Doorbell friends, the eldest daughter effect & outsourcing your night nurse?!

Two Parents & A Podcast

Alex & Harrison Fugman

Relationships, Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.1 • 641 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, we're talking about the lost art of the "doorbell friend" (we just learned we have these and it makes us feel like we're in a sitcom LOL). Which spirals into a whole convo about how in-person social interaction has plummeted and what can be done to bring back the 90s childhood mindset. Then we get into Memorial Day block party planning (watermelon seed spitting contest, three-legged race, & getting Kennedy Urich's boyfriend Bobby to do a concert?!), and the fact that we have OFFICIALLY broken ground on the pool (after a whole pipe-moving saga that was NOT in the budget lol). In other neighborhood news, Alex is officially starting a book club!!! We get into the best books Alex has read lately (Mean Moms, Strangers, and the book book club is starting with: Yesteryear). Plus, fan-casting the Stranger TV adaptation (Nicole Kidman + Ryan Phillippe?!). Then we get into Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey ending up on the SAME flight to Hawaii (what are the chances?!), date night midweek vs. Saturday night (spoiler alert: Thursday wins), and the great event eating debate (should you eat before attending an event with dinner?!) Then it's Rocky's 1 month update (he's a GRAZER, his wake windows are lengthening, and Alex got cleared to work out!), and BICKER OF THE WEEK on whether you should be an out-and-backer or a looper on your neighborhood walks (Alex has her reasons!!!). Plus, TWEET OF THE WEEK on the fact that 9 out of 10 women physicians are eldest daughters (Dr. Tate?!), and TWO THINGS WE DMED EACH OTHER: that viral video of the granddaughter teaching her 102 + 89 year old grandparents how to use DoorDash (heartwarming!!!) and the guy outsourcing his night nurse to the Philippines (seems completely unnecessary??). And finally, our favorite baby products from the first month (RIP the wipe warmer for Rocky, the SNOO and Doona stay undefeated)! LOVE YOU GUYS! Timestamps: 00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast! 00:00:48 The importance of a “doorbell friend” 00:06:58 Memorial Day block party planning is officially underway 00:12:48 We've officially broken ground on the pool!!! 00:16:26 Hot water with lemon debate cont. (+ should restaurants charge for bread?!) 00:20:23 Alex is officially starting a book club 00:29:29 Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey on the SAME flight to Hawaii?! 00:34:16 Date night: midweek vs. Saturday night? 00:36:48 Do you eat before events?! 00:41:19 Rocky's 1 month update 00:49:42 BICKER OF THE WEEK: Walks around the neighborhood: out-and-backer or looper? 00:53:40 TWEET OF THE WEEK: 9 out of 10 women physicians are eldest daughters 00:56:45 THINGS WE DMED EACHOTHER: Teaching grandparents to use DoorDash 01:06:15 THINGS WE DMED EACHOTHER: Outsourcing your night nurse to the Philippines?! 01:11:48 Our favorite baby products in the first month 01:14:02 LOVE YOU GUYS! #twoparentsandapod -------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you to our sponsors this week: *NOCD: If you’re struggling with OCD or unrelenting intrusive thoughts, NOCD can help. Book a free 15 minute call to get started: https://learn.nocd.com/TWOPARENTS *Ollie: Ollie. Feed the Obsession. Go to https://www.ollie.com/twoparents and use code TWOPARENTS to get 70% off your first box! *CozyEarth: Go to https://www.cozyearth.com/TWOPARENTS for up to 20% off! *Veracity: For up to 65% off your order, head to https://www.VeracityHealth.co and use code TWOPARENTS *Bobbie: If you want to feed with confidence too, head to https://www.hibobbie.com for the formula trusted by 800,000+ parents. -------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to the pod on YouTube/Spotify/Apple: https://www.youtube.com/@twoparentsandapod https://open.spotify.com/show/7BxuZnHmNzOX9MdnzyU4bD?si=5e715ebaf9014fac https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-parents-a-podcast/id1737442386 -------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Two Parents & A Podcast: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/twoparentsandapod TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@twoparentsandapod Follow Alex Bennett: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/justalexbennett TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@justalexbennett Follow Harrison Fugman: Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/harrisonfugman TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@harrisonfugman -------------------------------------------------------------- Powered by: Just Media House – https://www.justmediahouse.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	we can just do it off the top of the dome that never works did you guys use the word dome growing up
1:04.7	I still use it dome off the dome off the dome off. Okay. Well, you know what we can talk about. Let's welcome them. I'll do it. Ready? Okay. We're not going to do it. I guess this was the prequel. The prequel. I think I've turned into someone very annoying at the neighbor's house. You have. You go over there every morning and you leave your phone at home and you stay for like 45 minutes.
1:31.8	Like I feel bad for, not for neighbor tea, but for neighbor him.
1:36.0	Because like every morning she just walks in and I'm just sitting in the kitchen.
1:39.4	It feels like a scene out of like a out of a sitcom.
1:43.0	Have you guys seen that this is a trend right now it's called
1:45.9	um door doorbell friends doorbell friends no what is it i'm annoying neighbor trend like you just show up
1:53.2	and i'm sitting in your house wait it's it's like the concept that we don't have these doorbell
1:58.0	friends anymore where you can just walk over ring their doorbell and like go in and nothing's wrong. Like you have to have a plan with everyone and blah, blah, blah, boss. You guys have doorbell. We do. We don't even ring the doorbell. No. They don't ring our doorbell. Yeah, fully open. We don't even ring the doorbell. We just go in, because what did we do the other day? Yesterday we had dinner with other neighbors and they brought the leftovers after and
2:20.3	they walked into the house, put it in and I walked in and they were in the kitchen.
2:25.9	So it's not just one neighbor.
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