Boujee Blondes
Are you a girls girl & we pranked my sister #52
This week's conversation took a turn into the tougher aspects of friendship, like knowing when to serve up some tough love and when to be the hype queen your gal pal needs. We didn't shy away from sharing our listener's personal struggle with coming out, reflecting on the emotional rollercoaster it can be, and the immense value of a supportive network. And as we peered into the crystal ball at the future of AI, we pondered its role in our lives, from the exciting to the unnerving, inviting you into the debate.
Wrapping up, we sent out our weekly affirmation to all our listeners, reminding you that owning your story is the most powerful statement you can make. Whether you're a longtime listener or just joining us, we're buzzing with gratitude and can't wait to bring more heart-to-hearts your way. Stay tuned for next Tuesday's drop and remember, through support and empowerment, we rise together. Cheers to being unapologetically you, and to friendships that feel like home.
Melissa and Simone xxx
This week's conversation took a turn into the tougher aspects of friendship, like knowing when to serve up some tough love and when to be the hype queen your gal pal needs. We didn't shy away from sharing our listener's personal struggle with coming out, reflecting on the emotional rollercoaster it can be, and the immense value of a supportive network. And as we peered into the crystal ball at the future of AI, we pondered its role in our lives, from the exciting to the unnerving, inviting you into the debate.
Wrapping up, we sent out our weekly affirmation to all our listeners, reminding you that owning your story is the most powerful statement you can make. Whether you're a longtime listener or just joining us, we're buzzing with gratitude and can't wait to bring more heart-to-hearts your way. Stay tuned for next Tuesday's drop and remember, through support and empowerment, we rise together. Cheers to being unapologetically you, and to friendships that feel like home.
Melissa and Simone xxx
there was always that one lad in school though, wasn't it? That's like the whole fucking friend group went through like with a shift, wasn't there? Literally there was there's always that one lad in your year that nearly everyone shifted like and I'm like you don't even know how it happened, it just happened, like you know.
Speaker 2:I mean, I think it's their, their persona and their cockiness and the way they move. I just think, men, it's not even, it's not even teenagers. I just think men, some men in general are like this yeah they all just want a piece of the cake they do.
Speaker 1:They want every piece of cake. It's the bougie blondes podcast with Melissa and Simone, available on Spotify, apple or wherever you get your podcasts. Now let's get bougie. Hi I'm Melissa, hi I'm Simone. Our podcast is serving you.
Speaker 2:Bestie vibes, we are just two country girls chatting about all things we we struggle with in daily life.
Speaker 1:And, of course, talking about certain issues that some people are afraid to speak about. We give it to you real, while having crack along the way. Remember, these are just our opinions, gals, so don't take us too seriously. We're just giving you some best friend advice. Hello everyone, and welcome back to the podcast.
Speaker 2:We are back after taking a little small break. Life got in the way, but we are so happy to be back chatting to you all again.
Speaker 1:Yes, we're very, very happy to be back, but on this week's episode we're going to chat a little bit about being a girl's girl, because I'm seeing this everywhere, all over TikTok at the moment, just kind of trending everywhere, and it kind of made me think about what it actually means to be girl's girl girl's girl, girl's girl. Yeah it's, it's um, it's an interesting one when you actually sit down and think about it, isn't it like what it is how to be a girl's girl, like what's your thoughts on it right my thoughts.
Speaker 1:A girl's girl like I feel for me like as a girl's girl, it's like just being a bit of a hype queen to like people in your life and like supporting people and bringing them, like bigging them up when they're down and giving them a voice yeah, and being like a support network and just having a crack, just even in your circle.
Speaker 2:I think it's just about like women and girls in general, like supporting each other, no matter in what area or aspect in life. I think we should all be like baking each other up instead of putting each other down. Now obviously don't get me wrong, jesus, we're not all right all the time, do you know what I mean?
Speaker 1:but it's more so of a guidance as well, I think yeah, and I like I feel like there's so much I don't know. I feel like everyone's in competition with each other now, like, yes, and I feel like the girl's girl is kind of gone a bit 100%.
Speaker 2:I can't agree with you anymore, to be honest, yeah it's just I don't know, like I don't know.
Speaker 1:I just don't think some people are a girl's girl, which I'm like why aren't you a girl's girl? You know? I mean, I feel like I don't know. I think people are just so much in general. I just think, like girls kind of naturally hate on one another a lot, which is quite sad it is well.
Speaker 2:I think it's their own insecurities that gets in the way, and it's something that I think women in particular need to focus on themselves and their mindsets into realizing why is it that this is triggering them to be this type of way to a woman or a girl.
Speaker 1:You're definitely right. Yeah, like it definitely is a trigger thing. Like I feel like, if you're, I think a it definitely is a trigger thing. Like I feel like, if you're, I think a lot of people hate on other women because there's something about that person that they are being obviously, as you said, triggered by and it nearly annoys them because either they're wanting to be, have that personality, trait or value, maybe yeah and they just haven't found themselves yet to get there.
Speaker 2:So it's like the brain's natural defense mechanism is to hate on them yeah, and then I think with that comes them trying to get other people on board. Yeah, to target one person, it's kind of similar to bullying, but there's obviously different aspects of it. Like with your friends in general, I think, like when somebody is thriving in life, and that's why I always kind of like to keep like a close circle. Now, like obviously when you're younger, whatever, like you flow so many friends and you see it throughout your life and like there's always like a couple of girls that are going to be bitter. There could be one in a group and they'll just strive to like bring somebody else down when they see them like growing or like doing a little bit better.
Speaker 2:But in my opinion, if my friend was doing like a lot better than me or like if she was becoming really successful and many of them are like I'd always be that supportive friend to be like oh my god, I'm so excited for you. I keep in contact, I tell them how proud I am. Like even in a relationship, if they're having relationship troubles or whatever. Like you're always supposed to support other people. Obviously, like if they're doing something wrong, you tell them as well.
Speaker 1:But like I just think in this generation, I think it's a very bitchy harsh generation to be in, especially being a girl's girl yeah, and I think when people, when they see people kind of grown are from people that they used to be, and then they kind of to have that shift of, yeah, success or growth, whether it's like in their personal life, career or whatever, I don't know what like it's like, they get triggered that the being a bit envious yeah, and don't get me wrong, like being envious, you can actually see envy as like a positive trait, like I feel, like you're even if you like really support someone you might always have that bit of envy envy but like it can be a positive thing that it can like help you grow.
Speaker 1:That's why they always say like you should surround yourself with people who you're going to learn from and want to be like inspiration, inspiration, yeah, so a lot of people they do like the negativity comes into, like that envy instead of like the positivity yeah yeah, and I don't, I don't know, it's like. I just feel that like, and I think as you get older as well, it does become that bit more lonelier where you start to see that there isn't that like port network of being a girl's girl anymore, which is it's sad isn't it like it is?
Speaker 2:it actually it is, and it doesn't even have to come like with friends. It can come in family, it can come in like the workplace, it can come in school, like it. It's kind of everywhere, but I think more so where the what we're trying to aim at is like in a friendship, like, yeah, do you get me like in kind of like your little circle or your bubble, that you're in with your friends, like you're always trying to like big people up, no matter what, like that that's my opinion anyway. Like I'd hate to try and knock someone down just to make myself feel better. But there's, unfortunately, there's a lot of people in the world that are like that and they're going to remain like that because there's no point in us kind of being hard on ourselves and wondering why they are the way they are, because they're just never going to change. And I feel like being a girl's girl and if that's the type of person you are, then you need to cut those people out of your life yeah, what do you think is like red flags?
Speaker 1:so, to our listeners listening, like, say that they're feeling that, like maybe they're in a position where they're trying something new in their life now and this can be anything like. I feel like it can be not just career, it can be like your own personal goals, whether it's your health, whether it's your fitness, whether you're going into a new relationship, whether you're going through a divorce, like I feel like this is an all-rounder, like being a girl's girl, and I feel there's red flags. There is red flags isn't there.
Speaker 2:Like I think you know what the sneakiest one is, in my opinion, is when they're like all about it, say, for argument's sake, I don't know you're you want to set a new goal, and you're talking about her, speaking about her even. You're seeing somebody and they're like yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, my god, you should do it. Like blah, blah. But you know that they know something about the situation and they're not telling you directly and they're agony on for it. And then, a few weeks down the line, they're like oh yeah, I wish I told you sooner. But you know deep down that they know something is wrong behind it.
Speaker 1:It's just been sneaky, I think and do you feel like, yeah, they want you to go through it, to fail yeah yeah definitely and like.
Speaker 2:Another thing is, like you know, say, I say this if you're in a room and like say, for argument's sake I don't know, someone mentioned something about a collaboration and there's like 16 of you in a room and you're with your friends or whatever like, and no one will put your name out there, put your name out there, they'll just kind of sit in silence and not kind of push you forward where I'm the first person to say like, oh my god, my friend's a hairdresser, oh my god, my friend does eyelashes, like, and I'll support the business. Yeah, sometimes other people won't do that for you. So you need to be very aware of the people that you surround yourself with, I think yeah, I even see this with like, like, bringing this to like my makeup artistry.
Speaker 1:Now, like, say, for example, if, if I wasn't available, like, I'd always give a list of other makeup artists, like, yeah, locally, do you know? Like, because it's like that, like, if I can't do it, someone else can do it, you know. I mean like, and it's nice. Or like, come back to you in return, yeah, do you know. But I think another red flag is if someone's starting something new and there nearly is a bit of like, it's like, like.
Speaker 2:Their response is like patronizing yeah like why are you doing that?
Speaker 1:or yeah, like, oh, is that, can you really make money from that? Or oh, well, sure, yeah, suppose you know.
Speaker 2:Like, instead of encouragement, like and you see it a lot like they'll share kim kardashian's post to their story, but they won't share like your business or what you're doing. Or do you get me like it, just if in a way as hard as it is at the very beginning, it does make me laugh a bit when I see it happen to people as well, because I'm like, are they your friends? Are you a girl's girl like?
Speaker 1:honestly, yeah, do you know what I mean? Like I've seen a lot of small businesses even speaking about that. It's like not even from like the whole, even like as like influencer or anything, but from small businesses. I've actually put this up on my TikTok about a red flags of people. It actually kind of went viral, which is mad um, about people like that who will speak to you but will not support my influencing content yeah but they're well able to like every other tom Dick and Harry's content. But will speak to me.
Speaker 3:And say that they saw it.
Speaker 1:Yeah and have conversations with me and like chatty, pleasant conversations, but see my stuff but still will not like it or share it or support it or comment on it. And then a lot of small businesses actually got in touch with me and they were like like they were the exact same with their friends and family or people who they knew, which is mad it is, and I think they're the people that you most think highly of to kind of help you along the way and be there and be supportive and share everything for you.
Speaker 2:do you know what I mean and get your name out there? But some people just don't like seeing other people win, and I think it's mostly in in women, and I hate saying it, but it is like I think men are a little bit more supportive with each other in business. Sometimes from the outside looking in now, it may be different if there was a man sitting in the room with us and he had his point of view. But I just I don't think that. But it's not just even in business. I think it can be being a girl's girl as well, like it's in relationships, like if you trust someone, even to be around a group of men, like someone you're seeing, or do you know what I mean?
Speaker 1:Like it's. It's not even just about being supportive, like on social media, like for small business and stuff. I think it's in your own like friend group as well. Like, I think being a girl's girl is really like being able to connect to that person and have like conversations, whether it's difficult, during happy times, sad times. It's about being an all-around support network, definitely, do you know? Yeah, well, here is your guide to being a girl's girl.
Speaker 1:So prioritize and keep plans with your girlfriends. This is one that I think you have to do. You have to try prioritize making time with your friends and I know life gets in the way and it's hard because, believe me, like me and my friends are the same just, all of us are at different stages at the moment, are busy, and but we do try to set dates like of like right, we're gonna go here on this date you know, I mean I think but there needs to be like an understanding in it as well, like, if somebody is busy, like you, can't knock someone down for being busy or not making time either.
Speaker 2:Because, like you said, like you know, you get older and everyone has their own kind of life and they some have kids, some are single, some are married, some are working away in a different city and some may be on the other side of the world. But you need to, like, be a girl's girl and in that way as well, when, when it comes down to it, because if you really want your friendship to work, like even if it's just a call or a text to check in to get me, like it doesn't necessarily have to, but you do obviously need to make the time as well yeah, and I think we have to as well respect each other's journey or the point we are in life.
Speaker 1:So some of us obviously, as you said, could be single. Some of us are in relationships, some of us are obviously having kids and I think whatever journey you are at, you need to respect the other person's lifestyle. So, for example, if someone does have kids, you have to understand they obviously might have the same time as someone else. If someone's peaking their career right now, they obviously might have irregular workers. If someone's single as well, you know it's probably hard for them because you see people, their friends and relationships are the ones that are having kids and they're probably like oh, they're not making time for me. But I think we all have to come to an understanding and respect each other's point in our lives. Does that make sense?
Speaker 1:definitely yeah, it's hard, though. Oh it is. It's so hard we have to see it from, like, other people's point of view as well, you know, not just our own. Okay, number two is compliment other women all the time now, and I don't mean like, do you know what kind of? Doesn't I mean, though, do you know when? Do you know when you meet someone right and like, don't get me wrong, I'm all about like giving someone like genuine compliments and like making someone feel good, but you know, when someone like compliments you like, and you know they're just doing it because I don't know, I can't explain too much to pretend to be a nice person.
Speaker 1:Yes, yes, it's like that fake compliment like and you're like please stop, because you're making it awkward now and I know you don't like me. Do you know what I? Mean instead of just being straight up and just be a cunt. If you don't like me, that's fine.
Speaker 2:You know what I mean it's the one thing that I can't stand is someone that's really tail-faced.
Speaker 1:I can't like, and you just know the difference between an like, a genuine compliment from a yeah yeah, from a girl who is trying to make you feel better. And then there's like that awkward compliment does that make sense.
Speaker 2:You actually feel so awkward you don't even know where to look. You don't know whether to say thanks or just walk away yeah, like it's like a random thing as well.
Speaker 1:It's like because they get nervous or something, I don't know, but yeah.
Speaker 2:I always say you can see it in someone's eyes though. Yes, like you can see bitterness and nasty you know what?
Speaker 1:you just nailed it on the head. It's like that bitterness compliment. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like they still want you to like them, but they don't like you, but they don't like not being liked, yeah.
Speaker 2:Because they know they're not liked and they know that everyone knows that they're not a nice person, but they're just trying to be that friendly piece of slice of heaven and it just that's not the case.
Speaker 1:I think they try to portray themselves as like being overly nice yeah.
Speaker 2:And I think we probably see it a little bit more when you come from a small town as well. Yeah, you can just tell.
Speaker 1:I do love this Be the girl in the bathroom who um gases up on other, on other girls tell a stranger that they like their hair or their outfit. I always do that, though, because and genuinely, if I do see someone that in like a bath, I feel like a girl's bathroom is like, literally like Annie.
Speaker 1:Shickwood yeah literally like but if I honestly see someone, I'd be like oh my god, your skirt is so cute. Or like where's your bag? Or like your hair is savage, you know and it's actually coming from a place of like me being like oh my god, she looks so well.
Speaker 2:Just kind of way, yeah, but I think like it's such a nice thing to try to have, though, yeah, like to compliment somebody else. I'd hate to be a person that didn't want to say, like if someone looks good, why wouldn't you say it like?
Speaker 1:exactly like it just makes no sense tell her she's a bad bitch. We've all encountered women who feel threatened by other women. So when they glare or give backhanded compliments to truly embody the essence of a girl's girl and attract amazing girlfriends, you need to remember that for the most part, other women are not out to get you. You're there on your team. I love that. Yes, we need to be on each other's team so treat their ex like your ex.
Speaker 2:Unfortunately, I think too many of us have been screwed over by a friend who hooked up with one person we specifically didn't want them to hook up with. Yes, can you agree? Yes, yeah, absolutely. I think throughout our teenage years we've all had this. Unless you really believe that your friend's ex is your fucking soul mate, it is simply not worth it. Yeah, there are a million men to choose from in the world who didn't screw over your friend. I get it. They didn't technically do anything to hurt you, but I can speak from experience when I say doing this just makes you look like a snake.
Speaker 1:There was always that one lad in school though, wasn't it? That's like the whole fucking friend group went through like a shift, wasn't there?
Speaker 2:Literally.
Speaker 1:There was always that one dad in your year that nearly everyone shifted like and I'm like you don't even know how it happened, it just happened, like you know what I mean, I think it's their, their persona and their cockiness and the way they move.
Speaker 2:I just think, men, it's not even, it's not even teenagers. I just think men, some men in general, are like this yeah they all just want a piece of the cake they do.
Speaker 1:They want every piece of cake. Number five don't be a yes girl. I like this. I feel like I was a yes girl for years, yeah, and I feel like it's only in the last like couple years that I feel like I was a yes girl for years, yeah, and I feel like it's only in the last like couple years that I'm like a no girl, yeah, which, yeah, I truly think a girl's girl is being honest.
Speaker 1:The truth hurts what is needed. Please don't like to spare my feelings. Listen, there's a fine line between supporting other women and being honest when someone asks for your advice. Truly, agree with that. Like I feel that I'm quite a blunt person, though anyway, like sometimes I feel like I can be too blunt where I don't do it to hurt people. But like, if someone asked me for, like my true opinion, I would give it. Do you know, I wouldn't give it unless I really like, unless someone kind of asked for it, unless I really felt like they were doing something that was going to get themselves hurt, like you know. But, yeah, like you have to be honest with people as well, like from good intentions behind it, not from like bad intentions, absolutely.
Speaker 2:I think there is a way of saying things, yeah, yeah. A way of getting things across to people without sounding like a bitch, like if you really like, want to give your friend advice and want to be there to support them, like there is a way of saying it.
Speaker 1:you don't have to be nasty, but just once you get the picture across yeah, like just you want the best, you want what's best for them and and sometimes you kind of have to like that. You know, be honest, for example, if your friend is posting thirst traps on her Insta, more power to her, gas her up. If your friend said friend asked if said thirst traps is ugly, would you tell her? Or sorry, I just read that out our space.
Speaker 2:I know I was the same.
Speaker 1:Sorry, I just read that out our space. I know I was the same. If your friend is posting thirst traps on her Insta, more power to her. Gas her up. If your friend asks if said thirst traps is ugly and you think it is, tell her Okay.
Speaker 2:So don't be a gatekeeper. Being a girl's girl means wanting other women to succeed. Tell people where your clothes are from. Tell them where the best nail salon is, if you're purposely lying or hiding this information when people ask.
Speaker 1:I am. I'd like to even see that, though in the industry, like I'd always, like you know, like you always kind of someone asks you for like something, whether it's like in your business or, yeah, like in college or whatever like you do try to help them with what information you know, because, like, if you're going to gatekeep from someone, like think of yourself when you want to get, when you need help with something someone and you ask someone a mentor that's like maybe higher up than you, and they get keep like you're gonna feel like shit, like so why wouldn't you want to help someone else?
Speaker 1:yeah?
Speaker 2:definitely it's the same with anything, I think even in school, like was it number one as well? Like if someone asks you a question, it's the little things, yeah. And you know, there was always one of them girls where you'd be like you think they're giving you the right answer and then you just make an absolute show of yourself. But it's the same thing in anything really like you don't want to be. I remember do you know that?
Speaker 2:ask fm, I think it was years ago yes and this was when it really hit home, because I think everyone signed up in it, but I never like used it. And I got like asked all these questions even when I was in school, like just about fashion, like I was always kind of into fashion, makeup, whatever. But then they'd ask like really, really nasty questions and other people can clearly see them. Do you know what I mean? Like I was like like, why would you want to humiliate somebody? Like yeah, I just I don't understand it at all. Like I genuinely don't. Yeah, but like, with questions like that, it's like they're just trying to trick you or catch you out. Like I just think it's a little bit mischievous. Yeah, it is. It's like me asking you say, for argument's sake, if you've got a collaboration, what's the email?
Speaker 1:yeah, and you're like I don't have the email. Yeah, like you're, just like you're a fucking bitch, you do fucking have the email, like what's the email. I think none of us are perfect. I think we all fuck up, we all make mistakes, but I think if we don't learn from our mistakes and take responsibility, do you know what I mean? Like none of us are perfect, none of us are gonna be the perfect girl's girl, but we try learn and we try grow and we try to evolve every day, you know yeah so it needs to be.
Speaker 2:Women empowerment we need to women empowerment.
Speaker 1:We're all on the same team. We all go through the same shit. It should be girls versus boys, do you know?
Speaker 1:because women we have it hard like, so I don't see why we have to like compete against one another you know exactly, yes, queens yes, queens, but speaking about, actually, tiktok, um I, uh and we're speaking about makeup as one of my tiktoks kind of went viral and I was talking about my worst bridal stories. I don't know if you've seen it, oh, go on, tell us. Well, I had like a few up, but like it just made me think I was like I need to speak for this on the pot. But, yeah, like it's, everyone was like mad. They were like tell us more. I was like no, in fairness, I don't have loads. But like some of them, yeah, but like some of them, yeah, are bad, like I remember yeah, I remember I had.
Speaker 1:I had one girl who the bridesmaid went fucking A-ship, like like I don't know what happened, like, but it literally was like I don't know. It was like she made the hairdresser do her hair three times. She was one of these ones you know who was like I'm not getting my makeup done, so like I did the bride and the other people. Can I just say that most of the time brides like 99.9 percent of time are fucking perfect and never actually have an issue with them it's always external people in bridal party.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so this other girl she wasn't getting her makeup done with me because obviously, clearly she thought she was like way better doing her makeup than a professional makeup artist. But anyway, you know one of those ones.
Speaker 1:So so yo rots me. But anyway, she kept like can I borrow blusher off? Yet, um, can I borrow this off? I'm like, fucking pay me if you're gonna rob all my products, but anyway. So I just shut my mouth now. If it was me now I'd be like no, you're not just in my makeup, but anyway. But she kept robbing all my products and then, at the very end, when the bride was leaving, she wanted me to do her full makeup because she didn't like her own makeup. Are you joking? No, I swear to god. Right, and at this point, like the bride and the rest of the girls were getting like dressed, so they're like he about to leave. So I was like no, sorry, like I don't have time to do your full makeup. Like. Then she started crying, right, so it was really awkward and like even the bride was getting stressed, been like we don't have time for you to get your makeup done.
Speaker 1:You said you didn't want it done Because obviously she's seen all the rest of the girls like looking all like glowy and beautiful, and then she obviously probably, but still like at the end of the day, like it's the bride's day.
Speaker 1:Yes, I know, but she was ruining her day, right. So to keep the peace, I was kind of just'll give you like 15 minutes, whatever I can get done, but we just won't have time, like I mean, because I still had to do touch-ups on the girls and stuff. So I did it and like she was happy or whatever. But then she started like like then she got dressed and then started like being really rude to the hairdresser but like you may fix my hair, I don't like it. Blah, blah, that's not what I asked for, and like at this point the bride was about to go out the door, so she delayed the bride by 40 minutes.
Speaker 2:No, no yes, what a little b-i-t-c-h. I swear it was like what so unfair, though, but you see, that's where I'm just like. I'm sorry.
Speaker 1:I've been so sorry for that Brite like but I don't know what it is about. Brites made something like it just seems so selfish.
Speaker 2:I think that's such a selfish thing to do.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I just think it was her personality, though I don't know. It was the most awkward situation I was in, though, because like you're trying to keep the peace but you know that they're wrong do you get what I mean? Like you're trying to keep the peace for the bride's sake, but you know they're wrong, and then like the like the way she was speaking to the hairdresser, like you know, where you kind of feel like butting in but like don't speak to her. Like that, do you know?
Speaker 2:yeah, I know, I know it's such a hard situation because it's your business and you're there to do your job. Yeah, like you're trying to keep professionalism.
Speaker 1:But you're like oh my god, what is actually happening here? You know, you're in a situation you're like is this actually happening? Like you're like what is going on?
Speaker 2:some people just have zero respect and for themselves.
Speaker 1:I know I would actually take myself into a whole yeah, so we'll get to one of the reasons why me and simone had a little bit of a break. If you want to elaborate on your scary ass situation in Dubai, holy mother of god, so.
Speaker 2:So I know sometimes people think that I may be a little bit dramatic at times, but I'm actually genuinely being 100% real. This was probably one of the most terrifying things that has ever happened to me in my life. So, as people might know, we had a storm in Dubai. This was not a storm, this was a fucking tsunami in my eyes. Like Melissa, I literally was rattling. I went into work so obviously like norm, like like any country in the world, like we got a warning to say, yeah, there's going to be a storm, whatever it's going to be rain. I was like I come from Ireland, like it rains fucking 365 days of the year, like show what I mean, like what do you do?
Speaker 2:yeah well, I went into work and at 12 o'clock I could see outside like, bear in mind, like I'm up like on the 25th floor in work, looking down, could see like the water was rising and rising and rising because we have no drainage system over here at don't want, which is bonkers to me, but like it doesn't make yeah, so I shit you not.
Speaker 2:We're all sitting there creating content or whatever. It's 12. No, sorry, I lie. It was one in the day and it went pitch dark, right like when. I mean pitch dark, like it was like the apocalypse. I was like oh yes, like so scary there's thunder and lightning, like the rain was like. I don't like giant water balloons right, it's like crazy manager is like okay, everyone leave, you have to go home. I'm trying to book a taxi, trying to book transport.
Speaker 1:I see this, none are going.
Speaker 2:You had it up in your story and it was like you had to get a boat right so that morning it was kind of bad but like you know, it was bloody, but like the cars could go through or whatever. So I was able to get an Uber, um, and then leaving. I kept, like you know, looking on my phone, trying to get an Uber, trying to get a taxi. All the buyers were trying to come for me in their cars. That wasn't happening because they all have sports cars or whatever. Like small half few of them have like four by fours, but even at that, like the traffic, no one was able to come in or out or whatever. I was like I am stranded. Like I'm stranded.
Speaker 2:So at this point the water is coming in the lobby floor in the building. I can't get back up to the office because all the electrics are are done. Like you just can't, and not walking up 25 flights of stairs. I was like no, I'm gonna die today. Like this is the end of me. My phone's on 20 percent right. Everyone is screaming in the building like Chelsea is at home, all tucked up because she works from home, like doesn't realize how bad it is. She's like did you get a taxi? Did you get a taxi? I'm like no, I cannot leave. So when the boy is messaging. He's like oh, just go into the nearest hotel, like, or whatever, like okay, I was like, if I want to get to the nearest hotel, I'm gonna have to swim through the water to get across the road.
Speaker 2:Literally she's gonna have to swim like yeah so, thank god, right, it gets better the story, but it doesn't, because I still feel super guilty. So everyone has left the office that I worked with because they all had cars, so they kind of like quickly just kind of got out a little bit, but they were still stuck as well. Like everyone was stuck. It was crazy. So my friend rang and she was like are you? Like she was just after leaving and she was like oh, my boyfriend's friend is going to come back and get you. And I was like he can't, like because we're going to die. Like how is he going to drive the car? Like do you know it's going to sink. And she's like no, no, we can't leave you there. You're on your own. You're there with three hours on your own. Like you need to leave. Because I was getting really, really scared, like I was on my own, like there was no one around me yeah, like everyone like you were, you were absolutely like terrified.
Speaker 1:Like you were like it's like something in a movie.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so he comes back anyway, he gets me and like in Dubai, obviously you know like you have like a freeway, like or whatever, but like all the roads that like turn up high and like over into like a bridge.
Speaker 2:I was like. When we got up there, I was like, will we just stay here for the night, like don't move, because at least we're up high and nothing can happen. He's like no, no, no, we'll get back. We'll get back. So long story short. Anyway, we nearly sank a few times, but he got me home, okay, yeah. So I got home eventually. Next minute I get a call. Bear in mind, I've never met this guy in my life.
Speaker 2:That's so sound of him as well, but that's like there is genuinely kind, lovely people in the world, like because, honestly, it's just because he was so near me that he could get to me, because the traffic, like was just crazy.
Speaker 1:Long curse.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because people were told like not to leave their homes. So like everyone stayed at home. So I get a FaceTime call often because I was like, if you don't make it back, I was like come back, like you can stay in our house, like whatever, like you know, because obviously he'd done a nice gesture for me. I was like you can come back and say like please, like whatever, just be safe. And he was like, no, I'll be fine. He gets 10 minutes down the road, he's facetiming me on the top of his car because his car is after sinking and all of the traffic are sat on the top of their car. Oh, stop, yeah.
Speaker 2:And the car is gone now like done, dusted never seen again yeah oh my god it was the heaviest rainfall in 75 years. The amount of rain that fell in one day we get it over a duration of six months in ireland. Are they okay?
Speaker 1:I seen one tick tock and I started bawling. Yeah, so, basically like what you said, like all the like, basically like rain was up to like the handle, say, of the cars and there was like a cat and his two paws were like linked around it, like because he was trying to like stay there, because obviously he was like floating in the water and obviously like the police obviously got boats, so sad and they came out and rescued the cat. I was bawling and then I started thinking. I was like oh my, my god, how many other animals like are after like drowning. Well, it was severe, like it was scary, like you had no electricity, anything for like nothing, nothing.
Speaker 2:I couldn't get to work for five days. No one could leave their apartment. My friend's apartment was absolutely destroyed, like so many things have been damaged, but then after the five days, everything's back up to normal like if that was another country in the world. Like it takes is there?
Speaker 1:is there like much like damage to the roads and shop fronts and stuff like that?
Speaker 2:it's, everything is completely back to normal now, but like what's heartbreaking is like a bus of school kids died, you know. So like it's, you know, when you look back, grateful of like being able to get home and to be safe, like do you know what I mean?
Speaker 1:and I know I think, when people heard like a storm, but this was like, like, as you said, it was like something like out of a film, like scary as shit was like, honestly, like I actually.
Speaker 2:I came in and like I thought, like, as stupid as it may sound, you don't realize how much it affects you until you're in this situation, like yeah, and you probably even have a bit of like if no one, and all that was going through my head was like I'm actually like I'm never going to see my fat, like I full-on thought I was like I was going to die. The water was up the window in the car, like it was literally up the top of the window coming in. I was like, oh my God.
Speaker 1:And see I freak out right Because I obviously like can't swim, so I have a massive phobia of like water.
Speaker 2:Oh really.
Speaker 1:Yeah, like, don't get me wrong, I'm able to like stand in the sea, like yeah, but if water goes, water goes past my chest, I literally get an anxiety attack. I just oh. So if I was in a car now and like like I could see, like it was. No, I, I definitely I was like no, I'd shit myself, I'd be like that's it. I heard the funeral arrangements no, but it looked it was. I think it's a lot scarier than watching people like like the storm was out there, like it was mental.
Speaker 2:Look it up on tiktok if you actually haven't seen it, because it was crazy like, literally crazy like but I'm alive, I'm kicking back back with a bag.
Speaker 1:So that's partly one of the reasons why we had to take a little two-week break, because poor little Simone had no electricity, had to charge her phone in her friend's house, had to shower in her friend's house, so it was just not cooperating, not the one it was no, it wasn't just breathe.
Speaker 2:Melissa and simone are here to listen so on this week's geoc dilemma we have. Well, girls. I need some advice. I'm in a bit of a situation and haven't told a single soul. I feel like this podcast is my happy place and would like both of your opinions. I've just turned 17. I've been seeing a girl for the last two years, but I think I may be gay. I don't know what to do. I'm so afraid of what people are going to say. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, especially hers and my family's. What should I do?
Speaker 1:I was actually speaking at this um to keith the other day. I was looking at um, the I don't know if you've seen it the netflix program, uh, baby reindeer no, I haven't watched it yet. Actually it's really good, but I was speaking about it. Like I was saying to Kate, I said it must be so hard for people to come out to their parents that they're gay, even if they feel that, like, the parents are going to be accepting of it. I think it's nearly ourselves that stop, yeah, us wanting to say it or come out, because I think you're still afraid of the judgment, even though you know probably the people in your life are going to support you and your friends and family, but it is still you just have that in the back of your head of what are they going to act different with you?
Speaker 2:what way? Yeah, what are they? And?
Speaker 1:then you're afraid. Are you going to be different? Are you going to act different because it is going into that unknown? But yeah, oh, I just I feel so sorry for anyone going through this because it is so hard, but 100% it will work out like 100%. It's hard now, but in a year down the line it'll become so much more easier. You're going to feel more relaxed and you're going to be so like glad you did it and looked back and said wait, in another two years definitely, and like it's very hard being a teenager and like being confused.
Speaker 1:I think, yeah, and like having people obviously like you're growing up with, like boys and and girls and whatever, and all your friends are dating girls or whatever, and you're just thinking like obviously I don't know, like you know I'm straight and you're straight Melissa, like so it must be so hard and so confusing for a teenager or a child or somebody like even being an adult, like that's only kind of realizing their sexuality and yeah the terms with this is who they are and what they are, and I think that we all need to accept people for who they are and not judge someone just because of their sexuality and I think people who don't like I think, like I think going into this, like if you're coming out being bisexual or gay or like whatever, like there is going to be thousands of beautiful souls that are going to support you and are modernized and are not going to care, you're always going to get that small percent who are small-minded and are going to make remarks and judgments.
Speaker 1:But I think once you're aware, going into that, that you might still get that. I think you'll actually be okay with it. Like yeah, because it's a them issue, not a you issue. Do you know what I mean?
Speaker 2:and I think in all this I do think that his family is going to support him no matter what, oh, 100%. You know what I mean and I always do think that, like being a parent as well, you know your child and who they are and what they are. And I know some parents can be deluded and they can be old fashioned or whatever, but at the end of the day they're not going to not love you or look at you differently just from your sexuality, and I think the girl will have more respect for you and you could turn out to be the bestest friends in the whole world oh the girl will.
Speaker 1:She'd rather you say to her now than like carry on for another two years and I think like don't get me wrong, she'll probably be a bit upset because you have to remember from her point of view. Isn't there like a breakup for her? Yeah, do you know what I mean. But I think once she goes through that like grief of, like the breakup, she'll be more understanding and will probably be supportive to you as well, do you?
Speaker 2:know definitely yeah, I just my advice, when my advice would be to just sit her down, have a chat with her, just come out clean and tell her exactly what she needs to hear, instead of just hiding it in the bushes and whatever. Obviously you love her. Do you know what I mean? You're always going to love her, she's always going to love you but, like I said, the truth needs to be said and it's for your own good as well and for you to kind of let down your walls and like, carry on with your life and be true to yourself and true to who you are, and I just feel like it's all going to flow and all come, come together and fall into place and I feel like, as well you you're at a point where you feel you're because you wouldn't be saying it to us in the podcast if you didn't want it to come out now.
Speaker 1:So I feel like he's at a point where you feel you're because you wouldn't be saying it to us in the podcast if you didn't want it to come out now. So I feel like he's at a point where, like he knows and he he knows that he's ready to come out.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you know what I mean. So, but like that, do it in your time or in the next couple of weeks when you feel comfortable to do it. You know I mean, but definitely do it and it'll be all perfectly okay in a few weeks and they're all gonna love you no matter what, and me and melissa are here for you anyway.
Speaker 2:Yes, um, even if you just want to give it another bit of time or whatever, if you need any advice, just yes a little message send us a little message we'd love to help and support.
Speaker 1:Okay, for our big bougie mystery hat of the week. So this is, if you're new here, it's a big pink fluffy hat where we have random little statements in here that we don't know what they are and mean. Someone chat about it for a couple of minutes. So let's see what our little topic is this week. What do you think the world will be like in 20 years with social media and AI? Discuss? I actually seen this. Did you see this hopping up ever in your Instagram now, where you can hire AI models to wear your clothes like so for a clothing brand? They don't have to hire models, photographers, anything anymore, they just get this AI that basically, they can put their clothes on this AI model.
Speaker 2:I think you know what it's so scary, because so many people are going to those jobs like it really is, but I think there's going to be like flying cars. Humans are probably going to be able to fly. Like it's going to be crazy like. I saw the other day an ad for a cream, so cream is like an app over here, basically like deliveroo, oh really. And they have bagpacks with like how would I explain it, what is that word called?
Speaker 2:like a rocket on the backpack and they're flying, yeah, yeah no it's like they've they've made this already didn't door your delivery within seconds stop it. Yes and I saw in dublin that they've drones to teleport things.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think AI is going to absolutely destroy us. Yeah, I think it's going to cause wars. I think we won't have any privacy anymore. I don't think you don't even have that, as it is no I think it's going to control everything, and the problem is that I think ai is going to get so powerful and learn so much, because that's what it is it's going?
Speaker 1:to take over, as, like I know this sounds crazy, but it's actually going to get so strong because it's like it's going to constantly start evolving by itself, that's going to take over the human race and it's going to make our decisions first. So I have a feeling humans, in like 50 years time, are going to be tick a shit because we won't have to learn anymore. Yeah, it's like everything is just computerized, like, if you think about it right, even now, compared to, say, simone, we're in school, like we have books and we didn't have the internet and we had to like search through. Like the dictionary. Yeah, have the internet and we had to like search through. Like addiction, yeah, we had to like search through books to get information. Or now, it's just so easily accessible that our brains are gone, so used to not actually really working that hard. We are, we're like, literally we are, though, like and I even admit that myself like I'm like my memory has just gone, so like I'm like what did I do yesterday?
Speaker 1:I know it's not too much, it actually is but like I think a lot of jobs are gonna be gone like that, like photographers will be gone. I think the whole influencer world will be gone, I think even the likes, I think makeup artists are gonna be gone. I say there's going to be like machines now that you just step into and you come out with your makeup done, like that kind of like. Honestly, I could see it happening like it's just going to be crazy yeah, no, it really is.
Speaker 2:I just think it's scary, like I don't think I actually want to even think about it like no.
Speaker 1:I think AI is going to destroy the human race. I think it's just going to get so powerful that it's going to take over. It's going to be crazy we need to put a stop to this and I was actually reading, I was listening to a podcast that there there was actually a scientist. The growth they weren't expecting the growth of AI to be this far on than it is.
Speaker 2:So that's what he says just rapidly grown, so quick, like why is that film, though, where robots still take over the world? What?
Speaker 1:is the name of that film there's so many kind of like, like, ones like that isn't there like or yeah, but like they all, I don't know.
Speaker 2:Sometimes I feel like that they're able to predict the future through movies. I know scary isn't it. Yeah, it's just I don't know nightmares tonight. What about you?
Speaker 1:nightmares tonight. What about you? Yeah, no, it's, I don't know. Yeah, that is our mystery hat topic of the week. You think ai is going to take over? Let us know. So for this week's game of the week, we're doing something a little bit different. We're gonna do a little prank call of the week. Um. So yeah, this week we are picking my sister. We love you, sister, sister. So we're gonna ring her and I'm gonna tell her that I'm stuck in aldi in the toilet and that I have diarrhea and there's no toilet roll and I need her to come in and help me. So let's see if she's a supportive sister and she actually does it. Right, let's go. Oh, lads, hopefully this works. Now, guys, through this, hopefully you can actually hear it ringing.
Speaker 1:Can you hear that, can you?
Speaker 3:hear that? Can you hear that?
Speaker 1:hello Becca what you never guess what's happening to me, what I mean? Aldi toilet, because I'm after getting like stomach bug and I'm locked in the toilet and there's no toilet roll like are you tied up?
Speaker 3:like for your business?
Speaker 1:yeah, like literally, I thought I was going to shit myself and now I can't open the door and there's no fucking toilet. What am I going to do?
Speaker 3:well, it's key outside and he can try to open it. What am I going to do? Well, it's key outside and he can try to open it from the outside.
Speaker 1:No, he's a home.
Speaker 3:Okay, and there's definitely no like manoeuvre in the door.
Speaker 1:No, and obviously there's like I can't wipe myself. Can I, because I'm after having a shit attack.
Speaker 3:No, of course, what am I going to do? But if I can just get you to pull up and forget about that layer?
Speaker 1:I'll walk out with a shitty arsenal and go do my shopping.
Speaker 3:Is there even an empty toilet roll that you can use the cardboard or something for now? No, unless it was my sock, yeah toilet roll that you can use the cardboard or something for now. No, unless it was my sock, okay, you're just gonna have to. Is it that dirty, like you know to pull up your knickers now and then tidy later, like this is very mortifying, rebecca well, you're just gonna have to do it for now.
Speaker 3:Like, um, it's not like, no doubt you've had a big diarrhea attack like okay, but how am I going to you're?
Speaker 1:going to have to put up how am I going to get out of the toilet?
Speaker 3:yeah, that was. That was part two. What am I going to do? Like you're going to have to try, like, is it the handle? Like, or what way do you feel like it's stuck?
Speaker 1:it's like the lock is just stuck, like the handle don't be afraid to be loud like right, let me, let me, I'll try to do it again.
Speaker 2:I'll ring it back no, you need to ring her back. I couldn't. I was dying to laugh there. I'm crying, I am actually crying. She's like can you use?
Speaker 3:the roll. Can you use the roll?
Speaker 1:just pull off your knickers, just walk out like Sega. Oh my God, oh my God. I don't know how I get this.
Speaker 2:Why do you lose?
Speaker 1:her from laughing. I had to mute some more because I knew she was going to laugh.
Speaker 2:I think I should bring her back. You need to bring her back and you need to be like. You need to come down here. You need to bring me into the room, ring her back, say what you need to bring me into the room. Say you're going to have to come back because I can't get out. I'm destroyed. Say I'm actually destroyed. Why are we such animals Destroyed? Say like I'm actually destroyed, Right, why?
Speaker 3:are we such animals?
Speaker 1:I don't know, oh lads, I actually can't stop Right.
Speaker 3:Breathe, mute me.
Speaker 1:What Right? I'll mute you right on. Mute it. No, I reckon you're going to have to bring me on toilet roll. I'm destroyed like I can't walk out oh, I can't walk out.
Speaker 3:Really, where is the toilet in Aldi?
Speaker 1:yeah, where is it, it's like behind, it's in like the staff room, like like we like asked them more tea.
Speaker 3:Was it like, yeah, right, same more after you. Is it like, yeah, right, and can you still not open the door or no? No, I wouldn't be ringing you if I did, rebecca. All right, okay, I'll come in now, all right, okay, thanks, don't. Don't ring her back, melissa. Tell her you're taking the piss. I'm gonna ring her back. Melissa. Tell her you're taking the piss. I may ring her back.
Speaker 1:I'll leave you on it. I'll leave you on this side so she can hear hello, you've been pranked rebecca, we love you.
Speaker 3:The whole thing is a prank. The whole thing is a prank. You were like just use the roll, pull up your knickers and get you've been boozy blonde spragged, I did is this cool to be on a podcast now?
Speaker 1:yeah, thank you, rebecca, for being the best sister in the whole world, for bringing your sister in toilet roll because she had diarrhea. Thank you.
Speaker 3:I've never seen the toilet in all of the before. Oh my God.
Speaker 1:Thank you for being part of the Booty Blondes Pride.
Speaker 3:I was literally snoozing and I literally had my shoes on now and everything. I was leaving the bath. The bath was running I was leaving it all Come in.
Speaker 2:That's what you call a good sister.
Speaker 3:Yes, Okay, bye.
Speaker 1:Beg.
Speaker 3:Oh, you're such a bitch.
Speaker 1:Bye, beg, bye, I forgot, she can't even hear me, can she? No, she can. Yeah, I think she can, I know. But anyway, that is her prank of the week.
Speaker 3:There's many more to come.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you'll all be shocked. Now we'll go on to our little affirmation of the week. What is it, Simone?
Speaker 2:So this week's affirmation of the week is I alone told the truth of who I am.
Speaker 3:Oh, I love that yeah.
Speaker 2:So thank you so much for listening to this week's episode.
Speaker 1:Yes, thank you, Thank you very very much, so happy to be back and we will see you every Tuesday, every Tuesday for release, and we will be, yeah, every Tuesday for release and we will be sorry I'll go again. Our podcast will be every Tuesday back to normal as usual and we will see you next week. Thank you so much, guys. Bye.