Hello again! It’s meeting time and we know you’ve come here to check out this week’s notes, so we’ll get right to it. If you haven’t listened yet, check out our new episode here!
History and Historical Discoveries
In history this week, the Great Barrier Reef was discovered on June 11, 1770. If you haven’t checked out our post about how to help save the reefs from destruction, be sure to do that next! Then, Samantha shared a story about the recent discovery of a 40,000 year old wolf that was preserved in permafrost in Siberia. You can read the full article HERE.
The World Cup
It has begun! The Women’s World Cup has started in France and even if you aren’t a HUGE soccer fan, you have to appreciate international competition. We love the World Cup for a bunch of reasons, but let’s be honest: the only reason the United States is even a part of the World Cup conversation is because our USWNT is AMAZING and AWESOME and BRILLIANT and deserve ALL THE THINGS.
That being said, when they had their first match on Tuesday against Thailand, they came to play and some people (who do not appreciate out USWNT or apparently the spirit of competition) were not happy with the way in which they won. In case you missed it, you can catch the highlights here:
We discuss this HISTORIC win, which turns out is the most goals in ANY World Cup Match, men’s or women’s. Tell us what your opinion is on the ladies’ first win.
Also related to soccer, we discussed the fact that the world’s best soccer play, Ava Hergerberg, is not playing in the World Cup this year to protest against inequalities between the Norwegian men’s and women’s teams. Listen to hear why she’s protesting and then tell us what you think about that. In the United States, we wouldn’t even be having a conversation about soccer if it weren’t for our women’s team, so we fully support equality between the teams.
Piers Morgan Knows Nothing About Women
First up, an apology to Pierce Brosnan. We’re really sorry Carrie accused YOU of being the one to say all these not nice things about Meghan. We love you, all you do, and think you’re a great guy. As you listen, just imagine we’re saying Piers Morgan instead.
Now, let’s just all agree that unless you’ve actually given birth, you don’t get to say anything about what a woman should or should not be doing after she delivers her baby. Your entire world is different and you feel like a different human entirely basically for forever.
Meghan Markle deserves to skip out on whatever she feels like skipping out on and can attend whatever she feels like attending. Instead of bashing Meghan over what is absolutely within her rights as a mother and human, let’s just focus on the important and real issue – maternity leave. Hear our thoughts on Meghan and maternity leave and let us know what you think!
Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow
So this season, 90 Day Fiance is doing something a little different. All the people who are participating in the show are leaving America to go to the country of their loved ones. Destinations for this seasons’ couples are India, South Africa, Qatar, Ecuador and Brazil.
The guy, Paul, who is going to Brazil, has been on the show before, and he’s moving there to be with his pregnant wife. Watch the clip of what happens below:
We were in shock, and kind of creeped out, that the gift she chose to give to her son was a lock of her hair. Keeping a lock of hair from your baby’s first haircut? Okay. Keeping a lock of hair from your significant other in 1817? Okay. Giving your grown son a lock of your hair (for the second time) because hes moving out of the country to take care of his unborn baby….? We can’t subscribe to this. You have to tell us what you think about this. Is it really sweet? Are we missing the point?
Rapid Fire Burning Questions
This game is kind of like a word association game. Sam asked us questions and we (mostly tried to) answer without taking time to think about it. Nicole is admittedly bad at this, but we did our best. As you listen, try to answer them yourself. Do any of your answers match ours? Did you like this segment? Should we do it again? It was kind of fun to try to answer questions so quickly!
How to Ruin a Friendship
Carrie shared a story with us that had us wondering – what are the rules for ending a friendship? Can you end a friendship over a baby name? Is it the baby name that ruined the friendship or the things you learn about the person’s character that really caused the rift? We discuss and share our own thoughts on the idea of “claiming” baby names before you have a baby. Let us know what you think! Also, what IS something you can end a friendship over, and what is something you definitely should NOT end a friendship over? Tell us!
Bachelorette Recap
Hannah, Hannah, Hannah. WE LOVE YOU! Okay, now that our declarations of adoration are out of the way, we can talk about what actually happened last night.
Luke S. eliminated himself, and we can say he wasn’t going to be the right match for her anyway. JPJ got sent home, and Dustin somehow is still in the running. Meghan finally admitted that Luke P. is bad news no matter how good looking he is and has switched over to be Team Tyler. Hannah got tipsy while out on a date with Mike, who could not stop smiling at her. They wandered around Inverness, Scotland (the Outlander people WERE DYING during this episode, I know it) and Hannah won points with Nicole by appreciating the smell of books. After the group date, which involved Highland games and kilts, Kevin had a car-crash moment where he watched Jed and Hannah making out, processed it, and THEN walked away after an awkward amount of time. Peter imitated the most awkward make-out EVER and then Hannah revealed some of her true feelings by starting her own make-out session with a still-kilted Tyler in a bed.
We’ve often mentioned how relatable we feel Hannah is but she showed us again this week. We’ve all been there with a guy like Luke. There’s a great physical connection, but the other stuff…not so much. So instead of recognizing it, and ending it, you hang on wayyyyyy too long and try to force it to work. Anytime you have to work THIS hard to get what you need from a guy, he’s probably not your guy.
In Luke’s defense, we aren’t sure he’s purposely trying to avoid his feelings or the issues Hannah is presenting. We don’t think he’s quite that smart. Luke seems like a guy who just isn’t that deep. Hannah knows herself really well, and she’s SUPER introspective. She understands herself and her motives. Luke doesn’t seem like he’s looking that deeply in to himself. He just likes to look AT himself. I’m not sure Hannah will ever get what she wants out of him because I don’t know if he’s capable of reaching that level of emotional intelligence. In the meantime, the guys are going to continue to hate on him for a bunch of reasons and we’ll just have to see how long Hannah can let this go. Right now, she’s not in a position where she has to eliminate him because there are other guys who she doesn’t really have a connection with (Grant, we’re looking at you buddy) that can go first while she continues to try to force Luke to be everything he’s not. In the long run, we just can’t see this working.
ABC does it again and ends the episode in a weird place and basically we’re just so annoyed by this that it’s not even worth talking about anymore. We only pray that one day, they will understand how obnoxious this is. No one has lost any one from their original list, besides Cam, but someone will have to soon! Tune in next week for more!
We’ll be back on the blog later this week with a recommendation from the Ladies. We got so caught up at the end of this week’s meeting (the NBA finals and Drake’s over-the-top behavior) that we completely forgot to share with you! Thanks for listening. Find us on social media and reach out. We have to hear your thoughts on some of these issues so PLEASE reach out and let us know! See you next week!
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