Finding Rob quite disingenuous at the moment. “The kids have had six weeks off” - his children are at private school. They’ve had 8. He should come out and say it and be honest imo and own that privilege. That’s why they were out in Halkidiki (read: Ikos/sani) mid July, before prices are peak holiday disgusting. Own it!
But why does it matter? I genuinely don't understand why you say he's being disingenuous. There's probably a fair few listeners with kids at private school so it's not a dirty secret (why should it be?).
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What did everyone think to the discussion about which age is the hardest on Fridays episode? I was totally team Josh and agreed with all his points. I think Rob has been out the trenches too long!
As the parent of ages 11,18,20 and 20 (step siblings, not twins) I actually found it quite patronising from Josh that he thinks he has it the worst. I could see what Rob was trying to say but I don't think he got his point across very well.
Give me sleepless nights with a newborn over the horrendous time I had with my school-refusing, traumatised eldest aged 11-17.
Basically, each age has its hardships. In my experience ages 4-10 were joyous. I hated being pregnant (severe sickness) but loved the newborn stage each time. I had PND with my youngest and still that wasn't as hard as dealing with my eldest during her teenage years.
I just found Josh a bit "my kids are so hard and I've got it worse than you" shtick a bit annoying if I'm honest.
As my other contributions to this thread show, I'm not one for slating the joys generally.
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I've just realised my PND and my eldest being tough were actually the same time
funtimes! PND had to come second to her needs! Can laugh about it now....
), the mother in law story (which was actually just an opportunity to say how he’d made his kids laugh). I still love the pod but I’d say one in three eps I find Rob a little annoying.
