October 23, 2024 • 34 mins
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Ever wondered if gifting sweets to flight attendants could score you a free drink? This week, Benji and I, Brad, share personal tales of in-flight adventures, including unexpected perks and quirky connections with flight crews. We explore the dry air struggles and seating preference debates, along with a memorable post-flight escapade at Clapham's vibrant Two Brewers—an evening that sparked a humorous discussion about the best time to hit London's nightlife.
What happens when a love triangle is mistakenly announced over a plane's intercom? We've got you covered with a hilarious recap of an airborne faux pas, complete with a quick-thinking save that left the passengers amused. Plus, get ready for a real-life "Sliding Doors" moment as I recount a strangely familiar encounter with a new acquaintance who seemed to step right out of my past into my present.
And if you've ever felt the chaos of introducing your partner to your family, you're not alone. Tackling themes of family acceptance and wedding invitations, we share listener Johnny's heartfelt story alongside our own experiences, blending humor with empathy. We wrap things up with some festive cheer, discussing Christmas chaos, winter birthdays, and even the concept of a "backup" marriage pact with a friend, ensuring you'll be entertained and perhaps a little more prepared for life's unexpected twists.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Sit still.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
I'm trying to get comfy on this chair.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
I'm on the same chair and I'm fine.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
I know, but I like to sit, sometimes cross-legged,
sometimes my feet up, feet down.
I mean, I've got my legscrossed today.
I feel like I'm on a chat showright now.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Okay, right, christ.
Hello and welcome to thisweek's episode of my Big Gay
(00:42):
Podcast with me Benji, and meBrad, giving you the.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Why do you pull that face every time I say my name?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
It's just, your voice goes straight through me, so
carry on.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
With me, Brad, giving you the life, the loves and the
lols of living in London.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Two gays, one city.
What could possibly go wrong?
Oh my goodness.
So my throat actually is reallysore at the moment.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Is it why?
Speaker 1 (01:11):
I don't actually know .
I feel like I've been on quitea lot of aeroplanes recently and
I feel like the air con on itjust drives you out.
And the last two planes I'vegot they've hurried us onto the
plane, closed the door and thengone.
We're actually going to be sathere for like an hour, hour and
a half.
That's so annoying, so annoying.
All that like recycled air justum too much.
(01:32):
And you don't get free, freestuff on flights anymore, not
short ones, really, no, I mean.
So one of the flights was easyjet, where you get nothing, I
mean you barely get a seat.
The other one was ba and I waskind of half expecting yeah, ba
right, yeah, yeah yeah, no, theywent around with glasses of tap
water and then little like, um,they're not even peanuts
anymore, because you can't havepeanuts, of course yeah, I don't
(01:52):
know what, like corn, likepopped crunchy corn yeah, corn
kernel things which weredelicious and they were free,
but um, it wasn't quite.
You know the bomb bay gin andtonic that I was secretly
wanting for free Wanted?
Speaker 2 (02:04):
yeah, for sure.
Yeah, I mean little trick.
If you go on a long-haul flightand when you go through the
airport bit, is it security?
Is that what it's called?
Speaker 1 (02:12):
You do have to go through security.
Yeah, yeah, that bit.
That's normally the places thatpat you down for coke up your
bum.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Never been caught once.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
It's because your arse is like a cavern and it's
so high up sucked in.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Yeah, they need like a full-on, like search light,
like a head torch looking inthere, hello, hello, hello,
hello.
There's that titanic is anybodyalive in there?
I mean you joke but no, I'mgonna give you a little tip for
when you're on the flights.
Next, if you're doing long haulflight.
If, if you, when you go forsecurity, you know you go to the
shops and you can buy, likebottled water or whatever.
(02:48):
If you buy big bags of Hariboor chocolate when the flight is
up, go to the back of the galley, give it to the flight
attendants, be like I know howhard you work, got you a bit of
sugar just to get you throughthe flight.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Free drinks, the flight, free drinks.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Yeah, I feel like you've said this before, but my
friend works for ba and I saidthis to them and they were like
no, it's not true, it's happenedto me three times.
Oh, and my friend went for baand told me about it.
That's how I know about thetrick, because flight attendants
they don't get like good foodand so they really crave things
like chocolate or sweets,especially if it's long-haul
flights.
They just want the sugar andthe energy to like, get them
through the flight, etc.
So if you do that, they'reobviously really grateful, and
(03:29):
when I flew to new york lastyear I did that.
I know it's a bit kiss arsey,but also fair play.
They work really hard, don'tthey?
The flight attendants?
Um, the woman, she was so nice,she kept coming over asking if
I wanted anything.
She gave me extra alcohol forfree and you know the little
bottles yeah when we wereleaving, she gave me some to put
in my bag to be like.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
I'll take those and have a good night yeah, because
I have heard they don't do stockcounts for the miniatures,
right.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, so just gave it away and because I gave the
sweets, I then ended up chattingto her and some of the other
flight attendants and sort ofyou know, was asking about their
lives and, like, made somemates, and then I bumped into
them in new york and then we allhad a drink.
Oh yeah, small world, smalllittle world.
So take care of your flightattendants and they'll take care
of you.
That's my little tip from me toyou.
(04:11):
You're welcome.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Thank you so much for that.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
And speaking of flight attendants you will not
believe this.
I ended up having an afterparty at mine a couple of days
ago and some flight attendantscame along.
What, why so?
I was in a little place inclapham called the two brewers.
You may or may not have heardof it.
I have heard of it and I wasthere on a sunday.
Now can I tell you no, no, no.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
You can't steal this from me.
I'm the one that goes aroundsaying this I'm the one that
goes around saying this you area liar and a thief.
You've stolen it from me.
I know you're gonna You'regoing to go around saying the
best night to do brewers is aSunday night.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
I have been saying that for years.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
No, you have not.
You have not.
I used to say either Friday orSunday, never Saturday.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Never Saturday too busy.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Never Saturday.
Friday is still good, but stillgets a little bit too busy yeah
.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Sunday is where it's that sunday, I love it.
And also you get a lot of localpeople out on a sunday, yeah,
and so that's when you'll end upchatting to people and go to
yeah, yeah, you can actuallymake friends there because it's
not too full.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Yeah, love it.
So, anyway, you made friendswith some flight attendants and
they came back to your houseyeah, not just flight attendants
, like a few other peeps as well.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
All right, you got loads of friends together and
bianca del rio was there thatnight in two Brewers.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Oh, because she was doing her, her show in London,
her show, yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
So it was like, oh my goodness, that's Bianca Del Rio
.
Just sat in the corner having agay old time in Two Brewers on
a Sunday.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Love it, love that.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Anyway.
So I got to chat with theseflight attendants.
They work for Virgin Flightsand of course I was like getting
all the gossip finding out allabout.
Told me this hilarious storyagain long-haul flight and, uh,
at some point in the long-haulflight the flight attendants or
most of them can go and have alittle nap for a few hours
before breakfast arrives orwhatever.
So what happens is they'll goupstairs.
(05:53):
They've got their own like beds, they'll have a nap and then
whoever's on shift then wakesthem up half hour before
breakfast so they can go getready, get touched up, go and
serve all the breakfast foreveryone.
And they've got like anannouncer thing that's just
upstairs for their section.
And this guy on the announcerwent to wake up the flight
attendants and said Wake up, youcunts, it's time to feed the
(06:14):
pigs.
And what happened?
Clicked on the wrong button andit went to the whole plane.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Oh, my gosh.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
That is something you would do.
Absolutely.
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
So what did they do?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
So all the passengers heard this and then someone
else quickly jumped onto theintercom thing and was like bing
bong.
Could we just remind allpassengers that the intercom is
for staff only and not forpassengers.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Oh clever, smart, you wouldn't have thought to do
that.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
No, I'd have been like I'm so sorry everyone.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Can I been like?
I'm so sorry everyone.
Can I have your attention?
Speaker 2 (06:47):
wake up, maggie maggie at the back.
You hear me darling, that wasme.
Yeah, I called you all pigs, Ididn't mean it.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
I did use the c words I did that didn't come out.
My mouth now.
I'm probably gonna lose my jobin this plane lands.
I am sorry so free chin foreveryone, just for a laugh oh my
goodness, what a great story,though that is so funny and very
good cover up so whoever?
Thought of that genius yeah,well, I mean, it makes me feel
like it's happened before yeah,it must do.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
That must be like the go to thing, like if they go on
the wrong intercom, cover it up.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Pretend it was a drunk passenger on the plane
that is literally like theflight attendant version of like
sending nudes to a colleague.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Oh, yes, yeah.
And then covering up like oh,my friend did that.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Trying to cover it up .
I don't know how you can thesedays, but yeah, my friend did
that.
Oh yeah, sorry.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
My friend sent me pictures of my gaping hole.
Why is he gaping?
I?
Speaker 1 (07:34):
don't know, it's your phone, wowza.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
So, yeah, shout out to all the Virgin Flight
attendants there and I hopeyou're having a lovely old time
up in the sky.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Okay, so again, I've been away recently.
Like I said, I've been on andoff planes.
I was back at home and I haveto tell you this story because
I'm still not entirely sure whatis going on, but I feel like
it's somewhere between Did youwatch the I think it's gwyneth
paltrow the film sliding doors?
Yes, yes, and you also know themovie groundhog day yes okay.
(08:12):
So I feel like this story issomewhere between the two of
those scenarios, right?
So go with me on this.
Last year, um, back near myhometown, I had this like
regular guy that I met out withright To let off steam.
And when I say regular, like itwas once, like maybe once a
week, once a fortnight, blah,blah, blah.
But we actually chat in betweenas well and he was a really
(08:32):
nice guy.
His English wasn't great, butthat actually made the
conversation funnier and like Iwas helping him with English and
he was like teaching.
Anyway, it was quite sweet.
I actually enjoyed talking tohim.
He was living by himself inthis like one bed flat in town.
He'd been very honest with meand told me like he's very
discreet, he's not like fullyout, yeah, which is, you know,
(08:52):
it's the norm, I think, for alot of people still sadly.
But, um, I went with it, blah,blah, blah.
He then, sadly, on one of mylast meets, was like oh, just
that, you know, I'm actually I'mmoving back to portugal for a
bit.
I was like oh, do you know whenyou're gonna come back?
He's like, oh, I don't know.
Um, I was like okay, cool,anyway, seven, eight months have
gone past.
Now, right, uh-huh, this timeback home chatting to a guy,
(09:14):
chat, chat, chat, chat again,english wasn't great, but was a
good vibe.
He's like, yeah, do you want tocome over?
I was like, yeah, sure, likeI'll come over, it's come over.
I was like whatever, fine.
I was like what's your address?
He was like oh, it's this roadname.
So I was like, oh, I know thisroad name.
So I went to the road, messagedhim like I'm on the road.
He was like oh, this is mynumber.
I was like okay, so I'm thereoutside, like, huh, is this the
(09:45):
first guy that I used to see?
He's now using differentpictures because he's discreet
and he's forgotten that he knowsme.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Yes, that's what I'm thinking, or is this a?
Speaker 1 (09:51):
computer.
So I was like waiting on thestreet and he was like, oh, come
to the door.
And I was like, no, no, no, hewas legit, this guy, he was who
he says he was.
I've never met him before.
Yeah, it's like, okay, fine,really attracted.
(10:11):
By the way, did you say I'vebeen to this house before?
No, of course I didn't.
Okay, wait, wait for it.
All right, so I go in, then gointo his room and I'm like this
is a very strange, very strangescenario.
I have been in this room with adifferent guy and everything is
the same.
Wait, everything is the same.
So I was looking around samepictures on the wall and then I
was like, okay, maybe they'relike nailed on and it comes with
the, it comes fully furnished.
You know, maybe that's.
It's like the bed's in the sameplace, couch in the same place.
(10:33):
He keeps the bag for life bag,like the bag of bags for life.
The same place.
The other guy.
I was like this is really weird, it is literally the same setup
as the previous guy had it.
Then I looked to the bedsidetable.
Next to the bed Picture, waitfor it.
The previous guy had thismassive glass vase thing, and I
mean huge Like glass bucket ofgolf balls, which I always
(10:54):
thought was slightly weird.
Yeah, that's a very odd thing,yeah, I didn't see golf clubs, I
just saw this massive, anywaythe exact same vase.
So there was me like, okay,maybe it's like because they
were both Portuguese, maybe it'slike a I don't know, maybe
they've got like a flat sharegoing on and they just like they
use it seasonally.
I don't, I don't really know.
I'm not really thinking aboutit too much.
(11:14):
I was, my mind was kind ofelsewhere.
Other things were happening atthe time.
I wasn't really thinking aboutit.
Anyway, finish with this guy.
We finished doing the, we had alittle chat and he was like, oh
, I just to say like I'm reallydiscreet.
I was like yeah, yeah, no, Iget it.
Lots of people, just great.
He was like, no, I've got aboyfriend.
And I was like, oh, really, ishe coming home?
He's like no, no, he doesn'tlive here, he does back at home
(11:35):
in portugal.
And I was like, oh, has he beenover before?
He was like yeah, yeah, hecomes to the island now.
And then I was like right, thenI looked down the side, next to
this glass vase, and there is apicture but it's a silhouette
picture of him and whoever theother guy is and it's too dark
to really see his face, but whatI have now come to put together
is that these two guys areboyfriends and you've fucked
(11:56):
both of them secretly.
Yeah, you're a homewrecker no, Ihave not wrecked any home, but
it was so weird like I wasthinking this is a very strange
situation, why is everything allthe same?
And I wasn't really so.
I looked at the picture andthen he was like, oh, I'm really
discreet, please don't tellanyone.
You've been here like blah,blah, blah, yeah.
I was like, oh, I know what'shappened yeah, for sure yeah so
(12:17):
they don't know that.
They know that, you know thatthere's one literally, it's like
yeah, it's like the weirdesttriangle.
Yeah, I don't know how I getmyself into these situations.
Genuinely, I don't.
What are the chances of itbeing in the exact same flat?
Speaker 2 (12:32):
and you're just there for a good time listen, I'm
just doing my own thing flyingsolo literally yeah, wow wow, oh
, my goodness.
I just thought of an odd moment.
Imagine if you're in Jersey andthe two boys are there and
they're in like a cafe andyou're in the same cafe and they
both turn and look and in theirheads they're both going to be
thinking like, oh, I've had sexwith that guy but my boyfriend
(12:54):
doesn't know.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Yeah, they'll both be thinking the same thing, Same
thing yeah, and then you couldbe like oh, hey, hey.
Oh, my goodness, can youimagine?
I mean, they couldn't really beangry at each other.
No, they each other.
No, they've both done the samething.
Yeah, maybe they can just openit and then you have a three-way
.
I don't know.
The whole thing made me feelvery stretched.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
I sort of drove home like kind of very spaced out,
like what, what have I done?
Speaker 1 (13:16):
literally, yeah, yeah , how bizarre is that you do get
around, you don't you?
I do think that's fair.
I feel like I bring out theworst of my situations on the
podcast for like well, to giveeveryone a laugh at home, to
make people's days a little bitbrighter.
I'm not like this all the time,but this is yeah that is quite
an interesting situation I meanthis podcast isn't me like.
So for dinner last night Icooked a lovely like butterfly
(13:38):
chicken that's not the podcast.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
It's not the podcast.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
It's about what goes wrong with being gay in london?
Yeah, and that's one thing thatwent really really wrong.
And with you I feel like London.
Yeah, and that's one thing thatwent really, really wrong.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
And with you I feel like that happens every week.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
Yeah, that's true.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
Does anything ever go right?
Speaker 1 (13:54):
I feel like I have overshared an awful lot recently
.
I feel like the last twoseasons has just been about
Benji's misfortune.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
Yeah, I feel like it's your turn, oh no Life gave
me lots of misfortunes early on.
I'm ready to like have a nicelife now.
I've done my time.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
I've done my misfortune.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
I feel like you're a bit slack, and I'm not joking
about your ass ever since I toldyou that I had a sandy crack
once you, you've been obsessedwith my ass again shandy, shandy
, yeah, slack crack.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
So, podcasters, it is that time of the weekend where
we share other people'smisfortunes or fortunes with uh,
all of you love it.
It's time to take the spotlightof us and our tragic love lives
and stories and start to sharesome of yours.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
And what is this section called?
Speaker 1 (14:55):
We still haven't got a good jingle Queer Diary.
I mean it actually goesstraight through.
I feel a bit icky doing itevery week.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Yeah, do a new one.
New jingle Three.
Two, do a new one.
New jingle 3, 2, 1, go QueerDiary.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
Great love it yeah, we'll workshop that if anyone at
home makes jingles for a livingoh yeah, please, queer Diary
jingle, we'd love it please sendus in a Queer Diary jingle.
If it's good, we will steal it.
So earlier on this year, whenwe weren't currently recording,
when I was taking somewell-earned time away from brad,
(15:29):
um, somebody wrote in we'regonna, we're gonna call him
johnny for the purpose of thisconversation.
Johnny wrote in uh and shared astory which, sadly, we missed
because we weren't.
We didn't catch it in our inbox, um, but anyway, we found it
now and we're just going toshare it with you because we've
had, uh, a bit more to the storyhas come through very recently.
Yes, and yeah, we're going toshare the whole thing.
(15:49):
I'm going to start reading itto give you context.
So Johnny said hey, guys, so Icame out as gay when I was 17.
And that was the same time youhad sex on the beach.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
It was.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
Yeah, See, I listened to you Sorry this is not about
you has never accepted me orbeen willing to meet any of my
boyfriends in the past.
That's very difficult.
Yeah, it's a very difficultthing to try and comprehend.
I am now 41 it's your age andin a relationship where I would
like him to come to familyevents, but I don't know how to
approach the subject.
(16:18):
Family has offered to speak tohim for me, but I'm not sure if
I should do it myself, as Ithink I it may help our
relationship, but I also don'twant to damage it.
What do you guys think?
Okay?
So firstly, johnny, I'm sosorry that we missed this.
This is a very like heartfeltmessage and for me, speaking
from my point of view, I have myown struggles with my own
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family life and, being gay, Ilive my life much more how I
want to live it.
Um, and I have taken boyfriendshome in the past, but I have
always found it slightly.
It's never been as inviting asI would have liked, but I've
always been able to and I've notreceived any like backlash for
it.
So I'm really sorry that youfeel that way.
Um, I mean, you've taken boyshome to me yeah, very recently.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
I, me and my mom are super close.
I don't know if you have thesame with your mom, but I feel
like a lot of gay boys get onreally well with their moms.
Generally speaking, I thinkthat's a bit of a stereotype.
I'm definitely one of thosepeople mommy's boy a little bit,
yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Yeah, I mean I'm a mommy's boy, but actually in
this scenario where you're going, I'm definitely my dad's way
more like, yeah, cool, I don'tmind like whatever.
Like just as long as you'rehappy and safe, I don't really
mind, I don't what does your mumthink about you being gay?
my mum will always refer to ifI've been through a breakup and
she knows and she's met them andthen knows I've broken up.
(17:36):
My sister's been like Ben'sreally down at the moment
because oh, I'm Ben back at home, by the way.
Um, ben's just down becauseobviously he's getting through a
breakup.
My mum will refer to them as myfriend, like, yeah, are you
missing your friend?
Sure, have you spoken to yourfriend?
It's never boyfriend oranything like that.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
I don't think she's ever used the word boyfriend can
you imagine you getting marriedand your mum being there and be
like oh, that's Benji's husband.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
I think, no, being honest, no, uh-huh, and I think,
as and when I settle down intoa relationship and I get married
, if I get married, a marriagefor me is always a thing that is
very circumstantial.
And when I settle down into arelationship and I get married,
if I get married, a marriage forme is always a thing that is
very circumstantial.
And if I feel like it's rightbetween the two of us, we'll do
it, and if I don't feel like Ineed it or we need it, it won't
happen.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
I don't really mind getting married or not.
Yeah, I know.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
That's not a deal breaker for you, is it?
No, not at all, and I don'tmind.
But if I did get married, Ireally would question if I would
invite my family.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
Oh really, yeah, Even your dad.
Your dad is so nice.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Both my parents are absolutely lovely.
I just, yeah, I don't know if Iwould.
I don't know if I'd tell them,or I may say it's happening and
see what they did, but I don'twant them to feel uncomfortable.
I don't want them to feeluncomfortable coming to my
wedding, but equally, I do feelloved and accepted by them, so I
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don't feel like I would needthem to be there.
That sounds very strange.
A lot of people are going toreally disagree with this and a
lot of people are going to belike no, I have to have my
family there.
I don't want to get marriedunless they are.
But I think as I've grown older,I've learned what I want to get
out of life yeah and I'm verymuch like a pick your battles
person for sure and I know thatmy husband, boyfriend, fiance,
(19:16):
whatever would be accepted toall christmases, sunday lunches
like easters, all familyoccasions, birthdays and for me
that's way more important thanthan coming to my marriage.
My marriage is about being thatother person that I love yeah,
I don't really care about anyoneelse, I'll be honest, I
probably wouldn't even inviteyou I'm gonna be best man.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
What are you talking about?
I?
Speaker 1 (19:34):
got my speech ready.
You're not getting any speechtime give me the mic, nor are
you organizing the stag?
Do my goodness that'd be.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
I don't think I'd come out alive if you're not
coming out on a stretcher at theend of your stag, do I've not
done a good job?
Speaker 1 (19:49):
I'm not lying when I say a couple of us in our
friendship circle have discussedwhat we would do for your stag
do oh, I'm expecting to alsocome out in a stretcher on my
stag.
Do some of the things that havebeen around around the
possibility list are wild.
Yeah, I know it would be and Iwouldn't expect anything less.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
I'll be honest, I'm not one of those people, and no
offence if you do that.
Everyone likes their own thing.
I'm not someone that's going togo on my stag, do?
We went to the Great BritishBake Off and made cookies wait,
you don't want to do that Idon't want to do that oh dear
that's not what I've got in mindfor my stag day.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
What if it was making those cookies?
But we were in Amsterdam.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Then yes, it's a whole different type of cookie.
Yes, sign me up for that one.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Yeah, no, don't worry , cookie making is not on there.
Yeah, I just yeah, I don't know.
I think I've definitely come tothe stage.
I'm going to stop making thisabout me it's not about me but
I've stopped planning ahead forcertain things.
Fine, and I'm very much likeI'm just going to live my life
as it unfolds and I'll deal withthe issues when they arise.
I'm not going to worry aboutsomething that hasn't happened
yet.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Yeah, that's a good way to look at it.
I'll be honest, I like that.
Yeah, thank you.
And so with Johnny, hebasically he's in this situation
where.
But the dad is offish in a niceway to say that right.
Speaker 1 (21:06):
Yeah, I would say from his message his dad is
quite anti, not just offish anti.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Oh, never accepted.
Yeah, I just reread the messageNever accepted or been willing
to meet any of my boyfriends inthe past.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
I would be interested to know if Johnny, if your dad,
is still married to your mum orif your mum is still in the
picture.
Actually, yeah, you haven'tmentioned your mum and I hope
I'm not, you know, goingsomewhere that you didn't want
to go, but like, I'll beinterested to see what the
family dynamic is already, butanyway, you sent a lovely
message back.
I did, and Johnny then got backto us, actually very, very
recently.
Yes, and do you want to readhis reply?
Speaker 2 (21:37):
I will, yeah.
So I just sent a little messagebeing like oh, you know, this
is a really shit situation.
Really feel for you, basicallyyour dad's loss.
You know you've got nothing tolose.
You might as well just say Iwould like this, but if that's
not for you, don't worry, youknow where you stand and you
just live your life without.
You know, as I said, dad's loss.
But anyway, johnny messagedback with an update and he said
(21:59):
hey guys.
So I have an update.
My boyfriend has officially metall the family.
It's that time of year when it'severyone's birthdays and my
sister-in-law invited myboyfriend to her meal.
I chickened out speaking to mydad directly, as whenever I saw
him I didn't want to spoil it ormake things awkward, as I just
don't see him that much.
So we just decided to go withno big buildup.
(22:19):
I was getting anxious wheneverI said we'll be there.
We get to the restaurant and mydad greets him with a handshake
and a hug and later evenactively had a conversation with
him.
After 24 years of hangups, itfeels like a weight has finally
been lifted.
Thank you for your advice, guys.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Oh, so cute.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
That just makes me feel so happy I'll be honest
with you.
That is what I really wantedfrom that outcome.
Yeah, we all just want to beloved and accepted for who we
are.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
right, yeah and yeah, I'm so, I'm so pleased that's
where it went to.
Sometimes I think with thatolder generation, it does just
take them a little bit longer toget their head around things
yeah now, johnny, I appreciateyou said you came out at 17 you
never talked about and you'renow 41.
That's a lot of time for him toget his head around it.
I don't know if you were likemainly single during that time.
(23:09):
We never really found someonethat you were ready to introduce
to your family, but I'm sopleased that your dad has
finally sort of come around toit.
I mean, we forget that actuallytheir generation it was still.
It was, depending on how oldthey are, still illegal yeah,
it's not legal to get married toa guy.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
And obviously the same sort of era, I'm sure, as
your parents, my mum grew upwhen it was the HIV crisis.
I know and all it was was likeoh, if you're gay, you will die,
and you're going to hell andall those awful things they were
saying.
Yeah, you will die of thisdisease.
Yeah, it was awful, so they'vegot to kind of unlearn all of
that, those images and thatnarrative that was being pushed
on them.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Yeah, I mean listen, let's not look on the past and
wonder why it took so long.
Let's just appreciate thatwe've actually got here.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Yes, we're here.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
Landed the plane, yeah, and now you have such a
fun opportunity with yourboyfriend who I assume is going
very well with to integrate themwith your family and, like,
grow as one.
It's really cute.
I'm really happy for you,johnny.
I think that's really sweet.
I'm so happy.
It's's nice to share thatactually someone, some people do
(24:18):
go through all this hardshipand come out the other side for
the better.
So, yeah, thank you very muchfor sharing that, johnny.
We've um.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
Genuinely, we really appreciate it as I say, we're so
happy for you and this is justan exciting new chapter for you
and your relationship with yourdad and your family and with
your partner, all involved asone.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
Yes, so keep us posted, johnny, with how it goes
and if there is a proposal, wewould love an invite to the
wedding.
So, podcasters, we're comingvery near the end of this
episode and this is a reallygood time just to let you know
that over the Christmas break,brad and I will be taking a very
small, well-earned break fromeach other.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
Look, I'm taking a break from you.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
You think whatever you want, darling.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
I'm not picking up the phone for at least two weeks
.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Yeah, we will be taking a small break, so there
won't be episodes for a coupleto a few weeks.
We yeah, we will be taking asmall break, so there won't be
episodes for a couple to a fewweeks.
We haven't decided exactly howlong, but we're just going to
try and get Christmas out theway.
As you know, christmas getsquite crazy for me with work etc
.
And Brad sort of falls downK-holes.
So, joking, joking, joking,joking, joking.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
It's snowing where I'm at.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
Oh, my goodness, it snows most weekends for you.
So so, yeah, we will be takinga very small break, but do not
panic.
We will be back with the restof season six before you know it
have you got any fun holidayplans coming up?
Speaker 2 (25:35):
no, I can't believe we're talking about christmas
already do you know what?
Speaker 1 (25:38):
I always wish for it to be out the way, because work
is so stressful around christmas, and then it's done.
I'm like oh and then we're tojanuary it's your birthday,
which sucks anyone else outthere that has a birthday so
close to Christmas.
It really sucks.
I mean, yours is quite close aswell, I know, but I feel like
mine's on the pre-Christmas sideso you're still in the buzz.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
In the buzz, everyone's loving life.
Christmas is coming up.
It's just a magical vibeeveryone's out doing their
Christmas shopping.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
People are factored in spending for your birthday
because it's before Christmas.
Mine happens like January wheneveryone's back at work skint.
People have probably broken upwith people Like it's just a
bleak and blue time.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
I know, and it's mid-January as well, your
birthday, so it's likeeveryone's like over it.
They just want the sunshine,all right.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
Gosh, you make me feel so happy about my birthday.
To be fair, every year my dad'slike should we just move your
birthday Every year?
He said it.
Let Every year he said it,let's just move your birthday to
the summer.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
I think your parents were selfish for having sex nine
months prior to that date.
They should have pushed it backa little bit.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
Yeah, when would that have been August?
Speaker 2 (26:33):
Oh, you asked me to do math, and math is not my
strong point.
No, not.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
August.
That's wrong, hang on.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
What's nine months before January?
No, it's actually March.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
It's January, February, March.
The thing is, my brother andsister are July and May.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Nice time to have a birthday.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
Yeah, my sister's is always the day before a local
bank holiday, so she'd alwaysget three days off from school,
work the lot, and then mybrother is just into the summer
holidays.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
They planned your siblings' birthdays really well.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
But also they're two years apart, my brother and
sister, and then I'm seven yearsfrom my brother and five years
from my sister I was not sisterand then I'm seven years from my
brother and five years from mysister.
I was not planned and I lightlyjoke with it with my mum all
the time.
She's like no, I always knewthat I wanted a third.
I just didn't know when I'mlike that is a polite way of
saying it.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
I'm surprised it's a girl's surprise.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
I've got a 14 pound baby on the way.
Yeah, that's right, I was thathuge.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
She was a big girl.
She was like no more, no morebabies.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
Yeah, I got stuck, Got full on stuck.
Oh wow, yeah.
Have I not told you this story?
No, Okay.
So 14 pounds is a slightexaggeration.
I was just under 12 pounds, soI was like massive baby.
Still big baby, Essentially astone.
I was.
Yeah, I was humongous broad Iam yeah, broad shoulders my
shoulders couldn't come out andthey tried for like half an hour
, which is a very long time.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
When my mom's like ow , get this bloody baby out of me
.
Speaker 1 (27:52):
And she did it with no pain relief, nothing, all
three of us.
She didn't have nothing,literally not your mom is a
brave woman.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
No even gas in air nothing.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
And she's when she watched on tv, like casually,
she's like why are they makingsuch a fuss?
I think she was anyway, um,yeah, I got stuck and the
doctors turned to my dad, tookhim out the room and was like
okay, so you've got two optionshere we can break the baby's
collarbone to get him out, or wecan carry on going, but you've
got quite a high risk of losingyour baby and your wife oh my
god, what a decision to makeright.
(28:21):
So my dad was like okay, give me30 seconds.
Very religious man.
So he went around the corner,prayed, came back and before he
gave his um answer yeah I thenslithered out see, that is when
the lord works in mysteriousways, right well, I mean, I
slithered out, I was jaundicedfor, for a start, like I, was
bright, like yellow baby.
I didn't fit in the incubatorso they had to get a screwdriver
(28:44):
to unscrew the lid of theincubator to get me in because
you're too big to go in theincubator.
So I was too big to go throughthe little hole on the top,
literally anonymous, and to thisday my dad will not tell me
what decision he made I wasgonna ask yeah, what was the
decision?
Speaker 2 (28:54):
won't tell me I'm like break his collarbone I'll
break it myself.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
This baby I didn't even want no he still won't tell
me to stay, which probablymeans it was to break my
collarbone, but um, no, becausethey said if they did it I
wouldn't be able to use my leftarm for the rest of my life.
Speaker 2 (29:08):
Like oh my god, that's a really bad.
They were like he would havelike an arm that wasn't fully
functional oh wow, because ofthe way they had to break it or
something to do with thebreaking.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
And then twisting me to get me out.
Yeah, I know, I don't knowwhere we got into that yeah oh,
we're taking a break.
Christmas, january, yeah, so Iwas gonna move my birthday to
summer best time to have abirthday in my eyes yeah, but
then I feel like people will belike it's not really your
birthday, is it?
Speaker 2 (29:30):
no, and I would say that every year to you you're,
I'll be there to remind youevery year just so you know it's
not really a birthday so Ihaven't got your present because
it's not a birthday therestaurant be like happy
birthday, whoa whoa, whoa it'snot his real birthday a little
head waddle, yeah, and I'm likedon't believe me, get the ID get
the ID.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
Not only that, but let's see how old he is exactly.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
Yeah, he lies to everyone about his age y'all
think he's 30 guess again oh mygoodness, you're a horrible
little bitch, but yeah, thenit's my birthday.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
So, yes, to wrap that up, we are going to be taking a
very short little break, but donot worry, we will be back.
Please carry on messaging us onthe instagram.
We're still going to be veryactive on there, replying to
bits and bobs, writing with yourqueer diaries, any fun,
hilarious hookups, work,dilemmas, whatever's going on
with you.
Please carry on keeping intouch, because we do.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
We genuinely like to keep in touch with all of you
and christmas party season isaround the corner and in my
experience they're always wild,so I'm expecting stories she is
sat there legs crossed andpointing she means business
she's expecting stories officeChristmas party stories.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
I want them yeah, I would like to go to some office
parties you don't work in anoffice.
I know I wonder if I could likego to some if anyone needs a
plus one, benji is available.
Speaker 2 (30:46):
You know, like wedding crashes yes, work office
crashes.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
If anyone needs a plus one, benji is available.
Wedding crashes yes, workoffice crashes.
Oh.
Speaker 2 (30:50):
I'd actually like to do that, and they'll be like
where do you work?
Oh, I'm an intern.
I'm in the marketing department.
I'll lie to everyone.
Different story, different job.
Every time I'm the cleaner youprobably never noticed me.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
I'm actually the singer.
Oh you're here.
Oh great, quick you're on what?
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (31:07):
all of that, that would be me, yeah what would you
sing?
They threw you on stage, gaveyou microphone well, obviously
my go-to karaoke song, absoluteclassic banger.
Where I carry we belongtogether, oh, my goodness anyway
.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
Podcast is that is all we have time for.
On this week's episode of mybig gay podcast.
If you don't already, pleasehead over to our social medias.
It is at Big Gay Podcast.
Do you know what?
I've said this so many times.
I wonder if anyone tries tomouth along with me, do you
think?
I think it's almost the samescript.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
I do every week, every time, yeah, yeah I wonder.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
I guess I actually kind of love that.
Send me in your videos of youlip syncing to Benji.
But yeah, you can also checkout our website, which is
mybigaypodcastcom.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
And if you've got a queer diary that you would like
to share with us on the podcast,slip and slide into our DMs at
Big Gay Podcast oh you'refinished.
Speaker 1 (32:02):
Sorry, podcast, I was trying to lip sync along with
Brad.
It was very difficult, butanyway, like I said, podcasters,
that's all we've got time forin this week's episode.
Until next time.
Speaker 2 (32:13):
See you next Wednesday, so I've got a
question for you.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
Tell me.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
Have you ever spoken to a friendship group about?
You know, if you want to getmarried and you've not met
anyone by the time you're 40,would you then marry a friend
just to have the big wedding?
Speaker 1 (32:26):
A backup.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:27):
I have heard about a backup.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
Yeah, what do you think about me being your backup
?
Speaker 1 (32:31):
I think that is the worst idea.
Speaker 2 (32:34):
Can you imagine our wedding, though?
It would be epic.
Speaker 1 (32:36):
I think if we got married at 40, you'd be dead by
41.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
Probably, but the wedding would be great.
Speaker 1 (32:41):
We don't have to get married just to throw a massive
party, a really good party.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
Oh yeah, we could just throw a party anyway.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
We could just throw a party anyway.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
But I want to get married though, so you could let
me have my moment.
Speaker 1 (32:51):
We have a party.
Speaker 2 (32:52):
This is my moment and then divorce the next day.
Speaker 1 (32:56):
Listen, people in America are marrying themselves.
You could just do that.
I think you're the only personthat could put up with yourself,
and even then it's a push.
Sit still.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
I'm trying to get comfy on this chair.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
I'm on the same chair and I'm fine.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
I know, but I like to sit, sometimes cross-legged,
sometimes my feet up, feet down.
I mean, I've got my legscrossed today.
I feel like I'm on a chat showright now.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Okay, right, christ.
Hello and welcome to thisweek's episode of my Big Gay
(00:42):
Podcast with me Benji, and meBrad, giving you the.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Why do you pull that face every time I say my name?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
It's just, your voice goes straight through me, so
carry on.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
With me, Brad, giving you the life, the loves and the
lols of living in London.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Two gays, one city.
What could possibly go wrong?
Oh my goodness.
So my throat actually is reallysore at the moment.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Is it why?
Speaker 1 (01:11):
I don't actually know .
I feel like I've been on quitea lot of aeroplanes recently and
I feel like the air con on itjust drives you out.
And the last two planes I'vegot they've hurried us onto the
plane, closed the door and thengone.
We're actually going to be sathere for like an hour, hour and
a half.
That's so annoying, so annoying.
All that like recycled air justum too much.
(01:32):
And you don't get free, freestuff on flights anymore, not
short ones, really, no, I mean.
So one of the flights was easyjet, where you get nothing, I
mean you barely get a seat.
The other one was ba and I waskind of half expecting yeah, ba
right, yeah, yeah yeah, no, theywent around with glasses of tap
water and then little like, um,they're not even peanuts
anymore, because you can't havepeanuts, of course yeah, I don't
(01:52):
know what, like corn, likepopped crunchy corn yeah, corn
kernel things which weredelicious and they were free,
but um, it wasn't quite.
You know the bomb bay gin andtonic that I was secretly
wanting for free Wanted?
Speaker 2 (02:04):
yeah, for sure.
Yeah, I mean little trick.
If you go on a long-haul flightand when you go through the
airport bit, is it security?
Is that what it's called?
Speaker 1 (02:12):
You do have to go through security.
Yeah, yeah, that bit.
That's normally the places thatpat you down for coke up your
bum.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Never been caught once.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
It's because your arse is like a cavern and it's
so high up sucked in.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Yeah, they need like a full-on, like search light,
like a head torch looking inthere, hello, hello, hello,
hello.
There's that titanic is anybodyalive in there?
I mean you joke but no, I'mgonna give you a little tip for
when you're on the flights.
Next, if you're doing long haulflight.
If, if you, when you go forsecurity, you know you go to the
shops and you can buy, likebottled water or whatever.
(02:48):
If you buy big bags of Hariboor chocolate when the flight is
up, go to the back of the galley, give it to the flight
attendants, be like I know howhard you work, got you a bit of
sugar just to get you throughthe flight.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Free drinks, the flight, free drinks.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Yeah, I feel like you've said this before, but my
friend works for ba and I saidthis to them and they were like
no, it's not true, it's happenedto me three times.
Oh, and my friend went for baand told me about it.
That's how I know about thetrick, because flight attendants
they don't get like good foodand so they really crave things
like chocolate or sweets,especially if it's long-haul
flights.
They just want the sugar andthe energy to like, get them
through the flight, etc.
So if you do that, they'reobviously really grateful, and
(03:29):
when I flew to new york lastyear I did that.
I know it's a bit kiss arsey,but also fair play.
They work really hard, don'tthey?
The flight attendants?
Um, the woman, she was so nice,she kept coming over asking if
I wanted anything.
She gave me extra alcohol forfree and you know the little
bottles yeah when we wereleaving, she gave me some to put
in my bag to be like.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
I'll take those and have a good night yeah, because
I have heard they don't do stockcounts for the miniatures,
right.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, so just gave it away and because I gave the
sweets, I then ended up chattingto her and some of the other
flight attendants and sort ofyou know, was asking about their
lives and, like, made somemates, and then I bumped into
them in new york and then we allhad a drink.
Oh yeah, small world, smalllittle world.
So take care of your flightattendants and they'll take care
of you.
That's my little tip from me toyou.
(04:11):
You're welcome.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Thank you so much for that.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
And speaking of flight attendants you will not
believe this.
I ended up having an afterparty at mine a couple of days
ago and some flight attendantscame along.
What, why so?
I was in a little place inclapham called the two brewers.
You may or may not have heardof it.
I have heard of it and I wasthere on a sunday.
Now can I tell you no, no, no.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
You can't steal this from me.
I'm the one that goes aroundsaying this I'm the one that
goes around saying this you area liar and a thief.
You've stolen it from me.
I know you're gonna You'regoing to go around saying the
best night to do brewers is aSunday night.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
I have been saying that for years.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
No, you have not.
You have not.
I used to say either Friday orSunday, never Saturday.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Never Saturday too busy.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Never Saturday.
Friday is still good, but stillgets a little bit too busy yeah
.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Sunday is where it's that sunday, I love it.
And also you get a lot of localpeople out on a sunday, yeah,
and so that's when you'll end upchatting to people and go to
yeah, yeah, you can actuallymake friends there because it's
not too full.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Yeah, love it.
So, anyway, you made friendswith some flight attendants and
they came back to your houseyeah, not just flight attendants
, like a few other peeps as well.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
All right, you got loads of friends together and
bianca del rio was there thatnight in two Brewers.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Oh, because she was doing her, her show in London,
her show, yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
So it was like, oh my goodness, that's Bianca Del Rio
.
Just sat in the corner having agay old time in Two Brewers on
a Sunday.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Love it, love that.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Anyway.
So I got to chat with theseflight attendants.
They work for Virgin Flightsand of course I was like getting
all the gossip finding out allabout.
Told me this hilarious storyagain long-haul flight and, uh,
at some point in the long-haulflight the flight attendants or
most of them can go and have alittle nap for a few hours
before breakfast arrives orwhatever.
So what happens is they'll goupstairs.
(05:53):
They've got their own like beds, they'll have a nap and then
whoever's on shift then wakesthem up half hour before
breakfast so they can go getready, get touched up, go and
serve all the breakfast foreveryone.
And they've got like anannouncer thing that's just
upstairs for their section.
And this guy on the announcerwent to wake up the flight
attendants and said Wake up, youcunts, it's time to feed the
(06:14):
pigs.
And what happened?
Clicked on the wrong button andit went to the whole plane.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Oh, my gosh.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
That is something you would do.
Absolutely.
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
So what did they do?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
So all the passengers heard this and then someone
else quickly jumped onto theintercom thing and was like bing
bong.
Could we just remind allpassengers that the intercom is
for staff only and not forpassengers.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Oh clever, smart, you wouldn't have thought to do
that.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
No, I'd have been like I'm so sorry everyone.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Can I been like?
I'm so sorry everyone.
Can I have your attention?
Speaker 2 (06:47):
wake up, maggie maggie at the back.
You hear me darling, that wasme.
Yeah, I called you all pigs, Ididn't mean it.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
I did use the c words I did that didn't come out.
My mouth now.
I'm probably gonna lose my jobin this plane lands.
I am sorry so free chin foreveryone, just for a laugh oh my
goodness, what a great story,though that is so funny and very
good cover up so whoever?
Thought of that genius yeah,well, I mean, it makes me feel
like it's happened before yeah,it must do.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
That must be like the go to thing, like if they go on
the wrong intercom, cover it up.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Pretend it was a drunk passenger on the plane
that is literally like theflight attendant version of like
sending nudes to a colleague.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Oh, yes, yeah.
And then covering up like oh,my friend did that.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Trying to cover it up .
I don't know how you can thesedays, but yeah, my friend did
that.
Oh yeah, sorry.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
My friend sent me pictures of my gaping hole.
Why is he gaping?
I?
Speaker 1 (07:34):
don't know, it's your phone, wowza.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
So, yeah, shout out to all the Virgin Flight
attendants there and I hopeyou're having a lovely old time
up in the sky.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Okay, so again, I've been away recently.
Like I said, I've been on andoff planes.
I was back at home and I haveto tell you this story because
I'm still not entirely sure whatis going on, but I feel like
it's somewhere between Did youwatch the I think it's gwyneth
paltrow the film sliding doors?
Yes, yes, and you also know themovie groundhog day yes okay.
(08:12):
So I feel like this story issomewhere between the two of
those scenarios, right?
So go with me on this.
Last year, um, back near myhometown, I had this like
regular guy that I met out withright To let off steam.
And when I say regular, like itwas once, like maybe once a
week, once a fortnight, blah,blah, blah.
But we actually chat in betweenas well and he was a really
(08:32):
nice guy.
His English wasn't great, butthat actually made the
conversation funnier and like Iwas helping him with English and
he was like teaching.
Anyway, it was quite sweet.
I actually enjoyed talking tohim.
He was living by himself inthis like one bed flat in town.
He'd been very honest with meand told me like he's very
discreet, he's not like fullyout, yeah, which is, you know,
(08:52):
it's the norm, I think, for alot of people still sadly.
But, um, I went with it, blah,blah, blah.
He then, sadly, on one of mylast meets, was like oh, just
that, you know, I'm actually I'mmoving back to portugal for a
bit.
I was like oh, do you know whenyou're gonna come back?
He's like, oh, I don't know.
Um, I was like okay, cool,anyway, seven, eight months have
gone past.
Now, right, uh-huh, this timeback home chatting to a guy,
(09:14):
chat, chat, chat, chat again,english wasn't great, but was a
good vibe.
He's like, yeah, do you want tocome over?
I was like, yeah, sure, likeI'll come over, it's come over.
I was like whatever, fine.
I was like what's your address?
He was like oh, it's this roadname.
So I was like, oh, I know thisroad name.
So I went to the road, messagedhim like I'm on the road.
He was like oh, this is mynumber.
I was like okay, so I'm thereoutside, like, huh, is this the
(09:45):
first guy that I used to see?
He's now using differentpictures because he's discreet
and he's forgotten that he knowsme.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Yes, that's what I'm thinking, or is this a?
Speaker 1 (09:51):
computer.
So I was like waiting on thestreet and he was like, oh, come
to the door.
And I was like, no, no, no, hewas legit, this guy, he was who
he says he was.
I've never met him before.
Yeah, it's like, okay, fine,really attracted.
(10:11):
By the way, did you say I'vebeen to this house before?
No, of course I didn't.
Okay, wait, wait for it.
All right, so I go in, then gointo his room and I'm like this
is a very strange, very strangescenario.
I have been in this room with adifferent guy and everything is
the same.
Wait, everything is the same.
So I was looking around samepictures on the wall and then I
was like, okay, maybe they'relike nailed on and it comes with
the, it comes fully furnished.
You know, maybe that's.
It's like the bed's in the sameplace, couch in the same place.
(10:33):
He keeps the bag for life bag,like the bag of bags for life.
The same place.
The other guy.
I was like this is really weird, it is literally the same setup
as the previous guy had it.
Then I looked to the bedsidetable.
Next to the bed Picture, waitfor it.
The previous guy had thismassive glass vase thing, and I
mean huge Like glass bucket ofgolf balls, which I always
(10:54):
thought was slightly weird.
Yeah, that's a very odd thing,yeah, I didn't see golf clubs, I
just saw this massive, anywaythe exact same vase.
So there was me like, okay,maybe it's like because they
were both Portuguese, maybe it'slike a I don't know, maybe
they've got like a flat sharegoing on and they just like they
use it seasonally.
I don't, I don't really know.
I'm not really thinking aboutit too much.
(11:14):
I was, my mind was kind ofelsewhere.
Other things were happening atthe time.
I wasn't really thinking aboutit.
Anyway, finish with this guy.
We finished doing the, we had alittle chat and he was like, oh
, I just to say like I'm reallydiscreet.
I was like yeah, yeah, no, Iget it.
Lots of people, just great.
He was like, no, I've got aboyfriend.
And I was like, oh, really, ishe coming home?
He's like no, no, he doesn'tlive here, he does back at home
(11:35):
in portugal.
And I was like, oh, has he beenover before?
He was like yeah, yeah, hecomes to the island now.
And then I was like right, thenI looked down the side, next to
this glass vase, and there is apicture but it's a silhouette
picture of him and whoever theother guy is and it's too dark
to really see his face, but whatI have now come to put together
is that these two guys areboyfriends and you've fucked
(11:56):
both of them secretly.
Yeah, you're a homewrecker no, Ihave not wrecked any home, but
it was so weird like I wasthinking this is a very strange
situation, why is everything allthe same?
And I wasn't really so.
I looked at the picture andthen he was like, oh, I'm really
discreet, please don't tellanyone.
You've been here like blah,blah, blah, yeah.
I was like, oh, I know what'shappened yeah, for sure yeah so
(12:17):
they don't know that.
They know that, you know thatthere's one literally, it's like
yeah, it's like the weirdesttriangle.
Yeah, I don't know how I getmyself into these situations.
Genuinely, I don't.
What are the chances of itbeing in the exact same flat?
Speaker 2 (12:32):
and you're just there for a good time listen, I'm
just doing my own thing flyingsolo literally yeah, wow wow, oh
, my goodness.
I just thought of an odd moment.
Imagine if you're in Jersey andthe two boys are there and
they're in like a cafe andyou're in the same cafe and they
both turn and look and in theirheads they're both going to be
thinking like, oh, I've had sexwith that guy but my boyfriend
(12:54):
doesn't know.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Yeah, they'll both be thinking the same thing, Same
thing yeah, and then you couldbe like oh, hey, hey.
Oh, my goodness, can youimagine?
I mean, they couldn't really beangry at each other.
No, they each other.
No, they've both done the samething.
Yeah, maybe they can just openit and then you have a three-way
.
I don't know.
The whole thing made me feelvery stretched.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
I sort of drove home like kind of very spaced out,
like what, what have I done?
Speaker 1 (13:16):
literally, yeah, yeah , how bizarre is that you do get
around, you don't you?
I do think that's fair.
I feel like I bring out theworst of my situations on the
podcast for like well, to giveeveryone a laugh at home, to
make people's days a little bitbrighter.
I'm not like this all the time,but this is yeah that is quite
an interesting situation I meanthis podcast isn't me like.
So for dinner last night Icooked a lovely like butterfly
(13:38):
chicken that's not the podcast.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
It's not the podcast.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
It's about what goes wrong with being gay in london?
Yeah, and that's one thing thatwent really really wrong.
And with you I feel like London.
Yeah, and that's one thing thatwent really, really wrong.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
And with you I feel like that happens every week.
Speaker 1 (13:49):
Yeah, that's true.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
Does anything ever go right?
Speaker 1 (13:54):
I feel like I have overshared an awful lot recently
.
I feel like the last twoseasons has just been about
Benji's misfortune.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
Yeah, I feel like it's your turn, oh no Life gave
me lots of misfortunes early on.
I'm ready to like have a nicelife now.
I've done my time.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
I've done my misfortune.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
I feel like you're a bit slack, and I'm not joking
about your ass ever since I toldyou that I had a sandy crack
once you, you've been obsessedwith my ass again shandy, shandy
, yeah, slack crack.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
So, podcasters, it is that time of the weekend where
we share other people'smisfortunes or fortunes with uh,
all of you love it.
It's time to take the spotlightof us and our tragic love lives
and stories and start to sharesome of yours.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
And what is this section called?
Speaker 1 (14:55):
We still haven't got a good jingle Queer Diary.
I mean it actually goesstraight through.
I feel a bit icky doing itevery week.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Yeah, do a new one.
New jingle Three.
Two, do a new one.
New jingle 3, 2, 1, go QueerDiary.
Speaker 1 (15:06):
Great love it yeah, we'll workshop that if anyone at
home makes jingles for a livingoh yeah, please, queer Diary
jingle, we'd love it please sendus in a Queer Diary jingle.
If it's good, we will steal it.
So earlier on this year, whenwe weren't currently recording,
when I was taking somewell-earned time away from brad,
(15:29):
um, somebody wrote in we'regonna, we're gonna call him
johnny for the purpose of thisconversation.
Johnny wrote in uh and shared astory which, sadly, we missed
because we weren't.
We didn't catch it in our inbox, um, but anyway, we found it
now and we're just going toshare it with you because we've
had, uh, a bit more to the storyhas come through very recently.
Yes, and yeah, we're going toshare the whole thing.
(15:49):
I'm going to start reading itto give you context.
So Johnny said hey, guys, so Icame out as gay when I was 17.
And that was the same time youhad sex on the beach.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
It was.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
Yeah, See, I listened to you Sorry this is not about
you has never accepted me orbeen willing to meet any of my
boyfriends in the past.
That's very difficult.
Yeah, it's a very difficultthing to try and comprehend.
I am now 41 it's your age andin a relationship where I would
like him to come to familyevents, but I don't know how to
approach the subject.
(16:18):
Family has offered to speak tohim for me, but I'm not sure if
I should do it myself, as Ithink I it may help our
relationship, but I also don'twant to damage it.
What do you guys think?
Okay?
So firstly, johnny, I'm sosorry that we missed this.
This is a very like heartfeltmessage and for me, speaking
from my point of view, I have myown struggles with my own
(16:42):
family life and, being gay, Ilive my life much more how I
want to live it.
Um, and I have taken boyfriendshome in the past, but I have
always found it slightly.
It's never been as inviting asI would have liked, but I've
always been able to and I've notreceived any like backlash for
it.
So I'm really sorry that youfeel that way.
Um, I mean, you've taken boyshome to me yeah, very recently.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
I, me and my mom are super close.
I don't know if you have thesame with your mom, but I feel
like a lot of gay boys get onreally well with their moms.
Generally speaking, I thinkthat's a bit of a stereotype.
I'm definitely one of thosepeople mommy's boy a little bit,
yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
Yeah, I mean I'm a mommy's boy, but actually in
this scenario where you're going, I'm definitely my dad's way
more like, yeah, cool, I don'tmind like whatever.
Like just as long as you'rehappy and safe, I don't really
mind, I don't what does your mumthink about you being gay?
my mum will always refer to ifI've been through a breakup and
she knows and she's met them andthen knows I've broken up.
(17:36):
My sister's been like Ben'sreally down at the moment
because oh, I'm Ben back at home, by the way.
Um, ben's just down becauseobviously he's getting through a
breakup.
My mum will refer to them as myfriend, like, yeah, are you
missing your friend?
Sure, have you spoken to yourfriend?
It's never boyfriend oranything like that.
Speaker 2 (17:50):
I don't think she's ever used the word boyfriend can
you imagine you getting marriedand your mum being there and be
like oh, that's Benji's husband.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
I think, no, being honest, no, uh-huh, and I think,
as and when I settle down intoa relationship and I get married
, if I get married, a marriagefor me is always a thing that is
very circumstantial.
And when I settle down into arelationship and I get married,
if I get married, a marriage forme is always a thing that is
very circumstantial.
And if I feel like it's rightbetween the two of us, we'll do
it, and if I don't feel like Ineed it or we need it, it won't
happen.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
I don't really mind getting married or not.
Yeah, I know.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
That's not a deal breaker for you, is it?
No, not at all, and I don'tmind.
But if I did get married, Ireally would question if I would
invite my family.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
Oh really, yeah, Even your dad.
Your dad is so nice.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Both my parents are absolutely lovely.
I just, yeah, I don't know if Iwould.
I don't know if I'd tell them,or I may say it's happening and
see what they did, but I don'twant them to feel uncomfortable.
I don't want them to feeluncomfortable coming to my
wedding, but equally, I do feelloved and accepted by them, so I
(18:54):
don't feel like I would needthem to be there.
That sounds very strange.
A lot of people are going toreally disagree with this and a
lot of people are going to belike no, I have to have my
family there.
I don't want to get marriedunless they are.
But I think as I've grown older,I've learned what I want to get
out of life yeah and I'm verymuch like a pick your battles
person for sure and I know thatmy husband, boyfriend, fiance,
(19:16):
whatever would be accepted toall christmases, sunday lunches
like easters, all familyoccasions, birthdays and for me
that's way more important thanthan coming to my marriage.
My marriage is about being thatother person that I love yeah,
I don't really care about anyoneelse, I'll be honest, I
probably wouldn't even inviteyou I'm gonna be best man.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
What are you talking about?
I?
Speaker 1 (19:34):
got my speech ready.
You're not getting any speechtime give me the mic, nor are
you organizing the stag?
Do my goodness that'd be.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
I don't think I'd come out alive if you're not
coming out on a stretcher at theend of your stag, do I've not
done a good job?
Speaker 1 (19:49):
I'm not lying when I say a couple of us in our
friendship circle have discussedwhat we would do for your stag
do oh, I'm expecting to alsocome out in a stretcher on my
stag.
Do some of the things that havebeen around around the
possibility list are wild.
Yeah, I know it would be and Iwouldn't expect anything less.
Speaker 2 (20:04):
I'll be honest, I'm not one of those people, and no
offence if you do that.
Everyone likes their own thing.
I'm not someone that's going togo on my stag, do?
We went to the Great BritishBake Off and made cookies wait,
you don't want to do that Idon't want to do that oh dear
that's not what I've got in mindfor my stag day.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
What if it was making those cookies?
But we were in Amsterdam.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Then yes, it's a whole different type of cookie.
Yes, sign me up for that one.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Yeah, no, don't worry , cookie making is not on there.
Yeah, I just yeah, I don't know.
I think I've definitely come tothe stage.
I'm going to stop making thisabout me it's not about me but
I've stopped planning ahead forcertain things.
Fine, and I'm very much likeI'm just going to live my life
as it unfolds and I'll deal withthe issues when they arise.
I'm not going to worry aboutsomething that hasn't happened
yet.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Yeah, that's a good way to look at it.
I'll be honest, I like that.
Yeah, thank you.
And so with Johnny, hebasically he's in this situation
where.
But the dad is offish in a niceway to say that right.
Speaker 1 (21:06):
Yeah, I would say from his message his dad is
quite anti, not just offish anti.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Oh, never accepted.
Yeah, I just reread the messageNever accepted or been willing
to meet any of my boyfriends inthe past.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
I would be interested to know if Johnny, if your dad,
is still married to your mum orif your mum is still in the
picture.
Actually, yeah, you haven'tmentioned your mum and I hope
I'm not, you know, goingsomewhere that you didn't want
to go, but like, I'll beinterested to see what the
family dynamic is already, butanyway, you sent a lovely
message back.
I did, and Johnny then got backto us, actually very, very
recently.
Yes, and do you want to readhis reply?
Speaker 2 (21:37):
I will, yeah.
So I just sent a little messagebeing like oh, you know, this
is a really shit situation.
Really feel for you, basicallyyour dad's loss.
You know you've got nothing tolose.
You might as well just say Iwould like this, but if that's
not for you, don't worry, youknow where you stand and you
just live your life without.
You know, as I said, dad's loss.
But anyway, johnny messagedback with an update and he said
(21:59):
hey guys.
So I have an update.
My boyfriend has officially metall the family.
It's that time of year when it'severyone's birthdays and my
sister-in-law invited myboyfriend to her meal.
I chickened out speaking to mydad directly, as whenever I saw
him I didn't want to spoil it ormake things awkward, as I just
don't see him that much.
So we just decided to go withno big buildup.
(22:19):
I was getting anxious wheneverI said we'll be there.
We get to the restaurant and mydad greets him with a handshake
and a hug and later evenactively had a conversation with
him.
After 24 years of hangups, itfeels like a weight has finally
been lifted.
Thank you for your advice, guys.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Oh, so cute.
Speaker 2 (22:41):
That just makes me feel so happy I'll be honest
with you.
That is what I really wantedfrom that outcome.
Yeah, we all just want to beloved and accepted for who we
are.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
right, yeah and yeah, I'm so, I'm so pleased that's
where it went to.
Sometimes I think with thatolder generation, it does just
take them a little bit longer toget their head around things
yeah now, johnny, I appreciateyou said you came out at 17 you
never talked about and you'renow 41.
That's a lot of time for him toget his head around it.
I don't know if you were likemainly single during that time.
(23:09):
We never really found someonethat you were ready to introduce
to your family, but I'm sopleased that your dad has
finally sort of come around toit.
I mean, we forget that actuallytheir generation it was still.
It was, depending on how oldthey are, still illegal yeah,
it's not legal to get married toa guy.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
And obviously the same sort of era, I'm sure, as
your parents, my mum grew upwhen it was the HIV crisis.
I know and all it was was likeoh, if you're gay, you will die,
and you're going to hell andall those awful things they were
saying.
Yeah, you will die of thisdisease.
Yeah, it was awful, so they'vegot to kind of unlearn all of
that, those images and thatnarrative that was being pushed
on them.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Yeah, I mean listen, let's not look on the past and
wonder why it took so long.
Let's just appreciate thatwe've actually got here.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
Yes, we're here.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
Landed the plane, yeah, and now you have such a
fun opportunity with yourboyfriend who I assume is going
very well with to integrate themwith your family and, like,
grow as one.
It's really cute.
I'm really happy for you,johnny.
I think that's really sweet.
I'm so happy.
It's's nice to share thatactually someone, some people do
(24:18):
go through all this hardshipand come out the other side for
the better.
So, yeah, thank you very muchfor sharing that, johnny.
We've um.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
Genuinely, we really appreciate it as I say, we're so
happy for you and this is justan exciting new chapter for you
and your relationship with yourdad and your family and with
your partner, all involved asone.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
Yes, so keep us posted, johnny, with how it goes
and if there is a proposal, wewould love an invite to the
wedding.
So, podcasters, we're comingvery near the end of this
episode and this is a reallygood time just to let you know
that over the Christmas break,brad and I will be taking a very
small, well-earned break fromeach other.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
Look, I'm taking a break from you.
Speaker 1 (24:59):
You think whatever you want, darling.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
I'm not picking up the phone for at least two weeks
.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Yeah, we will be taking a small break, so there
won't be episodes for a coupleto a few weeks.
We yeah, we will be taking asmall break, so there won't be
episodes for a couple to a fewweeks.
We haven't decided exactly howlong, but we're just going to
try and get Christmas out theway.
As you know, christmas getsquite crazy for me with work etc
.
And Brad sort of falls downK-holes.
So, joking, joking, joking,joking, joking.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
It's snowing where I'm at.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
Oh, my goodness, it snows most weekends for you.
So so, yeah, we will be takinga very small break, but do not
panic.
We will be back with the restof season six before you know it
have you got any fun holidayplans coming up?
Speaker 2 (25:35):
no, I can't believe we're talking about christmas
already do you know what?
Speaker 1 (25:38):
I always wish for it to be out the way, because work
is so stressful around christmas, and then it's done.
I'm like oh and then we're tojanuary it's your birthday,
which sucks anyone else outthere that has a birthday so
close to Christmas.
It really sucks.
I mean, yours is quite close aswell, I know, but I feel like
mine's on the pre-Christmas sideso you're still in the buzz.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
In the buzz, everyone's loving life.
Christmas is coming up.
It's just a magical vibeeveryone's out doing their
Christmas shopping.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
People are factored in spending for your birthday
because it's before Christmas.
Mine happens like January wheneveryone's back at work skint.
People have probably broken upwith people Like it's just a
bleak and blue time.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
I know, and it's mid-January as well, your
birthday, so it's likeeveryone's like over it.
They just want the sunshine,all right.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
Gosh, you make me feel so happy about my birthday.
To be fair, every year my dad'slike should we just move your
birthday Every year?
He said it.
Let Every year he said it,let's just move your birthday to
the summer.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
I think your parents were selfish for having sex nine
months prior to that date.
They should have pushed it backa little bit.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
Yeah, when would that have been August?
Speaker 2 (26:33):
Oh, you asked me to do math, and math is not my
strong point.
No, not.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
August.
That's wrong, hang on.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
What's nine months before January?
No, it's actually March.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
It's January, February, March.
The thing is, my brother andsister are July and May.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Nice time to have a birthday.
Speaker 1 (26:48):
Yeah, my sister's is always the day before a local
bank holiday, so she'd alwaysget three days off from school,
work the lot, and then mybrother is just into the summer
holidays.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
They planned your siblings' birthdays really well.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
But also they're two years apart, my brother and
sister, and then I'm seven yearsfrom my brother and five years
from my sister I was not sisterand then I'm seven years from my
brother and five years from mysister.
I was not planned and I lightlyjoke with it with my mum all
the time.
She's like no, I always knewthat I wanted a third.
I just didn't know when I'mlike that is a polite way of
saying it.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
I'm surprised it's a girl's surprise.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
I've got a 14 pound baby on the way.
Yeah, that's right, I was thathuge.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
She was a big girl.
She was like no more, no morebabies.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
Yeah, I got stuck, Got full on stuck.
Oh wow, yeah.
Have I not told you this story?
No, Okay.
So 14 pounds is a slightexaggeration.
I was just under 12 pounds, soI was like massive baby.
Still big baby, Essentially astone.
I was.
Yeah, I was humongous broad Iam yeah, broad shoulders my
shoulders couldn't come out andthey tried for like half an hour
, which is a very long time.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
When my mom's like ow , get this bloody baby out of me
.
Speaker 1 (27:52):
And she did it with no pain relief, nothing, all
three of us.
She didn't have nothing,literally not your mom is a
brave woman.
Speaker 2 (27:57):
No even gas in air nothing.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
And she's when she watched on tv, like casually,
she's like why are they makingsuch a fuss?
I think she was anyway, um,yeah, I got stuck and the
doctors turned to my dad, tookhim out the room and was like
okay, so you've got two optionshere we can break the baby's
collarbone to get him out, or wecan carry on going, but you've
got quite a high risk of losingyour baby and your wife oh my
god, what a decision to makeright.
(28:21):
So my dad was like okay, give me30 seconds.
Very religious man.
So he went around the corner,prayed, came back and before he
gave his um answer yeah I thenslithered out see, that is when
the lord works in mysteriousways, right well, I mean, I
slithered out, I was jaundicedfor, for a start, like I, was
bright, like yellow baby.
I didn't fit in the incubatorso they had to get a screwdriver
(28:44):
to unscrew the lid of theincubator to get me in because
you're too big to go in theincubator.
So I was too big to go throughthe little hole on the top,
literally anonymous, and to thisday my dad will not tell me
what decision he made I wasgonna ask yeah, what was the
decision?
Speaker 2 (28:54):
won't tell me I'm like break his collarbone I'll
break it myself.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
This baby I didn't even want no he still won't tell
me to stay, which probablymeans it was to break my
collarbone, but um, no, becausethey said if they did it I
wouldn't be able to use my leftarm for the rest of my life.
Speaker 2 (29:08):
Like oh my god, that's a really bad.
They were like he would havelike an arm that wasn't fully
functional oh wow, because ofthe way they had to break it or
something to do with thebreaking.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
And then twisting me to get me out.
Yeah, I know, I don't knowwhere we got into that yeah oh,
we're taking a break.
Christmas, january, yeah, so Iwas gonna move my birthday to
summer best time to have abirthday in my eyes yeah, but
then I feel like people will belike it's not really your
birthday, is it?
Speaker 2 (29:30):
no, and I would say that every year to you you're,
I'll be there to remind youevery year just so you know it's
not really a birthday so Ihaven't got your present because
it's not a birthday therestaurant be like happy
birthday, whoa whoa, whoa it'snot his real birthday a little
head waddle, yeah, and I'm likedon't believe me, get the ID get
the ID.
Speaker 1 (29:50):
Not only that, but let's see how old he is exactly.
Speaker 2 (29:52):
Yeah, he lies to everyone about his age y'all
think he's 30 guess again oh mygoodness, you're a horrible
little bitch, but yeah, thenit's my birthday.
Speaker 1 (30:01):
So, yes, to wrap that up, we are going to be taking a
very short little break, but donot worry, we will be back.
Please carry on messaging us onthe instagram.
We're still going to be veryactive on there, replying to
bits and bobs, writing with yourqueer diaries, any fun,
hilarious hookups, work,dilemmas, whatever's going on
with you.
Please carry on keeping intouch, because we do.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
We genuinely like to keep in touch with all of you
and christmas party season isaround the corner and in my
experience they're always wild,so I'm expecting stories she is
sat there legs crossed andpointing she means business
she's expecting stories officeChristmas party stories.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
I want them yeah, I would like to go to some office
parties you don't work in anoffice.
I know I wonder if I could likego to some if anyone needs a
plus one, benji is available.
Speaker 2 (30:46):
You know, like wedding crashes yes, work office
crashes.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
If anyone needs a plus one, benji is available.
Wedding crashes yes, workoffice crashes.
Oh.
Speaker 2 (30:50):
I'd actually like to do that, and they'll be like
where do you work?
Oh, I'm an intern.
I'm in the marketing department.
I'll lie to everyone.
Different story, different job.
Every time I'm the cleaner youprobably never noticed me.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
I'm actually the singer.
Oh you're here.
Oh great, quick you're on what?
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (31:07):
all of that, that would be me, yeah what would you
sing?
They threw you on stage, gaveyou microphone well, obviously
my go-to karaoke song, absoluteclassic banger.
Where I carry we belongtogether, oh, my goodness anyway
.
Speaker 1 (31:22):
Podcast is that is all we have time for.
On this week's episode of mybig gay podcast.
If you don't already, pleasehead over to our social medias.
It is at Big Gay Podcast.
Do you know what?
I've said this so many times.
I wonder if anyone tries tomouth along with me, do you
think?
I think it's almost the samescript.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
I do every week, every time, yeah, yeah I wonder.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
I guess I actually kind of love that.
Send me in your videos of youlip syncing to Benji.
But yeah, you can also checkout our website, which is
mybigaypodcastcom.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
And if you've got a queer diary that you would like
to share with us on the podcast,slip and slide into our DMs at
Big Gay Podcast oh you'refinished.
Speaker 1 (32:02):
Sorry, podcast, I was trying to lip sync along with
Brad.
It was very difficult, butanyway, like I said, podcasters,
that's all we've got time forin this week's episode.
Until next time.
Speaker 2 (32:13):
See you next Wednesday, so I've got a
question for you.
Speaker 1 (32:16):
Tell me.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
Have you ever spoken to a friendship group about?
You know, if you want to getmarried and you've not met
anyone by the time you're 40,would you then marry a friend
just to have the big wedding?
Speaker 1 (32:26):
A backup.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:27):
I have heard about a backup.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
Yeah, what do you think about me being your backup
?
Speaker 1 (32:31):
I think that is the worst idea.
Speaker 2 (32:34):
Can you imagine our wedding, though?
It would be epic.
Speaker 1 (32:36):
I think if we got married at 40, you'd be dead by
41.
Speaker 2 (32:39):
Probably, but the wedding would be great.
Speaker 1 (32:41):
We don't have to get married just to throw a massive
party, a really good party.
Speaker 2 (32:45):
Oh yeah, we could just throw a party anyway.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
We could just throw a party anyway.
Speaker 2 (32:48):
But I want to get married though, so you could let
me have my moment.
Speaker 1 (32:51):
We have a party.
Speaker 2 (32:52):
This is my moment and then divorce the next day.
Speaker 1 (32:56):
Listen, people in America are marrying themselves.
You could just do that.
I think you're the only personthat could put up with yourself,
and even then it's a push.
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