look in this room?

657

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Yeah, just

lock away the room that

658

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: boys.

659

:

Everyone's got a shit

room or a shit cupboard.

660

:

That's life.

661

:

If you don't, I don't

trust you quite frankly.

662

:

everyone's got a drawer

of crap in their kitchen.

663

:

Everyone.

664

:

And you really sort it out like

once every four years, maybe?

665

:

And you're like, oh look, there's

those 50 million lighters.

666

:

Birthday candles.

667

:

so this week, me and

Baby did life modelling.

668

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Oh, yeah.

669

:

Yeah.

670

:

So that was quite a big thing.

671

:

You know, cause obviously for you the

whole kind of your body post pregnancy

672

:

and, and go into terms with that.

673

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: Yeah.

674

:

Yeah.

675

:

So I think

676

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Very proud of you for

677

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: of myself actually.

678

:

Yeah.

679

:

So in the past I struggled

quite a lot with,

680

:

Dan Ep11 clear: What

681

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: body image and

sort of, I dunno whether I'd ever

682

:

fully gone into eating disorders, but

definitely disordered eating for, for,

683

:

for about 10 years of my life really.

684

:

I'm sort of 15 to 25, I would say.

685

:

Things got a lot better

once I started dating you.

686

:

So it definitely was tapering

off from sort of 21, 22.

687

:

Well, no, this is true though.

688

:

Having the love of a good

man, and a man who's not.

689

:

Aesthetically minded,

690

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Yeah.

691

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: What's

a massive factor in that?

692

:

And your confidence, I always loved it.

693

:

From the first moment I met you,

I loved how confident you were

694

:

just walking around in your pants.

695

:

You just didn't give a,

you didn't give a crap.

696

:

Like, the first time you came to my

mum's house, you came downstairs for

697

:

breakfast and was just in your pants.

698

:

And you know,

699

:

Dan Ep11 clear: like,

700

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: and my mum were

there, and my sister, and they were

701

:

like, oh!

702

:

Dan Ep11 clear: I don't

think I had breakfast in my

703

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: Oh no, you

wear pyjama bottoms but no top.

704

:

Is that how

705

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Is that how I ate

706

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: it?

707

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Ballsy, alrighty.

708

:

I thought I'd gone down to my

boxes to get something or go to the

709

:

toilet or whatever but I didn't.

710

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: definitely ate breakfast

toppings, but I think pyjama bottoms on.

711

:

It was a summer.

712

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Yeah, fair enough.

713

:

I just think that's a bit bit

rude really, but never mind.

714

:

ha.

715

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: I didn't mind.

716

:

I think my granny quite liked it.

717

:

Dan Ep11 clear: ha.

718

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: She liked your legs.

719

:

She did comment on your legs

when she was a bit drunk on kava.

720

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Yep.

721

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: But yeah, so

like my, I've, you know, struggled

722

:

with body image for a long time.

723

:

Gotten a lot better over

the last couple of years.

724

:

But then obviously like pregnancy is just

a whole nother ballgame when it comes,

725

:

because my body's changed completely.

726

:

It looks very, very different

to what it looked like before.

727

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Yeah, so

let's talk about waist size.

728

:

So what was your waist before?

729

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: had 26 waist,

730

:

generally

731

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Then what did it go to

when you were pregnant at one point?

732

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: wasn't four.

733

:

I didn't measure it or something.

734

:

Holiday.

735

:

And then I definitely grew after that.

736

:

Dan Ep11 clear: And then now what

do you think you roughly are?

737

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: I'll find out

in a minute, measure myself when

738

:

I reckon I'm over 30.

739

:

Dan Ep11 clear: it's quite high still.

740

:

I don't know.

741

:

I don't, I don't, you might be just over,

but I don't think you'll be much over.

742

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: a lot

bigger than used to.

743

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Yeah.

744

:

But when you first

745

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: So my ribcage

expands when you're pregnant.

746

:

So my

747

:

ribcage still hasn't come back.

748

:

Lots of things haven't moved,

won't be moved back yet.

749

:

So I wouldn't be

surprised if it's over 30.

750

:

Yeah, so before I had like, you

know, small waist and stomach,

751

:

that wasn't where I kept my weight.

752

:

I was sort of an hourglass shape.

753

:

And I still, you know, to some

degree, that's the shape I am.

754

:

But I never had a stomach

and things before.

755

:

So now I've got this, like, I'm bigger

everywhere, which is fair enough.

756

:

You know, I put on my Everest, I've got

bigger limbs and all that sort of stuff.

757

:

Bigger a big

758

:

bigger bum.

759

:

But I've also got

760

:

I've got

761

:

a bigger stomach, which

I've never had before.

762

:

And I'm like, what?

763

:

For one, I'm like, how the

fuck do you dress for that?

764

:

I don't know how to dress for it.

765

:

So it's sort of figuring

out a new body to dress for.

766

:

Obviously, my normal clothes don't fit

me, which doesn't make me feel great.

767

:

I've got

768

:

stretch marks all over my

lower belly, which I'm not,

769

:

I don't mind too much.

770

:

Dan Ep11 clear: first

771

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: the thing

I'm least bothered by.

772

:

but obviously it's all just

differences in your body shape.

773

:

And so, I

774

:

have good days, and bad days, you know.

775

:

I

776

:

fully believe that my body is amazing and

I'm very proud of what it's done and what

777

:

it's still doing by feeding our daughter.

778

:

But I don't necessarily feel attracted

in the body that I'm in currently.

779

:

And So we were thinking the other day

because, I'm now on, going down to

780

:

sort of my statutory maternity pay,

which as anyone who's been on maternity

781

:

would know is not very much at all.

782

:

Dan Ep11 clear: It did a bit of

783

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: And so money is tight

for the next few months and that's

784

:

fine, we knew that coming up to this.

785

:

But we were sort of looking at the

way about, you know, what are some

786

:

easy ways we can make some money

now sort of, well actually I've

787

:

done, a bit of life on the past.

788

:

I could do that I generally put in

a little bit of money, and if I can

789

:

get sort of one of those every week or so,

790

:

Dan Ep11 clear: talk to for

791

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: that's like

another 50 quid or so coming in.

792

:

Dan Ep11 clear: And so I

793

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: of, sent some emails

around, and got a response really quickly

794

:

from a place round the corner from us,

795

:

Dan Ep11 clear: me, so that's what I

796

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: looking for someone,

and so, that's what I did last week, and I

797

:

did it with Bubba, so I got, you know, me

798

:

naked breastfeeding.

799

:

wow.

800

:

Dan Ep11 clear: don't think that'll

have been quite interesting, because

801

:

obviously they've got more people to draw.

802

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: Yeah, it

was interesting, they were all

803

:

very grateful for it, you know,

they were sort of, you know.

804

:

Thank you for being let into

something that's so intimate.

805

:

But what was funny, and what I

hadn't thought about, was that

806

:

sort of one of the we did a few

really short poses to begin with.

807

:

Dan Ep11 clear: one's up.

808

:

Yeah.

809

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: So sort of

one minute, two minute poses.

810

:

At the beginning I was sort of

standing up, holding, holding bubs,

811

:

and didn't think about the fact that.

812

:

obviously I was about to feed

her, so my boobs were quite full.

813

:

And then having that skin on skin contact

with her that my boobs just started

814

:

Dan Ep11 clear: It

815

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: So I was just standing

there and I could just feel all this milk

816

:

just running down my stomach and then down

my legs and it's going like in between.

817

:

It's like going into my crotch and I

was just like, this feels delightful.

818

:

You're trying to stand

still because there's people

819

:

Dan Ep11 clear: was

820

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: And I was like,

oh, and I'm holding Bubba next

821

:

to me and it's just all like,

822

:

and She's getting all wet.

823

:

Milk squirting down her

and So that was fun.

824

:

And then on one of the longer poses,

I was feeding her for a while.

825

:

And sometimes, you know, she'll do

a little bit of sick up, which is

826

:

not a massive amount, just a little

bit, when she's, like, breastfeeding

827

:

and, you know, milk will dribble

out of her mouth and stuff.

828

:

So as I'm feeding, her,

829

:

Dan Ep11 clear: feel it with

830

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: like, dribbly

wet stuff seeping down my puddle

831

:

and seeping through my bum.

832

:

So, yeah.

833

:

But

834

:

Dan Ep11 clear: I'm very proud of

you for doing it, because it was

835

:

confrontational, and she was great.

836

:

You know, she, she needed

a nappy change once, twice.

837

:

She fed when, well, she didn't feed

when she was meant to feed, but she did

838

:

some of the times, but she was silent.

839

:

She didn't kick off.

840

:

She didn't.

841

:

Yeah.

842

:

So I guess highs, lows, and funnies.

843

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: I think my high would

probably be the life drawing, actually.

844

:

Yeah?

845

:

Good.

846

:

So far I've already covered that, really.

847

:

Tick, tick.

848

:

Yeah.

849

:

just I think that was a good moment.

850

:

Like, I was,

851

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Yeah.

852

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: sort of signed up to

it and decided I just wouldn't think

853

:

about it much because I knew if I thought

about it too much I'd chicken out.

854

:

So I was like, ah, fuck it,

it's not really happening,

855

:

I'm just not going to think

856

:

Dan Ep11 clear: So I went with

you so that I could, you know, if,

857

:

if baby just really wasn't having

it, I could always take baby home.

858

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: would just do solo.

859

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Solo was solo

whilst he wouldn't have her.

860

:

And then I but, and so I just

kind of sat there working on the

861

:

laptop, perving away in the corner.

862

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: In the,

863

:

Dan Ep11 clear: I did not, that

would have been vastly inappropriate.

864

:

And.

865

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: but

866

:

Dan Ep11 clear: On the way into the

building, you suddenly went, Oh my

867

:

gosh, what have I got myself into?

868

:

Oh, can I really do this?

869

:

And I was like, yeah, yeah, go on.

870

:

Let's just get in the door.

871

:

Let's just get on with it.

872

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: yeah,

thankfully it was warm.

873

:

So bit horrible If it was cold, but I had

like a plastic chair to sit on, I think

874

:

I might bring a cushion or something.

875

:

Next time it's a bit nicer to sit

on because I did feel like when

876

:

I caught it, it was like, you

know, sort of stuck to it slowly.

877

:

Dan Ep11 clear: What about Lowe's then?

878

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: Lows.

879

:

Ow.

880

:

Ooh, my horrible nipple thing

was pretty gross, wasn't it?

881

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Oh yeah,

that's something to talk about.

882

:

So what's

883

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: A big ol posse spot

884

:

Dan Ep11 clear: bleb.

885

:

It's like a big old pussy spot, innit?

886

:

Yeah.

887

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: and it sort of

like got bigger and bigger and was

888

:

getting soarer and soarer, wasn't it?

889

:

But I was always told not to pop them.

890

:

And then it sort of popped by itself.

891

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Well, she popped it.

892

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: Yeah.

893

:

Dan Ep11 clear: She was sucking

boobie and managed to suck

894

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: thankfully

didn't get anything.

895

:

Ooh, she just sicked up.

896

:

It's alright, I caught it on my jumper.

897

:

I'm just

898

:

This

899

:

Dan Ep11 clear: wimp.

900

:

What was I gonna

901

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: you get greedy.

902

:

Oh, sorry, Bubba.

903

:

One second, let me just clean you up.

904

:

Let's put this nice cardigan in the wash.

905

:

Right, there you go.

906

:

I was saying, yes it's all got

potty, so we need to clean it out.

907

:

But my god, so much,

908

:

sorry if you're all disgraced out so

much stuff came out of it didn't it?

909

:

Poor.

910

:

Dan Ep11 clear: pussing and pussing.

911

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: so

912

:

Dan Ep11 clear: then you had to try

and, you know, it kept getting sore

913

:

and kept having to be cleaned up.

914

:

Then it would get dirty again

because she would obviously

915

:

keep getting her mouth on it.

916

:

And

917

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: when she's having to

pull up her boob at the top, that top

918

:

bit of boob is being pulled out of her

mouth, so she's sucking more on the

919

:

Dan Ep11 clear: I guess if we clarified

where it was, because it's, it's just, it

920

:

was a pore effectively above your nipple.

921

:

Well, on your nipple, on your

areola, just above your nipple.

922

:

So it goes into, it went into

her mouth usually, didn't it?

923

:

Or is it?

924

:

And so it just meant that it was

quite, it was quite difficult

925

:

to get it to heal, wasn't it?

926

:

How is it doing now?

927

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: right now it's still

like, it's still healing, it's still, you

928

:

can still see it, but it's, it looks, it

looks pretty closed over and alright now.

929

:

There, that's probably my, no, it

wasn't like an awfully bad low, but

930

:

it was pretty sore, and not very nice.

931

:

Dan Ep11 clear: No, I can imagine.

932

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: I should have,

I knew I had to clean it out.

933

:

Ugh,

934

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Yeah.

935

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: I was either asking

anyone out, that's when you've got

936

:

to do something yourself, or you

won't push as hard, but it hurts

937

:

yourself because it's naturally

your body doesn't want you to do it.

938

:

But I knew it kind of needed a

bit of digging and cleaning out.

939

:

I'll go and get some

water and some cotton.

940

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Yeah,

941

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: Get it dug out.

942

:

And

943

:

Dan Ep11 clear: it a good, a good

944

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: that really helped

the failure of our relationship.

945

:

Okay, so that's my high and my low.

946

:

My funny, I guess.

947

:

Oh, I don't know.

948

:

She's done some really funny

sort of like little facial

949

:

expressions and things this week.

950

:

I did I end up being and fatty related.

951

:

So try and keep that for Oh, bless you.

952

:

I'm more enjoyed hearing about her now.

953

:

Grabbing your nipple hair,

954

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Yeah.

955

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: feel like

that's like, I'm like, yeah, good.

956

:

Your dad deserves to get some

nipple grabbing as well because

957

:

she loves to scratch and grab up

nipple with her sharp little talons.

958

:

So now I'm like, now you understand

959

:

this.

960

:

Dan Ep11 clear: I

961

:

I feel like it's like, I don't

want to say it's worse than

962

:

yours, because it's different.

963

:

I'm not saying it is, let me clarify.

964

:

I think it's a different pain than

yours, because I get some of the

965

:

lower level of pain that you have

of the sort of scratchiness, because

966

:

she scratches, clenches, and pulls,

so when she clenches she gets loads

967

:

of the nipple hair, and then pulls.

968

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: I get that

969

:

Dan Ep11 clear: scratch that you get.

970

:

Then the clench and the pull.

971

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: pull

because she pulls my nipple.

972

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Yeah, I guess so.

973

:

So, like I said, I'm not

saying it's worse, I'm saying

974

:

I think it's a bit different.

975

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: You go, now yours.

976

:

Dan Ep11 clear: I think Hai, I've

enjoyed that she's started talking.

977

:

She now, like, chunts

978

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: obviously.

979

:

I like some genius baby.

980

:

She

981

:

doesn't like to jump to it when I speak.

982

:

Dan Ep11 clear: she's not talking.

983

:

She's chuntering.

984

:

Like, you can,

985

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: communicate.

986

:

Dan Ep11 clear: so

987

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: I would just say,

988

:

Dan Ep11 clear: Well, I'll

just sit there watching

989

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: we've met, she

990

:

Dan Ep11 clear: The Basketball

Last Chance You on Netflix.

991

:

She loves chuntering along while

Coach Mosley's screaming and

992

:

shouting at all his players.

993

:

She'll just be chuntering along.

994

:

And lo,

995

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: And

996

:

Dan Ep11 clear: I know,

There was a moment that I was

997

:

Tilly Ep11 clear: closed for a month.

998

:

We've

999

:

Dan Ep11 clear: fucked off of everything.

:

00:42:01,790 --> 00:42:05,080

Probably just trying to, loads

probably just setting up mics and stuff

:

00:42:05,130 --> 00:42:07,160

Ian: Three moments from

earlier in the episode

:

00:42:07,579 --> 00:42:08,560

Dan 1: your own life

:

00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:10,199

Tilly Ep11 clear: all

:

00:42:10,350 --> 00:42:11,460

Dan Ep11 clear: coming up blue over there.

:

00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:14,630

Alright then switch to the Pel mics track.

:

00:42:17,470 --> 00:42:18,585

Fucking hate this shit.

:

00:42:19,690 --> 00:42:21,260

Tilly Ep11 clear: Yeah, no, no, no.

:

00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:25,390

Popping off his lapel mic.

:

00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:27,760

Dan Ep11 clear: worried that

my lapel mic's not on now.

:

00:42:28,170 --> 00:42:28,900

Tilly Ep11 clear: Turn all your mics off.

:

00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:29,890

That'll be good.

:

00:42:30,390 --> 00:42:31,340

Dan Ep11 clear: Yeah, it has been off.

:

00:42:31,420 --> 00:42:33,010

I don't know for how long

it's a fucking episode.

:

00:42:33,135 --> 00:42:34,745

Tilly Ep11 clear: did

you post the mics off?

:

00:42:35,965 --> 00:42:37,835

Dan Ep11 clear: I definitely

had this one off for some of it.

:

00:42:39,930 --> 00:42:42,700

Tilly Ep11 clear: Well, we'll

find out in post production.

:

00:42:43,830 --> 00:42:44,920

This might be the letter of the week.

:

00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,999

I'm

:

00:42:48,485 --> 00:42:50,744

Dan Ep11 clear: most weeks

:

00:42:50,868 --> 00:42:50,968

I

:

00:42:51,075 --> 00:42:53,179

Tilly Ep11 clear: I'm

probably going to hold the mic

:

00:42:53,179 --> 00:42:54,682

now I'm going to slide

:

00:42:54,836 --> 00:42:57,232

Dan Ep11 clear: Honestly,

this is an impossibility.

:

00:42:57,387 --> 00:42:57,688

Tilly Ep11 clear: So

:

00:42:57,711 --> 00:43:00,586

Dan Ep11 clear: an absolute

miracle as any episode.

:

00:43:00,586 --> 00:43:04,899

Between me not being able

to fucking work mics.

:

00:43:07,099 --> 00:43:07,449

Yeah.

:

00:43:07,949 --> 00:43:15,639

And then, I guess my funny was I, so,

often when I'm kind of trying to calm her

:

00:43:15,639 --> 00:43:21,569

and get her to, to calm down, my standard

procedure is firstly, check her nappy.

:

00:43:22,229 --> 00:43:26,789

if that's not the case, kind of rock

her a bit and, and often I'll sort of

:

00:43:26,809 --> 00:43:30,309

hold her in front of me and look at

her and sometimes by doing some smiling

:

00:43:30,309 --> 00:43:33,639

and some looks you can kind of get

her to calm down and giving her, you

:

00:43:33,639 --> 00:43:37,019

know, it's holding her up, down, up,

down, sometimes she then comes down.

:

00:43:37,399 --> 00:43:39,299

And so I've got her

basically at eye level.

:

00:43:39,669 --> 00:43:43,179

And because I've got her in both my

hands, what I'll often do if she's

:

00:43:43,179 --> 00:43:46,789

still crying, is just put my nose in

her mouth to see if she then sucks

:

00:43:47,009 --> 00:43:48,069

that and therefore she's hungry.

:

00:43:48,069 --> 00:43:52,889

But I did it the other day, and

she had been crying so much.

:

00:43:52,949 --> 00:43:56,519

Well, no, sorry, her teeth is,

well, we think she's teething.

:

00:43:56,929 --> 00:43:57,259

So she

:

00:43:57,349 --> 00:43:59,145

Tilly Ep11 clear: I think

she's like at the precipice.

:

00:43:59,145 --> 00:44:00,182

At the precipice.

:

00:44:00,182 --> 00:44:01,219

So she goes,

:

00:44:01,439 --> 00:44:02,809

Dan Ep11 clear: so she

started drooling now.

:

00:44:03,189 --> 00:44:04,729

And so she has a lot

more drool in her mouth.

:

00:44:04,999 --> 00:44:06,889

So I went to do that

to check she's hungry.

:

00:44:07,279 --> 00:44:12,319

And she just kept crying and

just ended up filling my, well,

:

00:44:12,539 --> 00:44:13,879

she did then start sucking.

:

00:44:13,879 --> 00:44:17,819

So I ended up getting loads

of saliva from the nostrils.

:

00:44:18,159 --> 00:44:20,749

And having a really

weird, wet, runny nose.

:

00:44:21,209 --> 00:44:21,839

That was it.

:

00:44:21,859 --> 00:44:25,569

A very funny, weird funny, and

I was like, Oh, I've brought

:

00:44:25,789 --> 00:44:27,149

that completely upon myself.

:

00:44:27,659 --> 00:44:28,539

That is what that is.

:

00:44:28,665 --> 00:44:29,608

Tilly Ep11 clear: was I?

:

00:44:29,608 --> 00:44:32,434

What do you want to do?

:

00:44:32,434 --> 00:44:33,848

What do you

:

00:44:33,848 --> 00:44:36,674

want to do at the end?

:

00:44:36,674 --> 00:44:39,501

Ok, I think we've chopped off.

:

00:44:39,501 --> 00:44:39,972

When

:

00:44:39,972 --> 00:44:40,443

my

:

00:44:42,669 --> 00:44:45,319

Dan Ep11 clear: do, do you want

to do the intro, the scat chat?

:

00:44:45,470 --> 00:44:49,239

Tilly Ep11 clear: trying to

visit my Somewhere I want to

:

00:44:52,029 --> 00:44:55,959

Dan Ep11 clear: okay so here we go we've

got one so when my son was about nine

:

00:44:55,959 --> 00:45:03,239

months so this sorry this is from found

a article called romper this is I think

:

00:45:03,249 --> 00:45:07,859

the child's called you know when my son

was about nine months old I took him

:

00:45:07,859 --> 00:45:12,309

on a ride about 20 minutes To visit my

grandmother who lived in assisted living.

:

00:45:12,749 --> 00:45:15,619

Somewhere along the way,

he had a major blowout.

:

00:45:16,099 --> 00:45:20,319

It was all the way up to his

neck and all over his car seat.

:

00:45:20,365 --> 00:45:20,904

Tilly Ep11 clear: we

:

00:45:20,939 --> 00:45:24,249

Dan Ep11 clear: When we got to my

grandmother's parking lot, I laid

:

00:45:24,249 --> 00:45:27,199

him in the back seat of my car on

a blanket to try and clean him up.

:

00:45:27,539 --> 00:45:29,839

And he was tossing and

turning and thrashing,

:

00:45:29,991 --> 00:45:30,594

Tilly Ep11 clear: spreading everywhere.

:

00:45:30,594 --> 00:45:31,500

I was a

:

00:45:31,524 --> 00:45:32,174

Dan Ep11 clear: everywhere.

:

00:45:32,406 --> 00:45:32,708

Tilly Ep11 clear: town

:

00:45:32,804 --> 00:45:35,404

Dan Ep11 clear: was a frazzled

mess the entire time my

:

00:45:35,404 --> 00:45:37,124

grandmother was over my shoulder,

:

00:45:37,238 --> 00:45:37,841

Tilly Ep11 clear: the car.

:

00:45:37,841 --> 00:45:39,351

I just had to get

:

00:45:39,454 --> 00:45:42,764

Dan Ep11 clear: see the baby, she

wouldn't back off for five seconds.

:

00:45:42,764 --> 00:45:45,014

It was a disaster.

:

00:45:45,014 --> 00:45:47,394

So that's got a funny one.

:

00:45:47,934 --> 00:45:49,684

And then we've got another funny one here.

:

00:45:50,184 --> 00:45:51,864

So Terry Lynn.

:

00:45:52,154 --> 00:45:56,074

One night, not sure of the age of

Terry Lynn, One night, my daughter

:

00:45:56,204 --> 00:45:58,214

kept crying and crying and crying.

:

00:45:58,264 --> 00:46:01,344

But whenever I went to her, there was

nothing wrong as far as I could tell.

:

00:46:01,764 --> 00:46:03,904

She wasn't hungry or

wet, but she wanted up.

:

00:46:04,274 --> 00:46:06,734

Finally, her dad said, Just let her cry.

:

00:46:06,859 --> 00:46:07,204

Tilly Ep11 clear: go.

:

00:46:07,644 --> 00:46:08,754

Dan Ep11 clear: See if she goes back to

:

00:46:08,934 --> 00:46:09,420

Tilly Ep11 clear: to sleep.

:

00:46:09,420 --> 00:46:10,054

And she did.

:

00:46:10,724 --> 00:46:12,404

Dan Ep11 clear: slept the

whole rest of the night.

:

00:46:12,844 --> 00:46:17,394

When I went in to get her the next

morning, her shiny, smiling little self

:

00:46:17,394 --> 00:46:19,654

was covered in poop from head to toe,

:

00:46:19,862 --> 00:46:20,219

Tilly Ep11 clear: as

:

00:46:20,354 --> 00:46:23,624

Dan Ep11 clear: as well as

a sizable part of her crib,

:

00:46:23,658 --> 00:46:23,990

Tilly Ep11 clear: ha

:

00:46:24,064 --> 00:46:26,944

Dan Ep11 clear: because she'd smeared

it there like the little monkey she

:

00:46:26,972 --> 00:46:27,304

Tilly Ep11 clear: Yeah.

:

00:46:27,304 --> 00:46:30,286

Fuck you for letting

me all sleep all night.

:

00:46:30,286 --> 00:46:31,280

Here you go.

:

00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:31,943

Oh, goodness.

:

00:46:31,943 --> 00:46:33,932

Anyway, I think that's it for

:

00:46:34,114 --> 00:46:35,234

Dan Ep11 clear: Ah, madness.

:

00:46:35,334 --> 00:46:37,234

Anyway, I think that's it from us.

:

00:46:38,229 --> 00:46:41,319

Tilly Ep11 clear: week of you

going back to work and we've

:

00:46:41,319 --> 00:46:42,589

got Great Granny Katie first.

:

00:46:42,589 --> 00:46:43,406

Oh,

:

00:46:43,406 --> 00:46:44,224

indeed.

:

00:46:44,224 --> 00:46:45,859

That was,

:

00:46:46,699 --> 00:46:49,049

Dan Ep11 clear: That

was one hell of a show.

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All the interruptions as per usual.

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Toodaloo!

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Tilly Ep11 clear: Oh,

we're still recording, I

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Dan Ep11 clear: Yeah,

I'm tired of stopping.

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We usually sign off.

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There we go.

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Bye!

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Tilly Ep11 clear: Bye!

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Tilly: My lovelies.

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Thank you for listening.

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