Hey Lifers!

WELCOME BACK! We missed you so much! We're kicking off 2025 with our new schedule so Ask Uncut will now be dropping on a Monday morning (Aus time).
Britt's year did not get off to the best start and Keeshia is in the naughty (plant) corner.

Vibes for the week:

Keeshia: Jerry Springer. Fights, Camera, Action on Netflix 
Laura: Mudbound film on Netflix
Britt: I'm Not a Monster - The Shamima Begum Story

Then we jump into your questions!

NEW BF JUST HAD A BABY WITH PREVIOUS ONE NIGHT STAND
I have been seeing a guy for the past 8 months. One of his previous one night stands reached out to him a few months into dating and said that she was pregnant. We decided to continue seeing each other and it was going fairly well. The baby was born a few weeks ago and I am struggling to be positive and supportive. Do you think that it would be best to let a new father sort out his relationship with his baby and baby mum before we focus on a relationship? Or could it happen simultaneously?

I THINK I SLEPT WITH MY NEW HINGE MATCH’S BROTHER
I have matched with someone on hinge and in my pre-stalking I’ve realised I actually have slept with his younger brother about 8 years ago....do you think it’s a big deal? They are a close family so don’t know whether to just stop talking to him now or keep pursuing and hope he doesn’t care when it comes up eventually?

I THINK I HATE MY PARTNER’S CAT
I’ve been with my partner for 2 years now. We live together and I know he’s my penguin. However there is just one problem. His cat. Don’t get me wrong I am the BIGGEST animal lover, and I would like to think of myself as quite a patient person, but I have tried for our entire relationship to bond with this cat and while there have been some moments, the majority of it has felt transactional and filled with a lack of unconditional love that you’d get from a dog - which I’ve grown up with. He also constantly meows and often when I try to show love he scratches and bites. It’s actually at the point where I become anxious from the constant meowing. It’s eating well so that’s not the issue, and the cat is 3 years old and well trained. My partner absolutely adores this cat and it’s recently become apparent to him that I don’t quite feel the same. However I am at the point where I actually cannot stand it. Idk what to do? Pls help!

FRIEND HAS BEEN LYING ABOUT SOMETHING – IS THIS A BIG DEAL?
My best friend of 5 years has just told me that ever since we’ve been friends she’s been lying and that her ‘younger brother’ is actually not her brother. She told me he was her biological brother, he has the same mum but he didn’t speak with their mum and lives with his dad and step mum. This whole time she has referred to him as her brother and even when I have asked about their mum she would say something along the lines of “he prefers to be with his step mum”. She said she told me when she was drunk and just kept the lie going but it got too far to say anything so she never did. He is now apparently just ‘like a brother’. She said now that she is about to get married she doesn’t want me to question it at the wedding and thought it was time to fess up. I don’t know how to feel. It doesn’t feel that deep but at the same time, I’ve been lied to by my best friend for 5 years so it feels quite icky and a bit weird. So my question is, should I be mad/upset about this or is it not that deep? In the past I feel like she does tend to lie a bit as I have caught her out before about something else. Keen to hear what you girls think!

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It's our weekly round up! The best of the week from our National radio show THE PICKUP. Today's ep is unlike anything we have had to record before and are heartbroken by the decision that has been made for the show. 

Every week we are joined by our radio co-host Mitch Churi at 3pm on the KIIS Network. You can listen live on iHeart radio, or catch up here each week!
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What's on the show

• Laura's mum fail
• An important message for parents
• We cross to Matt in the jungle
• Wedding regrets
• Can I baby trap my husband with number 3?

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Hey Lifers!
Today's ep is with our favourite mum and dad. We start this ep by bickering about driving and scraped rims... as every married couple would.

Matt has a particularly exciting announcement for us and Laura was not initially happy about it! 
They speak about their future plans and whether they're both on board to have a 3rd kid.

Then they jump into some questions for them and some ask uncut questions!

• Is Laura the breadwinner? If so, how does Matt feel about that?
• How early on in the bach season did Matt know that he was going to choose Laura?
• Are you friends with any of your exes?
• Navigating friendships if you become a parent
• Knowing what you know now as a parent, would you go back and change anything?
• Do you think that one person loves the other a bit more in a relationship?
• Have any of you had botox?
• How do they feel about the paparazzi 

Ask Uncut questions:

I AM PREGNANT AFTER A ONE NIGHT STAND. SHOULD I TELL HIM?
I had unprotected sex after a wedding with another guest and have since found out that I’m pregnant. Whilst the guy is lovely, it’s not a long term match given locations and jobs so I plan on terminating. Would you want to know? Should I tell him? And if so what is the best way to do so?

DWINDLING SEX DRIVE - AM I THE PROBLEM?
My husband and I have been together for 8 years (married for the last 3). We don’t have kids but have been through some major life obstacles in the last few years both to do with our careers as doctors and a change in work life balance. We are balancing working long days, having opposing days off and having to study outside of work for exams etc to advance in our careers. Our sex life has suffered and now it feels like more of a chore these days. On the rare occasion we do get intimate,I have found that I am disinterested in the act all together including doing anything sexual on my own. This is not the first time in a relationship that sex has dwindled for me over time and I’m starting to wonder if I even have the capability to sustain sexual lust in a long term relationship in general. Is this possible or is what I am experiencing common or am I the problem?

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Today's episode is a special bonus episode with Britt's sister Sheri!
We put a call out a little while ago and Sheri was one of the most requested guests so we thought it was time to get a bit of a life update! Since we last had Sheri on the podcast, her and her husband have moved over to Scotland and had their first baby Maya. Maya was born 5-7 weeks premature.

We asked Sheri:

• How are you going wearing hearing aids now? Do you feel stigma about being so young?

• How does Sheri feel about Britt's long distance relationship and pending marriage?
• What made you want to move overseas and did you feel guilty being so far away from family?
• Their pregnancy journey
• Maya's birth story
• What was the best gift you were given after birth?
• Have you lost much of your identity since becoming a mum?
• How did you navigate getting 'back' nutrition and exercise? 

   

You can find Sheri's Instagram and Strive here.

You can listen to Sheri's previous episodes with us:
Talking Diet Culture and Nutrition with Sheri Hockley

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Hey Lifers!

Today’s special ask uncut comes from our favourite fiances Britt and Ben!

First up, they answer a few questions about how it’s been seeing each other again, wedding plans, kids in the future etc! 

Then they jump into your questions!

MY HUSBAND DOESN’T APPRECIATE MY COOKING
My husband & I have a 6 month old baby. I’m a stay at home mum and he works full time. I make dinner every night which is always hard cooking with a baby as my husband doesn’t get home until 6.30 when we’re about to eat. Last night I made dinner like usual and in conversation I said do you like it? He responded ‘ahh it’s alright’ but said it in a way that he wasn’t impressed. This offended me as I put a lot of effort in, while juggling our baby. I would’ve been happy with just toast for dinner but I put in the effort just for him. He thinks it’s ok to be honest and that he thought the dinner was just ok. My question is.. if someone makes you something such as dinner.. is it ok to be honest and say you didn’t really like it? Or be appreciative that someone put in the effort and just say it was good! I asked him if he was at our friends house would he say something they made was just ok? He said no but because this is his home he thinks it’s ok to be honest

MY FRIEND HASN’T TOLD HER NEW BOYFRIEND THAT SHE CHEATED ON HER EX
Should my friend tell her new boyfriend the reason that her and her ex husband split was because she cheated? They’ve been together 6 months and she still hasn’t told him and is doubting she will but I think she’s crazy because he will eventually find out (shit gets around) and I think he will be pissed off that she wasn’t honest with him.

I’VE FALLEN FOR HIM BUT HE SAID HE SEES ME LIKE A SISTER
I have known this guy for 5 years + and he's been there through breakups, graduation, my mum’s cancer and as of recent my mum’s passing/ funeral! My mum loved him and he promised her he would protect me. He's always so active in my life and helping everywhere possible - since all this has happened I now think I'm falling for him but he says he sees me as nothing but a sister. He's 30, l'm 24. Am I just wasting my time or is there something I can do? Also Brit how do I get rid of the feeling as I feel the guy should always pursue you, not the other way around?

I KISSED ANOTHER GUY. DO I TELL MY LONG DISTANCE BOYFRIEND?
I’ve been with my partner for about 3 years, like Britt and Ben we are long distance with him living overseas. We have a great relationship but I haven't seen him for 3-4 months. I made a huge mistake and kissed someone recently on a night out. It meant nothing and I immediately regretted it and felt so guilty. I know it will never happen again. I worry if I tell him it will ruin everything and he may break up with me. Knowing I will never do it again and it was a mistake, do I tell him or can I just keep it to myself and pretend it didn't happen?

SHOULD I COMMIT TO HIM WHEN HE’S 8 YEARS YOUNGER?
So I have been seeing this guy off and on for a year and last night he asked me if I wanted to be his girlfriend. I’ve been searching for love for years now so this should have made me the happiest girl ever. He’s very into me and has told me and shown me as such. The thing is, he’s 8 years younger than me. I’ve reached an age where I hope my next partner is my last (I want to have kids and time is ticking). I like him and we get along great and have similar goals and values but I guess my question is, how do you know?

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Hey Lifers!! Merry Christmas you wonderful things!

Can we start by saying that if you’re able to watch this on youtube instead, we highly recommend it because we have videos of the entire year and you’ll witness about 17 different hair styles from Britt in 2024 alone!

Laura really wanted us to sing some Christmas carols and she…kinda got her way. We might have discovered one of the weird audio duality sounds where ‘pumpkin pie’ can sound like something else!
Here are some of our favourite bits from the year, and you can listen to the whole episodes by clicking on the links!

Funny bits 

• Britt eating someone else’s calamari 

• Laura checking a nappy like a dipstick

• Britt’s wedding dress code

• Laura welfare check

Britt’s Engagement 

• Surprise 
• Britt and Ben share their engagement details 

Interviews

• Elizabeth Gilbert
• Tones and I
• Angela White

Ask Uncut

• Does your partner greet you at the end of the day?

• Is it okay to wank at work?

• She Cheated With Her Second Cousin

We hope you have the BEST Christmas imaginable. We love and appreciate you!

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Hey lifers!
We are coming to you cross continental! Britt is in Romania and has met her brand new niece! We get some updates on how her reunion has been and whether meeting her dream, unicorn niece has shifted the needle on her decision around having a baby herself. 
Laura confesses to rage baiting us all and she's high on the power. Will her house end up looking like Dr Seuss? Most likely!

Vibes for the week:

Laura: All in the mind. The design tricks brands use to get you to buy
Keeshia: Search Engine - What if ayahuasca made you stop podcasting?
Britt: Just Married. The Anthea Bradshaw Mystery

Then we jump into your questions!

HUSBAND DOESN'T LIKE ME WEARING G STRINGS
Been together 12 years (since I was 17), married with 3 young kids. When I was younger, I never wore g-strings and thought they were uncomfortable. Fast forward to my late 20s, and in the past year I've started wearing them to the gym for comfort and more of a seamless style. My husband does not like this. He thinks I'm disrespecting his boundaries and that I'm not being a good wife because I'm 'parading' myself by wearing that kind of underwear with shorts/leggings running or to gym, while he is working hard to provide for our family. I think the request to control the type of underwear I wear is over the top, and it was a decision I made for my own comfort and not to parade to others. I don't want to disrespect him or his boundaries though. What should I do?

SHOULD I BE OFFENDED THAT I WASN’T ASKED TO GO TO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY?
My partner works in a professional job and is employed by the government. I’ve met only a few of his colleagues. For their work Christmas party, they were just going out for dinner to a restaurant that is about an hour away from where we actually live (it’s 20 minutes from their workplace). He initially said that he wasn’t sure if he was going to go but his colleague had said that he should. I asked if partners were also invited and his response was ‘yes’.
I was a bit taken back because he did not ask me if I wanted to go. When I mentioned this he responded “well you wouldn’t want to go to that surely?” It’s true; it’s not my idea of a good time but I’m feeling upset that I wasn’t actually asked. Is it normal to not ask your partner to go to a Christmas party when there is the option for partners to be included?

HUSBAND ISN'T HELPING WITH HOSTING CHRISTMAS FUNCTION

Each year, my cousin, her husband and my husband do Christmas dinner. We plan it in January as December is hectic and we plant it a year out. This year my husband and I are hosting. The problem is that my husband has just been invited to a work mate’s bucks party and it falls on the same day as our Christmas tradition night. He has said yes to going to the bucks for bottomless lunch, but here I am having to clean, prepare the food, decorate and get everything sorted all on my own. On top of this, the day before is my husband’s work Christmas function. So I’m fully on my own riding this beast. I’m annoyed that I’ve been lumped with all of the responsibilities. What can I actually do about this? Do I just ‘suck it up’ and try to not allow the dates for next time to clash so much or do I cancel our Christmas dinner?

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We’re all aware of the societal pressures and expectations put on us to have achieved certain things by the time we reach certain ages, but what about the questions we ask ourselves when a new decade looms? Whether you have or haven’t ticked off the traditional expectations of buying a house, getting married and starting a family, it seems as though we are all collectively asking ourselves more questions about who we are and what we want to be as we reach our 30s. 

Joining the podcast today is Bridget Hustwaite. Bridget is a presenter, an author, a podcaster and a content creator. Going into 30, Bridget looked as though she had it all figured out: she was well established in her career, she was in a 5 year long relationship with aspirations to settle down, she was financially independent and had found purpose in her advocacy for endometriosis. And then shit hit the fan and the expectations of what Bridget thought her future would look like crumbled. 

Bridget has a brand new book coming out called “figuring out 30” and chats with us about all of the unexpected lessons we learn when we question who we really are and what we are led to believe we ‘should’ want. 

We speak about:

• The strange internal feelings we can get around milestones

• Going through a significant break up just before reaching 30 

• We all fear ‘starting over’. Is this the best it’s going to get? 

• Family dynamics and estrangement and how it shaped her understanding of herself

• The way people react when they find out that you aren’t in contact with your own family members vs how common it actually is

• Maternal desire. Figuring out the kid equation in your 30s

• How Bridget’s endometriosis affects fertility

• Can you be a feminist and support marriage?  

• What modern marriage means

• What it’s like reentering the dating world in your 30s

You can find more from Bridget Hustwaite on instagram 

You can pre order Bridget’s new book “Figuring Out 30” here!!

Bridget previously joined the pod for an episode about endometriosis 

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Hey Lifers!

It's Laura and Keeshia today for the last Tuesday episode of the year (or maybe ever...)!
Britt is over in Romania visiting Ben but she'll be back on Thursday for Ask Uncut.

Christmas is really freaking soon and Laura is banking on the local RSL meat raffle to make up for her disorganised state! Laura and the family had a blast at the carols and met her new girl crush Emma Memma.
If you’re an iPhone person, do you stick to even or odd numbered iPhones or are you just updating it whenever you feel you need? 

We have some big changes coming to next year! We speak through the results of our last survey and how we are mixing things up next year! 

There's a documentary that is going viral on youtube at the moment titled "I Slept With 100 Men In One Day". It follows Onlyfans star Lily Phillips and the aftermath of Lily's challenge where she is quite distraught after completing the challenge. 
We speak about the complexity of these types of conversations when so much has been done to shift the narrative of sex work and highlight how platforms like onlyfans can be empowering, when the reality of this situation blurs those lines.
We ask:

• Why is it that this documentary made us feel uncomfortable?
• Whether the stunts continue to become more and more outrageous to keep attention and subscribers?
• If the concern for her wellbeing is faux care/ shame dressed up in a different costume?

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It's our weekly round up! The best of the week from our National radio show THE PICKUP. Today's ep is unlike anything we have had to record before and are heartbroken by the decision that has been made for the show. 

Every week we are joined by our radio co-host Mitch Churi at 3pm on the KIIS Network. You can listen live on iHeart radio, or catch up here each week!
For more follow @THEPICKUP on socials.

What's on the show

• Mitch has learnt a something new late in life
• What did you eat
• Can you name your child a dog name?
• Our uber ratings exposed
• Marlie is breaking up with Laura

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