Parenting Hell Podcast #5

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DontQuoteMe

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I think they are both genuinely nice guys and that’s why the podcast is so popular. It’s okay to find either one annoying at times - we’re not all perfect all of the time, are we?
 
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exhausted_mother

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They don’t show the kids faces but they sure as heck have monetised the shit out of them! Lou’s written a book about how awful it is to be the parent at home while her husband earns a shit ton of money to afford a cleaner, multiple holidays and for her to not need to work. And Rob has made a fortune off of the podcast!
 
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Jbug

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Someone posted this on Reddit😂
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If you’re not on the subreddit. There’s normally a lot of confused American mums looking for parenting advice😂
 
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MissTeddy

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Josh being reported as front runner for Strictly host this morning… didn’t have that on my bingo card for today!
 
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ItsmeImtheproblemitsme

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DrMeredithGrey said:
I’m mortified for Lou, the amount she’s having to get Rob to push her book.
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Sounds like she’s wanted to be some kind of influencer/ blogger but missed the boat, then wrote that one piece about breastfeeding or whatever it was, then someone’s chirped in her ear about her writing, then she found her topic-‘default parenting’, then someone’s probably gone ‘oh you should write a book’ and then she’s used Rob’s contacts to do so. I don’t need a celebrity/ influencer/ famous person’s wife to write me a book about parenting- and if I did I’d want Helen Skelton (why she’s not been on the pod is beyond me- unless I’ve missed that episode!). I’d rather have a nobody write it. How am I supposed to relate to and sympathise with someone whose kids have been abroad more times this year, than I have in the past 10 years?!
 
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The default parent has been away again for the second time this month… to Nashville. I’d be embarrassed to put my name to that book.
 
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Laurob

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Not Rob using his name to get an emergency appointment when it suits him, but can't take the odd selfie ☠
 
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IceIceMillenial

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I'm so glad it isn't just me struggling with Rob atm. I think Lou is massively opinionated about everything especially behind closed doors and thinks her way is THE way and it has rubbed off onto Rob. You can hear Lou coming out in what he says more and more.
 
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DontQuoteMe

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On the last podcast, Josh was talking about having skiing lessons with his children, and Rob kept going on at him that the kids should have their lessons separate, and I just kept thinking that it’s actually a really nice activity to all do together, plus they’ll be on holiday and Josh might quite enjoy being with his children!!!

Rob needs to realise that people parent differently and his way isn’t always the ‘right’ way.
 
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ItsmeImtheproblemitsme

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PoorPatrol said:
Exactly! She’s bastardised the term. It only works when you’ve got a job, too. Or if when the dad is home he does fuck all. Like mum A and dad B both work 9-5 but somehow it falls to A to organise their child’s birthday party, book in their eye appointments and manage everyone’s dentist visits including B’s. That’s where the term default parent has come in, when it defaults to (usually) the mum, despite her having the same outside commitments as the dad but ending up doing all the parenting and cooking and cleaning.

In Rob and Lou’s case, she’s a stay at home mum with a multi-millionaire husband, who also very much pulls his weight when he’s there, and waves her off happily to go on girls trips and whatever she wants while he looks after the kids. Then they have paid help and family help on top. It’s not what being the default parent means, they’ve taken it way out of context.

Is anyone else suspecting that using a buzzy insta-word is just a ruse for Lou to talk about what fabulous things they all do and how great she is at booking holidays? There’s a smugness about her and it’s rubbing off on Rob, too. They don’t seem to understand that everyone else would feel like they were doing a great job at parenting, too, if they had endless pots of money and the time and space to do it in.
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Yes! The smugness shines from them sometimes. I don’t doubt that she’s the one who books clubs, does pack ups and all the other crap that determines whether you’re the default parent or not, but it’s not quite the same as someone who works a 40hr+ week, has a partner who does the same, but the partner does nothing with the kid’s admin. My husband is ‘quite good’ but I’m still the default- but I don’t wang on about it all the time. I’ve got friends who work more than their husbands, their husbands are off on work and golf trips every week, the mums have to literally do everything!
 
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ItsmeImtheproblemitsme

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esoes said:
Oh wow, well done Josh! I wonder if he will keep going with Last Leg? Do you think he'll keep going with the podcast? Because he might need to be careful about things he says cus of "squeaky clean" Strictly image. I bet Rob will be secretly jealous.
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How long before Lou’s on Strictly? 🤣
 
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PoorPatrol

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Rob was so awful this week as to be bordering on unhinged! It was like someone taking the piss out of how he treats Josh. The going on about the cornflakes reminded me of being at a house party and someone who’s had too much starts going on and on and sours the vibe, and everyone leaves before a fight breaks out.
 
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BumpinAlyn

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I actually found Rob quite offensive in that episode. Trying to be funny when it’s obvious Josh was upset made for uncomfortable listening.
Nasty comment trying to put down Josh’s daughter choosing the new tv.
Comes across very unlikeable.
Also I can do without Lou’s input - too try hard to be funny and I’m embarrassed on her behalf for throwing rubbish out of the window.
And another thing - if Josh started replying to a text during the podcast Rob would have really got annoyed and called him unprofessional.
 
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MissTeddy

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And poor Josh sometimes brings his little list of things that have happened or notes on topics to share … never gets a chance to. Can’t even talk about poor Beryl without Rob interjecting.
 
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