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This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, happy Wednesday!! We start off with the HARD-HITTING question everyone is talking about: what’s the perfect pool temperature? (lol) But really, Harrison started the morning with a 6:55am father/daughter swim (pool heated to a magnificent 92 degrees), so now we NEED to know.. comment yours, and nobody ask about our heating bill hahaha

House updates: the fence is officially in fabrication!! The front yard should be done in two weeks (check back with us then), and the outdoor kitchen behind the pool is “best case Thanksgiving”.. or best case Christmas, depending which one of us you ask. Which, speaking of the holidays, this is your friendly reminder to book your flights NOW.. they’re up 31% from last year (Christmas flights too, up 23%!!)

Jules has a baby shower this weekend, which gets us into the best baby shower gift that isn’t on her registry (the answer involves a monogram, and we stand by it). And things are THRIVING on our block: our neighbors celebrated their 25th anniversary by swapping the Halloween decorations for hearts for ONE week (she tried on her wedding dress for everyone in the neighborhood.. we’re obsessed with them), postcards are officially the lost art we’re bringing back, and the booing is spreading.. our neighbors are Googling the rules and taking it seriously!!

A follow up on the budgeting app Harrison built us with AI: it’s WORKING (a text every morning with yesterday’s spend, the month to date, and how we’re tracking against budget).

In an effort to bring some structure, we’re calling this next section “What’s on the table?!”. And on the table TODAY… The Coterie Golf Digest ad, which we’re giving a 10/10: the first baby brand to EVER advertise in a golf magazine, because moms carry 71% of the mental load and dads can’t share the load if no one’s talking to them. In pop culture: the DWTS pregnancy announcement (and live gender reveal!!) that had everyone crying. Plus the Victoria’s Secret fashion show comeback: the fantasy bra is back, 15 of the 60 models were moms, and Harrison is mostly mad he missed the stock run hahaha. And another great debate: custom license plates, cool or cringe?!

We close with a question from the audience: the grandparents have been drinking on babysitting duty.. is that normal?? Which gets us into our babysitter non-negotiables and why clear is kind. Tell us yours!!

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

Timestamps:

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

00:00:01 We started the morning with a swim…

00:03:36 What are the chances our home updates will be done before Thanksgiving?! 

00:04:45 Friendly reminder to book your Thanksgiving flights!! 

00:08:11 The best baby shower gift (that isn't on her registry)

00:15:04 On our block: a 25th anniversary, postcards & booing

00:20:48 Harrison built us a budgeting app with AI (and it’s working!!)

00:26:47 Coterie's Golf Digest ad is a 10/10

00:38:27 DWTS: the pregnancy announcement that had everyone crying

00:45:11 The Victoria's Secret fashion show comeback

00:50:26 Custom license plates: cool or cringe?

00:57:25 Question from the audience: grandparents drinking on babysitting duty

1:00:52 LOVE YOU GUYS!

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Sources:

*Coterie ad: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeuNlIvG4-L/

*Breadwinner stats: https://x.com/Kalshi/status/2112234825361084726?s=20

*Thanksgiving flight stats: https://media.hopper.com/research/2026-holiday-travel-index

*DWTS announcement