WEBVTT - FULLSHOW! Polyamorous relationship, could you live like this?

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<v Speaker 1>Come on all the week.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello, Hello, I fam, how are we?

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<v Speaker 1>We're good? We're here? Or thanks a chemist? Warehouse heading today,

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<v Speaker 1>great savings every day?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know I'm particularly good this week?

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<v Speaker 3>Do you know?

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<v Speaker 1>Why?

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<v Speaker 4>Is it?

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<v Speaker 2>Because my mother in law has arrived?

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<v Speaker 4>And I think mother in law's get a bad stick

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<v Speaker 4>because I'm so looking forward to going home tonight to

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<v Speaker 4>a clean house and.

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<v Speaker 2>Do a fridge full of food. She's staying with us

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<v Speaker 2>for two weeks.

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<v Speaker 3>Did out your mother in law a couple of days

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<v Speaker 3>ago for pre her weird holiday pre cooking thing that

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<v Speaker 3>she does, but that cooks lasagna on a plane and

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<v Speaker 3>then takes it to a holiday.

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<v Speaker 4>It's weird meal prepping for a holiday. Absolutely fine for

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<v Speaker 4>her to meal prep my fridge, though, I have no

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<v Speaker 4>problems with that.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait, you were telling us that she wants you and

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<v Speaker 1>Mad to have baby, so she just brings around trays

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<v Speaker 1>of oysters and dark chocolate.

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<v Speaker 4>The last time I saw Ellie, she said to me,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm gonna come and live with you so that you

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<v Speaker 4>can have another baby and I'll take care of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, do you know.

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<v Speaker 3>What the problem is? Then? Why don't she change the mind?

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<v Speaker 3>What did you commit to it. Yeah, and then she's like,

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<v Speaker 3>don't want anymore and she moves to.

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<v Speaker 1>And you've got the.

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<v Speaker 5>Three kids.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, too much, handsmade tails.

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<v Speaker 3>We have someone really interesting on today. I want to

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<v Speaker 3>tell you about them. What it's a really interesting guest.

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<v Speaker 3>Her name's Taya and she is one quarter of I

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<v Speaker 3>can't say a couple, but she's in a relationship with

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<v Speaker 3>four people, so two couples. They live together, they have

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<v Speaker 3>kids all together. No one knows who the father.

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<v Speaker 2>Is of the kids.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a lucky dip.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's polyamorous, but but it's together.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it's closed polyamory because it's two couples. That.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's Look.

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<v Speaker 3>We're going to get into it. She's gonna call in

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<v Speaker 3>and we've got a lot of questions.

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<v Speaker 1>Laura's mother in law involved in that situation.

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<v Speaker 3>Also dream she's trying to get Laura to that farm

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<v Speaker 3>because Ellie Ellie will cook for them.

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<v Speaker 1>Got it. Okay, that's on the way here at the

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<v Speaker 1>pickup around Australia for your Wednesday vo It's Wednesday, Avaux, Britt,

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<v Speaker 1>Laura and Mitch. Here listen. If you stuck on a

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<v Speaker 4>Imagine taking a wrong turn out in the borstion in

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<v Speaker 4>the middle of nowhere. Then your car gets bogged and

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<v Speaker 4>you're lost. Oh no, and you're completely lost. Your cell

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<v Speaker 4>phone doesn't work and you can't be found for six days.

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<v Speaker 1>Sounds like I would last six days, I'd last about

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<v Speaker 1>six hours.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, this happened to an Australian woman somewhere out in

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<v Speaker 4>the deep south of Victoria. She went out on a

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<v Speaker 4>drive she thought she was heading towards some destination, took

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<v Speaker 4>a wrong turn, got lost in the wilderness, and then

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<v Speaker 4>didn't get found for six days. However, it's not the

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<v Speaker 4>being lost part. It's how she managed to survive in

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<v Speaker 4>her car. That's the real highlight of this story. Have

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<v Speaker 4>a listen to this.

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<v Speaker 5>A woman lost in Victoria's high country for nearly a

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<v Speaker 5>week has spoken about her ordeal. Lilian Ip was bogged

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<v Speaker 5>for six days in bushland in Mission, Missa, with only

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<v Speaker 5>lollies and a juice fox and wine to survive.

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<v Speaker 4>That sounds like my dream isn't what Yeah away from

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<v Speaker 4>my children for six whole days.

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<v Speaker 3>I get bogged in my laund room all the time,

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<v Speaker 3>and I just live on follies and wine.

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<v Speaker 1>Are we not sure that she did this on purpose?

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<v Speaker 1>Did she want to be saved? Also?

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<v Speaker 4>Who's driving around with just maybe she was heading to

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<v Speaker 4>a dinner party? Who's driving around the row bottle of

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<v Speaker 4>wine is floating around.

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<v Speaker 5>In their car? No?

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<v Speaker 2>I did see this. She was taking it to her mom.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a present for a month. Oh bless, how

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<v Speaker 2>do you get that loss?

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<v Speaker 3>Though?

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<v Speaker 2>On a trip to your mom with a bottle of

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<v Speaker 2>wine and some lollies?

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<v Speaker 3>She was actually going on a bush ad bench on

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<v Speaker 3>the way to my mum must live out there somewhere,

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<v Speaker 3>because I know that she was going to see like

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<v Speaker 3>a water for a Laura dam or something and then

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<v Speaker 3>take the white to her mom and she got bogged

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<v Speaker 3>on the way.

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<v Speaker 2>She brought some supplies.

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<v Speaker 1>Hold on, did she ration gummy bears?

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<v Speaker 4>Like?

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<v Speaker 1>Did she put them out on the dash of the

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<v Speaker 1>car and go the green ones of a Monday, then

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<v Speaker 1>the yellow ones of for Tuesday, and then I'll have

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<v Speaker 1>a sip of wine on Wednesday? Because she could have

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<v Speaker 1>been there for months.

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<v Speaker 4>Also, though I have been told and I feel like

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<v Speaker 4>I've now been lied to throughout my whole life that

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<v Speaker 4>wine's very dehydrating, but that's the only thing she's sustaining

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<v Speaker 4>herself on. Also, the other thing that she said is

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<v Speaker 4>that she is allergic to wine, which makes it so

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<v Speaker 4>much funnier because I truly think we're all allergic to wine.

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<v Speaker 2>It's caught a hangover, Isn't it funny?

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<v Speaker 4>Though?

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<v Speaker 3>You make a good point, Mitch, because if you're lost

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<v Speaker 3>and you don't know when someone's coming, Like if.

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<v Speaker 2>You have a bag of lollies, do you just starve.

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<v Speaker 3>Yourself and be like, I better only have a quarter

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<v Speaker 3>of a lollier day in case it takes a month. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>Or you're like I'm going to age six days, I

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<v Speaker 3>could probably hit a quarter of.

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<v Speaker 1>The package one today to tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 4>You would have absolutely no idea, So yeah, I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>I would just assume I was going to get found

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<v Speaker 4>prior to six days.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd probably eat them on the first hour.

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<v Speaker 1>Apparently, when she was found, the one thing that she

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<v Speaker 1>was dying for the most was a cigarette. Apparently she

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<v Speaker 1>asked the sees if she could light up a cigarette

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<v Speaker 1>and helicopter.

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<v Speaker 3>She's going through with drawals as well, could you imagine

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<v Speaker 3>allergic to wine in the bush?

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<v Speaker 2>No food with draws? What a nightmare.

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<v Speaker 4>I think it's more because like the perfect little you know,

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<v Speaker 4>the way to round that out, Siggies, some wine and

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<v Speaker 4>some Lolly's.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a Saturday night right there.

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<v Speaker 1>That's so good. This is the most classic Australian missing

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<v Speaker 1>person ever in America. They're like, I was lost in

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<v Speaker 1>the Rockies for months and I had to live on hyaenemy.

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<v Speaker 3>I had to chop my arm off to get out,

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<v Speaker 3>and here were like I only had wine and I

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<v Speaker 3>didn't have a diary.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, who knew that a bottle of wine and

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<v Speaker 4>a chop a chop could save a life?

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<v Speaker 2>She's alive.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm glad she's well.

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<v Speaker 1>It's an important PSA. Everyone all right's stand by. Next

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<v Speaker 1>on the show, we have a very very interesting guest

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm not really sure about. Laura, I know you

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<v Speaker 1>and I have been on the fence with this.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not not sure about. I just think it is

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<v Speaker 4>so different how they are living their relationship life.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm about it.

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<v Speaker 3>I can't wait to talk to her.

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<v Speaker 1>Our next guest is in a polyquad relationship, two couples

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<v Speaker 1>coming together, multiple kids, one roof. It's interesting and she'll

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<v Speaker 1>join us next on the pickup. It's the pickup around

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<v Speaker 1>the country. Wednesday afternoon, Britt, Laura and Mitch here thanks

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<v Speaker 1>to Chemists Warehouse heading today great savings every day, guys.

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<v Speaker 3>I have a guest on the line for us to

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<v Speaker 3>talk to you today. I'm super intrigued by her. Her

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<v Speaker 3>name is Taya Heartless and she is coming to us

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<v Speaker 3>from the state. She's in a polyamorous couple in a

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<v Speaker 3>close quad.

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<v Speaker 1>Tya joins us now she's here. Welcome to pick up.

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<v Speaker 2>Ya, Hi, hi okay.

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<v Speaker 4>I have so many questions about how you originally navigated this.

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<v Speaker 4>So how did you even meet and how did the

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<v Speaker 4>conversation even come up that maybe we should do this

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<v Speaker 4>all together under one roof.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah. So, we were both previously married to our current

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<v Speaker 6>legal spouses. My husband and I decided to get on

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<v Speaker 6>an app. We were just looking for something physical, not

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<v Speaker 6>well versed in polyamory, didn't really know anything about polyamory

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<v Speaker 6>at all, to be honest. We met Tyler and Alicia,

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<v Speaker 6>and we were actually the first people that they met

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<v Speaker 6>up with. We met one night and we had made

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<v Speaker 6>plans for the following weekend. The first night we met,

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<v Speaker 6>and then we just couldn't get enough of each other.

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<v Speaker 6>We kept making more and more plans and spending more

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<v Speaker 6>and more time together. Honestly, we didn't know what it

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<v Speaker 6>was at first, but we started developing feelings and lots

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<v Speaker 6>of trial and error, lots of communication, but ultimately found

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<v Speaker 6>ourselves really to a polyamorous quad. So it's kind of

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<v Speaker 6>a square with no innercept. Everybody is straight except for myself,

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<v Speaker 6>so that's where there's no intersections. But yeah, we kind

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<v Speaker 6>of figured it out as we went along, but we

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<v Speaker 6>were not we none of us were polyamorous previous to this.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, So tell you so quickly. So it's yourself and Sean.

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<v Speaker 1>You're a couple prime, and then Alicia and Tyler a

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<v Speaker 1>couple and you coexist, so the men don't. They're not

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<v Speaker 1>in a relationship together. It's yourself, and then it would

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<v Speaker 1>be Tyler and then Alicia and Sean, and then you

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<v Speaker 1>swap and change around.

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<v Speaker 6>Right, and absolutely we consider each other metamoras the non

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<v Speaker 6>romantic relationships. I consider Alicia my partner. She's just my

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<v Speaker 6>non romantic partner. I have to make decisions with her,

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<v Speaker 6>I have to communicate with her. I co parent with her,

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<v Speaker 6>so I very much consider her my partner, but she

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<v Speaker 6>is straight, so there's no romantic side of it.

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<v Speaker 3>So Teya, how does it work in terms of when

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<v Speaker 3>you set the rules up of when you can sleep

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<v Speaker 3>with the other partner? How does that work and do

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<v Speaker 3>you set these strict boundaries?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, so originally we would when we first moved in together,

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<v Speaker 6>we would spend two nights with our married spouse and

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<v Speaker 6>then one with the other and we would kind of

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<v Speaker 6>rotate that way. But because of work schedules and just

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<v Speaker 6>general life, nobody was getting enough time with each other.

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<v Speaker 6>It just wasn't We weren't getting the time that we wanted.

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<v Speaker 6>So we reevaluated pretty quickly and we just since then

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<v Speaker 6>have done every other night. The guys switch rooms. It

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<v Speaker 6>was started with the girls until we had babies, and

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<v Speaker 6>now it's just easier for the guys to switch rooms

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<v Speaker 6>back and forth and they just switch every other night.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, speaking of babies, how many children do you have

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<v Speaker 4>between you that you all parent together.

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<v Speaker 6>We have four currently going on five.

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<v Speaker 4>So congratulations, you're pregnant, right, congratulations.

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<v Speaker 6>Tyler and Aisha had two older kids when we met

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<v Speaker 6>them that were three and four at the time, and

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<v Speaker 6>then we've had I've had one and Alicia has birthed

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<v Speaker 6>one since we've been Again.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't know who the father is, including your.

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<v Speaker 6>It's one of two choices, but.

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<v Speaker 1>We've married and down.

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<v Speaker 6>We didn't regulate biology, and you know, people are always

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<v Speaker 6>concerned with medical history, but we went through I mean,

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<v Speaker 6>we have the relevant medical histories and there was no

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<v Speaker 6>concerns that popped up. So for us, this was just

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<v Speaker 6>the best way to kind of leave things just kind

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<v Speaker 6>of equal and not have any discrepancies and just raise

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<v Speaker 6>the kids as they are.

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<v Speaker 4>What happens when the kids get a bit older and

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<v Speaker 4>what if they become curious and they want to know

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<v Speaker 4>who is their biological dad.

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<v Speaker 6>We've had that conversation and for us it didn't matter,

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<v Speaker 6>and it doesn't matter why they're young, right, but if

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<v Speaker 6>they express interest in wanting to know their biology specifically,

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<v Speaker 6>then we're more than happy to take that journey with them.

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<v Speaker 4>Do you ever worry about them being bullied in school

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<v Speaker 4>or their friends or their friends families not understanding the

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<v Speaker 4>arrangement that you have and that impacting them at school

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<v Speaker 4>at all.

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<v Speaker 6>We're going on four years together now and we have

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<v Speaker 6>introduced ourselves as a blended family to their teachers every year.

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<v Speaker 6>We've never had any problems with school wise. They've even

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<v Speaker 6>switched schools since we've been together, and they haven't had

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<v Speaker 6>any issues with bullying. We've obviously lost adult friends and

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<v Speaker 6>adult family members, which has impacted them to an extent,

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<v Speaker 6>but we would much rather them not accept us rather

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<v Speaker 6>than our kids grow up and choose an alternative lifestyle

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<v Speaker 6>and then have to go through that with grandparents or

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<v Speaker 6>friends or families. So you know, it's it's not easy,

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<v Speaker 6>but so far it hasn't affected the kids' relationships and

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<v Speaker 6>we're we're rather social when it comes to hosting events

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<v Speaker 6>and having kids over and stuff, and we've never had a.

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<v Speaker 2>Problem in your relationship. Are there any levels of jealousy?

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<v Speaker 2>Is there any?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you ever like, Oh, yeah, I think you're spending

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<v Speaker 3>too much time? Are you giving too much attention to one?

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<v Speaker 1>How do you balance that?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 6>So jealousy is a human emotion. We are absolutely not

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<v Speaker 6>immune to jealousy at all, and over time it's definitely

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<v Speaker 6>gotten easier, but it still comes up. Absolutely, there's I

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<v Speaker 6>think that we just view it differently. So our whole

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<v Speaker 6>view is that if you're feeling jealous like communication is huge,

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<v Speaker 6>So just even if it's irrational, Hey, I'm feeling some

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<v Speaker 6>type of way. It's not your fault, but this is

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<v Speaker 6>what I'm feeling, and say, you know, Sean has been

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<v Speaker 6>spending a lot of time with Alicia and they have

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<v Speaker 6>a date night coming up, and I feel jealousy surrounding that. Ultimately,

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<v Speaker 6>I would rather plan a date night for us and

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<v Speaker 6>add to that rather than take away his date night

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<v Speaker 6>with her. So that's kind of how we approach it

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<v Speaker 6>is like, what am I missing? Do I need more

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<v Speaker 6>time with you? Do I what kind of need is

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<v Speaker 6>not being fulfilled for me that I can get from you,

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<v Speaker 6>so that you can still maintain this relationship and what

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<v Speaker 6>you have with her, and also add to our relationship

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<v Speaker 6>and fulfill my needs.

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<v Speaker 3>I have a billion other questions, So I hope we

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<v Speaker 3>can speak to you in another time. But thanks for

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<v Speaker 3>sharing your story.

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<v Speaker 2>I absolutely love hearing it.

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<v Speaker 6>You're so welcome. Thank you for having me all.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, everybody stand by. I have discovered that my mother

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<v Speaker 1>has been keeping a part of me in a little

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<v Speaker 1>box in the garage. My entire life sounds like, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, it's Jeffrey Dahma in a loving way. It's real.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a part of me that I didn't know existed

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<v Speaker 1>in a garage, my mother's house. I'll tell you what

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<v Speaker 1>some time at my family home, hanging out with fam

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<v Speaker 1>so important. My mom's just had her sixtieth so I've

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<v Speaker 1>been at home in my home I grew up in,

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<v Speaker 1>very wholesome.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I love my family, you know, real family.

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<v Speaker 2>You have a wonderful family, beautiful people.

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<v Speaker 1>I adore them all so much. And my family home

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<v Speaker 1>where my little sister still lives. I was looking through

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<v Speaker 1>my old bedroom stuff. You know, when you go through

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<v Speaker 1>you want to get some stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, a bit of a nostalgia as well.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I came across my baby box in the garage, which

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<v Speaker 1>is that's actually quite cute. It's a gap box. So

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<v Speaker 1>my mum clearly bought me some gap shoes as a baby.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a little bat baby Gap shoe box and my

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<v Speaker 1>teddy Bear is in there, Blue Teddy Bear. My hospital

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<v Speaker 1>spend is in there.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, that's so I wish I was that sentimental.

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<v Speaker 1>It's beautiful. And I've got notes that the doctor's journal

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<v Speaker 1>and the first steps in the first walk, and my

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<v Speaker 1>mum is very sentimental. She's beautiful. I was two months premature.

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<v Speaker 1>I was in hospital for the first three months of

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<v Speaker 1>my life. I was really really unwell. They didn't think

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to make it. I was flown to

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<v Speaker 1>hospital to hospital. You wouldn't look at me and think

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<v Speaker 1>that now, I would not think for me. Yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>making up the lost time here. I'm gigantic and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going through this baby box and going, this is gorgeous.

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<v Speaker 1>I have this. I want to do this for my

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<v Speaker 1>future kids. And I get to the very bottom of

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<v Speaker 1>the box. I lump out all these books and I

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<v Speaker 1>find a Fisherman's Friend's tin, a vintage Fisherman's Friends tin.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm born in nineteen ninety five, so this is a

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<v Speaker 1>rusted on tin and I go, what's it? What could

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<v Speaker 1>possibly be in here? And it's got a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of twine wrapped around, and I go, this so what

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<v Speaker 1>is it? He's beautiful. So I unwrapped the twine. I

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<v Speaker 1>opened it. He's rusted on Fisherman's friend tin. I gotta

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<v Speaker 1>pull it open because it hasn't been opened in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>seven years. And inside this Fisherman's Friend's tin is a

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<v Speaker 1>swab of cotton wool, and sitting on top of it

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<v Speaker 1>is what looks to be a shriveled piece of prawn,

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<v Speaker 1>like a little bit of like dried onion, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they put it on Vietnamese dishes like it looked like

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<v Speaker 1>a little bee in spring, the Spanish onion. So I

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<v Speaker 1>bring it up to mom, I go, mom, what is

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<v Speaker 1>this in my baby box? What is is? What do

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<v Speaker 1>you think? What have you kept? And she said on me,

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<v Speaker 1>that's your foreskin?

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<v Speaker 4>What no, no, no, no, my.

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<v Speaker 7>Mom has kept my foreskin in a Fisherman's Friends mintin

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<v Speaker 7>Did you ask her why, like, of all the memories,

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<v Speaker 7>of all the things that she wanted to keep to

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<v Speaker 7>immortalize your childhood.

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<v Speaker 1>Why that she's embarrassed? She's so embarrassed. There was also

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<v Speaker 1>teeth and like a little bit of my hair. I

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<v Speaker 1>think they're wondering in case I die, they could bald

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<v Speaker 1>like a fake, Mitch.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think keeping the foreskins actually think like no,

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<v Speaker 3>don't get me wrong. I love this with Michelle, like

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<v Speaker 3>she's taking sentimental to the next level. I'm surprised to

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<v Speaker 3>fit in a little studdying tin, Mitch. I would have

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<v Speaker 3>thought you'd be saying big, like a shoe box or something.

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<v Speaker 1>It was the size of the hole. Who out know

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<v Speaker 1>this thing is roll off? You know, you know this

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<v Speaker 1>is a perfect exclation. You know, when you peel off

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<v Speaker 1>like a toenail and it kind of curls like springs

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<v Speaker 1>back and curls up. That's what it looks like.

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<v Speaker 4>Because it probably looks like a tiny little bit of

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<v Speaker 4>beef jerky.

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<v Speaker 2>You're slightly disgusting that.

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<v Speaker 1>It was unfortunately really small like.

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<v Speaker 4>It was, because over time it's twenty eight year olds dehydrated,

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<v Speaker 4>shriveled up.

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<v Speaker 2>But you're also a baby because I am not sentimental.

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<v Speaker 2>I have not held on too many things for the kids.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's like I kind of look back.

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<v Speaker 4>And when you say you've got this beautiful shoe box

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<v Speaker 4>of stuff, I wish I had been more sentimental, but

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<v Speaker 4>I did keep You know, when you have a baby

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<v Speaker 4>and they clamp down on the umbilical cord and then

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<v Speaker 4>they chop it off, so that falls off after a

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<v Speaker 4>couple of weeks or four weeks or something. And I

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<v Speaker 4>did keep both the girls on bbilical cords, but I

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<v Speaker 4>haven't gotten around to putting it in anything, so they're

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<v Speaker 4>just floating around. We've got that like you know, you

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<v Speaker 4>know how everyone's got one of those drawers, and it's

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<v Speaker 4>the junk draw There's two.

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<v Speaker 2>Umbilical cords in that role.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know who is who, so I'm so lucky

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<v Speaker 1>to it.

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<v Speaker 3>When they're a bit older, I mean, I don't think

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<v Speaker 3>they need to know which one.

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<v Speaker 5>Is this that.

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<v Speaker 1>When I was house sitting at your house, I thought

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<v Speaker 1>that was like a chip clip.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't look exactly like a chip clip.

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<v Speaker 1>Jenny's called is on thirteen six five? Jenny, what have

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<v Speaker 1>you kept you creep? Hi?

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<v Speaker 7>Ah?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, nothing like Backside three girls? Okay, but thank goodness

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't.

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<v Speaker 7>But I definitely their umbilical cords.

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<v Speaker 2>Likely, ah yes, So can I ask what? What what

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<v Speaker 2>is the purpose of? Like nothing against it?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if I don't think my mum kept

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<v Speaker 3>anything of mine, But what's the purpose, Like, what are

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<v Speaker 3>you going.

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<v Speaker 1>To do with it.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh nothing, and my girl would gross oun bite too?

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<v Speaker 3>Is yours floating around? Just like an open drawer as

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<v Speaker 3>well for anyone to do?

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<v Speaker 5>I kept everything. I kept teeth, and there is a

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<v Speaker 5>little box that smile at you when you open it up.

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<v Speaker 3>Every head.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you mean, hold on? You put them on

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<v Speaker 1>a necklace, or if you put them in like a

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<v Speaker 1>clay piece of clay so it looks like a mouth.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, it's just in a little jewelry box that I've

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<v Speaker 5>blued them all in so that when you open it up,

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<v Speaker 5>it's just a little smile.

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<v Speaker 4>Wait, you've actually arranged them in the arrangement of the teeth.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my, too much. Imagine if my mom did that

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<v Speaker 1>and she got a photo of me as a baby,

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<v Speaker 1>and then just.

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<v Speaker 5>You know what she.

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<v Speaker 3>Plays at your twenty first It's like not pin the

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<v Speaker 3>tail and the donkey.

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<v Speaker 1>Its very funny. Oh my god, that's great, and now

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<v Speaker 1>everyone knows I'm circumcised. Yeah are you? Let's end the

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<v Speaker 1>show on that note. You the real highs and lows.

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<v Speaker 1>What's next? H We are done. We'll speaking of foreskin

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<v Speaker 1>woodies on next will guys, We'll see you tomorrow for

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<v Speaker 1>Thursday have a great day.

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<v Speaker 7>Hi.

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<v Speaker 4>Everyone,