WEBVTT - This Glorious Mess: The Cupcake Fraud 0:00:21.610 --> 0:00:24.290 You're listening to another Mia podcast. 0:00:25.130 --> 0:00:28.410 Mamma Mia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land. We 0:00:28.530 --> 0:00:31.930 have recorded this podcast on the Gatagoul people of the 0:00:31.930 --> 0:00:35.650 Eur Nation. We pay our respects to their elders past 0:00:35.730 --> 0:00:39.330 and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and 0:00:39.410 --> 0:00:40.930 Torres Rate islander cultures. 0:00:41.330 --> 0:00:46.370 Hi, it's Anali's Todd here from this Glorious Mess, introducing 0:00:46.610 --> 0:00:51.250 hot Pod Summer, one hundred hours of curated listening across 0:00:51.290 --> 0:00:55.090 the Mummamere network, just for you to escape the chaos 0:00:55.170 --> 0:00:58.450 and enjoy with the kids at home and the weather 0:00:58.490 --> 0:01:02.610 warming up. We've got episodes of Parents' Anonymous to share. 0:01:03.290 --> 0:01:08.050 Parents Anonymous is part game show, part church confessional. You 0:01:08.130 --> 0:01:12.010 share your deepest parenting shame, and myself and Stacey Hicks 0:01:12.290 --> 0:01:16.450 rate you, but the worst parenting wins the most points, 0:01:16.530 --> 0:01:19.530 so really you can't lose. And if you want more, 0:01:19.650 --> 0:01:20.610 there's a link in the show. 0:01:21.210 --> 0:01:28.490 Enjoy Parents Anonymous. 0:01:30.450 --> 0:01:34.570 Welcome to this Glorious Mess. I'm Analyst Todd, single mother 0:01:34.850 --> 0:01:37.450 and free range parenting. 0:01:37.410 --> 0:01:40.690 Enthusiasts, and I'm Sacy Hicks. I'm the deputy editor at 0:01:40.690 --> 0:01:43.410 Mamma Maya and a type perfectionist trying to be a 0:01:43.450 --> 0:01:46.690 gentle parent, good trying that emphasis on the trying. 0:01:47.250 --> 0:01:49.610 Welcome back to Parents Anonymous. 0:01:49.650 --> 0:01:52.090 This is your safe space where you can spill your 0:01:52.130 --> 0:01:55.370 worst parenting moments and will basically praise you for them, 0:01:55.490 --> 0:01:58.530 or not always praise you. You like critique a little. 0:01:58.810 --> 0:02:01.770 There's vibe criteria, checks and balances. 0:02:01.970 --> 0:02:04.330 Yeah, but we're here to make you feel better about them. 0:02:04.530 --> 0:02:08.330 Yes. So it's Parents Anonymous. So you share your story 0:02:08.450 --> 0:02:11.250 and get the guilt off your chest, and we give 0:02:11.290 --> 0:02:14.970 you points based on our very serious and scientific grading 0:02:15.090 --> 0:02:19.570 system aka vibe check. But the trick is the worst 0:02:19.730 --> 0:02:22.730 parent you are, yeah, most likely, and it changes week 0:02:22.770 --> 0:02:25.330 to week depending on our mood. And hence what we 0:02:25.330 --> 0:02:29.130 said about the vibe check. Hormonal cycles do impact tolerance 0:02:29.370 --> 0:02:33.130 levels and that's fine, but basically, the worst you are, 0:02:33.170 --> 0:02:34.050 the more points you'll get. 0:02:34.170 --> 0:02:38.530 Yes, and I'm feeling particularly fisty today speaking of the hormonals. Ohack, 0:02:38.610 --> 0:02:39.330 have we sind up? 0:02:39.450 --> 0:02:40.770 Maybe a little cute? 0:02:41.170 --> 0:02:43.450 So before we get into that, we always make sure 0:02:43.450 --> 0:02:48.050 that it is a trusted space where we confess something ourself. Yes, 0:02:48.090 --> 0:02:51.250 but I've kind of stuffed up this week. I've been 0:02:51.290 --> 0:02:52.130 an excellent parent. 0:02:52.330 --> 0:02:52.890 Oh Okay. 0:02:52.890 --> 0:02:53.690 I don't know what to tell you. 0:02:53.770 --> 0:02:56.090 Is that what you think? Nothing to confess? 0:02:56.130 --> 0:02:56.450 Nothing. 0:02:56.770 --> 0:03:01.250 Well, it just so happens that my Instagram addiction and 0:03:01.330 --> 0:03:05.490 stalking has come into play because I believe that you 0:03:05.530 --> 0:03:07.370 took your three year old to a movie. 0:03:07.610 --> 0:03:10.090 I did a G rated movie. 0:03:10.290 --> 0:03:14.170 Yes, but what is the minimum age for popcorn? Stacy Hicks, 0:03:14.450 --> 0:03:16.890 You're about to say, popcorn. 0:03:16.290 --> 0:03:18.730 To a three year old is not allowed. 0:03:20.730 --> 0:03:24.930 I learned this for the first time from me. So 0:03:25.090 --> 0:03:29.810 you risked your child's life in a movie. I completely 0:03:29.850 --> 0:03:32.650 forgotten about this very moment, and then I put it 0:03:32.690 --> 0:03:35.690 on a public forum, so it days. I looked it 0:03:35.770 --> 0:03:37.890 up just because I wanted to make sure I knew 0:03:37.890 --> 0:03:41.290 what I was talking about. But popcorn is considered a 0:03:41.410 --> 0:03:44.650 choking hazard for children under four years old by the 0:03:44.690 --> 0:03:47.970 American Academy of Pediatrics. 0:03:50.290 --> 0:03:53.410 I did spiral slightly. I have never given my daughter 0:03:53.450 --> 0:03:55.850 popcorn before because I was one of those I told 0:03:55.890 --> 0:03:59.890 you before cutting control freak. I cut the grapes, cut 0:04:00.010 --> 0:04:04.970 squished the blueberries. Still still three at three, she complains 0:04:05.010 --> 0:04:09.410 about it. It's okay, sorry, sorry for caring, but I'm 0:04:09.490 --> 0:04:11.010 saving your life. 0:04:11.490 --> 0:04:15.490 Sausage, no circles. 0:04:15.490 --> 0:04:17.570 Everything's in a stick form anale. 0:04:17.850 --> 0:04:19.450 This is not how I parented. 0:04:20.330 --> 0:04:22.490 This is the only reason my child's living and breathing 0:04:22.490 --> 0:04:24.210 today thanks to me cutting everything. 0:04:24.370 --> 0:04:27.850 Well, I don't know how mine are alive, from toddlers 0:04:27.850 --> 0:04:31.890 to tweens, because my confession this week is we went 0:04:31.970 --> 0:04:36.250 on a little holiday and it was lovely. I a 0:04:36.570 --> 0:04:39.810 r I took my mom, so Nana was there, and 0:04:39.890 --> 0:04:41.890 I took my twelve and nine year old boys and 0:04:41.890 --> 0:04:44.490 we had absolute best time. On the first day, they 0:04:44.530 --> 0:04:46.610 have you know, like PSA's popping up on the screens 0:04:46.650 --> 0:04:49.730 and they were like minors must be in bed or 0:04:50.050 --> 0:04:52.330 away from public areas by one am, and I was like, 0:04:52.370 --> 0:04:53.690 oh wow, Like. 0:04:53.810 --> 0:04:56.450 Who's letting them stay up for that? It's so weird. 0:04:56.930 --> 0:05:00.050 And then on the last night, they had a nineteen 0:05:00.130 --> 0:05:03.810 eighties dress up theme. Now that is a youth theme 0:05:04.090 --> 0:05:06.570 dress up theme if ever I have heard one, and 0:05:06.770 --> 0:05:10.050 so perfect. We all dressed up, except my mom didn't. 0:05:10.090 --> 0:05:12.930 She's not as out there as us. And they had 0:05:13.010 --> 0:05:15.770 like an outdoor band and they had the cruise director 0:05:15.810 --> 0:05:18.250 and the people doing organized dance offs and sing offs. 0:05:18.290 --> 0:05:20.410 And then at one point Nana was like, I'm going 0:05:20.410 --> 0:05:22.130 to and I was like no, no worries. I got 0:05:22.170 --> 0:05:26.890 this and I let my kids stay one. Were you 0:05:26.970 --> 0:05:29.210 the one that got pulled over by the cruise police 0:05:29.330 --> 0:05:32.690 say get these children back to their room. No, because 0:05:32.810 --> 0:05:34.690 there were a lot of kids out. I just feel 0:05:34.730 --> 0:05:37.770 like the regular rules of society do not apply at sea. 0:05:37.970 --> 0:05:38.370 They don't. 0:05:38.490 --> 0:05:40.330 I think it's a good parenting movie because of the 0:05:40.330 --> 0:05:42.890 core memory exactly it's bonding and time. 0:05:43.210 --> 0:05:45.010 What is time? We care? 0:05:45.090 --> 0:05:47.730 Julie partied like it was nineteen eighty nine. I love it, 0:05:47.810 --> 0:05:50.370 But it was the next day. It was like they 0:05:50.410 --> 0:05:53.650 had to hangover. Yeah, so the very very tired we 0:05:53.770 --> 0:05:56.570 borrowed a lot of fun. Yeah yeah, from the day 0:05:56.730 --> 0:05:58.450 famously popcorn and partying. 0:05:58.770 --> 0:06:03.930 That's us. I didn't explain the rest of the popcorn story. 0:06:04.650 --> 0:06:08.610 I have never given her popcorn. Before she saw the popcorn, it. 0:06:08.570 --> 0:06:11.810 Was free that I didn't even know this rule existed. 0:06:11.850 --> 0:06:12.410 You're fine. 0:06:12.530 --> 0:06:17.090 I whispered the entire movie too, Kelly, so as not 0:06:17.130 --> 0:06:20.010 to disturb anyone while she was eating it. And she survived. 0:06:20.050 --> 0:06:22.970 But me saying that on my Instagram story did send 0:06:23.050 --> 0:06:25.250 a lot of other parents spiraling, telling me that they 0:06:25.290 --> 0:06:26.130 weren't aware. 0:06:25.850 --> 0:06:27.570 Of my or just didn't know it was a rule. 0:06:27.610 --> 0:06:28.890 Yeah, they just didn't know it was a rule. They 0:06:28.890 --> 0:06:29.690 didn't know was a risk. 0:06:29.850 --> 0:06:33.010 So really, I've saved other children's lives potentially, so ten 0:06:33.010 --> 0:06:36.770 out of ten to me, you need to move on 0:06:36.810 --> 0:06:40.290 from squishing the blueberries. Yes, Troublebrosa. This show does not 0:06:40.370 --> 0:06:43.690 exist without your guilty confessions. And as you can see, 0:06:43.730 --> 0:06:46.810 you know we release ours. I feel better, I actually 0:06:46.810 --> 0:06:49.050 feel a bit proud. Actually, you can leave us a 0:06:49.130 --> 0:06:51.050 voice note, or if you want to be fully anonymous, 0:06:51.090 --> 0:06:53.810 you can email us and we'll even read them out, 0:06:54.090 --> 0:06:58.250 which we insufferably quite enjoy. Anyways, really do character voiceover. Yes, 0:06:58.610 --> 0:07:00.970 and thank you to the people who continue to send 0:07:01.050 --> 0:07:03.450 us your confessions. They bring us so much joy in 0:07:03.450 --> 0:07:06.690 our otherwise bleak lives. And you can have a look 0:07:06.770 --> 0:07:08.610 in the show notes for your confession options. 0:07:08.770 --> 0:07:11.410 Yes, and on today's show, our mystery confessions, which we 0:07:11.530 --> 0:07:17.170 haven't heard yet are called present Bouncer, cupcake, fraud, relatable, 0:07:17.330 --> 0:07:18.130 and perks are. 0:07:18.090 --> 0:07:21.690 For adults only aligned to proved hmm. Agreed, Let's go 0:07:22.050 --> 0:07:25.530 all right. First one present bouncer and I will read 0:07:25.650 --> 0:07:31.090 this out for full anonymity. I check all the gifts 0:07:31.090 --> 0:07:34.570 that my kids receive for both their birthdays and Christmas. 0:07:35.170 --> 0:07:38.410 I then hide anything that makes too much noise or 0:07:38.450 --> 0:07:42.930 a mess, like five hundred piece puzzles, drums, or make 0:07:42.970 --> 0:07:46.490 your own bracelets with one thousand beads. My kids don't 0:07:46.530 --> 0:07:49.450 know they never got the gift, and I always send 0:07:49.490 --> 0:07:52.570 thank you cards to the giver. That's thoughtful, good etiquette. 0:07:52.970 --> 0:07:55.770 The gifts that don't pass my mess level are either 0:07:56.010 --> 0:08:01.490 regifted for someone else's birthday or I donate them. I 0:08:01.530 --> 0:08:03.810 do not have time in my life to clean up 0:08:03.850 --> 0:08:06.850 one thousand beads. In fact, I am mad that they 0:08:06.970 --> 0:08:08.770 even sell them. 0:08:09.770 --> 0:08:13.330 Okay, my first question, you don't have time for the 0:08:13.370 --> 0:08:16.890 thousand beads, which I am very alied to. No one 0:08:16.970 --> 0:08:21.210 has time for anything with beads, anything with glitter, anything 0:08:21.250 --> 0:08:22.810 with little parts that you could step on in the 0:08:22.850 --> 0:08:23.490 middle of the night. 0:08:23.650 --> 0:08:27.610 BlimE is banned from my house. BlimE, yes, stains carpets. 0:08:27.210 --> 0:08:29.770 And even stickers I'm not that great on they stick. 0:08:29.970 --> 0:08:32.010 My daughter sticks them to blankets and then you can't 0:08:32.010 --> 0:08:34.690 get them off. But you've got the time to go 0:08:34.770 --> 0:08:37.130 through all the presents, which I assume some of them 0:08:37.130 --> 0:08:39.730 are wrapped. So what are we doing there to suss 0:08:39.770 --> 0:08:43.370 out what the present is. Are you memory raprapre just 0:08:43.450 --> 0:08:45.570 doing a very dodgy resealed job. 0:08:45.650 --> 0:08:49.170 So it's not only is she unwrapping and then potentially rewrapping, 0:08:49.570 --> 0:08:52.570 she needs to have an Excel spreadsheet to monitor and 0:08:52.730 --> 0:08:56.770 track who gave what gift so she doesn't regift back to. 0:08:56.770 --> 0:09:00.890 The imagine exactly. Although you've got the perfect cover in 0:09:00.930 --> 0:09:03.370 that situation, because you can go, well, you thought my 0:09:03.530 --> 0:09:04.770 child would like it so much. 0:09:04.810 --> 0:09:06.650 I got it. It was such a good idea. 0:09:07.050 --> 0:09:09.650 Such my child loved it so much. 0:09:10.170 --> 0:09:12.090 And then also you can only do this for a 0:09:12.130 --> 0:09:14.730 certain amount of time as well, like you've got an 0:09:14.770 --> 0:09:17.770 age kind of yeah limit because also they must be 0:09:17.970 --> 0:09:20.010 very small. But no, then why would they have bracelets 0:09:20.010 --> 0:09:21.890 one thousand bs? It's because and what's at a tree 0:09:22.050 --> 0:09:24.770 arge system? Like how are you getting the presence away 0:09:25.010 --> 0:09:26.570 hands to the child? And you go, oh no, no, 0:09:26.610 --> 0:09:29.930 we're just gonna pop this in hair for the sorting pile, yeap, 0:09:30.770 --> 0:09:34.970 which is, as we know, a culing system with an 0:09:35.010 --> 0:09:38.970 Excel spreadsheet, re wrapping, unwrapping thank you. 0:09:39.010 --> 0:09:42.530 Cards as well, you're doing a lot, you're doing a lot, 0:09:42.650 --> 0:09:46.290 a lot. Yeah, but she really is saving herself. In 0:09:46.330 --> 0:09:50.210 the meantime, she doesn't have slime, she doesn't have beads 0:09:50.490 --> 0:09:52.850 or glitter. I do because I'm too lazy to do 0:09:52.930 --> 0:09:53.450 this system. 0:09:54.010 --> 0:09:56.010 I'm in two minds because I think this is very 0:09:56.010 --> 0:10:00.530 good for Cosey lives in terms of the regifting genius. 0:10:00.650 --> 0:10:03.370 She's taking a little cut of the child's presence, of 0:10:03.410 --> 0:10:05.130 which I'm sure they got lots anyway. 0:10:05.210 --> 0:10:07.370 And that's the thing. Children are too spoilt these day. 0:10:07.450 --> 0:10:10.010 Yes they don't need all the things. But you know 0:10:10.130 --> 0:10:15.690 where it comes in for me, the inauthenticity, the line 0:10:15.770 --> 0:10:16.530 to the children. 0:10:17.330 --> 0:10:20.210 You know what, Now you've said this, I'm going to 0:10:20.290 --> 0:10:22.970 gift all kids glitter and see if you like it. 0:10:23.090 --> 0:10:26.410 I'm fine with glitter is just slime, hardline slime. Everything 0:10:26.410 --> 0:10:28.450 else is I'm going to give them a bulk pack 0:10:28.490 --> 0:10:30.250 of slime, and I'm going to hand it to them 0:10:30.250 --> 0:10:33.930 in a gift bag so they can see immediately what's inside, 0:10:34.690 --> 0:10:39.450 so you can't take it away. Mom does Okay, we 0:10:39.530 --> 0:10:42.010 do Father Christmas, we do lighter kids. So I've just 0:10:42.050 --> 0:10:44.690 got to put that because that's my little bugbear. That's 0:10:44.770 --> 0:10:45.730 my issue, not this. 0:10:45.890 --> 0:10:48.370 Please. We lie to them all the time. 0:10:48.450 --> 0:10:51.290 That's my issue. Okay, so that to the side. It's 0:10:51.410 --> 0:10:55.810 definitely saving a lot of headaches, but you are creating 0:10:55.850 --> 0:10:59.170 a lot more admin And yet the Excel spreadsheet, the tracking, 0:10:59.210 --> 0:11:01.410 the thank you notes, the unwrapping and the rewrapping of 0:11:01.450 --> 0:11:04.610 the present. Yes, yep, you go first, because I just can't. 0:11:04.690 --> 0:11:05.730 I can't decide. 0:11:05.890 --> 0:11:08.370 I love a bit of organization, and I love that 0:11:08.450 --> 0:11:11.970 this is short term pain, long term gain. She's not 0:11:12.130 --> 0:11:15.690 dealing with these things for the months afterwards. She is 0:11:15.730 --> 0:11:18.290 having to do a lot at the time of the 0:11:18.290 --> 0:11:19.610 birthday or Christmas. 0:11:19.650 --> 0:11:20.330 She really is. 0:11:20.970 --> 0:11:23.770 But I like that she's gone, Nope, life's too short. 0:11:23.850 --> 0:11:25.570 I'm not dealing with those things in my house. I 0:11:25.570 --> 0:11:27.530 don't want them here. So this is how I'm doing it. 0:11:27.570 --> 0:11:29.610 So I like that. And a little bit of the 0:11:29.690 --> 0:11:31.770 lying to well, she's not lying to the kids. She's 0:11:31.810 --> 0:11:34.850 just not letting them see things that they didn't know. 0:11:35.010 --> 0:11:37.650 She was running a regifting side. 0:11:37.530 --> 0:11:40.850 Hustle, so it's a victimless crime. So I kind of 0:11:40.930 --> 0:11:44.010 like it. So I'm giving her eight and a half 0:11:44.450 --> 0:11:46.970 backs of slime out of ten, and I'm going to 0:11:47.050 --> 0:11:48.650 give you the same at Christmas. 0:11:48.690 --> 0:11:50.610 All right, Look, I think I'm going to give her 0:11:51.170 --> 0:11:55.770 nine beads out of ten, which went quite high. One 0:11:55.810 --> 0:11:58.170 I came around, thank you, thanks for getting me off 0:11:58.170 --> 0:11:59.170 the fence. I love it. 0:12:07.210 --> 0:12:11.730 And our second confession is called cupcake fraud. Something I 0:12:11.770 --> 0:12:13.210 feel like you know a little bit about. 0:12:13.290 --> 0:12:16.050 Well, I don't know, because I never pretend to bake, 0:12:16.650 --> 0:12:22.410 but I'm really intrigued to see the four senticity. 0:12:24.930 --> 0:12:29.650 Here we go. A few years ago, we had to 0:12:29.650 --> 0:12:32.970 make homemade items for a bake sale at school. It 0:12:33.050 --> 0:12:39.090 was specifically specified that it must be homemade, which I found, 0:12:39.170 --> 0:12:41.210 as you ladies like to say in. 0:12:41.010 --> 0:12:43.650 Insufferable blind approach, that. 0:12:43.690 --> 0:12:46.290 Is the most insufferable thing I've ever heard. So I 0:12:46.370 --> 0:12:49.290 obviously didn't bake, and I bought a bunch of cupcakes 0:12:49.290 --> 0:12:53.090 from the very pricey bakery in my suburb. Everyone loved 0:12:53.130 --> 0:12:56.370 them so much and wanted the recipe, so I had 0:12:56.370 --> 0:13:00.250 to play the whole I'll never tell, oh my god, 0:13:00.730 --> 0:13:03.210 but they have been my go to for all events, 0:13:03.570 --> 0:13:07.890 and then just last week the bakery announced they are closing. 0:13:09.010 --> 0:13:12.770 Rather than come clean or learn how to bake, I've 0:13:12.770 --> 0:13:15.850 been in every day for a week to balk by 0:13:16.170 --> 0:13:19.930 and freeze the cupcake far so I have them till 0:13:19.970 --> 0:13:22.970 at least my child finishes primary school next year. 0:13:23.330 --> 0:13:26.330 Oh yeah, I was gonna say, wow, yeah, like seven years. 0:13:26.650 --> 0:13:28.890 They must have a few deep freezes. 0:13:29.570 --> 0:13:32.690 I was just imagining the energy bill of the multiple 0:13:32.730 --> 0:13:35.450 deep freezes you have in your garage. 0:13:35.130 --> 0:13:37.650 To fill up the cupcakes. Just to save face. 0:13:38.850 --> 0:13:42.290 Okay, first point, let's go back to them making you 0:13:42.410 --> 0:13:43.770 make homemade goods. 0:13:44.130 --> 0:13:49.850 Not aligned not a pro. First of all, I can't bake. 0:13:49.970 --> 0:13:52.730 It's like, okay, there's a time issue, like time for 0:13:53.330 --> 0:13:56.090 I'm just really bad at it. They either turn out 0:13:56.250 --> 0:14:00.410 into rocks or very flat pancakes. To be a cake, 0:14:00.650 --> 0:14:02.930 I don't know how to get the density or the 0:14:03.050 --> 0:14:06.810 rising or unrising right. They taste bad. I even stuff 0:14:06.890 --> 0:14:07.890 up packet cakes. 0:14:08.010 --> 0:14:09.850 I was about to say, I'm the same even when 0:14:09.890 --> 0:14:12.050 I do them from the packet. How can I make 0:14:12.210 --> 0:14:14.330 this wrong? I'm only just adding eggs. 0:14:14.570 --> 0:14:18.410 I don't understand. Or pancakes. You decide, choose your own adventure. Yeah, 0:14:18.530 --> 0:14:21.210 it's not fun for you. You're not getting to eat. I 0:14:21.330 --> 0:14:24.850 wonder why they specified that you must make them. It's 0:14:24.970 --> 0:14:27.890 like why, Like maybe they're one of those schools where 0:14:27.890 --> 0:14:32.370 it's gluten friend. No, because she would have included that. Yeah. True, 0:14:32.450 --> 0:14:34.770 and if it's just like you know, packet cake, they 0:14:34.770 --> 0:14:37.250 have that on the side. Yeah, but I love. 0:14:37.410 --> 0:14:40.250 That you disobeyed the rules. It's my favorite thing that 0:14:40.290 --> 0:14:42.730 you've done that, mostly because I'm a goodie two shoes, 0:14:42.730 --> 0:14:45.650 and even though I'm a terrible, terrible cook, I would 0:14:45.650 --> 0:14:47.890 have still made them myself and had to deal with 0:14:47.930 --> 0:14:50.210 that embarrassment. You've just cut that out and gone Nope, 0:14:50.610 --> 0:14:53.290 not sticking with that. Yeah, I'll just go and buy some. 0:14:53.450 --> 0:14:55.450 Do you know what. I would have almost cooked them 0:14:55.570 --> 0:14:58.930 and just shown just how bad they can be as 0:14:59.010 --> 0:15:01.770 like a teachable moment. Yeah, this is why you shouldn't special. 0:15:02.130 --> 0:15:03.570 Why should have made me do this? 0:15:03.570 --> 0:15:06.010 This is your own fault that you're now feeding these 0:15:06.010 --> 0:15:06.770 to the children. 0:15:06.890 --> 0:15:09.090 We all have skills in life, yep. And if you 0:15:09.170 --> 0:15:10.930 make us do a skill that we're not good at, 0:15:11.010 --> 0:15:13.290 this is the outcome, and this is resilience training for 0:15:13.330 --> 0:15:14.130 you and your rules. 0:15:14.210 --> 0:15:15.130 This is what you get. 0:15:15.410 --> 0:15:19.370 Yeah. Well, so don't get upset. Yeah, just change the 0:15:19.450 --> 0:15:20.450 rules and let us Why. 0:15:21.010 --> 0:15:23.970 But I love that she then she still went with it. 0:15:24.250 --> 0:15:27.290 Like they've said, everyone loved them. Everyone asked her for 0:15:27.330 --> 0:15:29.650 the recipe. I'll ever tell and she's gone. No, I'm 0:15:29.690 --> 0:15:33.290 doubling down here. I'm not admitting it, because that's the 0:15:33.330 --> 0:15:36.690 difference between you and this lovely person. You proudly come 0:15:36.690 --> 0:15:39.250 in a quick stop across the road at the shops. 0:15:39.290 --> 0:15:42.530 I'm still in the plastic and say, bake sale tomorrow 0:15:42.610 --> 0:15:46.730 is sorted for your kids. So I love that she's 0:15:46.810 --> 0:15:50.930 just gone with this, and then tripling down the bakery 0:15:51.010 --> 0:15:55.090 is closing. You've got it sorted. You've got an alibi 0:15:55.250 --> 0:15:58.330 for the next year. Now this is actually further proof 0:15:58.370 --> 0:16:01.090 of her lie because if anyone suspected they were from 0:16:01.130 --> 0:16:04.770 the bakery, the bakery is now gone and the cupcakes remain. 0:16:05.210 --> 0:16:08.770 Now, I'm not a baker, but when one do you 0:16:08.890 --> 0:16:12.770 frost's I sing? Doesn't that go yuck? Isn't it like 0:16:13.050 --> 0:16:16.450 you know, I'm really stretching. Isn't it like butter and 0:16:16.530 --> 0:16:22.410 sugar and I sink sugar. Then if you freeze butter 0:16:23.010 --> 0:16:25.410 and then at defrost, doesn't it go a bit? 0:16:25.930 --> 0:16:28.410 Haven't you seen these experiments people do where they'll put 0:16:28.450 --> 0:16:31.090 like a fast food burger in a cupboard for a 0:16:31.170 --> 0:16:32.970 year and they come back and it still looks fine, 0:16:33.010 --> 0:16:36.170 Like when sugar's in the equation I think they're indestructible. 0:16:36.210 --> 0:16:38.210 I think you could eat these in ten years. Wow, 0:16:38.250 --> 0:16:40.890 it's probably not actually safe, but I think that you could. 0:16:41.290 --> 0:16:43.810 And I think, look, if they're that good, even if 0:16:43.850 --> 0:16:45.890 they're like a seven out of ten compared to normal, 0:16:45.930 --> 0:16:47.930 they're still going to be pretty and. 0:16:47.890 --> 0:16:49.370 Better than what we could achieve. 0:16:49.450 --> 0:16:51.850 Pretty impressive. Yeah, better than anything we could do, and 0:16:51.850 --> 0:16:53.090 better than anything she could. 0:16:52.890 --> 0:16:56.610 Do under duress. Yeah, that we must provide a home 0:16:56.930 --> 0:16:57.810 baked solution. 0:16:58.050 --> 0:17:01.130 I love it. And she's actually just now meal prep too. 0:17:01.930 --> 0:17:05.050 She's just covered herself for the whole year. She doesn't 0:17:05.050 --> 0:17:06.570 have to think about this at alls. 0:17:06.650 --> 0:17:11.610 Taken mental load away for cupcakes sales. There's nothing, there's 0:17:11.650 --> 0:17:14.850 nothing to confess here. You're just a bloody genius. Yes, 0:17:15.210 --> 0:17:19.290 I'm giving ten fraudulent defrosted cupcakes out of ten. 0:17:19.370 --> 0:17:21.450 I'm giving you ten deep for out of ten because 0:17:21.450 --> 0:17:24.250 that's probably how many you're going to need to keep 0:17:24.290 --> 0:17:27.690 all of these cupcakes until next year. But I love 0:17:27.730 --> 0:17:30.450 the commit to the lie. You've gone with a long game. Yes, 0:17:30.490 --> 0:17:33.130 you've got the perfect alibi now that the bakery is closed. 0:17:33.170 --> 0:17:35.330 Really they are yours. You did make them. 0:17:35.690 --> 0:17:38.250 You don't to the people and how dare they tell 0:17:38.290 --> 0:17:40.250 her to Yeah, you must bake. 0:17:40.210 --> 0:17:42.410 And thank you for using our favorite word, insufferable, so 0:17:42.450 --> 0:17:43.850 you get a bonus point for that. So you get 0:17:43.890 --> 0:17:46.170 eleven deep rases out of ten your. 0:17:46.130 --> 0:17:58.090 Service Confession number three, perks are for adults only. Correct, Yes, 0:18:00.250 --> 0:18:02.810 this sounds really bad, will be the judge of that. 0:18:03.410 --> 0:18:07.290 But our kids are really needy. Yep, they can be, 0:18:07.570 --> 0:18:10.890 they can Yep. They always want to spend time with 0:18:10.930 --> 0:18:14.490 my husband and I, and we absolutely do spend time 0:18:14.530 --> 0:18:16.610 with them. But when it comes to having a night 0:18:16.690 --> 0:18:20.890 out or a quick excursion without them, they whine and 0:18:20.970 --> 0:18:27.250 wine and wine, so we have to tell lies to 0:18:27.290 --> 0:18:29.330 be alone or get adult treats. 0:18:29.410 --> 0:18:32.050 Don't say the L word to the authenticity queen over 0:18:32.170 --> 0:18:33.130 the actual. 0:18:32.770 --> 0:18:36.490 Belt, hang on, hang on, like telling the kids who 0:18:36.530 --> 0:18:40.130 are thirteen and nine, I've got a lot of thoughts 0:18:41.090 --> 0:18:44.570 that we needed to go to Bunnings, knowing they would 0:18:44.610 --> 0:18:46.730 want to stay home, and we went out and got 0:18:46.730 --> 0:18:51.170 sushi for a little lunch date. In fact, we've been 0:18:51.250 --> 0:18:54.570 doing things like this for years. When they were much littler, 0:18:54.690 --> 0:18:58.490 we'd sometimes change all the clocks so we could put 0:18:58.490 --> 0:19:02.090 them to bed really early and we'd have more time 0:19:02.170 --> 0:19:05.210 to hang out as a couple. Okay, Look, I've got 0:19:05.250 --> 0:19:08.090 a lot of thoughts here. My first one is, look, 0:19:08.090 --> 0:19:10.930 they're very much not at risk of getting a divorce. 0:19:11.210 --> 0:19:13.530 Nice to really prioritize. 0:19:13.010 --> 0:19:15.970 Their marriage, yes, which I love for them. That's very cute, 0:19:16.210 --> 0:19:21.490 is very healthy and good for your marriage. And I 0:19:21.530 --> 0:19:24.330 want to just come back to the kids ages thirteen 0:19:24.490 --> 0:19:28.490 and nine. I don't feel like you need to lie 0:19:28.850 --> 0:19:32.970 to a teenager and teenager that you're going to Bunnings 0:19:33.530 --> 0:19:34.530 or going for a date. 0:19:34.770 --> 0:19:36.930 But what a cute family are they that those kids, 0:19:36.970 --> 0:19:39.770 even though there's a teenager there, they so badly want 0:19:39.810 --> 0:19:41.570 to be around their parents that they'll go with them 0:19:41.890 --> 0:19:44.130 if they're going out for That's very sweet. 0:19:44.490 --> 0:19:47.290 It is because you know what, most thirteen year olds 0:19:47.370 --> 0:19:48.850 don't want to know you exactly. 0:19:49.130 --> 0:19:51.490 I didn't want to know anyone thirteen. 0:19:52.130 --> 0:19:55.930 So it's so cute, very grateful this teenager wants to 0:19:55.970 --> 0:19:58.810 be around you, because soon they won't, and then you'll 0:19:58.810 --> 0:20:01.490 probably look back at this time and not feel great 0:20:02.010 --> 0:20:02.490 about all. 0:20:02.410 --> 0:20:04.370 The web of lies that you've created to get away 0:20:04.410 --> 0:20:06.650 from them. No, I kind of love it. I think 0:20:06.690 --> 0:20:09.170 it's smart. Can I ask about this clock trick? Does 0:20:09.210 --> 0:20:11.090 that work because you. 0:20:10.970 --> 0:20:13.130 Can definitely still do that. Did you tell time? 0:20:13.210 --> 0:20:15.650 Yeah? No, she's three and a half. She absolutely cannot 0:20:15.650 --> 0:20:17.330 tell the time to say, but she can tell if 0:20:17.330 --> 0:20:19.530 it's light enough outside. She will not go to sleep 0:20:19.570 --> 0:20:20.530 until the Christmas lights. 0:20:21.010 --> 0:20:23.770 But daylight savings, that changes, so that's not reliable. 0:20:24.330 --> 0:20:27.170 Look, I think it's great you need to have your 0:20:27.290 --> 0:20:30.490 alone time, like it's so important to have your alone 0:20:30.570 --> 0:20:33.370 time together. I agree, and to have conversations that aren't 0:20:33.410 --> 0:20:35.890 them going ma'am, break my chops here. 0:20:36.010 --> 0:20:38.570 But you don't need to lie to a thirteen or 0:20:38.650 --> 0:20:40.490 nine year old that you're going to a date night. 0:20:40.570 --> 0:20:44.970