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In this episode Libby and Nick debate grounds for dumping your fiance - ala Gilmore Girls.  We talk about Nick's virility in light of 90s TV sitcom dads - our favorite being Tony Danza from Who's the Boss. We chat about our teenage boy getting a phone and getting phone numbers and what is was like to give out our home number back in the 90s after dancing with an Ecuadarian in the club!  Libby confesses a major birthday party blunder. We chat about the upcoming super bowl, winter olympics, Survivor 50 and the Bachelorette.  Find out how we are doing on our sex goals and who farted during a zoom call.  

In this episode we discuss Nick's new J Crew Model jacket - how to wear it to look grownup and sexy in Virginia!  We reflect on our talk show dream guests - Nick avoids the trap!  We chat about highs and lows of Christmas - especially our homemade gifts (Christmas vest!) and looking hideous at the mall! We reminisce on the journey of blending our family and capping it with our "love child" and turning this podcast from Oh Momma to Oversized Baggage. We have a lot of baggage as divorced and remarried parents of 4 kids!  We laugh about our 1st date - which was supposed to be at an abandoned warehouse and our bad dating advice for singles now - used LinkedIn and share those talents immediately!  Now if only Libby could convince Nick to rap! Libby shares about her trip to Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, Virginia, with her youngest child.  We also discuss our goals for 2026 - including a rather low bar for sex.  Libby and Nick live and work in Richmond Virginia.

In this episode, we get real about giving 0 f's while freezing our baguettes off at Bush Gardens Christmastown - but our kids had an amazing time!   It's the most unhinged time of the year - with as many quotes from Christmas Vacation as possible! Libby learns that Richmond still has a minor league hockey team - which she saw play on her 18th birthday! We discuss our inability to remember shared custody over the holidays - when do we celebrate Christmas?  We chat about the Holderness family's Christmas Vacation musical - we'd see that! Nick reveals that when the pastor told Nick she loved him, he replied Ditto!  We also talk about Bill Mahr, Trevor Noah, SNL, and Bowen Yang. We revisit the sex stone - Nick is still not impressed. Nick rants about pour-over coffee and how much he misses Mr. Coffee. Nick recalls a fight between 2 insecure friends. Lastly, we empathize with Ed Sheeran and his marriage problems!  As always we wrap up with favorites!

In this episode, we recap our favorite tv shows of the season: Gilmore Girls and Chad Powers!  You don't want to miss Nick's spot-on impression of Chad.  Find out who is Lorelei and who is Rory!  We also recount our lows of the past few weeks: Libby's unintentional pirate shirt from a Nashville designer, our youngest's first ear infection while Nick was out of town, and the weirdest buffet we've ever been to.  As always, we wrap up with favorites we think you might like too!

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In this episode Libby and Nick laugh about Libby's epic failure at answering a simple question: "What's new?"  It's hard when cool, popular people ask, you know?  We also giggle about a friend of Nick's completely forgetting who he is - is he unrecognizable now?!  We recap a fun jaunt up to Washington DC to see Father John Misty - a wonderful concert for people watching - and Nick's inability to park the car.  We also chat about losing our kid and Nick's favorite director, Wes Anderson.  We wrap up with faves and what we are trying these days!

In this episode we chat about Nick's self care including an Italian massage and a haircut to look like David Beckham!  We recount our failed attempt at a date night in Richmond, Virginia - the highlight being storming out of the speakeasy, The Verdant Lady.  Everyone noticed.  We assess how we are cool parents - cooler than our parents were.  We also chat about the Grammy's and how much we love Alicia Keys and Benson Boone. We giggle about Nick Cannon and Elon Musk's quests to have as many kids as possible. Finally, we wrap it up with our current faves!

In this episode Libby and Nick dive into the baby pool of politics.  We chat about the inauguration: the fashion (Usha Vance and Republican pink), VIP goodie bags, the noticeable absence of Michelle Obama, and what the lip readers were saying.  We also speculate about Jennifer Aniston and President Obama allegedly dating! We describe our experience with a dry (ish) January - searching for decent non-alcoholic beers and wines - despite the fact that we need the real thing more now that we are parents of teenagers!  We also chat about our youngest playing peewee basketball at the YMCA - and the butt of it all.  We wrap up with our favorites: Landman, NA beers, Anne Wilso and Morgan Wallen, eeboo puzzles, Dear Edward book by Ann Napolitano, and Jukes red wine alternative.

In this episode Libby and Nick chat about the gifts they gave each other from Christmas: a Disney princess dress, a Loveshack Fancy Dress that just did not fit, Huckberry shoes for a "grown" man and a sex stone Nick didn't even realize he received!  We recap our hilarious viewing of Mamma Mia the musical in downtown Richmond, Virginia. Guess who was told to stop talking?!  Guess who also does an amazing impersonation of Scooby Doo and Shaggy? We also recount our adventure snow tubing in Wintergreen, where we lost a very important item on the mountain!  Stay tuned til the end to hear our favorites - they might surprise you!

In this episode we chat about taking our Christmas card photos and reflect back on Nick's impossibly BIG 2024 goals. We laugh about being in the thick of teenage tropes.  Nick also helps Libby work through some emotional baggage from her ex-husband: is she an elf or a hobbit in Lord of the Rings?  We chat about sexy Hallmark, Lifetime, Netflix Christmas movies including "Best Christmas Ever" and "Meet Me Next Christmas" starring Pentatonix!  We round out our conversation with highlights from the Martha Stewart documentary and our favorites!

We're here to give you the scoop on Nobody Wants This - a show almost about people like us for us. We also recount Nick's birthday at a DC United Major League Soccer game.  Find out who wants to visit Oklahoma because of Tulsa King and what Nick apologized for that made Libby melt.  As always we share our favorites!

In this episode Libby and Nick chat with our new best friends we've known all our lives! We discuss Lana Del Rey's shocking marriage to an alligator boat tour captain in Louisiana.  We also muse about J Lo and Ben Affleck keeping their relationship amicable and even canoodling out in public!  We reminisce about our breakup and how a jewelry commercial and an email brought us back together.  We round out our conversation with thoughts on Star Trek the Next Generation, the guys on the Golden Bachelorette and our favorites this week.

In this episode, Libby and Nick reveal a lot of hot takes.  Find out who can't stand Costco - and who can't wait to join.  We discuss highlights from Only Murders in the Building  as well as Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift's REAL relationship.  Hear our takes on everything from Leonardo DiCaprio, to working in the same building NDAs and what's really impressive in a marriage.  As always, we round out our discussion with our favorites this week!

In this late night episode Libby sips on Dos Amigos (aka Casamigos) and reflects with Nick the meaning behind both J Lo and Leah Remini getting divorced at the same time!  They also chat about all things men's hair including hair transplants and bear hair as well as Nick's lucious long covid hair.  Nick tells the origin story of his famous belly shirts. We reminisce about Star Trek and highlight our new passion for Only Murders in the Building and sourdough bread!  As always, we wrap up with favorites including Biologique Recherche and Vuori!

In this episode Libby and Nick recap their 3 day trip to Nashville, Tennessee - no kids allowed.  We chat about the joys and hilarity of people watching from the airports to the dance floor.  Libby and Nick share the highs and lows of Broadway. We talk about electric scooters and Nashville shopping. Libby shares her tips for Nashville outfits and dressing for compliments!  We highlight the Country Music Hall of Fame, Station Inn and Bluebird Cafe. As always, we share our current favorites!