Oh, how I relate! When my husband worked in an actual office, he was away every Wednesday and Thursday night, so when he came back on a Friday, I had had the kids to myself for about 60 hours. I used to wait by the front door with my coat on till he drove in and I would exchange the most basic news before heading to Waitrose, to browse the baking and magazine sections, not returning till he had had “quality time” with his children (ie, put them to bed) and was ready for quality time with me (ie, had ordered a takeaway and poured me a glass of wine). Happy days.
My goodness, Aisling, you've done it again - an all-time headline that delivers on the promise. I couldn't stop laughing throughout (sorry). You can only laugh at the absurdity of it all at times.
I can hardly relate as a man, and I only have a 6 year old girl, but it is incredible how much unadulterated (haha) joy you get from those precious moments - yay, I can read a chapter in peace!
I'm so glad to see you use 'chipper' - my mum's from Belfast and all my relatives there say chipper, but otherwise, everyone else I meet, UK or Ireland, things I'm getting it wrong and tries to tell me it's a 'chippy' (I have an American accent, they think I'm confused?)
Listen, no pressure, but you've got to do a voiceover on one of these! A few of my followers/readers and I have been talking about accents and humour recently, and the consensus is that the Irish are the best storytellers (I tried to capture this in my recent post, sharing some snippets of Irish dialogue, but it has to be heard at times to be appreciated!).
On a serious/sombre note (sorry) - this is just me, but with my daughter and age-appropriate responses, I'm like 'fuck it.' I started this when she was 4 and we left Ukraine, I didn't want to sugarcoat it anymore. My mum often says 'oh, fuck a duck!' and my daughter will now say 'the eff-duck' word, as in, 'daddy, who's a bigger eff-duck, Putin or Trump?'
Yeah, some voiceovers are nice, others I'd rather just read/skim.
I'll share the full context - I'm a bit of a prankster on Notes and a while ago I posted something like 'if I were in charge of Substack, I'd institute a mandatory rule that anyone from Scotland or Ireland would be required to post at least one voiceover/audio post a month and it elicited a lot of agreement, especially with demand for an Irish brogue, those soothing dulcet tones flecked with fecks 🤣.
She never got round to telling him and he was shocked to see her 6 month pregnant figure when her scarf fell away. He questioned only if he was up to fathering the messiah....not the story about it being the messiah at all
So many good laughs. I can completely relate as the mother of a 4 yr old and a 1 yr old. The need to be right next to mom is real.
I don’t relate at all. But I thoroughly enjoyed this. Keep them coming! 😹👏👏
This incredible writing I love it and so glad to have found your substack!
Oh, how I relate! When my husband worked in an actual office, he was away every Wednesday and Thursday night, so when he came back on a Friday, I had had the kids to myself for about 60 hours. I used to wait by the front door with my coat on till he drove in and I would exchange the most basic news before heading to Waitrose, to browse the baking and magazine sections, not returning till he had had “quality time” with his children (ie, put them to bed) and was ready for quality time with me (ie, had ordered a takeaway and poured me a glass of wine). Happy days.
This sounds heavenly.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 my weekly LOL
My goodness, Aisling, you've done it again - an all-time headline that delivers on the promise. I couldn't stop laughing throughout (sorry). You can only laugh at the absurdity of it all at times.
I can hardly relate as a man, and I only have a 6 year old girl, but it is incredible how much unadulterated (haha) joy you get from those precious moments - yay, I can read a chapter in peace!
I'm so glad to see you use 'chipper' - my mum's from Belfast and all my relatives there say chipper, but otherwise, everyone else I meet, UK or Ireland, things I'm getting it wrong and tries to tell me it's a 'chippy' (I have an American accent, they think I'm confused?)
Listen, no pressure, but you've got to do a voiceover on one of these! A few of my followers/readers and I have been talking about accents and humour recently, and the consensus is that the Irish are the best storytellers (I tried to capture this in my recent post, sharing some snippets of Irish dialogue, but it has to be heard at times to be appreciated!).
On a serious/sombre note (sorry) - this is just me, but with my daughter and age-appropriate responses, I'm like 'fuck it.' I started this when she was 4 and we left Ukraine, I didn't want to sugarcoat it anymore. My mum often says 'oh, fuck a duck!' and my daughter will now say 'the eff-duck' word, as in, 'daddy, who's a bigger eff-duck, Putin or Trump?'
I don't know whether to laugh or cry!
Ive done voiceovers a few times but never really thought it added anything. Maybe I'll start again!
Oh, I missed them.
Yeah, some voiceovers are nice, others I'd rather just read/skim.
I'll share the full context - I'm a bit of a prankster on Notes and a while ago I posted something like 'if I were in charge of Substack, I'd institute a mandatory rule that anyone from Scotland or Ireland would be required to post at least one voiceover/audio post a month and it elicited a lot of agreement, especially with demand for an Irish brogue, those soothing dulcet tones flecked with fecks 🤣.
Oh, almost forgot! How did Joseph react to Maria’s news that she was pregnant? I guess I know the answer but I really hope I’m wrong. 😝
She never got round to telling him and he was shocked to see her 6 month pregnant figure when her scarf fell away. He questioned only if he was up to fathering the messiah....not the story about it being the messiah at all
🤣 Hope other women won’t suddenly start giving birth to one messiah after another.