The Side Chat

Grab your Throat Coat, it's time for another episode of The Side Chat. It's Memorial Day which ironically means the girls can't remember the last time they had childcare. Tricia's flaunting that DRIP (postnasal), Krissy finally confesses she's Canadian (eh!), and Caitlin can't stop making offers on houses in the Greater Boston area. Along the way, the gals unpack why home inspections may be the new therapy ("Tell me what's wrong with me FOUNDATIONALLY") and why you never want to bring a blacklight to the Jack Shack. After a quick musical sting dedicated to our exactly zero high school listeners, the ladies take on a SIDE CHAT about a passive aggressive Admin Appreciation Day in which the gift simply wasn't appreciated–because no good deed goes unpunished.

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It's another week of THE SIDE CHAT and the ladies are living like it's the summer of 2016–even if they can't remember how old they were at that time. Things kick off with every parent’s worst nightmare: the ER visit. Specifically, when to casually (or not-so-casually) demand a plastic surgeon to protect your kid’s future modeling career. Somewhere between the hospital and an unsolicited 3-woman staging of The Departed: The Musical, the conversation shifts to Caitlin's Chaos Corner for a quick how-to on house hunting across state lines without your husband (but WITH his buy in) that results in all three girls seriously considering changing their words of the year to BUGABOO. After a quick but heartfelt plug for Sheila E's Instagram, the girls segue over to a SIDE CHAT (even though Krissy owes us NOTHING) about what to do when a friend tries to guilt you into buying a dress off of them you don’t want–even though it's from everyone's favorite store AEROPOSTALE.

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This week on THE SIDE CHAT, the ladies are buzzin' and beefin' as Krissy and Tricia continue their blood feud with Caitlin and the pod caught in the crossfire. But while Trish actually attends to family matters (and not of the Steve Urkel persuasion), Krissy and Cait take yet another journey to the outer limits of Caitlin's sanity thanks to what can only be described as another Biblical plague descending on her home–this time in the form territorial carpenter bees (NIM-BEES if you will). After a quick stop over to Caitlin's Chaotic Craft Corner™ for a lesson in DIYing your own prophylactic wasp nest, the gals segue over to a SIDE CHAT about Boomer grandparents who can't be bothered to attend their only grandchild's first birthday party–and to that we say, buzz off.

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It's a new week on The Side Chat and the cortisol coffers are DEPLETED thanks to the white-hot anxiety rollercoaster that is trying to sell a home. A ill-timed water leak leads to some serious waterworks–both literally and emotionally–as well as a cast of New Jersey characters parading through the pod thanks to some overzealous voice acting from Cait. Despite it all, the gals unpack (let's be honest, try to convince themselves) that anxiety is NOT intuition and life isn't just moving from one problem to the next (despite what Caitlin's Uber driver may say). After a quick round of Krissy Trivia (hint: the answer is always "Michael Jackson" and/or "add salt"), Kris shares her painful truth: that she's beefin' with Betches over her man Mitt Romney. Finally, Trish's fam comes through yet again with a SIDE CHAT about the questionable decision-making of a family whose car broke down… so they just bought a new one. No plan. No research. Just vibes. Decisive? Delulu? You decide.

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The band is back together! This week on The Side Chat, Trish and Krissy officially end their beef (prayer hands) and at last the gals get a chance for a proper catch up (see also: trauma dump). Caitlin finally decides to stop vague-tweeting her life and the group dives into some major life updates, big transitions, and poor coping strategies. After escaping from Fart Jail with our baloney sandwiches and breaking down the emotional terrorism that is that ONE episode of Bluey (IYKYK), the girls post up for a SIDE CHAT about a dad nearly getting arrested for refusing to pay to watch his kid play in a basketball tournament–and let's just say, Caitlin may be scouting herself a second husband.

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To all the husbands reveling in our anguish: BEWARE. This week on The Side Chat, the girls are beefin'–or at least that's the rumor Caitlin's starting. Tricia has the week off and Caitlin feels like her mommies got divorced and are sharing custody of the pod. But the show must go on–even if that means someone else has to Pull a Trish for once. First order of business: getting our favorite animals officially on the record (FINALLY). Then, we spiral gracefully into why we’re not exactly joys to be around right now, the art of the micro-breakdown, and the singular pleasure of crying in the tub/club. We honor Trish with a moving segway sting tribute and wrap with a work-related SIDE CHAT that may or may not get us disqualified from being human beings. #HappyInternationalWomensDay

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This week on The Side Chat, Murphy's Law is in full effect–and has even claimed one of our own! That's right, the ladies are down a mom and Tricia and Caitlin are forced to soldier on with a glaring Krissy-shaped hole in the pod (and their hearts). But fear not, the gals still manage to go HARD IN THE PAINT despite Krissy's absence (nay, in her honor)–because we're no quitters (despite what it might say in Caitlin's calendar). The girls unpack their kids terrible taste in music, broken fridges (and dreams), and the allure of dissociating to YA content despite being #under40. After a quick throwback sting, it's time for a SIDE CHAT about a working mom witch hunt and the fallacy of work-life balance.

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This week on THE SIDE CHAT, the ladies are doing great. No, really. GREAT. Totally thriving. Nothing to worry about here AT ALL. Sure, our mental health is hanging on by a chicken sleazer salad, but that won't stop the gals from getting Krissy up to speed on all things White Lotus just in time for the finale–including planning our own 3 person girls trip (we learned nothing from this season). After a quick Jeremy PIVOT over to a meeting of the Natasha Rothwell Appreciation Club, the girls talk about fittin' dis fit-ness in their lives by upgrading our hot mom walks with weighted vests–as if the weight of motherhood wasn't enough!!! Piper, nooo!!! Ahem. The ladies wrap it up with a SIDE CHAT about inter-office affairs, the red flags of office drinking culture, and why sometimes work happy hours need a 2 drink limit.

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This week on The Side Chat, the gals are renting clothes and whole new identities postpartum–because snapback culture can lose our numbers. After divulging their go-to karaoke songs, the ladies JEREMY PIVOT into celebrity sightings, whether Krissy is actually tall, and selling feet pics to avoid dreaded homeownership tasks. Speaking of unpleasant things, the girls also discuss the horrors or rawdogging a restaurant visit with your kids without any distractions (NB: our lawyers have advised we stop referring to it as that)–before segueing over to a SIDE CHAT(GPT) about someone over-ordering "for the table" at a group dinner–only to secure the leftovers for herself.

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This week on The Side Chat, the gals are wartime reporting from the trenches of motherhood. We’re talking about the consequences of parenting other people’s kids (spoiler: Caitlin is yelling at all the neighborhood kids), 4 year olds rocking full glam for dance recitals, and the surprisingly emotional milestone that is baby’s first haircut. After securing tickets to Tailor Swit's Eons Tour (no relation), the ladies segue over to a SIDE CHAT about surgically removing flaky parents who bail on hangouts last-minute from your social circle.

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