Show Notes
We’re back! Jen had the audacity to go and get married, and now I’m here editing this and complaining about her selfish behaviour… prioritising love over the podcast (how dare she!) 🤣 It took us two hours to talk about this because it’s been way too long since we’ve recorded, so the chaos here is high and I refuse to edit more then I need to. Will these episodes get shorter? Maybe, Hopefully? Will they actually? Probably not. We just can’t stop. Enjoy the madness. References below. I defini...
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