Giggling about lust, lady’s maids, and love island
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The host shares a warm, humorous reflection on family life, centered around a weekend 5K run with parents on Shelter Island. The experience becomes a lens to explore deeper family dynamics—such as their evolving roles, shared quirks, and generational differences. The host reveals how their father, once cheerful and unbothered, now reflects on his own life with self-awareness, while their mother plays a trickster role, leading to both laughter and emotional connection. The conversation expands to topics like dating culture, comparing Love Island UK and USA, and the value of authenticity in relationships. Personal nostalgia surfaces through memories of Meryl Streep watching the host in a school play, and the emotional resonance of a speeding car resembling a grandparent’s blue Mazda, symbolizing a lasting family bond. The episode blends humor, vulnerability, and reflection, culminating in excitement for a future trip to Italy and a season of chaotic, joyful family adventures. Throughout, the tone remains playful and intimate, celebrating the quirks and connections that define family life.
what's up my gaggle a giggle gigglers my gaggle a gigglers i'm out of breath you're out of breath
because you were gossiping with someone in your wait that's called a drive-by gossip when you
like you're like i don't have time but i have to taste i literally said i don't have time for this
so i'm gonna make this 10 hour story into 30 seconds so you can ruminate on it and then i'll
be back and then give me follow-up questions um but we're having like a wholesome episode because
we are we spent time with our parents last weekend what did you do i went out to dinner last night
with my mother my father and my brother
the ogs i love when it gets back to the ogs you're like we started this family
that's so funny because my dad said that at dinner he goes when is it ever just the four of us
parents love saying that they love doing that they love being nostalgic for a simpler time
was an italian restaurant it was an italian restaurant there was a blessed mary there
uh so everyone was safe
mm-hmm
it is so funny
mm-hmm
mm-hmm
as not that my brother has children either but like my parents are in a spot where like they're
ready for grandchildren they're kind of like you know like cool whatever you want to do but also
like we're bored like i am ready to be a hot grandma like now and like they do kind of talk
about kitty as if she is my child mm-hmm sometimes i feel like i'm like playing pretend i'm like
this is my daughter and my mom's like tell me what she did i'm like mom this is sick
this is an animal like this is not a human child well my message does i said butter says happy
father's day and he was like okay well because like your brother has real human children oh
shit i didn't tell him happy my brother's not a dad like i know he has he has two and a half
children but like he's not he's my little brother he's not getting a happy father's day that's
insane it is funny to think of like your siblings even like your close friends like whenever i see
like a tiktok or a meme or something that's like wait my friend is a teacher and that's just like
hilarious to me like it is weird to think of the people closest to you brother's a father like okay
you're child rearing sure sure you are dude i love looking at his daughter being like your dad
is my little brother i beat him up i beat him up um speaking of family i had a realization this
weekend i was in shelter island with my family and this is like i don't know how i didn't understand
this but it hit me we are the 5k family what page page when i tell you it was friday my mom's like
come over like we have a fun weekend like i spent time together it's been forever i was like i would
love to spend quality time with my parents yeah sweet and she goes you know what's crazy i'm singing the
national anthem for the 5k on shelter island this weekend can you come support me and i said
of course national anthem hitting that note are you kidding you're an icon she goes and maybe
maybe if we feel like it we can walk it maybe if we and i'm just like okay trickster she is such a
trickster i was led astray i get there and this bit she's stretching a little i'm like it's funny
why she's stretching and she's like do you want to water i'm like why would i need a water wait
was your dad there my dad was there but his foot hurts so he's just standing there he's so good
he's so good he's giggling looking at me and then she's like let's look at all these little kids
let's walk it let's walk it it's fun let's walk it what is how long is a 5k like how it's around
three miles which again what's three miles well it's not short it's definitely not short and
why are we still doing 5k like we're in america let's do miles why are we suddenly you're
when it comes to races but i digress wait why are we suddenly european i have no idea it's like
then let's start calling soccer football right like let's change all of our measurements like
let's have any consistency but you know what it is it's a trick people to run these races they're
like it's it's just a 5k it's just 5k so she looks at me and she's like let's just let's start with
a jog and then if you're tired we can walk now mind you yes i've been playing some tennis
yes no yeah that's all i've been doing i was about to list like all the workouts physical
activity look i played some tennis and that is fast twitch muscles do you know what fast
twitch muscles are i don't i'm a fast twitch muscle girly that means in a sprint she's ready
first step fast slow twitch muscles are people that can like they run slower but they run for
long periods of time i'm all power i can like run away from a lion
but like if they're like run with the lion for a long time i'll be like the lion could eat me
and what if your knees are
i'm sitting here weighing my options and i'm like um you're like do i have a twitch
i would rather not be labeled in this situation wait me saying i have fast twitch muscles is so
annoying i'm oh you don't have fast twitch muscles that's embarrassing for you i also feel like you
made that up like no
i turned to my mom i said i fast switch muscles i can't run a 5k
my muscles don't work that way they're fast switch ask my doctor
i feel like if someone asks me to work out i respond as if i am like your broke boyfriend
that you like haven't broken up with yet i'm like the way my body is actually like set up
is i can't access my legs right now but this is let me just explain my mom the bitch is fit
yeah she is i apologize for calling my mom a bitch on this podcast but she knows
in an endearing way but she deserved it this weekend because she was laughing so she and she
looked at me and she's good at running like she's she's light on her feet she has slow twitch muscles
she's like so we start jogging and i'm like okay like this is this is bad and i only have to do
this for like an hour longer and there's like little kids passing me there's like old people
and they're running and they're running but you know what i'm healed like i'm my healed era where
like back in the day if someone passed me i'd be like i can't let that 12 year old pass me i'm
gonna beat them but now i say you know what that's not my journey today but she's there and she's
like come on let's speed it up so we run one mile and i'm dying i mean come on what is this eighth
grade like no and also i'm like this was supposed to be a beautiful weekend of bonding we're by the
running silent and i in my head i go what would page do right now and i go page wouldn't even put
herself in this situation so this is why i stay alert i would have seen that line of questioning
from lenore and knew i was getting into a bad situation because in my head i was like she
wouldn't ask this of me right you're like this is my mom this is but she knows that i love her and
in that moment she's like so excited to jog yeah and my fucking dad standing the sidelines cheering
i was just gonna say that's
my favorite part of this whole story is that your dad's like uh yeah my foot hurts like okay sure it
does that is literally me and you at any event when we get asked to do something and you always
are the first one to get out of it and then i'm stuck holding the family together i'm like sorry
i just got a uti and just it so i'm i tell her it's like embarrassing but i'm like and i was fit
back in my day like my mom and i used to jog together and i said mom i'm a
comedian now i can't do this so we stop we're walking and she's like okay you're ready to run
again and i'm like okay so we're on and off running the whole time and she's rolling her eyes at me
she's like you're ruining my time and i'm like i didn't know we're doing a timed mile that's like
the number one rule that i told the gigglers i would never do and then she was like okay well
don't make fun of me on giggly squad and i said well don't do things that would cause me to tell
on you on giggly squad and she was like okay well don't make fun of me on giggly squad and i said
i feel like a lot of people say that to us and i'm like okay but i'm an entertainer and what
you've just given me is entertaining and in my brain i'm gonna tell the story in a magnificent
way you're gonna love it yep but this is my this is my experience and look do we protect
identities from people who of course of course of course of course however mom i'm
throwing your name yeah all over the place because this was disrespectful and then well at the very
end i sprinted and i won well who were you against my mom no but i beat my mom after telling her i
needed to walk the whole time and she was like why did you sprint and i was like because everyone
was watching and i couldn't look like a loser you're like i'm not going through the finish
line with people thinking i walked it like that's insane okay it's so funny that
we're like on walking tiktok right now but like
my god we got here i went on a walk with my parents this weekend like a couple of times
and i think one of like my biggest revelations is that my dad is he beats to his own drum like
he doesn't care he's like the number one person that like doesn't care what other people are doing
he's like focused on his own what he's doing what his family's doing like he doesn't know
he doesn't care so like he's never walking into a situation and feeling like embarrassed by anything
because he's like i don't know you and i don't care about you and i learned that over the weekend
when he went walking in jeans and so that is so dad it's so dad because i'm like in my head i'm
like well what would he put on other than jeans and then i'm thinking like i've never seen my dad
a couple of times
a couple things i've never seen my dad get in bed and i've never seen my dad get out of bed he's just
perpetually awake you've never seen him not in jeans and i've never seen him not in jeans i've
seen him in like a suit pant and a summer linen pant yeah but like in the winter i'm thinking like
oh wait this man only knows jeans yep and he's so comfortable in them he's so comfortable and
they're perfectly broken in he should be in a
commercial did i pronounce it right levi's sorry i panicked wait that's so cute does your dad also
like when he's hanging around the house sometimes if he is wearing shorts like he pulls it up like
too high that's just my dad no i've never seen him in shorts wait what no the only type of shorts
i've seen him in are like khaki shorts yeah he might have like a white pair of linen shorts i
kind of want to send him like a full lululemon tracksuit
like windbreaker matching him or like in a velvet tracksuit like so italian don't get my brother
started he he has zero athleisure that's what it is he has zero athleisure so he doesn't work out
what does he do to work out he walks and drinks coffee his metabolism is fast but he is you
that's what you do okay well that was the other thing over the weekend um the segment what pissed
week is just talking about that segment as a whole that's just like taken from my real personality
in my real life like of talking to my mom because like if i'm talking to my mom i'm telling her
multiple things that have pissed me off in the past couple of days and this weekend i was popping
off about something like in the comfort of my own home with my parents and i'm like and that
couldn't and like there was a lot of like and then she did this and so it was a lot of hands
it was a lot of facial expressions i swore a lot
but not at anyone just like no telling a story and my family was like it's just really crazy how
like you are your dad and you have the exact same personality and my brother was like i thought dad
was like really psycho but you you're so angry like what are you so and my dad goes yeah page
i didn't get angry till like my 40s what i love how he's self-aware you know what's making me
fucking angry guys
you think i'm angry
i'm obsessed that your dad literally goes one day i woke up 40 and i said i'm fucking over this
shit i'm done with you i'm done with you i'm done but the first 40 years gary was just like
smiley happy whimsical and like he's misunderstood honestly now that they're saying that i'm like him
he's misunderstood but i feel like he's not scary i feel like he's not scary at all
no he's not scary it's like kim could be scary like lenore could be scary
that's scary more like
you're being stupid and that's pissing me off
yes like do it right he's always a little mad it it doesn't come across as mad because that's his
baseline you know and that's his baseline which is actually how i feel about you yeah like if
you're a little too happy i'm like did we take did we slip a pill like last time when you were
getting your eggs frozen i didn't like that at all yeah like or like the time that i said i was
excited to see you in la and you were like
your page's phone got hagged this is a scam email she's trying to scam text me to click a link
page this is my family after the 5k we go get dinner whatever get home barely enough time to
watch tv and you know i like to like have decompress tv time decompress thank you wake
up in the morning 9 a.m we have to go play nine holes of golf no she's she's running a training
camp the 5k family that i try to protect people from and i realize it's in my own home
and sometimes it's right under your own nose
and sometimes it's your own family from inside the house and then i thought back at things and
i said oh my god but this thing that's why there was one ex-boyfriend in particular who i dated
who was not athletic but he was like successful in other things and my family was like we don't
care my dad was like can you throw the football with a good spiral or not and like he and i
literally had to like pull him aside and i was like hey like this isn't a joke this isn't a bit
like my dad needs to see how high your vertical leap is it's just part of like our culture he
didn't make the cut and like that wasn't my fault it wasn't my family's fault it was his fault
and sometimes that happens and sometimes that's not where you're meant to be
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health when you're not like breaking your racket or like getting in a fight with your family or
like throwing your club but overall i had a great time but like my mom tricked me into running a 5k
you know that i'm like also fragile right now yeah she used to be more like open when she was
telling you she was doing something and now she's gone on full trickery now she's doing full
witchcraft remember during covid how fit you were though because oh my god she made me go on so many
walks oh my god she was feeding me like best nutritional food wait remember during remember
when you got your appendix out i feel like we moved on from that like so quickly
like i know it was like five years ago but like just send some love my way okay speaking of love
great segue of course like of course i was like so angry when they put love island usa on at the
same time that love island uk was on because i was like i can't do two love islands at the same time
that's like i have a family like i can't be watching 50 episodes so i was like let me start
love island uk and i'll let love island usa rack up a couple whatever i start love island uk but
then i'm on tiktok and everyone's talking about love island usa so i'm like okay let me just like
give it a go and here i am now watching two love islands
you have so much on your plate right now are you okay thank god i'm going on vacation next week
because i have so much tv no i'm being the anchors in which i am beholden to my bed right now because
i have two love islands also you can't just watch the shows you have to get opinions like you have
to immerse myself in the culture yeah i actually would like to take back my stance that i was
annoyed that they were on at the same time i actually think it has to be like i don't know
it has been so interesting to watch love island uk around the same ages maybe some are a little
younger some a little older and love island usa at the same time again same ages
i wouldn't be gentle i'm trying to be gentle i'm trying i'm finding it
i'm finding it gentle that's what i tell lois when she goes to pet a cat and i'm like gentle
gentle gentle gen z because here's the thing love island usa this is now the first batch
really of they're all gen z every single one of them is gen z i think the oldest one is 29
and that's like an older gen z but like the girls that are early 20s they're there during covid
these poor kids were in high school so they're not having a traditional experience do they
mention that on the show uh no not really i don't think well people were posting things of them from
high school and someone was like this is covid like during covid because my cousin who had
covid during high school yeah she fully is like self-aware and she's like are being naughty was
just like going outside like yeah you guys were like experiencing things i think there's multiple
multiple factors happening i think there's like the self-aware of people that are like we didn't
experience sneaking out getting caught drinking going to a field they had new people they had
cameras their parents were tracking them it was a totally different experience also add in
covid but the usa version
like the one girl used the term lustful the other night and i since this is a religious podcast
because we talked about religion like the past two i was like what 22 year old girl is being like
i'm not a mormon wife she goes i'm not lustful and it's like bib you're on love island all we want
you to do is lust over everyone they every single couple is the same from the day they got in there
which is unheard of in the love island world they're about to go to casa more and it's like
we're like are you guys even gonna well i know that one girl came in she's so pretty soul and
then soul and then she just got kicked off and she was like it's okay i've been to 10 schools and like
i'm used to people not accepting me here's the other part love island is about watching them
form connections and so you're
interpreting me in the middle of my dissertation no i'm laughing that like you are the i'm passionate
mouthpiece i'm so passionate i was like an og 2015 watcher i'm passionate and uk is very like
currently their season is sticking to the original model like it shows more conversations it shows
people falling like for each other and here's the other thing they're all very honest in the uk like
they're saying to each other these are my top three
like this is who i'm going after and the girl who's coupled with that person could be sitting
right there but they're all very open and honest usa the girls are all feel like they're faking it
like with each other and their partners oh interesting the next thing i would like to say
there's two men there's two men on love island i knew you were about to speak about a man by your
face there's two men on love island usa and look if they said this season is for the bisexuals i'd
hell yeah let's see some let's see some switch ups with the girls and the guys but what's happening
currently right now is there's two gay men on the show was that the ones checking out each other's
wieners sorry i've never said wiener before my life he said and let me quote this girth check
opens his pants guys guy looks in it does like a good facial expression cut to next scene the guy
says would you think about what you saw
other guy responds long other guy goes i wasn't even like fully erect i was at a semi i go what
what's happening here i go are we like are you guys trying to make us feel stupid these guys
be what you want be together though but like don't come and love bisexual love island where
that would be amazing i would love it that would why is that not a thing wait so are you saying you
like a uk better show yeah but i've always liked uk better sometimes it's bad luck with a group
totally this year's casting was was interesting because sometimes like a group mentality forms
where like someone is being a little like this is how i feel and then everyone's like oh i guess we
have to do that where if one person that's like what they say with stand-up comedy if there's one
like really good laugher everyone else feels like they can laugh so if you have someone in the group
a bad thing um but i love the honesty of the uk the uk is so honest and they're having like
conversation like they just show you more of their conversation so you can feel when people are like
falling for someone else or whatever usa is also it's almost like they're very aware of how you win
the show and who becomes an influencer which of course they all want to be influencers yeah but i
think that's why they're all sticking with their original partner and it's like okay but that's not
the point
like oh because they want people to like stand their relationship yeah but they all did it so
it's like we we know that you all don't like each other because if you leave then you could be a
villain if you say like i'm not into this anymore and then people are mad at you it's also like
that's what the game is are they having sex in the villa some of them are yeah what's also funny
about people dating in their early 20s like love island would be so different with people in their
30s because first of all like you know exactly what you want like you talk to a guy for three
seconds and then you're like oh my god i'm not into this anymore i'm not into this anymore
i'm so sorry i don't want to waste your time here yeah i can't do this i've done this actually
already and it wasted three years of my life i can't do this with you and you're not going to
change and you're already 34 so like we already see what we have to see and then it's like with
the with your 20s no one knows who they are so how do you know what you want when you don't even know
like well they don't know what they want that's why i would love if this season was just like
fully bisexual because i'm like they're they're pointing it right in our face
they're pointing it right in our face they're pointing it right in our face
there's no way the editors don't know that we're thinking that they're picking these like clips to
show on the show and it's like wait they should just be a couple i love that for them though like
if there's anyone that loves a guy that loves another guy it's me honey you can tell me it's
pride month yeah hello literally the best month of the month anyway so i've been deep in like two
different versions of love island it's so intense and then my brother made me start this show with
him so i watched four of them and i was like oh my god i'm so sorry i'm so sorry i'm so sorry
four episodes this weekend can i guess yeah widows bay no but on apple tv no idea cape cape town
cape fear oh i do have to say apple tv doesn't put out a lot their quality not quantity honey
top notch i'm watching this show and it is one of those shows where you're like
oh yeah these are good actors like the actors
and i'm not one that like loves a thriller it's not really my vibe but um martin scorsese
direct is like the director and the main guy is i always forget his name but he's married to
penelope cruz what the heck is his name oh javier bardem yes yeah that's my friend is it i interviewed
him once oh i'm like how do you know javier bardem me and javier are going back and forth
people don't talk about them enough as a couple like when you know when people are like oh my god
my celebrity couple if they break up i'll die like no one mentions them it should be them well
they're like so good looking but it's an example of if you want to stay out of the spotlight you
can well i don't think they live in america exactly like think about this the odds of both
of them becoming as famous as they are and like getting together and they both like speak the
language it's just like very
i think their story is very beautiful and no one ever talks about it and they have kids
yeah i don't think i've ever seen their kids i love them i think they have a boy and a girl
i love them so anyway i'm watching that show and it's really scary and weird but i like it
i watched the gilded age the first couple episodes with my mom who are my mom well
my mom was making me do all these things that i don't normally do um the outfits are so chic
they were just filming in albany new york honey oh people don't talk about back then like if you
were rich you had a ballroom how cunty is that you had a ballroom and you were like had to throw
a party at least once a year and they were obsessed with charities like having charity
parties and basically how all the new yorkers who were like old money new yorkers didn't like
in 1890 when the new money new yorkers came in they were like you're a new money bitch or how
about how they talked about it in the movie like they were like you're a new money bitch
talk about like downtown they're like no i'm going downtown that would be insane and it's just
like the it's the best show ever that's another show where the acting is phenomenal carrie coon
is that her name i fucking love her and the older lady whose sister's cynthia nixon cracks me up she
hasn't smiled once i'm obsessed with her as a brunette obsessed with her as brunette also name
drop i went to high school with louisa jay gibson yes
And Louise and I were in a play together
and her mom is Meryl Streep.
And Meryl Streep watched me in a play.
Did anything come of it?
No.
Was it possibly the worst day of her life?
It could have been.
But Meryl Streep was watching me act back in the day.
Imagine Meryl Streep having to sit down and watch your performance of anything.
Like, I would be, I'm like, no, I can't do it in front of Meryl.
Imagine Meryl Streep was like, let me come to Giggly Squad Live.
I'd cancel the whole tour.
Wait, I'd be like, Meryl Streep, can you just turn your head right now?
I can't take this.
I can't focus right now.
You actually can't come to Giggly Squad.
No, Louisa was on the tennis team with me.
And, yeah, just so funny, like, how you never forget a face.
Like, she actually looks the same as she did in high school.
And that's my claim to fame.
That was my claim to fame.
And that was when I went to Poly Prep for two years.
And that was where there were a lot of, like, richer families that were there.
And I was on my little tennis scholarship.
And that's when a girl lost her Chanel.
And I asked the teacher who Chanel was.
I said, Chanel's lost.
Can someone find Chanel?
Oh, my God.
They were like, who's this alien that just transferred?
Who's sending their fucking 13-year-old with Chanel earrings to school?
Okay, they could be vintage.
Like, they could be.
But that's so New York.
That's very New York City.
Yeah.
Also, I don't understand time periods.
Like, I'm like, anything before 2000, I'm like, that was the 1800s.
Yeah.
I love a period piece, though.
You know I love a period piece.
But, like, 1800s.
1890, I didn't realize the colors these women would wear.
Because I guess all the photos, did they have photos, were, like, black and white.
So, like, I didn't realize they were wearing, like, vibrant colors all the time.
Oh, yeah.
I guess I've never thought of that.
She's in, like, some purple-ass dress.
I'm like, I didn't know they had purple in 1890.
Oh, you thought they were all just wearing black?
I thought everything was black and white.
I'm just kidding.
But I didn't, I didn't, I thought it would be, like, light colors.
Like, a light pink or, like, a light blue.
These bitches were wearing orange.
They were also wearing, like, like, they were getting dressed in the morning.
Like, they had to corset up.
They had to, like, do a skirt, do a dress over.
Yeah, then you had to get your hair done.
Like.
I would have hated it.
Are you kidding?
The, my dream.
I would have been like, I'm out.
Hannah, my dream is to have a lady's maid.
Like, someone who.
Are you fucking kidding me?
You know I love a period piece, though.
Like, I've done.
I know so many ladies' maids, like, characters.
Are this, is that, like, she just goes around with you to make sure everything's okay?
Yeah, she just, like, literally vibes with you.
And she, it's basically, like, your assistant.
And she's, like, your friend.
And she comes in.
She helps you get dressed.
And she helps you get undressed.
And you gossip with her.
She helps you do your hair.
She, like, helps you find the latest fashion.
And if you're not married, she, like, chaperones you.
So she could, like, get into mischief with you.
And I just feel like, in a past life, I either was a ladies' maid.
Or I had a ladies' maid.
Had a ladies' maid.
Because I feel very connected to the ladies' maid situation.
I feel very connected to a DL jester.
Yeah.
No, but corsets were, like, unsafe.
Okay, you know what's also crazy about, like, watching Gilded Age is that's Anderson Cooper's family.
Like, people don't.
People don't.
People don't enough.
Talk about it.
Like, that's literally he is the descendant of the Vanderbilt.
And I'm pretty sure that's crazy.
Could you imagine?
Could you imagine being able to, like, remember when you were obsessed with that Mormon website for a minute?
Oh, my God.
What was that Mormon website you, like, literally went on and on about?
Familysearch.org.
And everyone got, like, a virus from it.
Everyone's social security numbers have been stolen.
But we learned a lot.
Imagine being able to just, like, Google your family's history.
Like, so easily, like him.
Well, the Gilded Age is cool because it's all actual people, right?
Like, the Astors.
Yeah, the Astors were real people.
The Russells are based on, I think, the Vanderbilts.
The Russells aren't a real family, I don't think.
But the Astors are real.
It's also so funny.
Like, she gets this, like, corner mansion.
And they're all like, who'd you get to as your architect?
And she's, like, some guy from France.
And I'm like, rich people are always the same.
Like, that's the same conversations with rich people.
They're like, okay.
Oh, who did your home decor?
Yeah.
Who did your gardening?
Mm-hmm.
Also, they had horses.
Yeah.
And they sent cunty little letters to each other.
Like, it seems like roommates, like.
Well, they would have a footman.
A footman would, like, bring your letters to different.
My ears are ringing.
And the doctor gigglers would say, get that checked.
Okay.
And some bitch better shut up about me.
See, I always assume it's an ex-boyfriend.
I'm not a girl.
I don't know.
None of my ex-boyfriends, like, can form sentences, so.
Do you know what's so annoying about my ex-boyfriends?
Hmm.
A crazy high percentage of them.
And I'm not trying to brag.
It's more, like, because they're, I don't know what type of guys they are.
Do not have social media or, like, any online presence.
Like, the last thing they have is, like, their high school sport they played.
And every now and then, I try to check up on some of them.
And I'm like, what?
Like, ghosts.
Like, literal ghosts.
Yeah.
But it means they're straight, I think.
We're so same, same, but different.
Because, like, I also haven't seen any of my ex-boyfriends' social media in years.
But that's because I'm fully blocked.
So, like, I don't know if they have social media or not.
I have not taken a gander.
I have not even looked.
Also, I feel like you get to a point where, like, it's even past the point of icked out by that person.
You literally forget that they exist.
So, like, if you see something, you're like, oh, my God.
Good for you that you're still kicking.
Like, that's a completely different man than I knew.
Yeah, I'm like, I actually don't even know who that person is.
And, like. The one thing, if you really want to find something, though, on an ex, find his mom's Facebook.
And you'll find a really bad photo of him at Thanksgiving.
Like, that's the tea.
Not to be annoying, but I have to bring up my grandpa.
Wait, how did I know you were just about to do that?
You get a certain look in your eye.
I go, and now it's the segment of the week of things I want to say about my grandpa.
No.
I feel like your grandpa's in heaven right now being like, shut up.
Shut the fuck up.
Let me rest in peace.
Get over it.
I said I loved you, like, a couple times.
Stop summoning me.
No.
No, so my mom and I are on Shelter Island.
Shelter Island's triggering for me because my grandpa's house is, like, across the street from my parents' house.
So I have to walk past his house.
Yeah, that is sad.
So I was talking to my mom, basically, like, we were walking, doing our mental health walk.
You guys are doing a Ouija board.
I was picturing Lenore doing a Ouija board.
She'd be so teacher about it.
She'd actually be great.
She'd be like, A, B, C, D, E, F, R, L, Y.
So we're walking, and we're talking about Grandpa Jerry, and a car speeds by us.
Now, Grandpa Jerry famously drove a little too long in his life.
Hated speeding.
He had a car, too.
He was 92, and he was driving crazy.
He was driving crazy on these roads.
So, like, you'd see a crazy, you'd be like, there's Grandpa Jerry.
And he had a blue Mazda that was, like, a very unique car that no one had.
As we're talking about Grandpa Jerry, a car starts speeding by, and it's a blue Mazda.
And it was to the point that I wasn't like, oh, that looks like his car.
It felt like I was in that moment watching my grandpa drive past me.
Oh, my God.
And both my mom and I are like, that's Grandpa's car.
And this is a small island.
There's, like, seven people on this island.
What did you do with this car?
Like, where is his car?
Oh, I have no idea.
But, like, it wasn't, like, given to someone.
Actually, I have no idea.
I should check that.
Like, did someone on Shelter Island have his car?
No, I don't think so.
But, like, it was crazy.
That is so interesting.
And then we, like, we're starting the race, and someone on the mic is, like, saying people's names, and they just say Grandpa Jerry.
And, like, really, it was, like, Stephanie Pierce.
Like, Layla Thompson, Grandpa Jerry.
Like, it was really weird.
Wait, did you just name real people?
No.
Oh.
But I did come up with those names.
Because I was like, I feel like I know a second person.
Wait, that's kind of crazy.
And, like, it is, it was Father's Day weekend.
It was Father's Day.
And then my dad said he went to go shopping, and there was a guy who looked just like Grandpa that needed his help.
And I was like, I think, like, Grandpa just partied with us this weekend.
Yeah.
And Grandpa loves when I play golf.
Wow.
I have an astrology reading on Thursday.
Oh, my God.
I'm so excited.
So excited.
I should have given him your birthday.
I'm going to say I'm selfishly excited because I always like what they tell you about your best friend, your business partnerships.
Well, yeah.
Obviously.
Like, how is the vibe?
I'll give you all my info.
Oh, I think I, like, I think I figured out Dez's. Phone password?
Phone number?
I think I figured out who Dez is.
No, wait, wait, wait.
Do you know I have a fucking husband named Dez?
His name is Dez.
His real name is Dez.
what is des's middle name desmond what ryan so i got nervous i got nervous that i was not gonna
know he's so so irish but um oh yeah i was always like oh butter wow what an og giggly squad crew
neck wait should we make this again the giggly squad country club butter say hi to the gigglers
no we should remake that because i don't know where mine is so i told des i want to read this
chart and he told me he doesn't know when he was born and i'm like i like can't go to the archives
of like 1872 i'm not gonna find it where's his birth certificate who knows but i can't ask his
mom anyway so i i waited a long time and out of nowhere i was like do you know what time you were
born and he told me so he was holding back on me because he didn't want me to read it so he did
no so he did know so i can't trust anyone around me now i'm forgetting i think it was like 150
a.m what time were you born 12 p.m in the afternoon yeah and i was wearing it like one
we i was born at the same time we're like we're actually gonna sleep in quick
we ride at not dawn yeah we're like um when are you at breakfast and then we'll rendezvous and
see what's going on wait when i was watching mormon housewives they were like talking about
being pregnant together and i literally got emotional thinking about us
at one day we might be pregnant together well you know what i think about in terms of that
that stresses me out is because like at any given point ever because you're married and you're an
adult woman you could call me at any time and be like hey i'm pregnant and then not to make it
about me i'll have to scramble like i'll have to go get my eggs yeah i'm gonna have to see if
they're okay you call you go it's time time to
defrost i'll literally just i'll have to do it you're basically saying like you're not gonna let
me do it alone if i do it like you'll speed up the process like if next week i was like i think i may
be pregnant you'd be like okay i'd be like okay give me a month let me get my affairs in order
i can't just i'm like hold on i'm on my period right now give me one week and i'm
wait how sick is that imagine if you called me and we're like i'm pregnant and i'm like okay coming
like okay i will too like okay i'm coming in friend groups i think like someone gets pregnant
and then make someone else want to get pregnant and it kind of like can go through a friend group
a little bit anywho anywho hannah's not pregnant her grandpa is still dead
and lenore's a personal trainer so that's what happened this weekend
um okay now just to look forward when are you going to italy where are we at with that
outfits i'm stressed out like do you need my help okay so this week i'm like i'm slowing work down
okay i'm just doing like meetings and zooms i'm not like getting ready and going anywhere yeah
i'm not performing anywhere i'm just doing like my regular stuff and i'm also doing my
maintenance stuff so like i'm getting my nails and toes done this week i had a little trim on
my hair last week your pony looks really cute thank you my hair's so great
i haven't washed it i'm getting my lymphatic drainage massage who are you trying to look
hot for this is just like my pre-vacations this is my pre-vacation stuff i wash all my
spray tan off because i like to go no spray tan so i can get a good base
and my outfits i have been like ordering stuff but i have not looked at everything as a whole
and so on friday and saturday will be like my picasso days where i'm like what about this with
this and let's take a picture in this and see if these shoes work kim is so tired already i could
tell kim is like she's exhausted well kim also like kim packs for kim and then kim packs for my
dad and then sometimes my 38 year old brother will say hey what should i bring and she'll say oh
don't worry about it i'll do it and so that's like kind of what i'm trying to avoid as a
wife and mother i like that is like one of my top things that like i'm not packing for anyone
your brother's smart i've done that before with the can you just help me start
yeah no and next thing you know you're like thanks have you ever packed for des
yeah sorry why did i ask you that yeah that was like offensive it's like do i know you
i remember like des's stuff was on the floor and i was like
ew pick that up i'll pick it up and put it away but like i'm telling him that's what i did
yeah i'm trying to weaponize my incompetence yeah like if he thinks he could leave stuff
on the floor and i'm just gonna pick it up after him that's that's not how we play this game
but then again i do occasionally i'm like your stuff is on the floor and he's like so is yours
and i'm like okay touche two can play at that game i'm excited to see because this is a
a whole new summer for you what the little themes are going to be like is there going to be
chrome is there going to be butter yellows is there going to be what kind of sunglasses i'm
just itching to know yeah i don't know because last like every year before i always have one
outfit in my head that i'm like i'm so excited to wear that on vacation and i don't have one
of those yet do you feel pressure like you have to be last year yeah i always feel pressure every
day hey hey listen hey hey don't put that on yourself there might be here's the thing this
is the longest we're going we've ever gone for we're going for two full weeks so there might be
a whole week that i don't even appear online which i think unless my outfit is really good
but i'm not even gonna post it real time i'm gonna re i really am gonna try and take one
whole week yeah of nothing on my phone
gorgeous and me and my mom looked at each other this weekend and we were like we really
we need to connect on this trip and she looked at me and she goes we're gonna hold hands a lot
and talk and i was like i i wish my mom would do that instead she tricks me
my mom was like you know it'd be fun giving you a fucking hernia she was so at one point she was
like are you okay and i'm like no she's like what's hurting i'm like literally everything
and she's like are you out of breath i'm like no i'm not okay i'm like i'm not okay
i'm like yeah plus my legs plus my arm plus my lower back oh lenore but no holding hands with
your mom is so cute no it's so sweet she's so sweet so just so the gigglers know the next two
weeks the episodes are going to be a little chaotic because page is going to be in a different time
zone in italy and it's going to be fun like it's going to be crazy we're going to feel like we're
a euro summer together was it last year that we were on a zoom and i was in italy and i fell asleep
yeah that a whole that
was a whole year ago wait we've never even told the story i'm we're on a zoom with amy polar and
i'm in italy and we were like doing something and you text me and you go you're literally falling
asleep and i'm like it's i'm so jet lagged i don't i can't even keep my one eye i think it was like
two or three a.m though at your time yeah it was like we had a really important meeting
and i was like of course i can do it i'm just like and you know you had to a little too much
pasta that day and your body was like let me i was like i was like i was like i was like i was
was like no i'm awake i'm listening actually like that was the scariest moment of my life i'm like
i'm falling asleep and amy poehler i'm like i was like how could you do this to me right now question
mark no all i do is screenshot your face during zooms it's my favorite thing to do because i'm
like you can see yourself like you can see the face you're making and you're still doing it that's
and i know you're staring at yourself that's the funniest part of it that's the funniest part who's
to judge me me me the whole time i'm staring at you like oh oh and she's yep she's bringing out
her microcurrent device you're like oh big yawn big yawn
like when your pet yawns i'm like
she just woke up from a nap but look
how cute she is
literally me getting on a zoom is you talking to butter that's like how you speak to me
like no sudden movements she just woke up also last zoom i fully got out of the shower and went
on the zoom like i was a wet full wet wrap and everyone looks at you weird and i'm like sorry
no i looked at you jealous i was so jealous well if it's after five o'clock i could be anywhere
yeah i could be anywhere doing anything oh god um
gigglers we love you so so so much talk to you soon and have an amazing week bye
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The host shares a heartfelt family bonding experience during a 5K run with parents, highlighting their evolving relationship and shared humor.
Family dynamics are explored through playful self-awareness, including the revelation that the father is deeply self-reflective and unbothered by social norms.
The host reflects on generational shifts, such as how family members now view parenting and relationships differently, especially with grandparents and children.
A recurring theme is the absurdity and joy of everyday family routines, like tricking a parent into running a 5K or joking about fitness and body types.
The conversation shifts to cultural observations, like comparing Love Island UK and USA, emphasizing honesty, authenticity, and generational differences in dating.
The host connects past experiences with current life, such as remembering Meryl Streep watching her in a school play, showing a deep appreciation for nostalgia and personal history.
A poignant moment occurs when a speeding car resembles a relative’s unique blue Mazda, creating a vivid emotional link to the family’s past.
The episode ends with a lighthearted anticipation of travel and a new season of family adventures, including fashion planning and vacation prep.
Summary:
The host shares a warm, humorous reflection on family life, centered around a weekend 5K run with parents on Shelter Island. The experience becomes a lens to explore deeper family dynamics—such as their evolving roles, shared quirks, and generational differences. The host reveals how their father, once cheerful and unbothered, now reflects on his own life with self-awareness, while their mother plays a trickster role, leading to both laughter and emotional connection.
The conversation expands to topics like dating culture, comparing Love Island UK and USA, and the value of authenticity in relationships. Personal nostalgia surfaces through memories of Meryl Streep watching the host in a school play, and the emotional resonance of a speeding car resembling a grandparent’s blue Mazda, symbolizing a lasting family bond. The episode blends humor, vulnerability, and reflection, culminating in excitement for a future trip to Italy and a season of chaotic, joyful family adventures.
Throughout, the tone remains playful and intimate, celebrating the quirks and connections that define family life.
FAQs
The speaker and their mom started jogging together, but the speaker struggled due to lack of fitness and had to walk part of the way. The mom, who is active, eventually joined in, and the speaker unexpectedly sprinted to win at the end, feeling it was necessary to avoid looking like a loser.
The speaker describes their dad as laid-back, unbothered by social norms, and deeply focused on his own activities. He's comfortable in jeans, rarely wears anything other than them, and doesn't care about what others are doing or how they're dressed.
The speaker realized how much their family values connection and bonding, especially after spending time together during a 5K run and dinner. They noticed shared humor, family traditions, and the way each member has unique perspectives on life and relationships.
The speaker used the term humorously to describe their own physical limitations, joking that they don’t have fast twitch muscles and can’t run a 5K. They contrast this with their mom’s slow twitch muscles, highlighting their different fitness levels and personalities.
The speaker finds the UK version more honest and engaging, with couples openly discussing their feelings and relationships. In contrast, the US version feels more performative, with participants often faking connections and focusing on winning rather than genuine bonding.
The speaker jokes that most of her ex-boyfriends have no online presence and are like 'ghosts,' which she finds amusing. She also notes that she's fully blocked from their social media, and over time, she has forgotten they exist.
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