This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, happy Wednesday!! We open with a very important announcement: it's REST DAY (Harrison’s rest day lol but maybe all of you could join him), which somehow spirals into a real debate: is "downhill" positive or negative?! (If you're running, downhill is great. If your week is going downhill…? you see the problem.)

Then Jules brings a word from the people: collective effervescence.. the term for that shared-energy magic that happened at Wrigley (and at every Fenway “Sweet Caroline”, and every Coldplay "Fix You”). We're working it into daily (or bi-annual) rotation. Plus Alex reveals her special power: she wakes up in the middle of the night and just KNOWS what time it is (psychic or circadian? The chair delivery prediction says psychic), and we realize we are officially living in the "late 20s" of the century.. which sends us straight into Y2K pandemonium and what our 4-11-year-old brains thought was happening in 1999 hahaha

Then the home front: the kids book gift tip we're stealing forever (find your kid's favorite book and keep copies on hand as gifts.. Going to Sleep on the Farm is out of print but on ThriftBooks for $6!!), the universal truth that when a toddler is awake they are AWAKE, and Tate's new bit: calling Alex.. Alex. She thinks it's hilarious.

Then a segment your comments built: cities have MIDDLE names?! Chicago Marie. Cincinnati Eileen. Atlanta Nicole. We're solidifying Austin Riley.. comment your city's middle name, we need them all. And another follow up from the video game convo: where does drinking after work fall on the scale?! We get into it honestly AND share our rule for drinking as new parents: one parent is ALWAYS the metaphorical DD. Meaning one of us is ALWAYS sober enough to legally drive.. because you're on duty for the kids, and in an emergency you might literally need to drive. Simple, non-negotiable, works.

And in wedding world: 818 Tequila is sponsoring weddings (no contracts, no posting requirements, just vibes.. genius or too far?), and OUR wedding planning continues: it's officially a seated dinner, and Harrison's dream late-night sponsor is DoorDash hahaha

We close with the lightning round of internet topics: Dyson made a $499 TOOTHBRUSH (we started at sticker shock and talked ourselves into it.. if it touches your body twice a day!), gym bros discovered the pink tax, a new app that sends your texts by virtual carrier pigeon (110mph, and a 0.2% chance your message literally dies mid-flight.. we're obsessed), and a closing pep talk: we all need to TOUGHEN UP. A cup of coffee cannot ruin your day!!

Hope everyone is having a great week :-) LOVE YOU GUYS!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast!

00:00:01 It’s rest day!! (Lol)

00:05:35 Is "downhill" positive or negative?!

00:06:24 “Collective effervescence” - the word for what happened at Wrigley

00:11:26 Knowing the exact time when waking up - psychic or circadian?

00:17:09 We're now living in the “late 20s”?! (+ Y2K pandemonium)

00:21:05 The kids book gift tip we're stealing

00:24:24 When a toddler is awake, they are AWAKE

00:26:27 Tate thinks it's funny to call Alex.. Alex

00:28:29 What's your city's middle name?!

00:34:09 Video game follow up: where does drinking after work fall?!

00:36:06 818 Tequila is sponsoring weddings?! 

00:40:58 Our wedding planning continued… 

00:50:25 Alex is entering her fashion era (watch out) 

00:52:22 Dyson made a $499 TOOTHBRUSH?!

00:L57:20 The "bro tax": gym bros now have their own pink tax

01:02:18 What if your texts traveled as slowly as a carrier pigeon?!

1:09:40 The pool chair debacle 

1:11:43 We all need to TOUGHEN UP (a cup of coffee cannot ruin your day!!)

1:15:02 LOVE YOU GUYS!

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