November 27, 2025 • 16 mins
ASK UNCUT: How do you navigate one of your friends hooking up with your new boyfriend before you got together? Matt might be in trouble at Marlie's school and Britt had a near-death experience over the weekend.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
My Heart podcasts, hear more Kiss podcast playlist and listen
live on the Free iHeart app.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Good Pickup with Britt Hockley and Laura Ben Radio Worth.
Our windows done.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
That's my worldris in the dust. Only good labs are
all down.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
I've done much now, but yeah, I'm not our big
get and what I want it don't matter where goes.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
This is the pickup.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Oh Maddie Jay, what do you like with self control?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Wool I would say I'm pretty terrible.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
To be honest, I am too, and I like to
think I'm good, but I'm Every Christmas I realize I'm not.
And I say this because Woolworth has sent us the
biggest amount, the biggest selection of Christmas desserts. I'm talking puddings.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
We have little caramel hazel nut tar.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
I just saw the tarts. They caught my eye. The
problem is we've been sent these and were meant to
hold onto them until.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Christmas, where we already opened the I know, and we've already.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Gone through half of them so far. So can we
is that? Do? Can we get like another delivery? How
does this work?
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Do you know?
Speaker 3 (01:17):
What I do?
Speaker 1 (01:18):
It's so bad when there's a huge selection of desserts.
I purposely eat less of the main meal to save
room for dessert.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
I could be I don't know how this works with
my body. I'm no medical specialist here, are you not?
This may surprise you, but I could be full to
the brim, where another mouthful of like any type of
meat will just send me over the edge. But dessert
something I just I always have that little cavity at
the top. Just anything for a bit of sweetness. There's
(01:49):
always room.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
We'll make sure you're shopping store or online this pestive
season with Woolworths, the fresh food people, while stocks last,
of course, and you better beat many jer in there.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
It is time drum roll ask gun cut.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
We do this every week when our podcast Life on
Cut podcast, you guys call up with your biggest predicaments.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
The only difference here is on the podcast, I feel
like you offer very good advice, very sound advice.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Yeah, and then Mattie j entered the chat.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Look, sometimes I have fun with it. I'll be honest,
I don't.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Think i've actually heard you give sound advice, no offense,
but sound advice.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Since you've been on here.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Today is the beginning of sound advice. Mattie Jay. I
just know that. So for people calling in, I'm going
to treat this very seriously.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Okay, Well, I can't wait to hear what you tell.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Beck.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
We have Beck on the line, who's having some I
don't know if there issues?
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Are they?
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Beck? You're some sort of a running with your partner
and your friend? What's going on?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Hi? Guys?
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Yes, so I recently introduced a new partner to my
friend group and I found out that she has actually
hooked up with him. They met on a dating app
and it was only once, but I just wanted some advice.
I don't know if that's a red flag or not.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Well, can I just say you've come to the right
place you hang on one of your friends hooked up
with your new partner?
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Yeah? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
And can I just obviously this is, you know, some
personal information. If you're not comfortable answering these questions, no
problem at all. Just let me know. Okay, when you
say hook up, are we saying a peck a pash
like the horizontal tango? What have we done here?
Speaker 4 (03:23):
I know it was just a pash, but it does
make me a little bit uncomfortable.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
I come on, Sorry, sorry, sorry, I apologize for that reaction.
Was it just one date?
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Yes, it was just a one off thing.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
I think if they just made out and it's a
one off as before you even existed, I think it's fine.
But if it was more than that, it's still fine,
but it gets a bit more tricky.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Can I just clarify, have you all been in the
room together? Has this happened? Okay? And did you feel
there was any chemistry lingering at all between the two
of them? Did you notice was anything picked up on?
Speaker 4 (04:04):
I mean, they've both reassured me there's nothing there, but
I feel like thinking.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
It that's guilty. That's guilty right there. I think if
you're having to reinforce that, I think they want to
be together.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Do you think that there?
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Do you think that they're serious? Do you think that
you're serious with this guy?
Speaker 4 (04:20):
Yeah? Definitely.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Do you know what I honestly think? I think everyone
out there has had a situation where one of the okay,
well everyone, par Britt, just just move your mic away
for a sting. Everyone's had a scenario where they've introduced
a partner and someone else in the friendship group has
had some level of connection.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Have you done that? Have you hooked up with your
friends like past.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Well, I have yet before a long, long time ago,
before I was married to my beautiful wife Laura, who
it was my soulmate, I was with one person and
I had previously been with their friend, and it was
it was fine. It was a bit awkward to begin with,
but I think, yeah, I think it's a beautiful thing
being able to.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Think I should just let it go.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Yeah, I think you don't have a choice.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
It's like, if you want to be with him and
you're not gonna you can't break up with your friend
because she hooked up with somebody before you even knew him,
and you can't break up with him for the same reason.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
The only way this will go bad is.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
If something happens and you start to suspect something or
not trusted, or you're uncomfortable, or maybe they're like, hey,
we're going out to dinner to catch up.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Like there's a lot of red flags.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
But otherwise I think you need to have your little
laugh about it and then move on. But it shouldn't
be something that's joked about all the time and it
can't be brought up.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
And I just think make sure they're never in the
room together without you. Trust trust no one.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
But I would definitely be sussing.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
If it was only your kiss, because I'm I'm a
bit suspect on that.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Just have your wits about you.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Okay, stay safe out there.
Speaker 4 (05:54):
Thanks, guys, You're welcome.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
I've never hooked up with anyone that my friends have.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
You haven't lived, Brittany, do you are the thrill of it?
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Actually, Matt, you don't know this, but oh maybe I
have a guess.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
I went on a date with somebody and I was
talking to Laura about it, and then it came to
light that Laura was like, oh my god, Brittany, that
is the person that I was telling you about that
I dated for like six months.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
So I did go on a date, but I didn't
hook up with them.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
There you go, And why did you admit that when
the caller was gone? You may you put it all
on me better than you. I know, I know. I
hope she's still listening.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Oh she's long gone. She's not taking any of your advice.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
That's very offensive. Take that back.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
I'm taking a back.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Take it back, take it back our show, Laura, Brittany,
I have a question for you.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Yes it is awkward when you call me Laura.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
It's because I just can't stop thinking about how I
love her so much. Shout out to Laura, who is
currently at home with Poppy, eight week old. Look, being
a parent is it's a minefield, a minefield of situations
where you don't know if you're doing something right or
doing something wrong. Yep, So Marley, who is my oldest
You may know that Brittany yet she's six. I think
(07:12):
she's sick. I think I think she is six.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Yes, she is.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
She will be seven next year, currently in her first
year of school. Now. I don't know if you know this,
britt I didn't know this because I was one of
those weird kids where I never took a day of
school ever. I remember we used to have awards at
the end of the year for kids who never missed
a day of school.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
That's because your mom's a teacher, so she was dragging
you there.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
That's it. And I don't know. It was like it
was a bit of a competition amongst the kids in
my school of like who could not I remember being
sick and I couldn't go to school, and I was like,
I won't get the award. Weird award as well to
have at the end of the school year.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Really it's a lot of incentive to get the kids there.
Like it works.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
But then I think, like those times when I was
unwell and I would like drag myself to be at
school and sit there in my desk and give every
other kid the chicken pot, like missus Smith. My teacher
was like, Jesus maddage, just stay home. It's all right, dude.
But I now know that there is a quota. There
is a number of days. And Britt tell me, if
(08:12):
you didn't know this, and if I'm telling you for
the first time, you're welcome. You're allowed to miss. This
is in New South Wales. Ten of the school year.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Have you done the math? What does that equate to?
Speaker 2 (08:23):
I'm glad you asked. It is twenty days. And then
once you then reach your quota, it's called here chronic absenteeism.
You then get reprimanded, you get brought in as a parent,
as a parent. Yeah, and look we are at the
end of the year and Marley has reached her quota.
(08:44):
She is at her limit.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Have you taken her out twenty days this year?
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Yes, that's a lot.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
God, Judge me out of curiosity? Is this because she's unwell?
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Sometimes we have a douna day.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Shut up.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
You cannot leave her home from school for a douna
day because it's very stressful.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
It's a lot going on. It's her first year of school,
and sometimes she's exhausted and I let her recharge. I
give her a couple of douna days throughout.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
The Yeah, I'm not into it. I'm not into it.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
And then sometimes like last week, for example, we wanted
to go down the coast and it's really hard in
the afternoon on a Friday with traffic, it's really bad.
It adds on an extra hour. So we thought we'll
just take her out of school. But then that's the
issue we had, like max at our quota.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
So are you being called into the principal's office?
Speaker 2 (09:30):
So if you want to take a day off, you
have to fill out a form and you have to
give a reason why. And I'm sure they don't really
care that much, but still I get quite nervous because
I don't want to just say, oh, we're having a
weekend away down the coast.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
But they're also not approval Maddie Jay wants to do
in a day again, they're.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Definitely not approving now.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
I don't know if this is a new thing, but
I remember when we were at school, just one.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Particular year, my parents took us all out.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
There's four kids, and we went like not around Australia,
because we didn't go the whole way, but we went
on a huge trip into the middle of Australia through
all the deserts and we were out of school for ages.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
So did you bring books? Did you learn on the road?
Speaker 1 (10:05):
No, but it was we learned a lot about life
and like experience it. So it was funny because we
learned how to build fires and make damp because we
camped our way around street.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
I do like fire, I do.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
What's it called, you're a pirate? But I think it
was a bit more lenient then. I think, you know what,
these rules are probably more in place to keep an
eye on maybe kids from families not lucky enough to
have Douner days.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
But I had to then tell Marley because I freaked out.
I didn't want to say that on the friday just
gone that she was going to just have a day
off because we wanted to go down the coast. So I
had to say to Marley, you're sick, You've got gashtro.
That's the reason, because if you're sick, you don't need
to have one of those reasons.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Does Marley know she doesn't have?
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Marley was like, what do you mean? And I was like, well,
just if your teacher asks, just say you had gashtro
And she's like, but I didn't. And I'm like, yeah,
but we're playing a game here, and you like, let's
just pretend that if you get asked on Monday, if
you're still sick, you have to say no, I'm much better.
And she was like, up for what reason? And I
was like, because of the chronic absenteas and Marley, okay,
(11:13):
get it together.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Marley, oh my god. Okay, well let us know.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
How it goes. I've been so stressed out.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
We're probably listening to this right now.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
No, they're not because the teaching hopefully, yeah, hopefully they're
just packing up the classroom.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
I am not nobly dramatic person.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
No you're not.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
I would like to say, yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
My middle name is Mayo, and I have been known
to add a tiny bit of major story.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Quick question, yeah whole egg mayonnaise.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
Or yeah, less sugar and more like of that full flavor.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
I love whole egg mayonnaise the way.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
It It's my favorite condiment.
Speaker 3 (11:45):
So I feel like I really embodied my name. But anyway,
segue on the weekend, I feel like I had a really.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Close call and with a I want to say new death,
it could have gone that way. But anyway, let's wind
it back. Let me take you through it. I was
up north, had a weekend away with a girlfriend, and
we'd been at the beach for the day and we
were going to go get like a little toasty.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
When you say north, how far north do we?
Speaker 1 (12:06):
Well? I I was in Queensland, just in the Old
Coast basically, and we very dangerous on the Gold Coast.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
Can I just say, hey, wait till I tell.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
You it was you think you have to be aware
of stingers and sharks?
Speaker 3 (12:18):
Uh huh.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
So we were going to get lunch and we didn't
have shoes on, which because we've been at the beach.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
Fine people of the planet, I think.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
The Gold Coast and the Byron region, I think they're
very like accustomed to people being barefoot.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
Yeah, So we went to park at this cafe and
we had to go and park about fifty meters down
into this car park, but it was all very gravelly,
and so we actually had the conversation in the car when.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
We got out, was like, oh, should we put shoes on?
And can't really be bothered, let's just sandy feet. Yeah,
let's just walk fifty meters. So we get out. We
start to walk down this like the.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Cement was it quite was a hot hot day.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
It was hot day, yeah, but it was really it
wasn't just a smooth road. It was really painful.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
You couldn't walk.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
So we were like, oh, let's get off onto the grass.
So we were walking along the grass and you cannot.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Too hot for the cement.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
Not too hot, sorry.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
So I was really fixated on the heat. I was like,
what temperature was it? Okay, great, So the temperature was fine.
It's the jagged rocks.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
And I bet you're wondering why I'm giving you this information.
It all adds up.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
So we get onto the grass and we're walking and
you just cannot script the series of events and how
quickly they came in succession.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Her and I were walking about half a meter apart.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Was the grass hot?
Speaker 3 (13:32):
No, the grass wasn't.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
But the grass wasn't well maintained I'm going to say
maybe four five centimeters of length.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Yeah, not to attack the council. They're on the gold cost,
but get your act together.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
No I am going to attack, okay, go Yeah. So
we're walking.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Along and she had said how nice is it? She's
a bit a bit more like free, and she said,
how nice is it just to be grounding? Like it's
so you know grounding. Grounding is where you actually have
your feet on the earth.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Yeah, on the grass, not on the jagged rocks though.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Yeah. She's like, it's so nice to be grounding. It's
probably a good thing we didn't wear ashes. And I
was like, look, I'm not really a ground up, but
I get it. It's nice to connect.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
And she's like, no, you probably need to ground more,
and had this full grounding conversation.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
I was like, okay, I get it. We're gonna ground
the ground on the grass anyway. This is how quickly
it happened. Oh my god, it's so beautiful to ground.
I was like, I don't really prove light grounding.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
And then I took a step and went out and
then and then she said, is that a syringe? Within
zero point three seconds, she looked down and in front
of her was a syringe. Now in front of her
was the syringe without the needle part.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
The needle had been snapped off.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
So the needle I in that moment was like, I've
you're on the needle. I've stepped on the needle. And
I thought, oh my god, I think I have HEPSI.
Something's gonna happen, like someone has obviously done something in
the park, thrown it to the ground.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
I've stepped on it and my feet.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
Of course, because we were walking in the ground was
so dirty, I couldn't see if it had gone in.
And I had this full panic and we went I
had to go and wash my feet in check. And
I thought, if there's one tiny blood, did.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
You have to walk across the jagged rocks to wash
the feet?
Speaker 3 (15:06):
I know, I well, do you know what? We froze?
Because I thought how many needles are there?
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Of course, yeah, it's like a minefield.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
How do you get off?
Speaker 1 (15:12):
So we had to crab walk to the side, and
every crab walk to the side was like looking at
the ground making sure there.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
Were no needles, and were the bendies like gold coasts.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
Worried about the bees.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
I have I know what I'm just saying, how to
make a bad situation worse.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
There were indies, it was, there were bindies.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
It wasn't wine field out there, and I God, yeah,
So anyway, I went and washed my feet, we sat down,
we inspected my feet.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
I didn't, thank God, I.
Speaker 5 (15:39):
Couldn't see a droplet of blood, which means it's either
just scratched me and hasn't penetrated or whatever it was.
So now I'm like, if I didn't see a droplet
of blood, do you think I have to go and
get a blood test and get checked or do you
think I like, it's like Russian Roulette?
Speaker 2 (15:53):
I just do you look a bit pale today?
Speaker 3 (15:57):
But that's crazy how easy that is to happen.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
I mean, do we go from here?
Speaker 3 (16:01):
I guess it's just a pa don't ground.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
It's not worth it.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
If I had these Gucci crocs on, no needle is getting.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
That's like the platform six inches of hard Gucci plastic.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
Anyway, I know that you're relieved that I am going
to live.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Yeah, just people out there, if you are on a ground,
do it put in your backyard only?
Speaker 3 (16:19):
Yes, bone worn with no bindie.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Jesus and the Jack and Rocks.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Anyway, I'm getting out here.
My Heart podcasts, hear more Kiss podcast playlist and listen
live on the Free iHeart app.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Good Pickup with Britt Hockley and Laura Ben Radio Worth.
Our windows done.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
That's my worldris in the dust. Only good labs are
all down.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
I've done much now, but yeah, I'm not our big
get and what I want it don't matter where goes.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
This is the pickup.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Oh Maddie Jay, what do you like with self control?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Wool I would say I'm pretty terrible.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
To be honest, I am too, and I like to
think I'm good, but I'm Every Christmas I realize I'm not.
And I say this because Woolworth has sent us the
biggest amount, the biggest selection of Christmas desserts. I'm talking puddings.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
We have little caramel hazel nut tar.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
I just saw the tarts. They caught my eye. The
problem is we've been sent these and were meant to
hold onto them until.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Christmas, where we already opened the I know, and we've already.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Gone through half of them so far. So can we
is that? Do? Can we get like another delivery? How
does this work?
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Do you know?
Speaker 3 (01:17):
What I do?
Speaker 1 (01:18):
It's so bad when there's a huge selection of desserts.
I purposely eat less of the main meal to save
room for dessert.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
I could be I don't know how this works with
my body. I'm no medical specialist here, are you not?
This may surprise you, but I could be full to
the brim, where another mouthful of like any type of
meat will just send me over the edge. But dessert
something I just I always have that little cavity at
the top. Just anything for a bit of sweetness. There's
(01:49):
always room.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
We'll make sure you're shopping store or online this pestive
season with Woolworths, the fresh food people, while stocks last,
of course, and you better beat many jer in there.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
It is time drum roll ask gun cut.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
We do this every week when our podcast Life on
Cut podcast, you guys call up with your biggest predicaments.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
The only difference here is on the podcast, I feel
like you offer very good advice, very sound advice.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Yeah, and then Mattie j entered the chat.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Look, sometimes I have fun with it. I'll be honest,
I don't.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Think i've actually heard you give sound advice, no offense,
but sound advice.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Since you've been on here.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Today is the beginning of sound advice. Mattie Jay. I
just know that. So for people calling in, I'm going
to treat this very seriously.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Okay, Well, I can't wait to hear what you tell.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Beck.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
We have Beck on the line, who's having some I
don't know if there issues?
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Are they?
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Beck? You're some sort of a running with your partner
and your friend? What's going on?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Hi? Guys?
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Yes, so I recently introduced a new partner to my
friend group and I found out that she has actually
hooked up with him. They met on a dating app
and it was only once, but I just wanted some advice.
I don't know if that's a red flag or not.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Well, can I just say you've come to the right
place you hang on one of your friends hooked up
with your new partner?
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Yeah? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (03:07):
And can I just obviously this is, you know, some
personal information. If you're not comfortable answering these questions, no
problem at all. Just let me know. Okay, when you
say hook up, are we saying a peck a pash
like the horizontal tango? What have we done here?
Speaker 4 (03:23):
I know it was just a pash, but it does
make me a little bit uncomfortable.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
I come on, Sorry, sorry, sorry, I apologize for that reaction.
Was it just one date?
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Yes, it was just a one off thing.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
I think if they just made out and it's a
one off as before you even existed, I think it's fine.
But if it was more than that, it's still fine,
but it gets a bit more tricky.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Can I just clarify, have you all been in the
room together? Has this happened? Okay? And did you feel
there was any chemistry lingering at all between the two
of them? Did you notice was anything picked up on?
Speaker 4 (04:04):
I mean, they've both reassured me there's nothing there, but
I feel like thinking.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
It that's guilty. That's guilty right there. I think if
you're having to reinforce that, I think they want to
be together.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
Do you think that there?
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Do you think that they're serious? Do you think that
you're serious with this guy?
Speaker 4 (04:20):
Yeah? Definitely.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Do you know what I honestly think? I think everyone
out there has had a situation where one of the okay,
well everyone, par Britt, just just move your mic away
for a sting. Everyone's had a scenario where they've introduced
a partner and someone else in the friendship group has
had some level of connection.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Have you done that? Have you hooked up with your
friends like past.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Well, I have yet before a long, long time ago,
before I was married to my beautiful wife Laura, who
it was my soulmate, I was with one person and
I had previously been with their friend, and it was
it was fine. It was a bit awkward to begin with,
but I think, yeah, I think it's a beautiful thing
being able to.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Think I should just let it go.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Yeah, I think you don't have a choice.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
It's like, if you want to be with him and
you're not gonna you can't break up with your friend
because she hooked up with somebody before you even knew him,
and you can't break up with him for the same reason.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
The only way this will go bad is.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
If something happens and you start to suspect something or
not trusted, or you're uncomfortable, or maybe they're like, hey,
we're going out to dinner to catch up.
Speaker 3 (05:29):
Like there's a lot of red flags.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
But otherwise I think you need to have your little
laugh about it and then move on. But it shouldn't
be something that's joked about all the time and it
can't be brought up.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
And I just think make sure they're never in the
room together without you. Trust trust no one.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
But I would definitely be sussing.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
If it was only your kiss, because I'm I'm a
bit suspect on that.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Just have your wits about you.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Okay, stay safe out there.
Speaker 4 (05:54):
Thanks, guys, You're welcome.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
I've never hooked up with anyone that my friends have.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
You haven't lived, Brittany, do you are the thrill of it?
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Actually, Matt, you don't know this, but oh maybe I
have a guess.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
I went on a date with somebody and I was
talking to Laura about it, and then it came to
light that Laura was like, oh my god, Brittany, that
is the person that I was telling you about that
I dated for like six months.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
So I did go on a date, but I didn't
hook up with them.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
There you go, And why did you admit that when
the caller was gone? You may you put it all
on me better than you. I know, I know. I
hope she's still listening.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Oh she's long gone. She's not taking any of your advice.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
That's very offensive. Take that back.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
I'm taking a back.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Take it back, take it back our show, Laura, Brittany,
I have a question for you.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Yes it is awkward when you call me Laura.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
It's because I just can't stop thinking about how I
love her so much. Shout out to Laura, who is
currently at home with Poppy, eight week old. Look, being
a parent is it's a minefield, a minefield of situations
where you don't know if you're doing something right or
doing something wrong. Yep, So Marley, who is my oldest
You may know that Brittany yet she's six. I think
(07:12):
she's sick. I think I think she is six.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Yes, she is.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
She will be seven next year, currently in her first
year of school. Now. I don't know if you know this,
britt I didn't know this because I was one of
those weird kids where I never took a day of
school ever. I remember we used to have awards at
the end of the year for kids who never missed
a day of school.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
That's because your mom's a teacher, so she was dragging
you there.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
That's it. And I don't know. It was like it
was a bit of a competition amongst the kids in
my school of like who could not I remember being
sick and I couldn't go to school, and I was like,
I won't get the award. Weird award as well to
have at the end of the school year.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Really it's a lot of incentive to get the kids there.
Like it works.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
But then I think, like those times when I was
unwell and I would like drag myself to be at
school and sit there in my desk and give every
other kid the chicken pot, like missus Smith. My teacher
was like, Jesus maddage, just stay home. It's all right, dude.
But I now know that there is a quota. There
is a number of days. And Britt tell me, if
(08:12):
you didn't know this, and if I'm telling you for
the first time, you're welcome. You're allowed to miss. This
is in New South Wales. Ten of the school year.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Have you done the math? What does that equate to?
Speaker 2 (08:23):
I'm glad you asked. It is twenty days. And then
once you then reach your quota, it's called here chronic absenteeism.
You then get reprimanded, you get brought in as a parent,
as a parent. Yeah, and look we are at the
end of the year and Marley has reached her quota.
(08:44):
She is at her limit.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Have you taken her out twenty days this year?
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Yes, that's a lot.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
God, Judge me out of curiosity? Is this because she's unwell?
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Sometimes we have a douna day.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Shut up.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
You cannot leave her home from school for a douna
day because it's very stressful.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
It's a lot going on. It's her first year of school,
and sometimes she's exhausted and I let her recharge. I
give her a couple of douna days throughout.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
The Yeah, I'm not into it. I'm not into it.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
And then sometimes like last week, for example, we wanted
to go down the coast and it's really hard in
the afternoon on a Friday with traffic, it's really bad.
It adds on an extra hour. So we thought we'll
just take her out of school. But then that's the
issue we had, like max at our quota.
Speaker 3 (09:28):
So are you being called into the principal's office?
Speaker 2 (09:30):
So if you want to take a day off, you
have to fill out a form and you have to
give a reason why. And I'm sure they don't really
care that much, but still I get quite nervous because
I don't want to just say, oh, we're having a
weekend away down the coast.
Speaker 1 (09:42):
But they're also not approval Maddie Jay wants to do
in a day again, they're.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Definitely not approving now.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
I don't know if this is a new thing, but
I remember when we were at school, just one.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Particular year, my parents took us all out.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
There's four kids, and we went like not around Australia,
because we didn't go the whole way, but we went
on a huge trip into the middle of Australia through
all the deserts and we were out of school for ages.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
So did you bring books? Did you learn on the road?
Speaker 1 (10:05):
No, but it was we learned a lot about life
and like experience it. So it was funny because we
learned how to build fires and make damp because we
camped our way around street.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
I do like fire, I do.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
What's it called, you're a pirate? But I think it
was a bit more lenient then. I think, you know what,
these rules are probably more in place to keep an
eye on maybe kids from families not lucky enough to
have Douner days.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
But I had to then tell Marley because I freaked out.
I didn't want to say that on the friday just
gone that she was going to just have a day
off because we wanted to go down the coast. So I
had to say to Marley, you're sick, You've got gashtro.
That's the reason, because if you're sick, you don't need
to have one of those reasons.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
Does Marley know she doesn't have?
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Marley was like, what do you mean? And I was like, well,
just if your teacher asks, just say you had gashtro
And she's like, but I didn't. And I'm like, yeah,
but we're playing a game here, and you like, let's
just pretend that if you get asked on Monday, if
you're still sick, you have to say no, I'm much better.
And she was like, up for what reason? And I
was like, because of the chronic absenteas and Marley, okay,
(11:13):
get it together.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Marley, oh my god. Okay, well let us know.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
How it goes. I've been so stressed out.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
We're probably listening to this right now.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
No, they're not because the teaching hopefully, yeah, hopefully they're
just packing up the classroom.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
I am not nobly dramatic person.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
No you're not.
Speaker 3 (11:28):
I would like to say, yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
My middle name is Mayo, and I have been known
to add a tiny bit of major story.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Quick question, yeah whole egg mayonnaise.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
Or yeah, less sugar and more like of that full flavor.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
I love whole egg mayonnaise the way.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
It It's my favorite condiment.
Speaker 3 (11:45):
So I feel like I really embodied my name. But anyway,
segue on the weekend, I feel like I had a really.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Close call and with a I want to say new death,
it could have gone that way. But anyway, let's wind
it back. Let me take you through it. I was
up north, had a weekend away with a girlfriend, and
we'd been at the beach for the day and we
were going to go get like a little toasty.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
When you say north, how far north do we?
Speaker 1 (12:06):
Well? I I was in Queensland, just in the Old
Coast basically, and we very dangerous on the Gold Coast.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
Can I just say, hey, wait till I tell.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
You it was you think you have to be aware
of stingers and sharks?
Speaker 3 (12:18):
Uh huh.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
So we were going to get lunch and we didn't
have shoes on, which because we've been at the beach.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
Fine people of the planet, I think.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
The Gold Coast and the Byron region, I think they're
very like accustomed to people being barefoot.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
Yeah, So we went to park at this cafe and
we had to go and park about fifty meters down
into this car park, but it was all very gravelly,
and so we actually had the conversation in the car when.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
We got out, was like, oh, should we put shoes on?
And can't really be bothered, let's just sandy feet. Yeah,
let's just walk fifty meters. So we get out. We
start to walk down this like the.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Cement was it quite was a hot hot day.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
It was hot day, yeah, but it was really it
wasn't just a smooth road. It was really painful.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
You couldn't walk.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
So we were like, oh, let's get off onto the grass.
So we were walking along the grass and you cannot.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
Too hot for the cement.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
Not too hot, sorry.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
So I was really fixated on the heat. I was like,
what temperature was it? Okay, great, So the temperature was fine.
It's the jagged rocks.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
And I bet you're wondering why I'm giving you this information.
It all adds up.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
So we get onto the grass and we're walking and
you just cannot script the series of events and how
quickly they came in succession.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Her and I were walking about half a meter apart.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Was the grass hot?
Speaker 3 (13:32):
No, the grass wasn't.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
But the grass wasn't well maintained I'm going to say
maybe four five centimeters of length.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
Yeah, not to attack the council. They're on the gold cost,
but get your act together.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
No I am going to attack, okay, go Yeah. So
we're walking.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Along and she had said how nice is it? She's
a bit a bit more like free, and she said,
how nice is it just to be grounding? Like it's
so you know grounding. Grounding is where you actually have
your feet on the earth.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Yeah, on the grass, not on the jagged rocks though.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
Yeah. She's like, it's so nice to be grounding. It's
probably a good thing we didn't wear ashes. And I
was like, look, I'm not really a ground up, but
I get it. It's nice to connect.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
And she's like, no, you probably need to ground more,
and had this full grounding conversation.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
I was like, okay, I get it. We're gonna ground
the ground on the grass anyway. This is how quickly
it happened. Oh my god, it's so beautiful to ground.
I was like, I don't really prove light grounding.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
And then I took a step and went out and
then and then she said, is that a syringe? Within
zero point three seconds, she looked down and in front
of her was a syringe. Now in front of her
was the syringe without the needle part.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
The needle had been snapped off.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
So the needle I in that moment was like, I've
you're on the needle. I've stepped on the needle. And
I thought, oh my god, I think I have HEPSI.
Something's gonna happen, like someone has obviously done something in
the park, thrown it to the ground.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
I've stepped on it and my feet.
Speaker 1 (14:53):
Of course, because we were walking in the ground was
so dirty, I couldn't see if it had gone in.
And I had this full panic and we went I
had to go and wash my feet in check. And
I thought, if there's one tiny blood, did.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
You have to walk across the jagged rocks to wash
the feet?
Speaker 3 (15:06):
I know, I well, do you know what? We froze?
Because I thought how many needles are there?
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Of course, yeah, it's like a minefield.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
How do you get off?
Speaker 1 (15:12):
So we had to crab walk to the side, and
every crab walk to the side was like looking at
the ground making sure there.
Speaker 2 (15:18):
Were no needles, and were the bendies like gold coasts.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
Worried about the bees.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
I have I know what I'm just saying, how to
make a bad situation worse.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
There were indies, it was, there were bindies.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
It wasn't wine field out there, and I God, yeah,
So anyway, I went and washed my feet, we sat down,
we inspected my feet.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
I didn't, thank God, I.
Speaker 5 (15:39):
Couldn't see a droplet of blood, which means it's either
just scratched me and hasn't penetrated or whatever it was.
So now I'm like, if I didn't see a droplet
of blood, do you think I have to go and
get a blood test and get checked or do you
think I like, it's like Russian Roulette?
Speaker 2 (15:53):
I just do you look a bit pale today?
Speaker 3 (15:57):
But that's crazy how easy that is to happen.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
I mean, do we go from here?
Speaker 3 (16:01):
I guess it's just a pa don't ground.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
It's not worth it.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
If I had these Gucci crocs on, no needle is getting.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
That's like the platform six inches of hard Gucci plastic.
Speaker 3 (16:11):
Anyway, I know that you're relieved that I am going
to live.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Yeah, just people out there, if you are on a ground,
do it put in your backyard only?
Speaker 3 (16:19):
Yes, bone worn with no bindie.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Jesus and the Jack and Rocks.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Anyway, I'm getting out here.
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