Welcome back boujee boys and girls.
Who says you can't celebrate Christmas with a touch of whiskey sour and a heap of Irish charm? Join the girls your Boujee Blondes hosts, Melissa and Simone, as they deck the halls with our favorite Christmas movies, delightful melodies, and mouth-watering chocolates. Even though we're miles apart this year, we're still serving up a festive feast of holiday cheer and laughter.
Ever wondered how Christmas is celebrated in Ireland? We'll whisk you off on a virtual journey, revealing our unique traditions, from the special breakfast we relish to the joyous games we play with our families. The scent of roast potatoes, the joy of unwrapping presents, and the camaraderie of loved ones – we'll make you feel like you're right there with us, experiencing an authentic Irish Christmas.
But it's not all tinsel and mistletoe. They dive into some serious relationship chat, tackling the thorny issue of infidelity and the shifting dynamics of masculinity and femininity. Listen in as they spill the tea on open relationships, the aftermath of a friend's betrayal, and the non-negotiable necessity of honesty and respect. And to wrap it all up, the girls end on a high note with a Christmas movie guessing game and our weekly affirmation: "I deserve life, love, and peace." So come on, grab your headphones and your Christmas jumpers, it’s time to get festive with the Boujee Blondes!
Get in touch via email Boujeeblondespodcast@gmail.com
Welcome back boujee boys and girls.
Who says you can't celebrate Christmas with a touch of whiskey sour and a heap of Irish charm? Join the girls your Boujee Blondes hosts, Melissa and Simone, as they deck the halls with our favorite Christmas movies, delightful melodies, and mouth-watering chocolates. Even though we're miles apart this year, we're still serving up a festive feast of holiday cheer and laughter.
Ever wondered how Christmas is celebrated in Ireland? We'll whisk you off on a virtual journey, revealing our unique traditions, from the special breakfast we relish to the joyous games we play with our families. The scent of roast potatoes, the joy of unwrapping presents, and the camaraderie of loved ones – we'll make you feel like you're right there with us, experiencing an authentic Irish Christmas.
But it's not all tinsel and mistletoe. They dive into some serious relationship chat, tackling the thorny issue of infidelity and the shifting dynamics of masculinity and femininity. Listen in as they spill the tea on open relationships, the aftermath of a friend's betrayal, and the non-negotiable necessity of honesty and respect. And to wrap it all up, the girls end on a high note with a Christmas movie guessing game and our weekly affirmation: "I deserve life, love, and peace." So come on, grab your headphones and your Christmas jumpers, it’s time to get festive with the Boujee Blondes!
Get in touch via email Boujeeblondespodcast@gmail.com
It's the Boojee Blonde's podcast with Melissa and Simone, available on Spotify, apple or wherever you get your podcast. Now let's get Boojee. Welcome to the Boojee Blonde's podcast with your co-host, melissa Clark.
Speaker 2:And Simone Grace.
Speaker 1:On this week's episode we're having a little chit chat all about the Christmas vibes, our top 10 Christmas films and our top favourite rated perfumes as well, so come shop with us. And we also have an old dilemma that a listener sent in a couple of weeks ago. She's started giving us an updated version, so really hope you enjoy this episode. Merry Christmas.
Speaker 2:Everyone.
Speaker 1:I wish.
Speaker 2:I literally wish I was at home. I don't have a Christmas tree. I'm like it's 25 degrees. What's going on? I'm in the weirdest mental state of my life. I'm like I'm partially homeless.
Speaker 1:Partially homeless. I think this calls for a little Christmas tune to bring up the mood. Yeah, it does.
Speaker 2:All around me Children playing, having fun.
Speaker 1:It's the season Loving other things.
Speaker 2:Oh hell, I'm wearing red as well. Red, you're in gear.
Speaker 1:And I've actually picked a Christmas tree because I have a green.
Speaker 2:Oh, I love it, Like we're someone like a little Christmas fun spirit, even though it's been the most hectic few weeks, hasn't it? Melissa?
Speaker 1:Oh God, I actually I'm only back from the gym so super early over here and my eyes just, they actually just feel swollen. I actually don't even think I'm like even awake. Yet You're here in spirit, girl. I'm here in spirit and was winging life. Well, yes, since we're all about Christmas vibes, I feel like, well, it's exciting for us because obviously it's colder over here. It's actually really miserable, but it does feel like Christmas. It's the Christmas markets well, not markets, but any Christmas markets. Yesterday and all the food it was really cold and this nice coffee, like yeah, it was cutie pie.
Speaker 2:I just miss that like cozy, comfort and feeling so much. You know that kind of way Like I just like to go home, have a fire night and Christmas tree. Hot chocolate, marshmallows, polar express, home alone. The vibes are immaculate.
Speaker 1:Yeah, just cosy blankets, the Christmas lights, all the chocolate. Yes, I'm here for it. Actually, what is your favorite chocolate for Christmas Like? Is it like heroes, celebrations, roses?
Speaker 2:Right, I'm a devil, right. So obviously I love dairy milk. A box of dairy milk can't go wrong. But you know, celebrations attack everyone for the Maltese and attack. They're like gold and everyone seems to love them, but they're my ultimate fave.
Speaker 1:I always try to hide them and then, like you know, I'll come back to them. But like, yeah, there's bounty in the celebrations, isn't there?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I love them though.
Speaker 1:I love bounties. Yeah, people think I'm weirdo Love them, and then I suppose then after celebrations I'd like heroes. I'm not a lover of roses.
Speaker 2:Are you not? No, I love the heart-toffee ones. Yes, I love them, but there's like three or four white lines on them. You know the ones I've won about.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I know the ones you're on about. Yeah, what's the ones? Are they the ones in the gold wrapper?
Speaker 2:no, no, it's like do you know the tree, the dairy milk tree?
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, no, I'm thinking what's the toffee sweet?
Speaker 2:in the blue. Oh, they're blue. It's a blue wrapper.
Speaker 1:Oh, no, what's the ones in the gold wrapper and it's like maybe that is celebrate, that's quality street. Quality street. I like them, I have to say now I like them.
Speaker 2:It's not even okay how well we know chocolate and it's wrapper.
Speaker 1:The galaxy as well. Like yeah. So I love the old Christmas sweets. Now do you know what I mean? You just can't go wrong. It's real Christmasy when you have all the box. I wouldn't be a love, though, like the biscuits. Do you like them? Like the? What are they like?
Speaker 2:I do love the eclairs, like there's marshmallow biscuit and then chocolate. They are called eclairs, aren't they? I don't know.
Speaker 1:Are eclairs not like the buns or the cream in them, though?
Speaker 2:You know the chocolate biscuit ones. They come in like a purple.
Speaker 1:Oh, I know the ones around there. Yeah yeah, this episode is just giving Christmas vibes, isn't it? It's just giving Christmas stuff to Turkey. Oh, I love an old. I love an old Turkey sandwich. That evening stuff and a bit of mayonnaise, oh my God.
Speaker 2:I just wish I could eat meatball. Unfortunately it's not so tolerant, so I'll be having salmon with my Christmas tree.
Speaker 1:Oh no, that's weird.
Speaker 2:Simone, I know Me and the girls yesterday went for a roast dinner and they were all like ordering their roast, beef, chicken, whatever. And I was like sorry, have you got salmon? And they all kind of looked at me and they were like what? And they've drained. My friend was like oh yeah, she's pescetarian, she's the inspiration. They were like why did you come for a roast? Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:Chicken Like that must be very like. I don't know.
Speaker 2:it's just not the same, isn't it Not like it's like, but I think I'm so used to it now because I love like roast pods, like veg and stuff, so I'm just missing the meat like, so it's all.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I literally love just a bowl of roast potatoes or gravy Like a baby's bowl. Just literally like a baby's bowl of roast potatoes or gravy, like I am here for that. I remember my granny used to make the nicest roast potatoes and I still, to this day, miss them so much.
Speaker 2:There was no one who beat your grandparents roast dinner, though I don't care.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it was just.
Speaker 2:My mom is up there, it is.
Speaker 1:It's always mommies, but there's something about my granny's roast potatoes now that she had a secret that no one else knows, and I don't know what.
Speaker 2:I was they were Probably yeah, probably.
Speaker 1:They were probably so fattening like you're probably definitely give us heart attack. Yeah, but the turkey sandwich now is definitely the makings at the end of the Christmas night. But I'm very weird at my turkey sandwiches, like I kind of have to make my own. I don't like other people making it for me. Do you know what I have like the egg of, like fingerprints in my bread?
Speaker 2:Yeah, it stresses me out. It's wild and it's the most one that you can see. I'm sorry, but Brennan's bread Like I don't like white bread. They're pushing down on it, oh this is the egg.
Speaker 1:I hate fucking soggy bread or fingerprints. I do kind of like to make my own and like I do like with brown, like you know, like brown bread, not white bread.
Speaker 2:Do you like brown sauce on it?
Speaker 1:No, but mommy like loves brown sauce or everything. I don't know if it's that generational thing, I don't know.
Speaker 2:I don't know because, like I love for spots with brown sauce, I know that's probably really weird, but on your I can just tell that you'll have red sauce with your roast.
Speaker 1:No, I would like if I was having a baby bowl, but I'd rather gravy.
Speaker 2:No, Melissa, I'm gonna vomit. You do not. So you're telling me you'll have like a bowl of potatoes. Yeah, no, not both.
Speaker 1:I would have one or the other, but your red sauce is the same as brown sauce really like.
Speaker 2:No, it isn't.
Speaker 1:Yes, it is. Oh, I love red sauce. No, but I'd rather crave it in my spots like but yeah, I wouldn't be fussy, like I'd eat.
Speaker 2:But All this food talk is making me.
Speaker 1:It's only 8 o'clock in the morning. I'm so hungry.
Speaker 2:Well, it's half 12 years, so maybe, yeah, yeah well, you're alright for an hour. Rolls the dough.
Speaker 1:Jarvan. But while I was actually we're talking about eggs and stuff, right, oh, does this give you the egg? Right, and I know this is like it's like what's that word? I think of it, but men online in their boxers is giving me the egg, like, and I'm not on about like fucking like photo shoots models, right, I'm on the just standard men standing their boxers, do you know? I think that's like just like standing there, like either doing things like I don't know, like mostly it's for like fitness things and stuff, but I just think it's really disturbing, like checking pictures.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, isn't it like? It's really icky? I don't know when you can see the whole.
Speaker 2:Yeah, the package, the package, and then the package not given and you're like Just general.
Speaker 1:I just I just don't think men should be standing in their boxers online and I know it's like it's terrible because you'll be said, like women should be doing either, but like I don't know, there's just something Different about a man doing things like that. Yeah, it's like I don't know. And then it's the boxers as well. You're like, and you know, see it? And it's just like dangling, and it's like like, do you know, do you get? Do you get what I mean?
Speaker 2:like yeah, I don't know what gives me the because well, as one, I know what. This sounds really weird when they sneeze Stop. So, man, when they sneeze, I don't know, I'd always have it just gives me like it's the face they make.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I suppose we're so unattractive recently.
Speaker 1:No, I don't know but, yeah, boxers, yeah, but you ever see, like, even like men drawing themselves, like, like I still have these memories and I was younger, like you know, like you're younger and you go in like Like, like, yes, like the swim pools or stuff, and you do it like you, obviously, because you're so young, right away. Or mother of father, like I have these images of lads like drawing themselves, it's like they get the towel and like it's like swinging it nearly between their areas, like there's just there's just there's just Old man that just walk around naked and like so many areas like no, you do that, it was stuck at me man yeah, it was.
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker 1:I think the speed is more of a European thing, though, isn't it like then Like I always know what's the Europeans were all the speedos? Not really the English or the Irish, like?
Speaker 2:How did we go, I don't know, christmas to jungle and penis?
Speaker 1:towel? I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 2:What wrong with us? It's given jingle bells.
Speaker 1:All the way right. Well, go back to Christmas. What is your top Christmas tune?
Speaker 2:All I want for Christmas.
Speaker 1:All I want for Christmas.
Speaker 2:I don't know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I wish it was a home for Christmas.
Speaker 2:Yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 1:No, that is so.
Speaker 2:Christmas song what, what's on? The Other one is one of your mom with the guitar and he's like oh, what's his name? Who he's long hair?
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's like a real tacky Chris oh what is it?
Speaker 2:I need to know Cringy Christmas songs. Well, we have the all time favorite Christmas song. What is it?
Speaker 1:What is it?
Speaker 2:Cringy Christmas songs. Cringy Christmas songs Well, we have the all time favorite.
Speaker 1:Which is Don't want Christmas.
Speaker 2:I'm trying, thank God.
Speaker 1:That's definitely. It's definitely one that gets us going. And again, for the Christmas period, maria, imagine bringing out a Christmas song which, like, if actually was, like famous, how rich, seriously, when they're beyond, really like You're sorted for life.
Speaker 2:Yeah, literally every single year it's like Wait, melissa, this is driving me crack.
Speaker 1:So you don't know what one. I'm on about Whoa, I don't know.
Speaker 2:It's like I'm on a guitar with long hair and it's like.
Speaker 1:It's like a little bit in my head.
Speaker 2:And it's just.
Speaker 1:Oh, it's cringy yeah but it's kind of rocky. Okay, oh, shake and Stevens. Merry Christmas everyone. No, no.
Speaker 2:No, this is 20 times worse. This is.
Speaker 1:Okay, and it's not one.
Speaker 1:Baby, it's cold outside, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know who you're on about. Like, like, do you know what is Is not a Christmas song? But is that was made a Christmas song? The E17 one? And Stay now, baby, if you've got To go? Yeah, but it's not really a Christmas song. It's like how they made die hard a Christmas, fill him in the snow, it's like. It's like. It's like. It's like it's like how they made die hard a Christmas, fill him in the snow Christmas. Do you know what I mean? Just because it's snow in the video, like it's not really a Christmas song, is that?
Speaker 2:Yeah, what's the S Club Seven one? Do they have a Christmas song? Yeah, it's my favorite song ever. I need to get this.
Speaker 1:Stop, I get here S Club seven Didn't even know they had a Christmas song, did they?
Speaker 2:Yeah, never had a dream come true.
Speaker 1:Oh.
Speaker 2:Let's get, let's get it off. I was like the biggest S Club, seven fan Like of all time.
Speaker 1:Yeah, no, same I was. That's not going to be see. No, ah, yeah, I remember this song. It's Christmas. Was that a Christmas song?
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was like oh, I remember this song, yeah it was like Now that's what I call music now like 50 or something.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 2:Top Christmas hits.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so it's all about the Christmas. Well, speaking of Christmas songs, my ultimate favourite is Fairytale New York.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and it was so sad.
Speaker 1:I was passing away as well. It was really sad.
Speaker 2:No, but you know what it is, what I like. There's just something about it that makes me love everyone at Christmas time. Now, when you're out in the pubs, like with your family and friends, or whatever you don't have pubs, you just get this really emotional, wholesome feeling yeah it's like. It's like the last song comes on and you're like I love the words.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's like everyone's united, isn't it? It's like come on Ireland.
Speaker 2:Isn't it?
Speaker 1:It's like that, like at the end of the night you're having the shots. Yeah, Fairytale, new York comes on and that is it. Your life is just wholesome. Yeah, love it.
Speaker 2:The vibes, the vibes and vibes.
Speaker 1:The vibes are giving. The Christmas vibes are giving, so also had my friends wedding last Saturday, which is really good. But that was, that was giving Christmas vibes yeah. Oh, my days.
Speaker 2:We were giving right at the Christmas time. We were giving that. Do you know? The salsa emoji? Oh yeah, you were giving that. Plus love her eyes, plus fire equals 100% given Literally.
Speaker 1:It was a great day in our fairness, such a good day.
Speaker 2:What was it like?
Speaker 1:Oh my God, the food was. I think it was definitely one of the like best food I've had that wedding. It was so good.
Speaker 1:It was so good that I don't really eat like steak or beef, and I had beef, I had the whole of it. I just fell off the bone like it was actually salvaged. Yeah, it was so good, but yeah, so my new, my new drink now is whiskey sour, so I'm a whiskey girl now, but it did put me to bed at like half one, conked out for eight hours, got the best night's sleep in my life. I was so tired. I was up like since like five or something crazy.
Speaker 2:Yeah, probably like. To feed it as well, just to feed it. Like for a woman. Like, even though it's not your wedding, it's like you're still up the same time as the bride trying to get everything sorted, aren't you like? Like, it's kind of like.
Speaker 1:And of course I did like makeup and all. So it was a busy morning, but yeah, it was fab, Do you know?
Speaker 2:it was really nice yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's why I did my makeup with like five and then I did like hers and the rest of it, yeah, but yeah, it was lovely because I actually was never at like a small wedding. Do you know what I mean? So it was really nice, like it's really intimate and like personal and yeah, such a good crack. Well, like that was given Christmas vibes as well, you know, yeah, it was cutie pie.
Speaker 2:So, obviously, like I have a thing with buying sense for people, like Christmas, I know Right, but like perfumes and stuff, I love to know someone's like favorite scent, especially like a woman, when you're buying for your sister, your friend or your mom or whatever. But like I have literally, I'd say, 10 favorite perfumes that I go back to every time, like once a month I change it up a bit, I'm like, and I go back to the same ones with years, like years. Yeah, but the last year I fell in love with Saint Laurent Bieber. Like I just have like an obsession with it.
Speaker 1:I think I had that, did I, or maybe I didn't? No, I did.
Speaker 2:Oh, it's like I just I love it, I love it.
Speaker 1:What's the? What was the YSL one, the kind of red one. It was like rich. That was fab. Oh, I remember I gave someone my friends as well. I can't remember, but yeah, no, that's one of my favorites.
Speaker 2:All my friends. My friends always ask me this question Like what am I going to get her for Christmas? Regarding perfumes, my stepdad always asked me about my mom or whatever as well, so these are my top perfumes. Okay, my Christmas gift guide. So Carolina, aurora, goat Girl, gucci Guilty, the intense version, prada Milano, saint Laurent, libre, my babe, gucci Bloom, one and only Dushing Gabbana and Alien. Like, alien is just like.
Speaker 2:It's a golden, but only Golden, but only but I just feel like it's that, like it just has that rich like scent to it, like it's really attractive.
Speaker 1:Really and like everyone and everyone knows that, and like it's given me like younger vibes, like it's like one of my first proper perfumes, like dear, expensive perfumes.
Speaker 2:Like.
Speaker 1:Britney Spears ones. You know that kind of way Like it's like absolutely. And I had another one. I have a new, like a new version of Alien.
Speaker 2:Is it a blower?
Speaker 1:I actually think I have it here. Yeah, I do. Is it blower? That is like actually coincidence, nova.
Speaker 2:Oh, I haven't tried that one.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's a bit more sweeter. It's not as like intense. Yeah, it's nice. Let me give a little sniff test. It's in a star as well. You swear this is an ad, but I swear to God it actually just was here in front of me. I swear no, it's like it's a bit more sweeter than Alien. It's not as like deep.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because I feel like we're alien. You can literally spray it once and it lasts you throughout the whole day.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and this is like it's more like it's given me like kind of sweet girl, you know. Yeah, or like alien is more like it's like if it's stronger, but it is nice as well. Like that I'm going to smell it through the screen right now I know it's pretty, but yeah, like, I just feel like even just everything about alien, like the bottle, everything, it's just it's such a good all rounder perfume to buy someone, I feel, isn't it? It's just a go to.
Speaker 2:I think everyone kind of likes it. But then a lot of people are like oh, give some a migraine because it's so strong.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's very weird. The perfume so like some perfumes I wear and I give him like a migraine. Okay, so we have a dilemma. This is an old dilemma, so it was hey girls, so I've an updated dilemma. I messaged you a few weeks ago, remember. I caught my friend cheating on her partner and she asked me to keep it quiet about. So this is back in like September. Do you remember that one where she's like she didn't know what to do and she, she said it to her friend and her friend got like really like an arc you wear and stuff. Yeah, cause, when she like when I seen it, I was like what? And then I'm back and it was back in like September. She's like so I have a little update.
Speaker 1:So the boyfriend found out my friend was cheating and he broke up with her. She's absolutely devastated and here's the worst part she's accusing me of telling him this is going to be awkward. And I didn't. He wouldn't tell her how he found out, but knew all the details of the time, date and location when this little incident happened and I all broke off. I was there for my friend all week and then, all of a sudden, she wouldn't take my calls for a few days. I thought this was strange and I was worried about her. So I called around for a visit. She was very cold at me at first and when I asked her, was she okay? She completely let rip at me, accusing me, saying I ruined her relationship, and called me every horrible name. I'm so upset because I honestly didn't mention a thing to anyone and how she would think I would do this. I haven't spoke to her in three weeks and I don't know what to do. I wish I never saw what happened. She's just sticky.
Speaker 2:It's very. But the thing is, I feel like maybe she's just it's an easy target to blame as well, like if she get me, yeah, but in my opinion I don't know, go on, it's so sticky Like I don't know. Melissa, I've never like fall out with my friends over stuff like that in general. Anyway, To get me, like I wouldn't personally, because at the end of the day, like the ones that are always going to be there for you, whatever trip they can take, if they're like your proper friend and like if she didn't really care that much, she wouldn't have gone around the house either.
Speaker 1:Well, the way, I look at friends didn't have the affair, so no, her fault, our relationship. So number two, there is another person involved in the incident, so who knows, he didn't say anything, you know, and there could have been someone else to see him or seen them do whatever. I feel like you're right.
Speaker 2:There's always flies on the wall and I don't care.
Speaker 1:Oh, there's flies everywhere, lads.
Speaker 2:You can't get away with that. Karma always comes back and blits you in the ass.
Speaker 1:I feel bad for the friend, obviously, like if it was a genuine mistake that maybe you know things happen, maybe she didn't need to have a bit of a fling with a random person. You know what I mean Could have been maybe the start of the relationship. I actually don't know. I think she said back in the other email though they're with each other like two years, weren't they? When you're one, yeah, okay, never mind then, but oh, it's a sticky one. I feel like you're right. I think she's just taking out her friend because she's looking for someone to blame, but then again, I'm like it doesn't matter, it works both ways.
Speaker 2:With a man and a woman, I don't care if you're feeling that your eyes are wandering or looking in a completely different direction and things Like. Even if it's in your real city or if it's just something like, you're obviously not feeling that person. I don't think it's personally fair on your partner Like it's better off to come clean or say you need a break for a couple of months or whatever. Maybe they'll have the line to come back to each other. They just need to get it out of your system. But I think cheating is just a wrong method to go about.
Speaker 2:Fair enough some people love an open relationship. I don't know how they do.
Speaker 1:It seems to be more common to open relationships now, doesn't it?
Speaker 1:Nowadays it does, but I personally don't think I could share that with somebody else, and especially like jumping around, like you know what I mean, like you don't know what you're going to catch. Yeah, it is a lot more common now with open relationships, and I do agree that I don't think that maybe you're meant to be with the same person for the rest of your life. I do think that people may be evolving and changing, going different directions, but I do agree with what you're saying. I think if you feel that has happened, end it and then, instead of like I think a lot of people want to have their cake and eat at the same time or like they're kind of testing the waters of like if I leave this person, will I have this person to go to? I see that a lot lately with people like they're like right, they're laughing because I just.
Speaker 1:Why are you laughing?
Speaker 2:Because men are just the weirdest people on the planet. I know like there's a reason why there is masculine and feminine energy, right, but men are transforming us into masculine energy and some men don't like when a woman has this energy. There's one certain thing I'm not saying like the person that you're with, like present, but the man before that could have changed, you know, your mindset of man or whatever.
Speaker 2:But I just don't understand men online and especially on social media, because I'm single. Stop reacting to stories and thinking about it. Girls tend to fall for that Like to get me. I don't understand it, Like it makes no sense, but that's how it all starts. I think, Like you were saying you can't have your cake and like to get me, like I just don't understand it For me personally, I just don't understand it.
Speaker 1:I see it more, even like common though, what women do in it, like there's a lot of like women now seeming to like, like, as you said, they already have that masculine energy, and like just randomly, like they're going to another, like relationships, like in the middle of being in a relationship. It is becoming more about a thing where it is not just men anymore.
Speaker 2:Yeah, like don't get me wrong like it is okay to approach a man in chat or whatever, yeah, but not when you're in a relationship, though I just know.
Speaker 1:Like stop sending fire motties. Yeah, like stop it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, just like like it's, you're not given.
Speaker 1:It's not given.
Speaker 2:You just give me a flag.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's like back to our dilemma. Sorry, we got distracted there. I think your friend is literally just hurting, probably knows that she did wrong and is probably feeling guilty about it and he's just looking for someone to blame the hurt on. But it's not okay. That doesn't make it okay either on this other girl If she's saying that she didn't mention anything.
Speaker 2:I think they'll give her time. I feel like she just needs like a bit of time to herself to think and understand and deep down. She knows you haven't really said that and or done anything, but she's just trying to fix her mindset to the fact that who she can and can trust. If that makes sense, even though she knows she's in the wrong. She's just probably caught up in her emotions and wondering who she can genuinely trust and who she wants to surround herself with. But deep down she knows that it's not you.
Speaker 2:She's just trying to figure it out. So I would say, give her time to cool down. She'll come back to understand completely that you're there for her. Like you want to code around to the house, you want to have called or you know, try to make it up to her and try to comfort her to say that, like it wasn't you, you did say it.
Speaker 1:So there's not really much more you could do Not really, I think you're just going to have to give it time, Like you know what I mean. I think maybe she's just going through a lot. It could have been a thing that maybe, like if it just was a once off, she probably feels really guilty and maybe didn't really intend for it to happen either. You know, like when they're like their relationships over, like so she's probably just dealing with like a lot of heart is on. Maybe you know, Definitely.
Speaker 1:I think so Give her time, give her time, but thank you very much for giving us an update on this little dilemma. Dilemma's, make sure you send it to us. So this week's topic of the week we have top 10 Christmas films and Christmas traditions. So some listener stories that we got sent in. So we popped into the chat or the Instagram. What is some Christmas day memories or Christmas day disaster? We want to just know your stories. So someone we had a couple of them. So my mom had the turkey cooling down. That means how do I actually get into these? Sorry? Or it's like why won't you let me get into the? Oh, now I have a sorry. My mom had the turkey cooling down and my brother let the cat in the window, so obviously that's Turkey.
Speaker 2:Oh my god, no. What can you even do then, because that your whole day is round.
Speaker 1:Yeah, like I remember one year were like we. It was the time that we had remember. They like remember the call it the big freeze and and him our gas froze. So like I remember I was like with hair dryer trying to defrost the gas cylinder to like make sure, like for the hob, like to cook the turkey.
Speaker 2:No, yeah.
Speaker 1:Me, my mother. Yeah, it was so bad. Yeah, right, so this is a Christmas day disaster. My ex had to had to be drove back to limerick at 3 am Christmas day Morning because he tried to fight my brother.
Speaker 2:I.
Speaker 1:Said, there's a lot of roused on Christmas, like like I think with families, like like we all love one letter, but like there's a lot of like Tension as well with families isn't there. I think it's because you can think, you can say what you want to them, because they are your family.
Speaker 2:So you know I can't say you personally that I remember an argument Christmas day.
Speaker 1:Yeah, well, either of I, I don't think like no, I haven't like, probably like to like each other, whatever Dill and dirty.
Speaker 2:Yeah, then again.
Speaker 1:I've been gone for a year, so I feel like you never know, this could be a complete different Christmas Right cheesecake was like water and float all over the counter when the container was removed. Oh, I said there's a lot of them desert. Disasters oh, jesus Christ, like I.
Speaker 2:Got the whole job. Fuck off the trifle.
Speaker 1:Yeah, don't ever fuck up the trifle like you're. Like you know, I mean you're going to be absolutely, and a lot of ones coming in saying how they've been so hungover, couldn't get a bed from Christmas Eve. I used to always go on Christmas Eve Like I actually had to stop the last two years because I just to be so hungover on Christmas Day and I ruined Christmas Day for myself like no, I've never.
Speaker 2:I put my hands up and say I went out once on Christmas Eve and never done it again. I've always done pop some the 23rd. So yeah, yeah, it's Christmas Eve, they've come around and everyone's calling to the house and like yes, you just ruin your.
Speaker 1:You just know it's just. Yeah, no, I haven't had last two years, well, 12 pubes. Like I actually haven't been out in the 12 pubs in like years, I think I know I.
Speaker 2:With the girls like, but I have gone out, but I haven't done actual 12 pops, it's just called 10 pots and I've won just yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:Usually make what 8 a pubs really Listen to this one. My granddad got really drug swore at all. Of us have passed out by 5 pm.
Speaker 2:Oh, I'm sorry. It's just something funny when, like your grandparents, like it into that state, though Isn't that like yeah, so funny.
Speaker 1:This is when I was still living at home. I just came in from walking the dog when my mum asked me to come and help sort out the lights on the tree. I sort of crouched down under tree where this plug and socket was plugged Was and plugged them out. What I didn't realize that Was that my beanie hat got caught in the lower branches. When I went to stand up, the whole tree came crashing down top of me. Decorations oh, wouldn't you die? Yeah, I'd be so ticked if that was my Christmas tree.
Speaker 2:Like, yeah, I'm having like a don't understand the effort, I think, and especially being a woman, the amount of time and energy you put into decorating a tree.
Speaker 1:Yeah, on really, and well, yeah, that was some of our listener stories. Well, so we have our. So top 10 Christmas movies. What is your favorite? Someone.
Speaker 2:Home Alone Polar Express Eloise at Christmas. Santa Claus, obviously the Santa Claus the first one. Yeah, I, I.
Speaker 1:Love Jack Frost, isn't it so sad? And obviously I love home alone. I think home alone is definitely one leaders never gets sick of. Yeah and I love miracle. And 34 Street as well, the new one, yeah, yeah, and Elf. You can't forget about Elf. I love that.
Speaker 2:I don't know what. Hate the start of it?
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, okay. Well, these are the top 10 Christmas films and For some reason, home Alone got number 20. What? What's number one? Right, let's skip to number one movie. Yeah, right, number one is is Grudges 1988. I didn't see that. Have you ever seen that? Number two a wonderful life. Number three is elf. Number four love. Actually, that is like just a very easy watch film, isn't it? Yeah?
Speaker 1:Yeah, there it is, yeah, and that's the old one though that's the 1947 one, like I actually like that was theater, was it like 1990? Yeah, richard Mann and it's. But yeah, like I love miracle 34 straight. I've never heard this in the one for number six of you.
Speaker 2:No national lampoon's Christmas vacation.
Speaker 1:Never heard of it. Never heard of it, you know what actually that?
Speaker 2:when I looked at that, the kind of reminded me a jingle. All the way I forgot to mention that I love that film.
Speaker 1:Jingle all the way. What's that?
Speaker 2:You know, there's like a little action character in it and your man is going chasing a town to get it for the child. There's like a big parade in the middle of New York, oh.
Speaker 1:I think another number, yeah, yeah, number seven. Die hard. I just don't understand how this is a Christmas film.
Speaker 2:I just I.
Speaker 1:Just think it's cringy. He loves it. And the holdovers 2023. Have you ever I haven't seen that, have you I?
Speaker 2:have not seen it. I feel like I haven't been released yet. Maybe here.
Speaker 1:These are a lot of like the apartment. I've never seen this ten a Christmas carl Like. These are very old. A Christmas story. I've seen that like.
Speaker 2:The gremlin around the corner is 12. I feel like my granddad used to.
Speaker 1:Yeah, little weapon that I'm my god, the gremlins I Do.
Speaker 2:they used to freak me out, but like there's so funny, it's so evil.
Speaker 1:The nightmare before Christmas. I wasn't really a lover of that and I just don't understand how home alone is number 20 like no.
Speaker 2:I feel like.
Speaker 1:You know like these wouldn't be the best top 10 now, like you know, I mean no, they're the worst yeah.
Speaker 2:No, give them Christmas. I've never like saw half of them, though, to be fair like. No, we just like our basic Christmas films only yeah, I don't know what to fuck a half them are like hardly.
Speaker 1:Like, why even on the list? Like you know, shite the Grinch, yeah the Grinch. I'm not a lover of the Grinch, though.
Speaker 2:I know.
Speaker 1:All right, like like I look at it, like the Shrek have a Christmas film. Is there not a Shrek version of a Christmas? No, there's that kind of Christmas signal, or is it just always on a Christmas?
Speaker 2:Maybe that's always on our TE, you just.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Christmas morning. I don't know why, but it's always on yeah. Yeah, we're damn depressed. Deck the halls. That's actually really cool Christmas.
Speaker 1:Isn't there something, though, lovely about Christmas, just like sitting down with a snuggly blanket looking at your Christmas column.
Speaker 2:I actually can't wait to just cuddle into my baby sister, that's if she's still going to want me to go away for an extra night.
Speaker 1:Yeah, go away, Simone. But I think I've seen a lot of people actually saying this from social media people I follow that have lived in Australia or abroad to say that there's not unlike Christmas in Ireland. Everyone says it it's mad.
Speaker 2:It's very. Yeah, I get emotional now I feel like I cry.
Speaker 1:Don't cry. I'm sorry crying now I'm going to cry, but you'll be home for Christmas, so you're going to get to do it, I know, I just actually saw around what we. I think Irish people, we all go out of our way, like for Christmas, and even if it is like a thing of like overspending or just like making sure like we have like.
Speaker 2:When you're away, you don't realize how fast time goes. Yeah, and it's like everyone, even though it's only years, like you've missed out on a whole year with your grandparents, your parents, your family, your friends, and it's like everyone's evolving. And then when you're out of the country, I don't think people realize, like everyone thinks like, oh yeah, like living our best life or they're having a long real time. Yeah, we are, but like missing out on so much. I think when you just take a step back and then it's Christmas time and it actually doesn't feel like Christmas and you're in a supermarket, like the other day I went into a supermarket and I heard Christmas song for the first time and I start bowling in the supermarket on myself looking like an absolute fuck back. You know what I mean.
Speaker 1:Oh, yeah, you're probably finding it a bit hard now because I suppose you don't have the Christmas vibe over there, like as you go back here and then you probably see everyone Like I suppose back here and I'm doing things together, like it is a bit more like Christmasy and but you're, you're already there.
Speaker 2:I can't believe. I cried.
Speaker 1:It's all it's. It is so like it's been a. It's been a tough few little weeks for our little Simone, so we're so happy to get her back soon. We'll talk about it on next week's podcast.
Speaker 2:Yeah, next week we'll fill you all in.
Speaker 1:This one is spicy and upbeat, but next week we'll fill you all in. But yeah, the Irish traditions like like, so our house, like, we usually have like breakfast in the morning, so like something very like, like you know, like for the rash or sandwiches, and and then we open presents, we have some wine or Perseco and then we kind of chill out for a bit. We'll have dinner like around maybe half two or three. Yeah, maybe just chill out and like, do you know, play some games, like movies.
Speaker 2:Back at home like we make gingerbread.
Speaker 2:Man helps with all the great, yeah, we're all there Very competitive people, really cookies. Yeah. And then we ever since I remember my mama, leave us open. She'll be like, okay, you can pick one present under the tree, really, open it. Yeah. And then we'll all have, like me and my sister's will have like match of pajamas, my mom, and then we get on cozy, have a glass of wine and then obviously because I'm the big sister's, like, okay, come on, let's go to bed now. I think we can do that. Yeah, I think the younger like kids make Christmas?
Speaker 1:I definitely do. I think we can do kind of like stops. It does change a bit. So we like start to do like Christmas Eve nibbles now. So last year I did it so me and Keith like had little nibbles for like Rebecca and Steven and and I was their turn to. This year Now our nibbles me and Keith last year were like shit. I'm like I'm so happy to see.
Speaker 2:Christmas Eve nibbles and literally rented to test so different.
Speaker 1:It's different because, I tell you, I used to go out every Christmas Eve and just destroy my life. So I had to be sensible and change the tradition. You know, change the traditions, yeah, but it was nice thing because I was fresh for Christmas Day, like I can actually like enjoy it, like I usually to be dying, like you know. I mean, yeah, that's our little Christmas Eve. I feel like your tradition change every couple of years as well, like dependent on like what, as you said, if you have like younger siblings or people have kids and you know like so yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1:Everyone's little Christmas Eve or Christmas Day is personal to them. I feel you know what I mean, but I just do. I do think that like Ireland, like it's just, and the UK as well I think, like people in the UK as I really go out, because there's a lot of Irish in the UK as well and I think we do go extra, extra for Christmas like I do think we overspend, over, indulge, but if it gets us through the year.
Speaker 1:So if it gets us through the year, why not, like? I mean, what about it? It is, it is a time that we all have an excuse to spend it with our family, isn't it?
Speaker 2:the one like Just come and everyone comes together.
Speaker 1:I always get really sad. I'm like, oh my god, ones of this is, like you know, someone's last Christmas.
Speaker 2:I know I get so emotional, though I know you're always crying, yeah, I always get really depressed. Yeah, where has that year gone. What is this year going to bring?
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's not like you've to fear one into the next year in case like shit happens, isn't it like?
Speaker 2:I don't care. This year was the weirdest year, was an uneven number. Didn't like it. Move to Dubai on an uneven number was like literally the most up. And do you know what I'm manifesting? 2024 to be our year, to be everyone.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I taught 2023 to be my year and clearly was far from fucking my year, but sure, look, I feel like it was a year of healing, is my healing era. Look, let's hope for 2024, with uneven fucking reasons. Yeah, so we're all Christmassy vibes here and getting like emotional. Now someone making me cry. Our little fact of the week, simone. What is it so?
Speaker 2:the fact of the week is a shrimp's heart is in its head. Due to the nature of their open circulatory system, shrimp have no arteries, so their organs just flow around in their bloods. That's mental, isn't?
Speaker 1:it, it is mental. They have no arteries. Like it's crazy. Oh so like people eat shrimp, then they eat shrimp's head no.
Speaker 2:No, they eat their head no. No, sorry, because you've eaten your heart, you are. I'm just a kind of being their heart. Stop, because I love my love friends and I love shrimp, so don't upturn me off because I can't eat chicken.
Speaker 1:I would. I just take it off their heart and their head while. So we have our little game the week and I'm making it obviously around our tween, tween team.
Speaker 2:We're actually the most bite-holer bitches on the planet. We're crying, we're laughing, we're happy, we're sad. What is?
Speaker 1:going on oh, crackbots, absolutely bunkers, right? So I'm guessing the clips. So I have some clips for Simone and these are from movies that she has to guess what they are. I played this for Keith last night and he actually got more some. I was like, how do you know this, right? So, simone, these are Christmas movies and you have to guess what they are. So you should be able to hear this. I have this connected, so right, you ready.
Speaker 2:Okay, go for it. Look, daddy. Teacher says every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.
Speaker 1:You know what it is.
Speaker 2:Santa Claus.
Speaker 1:No, it was a wonderful life, but I don't think you've seen that one. Yeah, I think some of them are like. You will get some of them right. Some of them are a bit like. Right next one. Number two you guys give up. Oh yeah, thirsty for more. You know that. You know that. I've heard it again. Number two with whom alone? Right next one. I feel it in my finger, In my finger.
Speaker 2:I feel it in my toes. Feel it in my toes. I'm Richard Jones.
Speaker 1:No, go on. You do know this. Is it your mother's in Richard Jones? I think he is, isn't he? I don't know. You do know it.
Speaker 2:Give me a hint.
Speaker 1:It begins with I can't, I don't know, because that's going to give it away. It's an English film, isn't it?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I know, and it's your man from Richard Jones, because I can see it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it begins with L Love Act. No, yay, is that one? Yeah, I knew you knew that one Right.
Speaker 2:Next one I am a man who has never tied his own shoes before.
Speaker 1:Wrong. You are a prince who has never tied his shoes. You know that one. He got that one. I was like, how did you know that Coming to America with Eddie Murphy? You know that one. Okay, right, next one. That was a tricky one, so we'll let you bear with that one. I never get what I really want. I always get a lot of stupid toys or a bicycle or a clothes or something like that. What do you want? Real estate? I didn't get that one either. It was a Charlie Brown Christmas. It was like really old for them. So we'll go to the next one. That was a tricky one, so shit.
Speaker 2:Okay, people, tomorrow morning 10 am.
Speaker 1:Santa's coming in. Oh my god, santa C. Yeah, it was as well done, all right. Next one In the movies we have leading ladies and we have the best friend, you.
Speaker 2:I can tell our leading lady, but for some reason you're behaving like the best friend. You're so right. You're supposed to be the leading lady of your own life. For God's sake.
Speaker 1:You do know this I.
Speaker 2:Don't know why, but he sounded like Winnie the Pooh.
Speaker 1:Right, I'll give you a clue. There is an English actor actress and an American actress in it, and they both swap Location. You do know us. It's not parent trap no, jude Laws and a the holiday? No, you're not. I've actually found these really hard as well, right. Next one, my friends, you were not unfailing towards your fellow man true, there was something about mankind.
Speaker 2:We love all right thinking for their money. No, I Actually don't know what that is.
Speaker 1:It's the Muppet Christmas, carl Tricky, aren't they like it's hard?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I feel like sitting in this chair. What don't you're on the grave Norton show?
Speaker 1:And some impression. You go flying back Luther, all right.
Speaker 2:Your honor, every one of these letters is addressed to Santa Claus. The post office has delivered them. Therefore, the post office department, a branch of the federal government, recognizes this man, chris Kringle, to be the one and only. Santa Claus.
Speaker 1:You know this Right, we're nearly there, someone. Next one it was the film that I said I don't understand why it's a Christmas night. Yeah, fucking, worst film ever. A cringy as fuck. Next one.
Speaker 2:You'll shoot your eye out, kid Merry Christmas.
Speaker 1:Grinch, no Christmas story. Right last one, see what you get. This one for a bonus round Maybe.
Speaker 2:Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps Means a little bit more. Oh so Disney for them is it?
Speaker 1:we were talking about it earlier. It's like cartoon. Christmas car no no, because of G how the Grinch saw Christmas. No, how the Grinch saw Christmas. They were hard though, aren't they? Yeah?
Speaker 2:So hard. It's like a weird clip from movies.
Speaker 1:It's like you can like you think of it and then you're like what is it? I don't know, I mean, but that is our little game of the week. So they were tough. They were tough small.
Speaker 2:We have our weekly affirmation. So I deserve life, I deserve love, I deserve peace. Today is my day. I'm living and learning and I'm grown. I'm present this morning. I'll continue to be present all throughout this day. I believe in myself.
Speaker 1:Oh, I love that. Yeah, that's a cutey boy, right. Well, that was our episode this week. I think we'll finish off a little bit of a Christmas song. Give me your request, simone. What do you want?
Speaker 2:Jingle better rock.
Speaker 1:Yeah, let's go a feckin jingle. Better rock. That reminds me of Mean Girls actually yeah, it's like let's do the dance.
Speaker 2:Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring, snowing and blowing.
Speaker 1:Oh, so thank you very much for tuning in to this week's episode. Make sure you follow us on every podcast part from you using. Follow us on Social media and we will see you next week. I would see you next week. Thank you. Oh ho, ho, bye, bye.