Relatable with The Roses

If you’re looking for a little Halloween fright — we’ve got you.

In this special episode, Sophia shares her family's real-life ghost stories from when she lived in the Philippines… from the thing they heard every single night for 3.5 years at 3:00am in the morning, to the woman in black that would watch her sleep, to the dinner party that made them the talk of the town -- the is a 100% true account of the eerie, unexplainable experiences that made her and her family unwavering believers. 

It’s spooky, personal, and just the right amount of “are ghosts *really* real?”

So grab your pumpkin spice (or, anything but -- as Brad would say), turn off the lights, and listen if you dare… because after this, you might start believing in ghosts, too.

Got a ghost story YOU want to share? Snag our contact info below.

Plus, if you can't help but have your interest peaked after listening to this episode, Sophia's mom wrote a fascinating book about her life, where these stories (and more) are all accounted for in much more detail.

Just search for Searching for the Caravan by Germaine Avila on Amazon.

Or go here ➡️ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Searching-Caravan-Reconciliation-Science-Divinity/dp/0989563006/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 

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👉 Join us in Side Chat with the Roses for the aftershow, where we keep the conversation going and answer even more of your Dear Roses questions.

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This week we’re catching up on life — the real, the ridiculous, and the very British.

In Good Week / Bad Week, Sophia gets emotional over a reel that got a little hate, finally makes it to a pumpkin patch (after 4 years of being told they don’t exist in England), and we unpack the confusing world of UK gas and electric bills.

Sophia's also back in the gym -- with Grayson in toe, Brad's back to auditioning, and both are sharing their most embarrassing audition stories. 

Plus don't forget, we're telling ghost stories in our next episode. 

Email [email protected] to share yours, or DM them to us on Instagram. 

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This week’s episode is a spicy one 🔥 — we’re diving into your most controversial, unpopular opinions and deciding whether we agree… or think you’ve completely lost the plot.

From pizza toppings to whether or not kids should be in business class to if we would consider our dogs our kids (duh, yes we do!), nothing is off limits.

Plus, we kick things off with Good Week / Bad Week, featuring a very impressive care package from The Sky History Channel and a classic debate about the day we met. (Spoiler: Sophia doesn't forgive Brad.) 

Connect with Us:

👉 Join us in Side Chat with the Roses for the aftershow, where we keep the conversation going and answer even more of your Dear Roses questions.

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In this week’s episode we’re talking about all the little things people say your kids notice — even when you think they’re not paying attention. 

From how you handle stress to if you actually watch when they say "watch this!" It’s a conversation that had us reflecting, laughing, and getting a little worried about what's to come...

Some of the habits and behaviors we unpack:

 👀 If we actually follow the rules we set for them
 📱 How often we’re on our phones ... yikes
 💬 How we talk about ourselves and others
 🔥 How we react to mistakes — theirs and ours
❤️ How we treat each other in front of kids 
📆 How we spend our free time -- this is a big one for us! 

And because it wouldn’t be Relatable with the Roses without it, we also dive into Good Week / Bad Week — featuring Sophia’s not-so-proud ditzy moment and some major Grayson milestones that made us absolutely melt.

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It’s our anniversary week 🎉, so we’re celebrating with a game that tests just how well we really know each other: Do You Even Know Me?

We take turns answering questions about ourselves to see if our partner can guess correctly. Spoiler alert: Sophia might know Bradley a little too well, and Bradley ends up sharing way more than he planned (oops).

In this episode you’ll hear:

• The anniversary game that reveals way more than we expected 💍
• Which questions sparked hilarious disagreements vs. scary-accurate answers
• The stories behind our guesses — and a few confessions Bradley didn’t mean to share

Play along with us and see how many of these you’d get right about your partner!

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This week we’re trying something new: Dear Roses 🌹—where you send us your real-life relationship dilemmas, and we do our best to give advice (with zero credentials, but plenty of opinions).

From nosy in-laws to too many pumpkins, from snooze-button battles to TikTok in bed, we’re tackling the everyday quirks that couples face—and laughing our way through it. Plus, we also dive into some real questions about IVF stigma, friends-with-benefits feelings, and how you know when you’ve met “the one.”

Here’s what we covered in this episode:

🚪 In-laws who “pop by” unannounced—sweet or suffocating.

🎃 Pumpkin obsession: fall cozy vibes or seasonal intervention?

❤️ Friends-with-benefits turned something more—what now?

⏰ The dreaded snooze button debate—normal or divorce-worthy?

💍 How do you actually know you’re dating “the one”?

📱 Falling asleep to TikTok—relationship red flag or harmless quirk.

🧪 IVF stigma and the assumption it’s always the woman’s issue

If you want to submit a question for a future Dear Roses episode, send it our way! (Don’t worry, we keep them anonymous.)

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Is it a 🚩 red flag… or actually kinda genius?

This week, we’re diving into the little quirks, habits, and choices that couples make in marriage and asking: are they signs of trouble, or smart strategies to keep the peace?

We put our own marriage under the microscope and debate the internet’s most talked-about “marriage red flags,” like:

Some of these we totally do (and swear by). Others? Let’s just say… not for us.

Join us for laughs, debates, and maybe a few confessions.

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This week’s episode is a mix of laughs, love, and a few unexpected creepy crawlers. 🕷️

We kick things off with Good Week / Bad Week:

• Sophia’s “bad week” features a spider infestation (made worse by her American aversion to open windows while sleeping in England).
• Bradley’s good/bad mix leads us right into a chat about what listeners had to say about maternity and paternity leave in the U.S. — and spoiler: it’s not what we thought.

Then, because it is a relationship podcast… we had to talk about the biggest relationship headline right now: Taylor Swift + Travis Kelce’s engagement.  👀

Finally, we dive into love languages. We guess each other’s, debate whether they’re legit (Brad’s skeptical), and share how we’re really doing at expressing love in ways that resonate with one another.

Connect with Us:

👉 Join us in Side Chat with the Roses for the aftershow, where we keep the conversation going and answer even more of your Dear Roses questions.

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Today we dive into the big question weighing on us right now? 👉 Going back to work.

• When is the right time?
• Is daycare too soon when your baby’s still itty bitty?
• Do we ask family for help, even if it feels unfair?
• Nanny vs. daycare vs. doing it all ourselves — what’s actually sustainable (and affordable)?
• And how do we handle the guilt of leaving our newborn while trying to, you know, keep our jobs?

It’s a raw, real, and slightly sleep-deprived chat about what this next season might look like — and how we’re trying to figure it out together.

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This week’s episode is packed:

👶 Sophia’s good week/bad week — from the huge milestone of our newborn finally latching to her guilty-pleasure reality TV binges during late-night pumping sessions.

⚽ Bradley’s good week/bad week — from tiny UK parking spaces that sparked some serious dad-rage to the joy of watching Manchester United with our son for the very first time.

⚖️ Couple’s Court is back and things get heated: Is being “on time” actually showing up 10 minutes early… or just on time? (Spoiler: we may never agree on this one.)

🎧 Plus, we read YOUR wild birth stories — from waters breaking in the frozen food aisle to a baby born in a hospital parking lot to sharing a maternity ward with a reality TV star and a full Bravo camera crew. Let’s just say, “going to plan” is overrated.

Connect with Us:

👉 Join us in Side Chat with the Roses for the aftershow, where we keep the conversation going and answer even more of your Dear Roses questions.

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👉 Follow us on Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/bradandsophia 

👉 Submit future questions, topic suggestions, or respond to listener prompts:

[email protected]