Underaged Grandparents with Matty & Esther Acton

Underaged Grandparents with Matty & Esther Acton

The raw, funny and unexpected reality of becoming young grandparents while still navigating parenting, marriage and everything in between.

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August 6, 2025 33 mins

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🍼 Postpartum madness! You won’t believe the wildest things mums have done after giving birth. These stories are next-level.

🍷 Are millennials the biggest drinkers in history? We dive into what the internet is saying — and whether it's actually true.

😳 How to tell when your partner is lying to your face — Esther spills the one giveaway she can’t hide.

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This week’s episode has everything — drama, parenting debates, and a bit of petty behaviour.

A fiery on-air clash between Matty and Osher Günsberg has resurfaced… and yes, we’ve got the original audio and Osher’s thoughts on the moment.

Also in this episode: – Are we all just a little bit petty in arguments with our partners? Esther sure thinks so. – Gen Z parents — are they doing it better than us? We reckon they might be.

We’d lo...

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July 23, 2025 35 mins

🎙 This Week on Underaged Grandparents

Matty & Esther are back — and the “Me Time” debate continues! 🧖‍♀️🧘‍♂️ You guys flooded the comments, so we’re diving into even more of your spicy scenarios.

🎓 High School Reunions Worth the drama or just painfully awkward? We unpack it all.

🔥 Awkward BBQ Alert Matty accidentally became mates with one of Esther’s exes… Guess what happened when they all showed up to the same BBQ? 👀

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July 19, 2025 35 mins

Sorry we’re late — but this episode’s worth the wait! Fresh off their family holiday, Matty & Esther are covering a lot: ✈️ Traveling with kids (spoiler: not relaxing) 👵 Where’s the line with grandparents and their “rules”? 💇‍♀️ Is the hairdresser actually considered me-time? ✂️ And… what if Matty’s vasectomy didn’t work? 😳

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July 9, 2025 28 mins

What happens when a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hit the club together? This week, Esther spills the tea on her wild night out with our daughter-in-law—and let’s just say, the age gap showed!

Plus, in this week's "Am I Overreacting?", we tackle a hot wedding topic: Do extended family members really need to be included in the plans?

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This week on the podcast… things get awkward 😅

Matty & Esther answer a listener question: “How did you have the Birds & the Bees talk with your teenage son?” Let’s just say… it did not go as planned 😬

Plus: 💍 The wild extravagance of Jeff Bezos’ wedding 🤔 Another round of "Am I Overreacting?" — you decide!

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June 25, 2025 33 mins

This week on the Underaged Grandparents Podcast… 🚨 Esther has a terrifying moment — someone breaks into the house while she’s home… and naked. 😬 We break down Meghan Markle’s most cringe interview yet 🦫 And Matty casually drops that he wants to be taxidermied… yes, seriously. WTF?!

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June 20, 2025 28 mins

This week on the Underaged Grandparents Podcast… 😤 Matt finds himself in every parent's nightmare — a full-blown public tantrum at Kmart. 🔥 And Esther's been called a “hot mess” — but is it an insult or a compliment? 

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June 12, 2025 28 mins

This week’s episode is a special one. Esther shares the deeply personal story of becoming a mum at just 18 — a moment that changed everything.

She opens up about: 💔 The shock of finding out 🍼 Juggling work and a newborn 😔 The judgment from others ❤️ And the kind of love that only grows stronger with time

What started as a scary and uncertain chapter became the foundation of the family we have today. It’s raw, real, and full of h...

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We covered a LOT this week — so buckle up!

👶 After babysitting their granddaughter, Matty asks the unthinkable: “Should we have another baby?”

💔 Hugh Jackman’s divorce after 30 years has us wondering… If we broke up, who would our friends side with? (Esther’s bestie is Matty’s cousin, so it gets awkward fast 😬)

🔥 Plus, Esther calls out the double standards: “Why do men get better with age and women don’t get the same credit?”

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May 28, 2025 34 mins

This week on the Underaged Grandparents Podcast… Matty & Esther dive deep into some raw marital moments:

💔 Is “maintenance sex” actually good for a marriage? 😢 Tears are shed as we talk about the bittersweet reality of our kids growing up and leaving the nest. 😲 And we’re shook to discover that Pitbull once had hair — and was actually pretty handsome!

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May 21, 2025 22 mins

This week on the Underaged Grandparents Podcast… 🚪 Mums get zero personal space — and Esther’s fake tan disaster proves it. 💸 Matty & Esther also check their bank statements and cringe at the ridiculous things they’ve wasted money on. (No regrets… kind of.)

Laugh, relate, and maybe feel a little better about your own spending habits 😅

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May 14, 2025 24 mins

This week on the Underaged Grandparents Podcast… ✍️ We’re reading the hilarious (and brutally honest) things kids write on Mother’s Day cards — you will cry-laugh. 📸 Plus: Why do husbands never take photos of their wives?! Esther’s had enough — and she’s not wrong.

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May 6, 2025 20 mins

This week on the Underaged Grandparents Podcast… 😬 When the kids are acting up and your partner steps in — maybe don’t tell her to “calm down.” Matt learned that the hard way. 🧐 We play our first round of "Am I Being Unreasonable?" and things get spicy. 💉 Plus… is Esther considering cosmetic surgery?

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May 6, 2025 17 mins

🎉 Welcome to the Underaged Grandparents Podcast! Hosted by married couple Matty & Esther Acton, we're diving into the raw, funny, and totally unexpected reality of becoming grandparents before 40 — while still raising young kids, juggling marriage, and trying to stay sane.

In this first episode, we share: 👶 How we became grandparents at 37 & 41 🤣 The chaos, surprises, and heart behind our story ❤️ Why we started this pod...

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