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Hello, my glossy gigglers. This is a very special episode of Giggly Squad. We've never done this before. No. We are doing call-ins. Inspired by Berna Phone because honestly- People don't talk enough about-
What a great name Burner Phone is. I think about it all the time.
And I hate puns.
I see, I love a pen. I love a pun and a pen.
And a pen. You know, people don't talk about puns enough. People don't talk about a good inky pen.
Whatever happened to the ballpoint pen?
And you know, in your past life, I know you used a feather. I know you loved a feather.
I loved a quill.
Anyway, this episode is presented by Tressa May Lameller Gloss and Acast Creative. Thank you, guys. It's our first time doing this. We have asked the gigglers to submit questions and we want to hear your voices. Because guess what? We're sick of ours.
Yeah.
We've heard enough. If I have to hear my own voice or your voice. So you guys have submitted any kind of question to us. Let's play the first caller at 1-800-Glossy.
This is like all my childhood dreams of like being a DJ. Like, hey, this is 99.1.
Well, I feel like we're, everything's nostalgic and I want to feel like we're on live radio again.
Yeah, we're in live radio.
You know in New York City when it'd be like, hey, this is Joe. The Mets suck. Did you all grow up with that? And I'm like, Dad, why are we listening?
In the backseat, it's like nighttime. You like really don't know where you're driving. Like, are we going home? Are we going to grandma's?
And they're like, Detroit was horrible. Fire the manager. This is Steve from Staten Island.
That's the gigglers. That's what we're about to have.
We never get to the gigglers.
10 minutes in, we're like, remember when we were in the car when we were little?
Okay, come on, Matt.
Come on, Grace.
You're gonna have to put your foot down here.
Super fun idea. Love you, girls. Thanks for making me giggle. My question is?
Like, to what degree do you think is an okay amount for a man to connect with his mom, or his mom to be connecting with him? And I'm meaning like, late twenties, early thirties, or mid thirties. What, what does that look like in, in y'all's opinion, and what's too much, and what's too little? Um, where one could be a red flag on both sides for the man and his mother?
It's a spectrum, and we all know, one side of the spectrum is when, when you catch your husband sucking on his mom's teat on his wedding day.
Which you told me that story.
That was.
You guys have never heard this story?
You don't see the news? You don't watch the news?
You don't, you don't watch?
You've, you've never gone through a newspaper before?
Like, a year ago, a year ago, I'm on vacation with like, a bunch of my girlfriends, and one of my girlfriends says her friend's sister was-
So, from the source?
So-
Her friend's ex's sister's wife.
Her friend's sister, or maybe it was her sister, whatever, it doesn't matter, was at a wedding, weekend, like, it was taking place that weekend, and the wedding got cancelled, day of, because the bridesmaid of honor walked in on the groom sucking his mom's tit.
But back to our gorgeous giggles.
Then there's the, he hates his mom, and when she calls, he tells her to shut up. Where do we want a guy to be?
I think a man, late twenties on, so let's say, so he has a career, he's waking up every day, he's going to a job, we pray.
We pray to Saint Anthony?
Pays rent.
He's getting a paycheck.
He's in a relationship, I would say, speaking to his mom on the phone.
Every other day?
Too much.
You think too much?
Italian.
I was gonna say three times a week.
You're so Italian. No, I think I like, would like, once or twice a week for a man. I'm speaking to my mom every day.
Are they, yeah, I'm speaking to my mom every day. Are they texting or calling?
I would like one call, but texting whenever.
See, I think that she can text him every day.
Yeah, she can text him whenever. A lot of drama comes from parent in laws.
And having sometimes the-
Parent?
Mother or father in laws, in laws, yeah. But I guess what happens is the mother is like, that's my son.
And then when the wife comes in, the mom doesn't always wanna give boundaries, cuz she's like, that's still my son. Where the wife is like, no, now we have our family and he has to be there for our family and he can't be there for you the way he used to be cuz he's an adult now. And I do think in the Italian culture, it's a little different where it's like, we're family.
Mm-hmm.
We're always family. You do what your mom needs to do.
I think it's important that like if you're dealing with a mom, your boyfriend's mom, who's like a little kooky, maybe like a little zany.
If he recognizes it and says it to you, like, hey, my mom's like a little quirky and like if he's self-aware enough, then you're fine. If he has no feelings about it, he's like, what? Like, this is normal. Then that's where it's like, you gotta be cautious.
What if the mom is fucking great?
And he has a very healthy relationship to her.
But then, um, you have something you really wanna do.
Okay.
But he's like, no, my mom wants to do this and I'm gonna go with her. How do you feel?
Well, it, uh, it would depend. This is such hypotheticals.
It's both your birthdays.
Like, what is the thing that I'm trying to do and what does the mom wanna do?
I do think that sometimes there's power struggles. However, I do think in a relationship, the wife's mother-
The wife's mom, okay?
Gets everything she wants. You know what I mean? Cuz it's like, I had a baby, the mom's taking care of it, we do whatever we want. But the, the husband's mom doesn't have the same rights.
Correct.
I think a lot about like when I go wedding dress shopping.
In my head, all these years, I've envisioned it's just me and my mom. Like, I'm not one of those girls that's bringing bridesmaids. I don't need your guy's opinion. I literally need one woman's opinion.
You're like, don't let Hannah Berner near the store.
I might bring you just for comedic relief.
We don't do that here.
You stick to your jokes.
I don't know the name of.
She goes, it looks a little slutty.
Yeah, I'd be like.
It's a little too much cleavage.
This is, but then I'm like, is that rude to not invite your future mother-in-law to wedding dress shopping?
We're speaking in such hypotheticals. Let me say something that in my dream solves everything. My favorite thing in the world was becoming best friends with my man's mom. And then turning her against him. And then we are a unit. And we're unbreakable. And it's like, I have your mom now. What are you gonna do about it?
Wait till I tell your mom.
The second you look at her eyes and you're like, has he always been like this? And she's like, yes, I would leave him if I could, but I'm his mother. And I'm like, girl, I know. Like, we are bonded. And then if I ever leave him, she brings me up every single week.
Can I tell you something? My mom runs runs into a lot of my ex's moms, because moms moms go to the same place. Moms see each other. Those moms ask have asked about me for the rest of my ex-boyfriend's lives. You know, there's a plethora of them. And it's so every time I hear it, whenever my mom calls me and says, oh, I ran into you, I go. And my revenge lasts a lifetime. My revenge will last years.
What was the question?
Hi Hannah and Paige, um, love you, rock on. Um, my, I'm so sorry if I say um, seven times. My question for you guys is, how do you stop dressing for the male gaze?
Very beginning, she started criticizing herself before she even said um, she was like, sorry, but I'm gonna say um, so I'm gonna apologize in advance. If you're dressing for the male gaze, you're not gonna dress well because, let's be honest, straight men don't know how to dress, so.
It's not like fashion, she means like, looking hot. Like, I know when I'm in an outfit and I'm like, I look hot, and I know when I'm in an outfit where I'm like, not one man is gonna be like, wow, she looks hot right now.
I mean, um, hot take, and Julia Fox would agree. My thing is, I don't feel more attractive if a man like, looks at me on the street. Men would fuck warm bread pudding.
It's not a compliment to me if a guy thinks I'm hot. That's nice, that's not gonna feed my soul.
Right.
And I think you should dress what makes you feel confident, cuz I've also seen girls dress for the male gaze and you can tell they're uncomfortable and they can't walk in their heels. And they regret it cuz their feet hurt.
I'm gonna be really candid and really vulnerable and open right now. And I feel like I dressed for the male gaze the majority of my life. Because like, I wore a school, a school uniform in high school, so college was really the first time I like, had to wear an outfit every single day. And of course, like, you wanna look hot, you want someone to be like, wow, she's really hot, like, whatever. So I think when I first was like, oh, I wanna wear this outfit, but it's quirky and weird and the men definitely aren't gonna get it. It was a transition. I think the way I transitioned into it was making your hair and makeup super sexy and girly when you're in like, an outfit that you don't feel is super hot and sexy and girly.
And that will like, help you transition. So like, if you have an awesome blowout with a great like, curl and you're doing a full like, eye, it gives sexy.
Yeah, I think the word is like, yeah, you wanna feel sexy. And I actually, my hair, that's why I wear it down. I think my hair is where I feel sexy and then I can wear, dress literally like.
A boy.
A little boy.
And I I love that, but I also think if a guy really likes you, he's not gonna not wanna be with you cuz like your outfit one day isn't.
There's also like, I see so many, like Hailey Bieber's a great example of like, she'll wear a basketball short and like a T-shirt and it's not necessarily for the men, but then she'll do a slick back bun and like a sick eye wing and it's like, wait, she's hot.
So I think that's like how you can ease into it.
I also think that beauty standards change so much over time. So at the end of the day, do what makes you feel sexy and confident cuz eyebrows are different every year. Makeup is different every year.
Also, there's a lot of men that actually do like.
Love.
Like, I I've had a lot of guys being like, yeah, I love when you wear a baggy pant and like, a denim button up, like that's, you know, so it's the right guy will actually think you are dressing for him.
Yes.
So, we didn't answer it.
What's next, Grace?
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Hi Hannah, hi Paige. My name is Ally. I'm from Athens, Georgia. I am a longtime giggler, huge, huge, huge fan of you both. Love Summer House, Paige girl this season. Ugh, let's talk. Send me a message. Anyways, my question for you guys is, if you could only use one makeup product for the rest of your life, what would that makeup product be? Mine is either eyeliner or mascara.
I love the girls so much.
Wow, I really want to know what yours is, but I think-
Can we guess each other's?
Okay, I think I know what yours is. Some type of lip.
Yes, it's a lip liner.
I actually newly came across- Lip liner like and I'm newly obsessed with it as of the last like couple of years. I used to just wear um.
A lip gloss.
A a or just a lipstick like a grandma.
I used to just throw on a lipstick and then like ten minutes into the day.
Put your lipstick on and pull yourself up by your bitch straps.
Put lipstick on a pig.
Wrong quote.
Put lipstick on, look in the mirror, be like, perfect. Get to work, drink one coffee, lipstick's gone, the whole day I don't have anything on my lip, but I think I do. I don't mean to sound country.
Is it foundation?
No.
You just picked the like the number one thing. Oh, you even want to cover up your whole face. I'm just gonna walk out with foundation and nothing else. I'd look insane. I'd look insane.
Freckles.
Don't tell me, don't tell me.
But blush?
Eyebrow pencil?
You already have the darkest eyebrows. You do not need eyebrow pencil.
I need an eyebrow.
No, you don't.
It was between eyebrows and a mascara. I feel like that is the closest thing we've had to a fight. Okay, next question, next caller.
Next caller.
Hey guys, long time giggler. I love you guys so much. Question about hair. If you're working out every day, are we washing our hair after every workout? Because I am a sweaty girl and my hair does get very sweaty. So am I supposed to be washing it every day? That seems a lot. Am I not supposed to wash it? And then what am I doing with it? Cause I it's wet, so do I do I blow dry it? Do I dry shampoo? What are your suggestions, thoughts, opinions? Thanks, bye.
This is girlhood.
This is.
This is our cross to bear.
I said cross to bar.
And we need to deal, we need to keep our home clean.
We're just speaking in, you guys are really tired. Speaking just general sayings that have no meaning.
Anytime we sound stupid, you say, pardon us, we're tired.
You've been tired since nineteen ninety two.
We're idiots. Okay.
And this is based on my hair, my experience as a greasy.
This is what works for you.
This is what works for me, I'm not a doctor. No one thought I was, but just emphasize that. I think that I never have acne. Cause I wash, I have a shower every night. When I don't shower, my hair is so oily, it gets on my, I get it all here. Showering like keeps my skin clear and doing my hair. Yeah, and also it's, it's good for the demons. You wash.
It actually really is. I've had a lot of psychics tell me whenever you're feeling uneasy, like shower because it.
But you're like, I'm hair cycling.
Okay, here's my, here's my. My advice, because I'm someone that washes my hair more often than not. And I've always got nervous because people are like, oh my God, you're washing your hair too much. It's actually not good for your hair. That only came in, like I only started learning about that and when I was in like ninth grade. I was like, wait, we're not all washing our hair every night. Like middle school, every night you got home, you did your homework, you ate dinner, you took a shower.
And you shaved to your knee.
You wash your hair. Now I've tried to hair cycle more and more, like when we're on tour. I try and like get a blowout, do my hair. So like Thursday night show, great hair. Friday, okay, now I'm curling it. Saturday slick back bun, Sunday we're going home, maybe another slick back bun. But like I try and do it when I can.
But some girls, their hair texture, they could get a blowout and they're good for a week or two. I'm not one of them. My hair is slicked to my eyebrow.
Yeah, and you wash every day.
Every single day.
So I think it truly, I don't know if it's a myth that like washing your hair too much is bad for it, but. I have got, I've washed it every day and then I've done phases where I haven't washed it every day and it's the same.
I do have frizzy hair a lot.
So after like a Pilates where my hair is just like kind of crazy and I have to go into a meeting. I do love using Tresemme LaMella gloss and I just put it on the ends and it just makes everything look like, look chic.
Yeah. Another tip I have too is Tresemme has a really good dry shampoo. Say you wash your hair, you blow it out, whatever, and you're like, oh, I really don't want to have to wash it tomorrow. Put your dry shampoo in before your hair is greasy. So like.
Oh, get ahead of it.
Get it, you get ahead of it. Yeah. And it really does work.
Wait, we're such women in STEM right now.
Yeah, we're scientists.
Yeah. So every night I'm using the Tresemme shampoo conditioner. And it honestly, I feel like it just helps me be like cleaner.
And I also feel like I'm known for like having very glossy hair, like very shiny hair. And I truly feel like it is because of Tresemme. Hey ladies, I've been dating this older guy for about a year and a half now. He is thirty seven and I'm twenty eight. And I've said I love you to him. And his response was, you've told me that already. His response was not, I love you too. You're the best thing that's ever happened to me. Let me bow down to you and kiss your feet. Which is what I really was expecting. I totally thought he would say it back. It's been a while. We've gone to funerals together.
So like, how long is too long to wait until?
Nothing says I love you like a goddamn funeral.
She goes, we've been to four funerals together, two of them. I did murder the people.
Couldn't even get a love ya.
I sacrificed three friends for this.
Does it say what her name is?
No, we're not trying to put her on blast.
No, I just, I didn't know. I thought, I don't know. I don't know why I wanted her name. I was gonna say Kayla.
Did she say her social security?
Break up with him yesterday. Yes, he doesn't, here's the thing, and I don't want to be harsh. He didn't say it back because he doesn't love you.
Oh, you did not have to say it. That's wrong.
No, and he's telling you. Look at me. We don't know your name because we don't want to put you on blast. He doesn't love you.
Oh, my god.
So break up with him. If he loved you, he would have said it first, okay?
I did date this guy once who, like, two months in, I was jumping into an Uber and he goes, love you, goodbye. And I was like, knew it. And then he texted me and he was like, oh, my god, so embarrassing. Like, that was totally by accident. And I was like, it's okay. And it was by accident. And then, like, we never had, like, a real.
Well, did you continue dating?
We definitely did, but I don't know if we, like, continued doing it. Cause he had intimacy issues for sure, and so did I. Um, but he would, like, accidentally say it all the time. Do you think that's his subconscious, or he just, it's like saying, love you, mom. Oh, no, I called you mom. Or bye, mom.
I don't know, because anyone who said it to me, like, early on, I'm like, yeah, obs.
You idiot.
Yeah, it's also, though, like, literal love bombing sometimes. I do love a guy that waits a couple of weeks.
I think a great timeframe is three to six months. Within three to six months of, like, officially dating. I think if you become boyfriend and girlfriend, in three months.
In three to four months.
It should be being said. And if it's not, it's a little, a year and a half, you, you gotta get out of there.
Would you ever say I love you first?
I don't think I have the confidence.
Oh, god, no.
I don't, I don't have it in me.
No, I don't have it in me.
I couldn't, I mean, the confidence this girl has to not only have that happen to her, but then be like, I went to four funerals. And he's still, I love how he gave her an accent. I would never say it first.
It's not that I would never say it first. It's just, like, there's only a. Few things men have to do first, and this is one of them.
I also feel like love is such a, um, everyone is such different. What is love?
And it's the age old question.
And we're right back to the beginning.
What is love?
And that's what we're here today to find out. Let's start from the beginning.
Why are we immediately NPR?
We want to be NPR so bad.
They'd never have us. They'd never acknowledge us.
Now we have a new goal. We manifested. They go, someone got an email wrong and the giggly squad is now here at NPR. Thank you so much for giggling.
You know, and they have like their each year, they have like, you have to call in and donate to NPR.
She's like, I'm in debt. I've donated hundreds of thousands of phones.
I don't know.
I'm being silly now. Okay.
When the guys say love, like, he, I don't know what he means by it, but it's like, I'll match it. Whatever it is, I'll match it. But I'm not falling in love for someone who hasn't already fallen in love with me. That's dangerous behavior. Yeah.
Okay. So our advice is break up.
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Gigglers, thank you for listening to this very special episode brought to you by Tresemee LaMella Gloss Collection and Acast Creative. This was so much fun. We loved doing this.
This was an extra special episode. Thank you to the glossy gigglers who hit up the giggly hotline. Tell us if we should do it again. Um, we'll make the episode longer. Um, we just wanted to dabble.
Trez is listening.
Thanks, guys.
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