Is Tracking Your Partner a Sign of Toxic Relationships? Plus, Handy Husbands

Should we be tracking our partners, or is that a really toxic habit in relationships? Also - how good are handy husbands?

We've had some really juicy conversations this week, chatting about what not to do in relationships - hello partner tracking - and what to do - like thanking our husbands for being awesome!

Plus we throw it back to a previous episode of ours, sticking with the theme of relationships and #couplegoals. Read on...

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Monday, 9 June: Should you track your partner?

 Is it okay to track your partner’s phone and movements?

This week on Wine Chats, we're diving deep into a digital era and relationship dilemma: tracking your partners' movements using location sharing apps.

Location-sharing has crept into everyday relationships, and we uncover some alarming stats around coercive control. Did you know that a recent study by the eSafety Commission found that nearly 1 in 5 young adults in Australia believe tracking a partner's location is to be expected in a relationship? And that men are reportedly twice as likely as women to justify tracking their partners, often disguising it as an expression of affection or concern? This begs the question - when does safety turn into surveillance?

Plus, with kids growing up in a world where tracking your girl/boyfriend is considered totally normal, we reflect on the kind of relationships we’re modelling, and the kind we want our children to experience.

Wednesday, 11 June: We love our handy husbands

It's time to celebrate our men because, sometimes, we might be a bit useless...

On ChatterBox this week, we’re raising a glass to our very handy husbands, as they fix, lift, build, and sort all the man-jobs without breaking a sweat. Honestly, while we love to give them a bit of sh*t (and which wife doesn't) it can't be denied that our husbands are amazing and look after us in all the manly ways we need. Like filling up our tyres with air and lifting heavy stuff.

But it got us thinking... should we know how to do a few of these things ourselves?

From small tasks to everyday stuff we’ve never learned (because, well, why would we when they're right there?), we chat about the balance between appreciating our partners’ skills and doing it ourselves instead.

This episode is funny, honest, and might just inspire you to finally learn how to use that drill… or at the very least know where it’s kept.

Featured episode: Sex it up: New things to try in the bedroom (S5, E18)

Are you ready to spice up your love life?

In our #throwback episode of the week, join us on as we give you some new and interesting ways to bring something - or someone - new to your sex life. From threesomes, to toys, we discuss it all with no kink shaming but don't mind our very vanilla lifestyles as we cringe through some of these suggestions.

Behind the scenes

It was a quiet one for us this week as Lyndsey battles a head cold and Billi fusses over decluttering her house and life. In feet land, we were hoping to open up a Fansly account this week and move away from FeetFinder (as it's proving to be rather creepy) but the energy was a bit low and we couldn't be bothered filling out more U.S. tax forms. We're basically going to become U.S. tax experts by the time this is all done and dusted. We'll keep you all updated on our post-OnlyFans journey. Here's a little photo we had to take to join Fansly - I bet Lyndsey didn't think this would get posted!

Lyndsey posing because she didn't think Billi was quick enough to take the photo... But Billi is an expert photo taker. You're welcome.

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B&L xx