Two Doting Dads with Matty J & Ash - #52 Dads Get Loose in Viva Las Vegas, Baby!

Episode Date: March 5, 2024

Matt and Ash have jumped on a flight to Las Vegas without the kids!  (Do people even take their kids to Vegas?) Kayo has invited the dads to get amongst the excitement of the NRL Las Vegas launch, so it's time to get LOOSE. We share your best Toddler Meltdown stories and have a crack at answering your listener questions:  Do you miss your kids when you're away from them? Slide into our DM's @twodotingdads with any parenting question you need answered by a couple of doting dads. If you need a shoulder to cry on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twodotingdads/  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twodotingdads  Email: [e-mail] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oi, how's six Vegas? You reckon? Oi, I'm having such a hell of a time, eh? You can spot the Aussie. So easy, eh? They were usually wearing a Parramatta jersey. There was a few getting around. But do you reckon that chick in the Parramatta jersey was like,

we're going to go to Vegas for round one, and got here and was like, oh fuck, they're not even playing. Welcome back to Two Doting Dads. I am Matty J. And I'm Ash. This is a podcast all about gambling. The good, the bad, and the bad. This is a podcast about parenting.

We will have a bit of parenting, but mostly about gambling because this is a Vegas special. It sure is. We don't give gambling advice except for gamble responsibly. If there's anyone who should not be giving any type of gambling advice, it's Ashton Steve Wicks. Steve? I don't know your middle name. Oh, that's actually really sad that you don't know my middle names. It's Big Dog. You don't like giving out that type of personal information on the podcast.

My middle name is Weasel. It is. It is the Weasel. Hey, before we start, getting into this Vegas special episode, we are going to crack a little tinny, and this tinny has come a very long way. It's been sitting quietly in my bag. In quarantine. Oh, there you go.

Have a quick sip. Do you know, Matt, we technically smuggled these into the country. I wasn't sure if we had to declare these. I'm declaring right now that they are delicious. They are very good. And we brought them for good reason. We are, of course, drinking a Stone and Wood. It is a hazy pale ale.

We just didn't trust beer in America. That was our biggest concern. We're like, healthcare, not a problem. Who cares? But what are we going to drink whilst we're there? So we've brought with us some very special guests. Yes, the Hinterland Hazy Pale Ale, Matt. And thanks to Stone & Wood, our partners in crime,

we're able to bring this episode to you. Now, for those playing at home, the Hazy Pale Ale, it is made with three Aussie hops, the Vic Secret, Eclipse, and, of course, the most important, Galaxy hops. They say it's juicy, it's vibrant, and it's also flushed with tropical fruit aromas and the flavours. Yes. Best enjoyed freshly chilled straight out of the fridge.

These are the last two in America. Think of it that way. I've actually got two more back in the hotel. Oh, yeah. So the last four. Enjoy every sip. Make it count. So we are coming to you not live from Vegas.

Live. When this comes out, we'll already be back home in Sydney. But for now, we are sitting in a very beautiful studio, downtown Las Vegas. And when I left, Ash, I wasn't sure how to explain to my kids like what was about to happen. And you know when you've got something really exciting happening, it's hard for kids to really get a good gauge on time.

Yeah. They just don't know. They're like, how many sleeps? That's a good one. How many times do I have to sleep for something to happen? But once you get over two sleeps, they're like, what do you mean three sleeps? I don't know. Even with Marley, I'm like, this is two sleeps away.

And then five minutes later, she's like, has it been two sleeps? And I'm like, you haven't been to bed yet. Babe, you just blinked twice. That's not sleeps. Decided the morning of. I wasn't going to tell them prior to me leaving. You didn't tell them at all. Well, I was like, what's the point if I tell them two nights out?

It's just going to make her upset. She's not going to really understand. So I'm like, I'm just going to tell her the morning of. I'm going to break it to her as she's out the door heading to daycare. I told them ages ago. How'd that go down? It was kind of, they were just confused. See?

But also they were like, Oscar was like, how long? I was like, 10 days. That's my problem. He has, you may as well say I'm going for a year and he still wouldn't, it wouldn't make any difference. No, no. And then he was like, I said, I'm going to work. I'm essentially going to work for 10 days.

Now every day leading up to that, when I was like, I'm off to work and he'd be like, for 10 days? I'd be like, I wish. So, yeah, I did morning of. Marley was a little bit sad. A little bit sad. Was she only sad because you said Ash is also going? She didn't ask about you. That's a lie and you know it.

She did. I did. I explained to her that I'm going with daddy's friend, Ash, which put her mind at ease. Yeah, she's like, he's in safe hands. Laura, meanwhile, was like, fuck.

But yeah, Marley was a little bit upset. She had a few tears. I gave her a hug. I tried to comfort her. I was reassuring her. I was like, don't worry, I'll come back. And like, daddy's going to bring you back a gift. You know, it always softens the blow. It softens the blow.

And then it becomes the main focus. And then Lola, on the other hand. The child that hates you. I was like, daddy's going. And she was like, fucking see ya. And as they were walking out the door, Laura was taking them to daycare. I gave Marley a cuddle.

I embraced her. I brought her in, gave her a kiss on the lips, Ash. Tongue? No, no tongue. No tongue.

Damn. If anyone wondering, last episode, we spoke about- Matt tongueing his kids. How to be affectionate with your kids. Lola, on the other hand, was like, fuck off. Yeah, just the old-

Don't touch me. I was like, just trying to- I was like, can I just give you a kiss? A little kiss. And she was- She couldn't get into that car and go to daycare any quicker. Yeah, she was like, stop kissing me on the lips, you creep. It's funny because Macy sort of did the same thing.

Oscar was like all over me, probably because I promised him a massive gift. He was just like, I'm going to milk it while he's not here. As soon as he's out the door, I'm going to be the worst kid ever. And then I was like to Macy, I'm like, give us a kiss. And she kept turning her head like this. Like, no, like it was a bit more like it was a game. And then I think, because I didn't see them for two days because we were in we were traveling for so long and then when we did

the facetime yesterday and she was standing she was just stunned like to see me she was like you again but she was also like looking around to be like oh yeah he's not here like wow it must be weird for them on facetime to yeah yeah but i secretly like us when we're on facetime we're looking at ourselves more than we're looking at actually who's on i make sure i look good marley did say what do you what do you eat over there what do you eat and she's like i was like i had i had a. And she was like, wow. I was like, that's the concept of being in another country. Yeah. I mean, maybe she thought it was like Asia or something. She's like, what are you like?

What's a cuisine? Dude, I don't think she knows what Asia is. She's full. But for those wondering what it's like traveling from Sydney to Vegas, let me tell you that it's a lot better when you're in business. Oh, yeah. And look. We didn't have business books.

No, we didn't. We already weaseled premium economy through. KO. Shout out to them. Shout out to KO. Because remember they were like, everyone's got an economy. I'm like, we're not everyone. Not to make it sound like we're precious.

Because we're. We're pretty like. Men of the people. We're like, as my nan would say Rough and ready When we need to be Actually now that I say that That's disgusting nan Nan you creep

Yeah anyway so We checked in We got there and Kay over there They already checked in We said did you guys get upgraded They're like we tried it on We definitely tried it on. And at this point, we weren't dressed in our dad outfits.

We weren't dressed in the American t-shirts. We wanted to not look like we're too silly. And the best thing happened. I knew we were in for a shot when we walked up to the counter and the lady at the desk said, I love your content. And I love the podcast. And we were like, oh. I literally, instant erection.

Yeah, yeah. They're like, so is there three of you checking in? Ash was pre-coming. Ash pre-coming. I was like, hold it together. But we got an upgrade. We did get an upgrade. We paid for it.

We paid for it. We didn't pay handsomely, but we paid for it. It was discounted. But it was definitely heavily discounted. But the thing is, it was hard to work around because someone else had booked the trip. We were on two separate bookings. And at one stage, it looked like there was only going to be one upgrade available. And which I turned to Matt and I said,

I wouldn't go if there was one and it was mine. And Matt turned back to me and he goes, I would. Hang on. Fuck off. Okay, this is what I said. This is what I said. No, no, no. Hang on. If we only have one of us that has the ability to upgrade,

what we should do is we should get two envelopes. In one piece of paper, write business. In the other piece of paper, write economy. We then, like, shuffle them around. Someone decides who picks. Whoever gets the business class envelope gets the upgrade, right? Yeah. Why should both of us starve, Ash, when one of us can eat like a king?

No. I said I still wouldn't go if that was the game we were doing and I won it. I still wouldn't go. And you still said, I'm sorry. Because I said I would never forgive you if you went. As someone who is a seasoned gambler, I can't believe you went. Don't call me a seasoned gambler.

As a dabble here and there. Seasoned. But it was, I think about five minutes. She was like checking us in. I was like beads of sweat coming down my brow. I was getting ready to, I was writing up a letter of resignation because Matt would have gone without me. It would be one doting dad.

But then she made a noise that was beautiful. She went, oh, hang on a sec. And I was like, you're both on business. I know. And then we were at the checkout counter for a while and the KO guys were waiting for us. Anyway, I just turned around and I gestured to them. I put my finger up like we've been upgraded

and the heads just dropped. Yeah. Because they're all back there. And then I kind of felt bad for two seconds. I did feel bad because obviously we want to, yeah, it's a client. We want to be collaborative, but also you peasants get back there. You guys fucking stink. Have a shower.

Don't talk to us. Even during the flight, we were poking our head through the door and like just giving the sarcastic thumbs up. Hang on. sarcastic thumbs up. Hang on. Do you remember? It was when they brought out a trolley to do like,

they would offer you a sundae and on the trolley was like every ingredient, chocolate, cherries, sprinkles. And it was when you had like a sundae in hand and then you poked your head back into premium, gave a thumbs up. It was like in a nice fine china as well like it was just it was just perfect and then you came back to me and you're like go give him a thumbs up as well i'm not i'm not i'm not fucking gonna be at that where they pull the curtain across i'm not gonna stand there with my with my yeah my crystal sundae cup with a gold spoon. Are you guys okay? So good.

And they were like cramped up. It was amazing. But before getting on the flight, just quickly, I did say to Matt, we were walking to the terminal, and like every flight that Matt and I get together, we always get called out over the speaker. So picture this, right? Matt and I dressed to the nines in American outfit,

American shirt, American hat, New Balance shoes, jorts, the full kit, backpack, whatever, bum bag, the whole deal. And I say to Matt, imagine if they called us out over the speaker because we're running late. And before I finished the sentence, it was like paging Matthew Johnson,

paging Ashton Weekend. And then we get to the gate and there was no one there but the people at the front, the lady who gave us the upgrade, and we're just running through the terminal. She's like, I don't recognise these guys as we've gotten changed. I know, yeah. She was like, what the fuck? And we're just running through the terminal. So the whole plane was waiting for us in the end.

People who are already in their seats kind of give you an eyeball as you come on the plane. And we were like, woohoo, how good is this? How good is this? Mouth full of croissant too. Ash, I have to pull you up on something that you did on the plane though, which I find abhorrent. Abhorrent?

Yeah. What does that mean? I don't know. It came to me. Let's check Google for that one. Yeah. The Americans say it. Do they?

Abhorrent means bad for those of you who don't have the vocab. So we're sitting there in our seats. We've enjoyed dinner. Beautiful dinner. Gorgeous dinner. Beautiful dinner. We're watching a film. And at this point,

they start to dim the lights in the cabin. Everyone's getting ready to go to bed. People are, you know, their beds are going down flat. And I look over to my left where Ash is sitting, and I met with a sight that shook me to my core. What was I doing? Oh, I think I know. He's sitting there with his toothbrush, vigorously brushing.

Dry dogging it. Just foam buildup either side of his mouth. And I was thinking to myself, surely he's not going to get up and walk to the bathroom to then spit out the toothpaste foam. And as he gets to the end of his brush, one last stroke, pulls the toothbrush out, and he just gulps it down. Swallow, baby. Swallows the whole thing.

Freak! What is wrong with you? You missed what I did after it. What did you do after? I had a little bit of water in the glass, and I washed the toothbrush. And then I drank the water. I need to be stopped.

I can't believe it. Look, it was one time I did it. I don't do that regularly, I think. I don't think. It was the one time I did that, and it was just because I didn't want to get up off my comfortable business seat. Other than that, it was a great flight. It was a great flight. It was like, you know, very relaxing. I thought it was pretty good.

The problem was, I don't know if anyone else has experienced San Francisco International Airport customs. Holy shit. I wouldn't wish that upon my worst enemy. It was like the line was like, what, would you say 200 metres long? I would even go as far as to say it was a kilometre. It's over-exaggerated. We stood up in the plane and that's when the line started. Yeah, pretty much.

We're like, why are we not getting off this plane? It's like, oh, this is the line of the customs. This is customs. Sorry about that. And they were just showing no mercy either. They were like, if you've got a connecting flight, we're like, yes. They're like, we don't care.

That literally is what they said. Literally. Fuck, because we needed a connecting flight within like an hour. Yeah, like less than an hour. Time was ticking. And everybody, because the line was moving so slowly, everybody was kind of going up to this one lady who wasn't, she wasn't working at a counter.

She was kind of just making sure everyone's in the right line. And as soon as someone approached her and said like, oh, I actually, I desperately need to get on a connecting flight. And she'd be like, sit down and shut up. We're okay. This is America. Fuck you. And God bless America.

And we're like, oh, fucking hell. So we were in that line for a good hour. We thought maybe they'll delay the connecting flight. No. By the time the flight had taken off, we were still in the line. So it was like, fuck. And then got through customs okay, no worries. Bags were there waiting.

They had arrived an hour earlier. I will just say, obviously, I don't want to sound like we're hard done by it because we did have a beautiful business class, 13-hour flight, but customs took about an hour and a half, which when you've come from business class, that is horrible. Like I said, from the penthouse to the shit house real quick. Yeah, I was like, is there a Sunday cart coming out anytime soon? Where's that Sunday cart in the fine china?

And they're like, sit down and shut up. I was like, fuck. So we made it through, missed the flight, but the issue was because there were so many people who also missed the flight to Vegas, the next three flights were booked out. So we arrived at like 8 a.m. Next flight to Vegas from San Fran wasn't until 7 p.m.

7 p.m. So it was like, what, 11 hours. But we're also like, we're tired. So we're kind of like, okay, fuck. Like, that's just, it is what it is. Our bags then get rechecked onto that 7 p.m. flight. Ash then goes, guys, I

found a helicopter that can take us to Vegas. It's only going to cost $900. That's a bargain. And everyone's like, what? They're like, how did you do that? It's like, do you know who you're talking to? The weasel.

The weasel. The weasel. But it wasn't a helicopter. It wasn't to be. It was a Southwest domestic flight. So we managed to book another flight. We let our bags go through to Vegas. They're already on holidays before us, essentially. We've rebooked another flight at 2 p.m.

So it was only seven hours in the airport. Then that gets delayed. But also what was baffling to me for mainly our Australian listeners, because this must be normal in the States, is there's no allocated seats. Yes. It was like a fight to the death for a decent seat. Yeah.

And I was like, I don't even give a shit where I'm sitting. But I think at one point, KO were like, there's 175 passengers booked, but there only 176 that's right we went to the toilet and we came back and they were like we got it we got to tell you that there's five too many people yeah and we'll miss out and we're like fuck we're literally the back of the line but then they call you up in classes and like they're right quite it was actually quite not a bad system it wasn't as bad as we thought it was going to be but there was there was definitely an hour of panic the anxiety was through the i was i'd had enough at this point we were 24 hours in at this point

or something like that and i was just like fuck i'm over this but like they didn't turn the seat belt sign off the whole flight the flight attendant sat you down that was it didn't see did they even do a safety i don't think they did i think they were just like all right the plane crashed sit down and good luck you know they always in australia i say it like like we have international listeners but they always make sure you have to have your window shades yeah but like it's like the whether we're going to live or not it's determined whether your shades are. Yeah. But they were just like, whatever. And they also were coming into landing.

So much turbulence. Their plane was being shaken. To its core. Like a cocktail. Like a martini. They're getting you ready. And they're like, thanks so much for flying. Love you guys.

Oh, yeah. Love you and appreciate you. I said to the KO guys, because you were asleep in the middle seat and they're like, you're going to wake Matt up? I was like, no, I was going to wait until we're just about to land and go, we're going down. But I was like, no, you better not do that. I was like, yeah, okay. We've been traveling for 24 hours. He would definitely hate that. It's a low blow. 27 hours we clocked up. Ash, there are some moments in life where I really have to sit back and pinch myself.

Right now, I am pinching myself all over because we are bloody lucky to be here in Vegas with KO. It's been an amazing experience being able to work with them and help cover, I never thought I'd say these words, help cover round one of the NRL. And not just any game of NRL, it's NRL in Vegas, baby. Oh, yes. The experience has been amazing. The lights, the glitz, the glamour. And it's been a whole week to celebrate our great game, which is NRL.

It was like it was meant to be. It was. You know, like obviously you're a diehard Manly fan. You got to witness their game. Manly and the Roosters, what a way to kick off our campaign. And myself, Broncos versus Souths. I mean, it just couldn't get any better. For those of you who weren't lucky enough to be in Vegas, you could have watched them on KO, but for the rest of the season,

fear not because there are many games coming up and they're all going to be just as delicious as this round. Yeah, so that was only the start of the round, Matt. The rest of round one will be continued this week. Who have we got, Ash? Who have we got? We've got exclusive to KO this weekend. Upcoming is the Warriors and the Sharks.

Lovely. Yeah. We've also got the Eels and the Bulldogs. Ooh, that'll be an interesting game. Yeah, Battle of the West. That'll be great. To round out, you've got the Titans and the Dragons. Those games are all exclusive to KO. And those games are broadcast, of course, with of the West. That'll be great. To round out, you've got the Titans and the Dragons. Those games are all exclusive to KO.

And those games are broadcast, of course, with no ad breaks. And the best part of all, Ash, my personal favourite, 4K. And if you are new to KO, you can get on board and start your free trial today. Again, appreciate we have been very fortunate with the business class flights. So I don't want to sound precious when I say this. But we did have, we were booked into one of the most new hotels. Two months old. It was two months old.

The Fontainebleau. Oh, yeah. Fontainebleau. It is a beautiful, magnificent resort. Yeah. The most. Oh, you see it. Do you know what it is?

It's elegant. It's not like flashy Vegas. It's like sports car Vegas. Sleek. Nice. Tinted windows. We've been, we got shafted from there. We found out four days before we were to arrive.

We got a message saying your room,'re booking, you've been refunded. It's no longer available. Been bumped. Good luck. Someone with more money has actually booked this. Do you know who we are? But it's hard because at the moment there's a huge conference on in Vegas. Like every room is booked out.

So we ended up staying in a place called The Strat, which is like everyone probably, you might know there's like a needle, a needle in Vegas. With a revolving restaurant on top. Well, you think, that sounds lovely. No, no, no. It was like a prison. Yeah. We have a little window in our room.

Ash's room smells like a fishmonger's. Like Ash and I, we're like next to each other on the same floor. And I go into Ash's room and I'm like, it fucking smells like barramundi. You said, it's a bit fishy. I'm like, yeah, just descaled a fish. I'm like, what the fuck? And mine has a weird smell as well. Yours is like someone's been smoking bongs in there.

Yeah. And if you're not sure what a bong is, it's a Gatorade sacrifice. It's a bit of hose. But it's a little bit. It smelled like your nan's old carpet. Yeah. It's a bit of hose. But it's a little bit.

It smelled like your nan's old carpet. Yeah. I mean, every hotel has a floor to gamble on next to check-in. And ours is at every hour of the day, whether it's like 2 a.m., whether it's like 7 a.m., there's people there just like on the pokies. On the slappers. Some of them look a little bit down and out. Some of them I'm like, you shouldn't be here. You're like, Ash?

What I think is quite cool though, one of my favorite things about Vegas, and I don't like to gamble. I'm not a gambler. I work too hard for my money, Ash, to just throw it away. However. But you could double it. Get a different mindset man

spoken like a true gambler the thing is you can pay ten dollars for a drink right or you put ten bucks in the slappers and it's free and you get free drinks if you're gambling because even at the bar there's like a little screen where there's either like it's a pokey or it's you know blackjack you can then if you're gambling, you drink for free. I didn't know that. Yeah, didn't you know that? Not until I got here. Well, so now Matt has a problem. He's got two problems.

He's an alcoholic and he's a gambling addict. Ash and I, there's a moment where we were both up $100. Oh, yeah. I was like, this is, in my head, I was like, all right. We're going to the moon. Yeah, and then maybe, like, we put all the money on red. And we just lost it all immediately. And I was like, all right. We're going to the moon. Yeah. And then maybe like we put all the money on red. And we just lost it all immediately. And I was like, oh, off to bed.

This is welcome to Vegas, baby. I know. I know. Yeah. Something else that you didn't know, Matt, about is this chain in America of diners called Denny's. Now, I was back in America in 2015, did eight weeks here. Pretty much did the tour of Denny's through America. Not all of them because there's hundreds of them through the state,

maybe even thousands. I don't know. They're everywhere. And I walked into my hotel room, my prison cell, with a tiny window, really tiny window. Like you remember yours. It was like an A4 piece of paper window. But the only thing I could see was Denny's.

And I thought, this is a sign to take my good friend Matthew to Denny's. Well, you said, you're like, you grab me by the shirt. And it was a- Damn it, man! It was a firm grasp. And you're like, Denny's is here. I didn't want to pretend like I didn't know what that was. So I was like, oh, great.

Like, that's perfect. How good. And I was none the wiser. Yeah. It's a diner. It's essentially a diner that just serves everything. Like, a lot of people would know Denny's around the place just because of its... It gets a bad rap, I feel. People turn their nose up at Denny's. And maybe people think that we would turn our nose up at denny's because we fly business class now but one flight it's not even a return business class ticket oh yeah yeah it's one way i would say the highlight of the trip so far has been my first meal at denny's i think denny's like this denny's in particular, you get a couple of things. You get diversity.

A mixed bag of people in there from some travellers. Locals. There was a crackhead asleep. Locals. But they are friendly, dude. The crackheads? No, like the waitstaff. Oh, yeah.

Well, they work on tips. They work on tips. I love that. I love that. I love it and hate it because it's so expensive. But Denny's is not expensive, so I'm tipping away. To get pancakes, like big, thick butterball pancakes. Oh, they're great. To get bacon, to get toast, to get unlimited coffee,

which I will say is like, you know, tastes- It's garbage, but I love it. It's a mix between- There's something about it. ...petrol and cigarette butts. Oh, yeah. But it's fucking delicious. I don't know what about it is like...

Hits you. Hits you hard. Oh, it hits me so... Remember yesterday I had to run across the street because I needed to poo. Yeah. And you're paying like $10. Oh, it was brilliant.

$10. See, so now you're Denny's. What are you... We should open at Denny's in North Bondi. 100%. Imagine that would go down like a lead balloon. I will also say one of the highlights was last night. We did a little walk.

Yeah. So where we're staying, it's off the Strip. The Strip is like the main drag in Vegas where everyone... It's where the action is. Where we were meant to be before we got bumped. So we went there last night. We saw the... What was the hotel called?

The Big Fountain. What is it? Ambition? Is it called the Ambition? No. Bellagio. Bellagio. And Bellagio Ambition is the same.

Let's just run with it. At the Ambition. At the Ambition. We saw the Big Fountain. We saw, we went to Caesar's Palace. We went to Little Italy. Is it called Little Italy? Venice. The Venetian. Venetian. Which is, Little Italy. Is it called Little Italy? Venice.

The Venetian. Venetian. Which is, I've been to, have you been to Venice before? I've been to Venice. Uncanny. We had a little gondola ride and you had the option, it was about 60 bucks for two tickets. And that was, it didn't guarantee you a private gondola. Yeah,

so it's a four seater. You face each other, four people. And there was no one there. The place was pretty empty. It was dead. So we just bought two tickets. We didn't want to spend

$120 US on a private gondola. Couldn't justify it. Nah. We had these two beautiful older ladies. They came at the last minute to,

I was like, this is perfect because we wanted to shoot some content which you would have seen on our Instagrams We're like this is perfect No It is essentially a private one

And they sing right Romantic The boat trip was probably about Nine minutes too long Oh once we got on I was like I want to get off Yeah Ash was hating it And then they turned to Ash

And they're like Can you take some photos of us The biggest eye roll I've ever done. But essentially now Matt and I have Vegas wives. Yeah. I messaged Laura. I said, I'm so sorry. You've been bumped.

I'm sorry. I'm bringing her home with me. And they were not very chatty, I would say. Because we're still dressed as like. Well, yeah. You'll see it on the photo for sure. But it's like, it's a classic couple selfie. We're double dating on a gondola. And the dressed as dads. Well, yeah, yeah. You'll see it on the photo for sure. But it's like, it's a classic couple selfie. We're double dating on a gondola.

And the guy was singing. It was actually the most, it was more romantic than I've done. Yeah. More than anything I've ever done with April. So, babe, one, I'm sorry. And two, you got a sister wife. And Matt, with that, let's go into our favourite segment, Tantrum of the Week.

Tantrum of the Week. All right, Mr. Ash, do you want to go first, mate, or should I go first? Yeah, I've got a really quick one here, which is travel-related, which is nice. It's from Caitlin. Caitlin says that they were sat next to a lovely businessman on a flight Her and her daughter And her daughter proceeded to have a meltdown Because she wouldn't let her touch him with her pringly fingers I'd just let him touch

Let him go I don't care I'm sure like If it keeps you happy Yeah, you dust it off It's like when your dog rubs up against someone and they get a bit of dog hair on them you're like oh that's fine it's like kids yeah you pat a kid you get a bit of print yeah like just go this yeah rub it off yeah that's totally fine keep

the kid happy i'd say mate i'm gonna show you just a little video i love it when you bring a video we've had this one sent through from Malenka. Malenka. I was tricking. I didn't eat your eyebrows. I didn't eat your eyebrows. They're right there. I want big ones. I was pretending to eat your eyebrows. I didn't eat them.

Luca, they're right there. They're right there. Oh, my God. No, I'm not joking. I'm not joking. This is so cute. Oh, my God. No, I'm not joking. I'm not joking. I'm not joking. Oh, my God, he's losing it. I'm not joking.

It's all there. You may be wondering what's happened there. Let me tell you, my friend, to give context to the situation, Milenka says, I was mucking around with my three-year-old and pretending to eat his eyebrow. He had a full-on meltdown. And when I tried to show him that his eyebrow was still, in fact, on his face on my phone's front-facing camera,

he lost it even harder, screaming, Where's my eyebrow gone? I can't see it. I want my eyebrows back. Oh, very good. I love how just how committed to the emotion he is there. And then he just, back in the video, you just hear him storming off crying like he's going off to his room.

I don't know. I can't handle it anymore. Very good. And if you've got any tantrum videos, they're great. I love them. Everyone we've got has been amazing. You can submit them to the DMs on the Two Doting Dads page or you can send them to hello at twodoningdads.com.

We'll put it in the show notes. We'll put it in the show notes. On the podcast. I should know. We should know, but hey, we're in Vegas. We're in Vegas, so who cares? Everything is a little bit hazy right now. We're going to do one quick question.

Okay, yeah, lay it on me. And I'm actually keen to know your thoughts on this one, Ash. Okay. It was a very short question and it simply reads- How big is it? It was a very short question and it simply reads... How big is it? The question is, do you miss your kids?

Oh, come on, guys. Yeah, look. Yes or no? It can't be yes or no because there's like... No, hang on. You go. No. No, because there's like- No, you go. No.

It's kind of like I don't miss them when I'm sleeping because I'm like, ah, nothing's going to wake me up other than me. But, like, look, I FaceTimed them yesterday after the big travel day. I was pretty tired. As soon as I saw them, I missed them, yeah, for sure. But also, it's nice not having them around. See, okay, see, that's why I say yes or no

because there are moments where you're like, not having kids right now is bliss. Yeah, in the airport, delayed. Yeah, like I thought, you know, when we were in that line for customs and I saw like another family with young kids and, you know, when you're in that line and you can't go to the bathroom, maybe you've run out of food, that's so hard. That's so tricky for a family.

And I kind of want to like, to those parents, I want to be like, you're doing a good job. Hang in there. Because when you're by yourself, it's hard enough. I'm like, sucked in. It's hard enough when you've only got yourself to worry about, or in my case, you've got Ash to worry about. But then there's other moments where we're walking down the strip

and I did think to myself, oh, the fountain was going crazy in front of the Ambition Hotel. And I thought, you know, I wonder if Marley would enjoy this. Oh, they would love that, yeah. That kind of stuff. But then there's moments where I'm like, the kids would have a ball here. Yeah, when we were playing poker last night at the table, I was like, jeez, I wonder if Oscar would enjoy this.

But this is probably the longest trip that I've done ever. Away from them. Away from the kids. Yeah, me too. Or away from Laura. So, you know, there is a thought in the back of my head of like, holy shit, this is, you know. It's a good test for you.

It's a good test. But I FaceTimed Laura last night. And the good thing about the time difference is that, you know that when it's almost like 11 o'clock here in Vegas, it's kind of bedtime back home in Sydney. And I FaceTimed Laura and I thought, I'm just going to sneak in, get a very quick call before the kids go down. Get a phone sex. Definitely didn't have any of that. And Laura answered and she was like, hey, you have to be quick. Kids are having a bit of a tough time right now. Lola was just screaming nonstop.

Marley was running around the room and Laura was trying to coax her into bed. And I had five minutes of just witnessing the chaos that is bedtime back home. And it was nice to hang up and I could just put my feet back up. That's nice. I mean, I felt really bad. Yeah. For the record. Also, very great having a meal without kids.

Without being interrupted. But it will be nice. It will be nice. It'll be good to see them. Like, look, listen, we do miss you if you're listening. They're not listening. They're not listening. April's probably listening.

April's listening. We miss April. We miss April. I miss Laura. We don't miss Laura? You just don't miss Laura? I miss Laura. I miss the dog.

But that is all we have time for. Yes, it is. We have to get back to work. Yep, another day in the office. Back to gambling and drinking beer and drinking wings someone's gotta do it drinking wings if you've enjoyed

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go and share it and if you can leave a little review a little rating we love that you know what might happen Ash we're like in two categories now

we're now a travel podcast and a parenting podcast. Yeah, two travelling, doting handsome dads. So at some point, we're going to climb up either category, ranker, on the charts. Yeah. We need to throw another...

What else can we throw in there? Politics. Politics? Let's not. Let's not do it. Beautiful dog. But we will come back to you for the next episode. We'll be back home. We'll be back home. Back home with the kids. With the regular chaos.

Hope you enjoyed it. See you guys then. See you. Bye. Bye.