1 00:00:05,921 --> 00:00:25,561 Speaker 1: Appogiae production ocome back to another episode about My Bad Mom. 2 00:00:25,601 --> 00:00:26,161 Speaker 2: Here we are. 3 00:00:26,321 --> 00:00:28,321 Speaker 1: We show up three times a week and we winge 4 00:00:28,321 --> 00:00:29,081 Speaker 1: about I can. 5 00:00:31,681 --> 00:00:34,241 Speaker 2: I get it all the time? What's podcast actually about? 6 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:35,361 Speaker 2: Like the endless? 7 00:00:35,361 --> 00:00:37,681 Speaker 3: The topics that we go through are endless. But I 8 00:00:37,721 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 3: mean the title of the podcast, am I A Bad Mum? 9 00:00:40,601 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 3: It's very self explanatory. We just basically hang shit on 10 00:00:43,921 --> 00:00:48,481 Speaker 3: ourselves about the ability of parenting and whether we can 11 00:00:48,521 --> 00:00:51,761 Speaker 3: show some of those like abilities once or twice during 12 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 3: the week. 13 00:00:52,641 --> 00:00:54,961 Speaker 1: My girls are because. 14 00:00:54,681 --> 00:00:55,321 Speaker 2: They're gen z. 15 00:00:55,441 --> 00:00:57,321 Speaker 1: They're let's remind me of that all the time. Actually, 16 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,441 Speaker 1: you're a millennia. You're so millennial? 17 00:00:59,641 --> 00:01:00,521 Speaker 2: Okay. 18 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,841 Speaker 1: They do a lot of videos and like catcut and 19 00:01:03,921 --> 00:01:07,561 Speaker 1: things like that, Yeah TikTok, I guess and stuff. And 20 00:01:08,081 --> 00:01:10,721 Speaker 1: Jay said to them, do you want to learn how 21 00:01:10,721 --> 00:01:14,601 Speaker 1: to do videos for like socials? So for the podcast, 22 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,441 Speaker 1: for example, we filmed the podcasts and then we put 23 00:01:17,441 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: a video on Socials to give it a little tease 24 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,721 Speaker 1: and they were like yeah, yeah, great. And so Jay's 25 00:01:24,801 --> 00:01:27,641 Speaker 1: like going through the drive of all the different podcasts, 26 00:01:28,121 --> 00:01:30,521 Speaker 1: and he said, shall I give him an episode of 27 00:01:30,521 --> 00:01:31,361 Speaker 1: Am I A Bad Mum? 28 00:01:31,401 --> 00:01:31,601 Speaker 3: To do? 29 00:01:31,721 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: I went no, not until I listened to what it 30 00:01:33,761 --> 00:01:34,241 Speaker 1: was about. 31 00:01:34,321 --> 00:01:34,681 Speaker 2: First. 32 00:01:35,241 --> 00:01:37,121 Speaker 1: He was like, oh, just like yeah, you can just 33 00:01:37,161 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: go through one. I was like, no, I don't know 34 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,401 Speaker 1: what I said in the episode. I don't want them listening. 35 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,481 Speaker 3: To it, like yeah in my head that, I was like, no, 36 00:01:43,681 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 3: they'd have the field day with it. They'd absolutely annihilate us. 37 00:01:46,961 --> 00:01:50,041 Speaker 1: I was worried about what we said, and so in 38 00:01:50,081 --> 00:01:52,201 Speaker 1: the end he gave them a true crime to do. 39 00:01:53,081 --> 00:01:55,681 Speaker 2: What a great representation of great parenting? 40 00:02:05,761 --> 00:02:09,281 Speaker 1: Am I a bad mum for trying to reason with 41 00:02:09,401 --> 00:02:13,361 Speaker 1: the unreasonable? So I spoke on a previous episode about 42 00:02:13,361 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: how my girls are Billie Eilish obsessed and they wanted 43 00:02:16,481 --> 00:02:19,481 Speaker 1: to save up some money and fly to London to 44 00:02:20,121 --> 00:02:21,161 Speaker 1: go to her concert. 45 00:02:21,321 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 3: I wondered, how this is going, Yeah, so it's going obviously. 46 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:30,641 Speaker 1: Well I did have the conversation of going, this is 47 00:02:30,921 --> 00:02:32,921 Speaker 1: really unachievable. 48 00:02:33,201 --> 00:02:34,841 Speaker 2: Oh you did, because. 49 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,481 Speaker 3: Because that was the conversation you and I had, which 50 00:02:36,561 --> 00:02:39,001 Speaker 3: was like, do I break their dreams down now. 51 00:02:39,161 --> 00:02:39,761 Speaker 2: Or just later? 52 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:41,761 Speaker 1: Yeah, I kind of did, because. 53 00:02:42,561 --> 00:02:44,641 Speaker 2: I'm glad that we went through that, because I didn't. 54 00:02:44,641 --> 00:02:48,161 Speaker 2: We said, don't do it until July at least. 55 00:02:49,281 --> 00:02:53,161 Speaker 1: Yeah, we did, but the concert is in July, and 56 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:57,001 Speaker 1: I was like, look your flight prices that you've put 57 00:02:57,001 --> 00:03:00,001 Speaker 1: in your document for you know what your expenses are. Well, 58 00:03:00,441 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: by the time you can save that money and book them, 59 00:03:03,121 --> 00:03:05,321 Speaker 1: they're going to be a lot more than that. Yeah, 60 00:03:05,481 --> 00:03:08,921 Speaker 1: it's and then the whole who's going to go with you? 61 00:03:09,001 --> 00:03:12,121 Speaker 1: We can't just send you across the world on your own. Anyway. 62 00:03:12,161 --> 00:03:14,001 Speaker 2: They were pretty good. 63 00:03:13,921 --> 00:03:18,401 Speaker 1: At receiving the news that we're not really going to 64 00:03:18,481 --> 00:03:22,201 Speaker 1: London in July. It's probably not going to happen. And 65 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,281 Speaker 1: then Amelia comes up with a brain wave. She turns 66 00:03:25,281 --> 00:03:28,041 Speaker 1: around to me and she says, do you have points? 67 00:03:28,081 --> 00:03:31,681 Speaker 1: Do you have like flight points? I was like, yes, 68 00:03:32,601 --> 00:03:36,841 Speaker 1: so we could just choose those when first of all, 69 00:03:37,161 --> 00:03:40,121 Speaker 1: I don't have enough for everyone to go to London. 70 00:03:40,281 --> 00:03:40,481 Speaker 2: Yeah. 71 00:03:41,121 --> 00:03:45,601 Speaker 1: Secondly, those are my points. It's like money. I want 72 00:03:45,641 --> 00:03:48,641 Speaker 1: to use them towards our flights to go somewhere. She 73 00:03:48,801 --> 00:03:52,321 Speaker 1: turned around and she wear them. Yeah, but you use 74 00:03:52,881 --> 00:03:57,401 Speaker 1: my points for when I fly. They're mine. Oh, I 75 00:03:57,521 --> 00:04:02,321 Speaker 1: pay for your flights. Whenever you've got points from flights, 76 00:04:02,641 --> 00:04:07,081 Speaker 1: I've paid for the flights. Hollypie up with yeah, actually, 77 00:04:07,521 --> 00:04:10,161 Speaker 1: and that's the same with when you get a massage, 78 00:04:10,361 --> 00:04:12,921 Speaker 1: that's my allowance. Oh and you don't pay for the 79 00:04:12,921 --> 00:04:13,841 Speaker 1: health insurance. 80 00:04:13,921 --> 00:04:17,001 Speaker 2: No, no, these kids are a riot at the moment. 81 00:04:17,721 --> 00:04:22,121 Speaker 2: They're out of control. You know now I'm doing. 82 00:04:22,161 --> 00:04:24,721 Speaker 3: You start paying for that private health insurance, and you 83 00:04:24,761 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 3: start paying for the flights that you sit your ass 84 00:04:27,841 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 3: on an aircraft with your null and void to those. 85 00:04:30,521 --> 00:04:34,121 Speaker 1: Points, my friend, I say to the girls sometimes I 86 00:04:34,281 --> 00:04:38,321 Speaker 1: like to remind them of how much things cost, because 87 00:04:38,361 --> 00:04:41,921 Speaker 1: I'm like, your braces, like when we go to an 88 00:04:41,921 --> 00:04:45,241 Speaker 1: appointment or whatever, I'm just a reminder. You know your braces. 89 00:04:45,281 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: You know they cost seven thousand dollars. Yeah, there's a 90 00:04:48,081 --> 00:04:50,001 Speaker 1: lot of money. Yeah, And they go, yeah, but you 91 00:04:50,041 --> 00:04:54,081 Speaker 1: get money off from using your health insurance. I went, 92 00:04:54,201 --> 00:04:57,761 Speaker 1: I pay for the health insurance. Doesn't just come for free. 93 00:04:58,001 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: It's like the health insurance just go oh, here you go, 94 00:05:00,641 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: here's a couple of thousands towards your braces. 95 00:05:04,361 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 2: Just help you out. Yeah, no, I paid for that. No, yeah, 96 00:05:08,121 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 2: I know. 97 00:05:08,361 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 3: But they also obnoxiously understand that they're not dumb children. 98 00:05:12,721 --> 00:05:16,481 Speaker 2: Yeah, they absolutely know that that's what's happening. 99 00:05:16,721 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 3: It's to push my buttons to sure of it. Just 100 00:05:19,481 --> 00:05:22,681 Speaker 3: on another note, just why we're talking about it. How 101 00:05:22,801 --> 00:05:23,681 Speaker 3: is the dentist going. 102 00:05:24,361 --> 00:05:25,841 Speaker 2: Have they helped to check her races off? 103 00:05:26,281 --> 00:05:30,201 Speaker 3: This is we started this the other week, and I'm like, 104 00:05:30,281 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 3: I'm dying to know if your child's still got braces 105 00:05:32,801 --> 00:05:33,081 Speaker 3: on it. 106 00:05:33,121 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: Okay, So Amelia's had her braces taken off, that's all fine, 107 00:05:36,681 --> 00:05:41,001 Speaker 1: it's all good. Her account is paid clip to date, right, Yeah, 108 00:05:41,041 --> 00:05:44,681 Speaker 1: Holly's kind of like we breached. 109 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 3: On it like two weeks ago and you said, yeah, 110 00:05:47,561 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 3: so yeah, no, we'll talk about that another time. 111 00:05:50,241 --> 00:05:50,481 Speaker 2: Yeah. 112 00:05:50,561 --> 00:05:54,201 Speaker 1: So she's almost able to get them off, and I 113 00:05:54,241 --> 00:05:57,121 Speaker 1: said at the last appointment she would really love them 114 00:05:57,161 --> 00:05:59,561 Speaker 1: off for a semi four more, which is in like 115 00:05:59,601 --> 00:06:02,641 Speaker 1: however many weeks, and the dentists went, yeah, I think 116 00:06:02,641 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: that that's achievable. Yeah, cool, let's book or to have 117 00:06:05,601 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: them taken off. Now I've booked her in. Then I 118 00:06:08,281 --> 00:06:11,961 Speaker 1: get a phone call and she goes just to let 119 00:06:11,961 --> 00:06:14,961 Speaker 1: you know you're still owing quite a bit on your account, 120 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,281 Speaker 1: and I was like, oh shit, am I I don't. 121 00:06:18,041 --> 00:06:21,881 Speaker 2: Know, And really what it is. 122 00:06:21,481 --> 00:06:24,361 Speaker 1: Is that I forget to pay the monthly payment. They 123 00:06:24,401 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: don't tend a reminder. 124 00:06:25,481 --> 00:06:28,201 Speaker 3: By the way, it's like, it's not at the forefront 125 00:06:28,201 --> 00:06:30,521 Speaker 3: of your mind on you braces. 126 00:06:30,641 --> 00:06:31,561 Speaker 2: That's a problem. 127 00:06:32,761 --> 00:06:35,081 Speaker 3: You need to get your systems in order, because you're 128 00:06:35,121 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 3: not reminding me, so therefore not paying. 129 00:06:39,001 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: But what it is is that then we will have 130 00:06:41,561 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: an appointment and it reminds me, and I go, I 131 00:06:44,561 --> 00:06:45,961 Speaker 1: need to make a payment, and I just go on 132 00:06:46,081 --> 00:06:47,641 Speaker 1: to make a payment in the car park, and then 133 00:06:47,681 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: by the time I've gone in, they're like, oh, who's 134 00:06:49,921 --> 00:06:50,561 Speaker 1: your animal? 135 00:06:50,601 --> 00:06:51,601 Speaker 2: I just made a payment. 136 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:55,041 Speaker 1: Then I get an email, right and the email says 137 00:06:55,561 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 1: you know how messages in text often don't come across 138 00:07:00,361 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: as nice as what you would say person. 139 00:07:03,161 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 2: This was email. 140 00:07:04,361 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, this email that came through basically said your account's 141 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,161 Speaker 1: not up to date. If you do not make the 142 00:07:12,201 --> 00:07:17,081 Speaker 1: payment in full, we will not be taking her braces off. Oh. 143 00:07:17,401 --> 00:07:21,281 Speaker 1: I immediately RATE got my back up and I was like, 144 00:07:21,961 --> 00:07:25,721 Speaker 1: what the fuck You're not going to take my child's brace? Like, 145 00:07:25,801 --> 00:07:28,201 Speaker 1: set aside the fact that you know, I run a business. 146 00:07:28,241 --> 00:07:31,481 Speaker 1: I absolutely appreciate that people need to pay and bills 147 00:07:31,561 --> 00:07:33,721 Speaker 1: need to be sortid and all the rest of it. 148 00:07:33,801 --> 00:07:35,241 Speaker 2: I get that. 149 00:07:35,561 --> 00:07:38,481 Speaker 1: However, the way you said that to me made me 150 00:07:38,561 --> 00:07:41,881 Speaker 1: feel like a piece of shit, and I actually got 151 00:07:41,921 --> 00:07:44,321 Speaker 1: my back up go into extreme rate. I was like, 152 00:07:44,321 --> 00:07:45,841 Speaker 1: I want to get my braces done. I'm not going 153 00:07:45,841 --> 00:07:48,161 Speaker 1: to get done at that place, and I go elsewhere. 154 00:07:48,161 --> 00:07:50,321 Speaker 1: I'm going to take my business. I've spent fourteen thousand 155 00:07:50,361 --> 00:07:52,681 Speaker 1: dollars at this place, and you're telling me that if 156 00:07:52,721 --> 00:07:55,401 Speaker 1: I don't pay the extra bit that there is owing, 157 00:07:55,441 --> 00:07:57,561 Speaker 1: then you're not going to take my child's braces off. 158 00:07:57,841 --> 00:07:58,601 Speaker 2: Got them forever. 159 00:07:58,761 --> 00:08:01,561 Speaker 1: I'm gonna air task at that shit, and I'm going 160 00:08:01,641 --> 00:08:03,681 Speaker 1: to get someone to take the braces off, and I'm 161 00:08:03,721 --> 00:08:05,441 Speaker 1: not going to pay the rest of my bills because 162 00:08:05,481 --> 00:08:07,641 Speaker 1: you've sent that email. You made me feel like shit, 163 00:08:07,841 --> 00:08:09,401 Speaker 1: and I'm not doing any of it. 164 00:08:10,561 --> 00:08:12,041 Speaker 2: This is so good. 165 00:08:12,241 --> 00:08:15,081 Speaker 3: I want to see someone air task the shit out 166 00:08:15,161 --> 00:08:18,121 Speaker 3: of this. Can we put it up just to see 167 00:08:18,121 --> 00:08:20,001 Speaker 3: where it lands? Air tasker? 168 00:08:20,481 --> 00:08:21,481 Speaker 2: Somebody removed my. 169 00:08:21,561 --> 00:08:26,001 Speaker 1: Child's braces because I haven't paid the bill, because she's 170 00:08:26,041 --> 00:08:26,961 Speaker 1: going to send me four more. 171 00:08:27,041 --> 00:08:28,001 Speaker 2: It's really important. 172 00:08:28,441 --> 00:08:32,961 Speaker 3: The responses would blow my mind, honestly, So what's happened? 173 00:08:33,001 --> 00:08:34,841 Speaker 2: Where are we at on? 174 00:08:35,401 --> 00:08:35,521 Speaker 3: Like? 175 00:08:35,881 --> 00:08:38,641 Speaker 2: Did you ring them after the abusive email? No? 176 00:08:38,721 --> 00:08:40,681 Speaker 1: So I did what it wasn't a body would do, 177 00:08:40,801 --> 00:08:44,361 Speaker 1: and I ignored the email waited for a phone call 178 00:08:44,481 --> 00:08:46,201 Speaker 1: and I said, I'm so glad you called. And I 179 00:08:46,241 --> 00:08:49,241 Speaker 1: was really nice and the lady was lovely because your 180 00:08:49,241 --> 00:08:52,841 Speaker 1: email made me feel like shit, and she said, I'm 181 00:08:53,041 --> 00:08:56,921 Speaker 1: so sorry. And we talked it through and I was like, 182 00:08:57,081 --> 00:09:00,801 Speaker 1: no worries, more than happy, and off we went on 183 00:09:00,841 --> 00:09:01,641 Speaker 1: our jolly way. 184 00:09:02,241 --> 00:09:04,161 Speaker 3: It is so true, like you just said, the text 185 00:09:04,201 --> 00:09:07,881 Speaker 3: and the email else like the tone, because you can't 186 00:09:07,921 --> 00:09:10,041 Speaker 3: hear the tone the way that you read. It could 187 00:09:10,081 --> 00:09:13,561 Speaker 3: just be how you're feeling. Maybe how about my tone? 188 00:09:13,761 --> 00:09:16,401 Speaker 3: Your email made me feel like shit. Me if I 189 00:09:16,441 --> 00:09:18,401 Speaker 3: was on the other side of that and I'm receiving that, 190 00:09:18,441 --> 00:09:20,681 Speaker 3: I'd be like, oh oh sorry that that I was 191 00:09:20,681 --> 00:09:22,161 Speaker 3: having a great old time I was. 192 00:09:22,721 --> 00:09:24,001 Speaker 2: I was writing it, going. 193 00:09:24,281 --> 00:09:26,201 Speaker 3: You kids are going to get her braces off before 194 00:09:26,241 --> 00:09:26,921 Speaker 3: semi form. 195 00:09:31,281 --> 00:09:33,001 Speaker 2: New day tomorrow, New day tomorrow. 196 00:09:33,081 --> 00:09:35,521 Speaker 1: I really pay your bill, say the field, and I 197 00:09:35,681 --> 00:09:41,201 Speaker 1: really try and sort out my attitude problem.