Dilemma: How to Decline Wearing a Gift at a Wedding

It's news-free Friday so unpacking Buckingham Palace's announcement about Prince Andrew (let's make that just plain Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, shall we?) will have to wait until Monday when rest assured we'll be going in deep. In the meantime...

Our Em’s had enough of men playing it cool. On today's episode of MMOL, she’s responding to the Outlouders feedback on her dating life and officially campaigning for less nonchalance and more chalant male energy — attentive, enthusiastic, maybe even a little whisper this keen.

And things that have tickled our fancy. We’re rawdogging boredom, dissecting the rise of the Hybrid Rockstar (Hyrox, anyone?), and spotlighting the Halloween comment that officially finished us all off. 💀

Plus, in reccos: An unexpected podcast episode that's being touted as the interview of the year, to a mind-blowing strategy that's perfect for the Nup-resistant among us, to a film that Em insists we all have to watch, it's that good. Yep, your weekend listening and viewing is sorted. 

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Recommendations

Em recommends A House Of Dynamite on Netflix.

Jessie recommends The Diary of a CEO podcast interview with Louis Tomlinson.

Holly recommends Amantha Imber's podcast How I Work with special guest... Holly Wainwright. 

What To Listen To Next: 

• Listen to our latest episode: Mia, Nobody Wants This & A Robust Debrief
• Listen: Everything We Refuse To Spend Money On
• Listen: An Unevenly Open Marriage & ‘Likeable’ Kristen Bell
• Listen: Other People’s Marriages & Your New 'Shobby'
• Listen: The Precise Etiquette Of A 'Grudget'
• Listen: Kim K's Bush & An Office Politics Dilemma
• Listen: A 'Furious' King & The Rise Of The Barbie Waist
• Listen: The Friends Vs Family Trap & We're All Rapunzel Now
• Listen: What Did You Do Yesterday?
• Listen to our ep on Jane Goodall: A Royal Vanishing Act & Does Fashion Hate Women?
• Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts

Discover more Mamamia Podcasts here including the very latest episode of Parenting Out Loud, the parenting podcast for people who don't listen to... parenting podcasts.

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What to read: 

• Holly Out Loud: The free weekly newsletter on all things MMOL from Holly Wainwright. 
• From exes to heartbreak: All the Easter eggs in Sabrina Carpenter's new album.
• Please stop dating men who don't actually like you.
• 40 women on the specific moment they knew they were going to break up with their partner.
• Prepping for Halloween? Here are 10 easy options under $30.
• Lily Allen was alone in a London hotel room when David Harbour called. Nothing would be the same.

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Hosts: Em Vernem, Jessie Stephens & Holly Wainwright

Group Executive Producer: Ruth Devine

Executive Producer: Sasha Tannock

Audio Producer: Leah Porges

Video Producer: Josh Green

Junior Content Producer: Tessa Kotowicz

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