Shall we let the boys have a say...?

In today's episode of The Thing About That you'll finally hear from the fiancés/husband elects/star partners of our 3 hosts, Becca, Hettie and Lucy. For a whole series we've spoken on their behalf and laid bare our own souls, sometimes at their expense! But now we're giving them the floor. How did Ben respond when Becca caught him picking an engagement ring? When did Jacob decide to take Hettie's surname? What incentivised Tris to propose within 8 months and was Lucy's reaction distressing? How can you actively combat toxic masculinity in your romantic choices?  Why might you still choose to ask a father's permission to marry his daughter in this day and age? We force the men to talk about and contemplate weddings just as much as we women find ourselves forced to contemplate the subject on a daily basis.

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Guest Special 5 length: 56 mins 38 seconds

Hettie talks to the future Mr Becca (00:40)

• Picking the engagement ring.
• How to surprise a partner who loves to be in control.

Lucy talks to the future Mr Hettie (05:22)

• Love at first sight.
• Difficult conversations with family members over certain wedding choices.
• Combatting toxic masculinity: How it feels to be a man taking his wife's surname.

Becca talks to the future Mr Lucy (38:37)

• The ease of marriage for a heterosexual male.
• Proposing within a year of meeting.
• First-hand experience of asking a father's permission.
  

Recommendations mentioned in the episode:

Untamed by Glennon Doyle.

Thank you for listening!