Retro Flame #2 Making New York look bland, iced coffee in hand, beige everything on brand.

[Pearl1506]

I don’t need to catch myself in thanks very much. I’ll call my mom “mom” as I have since I could talk.

Kerry native born and bred - grew up with RTÉ 1 and network two. No fancy bbc, or American tv and you tube didn’t exist but she’s mom and always will be. I’m not changing who I am to suit some randomer on the net who doesn’t like how I talk

I had this debate on another thread here before. It's mom. I'm also from Kerry originally. Please don't tell people what they can and can't say when we've used that since when we could talk, thanks.

 

[Greenoranges]

Please move on from Mom/Mam I'm here for the retro goss!!

 

[shins]

I don’t need to catch myself in thanks very much. I’ll call my mom “mom” as I have since I could talk.

Kerry native born and bred - grew up with RTÉ 1 and network two. No fancy bbc, or American tv and you tube didn’t exist but she’s mom and always will be. I’m not changing who I am to suit some randomer on the net who doesn’t like how I talk

I went to college with a lad from Kerry and he said 'mom' - this was 10+ years ago too so not a new thing.

 

[Shellac]

No more on mum/mon doesn't make a difference what one calls their parents.

 

[Rosielite]

Say what you want about the mother being a control freak, but damn can she come up and do my weekly shop too?? Some selection!

 

[Naidyryan]

There is no way they are eating all that food. It’s all for the “gram” The mother survives on 40 major a day and cans of Coke. They are utterly obsessed and controlled over their food in NYC. Joey will need an extra seat on the flight back as he will be eating all the leftover Instagram food

 

[Eilis117]

There is no way they are eating all that food. It’s all for the “gram” The mother survives on 40 major a day and cans of Coke. They are utterly obsessed and controlled over their food in NYC. Joey will need an extra seat on the flight back as he will be eating all the leftover Instagram food

Totally agree! The mother looks it and she's probably not that old. Kaelyn eating half a cupcake, as a full one might be too much for her. They ensured they plugged for their friend who made them too.

 

[Smithsmile]

Came on to say that mom has left in the muck tubs of centra coleslaw and potato salad

I’m surprised Mom didn’t go to NYC. It’s been a while. They def have loads of the usual work plan - comp’d Kerry to Dublin Aer Lingus tix, a stay in a tacky hotel, the OTT dinners out, afternoon tea..

There’s a ban on travel to the US from Europe right now because of COVID, unless you are a citizen or green card holder. Erika, Kaelin and David can’t even fly back to the US, they’ll have to do at least two weeks in Mexico before they can reenter the US and even that is a bit risky.

 

[Peppy23]

Say what you want about the mother being a control freak, but damn can she come up and do my weekly shop too?? Some selection!

I didn’t even know there was that many kinds of milk

 

[Laurenpattison]

Came on to say that mom has left in the muck tubs of centra coleslaw and potato salad



There’s a ban on travel to the US from Europe right now because of COVID, unless you are a citizen or green card holder. Erika, Kaelin and David can’t even fly back to the US, they’ll have to do at least two weeks in Mexico before they can reenter the US and even that is a bit risky.

It’s not terribly risky. I Work with international students at a uni in the US. And nearly all
Of them that decided they wanted to
Returned to the US went to Canada or Mexico for 14 days And none of them
Had a problem at the border. And same goes for colleagues at other universities students. She should just flog a Mexican resort for two
Weeks and she’ll be grand. More content for the gram

 

[Missheg]

There is no way they are eating all that food. It’s all for the “gram” The mother survives on 40 major a day and cans of Coke. They are utterly obsessed and controlled over their food in NYC. Joey will need an extra seat on the flight back as he will be eating all the leftover Instagram food

So true as if those little slips of things eat any of that food. Not a chance.

Totally agree! The mother looks it and she's probably not that old. Kaelyn eating half a cupcake, as a full one might be too much for her. They ensured they plugged for their friend who made them too.

The half a cupcake drove me silly. Not a chance I’d leave a crumb behind me if I hadn’t tasted Irish baking in a year. Way too controlled.

 

[Pearl1506]

No response about joey... Wonder why..

 

[Jackjack38]

No response about joey... Wonder why..

Apparently Kaelin is going to fill us all in on how she got the dog on the plane. Now either Retro just said that to get people off her back or Kaelin is just very busy in quarantine and hasn't gotten round to it yet!

 

[MiamooMoo]

Her accent is stronger and she’s only back 2 days.

 

[emmaj123]

I had a little search because I was curious and from what I’ve read aer lingus allow up to 8 “service” dogs on transatlantic flights. It says you need to contact department of agriculture beforehand to provide a copy of the Assistance Dog ID card and then also fill a form on aer lingus site as a special assistance request. But in saying that flights to/from the US have to follow very strict rules about non- discrimination as seen in the pic maybe they only have to assure it is for emotional support kaelin will be on later to tell us she put a harness on him sorry for the big long spiel but AL have to know it’s bullshit because I’ve worked in a different airline for ten years and I’ve only ever seen maybe 4 dogs in that whole time and I was doing transatlantic once a month

 

[Rosielite]

Her accent is stronger and she’s only back 2 days.

And she's supposedly not mixing with the common Kerry people?

 

[Ryan80]

Totally agree with you. I’m from Kerry too and everyone here says Mom. Exactly, why change to “suit” other people

I’m not from Kerry but from Wicklow and I say Mom as do all my friends

 

[Rosielite]

I’m not from Kerry but from Wicklow and I say Mom as do all my friends

there was a mod warning over the weekend about the Mam Mom talk. We've moved on, so please stop bringing it back up

 

[Matilda20]

I’m unfollowing this entitled brat but I had to come on and rant before I do. Just watched part of her vlogmas video. Erica is choosing to go home for xmas knowing the rules and risks, but she thinks the travel ban that prevents her re-entering the US is “ridiculous”. She totally understands that “tourists” shouldn’t be allowed to enter and that “holidays” shouldn’t be allowed but she thinks she should be allowed to enter because of her visa.

Her trip home is a holiday! Holidays going out of the US aren’t any safer than holidays into the US! Nobody is supposed to be leaving the place they live right now, and she really shouldn’t be entering Ireland at the moment either (but is allowed to because she’s a citizen). So holidays to the US shouldn’t be allowed, but her holiday to Ireland is fine?!

I’m extra mad because I’m Irish living in Massachusetts and I was planning to go home for Christmas, including 2 weeks quarantine and all of the other precautions. I have a green card so I can get back into the US. But I cancelled it because cases are much higher now than they were when I booked it back in the summer, and I didn’t think it was right for me to travel at the moment. Even though I haven’t seen my family in over a year and a half now, and one brother for 3 years. And I can’t even complain much, I’m better off than a lot with all the people that have lost loved ones or been unemployed this year.

But Erica who will get to spend xmas with her family, thinks it’s “ridiculous” that she should be treated like everybody else. (And anyway, she has the time and money to spend 2 weeks in Mexico or somewhere, and then return to the US so it’s not like she’ll be stuck and can’t get back in)

If you're tested and quarantine appropriately I don't see what's the problem at all!!

She’s beyond self absorbed. My parents are a half an hour away from hers and we’re not travelling home over the Christmas break from Dublin as I’d never forgive myself if I inadvertently brought covid to them. Erika is off out every night in NYC then will get on a plane putting all the other passengers at risk. I know she says she’ll quarantine at home but I’m not buying it, they’ve slipped up a few times on how long they’ll quarantine for so I reckon they’re going to fake it

She was tested, is quarantining and being tested again! Pretty safe I reckon.

 

[Peekaboo1234]

She should do a collab with a fibre broadband company. Is Kerry that bad for connection?