Giggling about dark arts, dissociating, and cupcakes

Giggly Squad

In this playful and introspective episode of Giggly Squad, the hosts dive into themes of identity, relationships, and personal growth while

Key takeaways

• Reconnecting with past partners is humorously dubbed 'dabbling in the dark arts,' highlighting complex emotional patterns in relationships.

Main topics

• Dating reality shows and fantasy partner creation
• Reconnection with exes ('dabbling in the dark arts')

Notable quotes

'When you hook up with your ex, it's called dabbling in the dark arts.'

Conclusion

The episode closes with a heartfelt reminder that personal growth often comes from

Transcript preview

Speaker 2 (0:00) You know, we're making art here. Sup, gigglers? Speaker 1 (0:02) Gary, fix the Wi-Fi. Speaker 2 (0:04) Manifest that shit. Speaker 1 (0:05) We can't be managed. I mean, the day just got away from me. Speaker 2 (0:15) Good morning, my... Speaker 2 (0:18) Galapagos Island gigglers. Someone literally was like, Hannah has one job to come up with G words and she literally can't. You would think you'd Speaker 4 (0:29) Google something. Speaker 2 (0:32) Sorry, I don't use AI. This is sorry. I'm not chat GBTing it. This is just from the noggin and it doesn't Speaker 4 (0:39) always work. Honestly, in today's day and age, we want that more. Speaker 3 (0:44) I just Speaker 4 (0:45) saw on the internet. Wait, I just saw it was either like Complex or like Worldstar posted it. But like China is... China's doing like Olympics with robots right now. Speaker 2 (0:56) No. No. Speaker 4 (0:58) And like they're not doing well. No. Speaker 2 (1:01) Use the men. Use the. There's plenty of men that could go Speaker 4 (1:05) fight right now. It's like low key sad because the robots will just like fall and like be broken. Well Speaker 2 (1:12) especially because Speaker 4 (1:13) you hate when. Speaker 2 (1:15) inanimate objects get hurt. Well, Speaker 4 (1:17) I'm like, but also robots freak me out. So I have a weird relationship with them as an object because I'm like. Speaker 2 (1:26) Yeah, because during our like prime brain forming years, there were like multiple movies like iRobot and other stuff that came out. And we were just like, we see the future. Don't need to be involved in that. Want to know something weird Speaker 4 (1:39) that like no one else is going to get but you. But whatever this, whatever this sorry podcast. I'm on the wrong side in the Zoom and I don't like it. Speaker 2 (1:50) Wait, me too. Speaker 4 (1:53) How Speaker 2 (1:53) do we switch it? I don't Speaker 4 (1:54) think you can. I think because... Speaker 4 (1:58) I don't know. Whoever was on first, I think then like changed our order. Speaker 2 (2:04) When you said like no one else is going to get this but you, I was like, well, what about the Gigglers? They understand everything. And then you say a niche specific tech thing that we have on Zoom. And I'm like, yeah, you're right. Maybe the audio podcast listeners aren't going to appreciate that. But thank you for bringing it up. I just wanted to know if you have the same thinking pattern as I do. No, for sure. Because I keep looking left and you're not there. You're Speaker 4 (2:26) always to my Speaker 2 (2:27) right. I have to make housekeeping announcement. Okay. As you guys know, the reason my Massacre was so stressful was because I had booked my first ever hosting gig. And I couldn't speak about it. So I was fighting for my life, trying to express myself. You literally couldn't speak about it. I couldn't speak. And Speaker 4 (2:50) then Speaker 2 (2:50) I couldn't smile. I was... trapped in my own body and face but finally they're letting me give a little tea your mouth is really Speaker 4 (2:59) good right now i Speaker 2 (3:01) thought it was good and then i hosted the cat event and i looked at the photos after Speaker 4 (3:05) and i was like oh no i'm still a freak wow right when you said cat mine came out from under the bed because Speaker 2 (3:10) she knows yeah she knows it's oh hannah had an event and Speaker 4 (3:13) didn't sorry Speaker 2 (3:15) daphne you can't be the face of every campaign relating to cats take a day off She's calling her agent right now. She's like, there was a cat cafe in West Hampton and no one contacted my team. She's like, I looked at the pictures. Speaker 4 (3:27) Not one cat had blue eyes. So like, what are we doing here? Speaker 2 (3:35) um so anyway early 2027 mark your calendars yes i'm hosting a dating reality show called making love sexual entering my match maker era the Speaker 4 (3:52) marketing team had no idea what they were in for when they were like who should be cast oh hannah burner hannah burner seems like a good host for this show and they're like great she's got a podcast you can talk about it on her podcast never did they think that their show would be getting watched based on hannah's botched plastic surgery when Speaker 2 (4:14) i tell you i can't move my mouth until maybe episode six slightly i mean the first and let me tell you the team behind this show is the team behind love is blind Married at First Sight. Like these are the real deal. Like I'm not doing a dating reality show unless it's like the creme of the creme. Is that the creme de la creme? You Speaker 4 (4:37) combined creme de la creme with cream of the crop because you Speaker 2 (4:42) get me. So these people were like really like they knew what they were doing. They knew how to do a hit show. And I was sitting in my trailer and I'm like, I'm going to ruin everyone's day. Like I just was scared I was getting fired. So the good news is I didn't get fired. But what I loved about the show is it actually really reminded me of you and your dating style. Because you remember when we first met, I think you talked about this on TV too. You had your like insane fucking list. You're like, I want a guy who makes me pancakes. I still have it. Do you still have it? Of course. Do you check it? Of course. Do you update it? Absolutely. Do you take stuff out? Yep. Speaker 4 (5:22) Like I've grown older. I've had different accommodations. Like there are certain things where I was like, wow, I don't need a man for that. Take it Speaker 2 (5:31) out. Speaker 2 (5:34) Yeah, becoming a professional plumber really helped with a lot of those things. Speaker 4 (5:39) Handy around the house. Interesting. Speaker 2 (5:43) So the show is called Making Love, and it's this really fun concept. I'm obsessed with it, where what if you could create your fantasy partner? So they basically had people come in with a list, whatever they wanted. It's their fantasy. And then they went out and found that person to see if they actually would fall in love. If you found someone who checked every box on your list. But then also that fantasy person that comes in gets to create their own fantasy person. So it was fucking crazy. Once everyone comes in and they're like, that's your perfect person. That's what you've been waiting for. Is this going to be? the love of your life now. And Speaker 4 (6:26) you could meet your perfect person and be like, I hate this person. Do Speaker 2 (6:30) you know how many times on a dating app I'm like, that's my perfect person and then like, you meet them and you're like, why am I creeped out? Why are his eyes like that? Speaker 4 (6:38) Or like when you meet a really hot guy and then you like start talking to him and then like after 30 minutes or like a year, you're like, I think you're hideous. Like, how many men do you know that people find so hot that you're like, like, you would vomit? I Speaker 2 (6:57) just, wait, no, I actually can't. I know who you're Speaker 4 (6:59) thinking of, and actually, I can't. Speaker 2 (7:03) Well, you're like me where once we move on, we move on. Yeah. Well, no. You've dabbled in the past before. Speaker 4 (7:10) Well, look it. My dabbling in the dark arts is different. I've moved on. Wait, you guys. Speaker 2 (7:16) Paige just coined, when you hook up with your ex, it's called dabbling in the dark arts. Use it. Move forward with it. Do what you need with it. That eight. That was so angel somewhere. Just like I've taught her well. Speaker 4 (7:29) Yeah, like I'm over it. I'm just trying to like ruin your life a little more. You Speaker 2 (7:36) actually do like revenge a little more than me. I would say a lot. I Speaker 4 (7:40) called my mom a week ago and I said this verbatim. I need more revenge. I think you've had enough. Speaker 2 (7:49) But I also think that you can be less emotional than me. in relationships like you know how to like turn off for evil like when you have a purpose you can like detach you're good at detaching right Speaker 4 (8:02) at detaching Speaker 2 (8:03) you're really good at disassociating these are things that could we could talk to someone about but that's kitty this is a kitty video listeners are getting so much good stuff when you're Speaker 4 (8:14) hot decides to come up to you and sit on you like i'm sorry Speaker 3 (8:20) you're a millionaire like Speaker 4 (8:21) that is i'm the richest woman in the world right now we Speaker 2 (8:26) talk about cats every episode but like i don't like i don't mind people you know how many people came to my cat cafe and they were like i don't like cats and then within three minutes they're like wait that's cute as fuck i'm like okay no no they just didn't know like they don't know they just hear of cats through people who talk shit about cats wait wait wait Speaker 4 (8:46) wait i'm Speaker 2 (8:47) meeting a friend and you've only learned about that friend through people who don't fuck with that friend of course you're not gonna like that friend okay but showing up Speaker 4 (8:54) to a cat cafe and verbalizing that you don't like cats is if i walked into an aa meeting and offered everyone a cocktail non Speaker 2 (9:04) -cat people like really strongly identify against cats so they like they like have to say it they're like i have a dog like they have to But do you know what I realized? This is why we love cats. Cats are that fucking girl. People who've never even been in the same room as them hate them. Speaker 2 (9:24) Like, everyone's out here hating you, and you've never even met a cat, and you hate them, and you're talking shit about cats, and you literally use the H word. You hate a cat. That takes star power. It really Speaker 4 (9:37) does. It really does. Star power. Speaker 2 (9:39) And then they spend five minutes in the room with them, and they're like, they're actually, like, really, really nice. Speaker 2 (9:45) So anyway, I also decided I wanted to do this because I obviously have taken a break from reality and I wanted to wait for like the perfect opportunity to get involved as a host, being in full control minus my emotions and smile. And I Speaker 4 (10:00) love love. I am a romantic. I love love. Speaker 2 (10:03) But I was really bad with height. I'm not gonna I've been I'm bad with the height stuff while you're hosting Speaker 4 (10:09) when Speaker 2 (10:09) I was dating oh Speaker 4 (10:11) I thought like you as the host you're like okay I would never pick you Speaker 4 (10:17) We're like, oh, it's a short one. We weren't expecting that. Okay, it's very interesting to go from reality TV to then, like, hosting reality TV. Yeah. Like, when you were filming, did you have your own inner thoughts about people that, like, obviously you're not saying because you're the objective one there? You're like the news reporter. You can't have a side. Speaker 2 (10:42) No, I was fully head sides. I was crying. But it's part of my job to like by the end, I felt connected to everyone in a certain way because you guys know how I speak to men. Some of these men I whipped into shape. Like from the very beginning, some guy was like trying to be funny, chatty chat. I said that's not how we're doing it in this house. I was I felt like the substitute teacher who was like, I don't know who you've been talking to previously this year, but I don't fuck with this shit. And then by the end, like once you get them to like. like you then you you they open up and that was like the most fun part like I I had so much fun making them laugh but then like I saw some of these people like find love I saw some of these people get their fucking heart shattered on tv and there's moments you know when you're a host like you're standing there they're changing positions with cameras and they make eye contact with me like I'm their like big sister and I was like I gave them like thumbs up like you're doing great like Like, trust yourself. Like, I don't know. I just, it was a little healing for me to be back in that place and see people on reality TV. But a dating competition is so different than, like, a Bravo show. I don't think the gigglers know this one thing about Speaker 4 (11:54) you. I'm scared. Hannah gets, like, really upset if you're really hot and you, like, say that you're having trouble dating. Speaker 4 (12:09) because you're like i don't get it when Speaker 2 (12:11) you see a really hot person and they are like i can't find someone i haven't dated i'm like bro you you could date anyone you want girl and guy so it makes me think that like there's stuff they haven't worked on internally you got we all know those really hot people who were like 43 and they're like i don't know i just haven't ever found someone i'm like i don't trust that yeah it Speaker 4 (12:34) really Speaker 2 (12:34) annoys me but I think what's so cool about this show is a lot of people are like, well, I haven't met my dream person. They're like, okay, here it is. Here's your dream person. We looked all over America and we fucking found that person. Plus more and better. Can you make them, can you actually, is that your, can you fall in love with them? And it made people question like what they thought they wanted. And I got to kind of challenge people's beliefs and be like, so you said you wanted a guy like this. But he's like this. Does that mean you're not going to give him a chance? Like if he has a slightly different spiritual belief or if he's a different nationality than you thought, like nationality. Why do I say Midwest nationality? Speaker 4 (13:19) Sometimes you do go like straight Wisconsin. You Speaker 2 (13:22) know, it was a time. It was a time in my past that I. Yeah. Speaker 4 (13:25) Like, OK, if I looked up my list right now, I actually. Yeah. If I looked up my list, let's see, when like the last time I have a list in my phone that says Dear Paige. Speaker 2 (13:42) You're adorable. And I knew that if this was on paper, it would have been script with a heart. Do a page. Speaker 4 (13:47) Sometimes for a manifestation, I write a letter to myself that congratulates me for things that I haven't accomplished yet, but that's how I manifest. Okay, 2020. I haven't looked at it since 2024. Wait, Speaker 2 (14:02) this is huge. I'm set. Oh, she's a lot. Speaker 2 (14:09) Give us some of the good ones. Speaker 4 (14:12) Give us the most outlandish ones. Speaker 2 (14:17) It's Speaker 4 (14:17) okay if I make more money. I just don't want him to be jealous of it. Speaker 2 (14:21) Well, that's huge for you. Like sports not controlling. Speaker 4 (14:26) Understands my anxiety. That's really huge for me. Speaker 2 (14:29) Wait, that's really good. I love how you're like, can't say that one. Can't say that one. Speaker 4 (14:36) I just wrote deals with