WEBVTT 00:00:07.119 --> 00:00:10.980 Welcome to Unlimited Parenting. Thanks. You're 00:00:10.980 --> 00:00:15.720 welcome. This is another episode of our, everyone, 00:00:15.859 --> 00:00:18.500 not just our, everyone's favorite series, Bring 00:00:18.500 --> 00:00:22.300 Your Own Topic. This is a show where I torture 00:00:22.300 --> 00:00:25.960 my coworkers and make them come with a topic 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:29.260 that I don't know. And sometimes they don't even 00:00:29.260 --> 00:00:32.799 know until they get in here. Right. No, I'm prepared 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:35.280 this time. So Melissa has a topic that I don't 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:37.200 know about. I have a topic that she doesn't know 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:41.140 about. And we are going to talk it out. Yeah. 00:00:41.259 --> 00:00:43.219 You want to go first again? Sure. Or is it, or 00:00:43.219 --> 00:00:44.920 should I go first? No, I'll go first. Okay. You 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:47.799 go for it. Cause I was, I was called out. And 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:50.280 so this is my actual topic. I just want. Wait, 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:52.880 tell the listeners why you were called out. I 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:56.119 was called out for using chat GPT to find my 00:00:56.119 --> 00:01:00.119 topics. I am a busy mom. Okay. But no, for real, 00:01:00.179 --> 00:01:05.019 I did kind of, I had done that. This is my topic. 00:01:05.140 --> 00:01:07.379 She made it with her own brain cells. My own 00:01:07.379 --> 00:01:09.879 brain. From like two o 'clock in the morning 00:01:09.879 --> 00:01:11.959 a couple weeks ago, I woke up. Two o 'clock in 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:13.599 the morning? Yeah, I probably had to go to the 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:15.620 bathroom or something. And then I thought we 00:01:15.620 --> 00:01:18.120 were recording this like a while ago. And so 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:20.379 I've been prepared. And whose fault is that? 00:01:20.540 --> 00:01:22.819 It's mine. Is it? I really don't remember. That 00:01:22.819 --> 00:01:26.219 was a real question. Anyway, sorry. What's your 00:01:26.219 --> 00:01:31.579 topic? Okay. Parenting hacks. Okay. So. Don't 00:01:31.579 --> 00:01:34.840 have any. Over. Yeah. I bet you have more than 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:37.920 you think you know. I bet you do them without 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:41.219 knowing that you do them. Because I told someone 00:01:41.219 --> 00:01:43.019 this the other day and they were like, oh my 00:01:43.019 --> 00:01:46.760 word, that is brilliant. Do you tell other people 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:49.760 that? And I'm like, I guess I don't. But okay. 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:53.040 So what I told someone and it was brilliant is 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:58.519 that I use Press and Seal for my son as a bib. 00:01:59.730 --> 00:02:02.290 So I think you've actually talked about this 00:02:02.290 --> 00:02:05.390 on here before, too. No, keep talking about it. 00:02:05.430 --> 00:02:07.409 OK, then we can talk about hacks. We didn't do 00:02:07.409 --> 00:02:10.530 that last time. OK, someone told me, give yourself 00:02:10.530 --> 00:02:13.430 a roll of press and seal because you he's going 00:02:13.430 --> 00:02:16.090 to get that cast so dirty while he's eating. 00:02:16.150 --> 00:02:18.490 It was an arm cast. So it went all the way down 00:02:18.490 --> 00:02:23.169 to his fingers. And Reese is not at that point. 00:02:23.169 --> 00:02:27.300 He was five. Wasn't. The cleanest eater still 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:29.780 is not the cleanest eater, but we try. And so 00:02:29.780 --> 00:02:32.819 someone told me wrap it in present seal. It worked 00:02:32.819 --> 00:02:35.360 like a charm. And I'm like, where has present 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:38.020 seal been our lives, our whole entire lives? 00:02:38.300 --> 00:02:40.719 It probably wasn't invented. That's where. In 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:45.400 the Ziploc aisle. Yeah. In the paper items aisle. 00:02:45.500 --> 00:02:48.759 So anyways, we now buy present seal at Costco. 00:02:49.850 --> 00:02:52.210 Because we put it on Reese like while he's eating, 00:02:52.349 --> 00:02:54.750 we just press it on his shirt. But we have found 00:02:54.750 --> 00:02:58.969 that especially out when we're places, public 00:02:58.969 --> 00:03:02.629 places, this is a lot more dignified than putting 00:03:02.629 --> 00:03:05.909 a bib on my 15 year old child. It's clear. No 00:03:05.909 --> 00:03:09.189 one can see it. And so this is kind of a dignity 00:03:09.189 --> 00:03:12.430 hack that we have found for him, too. Can I circle 00:03:12.430 --> 00:03:15.490 back to purchasing Press and Seal from Costco? 00:03:15.689 --> 00:03:19.800 Yeah. Is that like a 40 pound? It's a big role. 00:03:19.939 --> 00:03:21.800 Well, we get foil from there, too. I don't know. 00:03:21.939 --> 00:03:27.259 How much foil is from Costco? I don't know. How 00:03:27.259 --> 00:03:31.979 much is it? No, not much. I don't know. I'll 00:03:31.979 --> 00:03:35.060 look when I get home. That's a hack. It's a big 00:03:35.060 --> 00:03:37.599 role. Yeah, I have more. Yeah, no, more. Oh, 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:41.240 okay. So that's one of my hacks. My other hack 00:03:41.240 --> 00:03:48.860 is Reese. I love him. And we do winter sports 00:03:48.860 --> 00:03:53.780 sometimes. And Reese refuses to keep his gloves 00:03:53.780 --> 00:03:56.400 or mittens on. And so a very, very, very long 00:03:56.400 --> 00:04:01.719 time ago, I created the first rendition of our, 00:04:01.780 --> 00:04:07.120 we call it the sweater shirt or the, it's mittens 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:09.960 sewed onto a t -shirt, a long sleeve t -shirt. 00:04:10.060 --> 00:04:13.060 So in my house, they name it. They call it a 00:04:13.060 --> 00:04:16.120 smitten shirt or they call it a... Wait, hold 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:19.500 on. Is this like footie pajamas? Absolutely. 00:04:19.500 --> 00:04:21.680 But with their handy pajamas? But it's handy 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:24.560 pajamas. Yeah, they're handy. Yeah, they're handy. 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:28.720 Handy. It's a t -shirt. Okay, it's a long sleeve 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:30.839 t -shirt or a sweatshirt that I sewed his gloves 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:34.079 to. That is so smart. Because he... Okay, we 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:36.800 tried the ribbon one. It didn't matter. You know, 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:40.959 like my mom said. Back when you were a kid, we 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:43.759 used to clip and she did. She had like little 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:46.779 clips and they would run it up through your coat. 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:50.420 It was like a belt for your mittens and it had 00:04:50.420 --> 00:04:52.360 a clip on each end. You know what? I've seen 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:54.779 those from the 1800s. I always wondered what 00:04:54.779 --> 00:04:56.240 they were used for. That's what they were used 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:59.040 for back in my day in the 1800s. That's what 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:02.379 parents used. Well, Reese saw right through that. 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:06.779 The mitten went flying off of the cord and it 00:05:06.779 --> 00:05:10.660 didn't work. I had to we had to one up it a little 00:05:10.660 --> 00:05:14.300 bit more. And so we just sewed them on and made 00:05:14.300 --> 00:05:17.980 ourself a glove shirt. Glove shirt, men's shirt, 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:19.579 whatever you want to call it. What is that phrase? 00:05:19.899 --> 00:05:22.160 Necessity is the mother of invention. Absolutely. 00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:25.879 That's you. Yes. So that is that's my second 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:29.439 one. I wanted to have our counterpart or other 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:31.480 co -worker, but she's not with us today, share 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:34.660 because she has a hack that I have used and I 00:05:34.660 --> 00:05:37.740 will probably start using it even more. Can I 00:05:37.740 --> 00:05:40.180 share it? Yeah, let's share it and then just 00:05:40.180 --> 00:05:42.420 pretend like it was your idea too. No, it's not. 00:05:42.420 --> 00:05:45.560 It's Sarah's idea. But so Sarah's son requires 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:50.939 a lot more support during bathroom changes. And 00:05:50.939 --> 00:05:54.000 so when she and her family travel with her son, 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:58.579 they take a cot and they have changed him. on 00:05:58.579 --> 00:06:00.860 this full -size cot in the back of their van 00:06:00.860 --> 00:06:04.639 because they are not able to, not a lot of changing 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:08.300 rooms have changing tables for full -size men 00:06:08.300 --> 00:06:11.879 or big children like our kids are going to be. 00:06:12.139 --> 00:06:14.879 Adult children. Adult children, yes. Adults that 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:18.339 require extra support in the bathroom. And so 00:06:18.339 --> 00:06:22.879 Sarah's brilliant. She travels with a cot that 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:27.439 can be really, can really come in in a pinch. 00:06:28.060 --> 00:06:31.100 and help them out when they're doing these diaper 00:06:31.100 --> 00:06:33.860 changes. So that's my hack that I'm sharing. 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:35.620 It's not my hack. It's Sarah's, but I'm going 00:06:35.620 --> 00:06:38.100 to steal it when I need to. A hack on behalf 00:06:38.100 --> 00:06:41.379 of another iPoly. Yep. So that's it. Do you have 00:06:41.379 --> 00:06:43.899 any hacks? I bet you do that you just don't realize 00:06:43.899 --> 00:06:46.620 you're doing them. I think as I'm listening to 00:06:46.620 --> 00:06:52.100 you describe your hacks, my hack would be to 00:06:52.100 --> 00:06:55.860 have parents who have older children and learn 00:06:55.860 --> 00:06:59.129 from them. Exactly. That's my hack. Okay. That's 00:06:59.129 --> 00:07:05.569 a fair hack. I think, you know, I keep headphones 00:07:05.569 --> 00:07:09.529 everywhere. Yeah. I keep them in the car. I keep 00:07:09.529 --> 00:07:12.449 them in the backpack. I keep them in both levels 00:07:12.449 --> 00:07:15.910 of our home. Wow. Really? You got to always have 00:07:15.910 --> 00:07:18.269 a pair of headphones. Okay. I mean, I think I 00:07:18.269 --> 00:07:21.389 just do all the normal stuff. Like, honestly, 00:07:21.589 --> 00:07:23.930 I'm not very creative. bet there's something 00:07:23.930 --> 00:07:26.550 and you're within the next two weeks. And I just 00:07:26.550 --> 00:07:28.910 want you to make sure that you text me and tell 00:07:28.910 --> 00:07:31.490 me that I'm right. But you take that back because 00:07:31.490 --> 00:07:33.949 I will remember it 2 a .m. and go, oh, my God. 00:07:33.949 --> 00:07:36.389 Yes. Yeah. But you can send you can schedule 00:07:36.389 --> 00:07:39.589 a text to send later. Yeah, that's right. See, 00:07:39.689 --> 00:07:42.589 I'm always learning a hack from you. Schedule, 00:07:42.589 --> 00:07:44.930 send a text message. You taught me that one. 00:07:45.009 --> 00:07:46.730 I was going to say, you know I've done it to 00:07:46.730 --> 00:07:49.170 you because you got a random text at 9 o 'clock 00:07:49.170 --> 00:07:51.949 in the morning on a Saturday. Like, what was 00:07:51.949 --> 00:07:54.769 she thinking about Taylor Swift at 9 a .m. on 00:07:54.769 --> 00:07:57.910 a Saturday? I wasn't. I thought about it at Friday 00:07:57.910 --> 00:08:00.589 at 3. Okay, that's fair. I guess that's still 00:08:00.589 --> 00:08:03.029 technically Monday. It is. Monday at 3 a .m. 00:08:03.189 --> 00:08:05.110 It's okay. I'm really trying to think. Anytime 00:08:05.110 --> 00:08:06.610 you think about Taylor Swift, it's fine. You 00:08:06.610 --> 00:08:10.120 can text me. If you have an emergency, it can 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:13.079 wait until business hours. If it's about T -Swift, 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:17.120 text me. Text me. Thank you. I really don't. 00:08:17.139 --> 00:08:21.040 I feel like you've told me hacks. They're just 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:23.519 different hacks because our children are so different 00:08:23.519 --> 00:08:25.279 and so different kids require different hacks. 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:28.579 Does that make sense? That makes sense. Whatever. 00:08:28.660 --> 00:08:32.000 It does make sense, but I keep having things 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:35.159 flit into my mind and I'm like... That's a great 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:37.379 hack. And then I'm like, it's not really a hack 00:08:37.379 --> 00:08:41.840 at all. I bet you have them. Yeah. Just not right 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:45.620 on tap. Yeah. I suppose this is a barrier to 00:08:45.620 --> 00:08:47.759 doing a bring your own topic because I can't 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:50.279 really. I don't know. Maybe it's a good thing 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:53.200 because I can't talk. I thought you were going 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:55.000 to say you can't think on the fly. And that, 00:08:55.059 --> 00:08:57.480 ladies and gentlemen, is a lie because she can. 00:08:57.919 --> 00:09:02.549 I can, but I can't think of a hack. Okay. I have 00:09:02.549 --> 00:09:04.389 more than one kid, so they can play together. 00:09:04.610 --> 00:09:07.110 Oh, that's good, too. Yeah. If your child breaks 00:09:07.110 --> 00:09:11.210 into your pantry and makes a mess, you could 00:09:11.210 --> 00:09:15.730 put a lock on it. It's fine. I'm sorry. I'm useless. 00:09:15.730 --> 00:09:17.169 I put you on the spot. Gosh, now I'm nervous. 00:09:17.309 --> 00:09:22.049 I'm useless. Actually, mine is surprising. Oh, 00:09:22.049 --> 00:09:30.120 my. I'm scared. I'm laughing. because I went 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:33.379 to ChatGPT and searched for prompts, and then 00:09:33.379 --> 00:09:36.460 I found... That's how you found me out! Dang 00:09:36.460 --> 00:09:39.639 it! I found one, and then I kind of, like, co 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:42.279 -opted it. Okay. That's a hack. That's a hack 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:44.179 for you. When you get called out for looking 00:09:44.179 --> 00:09:46.840 on ChatGPT, just make it slightly different, 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:50.720 and I'll never find out. Okay. You just told 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:54.740 me, so I found out. Okay. Okay, it's three questions. 00:09:55.710 --> 00:10:01.309 You're asking me questions? I thought you heard 00:10:01.309 --> 00:10:03.710 that. No, I didn't. It's three questions. Okay. 00:10:03.750 --> 00:10:08.309 The first question is, what is your idea of comfy 00:10:08.309 --> 00:10:13.769 clothes? Like the comfiest clothes. And I specifically 00:10:13.769 --> 00:10:16.590 wanted to talk about this with you. Of course. 00:10:16.610 --> 00:10:18.909 Because we have very different ideas of this. 00:10:19.090 --> 00:10:22.250 And I want to know if people are going to listen 00:10:22.250 --> 00:10:25.200 to this and go. My God, Melissa's crazy or oh 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:29.059 my gosh, Allison's crazy or are these two people 00:10:29.059 --> 00:10:32.279 need to be assessed for something? I'm curious. 00:10:34.580 --> 00:10:39.960 Or we are completely normal. I need to record 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.179 that and send it to your daughter. We are completely 00:10:42.179 --> 00:10:47.600 normal. Okay. We are. Okay. My comfy clothes. 00:10:47.700 --> 00:10:53.259 Tell me about it. Is. A pair of like sweatpants 00:10:53.259 --> 00:11:02.120 or joggers or, yeah, just sweatpants. Or what? 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:06.139 What are you wearing up top? A t -shirt. Just 00:11:06.139 --> 00:11:08.679 a regular, like a graphic tee? Like is there 00:11:08.679 --> 00:11:11.299 a specific fabric we're going for here? Oh, no. 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:13.779 See, you don't care. You don't care about the 00:11:13.779 --> 00:11:15.759 fabric. You don't care about anything. You just 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:20.139 want. I want it oversized. Okay. I want it soft. 00:11:21.179 --> 00:11:26.399 I mean, but like if I gave you wool. That wouldn't 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:28.279 I wouldn't wear that as a comfy clothes. OK, 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:31.740 so it matters. Well, sort of. So some days I'll 00:11:31.740 --> 00:11:34.759 get home and I will have like a sweater on that's 00:11:34.759 --> 00:11:36.899 big and oversized and I'll just put that on the 00:11:36.899 --> 00:11:39.019 sweatpants. I'll keep that on so that I don't 00:11:39.019 --> 00:11:41.919 get dirty and have to do more laundry. What if 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:44.340 it was the summer? Would it still kind of be 00:11:44.340 --> 00:11:46.919 the same thing because you're in the house? Yeah, 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:48.879 but probably just tank top like I would wear 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:51.710 a tank top and shorts. But they would be like 00:11:51.710 --> 00:11:55.210 sweatpants shorts or really like lightweight 00:11:55.210 --> 00:11:58.429 material. Does that make sense? It does. And 00:11:58.429 --> 00:12:01.870 then I always have either slippers or Birkenstocks. 00:12:01.889 --> 00:12:04.389 So you're wearing shoes in your house. Yes, but 00:12:04.389 --> 00:12:07.370 they're house shoes. No, that makes sense. So 00:12:07.370 --> 00:12:11.830 my idea of comfy clothes, if I knew someone was 00:12:11.830 --> 00:12:14.870 coming over, let's say it was you. Okay. Or I'm 00:12:14.870 --> 00:12:16.710 just chilling with my family. It would be like 00:12:16.710 --> 00:12:19.120 a muumuu. Because you talk about like, I want 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:21.080 to wear shorts and a t -shirt or joggers and 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:24.600 that is just too much clothes. Really? It's too 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:27.200 much things touching my body. Yeah. Oh, that's 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:31.779 fair. So I have, I have a robe and I feel like 00:12:31.779 --> 00:12:34.580 I am exposing myself to the world when I wear 00:12:34.580 --> 00:12:38.240 it. I mean, you remember to tie it, right? I 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:40.700 do, but there's a lot, like, you move and the 00:12:40.700 --> 00:12:43.000 top comes open and then the bottom comes open. 00:12:43.179 --> 00:12:45.000 That's true. And I don't want to throw my mom 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:47.419 under the bus here, but my mom wore, my mom was 00:12:47.419 --> 00:12:50.320 a robe mom. It was just like a really deep v 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:54.539 -neck. I wear a shirt under it. See, you even 00:12:54.539 --> 00:12:57.240 wear a shirt under the robe. Okay, come on. I'm 00:12:57.240 --> 00:13:02.139 protecting my boys. I have. I have this, like, 00:13:02.340 --> 00:13:04.519 of course I call them dresses, right? I'm not 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:09.100 going to say muumuu. Yeah. I don't know. Spade 00:13:09.100 --> 00:13:13.960 to spade. True. I'm just kidding. Like, okay, 00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:17.200 are they Hawaiian print? No. Okay, you are going 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:20.679 to die. My stepmom. Blue and stitch. I don't 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:25.159 know why. My stepmom bought it for me from Disney. 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:31.039 Because she knows I'm a huge Hercules fan. I'll 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:33.879 take a picture of it. Hercules. No, not even 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:36.679 that. Like real Hercules. Like Hercules, Meg, 00:13:36.940 --> 00:13:40.080 Hades. Oh. Like the cartoon. It's from Disneyland. 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:44.279 World. Whatever. The Magic Kingdom. Exactly. 00:13:44.539 --> 00:13:47.740 I am the Magic Kingdom. So it's like big old 00:13:47.740 --> 00:13:49.779 Hercules and then Hades at the bottom and then 00:13:49.779 --> 00:13:52.179 pain and panic and Meg and everyone's on there. 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:56.610 My kids love it. How long is it? Girl, it's long. 00:13:56.830 --> 00:14:00.389 It's... Do you trip? It's got like three -quarter 00:14:00.389 --> 00:14:04.309 sleeves. Oh, it's about as long as this blazer. 00:14:04.429 --> 00:14:08.509 And then it goes past my knees. It's... Okay, 00:14:08.710 --> 00:14:14.289 do you sleep in this? Ma 'am, yes. How? I cannot 00:14:14.289 --> 00:14:16.769 sleep in stuff like that because I get rolled 00:14:16.769 --> 00:14:20.529 up in it and it's so confining. Yeah, I have 00:14:20.529 --> 00:14:22.210 a dress that I feel like that about. It rolls 00:14:22.210 --> 00:14:25.720 me up. I feel like I'm wrapped up. I don't know. 00:14:26.860 --> 00:14:33.399 So I wear and I wear. Yes. What are they? What 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:35.720 am I calling them? Tank top dresses, spaghetti 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:37.419 strap dresses. I wear those around the house 00:14:37.419 --> 00:14:40.460 all the time. That's if someone was like getting 00:14:40.460 --> 00:14:43.139 your comfiest clothes. Never would I ever put 00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:48.000 on a shirt and sweatpants. I like how are you 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:52.120 not like that's too much touching my body. I 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:54.179 don't know. I'm not trying to clothes shame you. 00:14:54.220 --> 00:14:57.820 I'm just asking. And the reason I'm asking is 00:14:57.820 --> 00:14:59.659 because you are an individual who does not like 00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:03.620 to be hugged. Correct. So do the clothes swaddle 00:15:03.620 --> 00:15:05.919 you? Potentially. Because you know I'm also a 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:08.840 person that loves turtlenecks. I love to wear 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:12.419 sweaters or cowlnecks that have these big... 00:15:12.419 --> 00:15:15.840 I used to like scarves when they were in the 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:19.970 2000s. I wear a lot of scarves. Yeah, maybe. 00:15:20.110 --> 00:15:24.250 Maybe my clothes does the hugging and deep pressure. 00:15:25.850 --> 00:15:28.669 Okay. I don't know. Next question. We're just 00:15:28.669 --> 00:15:31.509 different. Does the comfy clothes change by location? 00:15:32.429 --> 00:15:34.590 So let me give you an example of what I was thinking 00:15:34.590 --> 00:15:37.490 about when I wrote this question. You talked 00:15:37.490 --> 00:15:41.909 about comfy clothes that you wear at home. Where 00:15:41.909 --> 00:15:47.029 we work, we are business casual is probably the 00:15:47.029 --> 00:15:49.259 best way to describe it. Your version of comfy 00:15:49.259 --> 00:15:51.720 clothes here is still different than my version 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:54.000 of comfy clothes here. So you tell us first, 00:15:54.100 --> 00:15:57.000 what's your version of business casual comfy 00:15:57.000 --> 00:16:02.960 when you're at work? Okay. I would say jeans. 00:16:03.019 --> 00:16:06.539 Yes. You would wear jeans, which is so wild. 00:16:07.220 --> 00:16:12.179 But jeans are my, but jeans are comfy to me. 00:16:12.340 --> 00:16:15.519 Like I wear jeans on the weekend for fun. That's 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:20.090 illegal. I worked at the Gap for 25 years. That's 00:16:20.090 --> 00:16:22.870 true. That's very true. So you got used to wearing 00:16:22.870 --> 00:16:26.309 jeans. Yeah, that was, yeah, really comfortable 00:16:26.309 --> 00:16:28.490 to me. If I was going to wear comfy clothes at 00:16:28.490 --> 00:16:30.870 work, it would be a dress. And I'm starting to 00:16:30.870 --> 00:16:34.649 sense a theme here. Yeah. Okay, but I will tell 00:16:34.649 --> 00:16:37.269 you. So the other day I came in on the weekend 00:16:37.269 --> 00:16:41.549 and I wore a different comfy casual than I would. 00:16:41.629 --> 00:16:45.409 I have like a weekend comfy casual. And a work 00:16:45.409 --> 00:16:50.590 comfy casual because even then, Angela thought 00:16:50.590 --> 00:16:54.210 that that was a different version of my comfy 00:16:54.210 --> 00:16:59.009 casual. We know each other too well. If Angela's 00:16:59.009 --> 00:17:01.370 like, hold on. Yeah. What do you mean? Well, 00:17:01.570 --> 00:17:04.269 okay. Well, let me tell you. I wore jeans with 00:17:04.269 --> 00:17:07.750 holes in them and I wore like a, I was kind of 00:17:07.750 --> 00:17:11.329 my. You wear jeans with holes in them? They had 00:17:11.329 --> 00:17:14.029 a couple holes on the pockets. Holes you made 00:17:14.029 --> 00:17:18.650 or holes that you bought them that way? That 00:17:18.650 --> 00:17:21.190 is so surprising to me. I don't know. Their old 00:17:21.190 --> 00:17:24.750 jeans are my favorite. They're so comfy. So maybe 00:17:24.750 --> 00:17:27.490 I made them and bought them that way. I don't 00:17:27.490 --> 00:17:30.569 know. I had them forever. You would hate them 00:17:30.569 --> 00:17:32.230 because they don't fit me very good, but they're 00:17:32.230 --> 00:17:34.309 really comfy. I was going to say, they're probably 00:17:34.309 --> 00:17:37.589 baggy if they're old. They are. But I also like 00:17:37.589 --> 00:17:41.859 to be that on the weekend. Very... Like slouchy, 00:17:41.859 --> 00:17:47.299 I guess is the way I look. Oh, okay. Yeah. So 00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:50.700 anyways. And now this lady. You wear a dress. 00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:54.039 But you, I wear, okay. And I, yeah, we got to 00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:56.700 describe what kind of dress I'm wearing. Like 00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:59.660 you're not wearing tights and you're not. And 00:17:59.660 --> 00:18:03.960 that is comfy. Now, my preference would be in 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:05.779 the summer when you don't have to wear tights. 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:08.519 Yeah, I would agree. Because I'm not concerned 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:12.309 about the way. my body makes other people feel 00:18:12.309 --> 00:18:16.009 no as you shouldn't be i'm solely concerned about 00:18:16.009 --> 00:18:20.009 my comfort as we all should yes but you know 00:18:20.009 --> 00:18:23.549 people of my size are often like well no stop 00:18:23.549 --> 00:18:27.049 no for real they're like i gotta wear um what 00:18:27.049 --> 00:18:30.210 are they i i don't do this the shorts underneath 00:18:30.210 --> 00:18:33.490 oh sphinx yeah so their thighs don't rub together 00:18:33.490 --> 00:18:37.180 whatever they're worried about I am like, I do 00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:40.559 not fit. See, now if I wear a dress, I must wear 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:44.440 those. See, that would murder my soul. I wouldn't 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:48.039 want the friction to be happening. Like my thighs 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:50.220 rubbing together would murder my soul. I'd be 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:53.960 like, it's combustion. See, and I would do that. 00:18:54.099 --> 00:18:56.920 I don't know what the real name is, but you said 00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:58.619 it once and I thought you were faking it, but 00:18:58.619 --> 00:19:00.779 it was the real name of the product. Where you 00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:03.339 rub it on your thighs. It's like a lotion. Oh. 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:06.319 Chop rub. Chop rub. Chub Rub. Is that fake or 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:08.279 is that a real name? No, no, no. For runners. 00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:10.819 There's like an actual deal. Yes, because that's 00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:15.559 what I'm doing. Running. Maybe to the next McDonald's. 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:21.019 We used to. Never mind. When my family, when 00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:26.200 we go to. When we've gone to Disney before, we've 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:28.779 like played the game like Slugbug. Yeah, yeah, 00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:32.420 yeah, yeah. But Chub Rub. Because. When you're 00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:34.799 at Disney, everyone walks like that by the end 00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:38.059 of the day. Oh, my God. I remember. It's like 00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:42.000 I've seen some bad cases. I weighed significantly 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:45.660 less than I weigh right now in 2012. And that's 00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:47.519 when I spent a lot of time walking around the 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:50.400 streets of Vegas on a vacation. Not like it sounds 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:55.990 like I just was. in indigen or something yeah 00:19:55.990 --> 00:19:59.089 i was on a vacation in vegas and i was walking 00:19:59.089 --> 00:20:01.490 around it was actually my dad's 40th birthday 00:20:01.490 --> 00:20:07.890 well i think yeah in 2012. yeah and um by the 00:20:07.890 --> 00:20:10.369 end of that trip it's brutal i could not put 00:20:10.369 --> 00:20:16.269 my legs it hurts so much And that's when I was 00:20:16.269 --> 00:20:19.650 like, I don't know, a size eight. Right. The 00:20:19.650 --> 00:20:22.230 times have changed. I know. These girls are hardened 00:20:22.230 --> 00:20:25.309 up. Oh, really? So you think you have put in 00:20:25.309 --> 00:20:31.069 the work over the years? Like you've created 00:20:31.069 --> 00:20:34.029 the calluses that. Yeah. I mean, I wouldn't say 00:20:34.029 --> 00:20:35.750 they're calluses, but I know what you're going. 00:20:35.890 --> 00:20:40.869 Yeah. Skin is just reptilian, I think. Where 00:20:40.869 --> 00:20:47.269 have we gone? But I want to circle back. Yes, 00:20:47.269 --> 00:20:52.089 please do. Please. I want to circle back. I would 00:20:52.089 --> 00:20:54.789 not be able to wear Spanx under a dress just 00:20:54.789 --> 00:20:59.329 because it feels too constricting. Okay. But, 00:20:59.329 --> 00:21:01.869 you know, even when we talk about comfy clothes, 00:21:01.970 --> 00:21:04.269 no, I'm so serious about this. I feel like this 00:21:04.269 --> 00:21:07.109 is becoming my Roman Empire. Because even when 00:21:07.109 --> 00:21:09.529 we talk about comfy clothes, even about shoes. 00:21:10.250 --> 00:21:13.250 Oh, yeah. Everyone's versions of shoes being 00:21:13.250 --> 00:21:18.059 comfy are so... Even in this office. This office 00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:22.779 is a microcosm. Angela's over in kitten heels. 00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:30.579 I'm in flats. 25 -8. Yes, correct. And you kind 00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:32.960 of like boots. I like boots. But you also like 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:36.960 just tennis shoes, sneakers, trainers. What do 00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:41.940 we call them? Yeezys? No. I am a Taylor Swift 00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:47.819 fan. Anyhow, Birkenstocks. Birkenstocks. Okay. 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:52.099 Yeah. Again, I would go shoeless. What? I would 00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:54.819 walk. Nice. See, this is where some people are 00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:56.519 going to come for me. People are going to come 00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:58.319 for me. I know what you're going to say. I would 00:21:58.319 --> 00:22:01.799 walk around Walmart shoeless. Oh. I would. I 00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:06.450 would. Britney. I know. What? I know. I am so 00:22:06.450 --> 00:22:09.549 sorry. Well, you did it in D .C., so. Do you 00:22:09.549 --> 00:22:12.470 see? That is the perfect point. Okay, so let 00:22:12.470 --> 00:22:16.250 me set the stage here. All day, we had been in 00:22:16.250 --> 00:22:21.609 the Dirksen building and all over the Congressional 00:22:21.609 --> 00:22:26.549 House Senate in D .C., walking through the tunnels 00:22:26.549 --> 00:22:30.650 under the buildings. Up and down stairs. My feet 00:22:30.650 --> 00:22:34.869 were done. and so what did i do i took off my 00:22:34.869 --> 00:22:40.210 shoes on the streets of washington dc she's still 00:22:40.210 --> 00:22:42.630 here and i am still here you know i did not get 00:22:42.630 --> 00:22:46.650 a fungal infection i did not get anything i'm 00:22:46.650 --> 00:22:50.849 so glad i did not get anything i don't know how 00:22:50.849 --> 00:22:54.390 i didn't get anything and so that makes me wonder 00:22:54.390 --> 00:22:56.609 if i would be a good candidate for those like 00:22:56.609 --> 00:23:00.539 shoes that don't look like shoes almost like 00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:03.240 water shoes yeah they're not quite that they 00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:06.539 but they that wouldn't bug your toes yeah really 00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:08.480 gloves yeah i wouldn't be able to get the ones 00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:11.220 that separate over your toes i i could no that 00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:15.759 could never be me but i mean flip -flops you 00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:17.799 like flip -flops i could i could get down with 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:22.940 a pair of flip -flops um i have fake fake birkenstocks 00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:27.079 yeah those ones are good yeah crocs You do love 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:30.099 your Crocs. Oh, I love a pair of Crocs. I like 00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:33.759 some Crocs. Okay. Yeah. But do you see what I 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:35.920 mean? Like everyone's version of comfy clothes 00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:37.960 is so different. So like when I'm talking about 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:41.380 like, what would I buy someone for self -care? 00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:45.460 Oh. Or something like that. I could roll the 00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:48.279 dice and it could be so different for everybody. 00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:52.400 Like I feel like my skin cries when I put on 00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:55.160 makeup. But other people would be like, I feel 00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:56.980 comfortable in makeup. I want to wear makeup. 00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:59.900 It makes me feel comfortable. I guess people 00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:02.059 are different and that never ceases to amaze 00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:07.759 me. Okay. This is it. This is the big. Oh, this 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:12.160 is the big one. Okay. This is serious. Okay. 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:15.700 Put yourself in a serious state of mind. Close 00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:18.940 your eyes unless you're driving. Okay. Ask yourself. 00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:25.230 You're Tom Hanks on Castaway. With Wilson. It's 00:24:25.230 --> 00:24:31.910 just you. You can only wear one outfit for the 00:24:31.910 --> 00:24:37.730 rest of your life. What is it? One outfit? It's 00:24:37.730 --> 00:24:40.490 not like you have to go to work in this outfit. 00:24:40.809 --> 00:24:44.150 You're on a desert island. You got one outfit. 00:24:44.250 --> 00:24:46.529 What are you wearing? I don't want to get sunburned. 00:24:47.029 --> 00:24:52.910 I peck sunscreen. You are... I'm prepared. That's 00:24:52.910 --> 00:24:55.549 what made it. You're cast away, but the sunscreen, 00:24:55.710 --> 00:24:58.589 you're going to run out, too, by the way. Well, 00:24:58.670 --> 00:25:03.549 I already have that reptilian skin, so. I would 00:25:03.549 --> 00:25:05.990 have something on. I would make myself a loincloth, 00:25:06.089 --> 00:25:09.230 probably, and a coconut bra. I would just feel 00:25:09.230 --> 00:25:10.950 more comfortable. No, you bring clothes with 00:25:10.950 --> 00:25:13.490 you. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You're not 00:25:13.490 --> 00:25:17.829 out here. Anna went to her Devil Wears Prada. 00:25:18.170 --> 00:25:21.220 You could. I would love to see it. I've seen 00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:23.019 your Halloween costumes. I know you could cook 00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:25.559 something up. I could. I could. I could make 00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:27.960 it work. I guess I would just. Well, it's going 00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:30.799 to be hot. So I just probably a tank top and 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:33.660 shorts. I would need to be covered, though. Yeah, 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:38.240 I think. OK. OK, fine. We're not on a desert 00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:40.420 island anymore because then I'm like, no, I would 00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:44.299 wear shoes. This is getting way too crazy. What 00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:46.140 if it's a desert island and there's bugs? I would 00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:51.259 want full coverage. I'm wearing a net. Bring 00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:55.500 the net. Mary, bring the net. Just one outfit. 00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:57.740 One outfit to wear for the rest of your life. 00:25:58.480 --> 00:26:01.500 Well, I have an oversized hoodie. That's my husband's. 00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:04.759 Oh, that would feel so comfortable. I love it. 00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:12.460 So I would wear that. And then. Honestly, I probably 00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:17.259 would. A pair of jeans, probably. Yes. Like a 00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:19.480 soft pair of jeans because I would want the. 00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:24.380 I like to have pockets. Yes. Okay. And then a 00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:27.599 pair of Birkenstocks. I, first off, that does 00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:31.000 not shock me. Second off, notoriously not cold. 00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:35.619 Yeah. Ever. Yeah. So I think if I had one outfit 00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:38.039 to wear for the rest of my life, it would be 00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:42.900 a spaghetti strap muumuu type dress. And I'm 00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:44.500 thinking of the one in my closet right now that 00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:47.059 has two pockets in the front. Right. Because 00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:48.619 you got to have your phone. Because I can't be 00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:52.160 too hot. I can't. Is there a color that you would 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:54.400 choose? I guess green because that's the one 00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:57.259 that's in my... By the way, I am describing a 00:26:57.259 --> 00:27:01.619 $6 .99 Sheen dress. That's what I'm describing. 00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:04.259 That is what I would wear. The forever chemicals 00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:07.660 in me would be together forever. I am worried 00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:11.359 that it would last forever. I think that's fast 00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:13.599 fashion, and I don't know if it's going to see 00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:16.740 it through to the end. But it's a zombie apocalypse, 00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:21.059 and I have one thread on my body. The zombies 00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:24.200 are coming for you. You're right. Does J .Crew 00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:26.140 make moo -moos? Ooh, I don't know. Banana Republic? 00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:28.960 I don't know. Nordstrom has to have something. 00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:33.759 Yes. Sears still exists, don't they, somewhere? 00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:38.359 No? Kohl's even is going out of business. Not 00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:41.299 the Kohl's. Mary, don't take my Kohl's. The Kohl's 00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:43.079 at the mall is. What do I do with all the Kohl's 00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:53.559 cash? 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