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EP 76: Would You Rather?
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The end of the year is here, and let’s be real—our brains are fried. So, in true Mom Group Chat fashion, we’re leaning into the chaos with a fun and lighthearted “Would You Rather” episode!
We’re tackling a mix of parenting dilemmas and completely random, borderline unhinged questions that will have you laughing, cringing, and wondering what you’d choose. Would you rather have a toddler who only eats beige foods or a teenager who communicates exclusively in memes? Would you rather have to live on coffee and snacks from the kids’ snack bin or… well, you’ll just have to listen to find out!
It’s the perfect episode to unwind, laugh, and commiserate with us as we wrap up 2024 in the most ridiculous way possible.
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Transcript
Introduction to Mom Group Chat
00:00:07
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There's no right way to do it.
00:00:12
Speaker
Oh, we're going to get into it. What up moms and Merry Christmas. I'm Whitney Williams and I'm here with my best friend Candice and we're the Mom Group Chat. Bonjour. God, I don't know. Merry Christmas Bush. You took like the biggest suck in a breath. It was like I was trying to decide what I was going to say. And honestly, I didn't even know till it came out. I almost said like a lot. I'm like, why do I always default to that?
00:00:41
Speaker
Well, you're Hispanic. Well, I guess. What are you? My roots. Okay. okay panic Okay.
Podcast Listening and Nose Bot Mishaps
00:00:49
Speaker
I didn't want to be nervous. you never know like and know that everyone's like insult yeah They're like, when he's an idiot, that's funny. Uh, I laughed the other day. Do you still listen to the toast from time to time?
00:01:01
Speaker
from time to time. Yes, that's how I am. I'm a I I listen sometimes and then it's just it's every day and I don't I don't got time for that. So no, I've kind of so I like the good guys better. Interesting. I've fallen off the good guys. I haven't listened in a while, but honestly, maybe I should check them out. They're a little unhinged. They make me laugh. So yeah.
00:01:24
Speaker
But um recently they were talking about their Hispanic toasters, which they call the tostadas, which is so funny. That's good. That's good. I laughed really hard. Also, this is so random, so random. But this is so funny to me. And it's the one thing like I had a ah hard day yesterday and it was the one thing that made me cackle the during the day is, OK, you know, the nose bot, which we love big supporters of the nose bot.
00:01:55
Speaker
I mean, it's six season, Evie has a runny nose, like what else is new? But something happened with the filter to where a little bit of snot got in the tubing. Yep. And so I had to like take, Oh, yeah. Yeah. I've never had to take it. I had to take it all apart and like deep clean it. And so I deep cleaned it, like did all this stuff. I ran a bunch of like warm, soapy water through the tubing and whatever. And then I hung it like to where it was hanging from the cabinet to dry so that it would, cause like, how else are you supposed to get in there and get all the water? out Yeah.
00:02:29
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But like a whole day went by and there was still water in it. So I texted my like mom group and I was like, what do you guys do to like dry the tubing if you've ever had to wash it? and I read Christina. She goes, honestly, sometimes I just whip it around like a lasso to get all the water out of it.
00:02:47
Speaker
And I cackled. I don't know why because the truth is I had that thought when I was trying to dry it. I was like, I just need to like whip it around. I'm like, that's clearly not the best way to do this. And then she was like, no, it's literally what I do. I whip it around like a lasso. And it made me laugh so hard yesterday. That's good. I was thinking like I would have been the idiot like blowing into it. OK, no, no, no. Other people, that was other people's things. They said that they blow into it. And I was like, OK, that's a good option, too. Just some hot breath down the tubing. But the lasso didn't see that coming. That's good.
00:03:25
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Yeah. And now I'm worried. I've never cleaned the tubing and I'm like, huh. Well, I don't think there's a reason to unless there's like gotten stuff in it and ours. I don't. I truly have no idea what happened because like I always have a filter in it unless the the X factor here is that this was at my mom's. So my mom may have mishandled it.
00:03:46
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Mm hmm. Yeah. I need to buy more filters. I'm on my last two and I'm I need to get some more. I just bought a huge like hundred pack. Oh, are they on Amazon? Uh huh. I'll send you a link. Perfect. Perfect. Because God, know I mean, how long have we I've had mine for probably over a year and whatever they gave me has lasted this long. So yeah, they last a pretty long time. Yeah.
00:04:14
Speaker
I only like throw it away if like snot actually same. on the Yeah. Like if it's usually if it's like if snot hasn't touched it, I just clean the little piece and then. Yeah. So I'm glad to know that you don't do that either. I was like, are there people who change the filter every time? Well, you've taken a step further and lasso the the two things.
Family Health and Thanksgiving Plans
00:04:37
Speaker
literally though the only because there was snot in it like that's truly the only reason oh my god i feel like i have so much i want to talk about an update like we so for those of you listening we haven't we kind of batch recorded a ton before thanksgiving so we it's gotten us like multiple weeks of episodes yeah we deserved a little like Family time break. I went on my work trip, you know, so we deserved it. But we're yeah back in real time. Check it up. Yeah. But I just feel like I want to catch up with you. And so we have a theme for this episode and like some topics, but we're also just going to do a little catch up right now. But um a couple episodes ago or last week's episode was about sickness. I think it was last week's episode.
00:05:29
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And oh, my God, editing that episode. I was like, wow, I really jinx myself ah because so much has happened since that episode. Oh, like sickness? Yeah, like we must have talked about the stomach flu on that episode so many times. And I talked about how fearful I was of it and how it was like my worst nightmare and all of this stuff. And I really swallowed my words because we ended up catching
00:06:01
Speaker
the stomach flu. Literally like the, when it was it, the Friday, the first Friday of December. And I have to say it could have been worse. It could have been worse. It was like going around to Alice's school like crazy. They had a breakfast with Santa that I can only describe as a super spreader event is what it seems like.
00:06:26
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A couple of kids, stand up literally. And ah so they, you know, we had this breakfast with Santa and like kids were dropping like flies afterwards. I even kept Alice home from school on Friday thinking like, OK, we're going to beat this. Like I'm not we're not going to catch it. We're going to stay home from school. And then Friday night she woke up from nap.
00:06:48
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screaming about how her tummy was hurting and um it was really sad actually. you could tell I could tell that she was having like stomach cramps. That's what was happening because they were coming in waves. She would be fine and then she'd like tense up and hold her stomach and scream about her tummy hurting. She was definitely having like And I was waiting for her to vomit. Like I was waiting. She was really drooly. And I was like, oh, get the bucket ready. Like I'm scared. It ended up only being diarrhea.
00:07:23
Speaker
Yeah, great. That's great, which honestly is a huge win. But the stomach flu diarrhea is it has a smell to it. It knows. Yes. It was the craziest smelling poop I've ever smelled. It was also so potent. Like the whole side of the house smelled like it. And like no matter what we did, it like lingered. Yeah, it was literally. Yeah.
00:07:52
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Yeah, literally. I it was just it was something did everyone not or just Alice. No, just Alice. Thank goodness. Which is crazy because like obviously I was changing those diapers and then I went on a fucking like Google spiral about how like changing diapers is like the number one way to get it. And like you should be wearing gloves and like all this stuff. I'm like, yeah I mean, I got it like last week or.
00:08:21
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It was like two weekends ago. I probably get like the stomach virus twice a year. One being VOM related, one being Diabut. So, I mean, I got it. I woke up in the middle of the night, like felt like I had the flu. I was sweating. Ooh, I just sat in my like poo poo hut for four hours in the middle of the night. Just like in agony, um but then I was fine.
00:08:48
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It was short-lived, and i I now know what it is. And so that first time that you get it, like I said, it hits you like you don't even know what's coming. Now I just like succumb to what ah it is. I'm like, oh, this is what's happening. So um for it to just be like dia is great. The vomiting sucks.
00:09:09
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No, I was so scared about the vomiting that Alice has still never thrown up. Knock on wood. And um we I was so scared, but we it only lasted for her like six or seven hours.
TV Shows and Work Presentation Stories
00:09:24
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Yeah. And then she didn't poop for a couple days and she didn't eat a lot for a couple days. Yes, exactly. how it is It was like to the point where I was like worried about her. I was like, are are you like you haven't eaten anything? But she just like didn't want to eat. And like she even now still like and we're two weeks away from that. She's still will say like my tummy hurts like here and there. yeah So I don't know. I think it like kind of takes them a while to like get out of it.
00:09:52
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They both did the same thing too here um when they had it. And they just don't they're like, I'm good on eating. And then like if Graydon threw up something that he like normally eats a lot, he won't touch it for weeks. And I'm like, OK, well, now what are we eating? Because your favorite thing.
00:10:13
Speaker
You have a limited menu anyway, yeah yeah so. The way I had to force him to eat mashed potatoes last night, I was like, this is the God's gift of earth and you won't touch him. I like had to force him in his mouth. I'm like, oh, this child. I would do anything for mashed potatoes. Like to be fed mashed potatoes with a spoon. Hello. Literally, that's my dream.
00:10:37
Speaker
Honestly, I want to sit on this couch and watch Love is Blind and be fed mashed potatoes with a spoon. That's agree my idea of a good time. Honestly, wow. But i want yeah i'll I'll watch Outlander. You watch Love is Blind. Well, I'm only saying Love is Blind because I was like in desperate need of a distraction yesterday while I was doing this work task that was so Annoying. You know, it was like one of those things that I could do. Yeah, it was like tedious and it was like I didn't need to concentrate that hard. I just needed to do it and I needed a distraction. So I turned on Love is Blind. So I got kind of hooked. I watched like two episodes. But it's not like Love is Blind is not like my favorite thing, but it did the job yesterday. Oh, well, Outlander just came back out. So I was like, I've been catching up and know what that is. What are you talking about?
00:11:35
Speaker
What are you talking about? I don't know what that is. You've never like watched that show. Outlander? Yeah. No. What is it about?
00:11:47
Speaker
All right. Buckle up, Candice. I actually are in need of a new show, so this is the perfect show to watch together. I am not fucking kidding. and I'm not kidding. I'm so jealous. us And it's Christmas like this is this is my gift to y'all. OK, perfect. OK, so it's set in Scotland and it's about Claire and Jamie, they're like from two different worlds, but um I don't wanna like give anything away, but. I was gonna say, don't spoil it, but like what's the it's like premise? um I mean, it's like, you know, i God, I don't even wanna like. Is it like sci-fi? No, not at all. It's a love story. It's like reading, you know, like a fairy smut book, but this is like watching like, oh yeah, you know.
00:12:40
Speaker
Are there sex scenes? Oh, yeah. That's yeah. Wow. That is not I thought Outlander was going to be either like a weird sci fi thing or it was going to be like a ah FBI agent thing.
00:12:53
Speaker
No, no, it's like, um, God, I don't want to like butcher like 1600s situation, but you're really throwing me for a loop here. Okay. All right. We will begin. I will start. It is like so a perfect show to watch together. Like literally y'all both will like it. Cause there's like fight scenes obviously. And there's love and oh, it's so, I'm so excited for you guys. Um, it is on Hulu and stars.
00:13:22
Speaker
Okay, perfect. We have Hulu. Yeah. Okay, that's good to know. Cause especially like, you know, over the holidays, everyone's off a little more and we have lots of like nap times and all that stuff. So, um, well text me when y'all start it. Cause I just want to be thrilled for you. Um, okay. And yeah I want to know what you think. Yeah. Well, what's new with you? Tell give us a little bit of a life update slash tell us about your work trip. You went on, you had a big presentation. I
00:13:57
Speaker
And can I tell you one thing about this is um my brother and his family stopped by um at my house this past weekend because they hadn't seen it yet. And let me tell you the way I was so thrown off because Zach, who is my brother's stepson, he is so cute. He's like 21. He goes, your mom was telling me about these sweat pads you bought for your work trip. And I was like,
00:14:26
Speaker
That bitch told everyone I bought sweat pads for my armpits for my bros.
00:14:36
Speaker
Wow, your mom really just outed you. And I like played it off to Zach, like, oh, my God, do you need some? I was like, they were awesome. But really, i I texted her after and I was like, how dare you tell everyone to a Gen Z or you're going to out me to a Gen Z or is he younger than Gen Z or is he still Gen Z? I think I mean, I don't know, but he wait also side note. Did I just see on Facebook that he graduated college? He did.
00:15:04
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Did he graduate early or he's just that old? He's just that old. He's 21. What the fuck? I know. um Sorry, or 22, I don't even know how old he is. He's like one of those.
00:15:17
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um But yeah, so he was trying to like joke with me, but I was literally like, oh, do you want some? Like I got like got extra, but really I was embarrassed. Cause that's like my embarrassing thing about me is that I'm a sweaty human. The fact that I have not gotten Botox in my armpits is like bewildering. What am I doing? Just pay for it. I need it.
00:15:38
Speaker
um But I did get these sweat pads because I had to present in front of like 200 people. Okay, so did they work? Give us the tea. Yes, they worked if anyone needs it. ah Do they like stick into the inside? I stick to your clothing and so it's just like a pad because like I can't think of anything like a maxi pad.
00:15:59
Speaker
Yeah, I can't think of anything anything more embarrassing to me to myself. I don't care if it happens to anyone else, but like then me having a huge ass sweat stain presenting and using my hands to talk like I would just die. OK, also, you need to give some context. You are presenting to how many people?
00:16:19
Speaker
I was like, I mean, there was over 200 people. Yeah. That's insane. It was really scary. And it's like, it's an, or I mean, I've worked there for a long time, so I know a lot of people. So it felt like.
00:16:32
Speaker
pressurey, but we were in Arizona. It was great. um and I also was like presenting on my new jobs. I'm like, do I know what I'm doing? I'm going to fake it till I make it. yeah so All good. It was a great trip.
Home Updates and 'Would You Rather' Game
00:16:47
Speaker
um I had so much fun. We had like a desert denim night. We had tacky sweater night. so Super fun ah and then stuff with the house like all I gotta say is like we're moved in we got some stuff hung but like I Haven't done a ton really. Yeah Do you plan do you think maybe over the holidays like with a little bit of time off? You're gonna do some things or not really? Oh, you're gone. You go to Clarksville. Yeah, that's another thing he's like I won't be here but I
00:17:18
Speaker
i I don't know. 2025, baby. I know. I just like, the more I put it off, like, you know, the less you want to like do it. yeah If I don't do it right in the beginning, I'm like, Oh, it's fine. But, um, yeah, still waiting on Margot's wallpaper. I found out like, cause it came from Sweden and I found out like it was actually stuck in customs and I like reached out to them and they're like,
00:17:45
Speaker
you need to reach out to FedEx immediately. I was like, oh, because I had to tell them that I have to like approve it or whatever. Yeah. And I was like, I'm not an importer. I will not be doing this more than once. So ah glad I reached out to them because.
00:18:02
Speaker
you know, it would just be sent back. And like, that's another thing. I feel like I haven't had the time to like really focus on like, why hasn't that shown up yet? Like, I'm just, it's like all the details. Yeah, I'm stretched. I feel the exact same way actually. I'm just like letting things fall. And I'm like, u hu I should have like reached out two weeks ago probably. And I'm whatever.
00:18:28
Speaker
Yeah, no, Whitney, I am in the exact same boat. It's like, even with ordering some Christmas gifts that I know I've placed online, I'm like, where is that? which And for us, like we're at my mom's, we're at this Airbnb, some stuff. like I maybe forgot to change the shipping address to get shipped to our old address. I'm like, where the fuck is that package? And which address did it get sent to? And then there's all these like moving parts with like insurance of like, have we followed up with that person? like Have we Followed up with the engineer. I'm like, I don't know. And I can't juggle it all on top of work and mom and like just keeping my head above water. So I feel you and all the details get lost. And it it's and also like just it being the end of the year. I'm kind of like, I just don't fucking care. I need a break. Yeah, totally. I need a break and I don't know. That's just where I am. And I have no energy left to give.
00:19:25
Speaker
Yeah. Well, that's kind of why I wanted to do something super lighthearted and like silly on today's episode. Because like you guys, were we're hanging by a thread. Okay? Hanging by a thread. So today's episode is just lighthearted. We're hoping to giggle.
00:19:42
Speaker
I'm hoping to like in the weeds of this, we can like talk about some of these topics. But basically I've had this idea of doing like a would you rather episode. And it was kind of sparked when we have talked about the stomach flu in the past of like talking like, would you rather the stomach flu or hand, foot and mouth?
00:20:03
Speaker
Is that an actual question right now? I mean, I'm asking it right now. Yeah. Oh my God. Okay. Stomach flu. Cause it's short. Short. Yeah. I knew you were going to say that it's a little bit of a harder choice for me. And it's like, can I guarantee that the stomach bug is only. dina No, it's going to be both. You're going to have both for 24 hours. Hmm.
00:20:31
Speaker
But. Skinny. True. True. That comes with a gift of its own hand, foot and mouth is miserable. Yeah. And it can linger like hand, foot and mouth can linger for like 10 days, 12 days. I kept I kept grading out for two weeks. OK, I think I choose stomach bug. I cannot believe I'm saying that. But because I like that's really my biggest fear. But OK, yeah, so I thought we'd kind of run through and I did not come up with some of these myself. ah I'm going to thank my BFF chat GBT for coming up with these. Also, OK, I feel like I could do a whole episode on how I use chat GBT as a mom because I have really cracked the code sometimes.
00:21:22
Speaker
I, we are looking at some home builders to possibly rebuild our home. And I asked Chad GBT yesterday. I felt like this was the biggest hack. I don't know what came over me to think about this, but what I did is I dropped the company name and their phone number inside of Chad GBT. And I asked them to summarize all of their reviews for me, like the key themes, like positive and negative, like so basically over get me an overview of what people think about these builders. And you guys, it was so fucking helpful. Like they gave me a general, like this company, like is, you know, three and a half stars out of five. And here are the key themes like communication or like whatever. And then it gave some of their like more positive reviews and then some of the more common negative reviews. It was so helpful. And I'm like, wow, this is a hack.
00:22:15
Speaker
honestly, how did like if you just want, if you want to research a company or a trade or a school or something, I asked chat to summarize it for you. Wow. That is sneaky. I know. I love that.
00:22:32
Speaker
I want to do that for a lot of things. I know. OK, so um it broke these up into ah categories, parenting related, personal mom identity related, time and priorities, funny slash relatable, reflective and real. Oh, gosh, OK. OK, do you want to skip around? I feel like we should just pepper them. Do it. OK.
00:23:01
Speaker
Wow. Would you rather have a full-time nanny for free or a housekeeper for free?
00:23:09
Speaker
Nanny. Nanny. 1000%. Yeah. Cause a housekeeper like is only there once a, I mean. Well, they'd be there once every two weeks. Oh, okay. I get what I I sometimes like cleaning my house. So yeah, it's therapeutic.
00:23:30
Speaker
Yeah. And it's like, oh, if they're going to like play with my kids and keep them happy while I vacuum. Sure. That's fine. Oh, no. I love that you prepare these because like I only have two at the top of my head, but they're like inappropriate.
00:23:47
Speaker
ah Whitney and I used to play this game all the time in college and let me when I tell you Whitney's would you rathers are literally so gross and like unhinged things that you would never think of she would be like would you rather have boogers come out of your butt or like Strawberries for fingernails like I don't even know like things you would never think of. Well, that's what's kind of like similar to what I'm going to ask. I know. So I want to pepper your weird ones in because mine are all like semi normal. But I want yours. I want some of your unhinged ones as well. OK. Would you rather have more patience as a mom or more energy as a mom?
Mom Dilemmas and Preferences
00:24:42
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I think I need um energy. Really? I'm going to say patience. Yeah, because I think in this. Yeah.
00:24:52
Speaker
Mm. I think if I had more energy, I would give more patience because I like sometimes I think that's the problem is I am tired and put out, and which makes my patience then. Yeah. So if I had some energy, I think I would like bounce up and be like, all right, yeah, let's play instead of being like, give me a second. Yeah. Yeah.
00:25:20
Speaker
no but that makes sense i think mine is patience because i feel like i'm okay like pretty decent and i mean don't be wrong i'm fucking exhausted but like i can stay up late and like i'll get things done and like whatever but But you're right. They go hand in hand. Like if I did, if I wasn't so exhausted, I would have more patients. Yeah. I think that's, do I need an iron supplement? Like I am low energy in the afternoon. I just asked my client, Lindsay, who's a, um, uh, fitness and nutrition coach. I'm actually wearing her.
00:25:56
Speaker
fit her shirt right now. um But I asked her recently, like what supplements are you taking? like I feel like I need to optimize my health like and not just with diet. like What should I be taking? What could support my immune system with my sick kids? I'll share i'll share what she...
00:26:16
Speaker
I'll share what she posted, but, uh, I think like it was, I'm telling you whenever I get hives and I have to take prednisone, which is a steroid, I've never felt better in my life. I'm like, do I need that all the time? Like I'm high energy. ah Yes, you do get hungry and yes, you can be like irritable on it, but like, Oh my God, I feel like I could conquer the fricking world. Yeah. Damn.
00:26:42
Speaker
I have to look into that. Yeah. I don't think you can be that on on that all the time. or Yeah. Yeah. That'd be bad. Okay. This is a hard one. Would you rather give up coffee forever or give up wine forever? I think I could do without coffee. I've done without wine and I missed it. Yeah. I'm not like, I don't need, I don't need coffee in the morning. I needed it too.
00:27:09
Speaker
I don't know. Yeah. i Emily, you know me. I just started. yeah you i said youre I drank it later in life. like I was 24 the first time I ever had coffee. like I had never needed it. Wow. So when we lived together, like you didn't like go to Starbucks with us? Never. I never had coffee in college ever. That is cuckoo bananas.
00:27:35
Speaker
I know. And like all the time you would walk all the way to the Ferg and I was, I never went with y'all. Wow. Damn. crazy That's crazy. Um, I think my answer is I could go without wine only because there are great alternatives. If I could just do martinis and margaritas and beer, I love beer and like seltzers I can do without wine. The problem is like, there isn't a great substitute for coffee. I hate energy drinks. Yeah. I,
00:28:04
Speaker
You know, I'm not a huge like tea person. I only drink hot tea when I'm sick, so I just associate it with sickness. That's true. I could drink like a baby Coke at two instead of. Yeah, that's true. I do love it. I do love a Coca Cola. Yeah. If you had said like you can't drink vodka beer or something, I would have picked that. Yeah. But why is my favorite?
00:28:29
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. See, if you were to tell me like I couldn't ever have a dirty martini ever again in my life, like I'm out. I love a martine. Oh, wow. I want one right now and it's early in the morning.
00:28:47
Speaker
um Okay. Oh, I know your answer to this.
00:28:54
Speaker
Would you rather relive the newborn stage for a year? No. Or. No. Or the terrible twos for a year to.
00:29:09
Speaker
Y'all, that's so hard for me because only because I am in it right now with the twos. Three is worse. Three is worse.
00:29:21
Speaker
We have to get into a house, a stable home before Alice turns three or like truly you guys will not see me on this podcast anymore. I'm serious. Like the, and I know so much of Alice's behavior right now is like circumstantial, but like the girl is going to put me away. I'm going to be sent away.
00:29:41
Speaker
She's also mature, like she could probably be like reflecting a little of three-ness early. She definitely is, for sure. She's so mature, she's always been like that. ah Dear lord, save me. Honestly, I think I'd choose newborn because I just want a potato to like lay on me all the time.
00:30:01
Speaker
Uh-uh, the uncertainty. I need someone like Graydon to tell me why he's mad or why he feels a certain way. Like I love the communication. Whew.
00:30:13
Speaker
Yeah, I need my child to communicate less. I'm kidding. For real. She's in her ask questions phase. And Vinny the other day in the in the car on the way home from somewhere was like, if she asks one more question, I'm going to die. And I was like, I know. It's crazy. The way that we like her love. I know. Well, the way Chris and I get ourselves out of like when they when he does that, not they.
00:30:41
Speaker
um We make ourselves laugh by but by saying, Graydon, respectfully, can you STFU for one second? And like, we just say that and then like, it makes us laugh. We're like, respectfully.
00:30:57
Speaker
STFU, love you so much. And he's like, we're going to have to start doing that for real. Um, but yeah, I was, I was literally talking to my friends who have also have 15 month olds. And I was like, Margo really like, isn't talking a ton. Like we'll be like, Margo, say Bubba, say dad, say mama. And she like barely repeats and a lot of kids her age do. And then I thought,
00:31:22
Speaker
Why am I pushing it? Like I already have one parent. Yeah, for real. I can't have both chirping off at the same time. Like, oh my God. So I'm going to leave that alone. I'm not going to worry about it. Oh, that's like too real. Would you rather have a second chance to fix a big parenting mistake or get a glimpse into how your kids see you as a mom?
00:31:48
Speaker
Honestly, I think I would choose the glimpse into how like they see me because I'm just going to pray that it's positive and that they love me and that it would just make me feel better about myself and that it would put make it would relieve some pressure to be like, oh my God, I'm doing all this and like they love me no matter what. No, that's good. I'm the first one. OK. Uh.
00:32:17
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I don't know, just... I don't know why my head went to them breaking a bone and if I could prevent that from happening. I don't know, something like that. Okay, so like something that hasn't happened yet. Or I don't know, like if something bad were to happen that I could prevent, then I would. Yeah. I guess. I get that. Yeah. Okay. That's an interesting one.
00:32:49
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Oh, would you rather have an extra hour of a alone time every day or an extra hour with your partner?
00:33:02
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Alone. I choose alone. Hello darkness, my friend. Because I mean, even when we are together, we play on our phones or we watch TV like, yeah, we should. I actually I think we need it right now because.
00:33:24
Speaker
This season's tough. Like moms are all the things where the magic of the season, it is what it is. But like, I think I need like someone on one time with him and I don't mean like going out to eat or anything. Like I just, I need to have a conversation with him. Like instead of playing on my phone, instead of doing whatever, um, I would love to go on a walk with him. That sounds fabulous and just like um air it out, you know? Um,
00:33:53
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But yeah, I like being alone. and That sounds fun. Don't bother me. No one bother me. Yeah. In this current season of our life, like i my answer will always be alone. Yeah. It just is. I don't get it very often. And I'm sorry, but your girl needs space. So. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. OK. Would you rather have an unlimited budget for clothes for yourself or for your kids?
00:34:26
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I'm choosing me. to I am too, because I feel like I buy them everything. I want to buy them anyway. I i am a cheap, ah most of the time I am a cheap clothes girly for my kids anyway, and they're going to outgrow it so fast. Yeah, exactly. And it's yeah, I want and I deserve it. I mean, imagine, although imagine the wonders we could do for ourselves.
00:34:55
Speaker
if I had unlimited budget for myself. Yeah. Oh my God. I would like have everything perfectly tailored to my body. And like, I would, I would like really, I would have the cutest style. I think maybe some assistance, but which you can afford having a style.
00:35:15
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Do you like the brand pink chicken for kids? Do you know that brand? Yeah. Um, that's like my favorite. All of like, whenever I do go into the boutique, I love here. Like everything I ended up picking up is pink chicken. And I just saw their opening a pig chicken and store in Hyde park. And I got excited. I was like, Oh yeah, that spot really cute. They're like $80 bubbles. I know.
00:35:41
Speaker
I usually get them on sale, though. I feel. Yeah. Yeah. yeah But they are really hurt like Alice's yellow Thanksgiving dress. Like, oh, my God, it's so pretty. And I can like spot a pink chicken outfit from a mile away. It has that certain look to it. It's like quirky, but fun and colorful. Yeah. um Yeah, they're really cute. Yeah. OK, let's do one of your weird ones. OK. Would you rather.
Bizarre and Gross 'Would You Rather' Scenarios
00:36:12
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have nipples for fingers or fingers for nipples?
00:36:21
Speaker
Okay, I have so many questions. Is there sensation? Oh yeah. This is hard. I love a nipple stimulation, you know?
00:36:37
Speaker
I did not see that coming. She's like, I'll have 10 nipples, please. 10 nipples, please. No, but for real, I'm choosing nipples for fingers because having fingers for nipples. Oh my god. Listen, I've got a glimpse of that from breastfeeding, and it ain't cute.
00:37:00
Speaker
OK, well, I'm going to do finger nipples and tuck them away for no one to see. Yeah. No, I, I'm choosing finger. I'm choosing nipple fingers.
00:37:14
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And there it is. That's our clip for this episode. Oh my God. That was funny. Yeah. All right. Let's go back up here to parenting related. Let's go back.
00:37:32
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Okay. Would you rather have kids who always listen in public, but meltdown at home or kids who behave at home, but lose it in public? Oh my God. That's hard.
00:37:44
Speaker
I feel like I live one now, so I might as well stick to it. Because which is why they release their emotions at home after being... That's how I feel. Overstimulated. Alice is like pretty good in public, but at home can lose her fucking mind. Notice that I only talk about Alice and not Evie at all because she's a perfect angel baby who never does anything wrong.
00:38:10
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like Oh, my God. The literal queen of my life, like my I would be so lost without her. I know. it They're so I don't know. Margot's getting to that like. Yeah, it's also ram but like she's stage 10 months and not walking yet. And just like she's doing wrong. Gets into everything. But she's just so easy and chill. So, you know, it's funny. Like I find myself being way less frustrated quickly with her.
00:38:41
Speaker
as I did when Graydon was this age. And I think maybe I just know that it's a phase or like, I don't know that I'm used to it now, but I just, I can see why like the more like the last kid gets like the best parents type thing. You know what I mean? Like, you just get better at what you're doing and more relaxed and,
00:39:07
Speaker
I just feel like I feel for like the first kids, like you're figuring it out together. So it's so true. It really is so true. Oh, that makes me misty. I know. Well, I mean, you just you just figure it out together. But yeah, with Margo, I'm just like.
00:39:23
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Oh, she's doesn't feel good. Like I never could figure that out with great. And like, yeah, it didn't feel good. He had an ear infection all the time. And like Margo's canines are coming through. I'm like, she's just being super clingy because she doesn't feel good. Like I don't have to be frustrated with her about that. Like, yeah, yeah it's just crazy how you evolve. You evolve. I need to evolve right now with Alice. Someone needs to.
00:39:50
Speaker
Snap me into evolving because I'm just but it's yeah, it's my own shit. I think yeah. um Ooh, this is a good one. Would you rather go back in time to your favorite pre kid moment? Or skip ahead to a time when your kids are fully independent and grown?
00:40:15
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Take me to the past, baby.
00:40:20
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I'll see you in the future, kids. I want to go back to Cabo naked. I'm just kidding. um No, but really, my bachelorette party, stick me back. Literally, like imagine being taken back to your favorite moment ever. What is my favorite moment? I have so many. Well, I have favorite places where I know like that make me happy. but like When you think of favorite days, like top five favorite days. I'm not gonna lie, like the the idea of going back to ah and a very normal pre-kid day, like weekend day, where you know it's not even special. like It's not even like you have some crazy thing planned. But like I remember my weekend days pre-kids where I would just like sleep until 10, I would get up, I would work out, I would... Piddle paddle around home goods or like meet up with a friend for lunch and just like even those normal days were like truly
00:41:22
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I just did whatever I want without, because yes, do I have days right now where I can technically do whatever I want, but it has all this like cloudiness of like either guilt or things I should do, or like knowing like the anxiety of knowing what I'm going back to. you know yeah like yes I miss that for freedom.
00:41:45
Speaker
and yeah and like I don't know the fact that like Chris would have to stay behind and watch them if I were to do something special or vice versa when like we used to be tag team and do all kinds of stuff together like I remember like waking up from a night going out and then like people being like do you want to like drive to Newport today and go to Castle Hill Inn and drink champagne on the lawn. And I'd be like, I'm hungover, but hell yeah, that sounds fun. like yeah I used to be so fun. I know. Me too. our Our fun days are going to come back. Hopefully. I feel like they are mine are feeling good. like The way you know people on my work trip were like, You have a three and one year old like, Oh my God, your Christmas is going to be so magical. Like they have older kids and they're like, Oh my God, we miss like that moment of when they're that young and so into it. And I was like, that made me.
00:42:43
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I don't know, feel some kind of way. Like, yeah, I get to I'm about to experience like one of the best Christmases we'll probably ever have. So there's like little things like that. But yeah, take me back to like a fun little trip.
00:42:57
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um
00:43:00
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I don't know. Sounds great. Yeah. I'm definitely going backwards as well. I'm going back, but I think, I think my choice is like to go back to like a lay day or like a very normal, like I want to go back to my pre-baby body where I sleep in to 10 a.m. And then I go to a workout class where I'm like feeling good. And then I go to lunch and.
00:43:27
Speaker
that and I just can do whatever I want all day and then like lay. Yeah, I'm I'm yeah, I'm just going to go to like Nantucket and have the best day of my life there with with Chris and. Sounds great, just eating and drinking. Yeah.
00:43:47
Speaker
Oh, OK. Would you rather have your child ask why 50 times in a row or what's that for an entire day? They're kind of the same.
00:44:06
Speaker
What's that sounds more fun? Yeah, OK. So this is like kind of related to that. So we've been obviously very heavily listening to the Wicked soundtrack and Alice is obsessed with all the songs. Yeah. And she's so funny. She tries to like sing the songs. It's very cute. um But she has now that we've listened to Define Gravity, like I don't know, 200 times, whatever. She's starting to ask questions about like the plot of the song. Yeah. She's like, why is she mad? And I'm like, actually hearing the words. She's like, why is she mad? And I'm like, it's a very complicated question. And she's like, where is she going? And I'm like, I'm very complicated.
00:44:58
Speaker
It's like, how do you explain that to a two-year-old? It's like, well, you know she's ah feeling like she's got to do what's right for her. And and she's like, well, what's what is right for her? i'm like i good lord I said, we just got to see the movie, I guess. But you're not going to understand that either.
00:45:16
Speaker
You're like, Alice, this is a very long part one. So buckle up, maybe. Yeah, for sure. So smart. She is my sweet girl. Tested me every day. OK. Never have to make dinner again or never have to clean up after dinner again. Clean up. Yeah, same 100 percent. I don't want to touch them dishes. Oh, this is a good one.
00:45:45
Speaker
Oh, this actually might be the hardest one we I've asked so far. Would you rather have a full eight hours of interest uninterrupted sleep every night or one guilt free solo day every week? That's so hard for me because right now in this very moment in this Airbnb, I want an interrupted sleep, but like on the whole one guilt free solo day per week.
00:46:10
Speaker
I want that. I want that. I want that. I want that. I want it. The sleep thing, though, like that ebbs and flows with me. You know how I feel about that. Like if I'm in a bad space with that, I'll choose that 100 times, but.
00:46:27
Speaker
A guilt free day. Oh my God. Every week. o Like right now I feel like I, right now I feel like I have one guilt free day, like every six months. That's how I feel. Yeah. I always feel guilty, like to not feel that way. Yeah. Wow. What's that? Like I always feel tethered. Like my, I'm tethered to home and like, I'm in a rush. I don't know. Yeah. No, I feel the same way.
00:46:58
Speaker
Um, okay. Would you rather have to listen to baby shark on repeat or your kid's favorite YouTube video on the loop? I'd rather the YouTube video baby sharks. I cannot handle me too. Um, we stopped watching that.
00:47:15
Speaker
Oh, we i we never did, but she definitely has at my mom's like I was purposeful. Like we're never watching that. And then she did it at my mom's and now she knows it. And I'm like, no, no, no. In this house. Yeah, absolutely not. For some reason, those like I guess they're called like simple songs. They pop up. Yeah. They're like the first things you see when I open YouTube. and I'm like, go away. You're you're wreaking havoc in my home. Yeah.
00:47:43
Speaker
Um, okay. I think we'll do like one more of these and then one more of yours and then wrap it up. Cause out some of these are like boring. I feel like, you know, um, would you rather deal with constant sibling fighting or complete silence between your kids, but there's no bond. Damn it.
00:48:13
Speaker
fighting yeah me too i think about how much robin i fought and it was like constant literally but we're so close and like i love him so much so it's like worth it my kids have entered the fighting stage did i tell you that like they were so good for so so long like Graydon loved her and idolized her. And now that she's walking and takes things from him. Oh, my God. He starts the fight. She finishes it. He is crying by the end of it. but Like, does is she physical? She's like.
00:48:48
Speaker
o ah we um The teachers at Daycare said that she is laying other kids out because of Graydon. You can tell she has a brother. like We didn't get in trouble for it, but they have mentioned it a few times. ah Wow, that's funny. Good for her, yeah honestly.
00:49:09
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yeah Okay. I'm excited. I don't know if you feel this way for Christmas this year. Like we're definitely struggling with this sharing of toys now that Evie's on the move and can that's playing crawl and, you know, share toys. That's an issue.
00:49:25
Speaker
But I'm excited for Christmas because it will be so definite of like, this is Evie, she's opening this. Whereas like ah everything has been kind of jumbled, especially because we lost, I would say 90% of their toys in the film. So all the toys we have currently were like gifted to us or given to us in bags that are just like jumbled. We got a lot of second hand stuff.
00:49:49
Speaker
And so it's not like definitive of like what's Alice's and what's Evie's. And I'm excited for Christmas to be like, this is Evie's toy. Watch her open it. like This is for her. And of course, I'm still going to like encourage them to share. But i Alice just thinks everything that is in the house is hers. And Evie obviously is too little to like understand. I need I need Alice to know that like Evie has toys too. And that if Alice doesn't want to share her toys, it means Evie's not going to share her toys. And like, that's the rules. Yeah. Oh, good. Good point. Um, I think it's, I mean, whatever she's still like, we'll grab at dinosaurs. Like she thinks like a toy is a toy. So there's like, I don't know. Whatever. yeah We'll figure it out. Yeah. Okay. Do you have another like weird one? Oh yeah.
00:50:45
Speaker
I'm scared. Last one for the best one. Let me paint a picture for you. Oh, Jesus. All right. Would you rather Bob for apples at a Kentucky Derby porter potty with your mouth or artificially inseminate a cow without gloves on?
00:51:19
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Whitney, you are sick. You are sick, but I'm definitely artificially intimidating a cow without gloves on. One thousand percent. Why wouldn't you buy for apples? That is so disgusting. I cannot even think about it. The the cow, at least it's not like entering an orifice, you know? Like I'm entering their orifice, but they're not entering my orifice, you know?
00:51:46
Speaker
the apples and having my mouth it. I think I agree with you though. Oh my God, that is fucked up. Let's ask chat GBT live if they what they would do you have any super weird and off the cuff once. We could ask each other, don't have to be mom related. Let's see what it says.
00:52:32
Speaker
OK, these are like very like middle school, though, to me. Like, would you rather fight one horse sized duck or 100 duck sized horses? Oh, it's kind of like the nipple one. I'm definitely choosing 100 duck sized horses. One horse sized duck sounds terrifying. I wouldn't know what to do. I'd just be batting them. Tiny duck horses.
00:53:04
Speaker
Oh my God, a tiny that small of a horse would be so cute. OK, would you rather have spaghetti for hair or pancakes for hands? I'm spaghetti for hair. I'll be betting spaghetti. I want pancake hands. You wouldn't pick anything up.
00:53:25
Speaker
I love that idea though. Just a round man. That's so funny. Oh, would you rather sweat mayonnaise or cry glitter? Oh, cry glitter. Yes, but sweat mayonnaise is absolutely repulsive. I think I already do that. That's why I have to get sweat pads.
00:53:46
Speaker
yes oh Y'all bitches better not make me link that shit on mongrel. Oh, you know you're getting messages. You know you better DM me. i I ain't posting that shit for the world ah to know, only y'all get to hear me talk about it. Y'all will have to check Becky's Instagram. She'll put the link to even more.
00:54:08
Speaker
OK, would you rather eat a sandwich made entirely of condiments or drink a smoothie made of leftover fridge items? OK, condiment sandwich. I love a condiment. Yeah. OK.
00:54:28
Speaker
this is This is like nipple fingers. Have fingers as long as your legs or legs as long as your fingers. Could you imagine my current size body but on finger size legs?
00:54:45
Speaker
Oh my God. That is so funny. I must draw that immediately. Yeah. yeah yeah Oh my god, that is funny. Yeah, I want that. That's so funny.
00:55:05
Speaker
and We'll Photoshop it. Oh my God. Okay. Honestly, you and I could do this. Would you rather only be able to communicate through interpretive dance or mining? You and I could do interpretive dance. That's like my favorite TikTok that went around was like making the boyfriend interpretive dance for like a meal at their roommate's house or something. Have you seen those? Oh my God. They like turn on this music. It's like.
00:55:33
Speaker
And so the boyfriend's like into dancing. I've got to send it to you. It was like a while ago, like probably a month or two ago, but who's so funny. Made me laugh. oh All right. This is fun. This is fun.
00:55:52
Speaker
um Let's do a Instagram question box of people dropping some would you rather. They could be mom related, they could be random fucking weirdo shit like Whitney does. um I'd love to, and then we'll, for all the best ones, we'll pose to the audience of like on Instagram. Yeah, maybe we can ask them um on Christmas Eve to give y'all some fun things to ask for. family oh that is funny yeah yeah that's good okay so good all right well love you so much love you merry christmas bye thank you so much for being a part of our mom group chat new episodes drop every tuesday and don't forget the group chat is blowing up on our instagram page so make sure you're following along over there all right gotta to go my toddler just put something in her mouth