Alex Hourigan
Hey chicks, I'm Al.
Sally McMullen
And I'm Sal.
Alex Hourigan
And this is Two Broke Chicks, and today it is our Fact or Cap episode. So if you're new here, Fact or Cap is when Sal and I give something a red hot go and then report on whether it's shit or legit. That's our new tagline. Sal said it last week and I love it, so I'm coining it now. Jumping straight in, this is probably one of the weirdest ones we've ever done. And I don't know how I feel about.
Sally McMullen
I still feel shaken.
Alex Hourigan
I feel so wild about it. But basically Sal I went and saw a psychic.
Sally McMullen
Yup.
Alex Hourigan
His name was Peter and he was an absolute vibe. So Sal and I have always kind of wanted to go to a psychic. And we ended up going to a psychic called Peter. And the reason why we chose Peter was because his website was one of the funniest things we've ever seen. It literally looks like a website from like, the early 2000s, that's a wall of text with just like three photos on it. And I'm just gonna read you a snippet of what's on here that literally had us keeling over laughing. "Can you handle the truth? I belong to a new generation of professional psychics. I am not a hippie, I am not a gypsy, I do not wear a cheesecloth on my head, I do not have purple curtains, I did not pray to the four winds before each psychic reading. I do not dance naked under the full moon. My real name is Peter, I have never used any other name. I refuse names like angel, crystal, gypsy, rainbow, heavenly light or wind in his hair. And we were sold. So we both had a 30 minute reading.
Sally McMullen
Cost 100 bucks each.
Alex Hourigan
Which is pretty spenny. And do you want to talk through your experience? What was your reading?
Sally McMullen
Sure, he started us both off with a palm reading, which I've never had done before. Basically, he told me that my money line is strong. So I'm going to be RICH.
Alex Hourigan
RICH.
Sally McMullen
RICH.
Alex Hourigan
RICH.
Sally McMullen
He said that my health line was strong, which was good. He was like, "No major issues are gonna come up", love that. What I thought was interesting, though, is that he pointed out that my love line was broken. So the beginning of my love line is a little shaky. And then probably about a third of the way in, it's really strong all the way to the end. This was at the very beginning of the reading. And he was like, "You have a habit of picking the wrong people and all the people in your life don't approve of the partners that you pick. Does that sound about right?". And I was like, "No, it doesn't actually", I was like, "I've been with my partner for the last 14 years. We don't fight, we've never broken up". And I'm sure that some people would have some critiques of him, as they would about anyone. But I was like, nobody has ever been like, "I don't think you're with the right person. I don't think you too, are compatible".
Alex Hourigan
Also, how could anyone not like Chris? He's an angel.
Sally McMullen
Exactly.
Alex Hourigan
Now tell the bit about me.
Sally McMullen
So, Alex is reading into this reading herself and has decided that it's about her. But basically, he was telling me that Chris and I are going to be together forever. We're going to have a long and happy relationship together, that we are compatible, and that he is a very kind man, and that we're both invested in the relationship, which I would absolutely agree with. He was like I can see you and Chris together. But then there is another person there, that may not be romantic. He was like, "I'm not saying you're going to have an affair or anything like that". Because I was like, "WHAT?", getting really shaky. He's like, "Not saying you're gonna have another affair, but that there will be somebody else there, that maybe you'll just talk about with your girlfriends. It won't be like, you and Chris and this other person, it will be you and this other person". And I was like, "So, like another soulmate?" And he was like, "Yes, yes, that's it". And then so Alex is like, "It's me! It's me!".
Alex Hourigan
Didn't he also say it could be a gay man?
Sally McMullen
Yeah, that's what I said. I was like, so it could be gay man, it might not be like a romantic thing?
Alex Hourigan
Yeah, I'm a gay man!
Sally McMullen
One thing that I did think was pretty spot on, we spoke about career quite a bit. And he was saying that my strong skills are in communication and leadership. He didn't know what I did for a job, I didn't let any of that on. And he could see those strong skills within me and he was like, "I can just see you like influencing a lot of people like there's an audience. And it's going to be about women. Whatever you do, it's focused on women."
Alex Hourigan
Love it!
Sally McMullen
And I'm like, "Two Broke Chicks! It's Two Broke Chicks!". So yeah, that was really cute. Probably the surprise of the whole thing, very soon into my reading and into the palm reading, where I hadn't given him any information about my relationship status or anything like that. He was like, "You are going to get married. You are going to have two kids and you are going to buy houses", plural.
Alex Hourigan
I'm gonna be an auntie!
Sally McMullen
And if anybody knows anything about me, for pretty much my entire life, I've always been like, I'm never getting married, I don't want to have kids. Of course, never say never is what I always preface it with, but I don't have that in my life plan and it's not something that I want. So I was like, "What the fuck?". And I kept being like, "Ah, no", and he was like, "No, I'm telling you like, this is what's going to happen". And he was like, "You can deny as much as you want, but this is what's gonna happen". Okay, your turn.
Alex Hourigan
Aww, mine sucks! Like, it was the worst.
Sally McMullen
To be honest, I got the good end of the stick.
Alex Hourigan
Aw, mine sucks. So, the good parts first, really strong lifeline. So he's like, "You're gonna be an old lady", which is great.
Sally McMullen
Mhmm, he said that about me, too. So Al and I are gonna be in a retirement home together. Still recording Two Broke Chicks.
Alex Hourigan
Yeah, we're gonna be like, "This is Two Broke Chicks".
Sally McMullen
Two Broke Granny's.
Alex Hourigan
Yeah, so he said, strong lifeline. And he was like, really strong with career. But he said that I'm, like, a really good problem solver and that I'm, like, a creative strategist and I need to, like, lean into that more. So I was like, "Okay".
Sally McMullen
Which is so true.
Alex Hourigan
Yeah, it's pretty accurate. Which like I love all of that stuff. I'm like, 'Okay, so like, we change videos by two seconds, increases views by this much and get yada yada', like, it's my love language.
Sally McMullen
Yeah, like that was so spot on.
Alex Hourigan
Yeah, loved that. And then he told me that I had an issue with confidence. I didn't know about that. And he was like, "No", he was like, "You have a bravado but like, you do have like, insecurities. And like you need to work on your confidence. And he's like, maybe that's why you have such bravado". And I was like,
Sally McMullen
Like he see's right through me!
Alex Hourigan
And then there was, then he picked up on my like, relationship line. And that at the start, there was a lot of up and down. And I was like, "Oh, like that could mean a lot". And he goes, "Who do you, like keep getting back together with?". And I was like, "AHH! Shit". "Does that sound like it could be true?", I'm like, "Nope. Not true at all". He was talking like he went back to talking about career and then he was just like, "Are you on the pill?", No. And then he was like, "Are you on any contraception?". I was like, "No, I don't like what it does to my body. I like my body just kind of regulating itself naturally". And he's like, "I'm seeing an accidental pregnancy". And I was like, "Good. Bye". And today we came into the studio and I was telling our producer, Pariya, about how my allergies are going haywire with like the change of season. And I was like, "Yeah, like, my mouth is itchy, and like, my nose is blocked, and my eyes are puffy". And she's like, "Oh, they're all a symptom of pregnancy". And I was like, "No!". And then this morning, I had breakfast and immediately after I ate, I felt sick. And I was like, celibacy. Celibacy for me now. I was like, done. Good. Bye. So basically, my reading was I'm gonna live long, make some money and apparently, I'm moody, I'm gonna get back together with my ex and fall pregnant.
Sally McMullen
Oh, my God, it was wild.
Alex Hourigan
Yeah. So what do you think? Was it a fact or a cap?
Sally McMullen
I'm on the fence.
Alex Hourigan
Me too.
Sally McMullen
Because there were just certain things that he was saying that of course, I was like, this is very general. And you could say this about any young woman.
Alex Hourigan
Yeah.
Sally McMullen
And I think it was the thing about the rocky relationship that I was like, that just doesn't ring true. And the fact that he was saying that you pick the wrong people, like using plurals, stuff like that, that I was like, this doesn't add up. And then once I mentioned Chris, it was like, "You guys are gonna be together forever, blah, blah".
Alex Hourigan
Yeah, I feel like it's really easy to be like, "Your ex boyfriend. It's unfinished business, blah, blah, blah". I'm like, you could literally say that about anyone.
Sally McMullen
But then some of the things that he was saying, like our skills, that was really spot on for both of us. So I thought that was really interesting. But then also the whole thing about getting married and having kids I'm like, I don't want that to be part of my narrative.
Alex Hourigan
Bro, I'm not getting pregnant.
Sally McMullen
And that too! I don't want either of us to get pregnant, ever!
Alex Hourigan
No! Oh my god, the anxiety of it like, me getting sick this morning and then Pariya saying that I was like, "Umm".
Sally McMullen
Yeah, so I think the lesson is go in with an open mind, which we both did, but also take what they say with a grain of salt.
Alex Hourigan
I had a really good time, it was fun, but I think it's cap. Do you know what? I definitely think there maybe are readings out there and psychics out there, like I've spoken to so many people that are like, "Everything was accurate", like, "everything was spot on". So I think this one instance for me, this one occurrence, for me was a little bit of a.
Sally McMullen
Yeah, I'd have to agree. I'm on the fence. I'll tell you in 10 years. Part two!
Alex Hourigan
Oh my god, pregnancy announcement coming soon to you. Kidding! Kidding! Kidding! Kidding! Kidding.
Sally McMullen
Oh my god. My anxiety cannot handle this.
Alex Hourigan
Touch wood. Touch wood! Well, that is a wrap of this week's facts or cap. If you guys have any good psychics out there, please send them to us.
Sally McMullen
Yeah!
Alex Hourigan
I'd go again because I'd be so interested to see how it differed. If I went and they were like, "You will never have children and will die a lonely poor death". And I'm like, "That sounds more like it!".
Sally McMullen
Mhmm, yeah. You're like, "That makes sense!".
Alex Hourigan
Yeah. As always, please feel free to leave us a rating and review. We read all of them and it's a really good time. Thanks for supporting the show, chicks. And thank you to our producer Pariya Taherzadeh and Bamby Media for editing this episode. And yeah, thanks for having us in your ear holes, chicks. We absolutely love to be here, and we'll catch you next time.
Sally McMullen
Bye, babies.
Alex Hourigan
Bye, chick chooks.
Sally McMullen
Bye, chicks.
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