Life Uncut

Hey Lifers!
First up, Britt is served a slice of humble pie for some risky fashion choices. Laura has a stye... it's just a sh*tshow today. 
Laura and Matt went back to where they got married & the kids were a bit disappointed in comparison to last time.

Do you feel as though you can maintain relationships with people who have different values to you? We speak about the response from the Kelce brothers to Harrison Butker's controversial speech two weeks ago.
We discuss the ins and outs of whether different religious, political or moral values dictate if you can have relationships with people. 
We speak about the privilege involved with 'whether' you care about certain view points and whether it's the intensity of those values that might be the line in the sand. 

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It's our weekly round up! The best of the week from our National radio show THE PICKUP.

ON THE SHOW

• Mitch professes his love for Matty J
• Uk's hottest man is not who you expect
• Mitch gets a nit treatment
• Laura's bathroom confession
• Mitch's walks for MS

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Lauren Wasser was born into a family of models and started modelling at just 2 months old. She was a fit tom boy and had begun to make a name for herself in the modelling industry. When Lauren was 24 years old she developed Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS).

In this chat we speak about Lauren’s personal experience of feeling a ‘bit off’ one day. 24 hours later she was fighting for her life. The syndrome caused a life threatening situation and Lauren ended up needing to have both of her legs amputated in an effort to keep her alive. Now, 6 years since the infection, Lauren is modelling with her golden legs. 

Lauren also speaks about growing up with one view of beauty, and how our perceptions of beauty have evolved. Lauren speaks about her journey of recovering from her amputations and advocates for better after care for patients who experience similar changes to their lives. 

This episode has been reviewed and approved by two medical doctors registered in NSW. 

You can find more information about toxic shock syndrome in the links below:

https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/epidemiology/epidemiology-fact-sheets/toxic-shock-syndrome/

TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME AND STREPTOCOCCAL TOXIC SHOCK

health direct

government of SA

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Hey Lifers,

Welcome back to Ask Uncut where we answer all of your deep and dark dilemmas! 

Britt has some really exciting personal news about her sister Sheri and her husband Jay.

Vibes for this week:
Britt - Bodyparts on Nine Now 
Keeshia - Three Identical Strangers on Netflix
Laura - No Filter Patrick Gagne is a sociopath

Then we jump into your questions!

• SHOULD I ATTEND THE FUNERAL?
  I was with my ex for 12 years. During the last 3 of those years my ex-Mother in Law (MIL) lived with us; I knew her very well. I'm now happily remarried with two kids and haven't spoken to anyone from my ex's family for around 6 years. Recently, I found out my ex-MIL has gotten very sick and it got me thinking about when she passes away. I would want to pay my respects to her given she was a huge part of my past life, but I don't know if attending her funeral and seeing my ex and his family for the first time since leaving him would only add to their pain. My question is: who do you attend a funeral for? Is it for the person who has passed away? Or their loved ones left behind?
  
  

• I DON'T WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH MY COWORKER

  How do I let a work colleague know that I have no interest in being friends with them outside of work (or even at work TBH)? I really struggle working with this particular person, but that's clearly unbeknownst to her as she continually asks me to do things outside of work! I always come up with excuses not to go, but it's getting harder and harder. Also these are not big group things where everyone is invited, it's literally just the two of us and maybe one or 2 other people. Do I need to be more direct? Or just say yes and make it a really bad time so she doesn't want to hang out anymore? Or just keep putting up with it and coming up with excuses?
  
  

• SHOWER ETIQUETTE

  What is the etiquette when using someone else’s shower while staying with them? Do you bring your own shampoo/conditioner/body wash etc? Or is it acceptable to use theirs?
  
  

• DO I CONFRONT/ASK HIM OR PLAY IT OUT

  Last week my husband asked me to pick up a parcel for him from the post office and said it was a tool for work. When I picked up the parcel, I noticed it was from a silversmith so I googled them. I didn’t look any further as Mother’s Day was approaching and didn’t want to ruin my surprise. I didn’t get jewellery for Mothers Day. I looked on the website and it could be fingerprint jewellery but it’s way out of our budget.

  I mentioned it to my best friend to see what to do. After naming the jeweller, she said our mutual friend is mates with the jeweller, maybe our friend is going to propose and use my husband and our address for secret delivery.

  The 3 possible situations are:

  1. My husband bought someone else jewellery
  2. Fingerprint jewellery that will be back in a few weeks
  3. My husband is in on our friend's proposal and is keeping it secret (fair enough).

  My question is, do I ask my husband about the parcel or do I wait and see if something happens in the coming months? Clearly it’s bothering me haha.

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Imagine yourself married to the person you love when they’re diagnosed with terminal cancer. You’ve been their carer and support during such an emotionally difficult time. But, then you find out that they have been cheating on you since your wedding day.
Do you continue to care for them?
Today’s guest didn’t have to imagine this scenario. She lived it.

Kerstin Pilz grew up in Germany and was working as an academic at Macquarie University here in Australia. She was married to her job when Gianni, a charming Italian, turned her life into a champagne-coloured fairy tale.

Soon after their runaway wedding, her new husband was diagnosed with cancer. Kerstin became his dedicated carer. But when she discovered that he had been cheating on her throughout their relationship, she was faced with a difficult choice: walk away, or continue to care for the man who betrayed her. 

In this chat we speak about: 

• Being faced with this emotionally charged conundrum
• The complexities of loving a narcissist
• Whether it’s better to find out about infidelity or not
• How to heal after cheating
• Whether infidelity poisons your memories and if they were ‘real’ moments
• Forgiveness being radical self care
• Kerstin’s choice to not have children and whether she regrets that 

Kerstin has written a book titled Loving My Lying, Dying, Cheating Husband and you can get a copy of it here

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Hey Lifers,

Today's episode has a lot of variation of light and shade. 
Britt has done something that could be one of the funniest stories of something embarrassing that she's ever told. Salt & pepper squid anyone?

Laura and her family have been navigating a really hard time in their personal lives as her step dad has entered the last phase of his terminal cancer. They had a celebration of his life and today Laura shares what this experience has been like behind the scenes. Please if there is one thing about today's episode, it's to reach out to the men in your life who are over 50 and ask them when their last prostate check was.

Footage of a horrific, violent assault by Sean 'Diddy' Combs on his ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura has spread over the weekend. He has now released an 'apology' video that completely contradicts a statement he made in December where he said that he was completely innocent and that the allegations made against him were by "individuals looking for a quick pay day".
We speak about women not being 'reliable narrators of their own experiences' until there is video evidence of abuse. We speak about 'reputational apologies' and how different laws complicate this particular scenario. 

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It's our weekly round up! The best of the week from our National radio show THE PICKUP.

ON THE SHOW

• What did the cleaner find
• Chat GPT is helping us flirt
• Mitch's paying for goods and services
• Ellie Cole - and same sex parenting books being banned 
• Bumble really cocked up this billboard

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Welcome back to Ask Uncut where we answer your deep and dark dilemmas!

The first dilemma of the day is that Marlie Mae (Laura's 4 year old) has been watching Taylor Swift 'The Eras Tour' and she's learnt some questionable dance moves...

We have an ask uncut aftermath from a question last week!! We absolutely love finding out what happened next.

Vibes for the week:

Britt: pretty lazy magic wand hair perfector

Keeshia: The Mel Robbins Podcast with Dr. Jen Gunter MD How to Balance Your Hormones: What Your Doctor Isn’t Telling You About Menopause

Laura: Mimi's haircare for kids

Then we jump into your questions:

• GRANDPARENTS WANT WEIRD TITLES THAT WE HATE
  My husband and I have a problem, we are 5 months pregnant with our first child and my in-laws have been thinking about what they want to be called. Now, I’m happy for it not to be the typical grandma and grandpa etc if they don’t want but they have just called my husband to let him know that my MIL wants to be called cougey and my FIL has picked Ockey. (I don’t know how they would be spelt but they sound like koo ghee and ock ee.) We don't like these names and think they are weird, and could be confusing for our baby when she grows up. We don’t want to hurt their feelings but we also don’t want to have to refer to them as these strange names forever. How can we approach this with them or is it something they have every right to choose on what to be called by our child?
  
  
• DO I PRETEND IT'S GREAT?
  If a partner plans something for an event such as birthday, Mother’s Day, etc and you are disappointed, do you pretend it’s great? Or let them know you're disappointed? A couple of times I’ve expected a bit more planning from my partner and been disappointed but felt guilty for feeling this way. Are my expectations too high and is anything better than nothing? I should mention I’ve told him that I’m a sentimental person when it comes to milestones
  
  

• DO I CALL BULLSHIT OR IS THIS ‘NORMAL’ THESE DAYS?

  I’ve been dating a guy for 6 months (after his marriage of 2 years ago and 2 kids ended). Due to this I’ve given him space in anything too heavy about committing etc. About a month ago I asked him if he was on the apps and he said no, we haven’t had anymore “exclusive” chats. I’ve found out this week that he has liked one of my best mates pictures on hinge (who he’s met). He says it was an accident & he went on there because he was bored. Do I call bullshit on this? My male friend says that blokes need validation and until you tell them your boundaries and commit, it’s fair game. He wants to talk it through and get on the same page but I am unsure if I want to bother. I have been single for 10 years and had hopes for this. He has all the qualities that I’m looking for but he seems emotionally immature. He hasn’t told me his feelings for me yet but he clearly likes me. 

  Is my bar too high or is this just what we would expect nowadays?

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Joining the podcast today is comedian, TV personality and camp mate from the South African jungle Stephen K Amos!
Britt got to know Stephen in their month in Africa together and they formed a special friendship built on some very personal and impactful conversations. Stephen joins us today with some of the funniest accidentally unfiltered stories (yes, plural) that we have ever heard!
Stephen is such a laugh and a half and as funny as he is, he is equally as deep and thoughtful. 

We spoke about:

• Time in the jungle 
• His life growing up in a Nigerian family in South London
• Expectations and being a ‘role model’ when he didn’t expect to be
• Always being labelled as a ‘Black comedian’ and eventually ‘Black, gay comedian’
• Push back on political comedy ‘ruining’ comedy
• Stephen’s encounter with the Pope and his unexpected response to Stephen’s sexuality 
• Performing for the Royal family
• Accepting himself and his body; wearing shorts for the first time EVER in the jungle

You can find more of Stephen K Amos and his tour dates here!

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Hey Lifers,
Today didn't quite go to plan! Laura's car broke down on the way to work so Producer Keeshia is filling in for her.
Britt got ... locked in a sauna. She quite literally was stuck in there waiting for Wim Hof to finish his meditative ice bath!
How do you feel about being in the background of someone's video at the gym? 
Keeshia found herself in this predicament and felt really uncomfortable. 

Then we have a chat about Piers Morgan's interview with the woman who is being labelled as the 'real Martha from Baby Reindeer'.
We question:

• Whether interviews like this are exploitative and cross ethical boundaries
• Whether she has the right to defend herself
• Who is 'more' in the wrong; Netflix, Richard Gadd, Piers Morgan or the alleged stalker?
• Who owns a story?
• Whether it changes your opinion of the show

You can watch the entire interview here

You can listen to our episode with Michael Theo from love on the spectrum here

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