Ep. 384: Overheard in a Grocery-Store Parking Lot
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 10 November 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In the special segment "They Said What?!" Shanna and Laura discuss the funny, outrageous, or offensive things they've heard people say recently, including some hilarious comments from Laura's kids, a surprising parenting tactic Shanna overheard in a grocery-store parking lot, and more! Also, Shanna reports on leaving her family for a retreat in the mountains, and Laura talks about her last-minute ticket score that led to an exciting mom's night out. Finally, they share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna's kids are 6.5 and 9.5 years old, and Laura’s kids are 6.5 years old and 4.5 years old.
Topics discussed in this episode:
-Going on a moms-only weekend retreat without your kids
-Going to a concert with your mom friend
-Using Resort Pass to take your kids to a pool for the day
-Hilarious things our kids say to us
-Surprising things strangers say to us
-Encouraging your child's interest in art
-Taking your kids to the library
Products, links, resources mentioned in this episode:
-Radiohead's "There, There" music video
Past BFP episodes mentioned in this episode:
-Ep. 382 (Where the outtake of Shanna and Laura talking about 6-7 is from)
This episode's full show notes can be found here.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura. This week we have our weekly check-ins. We have our special segment. They said what? |
| 0:09.6 | Where you get to find out who the true love of my life is. And we hear about how Shauna took down a petty tyrant. And we close with our BFPs and BFNs for the week. Let's get started. |
| 0:20.5 | Hello, everyone. And welcome to episode 384 of |
| 0:24.4 | Big Fat Positive of pregnancy and parenting journey. Hi, Shawna. Hello. Hello, hello. Let's get right to it. |
| 0:30.6 | I want to hear what you've been up to this week. Well, Laura, it's that time of year where I make my yearly |
| 0:36.5 | pilgrimage to the forest with 100 other moms, |
| 0:40.6 | and we all take over a campground, actually more like a summer camp with cabins and all of that, |
| 0:47.8 | and do a mom retreat for the weekend. |
| 0:51.0 | It always sounds so fun. |
| 0:52.7 | I feel like the main thing I remember from an earlier |
| 0:55.6 | version of this was like you trying to get up to the mountains in your electric car and then having |
| 1:01.5 | to turn around and go back home for the night because you were afraid that you weren't going to make it. |
| 1:07.9 | Yeah, yeah. I learned from that mistake. I used my gas vehicle this year. And I had a car buddy. I picked up |
| 1:15.9 | our friend Jen and we carpooled up to the mountains. That is a smart move. Also brave because I know you are |
| 1:23.3 | a metaphobic, a metaphobic. I never know how to say it. And Jen gets car sick really easily. |
| 1:30.0 | Yes, I know. It just shows you how good of a friend you are, you know? Yeah, I think so. And it really |
| 1:37.3 | helps my safety in driving because let me tell you, I took all of those mountain curves so slow. I was |
| 1:43.9 | annoying everyone on the road, but I was like, |
| 1:46.1 | my friend will not get sick. And to her credit, she took a dramamine or some kind of nausea |
| 1:52.3 | reducer ahead of time. So she had my back too. Good, good, good. That's working together. All right. |
| 1:59.7 | Totally. Now, some people might be wondering, Laura, why aren't you going to this mom's retreat with your two best friends? I know. I know. Oh, tell them. It's because you're part of a mom's group that capped membership basically before my kids were born, right? And like, Jen has been lobbying to get me into this group |
| 2:18.8 | since I got pregnant with Augie to no avail. So I am sadly not a part of the group, but I am happy |
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