Weekly Quickies Episode 11: Topless Boat Party, Psychologist Visits, Packaging Updates

to the Girls Get Off podcast. you're new here, I'm Viv, this is Jo, we're co-founders of Girls Get Off,  your favourite sexual wellness brand for women and couples.  And welcome to the weekly quickie. This  is where we're going to keep you updated on what's going on with GGO, what's happening in the world of vibrators and sex toys,  and also a little bit into our personal lives,  which we know everyone loves those updates.   Release an episode every Wednesday, so make sure you're following along  and share it with your friends.  Okay, this week, packaging updates. You have been off, what an exciting way to kick off the podcast, but  this week, Joe called me  and  showed me some mock-ups of the way that we're going to change up our packaging.  And I immediately said a hundred percent yes, that looks incredible. Yeah, and that was exciting for me because I have been tossing around. know we needed to,  there's a few reasons and I won't get into them, but there's a few reasons why we knew we needed to change our packaging um gradually over the next little while.  And I have been pondering for months now because  it's got to tick  boxes  and  I'm  so like. Part of our brand values is to keep it fresh and, you know, like just try and be a bit different. Like I don't  like doing things the same, same as everyone else.  So I've been pondering on this in a while and it was,  I said to  Viv, this is one of those things that I'm scared to show you cause it's like, there's a  high chance it's gonna be shit, but I need to show you now before I spend any more time on it.  We need to work on our  staff culture if we're worried that. about failure like that. That can be a side note, but anyway,  it was great.   Well, I feel like  if you're doing something that you  have seen somewhere else, so you know it's great, like, you know, you know that works, you know it's great. If it's something you haven't seen before, it could just be really dumb. my,  you just have no clue whether it's like good or dumb, you know what I mean? So yeah,  anyway, um great reaction. Yeah, loved that. So that will be exciting to  get.  the ball rolling on the new packaging. Very exciting. What else do we have going on? We have stock arriving in the USA, which is exciting for people who want to buy the bumpy cuddles pillow over there. We had some extra stock sitting in China and we just decided, well,  instead of people and customers in the US having to pay those tariffs and not knowing how much they're going to be,  we are going to ship some of that stock to America. That means that the duties will already have been paid on it. The shipping will be faster to you guys  and we can probably do a more competitive price standby for that one,  but we will be able to promo it for things like Blake Friday, which is awesome. Yeah. So good. So good. And I think shipping  from there is quicker and cheaper to the UK as well. So  I think it's going to be a win all round. um And speaking of the US,  you are in  LA next week.  I  am. Well, by the time this comes out, I think I will be in America.  yes, so I'm  popping over to be the, I like to say, don't know if this is the... Popping over to be the token white person with our supplier from China. So don't know if that's going to be a very well received joke. I might have to work on that one.  I think when I was in Spain last year, surprised to me, but my Chinese supplier happened to be there. We didn't know that we were both going to be there. And we actually ended up having, you know, I helped make an intro to another friend of mine, just not for any reason other than I'm always connecting people. We all had breakfast together and then we did a little bit of the expo together. And I think you'll know, Jo, when you go to China and it's 1v1, like you're The language barrier can be quite hard when  it's you in English  and them  English as a second language.  So when you have that third person there, it just  makes the conversation easier  because  you've got more time to absorb what's been said or there's a couple,  like there's someone else to try and translate and like. Okay, I can't speak Chinese, but I know as someone who's tried to learn another language before, sometimes it takes you a little while to compute in your brain what has someone has said. So if there's a third person there and they can hold the conversation and fill in the gaps while you can understand what's happening,  then that can be quite helpful. And it's easier for everyone. So  I'm going along to be the token white person and the hype girl,  because I just think that  we can meet some other US people over there.  We'll be meeting a distributor who GGO could. you know,  one day work, you know, potentially one day work with.  And  it just means I'm always a big fan of the more you can help out people like your suppliers, then the better  treatment we get, you know, it's just a win-win for everyone. Yeah, yeah. So good.  And  anyone that has traveled with you  to China or a country, I can imagine you were the same in Germany and everything like that. You  are  such  a like  light and pleasure to be around, the laughter,  the, oh my gosh,  I was just  dying that last time we went to China.  The laughter is me filling space and I don't even realise I'm really doing it. And sometimes I fill the space  at moments that should not be laughed at. So yes, that can be a strength sometimes, but also a weakness if I laugh at the wrong things.  But we'll see how we go.  No, no.  But I am going to meet,  Dr. Tara while we're over there. if you have followed her on Instagram, we're going to meet up with her. Sean,  who we did a collab with, he's normally in LA, but unfortunately he's going to be in Montreal. I thought I was  finally going to meet Sean in person. um And then there's a couple of other people that  we might see if we can meet, but yeah, so that could be cool. How good, how good. No, can't wait to hear about it. That will be a good  update when you get back.  Now also in  your life. You've been to a topless boat party recently. Yes, so comfortable in my skin. If you follow Ellie on Instagram, she is a vulva photographer. So she got quite big on social media, building her community around, you know, diversity of our genitals, whether that be vulvas, she went on and did like a penis collection. You know, lot of people, labiaplasty is one of the fastest growing surgeries in the world. And a lot of people, you speak to someone who is a beautician, someone who does waxes, they will often tell you the amount of times that they've been asked, am I normal down there? 50 % of people are outies, 50 % are innies. It's only because people have been watching porn that they think everyone's got these porn star vaginas. So Allie actually started comfortable in my skin when I believe she had considered, maybe she'd considered getting a labiaplasty herself and then realized. what am I doing? This is actually so normal. So she went on to  kind of fly that flag of  guys, it's fine, it's normal.  We're worried about something that maybe we shouldn't have. And of course, if  it's like any surgery, if that's what you want to do, or if it's  medically like getting in the way, then of course go for it. But she's done an incredible job and built this community. And every year she has a top Lisboa party. So she does events throughout the year, but I went to the top Lisboa party for the first time last year.  It was amazing. My expectations were, well, I don't really think things through at all anyway. So I don't even think about what it might be like. All she'd said to me was, we need more guys. So last year I had said, oh, okay, all right. Marcel, I said to my friend Marcel, Marcel, do want to come to a Topless Boat Party? I was like, I'll get you along. I've got a free ticket for you. And do you know anyone else? We don't want any creepers or whatever. And he said, yeah, sure, why not? And three days beforehand, he's calling me saying, in what world does a guy get like a know, cheap discounted ticket to a topless boat party. What, like, what are we going to? I'm like, I don't know. He's like, oh, well, who cares? And he's like, we're just going for a drink for five hours on the harbor. Whatever. I'm like, yeah, it'd be great. And we, you know, we were sitting in the car and he said, are you going to get your tips? Are you going to get your titties out? And I said, like maybe I'll put on nipple pasties or something. within five minutes, Allie's doing the like intro video, intro talk at the front of the boat and you know, getting everyone hyped up and then the skipper couldn't believe it saying these funny jokes. said,  look, if you're going to have sex on the boat, can you please do it when no one can see you?  Last time we had people on the thing, I was like, Marcel's looking at me like, where have you taken me?  And he said, and then he's saying the bathrooms are for relief,  not release.  Okay, so everyone's got to use those. Don't take them out. And and Michael, like I've never met Michael before, Marcel's friend. And he, I don't even know.  what he thought it was gonna be and so we ended up having  the absolute best time. wasn't, it's not a full sex party but there's,  know, people have their tops off so  it can get a bit hot and heavy I guess. Anyway,  it was very fun. So this year it was happening again. I didn't think I was gonna be able to make it. I had a friend's 30th that night and I said, oh gutted, it's not like  I'm even gonna tell my friend, sorry, I can't come to your 30th, I'm going to a topless boat party.  Anyway. The stars aligned, she changed the date, I ended up being able to go. Again, this time, it's two hours before the boat party, I'm thinking, I don't even know anyone going. It only just occurred to me, I'm like, I obviously know Allie, I obviously know Allie, and I know there'll be people there from last year, and everyone who goes is gorgeous, amazing, it's just the best crew. And it just occurred to me, I'm like, you're such an idiot. I'm like, I didn't think this through. I'm like, oh well, whatever. It's always good to go by yourself to these things and you're forced to talk to other people.  And I met the best, again, I met the most amazing people.  Anyway,  following on from that,  I'm gonna tell you the reason.  And  this year it was quite cold as well. So I had my like, you know, got my titties out for a while and then I've got my nipple pasties on and my  nipples are like trying to like escape from the pasties because they're so cold. They're trying to like break free. m And  push them off.  The funniest part as well is always you're on the harbour, you're on the Sydney harbour and people have their tops off. And so there's obviously  hundreds of other boats on the harbour  and they normally take you around to a bay that's less windy.  And so we're more dark,  boats would come past and then they would do the double take and realise like, hold on a second, no one's got their tops on on that boat.  And then they're flashing us or like cheering. Oh my gosh, how good. Yeah, last year there was a hen's party. was  great.  how good. the one thing everybody listening to this is wondering, did you have sex on the boat party?  Didn't have sex on the boat party, but I'm going to tell you the reason that I have booked in and already had a session.  with a psychologist and it's nothing bad. is the topless boat party has been a very big  self-awareness moment for me.  So on the topless boat party having the time of my life. Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep to everyone. So great. Talking to this guy for a lot of the night. getting with people when I go out is just not even on my radar. And when I mean not on my radar, doesn't occur to me. Me, 18, 19, we would do like, we would walk around the bar and say, should we do a lap? Walk around, suss out who's there, be like that one, and then go and talk to people. Now, all I do is talk, have the best time, but it doesn't even, nothing happens in my brain is to think, you know, oh, maybe I should flirt a little bit. So after Four and a half hours we're doing the final victory lap round the harbour to go back to the jetty  and we're going under the harbour bridge and there's for some reason all these seagulls above it and it was really cool but  it was like oh how amazing the music was insane and then people are pole dancing like this is just wow people are pole dancing  one guy  beside me said Do you mind if I get my cock out? I'm like, well sure, why not? So he's like flinging his stick around. was like, I don't know if that's this kind of party. he said, do you mind? Like it's all very consensual. I told you, everyone's very nice. Anyway, so it's all go. And then I'm turning around to film someone. We're like cheering someone on who's pole dancing. And then the guy I'd been talking to for four and a half hours puts his hand on my hip and I'm like, oh yeah, I didn't even think about that. I was like, that's right. And then we were bashing and it was like the best time I'm like, oh, this is great.  We went to his and also the thing as well is  in my head, thought,  first of all, I thought, oh yeah, this is really fun. I don't even remember the last time I had a one night stand or just went home with someone. I  couldn't even tell you.  And then  I thought in my head, oh my God, my bedroom right now. Keep in mind, we are five minutes away from my house. My bedroom is. the messiest it's been in my entire life. There's  clothes on the bed, on the floor, shit everywhere. And so I said, should we go to your house? Anyway, so did we over 25 minutes to his house? Yes, we did.  Five minutes to mine.  Anyway, that was great. Woke up in the morning and um went  and  I went home and said to my housemate,  Oh, I don't know about the, you  know, thinking, oh, maybe this could be someone new I could start seeing. And then in my head started to, and started to say to my housemate, oh, I don't know. I don't really know if I'm into it, like whatever.  And then the next day I text him and I,  I know enough about guys that if you've got a way today to text them, they're not keen. Anyway, I confirmed that I could tell by the conversation.  And then after that,  I was like to my housemate. I was like, why is he not obsessed with me? And Devin's going, for God's sakes, you dumb bitch, what are you, like, are you kidding me? I'm like, I know, I can hear myself. I was like, I'm booking in with a professional. Not only have I been so closed off on the boat to any kind of advances whatsoever, doesn't even cross my mind. Number two, I am then going like, once I actually like sealed the deal, I'm going, I'm not really sure that I'm into it. And like talking for, like. my right of reasons, I'm just trying to come up with these random ideas. Then once I see he's not interested, then I'm like, oh, well, why not? Like then I'm keen again. I'm like, that is the biggest example of unavailability, self-sabotaging, all the bad stuff. I'm like, we're going to unpack this one. We're going to professionals. So I'll keep you updated on my arm. So you've already been to one and she has recommended a second one. I can see. Yeah, Yeah, yeah, yeah. 100%. I'm booked in for six sessions. Oh,  nice.  Every two weeks, I'm gone. Back to Dr Emma. I can't wait. And I have never seen a psychologist before over like a counselor. I've seen counselors before. I'm a huge fan of  don't leave it till it's the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. Go early.  And  this has been  just a different experience. I've really enjoyed it. And  yeah, I don't think you can put a price on sorting your shit out because everyone's got stuff to sort out. So  I am looking forward to it. We're working on. regulating my emotions to start with, I'm groundbreaking stuff. Yeah, I'll keep you posted. Oh my gosh, I love Dev's honesty as well, you dumb bitch. Love it. Yeah, you dumb bitch. I'm like, so funny. So funny. And the psychologist saying, do you think that maybe the guy that you went home with from a boat party just like randomly got with at the end of the night might not be the person. you even can like might not be on the same wavelength in terms of even just like an ongoing  casual arrangement. I'm like, yeah, hadn't thought about that. was like, you are an idiot. I'm like, yeah, real groundbreaking stuff.  honestly, these people, they just  power to them. But I don't want to say their job's easy, but I think that their job must be very repetitive because they would have the same people coming in over and over again, being like silly little humans, silly little humans again. having their little issues, you know,  so groundbreaking.  Anyway, no, I really respect them. Well, this is why people like Matthew Hussey and stuff do so well, right? Is because  it's a pattern  that they constantly see  and  so many people relate to like the one example they give.  I know. So  it's funny to me and I think,  you know, we'll just go on the journey. Happy days. I'll keep everyone posted with my successions. sorting out my life. That is great. All right. And talking about Matthew Hussey quickly before we get  off,  you said he's got a new dating app? Well, yeah, hot off the press guys. Randomly, I'm getting bored of all my podcasts, clicked on  Matthew Hussey's podcast  and  it was talking about how everyone hates dating apps. So he has just launched in New York. The waitlist is out. It's literally only come out about two weeks ago.  an AI matchmaker. So he's obviously trained it on what he normally does.  And we've talked about Amata, that app I had in Sydney, which has now closed down, which was my favorite.  ask,  the AI will ask you questions and it will match you with someone it thinks you are suited to. But it also,  it's called Sync, I believe. It also will coach you through if the date goes well, if the date doesn't go well,  and it's like Matthew Huston in your pocket. So. pop off Matthew Hussey, I can't wait to see how they go. I think that's going to be a raging success.  How do we get it? Well, at the moment it's only waitlist for New York. So they're just doing a pilot in New York  and then I imagine they'll  roll it out. But I hate to break it to you, but I think Australia, New Zealand might be on the bottom of the list to be honest.  Oh my gosh. Yeah.  Amazing, eh?   He's got such a big profile. I'd say any launch is going to be pretty quick compared to an app starting from a place of no audience already. So if it does go well, I wouldn't be surprised if it rolls out everywhere pretty fast.  I'd pay good money for that. Like, oh, I'm done with dating apps and we can talk about the strategy next week,  which is a whole other topic, but  I'm down. Sign me up. me too. I do question  like, no matter how good an AI app or a matchmaking app, there's only the same not many humans in NZ, you know, like so it can't just randomly produce more fish in the sea, which is a bit of a worry for where I am. However, statistically speaking as well, I agree, less fish in the sea, but with the apps like Hinge and Bumble that do  have that sophisticated algorithm, which doesn't necessarily show you everyone in your area, like, I don't know,  a grinder would with, you know. And statistically with what women go for, a lot of the, you know, we say we don't feel good when we're on dating apps because we don't feel like we get matched with people or,  you know, you feel like you'd never kind of winning. But also statistically only like the top 20 % of the guys get matches because  for some reason, well, we're more hardwired to go for  resources. So if they've got certain things in their profile or whatever. So  there's a high chance that a lot of guys, they're not feeling good on the dating apps either. So if there was an app that actually made them feel good about it or like they were actually making progress, I think there would be more uptake. Or you can just write in for the last  quickie episode of the month and tell us  how you met your partner in the wild  and give us some inspiration to get out there and do it ourselves. Can't wait to hear stories there. Send them all in. If we  feature them on the podcast, we will send you a $50 store credit. 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