Parenting Hell Podcast #4

[Troutpout]

Do you not mean "for f*cks sake?!"

Brilliant. What a twat I’ve made of myself

 

[180922]

I honestly wish people would stop abbreviations. It’s getting ridiculous. I genuinely can’t work out some posts. Is it that hard to type out the full version? Ffs the phone does it for you pretty much

Do you not mean "for f*cks sake?!"

 

[Jbug]

What's an ES?
Partner of some sort I assume, but can't work out what ES stands for

Thank you! It was driving me nuts

Google was no help

 

[DiscoBiscuit]

I have to start by saying I love this pod, it’s my favourite one by far. But I’m starting to get a bit aggravated by how often they both complain about being so busy and stressed and tired, as though this is caused by something completely out of their control. They’re busy and stressed because they’re greedy and say yes to every single opportunity that comes their way, and are making millions of pounds per year because of this. They could easily scale this back probably by half, and still do the pod, a couple of tv shows, a couple of live shows, and still make a fortune.

I don't think it's necessarily greed. I think there's probably an element of "this could all end tomorrow" and wanting to make sure they've got themselves and their kids some security in life.

 

[MissTeddy]

i was always the default parent for quite a few years. Very different lifestyle from the Becketts. For instance we didn't have the means to pay for anyone to collect from school and do their tea etc, we didn't have any supportive family around, we didn't have the cushion of wealth, we didn't have several 5-star holidays a year and weekends away with girlfriends. We just lived a very quiet life surviving on not a huge amount of a money.

Sorry if that sounds sour - i don't' mean to be or to put Lou down. I just don't know if some women realise what a position of privilege they speak from.

 

[clmay]

Ahh I still love the pod! I think the opinions on here are quite harsh at times. Yes they’re in a privileged position with their careers being high paid and flexible but they’re still allowed to be tired and find things hard. Who wants to listen to a podcast of Joe bloggs working a 9-5 and struggling to juggle paying their mortgage, nursery fees and maybe getting to go on the odd holiday. I live that every day I don’t want to hear about it twice a week on a podcast

 

[Simba88]

Jesus Christ. He is so bloody wet. And stop using A & E as a fucking doctors surgery. Bellend.

I think this is a bit harsh considering he needed to go on a nebuliser and his son had a temp of 41c!

 

[MissTeddy]

If my husband worked until very late and night and earnt enough money to mean I didn't need to work, lived in a big house, went on multiple nice trips and 5-star holidays a year and basically gave our children an amazing life ... I don't think i would moan about the school run. I have always got the children ready in the morning - and i am not living a 5-star lifestyle . Its just called life. Give your head a wobble Lou its all a bit cringe.

 

[CaptainHolt]

I actually found Rob incredibly relatable in this ep. So much so that I found myself on the verge of tears. I am officially undiagnosed but very much ADHD/Autistic.

I struggle so much over New Year and into the first week of January. I am as low as you can be without being suicidal. It's horrendous and I genuinely felt like I was the only person to feel like this. I dread New Year (I am Mrs Christmas!) and the first week of January. The rest of January isn't a laugh but feels more doable.

So to hear Rob lay out bare the way I feel and to know that this isn't anything that can be fixed or made better by having an easy life, time off work or nice holidays, it made me feel understood. The way he said that he just has to acknowledge it and accept it and get through it, not try to "fix" it - that is what I need to do instead of becoming overwhelmed with sadness and gloom.

I'm not rich like Rob, can't actually afford holidays, but I do have a stable life that I love. So I can't understand why I still get so down for that period of time.

So yeah, this is the most relatable Rob has been for a while and it really has helped me to know it's not a "me" thing.

 

[N-NewGirl]

If you have the means to take the whole of August off, as Rob said he’s doing, then forgive me but you don’t get to moan about the odd assembly missed.

 

[Pattycake19]

It was Jimmy Carr they were interviewing.

Josh’s daughter you mind find within an oyster & his son shares the birth name of the greatest boxer of all time.

I know his sons name but was thinking to myself “I’m don’t remember him being called Muhammed”

 

[KellyD88]

I've really gone off Rob lately too. Hes very braggy about his holidays and his house and was so rude to Josh today saying I'll talk about our holiday Orlando and you can talk about cornwall and making a cup of tea. Id rather hear about Josh's holiday than Robs tbh since it will be the same Disney holiday everyone has seen a million times

 

[MissTeddy]

Newsflash Rob ... not everyone wants your holiday. Not everyone with Kids want to go to Disney - and even if we did, it wouldn't be on your budget. Rose and Josh are super sophisticated Londoners - both were working in TV, lots of London friends and enjoy culture etc. Rob and Lou are completely different. I don't think either of them realises how awful Josh and Rose would find it.

 

[isthisusernametaken]

Guys sorry to go off topic here but I think I had a sex dream about Josh? I don’t remember it but I’ve just had a weird flashback of him being FILTHY. I actually got fanny flutters. Send help

 

[DiscoBiscuit]

Honestly, I find the "they're not relatable" argument a weird one. These are wealthy celebrities, they're never going to be relatable to most of us. It's a completely different lifestyle.
People expect them to share certain things about their lives, such as holidays. They're not going to say "let's just go to Skeggy this year love, we want to seem relatable."

The complaining about working until the 20th is no different to what I'm hearing from the parents at school who have the officey type jobs and are moaning they don't finish until Monday, or moaning they "only" get a week off this year. And Rob's big rant about there being a lot going off and a lot of pressure in December was right. I've had similar conversations with other parents at school.

I do think Rob needs to rein in the interrupting and talking over people. I also think that the pair of them play up to their stiff neck/loose neck personas. I'd bet that neither of them are as extreme in real life as they appear to be on the podcast or on TV.

 

[TheBabeWithThePower]

I love Aisling Bea, really enjoying the episode (not finished it yet). So nice to hear her talk positively about formula feeding, but I do find Rob's view on breastfeeding so clearly informed by their likely breastfeeding trauma of trying and not being able to. He always talks about formula feeding like it's the only way dads can feel involved, and at one point in the episode I think refers to breastfeeding as "can get a bit cult-y".
It's great to hear someone talk positively about formula but you don't have to talk negatively about breastfeeding to do that.

 

[Jumperqueen]

What do people actually want as content. People moan that they aren’t relatable but then when they acknowledge their privilege everyone still seems to moan.
personally I hate this time of year and it’s quite refreshing to know there’s people with millions and the option the leave the cold and still feel down and rubbish. (Not that I’m wishing feeling rubbish on anyone )
Roll on the next few weeks once the year gets started and things become more funny again!

 

[CaptainHolt]

You're very lucky if you don't have to deal with fussy eaters. Plain pasta is a god send at times. I very much relate to Rob on that one and I'm not a terrible parent who cba feeding her kids decent food, I cook a lot from scratch. Unfortunately my children are just wired that way and I was similarly wired as a child but I was forced to eat what was put in front of me - most mealtimes were like an I'm a Celeb Bush Tucker trial for me and I swore I'd never force feed my own children like that.

 

[frillylilly]

I think that sometimes Rob isn't great at applying 'not for me, good for you' to parenting and family set ups. The constant mentioning of Josh living in the city vs him in the countryside - he gives the impression that he thinks what they've done is the 'right' thing to do, without really showing appreciation for the fact that Josh's set up works for them. Neither are wrong or right, just different.

Same goes for the parties. Also holidays too - Rob took the piss out of them going to Puglia because it wasn't kid friendly, but (correct me if I'm wrong) Josh hasn't mentioned them going to Florida 6 times on the bounce.

 

[softlygently]

Josh is going to be on the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special