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 --> 00:00:27,721 Speaker 1: Here we are. We show up three times a week 3 00:00:27,761 --> 00:00:29,081 Speaker 1: and we winge about I can. 4 00:00:31,681 --> 00:00:34,241 Speaker 2: I get it all the time? What's podcast actually about? 5 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,480 Speaker 2: Like the endless? The topics that we go through are endless. 6 00:00:37,521 --> 00:00:40,081 Speaker 2: But I mean the title of the podcast, am I 7 00:00:40,081 --> 00:00:43,241 Speaker 2: A Bad Mum? It's very self explanatory. We just basically 8 00:00:43,281 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 2: hang shit on ourselves about the ability of parenting and 9 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,081 Speaker 2: whether we can show some of those like abilities once 10 00:00:51,161 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 2: or twice during the week. 11 00:00:52,641 --> 00:00:56,281 Speaker 1: My girls are because they're gen z. They're let's remind 12 00:00:56,281 --> 00:00:58,441 Speaker 1: me of that all the time. Actually, you're a millennia. 13 00:00:58,441 --> 00:00:59,441 Speaker 1: You're so millennial? 14 00:00:59,641 --> 00:01:00,521 Speaker 2: Okay. 15 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,841 Speaker 1: They do a lot of videos and like catcut and 16 00:01:03,921 --> 00:01:07,561 Speaker 1: things like that, Yeah TikTok, I guess and stuff. And 17 00:01:08,081 --> 00:01:10,721 Speaker 1: Jay said to them, do you want to learn how 18 00:01:10,721 --> 00:01:14,601 Speaker 1: to do videos for like socials? So for the podcast, 19 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,441 Speaker 1: for example, we filmed the podcasts and then we put 20 00:01:17,441 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: a video on Socials to give it a little tease 21 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,721 Speaker 1: and they were like yeah, yeah, great. And so Jay's 22 00:01:24,801 --> 00:01:27,641 Speaker 1: like going through the drive of all the different podcasts, 23 00:01:28,121 --> 00:01:30,521 Speaker 1: and he said, shall I give him an episode of 24 00:01:30,521 --> 00:01:31,361 Speaker 1: Am I A Bad Mum? 25 00:01:31,401 --> 00:01:31,601 Speaker 2: To do? 26 00:01:31,721 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: I went no, not until I listened to what it 27 00:01:33,761 --> 00:01:36,681 Speaker 1: was about. First. He was like, oh, just like yeah, 28 00:01:36,681 --> 00:01:38,321 Speaker 1: you can just go through one. I was like, no, 29 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,241 Speaker 1: I don't know what I said in the episode. I 30 00:01:40,241 --> 00:01:41,401 Speaker 1: don't want them listening. 31 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,481 Speaker 2: To it, like yeah in my head that, I was like, no, 32 00:01:43,681 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 2: they'd have the field day with it. They'd absolutely annihilate us. 33 00:01:46,961 --> 00:01:50,041 Speaker 1: I was worried about what we said, and so in 34 00:01:50,081 --> 00:01:52,201 Speaker 1: the end he gave them a true crime to do. 35 00:01:53,081 --> 00:01:55,681 Speaker 2: What a great representation of great parenting? 36 00:02:05,761 --> 00:02:09,281 Speaker 1: Am I a bad mum for trying to reason with 37 00:02:09,401 --> 00:02:13,361 Speaker 1: the unreasonable? So I spoke on a previous episode about 38 00:02:13,361 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: how my girls are Billie Eilish obsessed and they wanted 39 00:02:16,481 --> 00:02:19,481 Speaker 1: to save up some money and fly to London to 40 00:02:20,121 --> 00:02:21,161 Speaker 1: go to her concert. 41 00:02:21,321 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 2: I wondered, how this is going, Yeah, so it's going obviously. 42 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:30,641 Speaker 1: Well I did have the conversation of going, this is 43 00:02:30,921 --> 00:02:34,841 Speaker 1: really unachievable. Oh you did, because. 44 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,481 Speaker 2: Because that was the conversation you and I had, which 45 00:02:36,561 --> 00:02:39,001 Speaker 2: was like, do I break their dreams down now. 46 00:02:39,161 --> 00:02:41,761 Speaker 1: Or just later? Yeah, I kind of did, because. 47 00:02:42,561 --> 00:02:44,641 Speaker 2: I'm glad that we went through that. Because I didn't. 48 00:02:44,641 --> 00:02:45,481 Speaker 2: We said don't do. 49 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:51,161 Speaker 1: It nil July at least, Yeah, we did, but the 50 00:02:51,201 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: concert is in July, and I was like, look your 51 00:02:54,881 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: flight prices that you've put in your document for you 52 00:02:58,641 --> 00:03:01,281 Speaker 1: know what your expenses are. Well, by the time you 53 00:03:01,321 --> 00:03:03,641 Speaker 1: can save that money and book them, they're going to 54 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,601 Speaker 1: be a lot more than that. Yeah, it's and then 55 00:03:06,881 --> 00:03:09,401 Speaker 1: the whole who's going to go with you? We can't 56 00:03:09,401 --> 00:03:12,121 Speaker 1: just send you across the world on your own. Anyway. 57 00:03:12,161 --> 00:03:17,321 Speaker 1: They were pretty good at receiving the news that we're 58 00:03:17,321 --> 00:03:20,561 Speaker 1: not really going to London in July. It's probably not 59 00:03:20,641 --> 00:03:23,601 Speaker 1: going to happen. And then Amelia comes up with a 60 00:03:23,641 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: brain wave. She turns around to me and she says, 61 00:03:26,881 --> 00:03:29,641 Speaker 1: do you have points? Do you have like flight points? 62 00:03:30,601 --> 00:03:33,761 Speaker 1: I was like, yes, so we could just choose those 63 00:03:34,641 --> 00:03:38,921 Speaker 1: when first of all, I don't have enough for everyone 64 00:03:38,961 --> 00:03:40,121 Speaker 1: to go to London. 65 00:03:40,281 --> 00:03:40,481 Speaker 2: Yeah. 66 00:03:41,121 --> 00:03:45,601 Speaker 1: Secondly, those are my points. It's like money. I want 67 00:03:45,641 --> 00:03:48,641 Speaker 1: to use them towards our flights to go somewhere. She 68 00:03:48,801 --> 00:03:52,321 Speaker 1: turned around and she wear them. Yeah, but you use 69 00:03:52,881 --> 00:03:57,401 Speaker 1: my points for when I fly. They're mine. Oh, I 70 00:03:57,521 --> 00:04:02,321 Speaker 1: pay for your flights. Whenever you've got points from flights, 71 00:04:02,641 --> 00:04:07,081 Speaker 1: I've paid for the flights. Hollypie up with yeah, actually, 72 00:04:07,521 --> 00:04:10,161 Speaker 1: and that's the same with when you get a massage, 73 00:04:10,361 --> 00:04:12,921 Speaker 1: that's my allowance. Oh and you don't pay for the 74 00:04:12,921 --> 00:04:13,841 Speaker 1: health insurance. 75 00:04:13,921 --> 00:04:17,001 Speaker 2: No, no, these kids are a riot at the moment. 76 00:04:17,721 --> 00:04:19,841 Speaker 2: They're out of control. 77 00:04:20,881 --> 00:04:22,121 Speaker 1: You know now I'm doing. 78 00:04:22,161 --> 00:04:24,721 Speaker 2: You start paying for that private health insurance, and you 79 00:04:24,761 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 2: start paying for the flights that you sit your ass 80 00:04:27,841 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 2: on an aircraft with your null and void to those. 81 00:04:30,521 --> 00:04:34,121 Speaker 1: Points, my friend, I say to the girls sometimes I 82 00:04:34,281 --> 00:04:38,321 Speaker 1: like to remind them of how much things cost, because 83 00:04:38,361 --> 00:04:41,921 Speaker 1: I'm like, your braces, like when we go to an 84 00:04:41,921 --> 00:04:45,241 Speaker 1: appointment or whatever, I'm just a reminder. You know your braces. 85 00:04:45,281 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: You know they cost seven thousand dollars. Yeah, there's a 86 00:04:48,081 --> 00:04:50,001 Speaker 1: lot of money. Yeah, And they go, yeah, but you 87 00:04:50,041 --> 00:04:54,081 Speaker 1: get money off from using your health insurance. I went, 88 00:04:54,201 --> 00:04:57,761 Speaker 1: I pay for the health insurance. Doesn't just come for free. 89 00:04:58,001 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 1: It's like the health insurance just go oh, here you go, 90 00:05:00,641 --> 00:05:04,681 Speaker 1: here's a couple of thousands towards your braces. Just help 91 00:05:04,721 --> 00:05:05,041 Speaker 1: you out. 92 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I paid for that. No, yeah, I know. 93 00:05:08,361 --> 00:05:13,041 Speaker 2: But they also obnoxiously understand that they're not dumb children. Yeah, 94 00:05:13,081 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 2: they absolutely know that that's what's happening. It's to push 95 00:05:17,361 --> 00:05:20,321 Speaker 2: my buttons to sure of it. Just on another note, 96 00:05:20,361 --> 00:05:23,681 Speaker 2: just why we're talking about it. How is the dentist going. 97 00:05:24,361 --> 00:05:26,561 Speaker 2: Have they helped to check her races off? This is 98 00:05:28,001 --> 00:05:30,481 Speaker 2: we started this the other week, and I'm like, I'm 99 00:05:30,561 --> 00:05:33,081 Speaker 2: dying to know if your child's still got braces on it. 100 00:05:33,121 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: Okay, So Amelia's had her braces taken off, that's all fine, 101 00:05:36,681 --> 00:05:41,001 Speaker 1: it's all good. Her account is paid clip to date, right, Yeah, 102 00:05:41,041 --> 00:05:44,681 Speaker 1: Holly's kind of like we breached. 103 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 2: On it like two weeks ago and you said, yeah, 104 00:05:47,561 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 2: so yeah, no, we'll talk about that another time. 105 00:05:50,241 --> 00:05:53,361 Speaker 1: Yeah. So she's almost able to get them off, and 106 00:05:54,041 --> 00:05:56,881 Speaker 1: I said at the last appointment she would really love 107 00:05:56,921 --> 00:05:59,241 Speaker 1: them off for a semi four more, which is in 108 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,401 Speaker 1: like however many weeks, and the dentists went, yeah, I 109 00:06:02,401 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: think that that's achievable. Yeah, cool, let's book or to 110 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,121 Speaker 1: have them taken off. Now I've booked her in. Then 111 00:06:08,121 --> 00:06:11,721 Speaker 1: I get a phone call and she goes just to 112 00:06:11,801 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: let you know you're still owing quite a bit on 113 00:06:14,361 --> 00:06:17,721 Speaker 1: your account, and I was like, oh shit, am I 114 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:21,761 Speaker 1: I don't know, And really what it is is that 115 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,921 Speaker 1: I forget to pay the monthly payment. They don't tend 116 00:06:24,961 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: a reminder. 117 00:06:25,481 --> 00:06:28,201 Speaker 2: By the way, it's like, it's not at the forefront 118 00:06:28,201 --> 00:06:32,801 Speaker 2: of your mind on you braces. That's a problem. You 119 00:06:32,841 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 2: need to get your systems in order, because you're not 120 00:06:35,241 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 2: reminding me, so therefore not paying. 121 00:06:39,001 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: But what it is is that then we will have 122 00:06:41,561 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: an appointment and it reminds me, and I go, I 123 00:06:44,561 --> 00:06:45,961 Speaker 1: need to make a payment, and I just go on 124 00:06:46,081 --> 00:06:47,641 Speaker 1: to make a payment in the car park, and then 125 00:06:47,681 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: by the time I've gone in, they're like, oh, who's 126 00:06:49,921 --> 00:06:52,321 Speaker 1: your animal? I just made a payment. Then I get 127 00:06:52,361 --> 00:06:56,001 Speaker 1: an email, right and the email says you know how 128 00:06:56,681 --> 00:07:01,041 Speaker 1: messages in text often don't come across as nice as 129 00:07:01,041 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: what you would say person. 130 00:07:03,161 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 2: This was email. 131 00:07:04,361 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, this email that came through basically said your account's 132 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,161 Speaker 1: not up to date. If you do not make the 133 00:07:12,201 --> 00:07:17,081 Speaker 1: payment in full, we will not be taking her braces off. Oh. 134 00:07:17,401 --> 00:07:21,281 Speaker 1: I immediately RATE got my back up and I was like, 135 00:07:21,961 --> 00:07:25,721 Speaker 1: what the fuck You're not going to take my child's brace? Like, 136 00:07:25,801 --> 00:07:28,201 Speaker 1: set aside the fact that you know, I run a business. 137 00:07:28,241 --> 00:07:31,481 Speaker 1: I absolutely appreciate that people need to pay and bills 138 00:07:31,561 --> 00:07:33,721 Speaker 1: need to be sortid and all the rest of it. 139 00:07:33,801 --> 00:07:37,601 Speaker 1: I get that. However, the way you said that to 140 00:07:37,641 --> 00:07:40,121 Speaker 1: me made me feel like a piece of shit, and 141 00:07:40,281 --> 00:07:43,921 Speaker 1: I actually got my back up go into extreme rate. 142 00:07:44,041 --> 00:07:45,441 Speaker 1: I was like, I want to get my braces done. 143 00:07:45,441 --> 00:07:47,441 Speaker 1: I'm not going to get done at that place, and 144 00:07:47,521 --> 00:07:49,281 Speaker 1: I go elsewhere. I'm going to take my business. I've 145 00:07:49,321 --> 00:07:52,041 Speaker 1: spent fourteen thousand dollars at this place, and you're telling 146 00:07:52,081 --> 00:07:54,561 Speaker 1: me that if I don't pay the extra bit that 147 00:07:54,641 --> 00:07:56,281 Speaker 1: there is owing, then you're not going to take my 148 00:07:56,361 --> 00:07:57,561 Speaker 1: child's braces off. 149 00:07:57,841 --> 00:07:58,601 Speaker 2: Got them forever. 150 00:07:58,761 --> 00:08:01,561 Speaker 1: I'm gonna air task at that shit, and I'm going 151 00:08:01,641 --> 00:08:03,681 Speaker 1: to get someone to take the braces off, and I'm 152 00:08:03,721 --> 00:08:05,441 Speaker 1: not going to pay the rest of my bills because 153 00:08:05,481 --> 00:08:07,641 Speaker 1: you've sent that email. You made me feel like shit, 154 00:08:07,841 --> 00:08:09,401 Speaker 1: and I'm not doing any of it. 155 00:08:10,561 --> 00:08:13,721 Speaker 2: This is so good. I want to see someone air 156 00:08:13,841 --> 00:08:17,321 Speaker 2: task the shit out of this. Can we put it 157 00:08:17,401 --> 00:08:20,921 Speaker 2: up just to see where it lands? Air tasker? Somebody 158 00:08:20,961 --> 00:08:21,481 Speaker 2: removed my. 159 00:08:21,561 --> 00:08:25,321 Speaker 1: Child's braces because I haven't paid. 160 00:08:25,041 --> 00:08:26,961 Speaker 2: The bill, because she's going to send me four more. 161 00:08:27,041 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 2: It's really important. The responses would blow my mind, honestly, 162 00:08:32,161 --> 00:08:36,081 Speaker 2: So what's happened? Where are we at on? Like? Did 163 00:08:36,121 --> 00:08:38,641 Speaker 2: you ring them after the abusive email? No? 164 00:08:38,721 --> 00:08:40,681 Speaker 1: So I did what it wasn't a body would do, 165 00:08:40,801 --> 00:08:44,361 Speaker 1: and I ignored the email waited for a phone call 166 00:08:44,481 --> 00:08:46,201 Speaker 1: and I said, I'm so glad you called. And I 167 00:08:46,241 --> 00:08:49,241 Speaker 1: was really nice and the lady was lovely because your 168 00:08:49,241 --> 00:08:52,841 Speaker 1: email made me feel like shit, and she said, I'm 169 00:08:53,041 --> 00:08:56,921 Speaker 1: so sorry. And we talked it through and I was like, 170 00:08:57,081 --> 00:09:00,801 Speaker 1: no worries, more than happy, and off we went on 171 00:09:00,841 --> 00:09:01,641 Speaker 1: our jolly way. 172 00:09:02,241 --> 00:09:04,161 Speaker 2: It is so true, like you just said, the text 173 00:09:04,201 --> 00:09:07,881 Speaker 2: and the email else like the tone, because you can't 174 00:09:07,921 --> 00:09:10,041 Speaker 2: hear the tone the way that you read. It could 175 00:09:10,081 --> 00:09:13,561 Speaker 2: just be how you're feeling. Maybe how about my tone? 176 00:09:13,761 --> 00:09:16,401 Speaker 2: Your email made me feel like shit. Me if I 177 00:09:16,441 --> 00:09:18,401 Speaker 2: was on the other side of that and I'm receiving that, 178 00:09:18,441 --> 00:09:20,681 Speaker 2: I'd be like, oh oh sorry that that I was 179 00:09:20,681 --> 00:09:23,361 Speaker 2: having a great old time I was. I was writing it, 180 00:09:23,521 --> 00:09:25,921 Speaker 2: going you kids are going to get her braces off 181 00:09:25,961 --> 00:09:26,921 Speaker 2: before semi form. 182 00:09:31,281 --> 00:09:34,081 Speaker 1: New day tomorrow, New day tomorrow. I really pay your bill, 183 00:09:34,761 --> 00:09:36,641 Speaker 1: say the field, and I really try and sort out 184 00:09:36,641 --> 00:09:41,201 Speaker 1: my attitude problem.