EP9: MEGHAN Red Carpet, QEII Fave TV SHOW, Quiet Quitting Marriage, Singularity, The Good Life!

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[@ivettgamarra]

She wasn't there as a producer. She was the "plus one" of one of the heads of her PR Agency, not even on the list 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@hopkinsse]

😂😂😂 how embarrassing

[@sharonozvenom]

Yes , she was tag along 😂😂😂😂

[@grasshopper1451]

​@@sharonozvenom😂😂😂 you'd never know it by the way she performed before the 📸📸📸 camera's 😂😂😂

[@kerryofarrell6581]

I thought her reaction to being moving on, she seemed p*ssed or getting there to me.. I wish she would find a purpose and move on..

[@barbraluce5706]

Toasting you with tea and toast. Love.this weekly meet-up

[@elaine5846]

Confession time....last year it took so long to arrange the lights on the Christmas tree we decided not to pack it away after. We carried the whole thing into the spare room and put a sheet over it! 🙈😂💪

[@thevintageread]

Love it!! Brilliant!

[@tc1027]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@debbyvibbert3177]

Started that in 80s left tree decorated wrapped in sheet saved alot of stress and time.

[@argosz8046]

Oh, what fun!😂

[@kimberlimesser5828]

Me too!

[@RussiaIsARiddle778]

As Lady C Always says, “She looked as good as Meghan can look.“ and she of course is correct.

[@tarifauth7777]

Lady C schooled me on the seam line of Meghan's dress too. That beige dress looked very off to me, the pucker under Meghan's left armpit looked terrible, but I thought, oh well, must be the intention of the dressmaker....lol, BUT THEN LADY C EDUCATED ME BY SAYING THAT MEGHAN WORE IT WRONG, she had to expose her shoulder, and that seam line was supposed to line up straight down her torso.....MEGHAN HAS ABSOLUTELY RUINED DESIGNER LOOKS IN THE PAST....WHEN DOES SHE STOP TRYING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING SHE TOUCHES??

[@MsKK909]

@@tarifauth7777 Lady C described the dress as a cowl neckline ..the “dip” should have been in the center…..but our Megsey had to pimp it……so ghetto.

[@tarifauth7777]

lmao, ghetto, too funny, but how true!@@MsKK909

[@Twiggs2562]

@@MsKK909but the designer allegedly released a drawing on her instagram with the dress as an off the shoulder design, so I don’t know …on her website it was a boat neck …I wonder what went on !! Weird

[@fibanocci314]

@tarifauth7777 There are photos on the designer's website of it being worn the way Meghan wore it. I think it was meant to be versatile. That particular issue was a design flaw, this time, not necessarily Meghan's fault for once, although she could have opted to wear it any way that didn't have that awkward bulge.

[@hazeluzzell]

Remaining on the carpet when repeatedly asked to leave shows nothing but a lack of consideration for anyone else and appalling bad manners.

[@ursularyan7652]

So very much in keeping with the Meg’s personality and character

[@Loobylooto2]

I’ve become a great grandma!!!! My wonderful granddaughter -we call her Doll - gave birth to Albie Joe at 10.15 pm Tuesday night She had a really rough time with forceps ending in n an emergency c section God bless them both He was 8pound 10 ounce so he’s a whopper and just beautiful Truly blessed today!!!… I’ll shut up now and listen to the podcast 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤

[@julieh3555]

Congratulatios

[@joyceroy2355]

Congratulations & best wishes from Scotland 🍼🎉🍸🚼

[@sourceofallgood]

Congratulations ! You are truly blessed indeed . Enjoy your new addition

[@Loobylooto2]

@@julieh3555 Thank you so much 😊

[@Loobylooto2]

@@joyceroy2355 Thank you for your reply

[@lynnS369]

Love listening to you. It's like having a friend in my lounge telling me a wonderful story and you have that moment where you look at them and think "you make happy".

[@thevintageread]

That is so lovely! Thanks x

[@user-uu1oo8hv9q]

GM from Florida. My husband is having hip surgery at the moment. What an incredible way to distract me from reality. Shauna your calm and beautiful voice is just the best. You’re a great storyteller

[@thevintageread]

I hope your Husband recovers quickly 💗 Glad I could distract!

[@KathiLou1980]

The first week will be tiring for you - taking 100% care of both of you isn’t easy. Just had mine done the end of September. I don’t remember much of the first week! Thankful this US Thanksgiving for sure! You will be too !

[@user-uu1oo8hv9q]

Thanks for the heads up

[@Loobylooto2]

I hope all went well- I’ve had 3 hip replacements - one a total hip replacement Good luck 🤞

[@LVMT124]

Praying for a speedy recovery for your husband. 🙏

[@isherwoody]

My husband was away over Christmas so it was me and the kiddos. I usually had friends over but I thought I'd get an early night for once (11pm). I had all the pressies under the tree, all the snacks and goodies made and went to bed. At 6am I was woken up by the kids who had gone into the lounge and found a mess of wrapping paper all over, the gifts gone, the food gone and all the booze gone as well as the existing games consoles and TV. We'd been burgled 😢 I was inconsolable. My best friend interrupted her own Christmas and drove 60 miles with a quickly put together hamper of lovely Christmas goodies to cheer me up. My friends have always been my best all year round gift every day, every year. 😊

[@thevintageread]

Oh no! I gasped when I read that! How horrible. What a brilliant friend 💗💗💗

[@susanread2637]

So sorry you and your family suffered that but happy that you had an amazing friend to cheer you a little. What would we do without true friends.

[@lisejacquelinerigault2575]

Those who do this are real scums. How awful for you. May this coming Christmas be happy and joyful for all of you, Bless.x

[@pinkthistle5713]

Oh how horrible for you ! People who do this are truly the dregs of humanity.

[@arlysveen706]

Well, other than my then 2 year old pulling it down(after Christmas, thank goodness!), my husband was a neat freak and hated the “mess” . We got him a “Bah! Humbug! cap to wear. He went around with a trash bag picking up wrapping paper while gifts were being opened😂

[@carolinebrown539]

And the Princess of Wales only had to put one step out of her car for the Korean State visit to wipe MM off the front page as it were!

[@thevintageread]

Yes! Catherine looked stunning…I meant to say!

[@suzannegaslin6107]

It has been reported that she did snipe at the assistant and told her that “Royals” are not touched or pushed along. I wonder if the lady lost her job. And…..proof that Americans DO NOT have Royals, the camera people were shouting Meghan. I understand that this really made her angry. So I agree, she doesn’t know who she is or where she belongs.

[@thevintageread]

Oh wow! Juicy 😂💗

[@suupkalvers2244]

'You are enough', she told a group of famous women. I, a mere peasant, was not there because I so much more than 'enough'. I bet, dear ladies, you all are. And we don't have to be Hollywoodians for that. ❤

[@barbraluce5706]

Oprah was quoting from the BARBIE movie

[@FriedaBabbley]

Look, if someone told me "you are enough" I'd feel like I was being patronized.

[@biancalawrence3178]

You asked for a Christmas tree story. We lived in Durban South Africa and most people bought live trees from a charity. Many years ago (probably mid seventies), my parents had given us money and told us 3 kids (about ages 14, 12, 10) to go down the road and buy us a tree. Trees were about 1.4 m so not huge and within the possibility of carrying it about half a km from the tree charity stall. But us kids thought we could do better things with that money (like buy sweets and lucky packets). So we got the small axe and went into a small forest area and cut down a small tree from the forest, hauled it home, lied to our parents that we has bought the tree. We'll we raised and decorated the tree and went to bed thinking we had been so clever. Next morning we go into the lounge and there were insects all over the place. My parents freaked. Apparently these were some sort of borer beetle that were forced out of the tree by the heat in the lounge. The charity trees were treated but a wild tree was not. Of course we had to own up and clear every insect in the room, get rid of the tree and use our pocket money to buy a charity tree. Lesson well learned. Thank you for gossip shows. Love them.

[@thevintageread]

Oh no! You nearly got away with it! 😂

[@KimtheElder]

I had a feeling before I read it, that there would be an insect involved lol😂

[@sandrahollinshead8713]

Apparently Megan wasn’t invited in her own capacity. She was not on any lists. She was there as a plus one with one of the WME executives as she couldn’t get an invite. When she wouldn’t move from the photographers allegedly it was Margot Roberts asking for her to be moved on.

[@thevintageread]

😂😂😂 perfect!

[@dianegreen9888]

If she was a plus one surely she would not be invited on the red carpet , she was introduced so the organisers must have known the awful woman would be there.

[@patti9339]

The best morning show here in the States! ☕️🥯. Loved The Princess of Wales in red! Whew, she is the epitome of gorgeous! The Strathmore Rose Tiara and her gown were perfect for the Palace Banquet. ❤👑

[@thevintageread]

Couldn't agree more!

[@belinhell]

Mimi I’m i😮iino

[@grazynakawka8585]

I'm afraid, my eyes will hear 🤓🤣😂 Oh, Shauna you are hilarious 👍

[@thevintageread]

🤓😂💗

[@cindygarrison6338]

My husband and I watch you and he thinks you're adorable. Actually I do too! Your content is certainly of value. It's like a chat with a friend.... who's knowledgeable! Lol

[@thevintageread]

Yay! Thank you!

[@danielarichards3191]

I’m also grumpy 😂 Oprah/Meghan/Galye et al = word salads. Can’t stand that shite! I know who I am I don’t need anyone to tell me I’m enough👀👀👀

[@thevintageread]

😂

[@pearlm6715]

When we first had our kittens 20 years ago I had not anticipated how much they would really love the Christmas tree. Two days after it was put up I heard the screaming sound coming from the tree and it was one of the kittens all wrapped up in the lights and the tinsel screaming unable to get out. It took me 10 minutes to untangle my poor little kitty. Thankfully he was ok 😂

[@thevintageread]

Oh I can just imagine! 😂💗

[@kathyevans2968]

That’s hilarious! We had a kitten that ran up the tree and made it fall over with baubles etc smashing in the crash!

[@queeniemorris4060]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@sabinekoch3448]

Yes…I can relate😁

[@lilyliz3071]

My sister got a puppy about four months before Christmas , it seemed to think the tree was there so it didn’t have to go out to wee when it was so cold , a good laugh for us at the puppy plus my sisters reaction to it 😅

[@jillmacarthur6226]

I don't believe Rachel was there as anything more than a +1. Needless to say she's not enough! 😂😂😂

[@Linz2869]

Thanks for the chat! I found Oprah’s speech patronising. I can imagine my boss when I tell her I’m enough at feedback meetings AKA you are not enough meetings 😂

[@thevintageread]

Try it 😂😂😂

[@Linz2869]

@@thevintageread I might on my way out to a new job 😂😂😂

[@janodonnell3818]

Agreed. “You are enough”. Sounds like a keep down to me.

[@msamfilesenge6192]

😂😂😂

[@ajune583]

I agree! What exactly does 'you are enough' mean? If I'm 'enough then should I stop now, no need to grow, learn and try to be even a little better than today??

[@carmelcritchley3037]

Industrial beige! 😂😂 Nope, you’re not irritable, you’re just brave enough to say what most of us feel but folk are too scared of being shut down by saying as such. Keep up the brilliant work. 👏👏👏

[@thevintageread]

😁

[@sandramurray4987]

Had to convey this compliment that Lady C made about you in her last video “A capitol girl, very interesting and very measured”.😜 I agree 😁

[@annemariechilds5644]

Love these little chats! ❤ To say that someone is “enough” seems to be a bit dismissive. Almost in a way, in insult. Does anyone else think along these lines?

[@janodonnell3818]

Absolutely. It’s a “keep you down” comment.

[@nudibranch1379]

I agree! The word patronizing also springs to mind.

[@karengilson5429]

Yes! Enough of what? Enough of an amazing person or Enough of a pain in the a$$ 😂

[@Debs1233]

Yes, agree. With one exception, all the women were there because they had worked hard to achieve the status they had. to be at that event. To say they are 'enough' is demeaning and insulting.

[@rebeccaalicecarrasco4356]

Yes as in "I've had just about enough of you"!😂

[@Kooka506]

I always made shortbread for family members and had put them in baskets and had them airing on the kitchen bench. One year, as with our tradition, we went on a Christmas lights drive in the neighbourhood. The moral of the story is you should ALWAYS TAKE THE DOG WITH YOU, as when we came home there were baskets and paper everywhere and a dog with a sore belly 😢😮

[@thevintageread]

Oh no!! That’s a lot of shortbread!

[@susanhampton517]

You are so entertaining and fun! I feel like we’re having a slumber party like when I was a young teen in the 60’s!

[@thevintageread]

That’s lovely! 💗💗💗

[@lisasmith2660]

My friend left her husband during COVID she wasn't happy before COVID but because he was at work all day she found it bearable, he would go to the pub / gym etc and she had her friends but when lockdown came and it was just them 24 /7 that was it, she realized how unhappy she was, how much she disliked him and they had nothing in common, so she started looking up how to leave him, divorce could be done over the internet ( no court ), she started boxing up some things ( he couldn't tell ) The going quiet is a person thinking, plotting, waiting for the right time, even pondering on memories - good and bad

[@thevintageread]

Actually packing up might have been a clue! 😂💗

[@sandyschneider6792]

Safer also!

[@amandalevy1227]

I love your chats! I live alone, and you make me feel so included. Thank you.

[@user-ef3fz2dp3t]

You are an amazing storyteller. I really, really enjoy your videos!

[@thevintageread]

😊💗

[@renekirebornrenekireborn4777]

OMG your conversation about her potentially being a bot had me in stitches! I think you may be right because it looks like's she's been malfunctioning lately 😂

[@thevintageread]

Exactly!!

[@sandrahollinshead8713]

My daughter bought a new Kitten. He came in and ran straight up the tree and just smashed everything in its way. He glared from the top of the tree looking very unimpressed.

[@thevintageread]

Oh no! 😂

[@delorism]

I had a cat once who would sleep in my tree. I had to wire it to the wall so it wouldn't fall over!

[@janholliday1575]

She actually said to her assistant “Don’t touch me” then checked herself quickly and took her hand before posing again. Love your chats, thank you.

[@Desertflower743]

She looked like her first instinct was to slap the assistant’s hand with force, but she corrected herself in time. She just doesn’t get it, it wasn’t even the assistant that wanted to move her on but the ORGANISERS ffs!

[@user-np2cu1tx9g]

As one Aussie to another Aussie, it is great just listening to an everyday conversation.

[@InternetPersond]

If someone told me I’m enough I’d worry I was acting a bit extra. I agree Shauna, we all can still do better. Sip! Thank you for these lovely bedtime gossips.

[@drubee7793]

When my husband and I first got married (37 years ago!) I realised he could not find anything, even if it was something in the fridge right in front of his face. I pronounced this as an affliction called “ domestic blindness “ and I still to this day accuse him of that because he still can’t see things right in front of his face.

[@jillackerman6047]

You make my Wednesdays! Love watching you, particularly when you over-dramatize and then giggle. With regard to today's topic(s), I have been Oprah'd to death and am now well over her, her magazine, her advice, and all those pseudo-therapists she made rich and famous. But Megham is great chat fodder, so keep it up, my new "down under" friend.

[@TheSaba2115]

Your laughter and your natural manner are so beguiling that I laugh out aloud when you laugh! Great videos from you in recent weeks!

[@itbgt007]

I found your take on quiet quitting your marriage and the conversation with your husband to be absolutely hilarious! I feel like I need to have a similar discussion with my husband 😂. By the way, I'm 46 now, and I can completely relate to experiencing phases of maintaining a very healthy lifestyle, exercising regularly, and eating well, followed by phases of doing almost the complete opposite. I can definitely be quite disappointed with myself during the less healthy periods.

[@thevintageread]

Yes it’s never worth it! I am back being good until Chrissy day! 😉💗

[@itbgt007]

@@thevintageread 😄💖

[@annemariestones3984]

My mum used to say to me "if you wasn't worrying about that, you would be worrying about something else!"

[@jessicaalbright7429]

I definitely find it annoying when someone says I’m enough. I know I’m enough….lol. And there isn’t anyone who doesn’t need to improve in some way. I so agree with you!

[@JLR1957]

I loved 'The Good Life' 😊 It stirred my desire to get back to basics 😂

[@jomarsh6449]

She posed again … not a weird disconnect at all!!! Nobody is gonna tell her to ‘move along’ !!!! Now, if she was asked to stay longer and give more poses and talk… she’d refuse!! Oh who am I kidding??:….that day would never dawn !!!

[@nikki2kk]

She tends to do the opposite of everything she’s told so maybe she would refuse hahaha

[@thevintageread]

😂❤

[@garnetbarkley7482]

My biggest disaster was when the children spent a very long time decorating our tree. Later I heard a crash and the sound of breaking glass. I ran downstairs and discovered our puppy had become tangled in the lights, pulled the tree over and dragged it half way across the room. My personal tree disaster was decorating a beautiful live fir tree. I loved it and was so proud. Then the tree died in less than a week and I had needles all over the family room; quite literally. I swear I was finding needles under the rugs and in nooks and crannies until the following July. And yes, I did keep it watered. That was the very last cut tree I ever bought.

[@thevintageread]

I feel your pain! 😂💗🎄

[@wordsmith8193]

Tree disaster: Newly remodeled house with handsome light wood floors. Brought in a felted circular, under-the-tree decorative rug to protect the floor from being scratched by the legs of the tree stand. Brought in a gorgeous, full, fresh Douglas Fir tree. Eight days later our handsome new wood floor had small ponds of tree sap! Heartbreaking and expensive!

[@user-xn4sr9fi6l]

What a wonderful recount of The Good Life episode recording. Imagine the Queen being in attendance!!! I loved that show, and those four top actors, especially Felicity.

[@willawong6936]

Christmas Tree disaster: placed all the ornaments, tinsel, and garlands, then discovered I forgot to string on the lights first. It took quite a bit of creativity to snake them in carefully. 😅

[@sarahsimpson8770]

One year, while the children were in elementary school, we make sugar cookies to hang on the tree along with fake red apples made from some kind of paste. We had a golden retriever who during one night ate all the cookies he could reach and also the fake apples. He ate the apples on the carpet leaving permanent red ink like stains.

[@judithmanderson431]

In my past life I taught Sunday School. I decided to make an Easter tree. I used boiled eggs which the children decorated and put on the tree. We had a very hot Aussie Easter that year. I put the tree down in the foyer of the church. As I went into church onEaster Day ( a high Anglican church) the very young, lovely,quietclergy took me aside to tell me he had to throw the tree out as the blowflies had blown the eggs. He was apologetic and I was embarrassed.❤❤❤

[@thevintageread]

Oh no! 😂💗

[@jadilewis455]

My mum and dad were really good friends with felicity Kendall’s cousin. They met felicity a few times and stayed at her flat when mum was pregnant with me in 1975. The good life was great 😊

[@thevintageread]

Oh how fantastic! Lucky them 😊🤗

[@merrywalsh2809]

No Christmas tree disasters, knock on wood, but totally went all out with huge trees, themed and covered with decorations. Nowadays, I put up three of those birch tree things with integrated lights, and call it a day. I feel as if fifty years of going all out is enough lol.

[@thevintageread]

It is! 💕😂

[@patricianavis]

Love your story! The first year I was married, we were going to school in Puerto Rico. As students we needed to be frugal. We decided to decorate our little tree with candy canes. The next morning we found that all the canes had melted into little puddles with ants coming out of the walls marching towards the sugar. Smelled good but what a sticky, yucky mess!

[@lizroberts1569]

I came home to find my young son had decorated the tree with tampons while I was at work, we’d had visitors who had to walk past the tree to get in and out of the house 😂 probably thought I was cheap with my deccies

[@judiadams5320]

I have to wear my glasses to hear! LOL.

[@thevintageread]

😂

[@lozzi442]

You're great fun Shauna .. Love these gossips 😊😂

[@thevintageread]

Thank you 😁

[@bjbrown]

My family has shrunk, if that is a proper word, to Mom and I. Today was my play in the garden and have fun with my cats (5) and now sowing seeds for spring. Greetings from Florida near Tampa on the gulf coast of Mexico.

[@JeaWis]

I had a friend 50 years ago say that a marriage lasts as long as the wife wants it to. In general I believe that is true.

[@lorettalindamood1345]

One day I was searching everywhere for my glasses and couldn't find them anywhere. It dawned on me when I looked into the distance I could see, lol, I had them on the whole time. 😅

[@judiemarshall9708]

My Christmas story involves my brilliant (teenaged) idea to put fiberglass (angel hair) around each of the tree lights. It took forever but looked lovely...or so I thought. My brother was laying in front of the tree, watching TV, when the tree suddenly fell over on him. He was trapped under the tree and covered in fiberglass. The clean up was a nightmare and the sweater he was wearing had to be thrown out. One of my most vivid memories from over 60 years ago.

[@soaringkite2673]

I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your channel, especially your sense of humor! ❤❤

[@thevintageread]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@summawriters106]

Delightful-thank you for the belly laughs throughout. I finish every episode of “Gossip” with a smile on my face so the Good Life has nothing over a tea chat with Shauna. You are not enough-as we would say in the States…”you are too much!”

[@suepercy8390]

I told my husband if he dies before me I’m just going to cover the Christmas tree with a sheet at the end of the season and keep it complete in his side of the garage - nothing will get tangled

[@jaimekennedy5750]

Goody goody goody! Have drink in hand, just waiting for the "sips"! LUV these Wednesday night gossips ❤❤

[@kathyevans2968]

I enjoyed your take on the goings on, especially the weird disconnect, AR Bot Scobie connection & Oprah’s “you’re enough”! Also; what a blast from the past.. We used to joke that “The Good Life” was based on my parents who had the suburban mini farm, except with a bunch of kids thrown in! Loved that show, but never saw the Christmas special!

[@user-vj8it1qk5w]

Thank you again, Shauna. You had me laughing out loud (I live by myself; my wee dog obviously thought I'd gone nuts) with the putting my glasses down and not being able to find them, because I don't have them on! So like me! Love for you and yours from across the ditch xo

[@LG-nb5ur]

Our tradition is to buy one special new ornament for the tree each year. Started with my kids, now we do that with my grandchild. And a bacon and egg breaky on Xmas day

[@pamelashannon6104]

Thanks for the reminder about The Good Life. That was also one of my favorite shows back in the day, but I’d completely forgotten about it. Just your mention of it brought a smile to my face.🥰

[@thevintageread]

😊💗

[@Itshushhush]

Always loved that show. Plus Penelope Keith in To The Manor Born.🎉

[@sarahevans1091]

Love the episode today it's so much related to me. Your Christmas tree story had me in stitches and since it's 6:00 in the morning here in the US in Connecticut I woke everyone else up in the house. The other thing I got a big kick out of was your yoga and your dog I have a new Great Dane puppy and the minute I'm on the floor she pounces on top of me and she's 120 lb I can't do any exercise that relates to the floor she's in my face licking me over rolling next to me putting her 50 ft long legs all over the top of my body and then when I go to stand up she has to run through my legs so you never know what angle she's coming at you. Keep up the great work Shawna I love waking up to your stories.

[@thevintageread]

Hahaha I loved your great Dane and Yoga story!

[@Kari_B61ex]

I also love The Good Life - One of the Christmas episodes is causing me to have nightmares at the moment. The one where Fortnum & Masons doesn't deliver Margo and Jerry's Christmas. I've got a Sainsbury's Christmas food & drink delivery booked this year and I'm panicking that they won't deliver part or all it. I've actually booked it for the Friday before, just in case!

[@thevintageread]

Oh yes! I ordered one year a grocery delivery for Christmas Eve and a lot of the main things were missing so I had to rush to the shops with all the other panicking people! 😂😂😂

[@MaryB-tx2xq]

I did a Marks&Sparks Christmas delivery one year. Had to take the Turkey back because the ‘use by’ date was the 24th December! My friend had the same, we couldn’t believe they didn’t think that we wanted to eat it on Christmas Day!!

[@Kari_B61ex]

@@MaryB-tx2xq Oh WOW! You don't expect it from M&S.

[@MaryB-tx2xq]

@@Kari_B61ex I know. Someone said it might’ve been because my friend and I only had a small crown turkey and M&S expect you to have that before Christmas Day. I’m not sure, but I check dates every time now. Oh, and because it was M&S they gave me a bottle of their Buck’s Fizz free (it wasn’t that expensive, could’ve bought it myself). One year, Waitrose made a mistake on a Christmas order and gave me a bottle of Baileys! Very different lol

[@danetteperez3863]

It was not a red carpet. It was a photo opportunity. And she certainly seized the moment. She inserted herself into a crowd that she assumed were her equals but all others did not share the sentiment . The redundant beige dress was sloppy looking, but her being photogenic saved the look. We all wondered what was she there for ?

[@badger999]

so iShauna, i am going to take you at your word that if we concentrate on good things that make us happy ... i will be expecting an hour long Chat before Bedtime next week ;) i really enjoy the chats and tonight i ended up laughing at myself, i was dying for a coffee but didn't want to miss any of the chat. then i remembered the pause button, clicked it and asked you to hold that thought while i make my coffee :D i really enjoy getting old and living alone. the chats i have with my dog are amazing and now i guess chatting with video folk is a brand new adventure :D

[@LynetteMcGrath]

As a fellow Queenslander, when you said you had hung biscuits on the tree, my first thought was "oh no, cockroaches and ants!" Melting bikkies did not occur to me! The Good Life was one of my favorite shows back in the day, and my Dad had a huge crush on Felicity Kendall. Mentioning 'singularity' and AI creating it's own server space reminds me of the Scarlett Johansson movie "Her" in which a human man develops a relationship with an operating system that he thinks is only for him, but isn't. The thing that bothers me about AI and deep-fakes in CGI is the ability to create lifelike photos and videos using real people's images and voices. That was the first thing I thought of when it was suggested that the dimwit duo could release audio of their supposed phone call to the King. They are the sort of people who can and will abuse the technology. In fact I think the sugars already have by released supposed photos of the Princess of Wales looking quite old and haggard. We've had photoshop for years, but this is a massive step up.

[@64jkn]

Love you from Ireland 🙂☘ loved the Good Life always remembered watching it with my parents and still laugh when looking back at past episodes😂

[@countrygirl7619]

I was using the flashlight on my phone to find my phone. I truly understand!

[@debbie.daniele]

So love your channel, your storytelling and your beautiful personality. Looking forward to setting up for the holidays as well. And I’ll try to remember your words when taking it all down! I have tended to hurry that process, then the next year I can’t find anything! Can’t wait to see your set next week! 🎄

[@thevintageread]

Oh no! The pressures on! 😂💗

[@janodonnell3818]

Same with Peanut Butter as AI “don’t worry, someone will figure it out”. When I was in college, a study came out linking eating peanut butter with increased risk of developing cancer. I knew I was doomed. Yet here I am 40+ years later enjoying PB&J sandwiches. 😊

[@debbybingham8995]

You remind me of my best friend, when she was younger. We had been friends since we were 12 (now 74) but sadly she passed 3 years ago. You really delight me with your stories and your personality.

[@thevintageread]

What a lovely thing to say! I’m sorry you miss your friend 💕

[@ccl005jn]

Oprah saying anything is annoying to me. "You are enough" , the equivalent of everyone getting a participation ribbon. Everyone can use work on some aspect of themselves, part of being human. 5 years ago I started low carb/keto for chronic pain, 1 month in , pain gone and over 6 months I lost 32 pounds. Still eat this way, sugar and carbs are the devil and kill good health.

[@vericarauza5830]

Neal Sean said that MM was there as a plus one.

[@thevintageread]

Ah thanks I didn’t hear anyone else about this one!

[@nickimontie]

I love the Good Life! They played it here in the US on PBS! They also played Waiting for God, love that one, too!

[@jolantamsk3894]

I love Christmas 🎄. A few years ago, I had a „weak” tree stand. We decorated the tree, loved it, had some wine and went to bed. This decorated tree fell down some 3 hours later. I heard this bang so I run downstairs. There it was, my beautiful tree…

[@thevintageread]

Did you have another wine? 🎄

[@jolantamsk3894]

@@thevintageread No 🤣, I had to get the tree up!

[@tumbleweed860]

Ah, “The Good Life”…we live in the town referenced in the programme, Surbiton, and there continues to be an excitement about landmarks and places used in the programme. This part of Surrey has some interesting musicians/singers and actors stories from the ‘60-90’s, but not nearly so exciting now. You’re always a joy to share time with.

[@katejessiman5789]

Love love love A gossip before bed, well all your posts. I’m with you and the glasses thing Shauna. My eyes get so tired when I look at a screen and it happens when I’m reading too. I have multiple pairs of reading glasses scattered around the house. I went to my work the other day, no glasses …. I couldn’t even see my own name on the signing in sheet. Thank goodness I had an extra pair in my car, I now have to remember to put a pair back in my car so I have that extra pair. I really think it’s time for permanent wearing of glasses. Thank you Shauna ❤

[@thevintageread]

Yes that is what I need to do…lots of spares!

[@chimerat8012]

Lots of Harries! I think not.🙃

[@barbarathomas8556]

Thank you for allowing me to comment. Being elderly technology? 😳 So hello, love all your stuff and chat at bedtime is cosy, fun, informative. Book reviews, splendid, bought many and avoided the worst. Thank you for your hard work ❤

[@jessicaalbright7429]

It’s called Good Neighbors in the US…love that show… rewatch it all the time …watched as a kid with my parents. 😀

[@advancedwatcher]

'You are enough!' Oh, yes, Oprah? And who are you to judge?

[@thevintageread]

Well there is that! 😂

[@renekirebornrenekireborn4777]

Quote of the day: "I'm scared my eyes will hear!" 🤣

[@thevintageread]

😂💗

[@smfueredi]

I’d love to hear about Christmas in Australia. I know it’s Summer over there, so what are the traditional foods and customs? In our house we have a mix of Latin and American traditions. We eat turkey for Thanksgiving so we have pork or paella for Christmas Eve dinner. We go to mass on the 24th and open gifts on Christmas morning. Spending time with family is very important during the holidays as I’m sure it’s for you! Love the chats and your stories!

[@thevintageread]

Sounds great!

[@beckywebb1916]

I love your sense of humor! Quiet quitting marriages and you assuring your husband you weren’t quiet quitting! 😂 Did he feel relieved? I’ve been known to look for my glasses only to find two pairs on top of my head!

[@thevintageread]

Yes and yes! 😊💗

[@erineddy7999]

Definitely need my glasses to find my glasses! My cat loves to run off with them and it makes finding them so much more difficult. Love the video!

[@kimberlyanne434]

This is a story about my grandfather who was intoxicated when my grandparents arrived for Christmas in 1972 at my parents house in a conservative small town in Illinois, USA. My grandfather was my father’s Dad and my mom had a giant turkey and ham in the oven. My grandfather brought a enormous goose to cook for dinner. It made my mom rather upset because she planned out her entire meal . We did have a stove downstairs in the basement with an oven, but that oven was cooking food also. Our Christmas Day back then with all of my cousins and aunts and uncles, it was a full house with about 23 people. My grandfather was way too intoxicated and I just remember watching from my bedroom window when my grandfather blew his top and he just threw the frozen goose down driveway at a record speed. The goose slid on the snowy driveway hitting every bump. He was absolutely fixated on cooking his goose and no one wanted a goose. I was mortified at ten years old, as I watched the unwrapped goose make its way across the street onto the neighbors driveway. Who knows what the nice older lady and her husband thought the next morning when they saw the goose. That was my thrilling Christmas in 1972 and I really remember thinking my friends on my block would know the big abandoned goose came from our house, and that was dreadfully embarrassing. ❄️ 🎄 ❄️

[@KatherineSpinks-cu9io]

You are so funny and delightful!

[@thevintageread]

💗💗💗

[@saviness]

She did her bit on the red carpet in Hollywood BUT was told NOT to step foot on the red carpet for ROYALS in Morocco. Life has its little rewards. ❤

[@sandrachappell6845]

Hi Shauna you are absolutely right my eyes have deteriorated because of all the technology especially when your either using a computer or tablet like I do for work 🤓. Im getting my Christmas lights, decorations & tree out this weekend should be interesting once the tree is up because I adopted a kitten not long ago so let’s see how long it takes for her to be the STAR on top of the tree 😂😂😂

[@hazeluzzell]

The good life was a really funny programme. I loved it!

[@andrewsyd]

“Might have been how her and Omid met!” 🤣🤣🤣

[@thevintageread]

😂😂😂

[@bonitacarolin9984]

Yes I sometimes need glasses to find my glasses. The pain is real😂😂😂😂

[@LG-nb5ur]

My question is, in relation to the Oprah declaration, who said they werent enough? Who gave anyone at that event the idea that they weren't good enough?

[@KimtheElder]

Exactly!!!!

[@AussieAngel826]

☕️ can’t wait for the festive decorations 😁

[@thevintageread]

Me too!!

[@AussieAngel826]

@@thevintageread 😁🎄🎅

[@carrieannmcleod5219]

We love Christmas. We start decorating the weekend after Thanksgiving (last weekend in November). We decorate every room, including the bathroom. I enjoy most British sitcoms but Good Neighbors (Good Life), As Time Goes By and The Vicar of Dibley are my favorites.

[@thevintageread]

Sounds great!

[@eileendaly4651]

50mins you got that right. She didn't even know how it was meant to be worn. Bet the designer won't be giving her another dress to wear.

[@sputnik1941]

Like gossip before bed . Glasses ; our son always misplaces his . Me - I can never find my car keys .

[@thevintageread]

I heard you should put your keys in your fridge! 😂