G’s HOTLINE ☎️ Call me mummy 🍼

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This is the first episode of Georgie's Hotline. These are our fun Friday epps where you in your life dilemmas and I provide my unqualified two cents to the situation. We have got three juicy questions today. All right, guys, So today's question. We are chatting about an overbearing mother in law, if a break is the right decision in a relationship, and how you can constantly want more but still be grateful for what you have and what that looks like. These questions are juicy and I cannot wait

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All right, guys, let's get into the episode.

All right, guys, let's get into the first question. So I'm going to get a tear to re out the DM.

What have we got a tear?

This one's quite a good one. It is a live question I need help with, how the hell do I respectfully said boundaries with my mother in law when it comes to my five month old baby. I had a great relationship with my mother in law, but since having my baby, she's gone a bit nuts, including accidentally calling herself mummy to him. This has happened on multiple occasions.

I the like, the part of the DM that just gets me is accidentally calling herself mummy to him, Like that's just so I don't know, like it would be funny if it was you know, once, but she's like on multiple occasions. Okay, wow, right, let's get into it. So this is obviously super relevant to me because I've

Does that make sense? Yes, But I don't know. I think it's a hard one.

I'm going I'm going between two things here because I love that she said my partner is very supportive. So I'm almost like he maybe needs to speak to her because it's, you know, his mom. And I've got so like a similar story where well it's not similar, but.

I kind of can understand it.

So before Ivy was born, I actually have a mom who she's the best mom. She is like the ultimate maternal mother and she's like we call it like the baby Whisperer. And so I have three older brothers, four kids, and you know, she was a stay at home mom our whole life. And she cooked and clean, she did my dad's business like she was just like she could do it all. So maternal, so loving and just like so sweet and loves babies. And so when I obviously got pregnant, she just was like, oh my god, best

Just so excited.

And I remember kind of having this conversation with mom and just saying, I know you're the baby whisper. I know you've had four kids and you would know so many things, and you know you're so good at kids. But also remember this is my first baby, and I've got to make my own mistakes and I've got to kind of learn, and I've got to be able to be the mom because I think sometimes moms they mother so they can just be a bit overbearing. And I

But it's only if I ask.

I don't want you to kind of come in and be like do things this way, and you need to try this and.

Blah blah blah.

If I'm wanting help and asking for help, definitely like, you know, come in, but otherwise kind of let me figure it out. And yeah, we haven't had any issues, you know since Ivy is born. If anything, I'm like, come look after Ivy more so my kind of thinking. But in saying that, that's my mom, So I feel like you might have like a bit of a different relationship.

But she has said here that she does have a great relationship with her.

So I'm in between two minds of do you kind of let your partner take the reins and go, look mom, you know, let's just call her.

What do we want to call it? Right here? The listener yan Liann. Let's call it Lienne.

You know.

Does the partner go, look, mom, you know, Lianne is a great mom.

Thank you so much for the help. It's amazing. We love you here.

But just like, you know, take a little bit of a step back and just make sure you're being respectful of her and kind of do it that way or is it going to be more beneficial and kind of just because also, will the mother in law just be like, oh like not really understand and kind of take it seriously, because the other option is just going direct to her, and I think honesty is the best policy, you know, and just saying, look, I know you're a great mother,

Little bit, that would be amazing. What do you think a tear.

Even like potentially bringing in the fact that you're raising a baby in a very different world to what she raised babies in and that things need to be done different now, Like your kid isn't gonna have the same issues or face the same challenges that hers did. There's a whole like even just blame it on technology. Your kid's gonna have to deal with a different kind of bullying and.

We're in a different era.

Mom.

Yeah, God, so even just bringing that in, blaming it on that, but also yeah, I can kind of understand.

And it's like it's obviously going to be so helpful to have her around, but it would almost make the experience a bit unenjoyable sometimes where you're sitting there going, oh my god, doing the wrong thing for my child, right, yeah, and.

She's like just a bit crazy, like just a bit full on.

I just can't imagine someone calling yourself mummy.

Oh my god, guys, I actually have a funny story.

So it's funny that we got this dam because I remember listening to I honestly can't remember. It was years ago, but it was like a radio segment of overbearing mother in laws and someone called in its laughing. I told her this before someone called in and was like I literally caught my mother in law try to breast feed my face.

Oh my gosh.

I don't imagine that, I know too much, Like what would you actually say?

Like I wouldn't. I wouldn't know what to say. Do you even like make a joke out of it? I would, I'd have to think anymore. Yes, yes, oh my god. Yeah.

So I think in conclusion, I think honesty is the best policy and you just need to be honest with her and just go look, I'm finding a little bit uncomfortable, like howful on your being. Please stop calling yourself mummy to my child. And I think you just need to set those boundaries. And I honestly think she would be like, oh, I'm so sorry.

Like I didn't mean to.

You know, if you do it in a nice, respectful way, I yeah, I think I think it will be fine.

And even if it's uncomfortable, which it might be, it will settle. And you'd rather have it uncomfortable for a little bit than be sitting like this for the next year in a bit.

Yeah, because also you might then start building up like resentment, and you know, you don't want to build that toxic relationship, Whereas if you just spoke to her now, she might even be like, oh my god, I'm so sorry.

I didn't even realize. Next question, Okay, dilemma. My partner and I have been together for close to two years, living together in a small apartment. It seems as though we have lost our way together and separately. I lost a love for myself and relied heavily on getting the love I needed from him, not prioritizing filling up my own cup. We have had a very mature open talk and have made the decision to take some space from

Yeah, she's not watched Friends in order.

I yeah, like I've watched like various episodes, but I yeah, like not consistently. And I think I've seen a couple of means about it and like kind of got the concept, but a tear had to fully explain it to me. So now I'm up with the friend's reference. Oh okay, this is a good one. It's I feel like a little bit like I'm obviously unqualified to answer all these questions disclaimer, but I feel a little bit unqualified because

You want to move out and not live with that person?

Is it the REALI is it the right relationship anymore?

Do you kind of agree or do you think that's too like rough?

Yeah? I think it's it's weird because I noticed that you said you've been together for two years, and it's been a wild two years.

Yeah, COVID.

Yeah, getting stuck inside with people, even if if it's for six weeks, if it's for the whole two years, depending on where you are, it is pretty difficult. And even then, I feel like a lot of people have had just an accelerated period of growth because of COVID

Yeah, that's so interesting. And first of all, I just want to say, I love that they've come to this mature situation where they realized that they need to work on each other and moving out is the best option. Ye. I love that she's obviously a big believer, you know, in the universe and so on top of that too. It's kind of like, I'm a big believer in if you guys are meant to be together, you will, but

Or do you need a clean break and.

Then you know, catch up in a year six months and see if you guys can get back together. I just think it's a little bit fuzzy if you're still together but you've moved out, but you need to work on yourself, do you know.

I mean, it's sort of like you're trying to grow, but you're still tied down to something yes and love that, and you can't, Like you're if you're tied down, you're not going to be able to go as high or grow in the right direction.

Because something she says is like, I'm not prioritizing filling up my own cut, but it's like, can you do that if you're still tied to this person, which you obviously wouldn't be able to because it will always limit your decisions because it'll be in the back of your mind, like you'll say, Oh, this really great job came up, but oh it's in a different city, should I take it? But maybe that that is where you're supposed to go,

And the other thing that she said where she said that she couldn't fill up her cup herself and she needed that validation from someone else. It sounds a bit codependent. Again,

I agree, I'm kind of with you on this one. To tear.

I think it needs to be a clean break. Like I think, if you've decided to move out and you need to work on these things, I think you have to actually give it a good go solo, work on making sure you know you can give love to yourself, prioritizing filling up your own cup, and.

Really give it a good go. So if you do.

Decide to get back together, you can give it a good shot exactly, and you can both be the best versions of yourself, because that's what I would bet each of you deserve.

And even I guess we still need to answer her question how does she navigate this time? I would probably say, set clear boundaries on what both of you are expecting from this, because the last thing you want is one of you thinking that you're still somewhat together and the other one not, and then then you have some friends.

Like yeah, scenario.

And also I don't know, this also might be black and white again, like obviously my relationship is so different because I've had I've been in a long term relationship for like ten years.

But I don't know.

I just think like relationships are hard in a struggle, but also not that hard, do you know what I mean? Like as hard as things get with me and Tim, like, oh my god, with a new baby, it's like fucking can be World War three sometimes, but like I would not even dream of leaving him, do you. I mean, like that's not even a scenario in my head.

So there's also a part of me but in saying that they've only been together two years?

Yeah, and what have you done with Tim to make sure that you guys still are your own people?

So we I love, Like, I just have a really strong friend group and I prioritize my friends. So it's I feel like a lot of people sometimes you know, instead of saying yes to what their friends are doing, they kind of check with their partner first, then go back and forward. But I'm very much like if a friend wants to hang out and you know, we plan something, it's always going to happen.

I'm not going to bail.

So always prioritizing friendships. And then also for me, like my work is obviously my life. So a huge part of that too is like you know, like my world isn't just him, if that makes sense.

Yeah, exactly, And I think potentially I lock time alone what I would do about and just.

Visit him and Ivy.

Honestly, I've heard about relationships with people where they like live in different houses just on the same street what and they're like married, and they just they like their own space and that's what makes them happiest.

So it might I get like my own room or something.

Literally, I'm going to die if he heard this right, he doesn't listen to what us Okay, So in conclusion, a tiar, what do you kind of reckon?

You say yours and I'll say my advice.

I reckon if you've already had the chat and you've decided that he's moving out to have a clean break, or if you're not comfortable with a clean break, having

And I kind of truly believe in the like, you can't lose someone if they're your person, if that makes sense, and if he does fade away or whatnot, then it's like it wasn't meant to be. And that's amazing that you figured it out and you didn't kind of I don't want to say waste any more time, but yeah,

No down the line, don't you reckon. I don't think it would either.

Like sometimes you don't know what you happen until you've lost it kind of thing, like.

And you've just got to accept that you guys, you know, decide it will happen.

Yes, and that's a decase you're making. But that doesn't mean that that he's the wrong person or the right person if that sort of stuff happens.

Yeah.

Agree, And I think we can just be like mature about it. Yeah, all right, that was a goody.

Yeah, that was last question. I'm constantly torn between wanting more and being satisfied with what I have. For example, wanting bigger and better things for my life, more success, more happiness, more money. First, being satisfied with what I have, content with what I have achieved, and living in the present moment. I feel like if I'm making big goals, I'm telling myself that what I currently have isn't enough, and I am too focused on the future rather than appreciating the present moment.

Ooh, is this a great question.

Okay, The first thing that actually just came to me when you're saying that a Tia was so what I truly believe in first of all, is you can like have both and you can be doing both things simultaneous.

Is that the right word simultaneously? Oh my god?

I feel like the Grant Phillies on this lit.

I know cele don't, but do you kind of agree in regards to a huge like thing of my practice. I feel like I'm the queen at being grateful for what I have while continuously working on the next thing and.

Loving to dream big.

I think the biggest thing I find, especially in women, is we are so scared on dreaming big. We shouldn't like, we should just be grateful with what we have now, and we shouldn't want to dream and we shouldn't want to want.

You know, something better for yourself?

Yes, and a fancy car and a fancy house, and that's greedy, and I feel like we like I feel like that's such a like theme in a lot of like women's lives, where they don't want to dream big because we should just be content.

But I'm like, you should be lucky, you should just be with what you have.

No, Oh my god, that's such something like my parents would say to me. So I'm such a big believer in you can dream big and you can want success and you can go after it while also being grateful and content with what you have now. And what I was actually going to say what came to mind is seasons. So like, I think you need to decide what season are you currently in.

Are you in a season where you.

Are working, you know, over time, and you've got these huge goals and you're going and going going, Or are you in a season where, yes, you've got some big goals, but it's also a season of chill and I can still have these big goals, but I've just maybe gone through like a pretty hectic fallen season and it's like a chill season, do you I mean.

Yeah, for sure. And I feel like that is the only way you can live your life. Like, if you're living your life consistently, just like, it's great to be grateful for what you have, but if that's all you're doing, you're not going to move forward and you're limiting yourself. Yeah, but if all you're doing is focusing on what you don't have, you're just limiting yourself in a different way because you're unable to feel happiness ever just want something else all the time.

It's like, yeah, you almost need to have a taste of both, yeah, or at different seasons. Yeah, but you don't always want to just sit there and be like, well, I'm so grateful for what I'm having and I should just be content, so I shouldn't go after these other things.

Yeah.

And also you shouldn't always be like I want more, I want more, I want more.

Yeah, because either of those ways, you'll never be happy with what you have. And just taking I guess a few moments every day to just practice gratitude is such a big thing, and it can go from being grateful for the job you have or the car or house you have to just a simple thing is when I turn the lights, which the lights come on? Or when I when the tap water comes out, Like I'm not living somewhere where that's a question for me, I know

Tia has this really great thing she has chatted to me about where she goes. Vision boards are like sometimes they're just like too much for her, and it's like, yeah, it's like too polarizing almost, And so what she'll do is she'll create a mood board where it's not so much about like physical goals or like these great big goals.

But it's like just the vibe.

Yeah, it's just the vibe, the vie and it just kind of you know, makes her feel good and like motivates her.

But it's like nothing crazy.

Yeah, And like I feel like a lot of people feel or might think they need a dream job and an end goal and when they get there, they're done. But what happens if you get there in the next two years? What are you going to do after that?

You can't get the next bit?

Yeah, you can't set your whole life based on wanting specific things all the time, and don't make that your whole identity. Yeah, just have a feeling that you think about how you want to feel rather than what you want to have, and then make that mood board.

Well that's even like when I got pregnant, because it was like, honestly the first time in my life that I was like, I want to do the opposite of achieving things and I want to just do less. And even though that you actually did so much more.

Because I like, I'm gonna have no time, I know, I like, well, I.

Had to prep for maternity leave that I honestly didn't even take, and then like so many opportunities come up because I was pregnant, like with the pedal and PUK collab and stuff like that, so.

It was actually so busy.

But anyway, what I'm trying to say is like it was a season where I was just like, I am so happy and content and I just do not care about like achieving goals. I just am so here to just enjoy, to just enjoy it. But then there's you know, previous seasons where I'm like, I want you know, yeah, I want to be a thirty under thirty you know, don't know? All, yes, that's actually on my vision board, is it?

Yeah? Oh my god, I'm putting it on mine.

Oh guys, I actually need to create a new vision board now that I'm a mom, and I just like I feel like I'm a different person, and yeah, that's something we should do in the office. Sit here too for the potty, like a vision board for the potty. Yeah, guys, should we do like a vision board episode? Should we do like a vision board live call?

Oh?

Like with the listeners? Yeah, this is funny.

Okay, I'm getting away off topic, Jimmy, Sorry, no, leave it in, Jamie.

Let us know, jump on our DMS.

So I think, like, in conclusion, this person, I know, I get the feeling that she is constantly wanting more. Yeah, and I would just say, that's great, You're doing amazing.

Don't feel guilty. Don't feel guilty.

Maybe you just need to practice gratitude a little bit more.

And also, I don't know.

My thing right now is I feel like a lot of people younger than me. What's like the generation before me? A tear before you or after after?

Gen Z? What am I gen y millennial?

I'm a millennial? Yeah, I think, so what are you? I'm gen Z?

Okay, gen Z, I this is going to be like joen Z, but I reckon jen Z. Like a huge thing that I'm all about is delayed gratification, yes, which we are not. I love delayed gratification, like I am so happy to work on something for years before actually getting the feeling, and I feel like that's something that maybe this person needs to relish in, like the becoming, Like I love relishing in the becoming and like the doing, and that's the ship that honestly lights me up.

Not the end goal. I mean that would be And that's why I'm.

A sicko who has all these goals all the time, because it's not so much about the goal ground, it's.

The work to the goals.

I actually think that would be an interesting thing to dive into because gratification gen Z has been put on the list conditioned to no like not now I'm like ready to time. Gen Z's been conditioned to need instant gratification like social media Instagram and now TikTok is just it's it's taking that gratification length and just shortening it consistently.

It can be as.

Simple as just dancing around the house and being like I love my.

Life, being in the present, just endure a diary.

I love my life. Here are the five I'm grateful for. No, have you seen that TikTok?

No?

Oh my god, I'm going to have to play it right now. I love my diary, I love my life. I can't say I see this single TikTok with that sound. Oh my god.

So what they do is they do dear diary, I love my life. And then there's a whole bunch of snippets of like cool things they're doing.

That's a way to make one of them a week.

It's like you look back at your week, you're like, yeah, not not really a vibe, but anyway, we got on a tangent. But yeah, yeah, I think you can do both. And I think also this person has a lot of guilt around wanting more, and I say, fuck that, No, you can want more and it's okay.

But also, relish in the becunning becunning.

Oh wow, relish in the becoming, because that's where the good shit is, all right, Atya, thanks so much for joining me in this Georgie's Hotline episode. I appreciated your little tidbits of advice.

Thanks for having me.

It's good to like actually chat to someone to know that what I'm thinking.

Yeah, just not like a monologue talking to the wall. Beg guys.

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