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Daphne: Okay. No one panic.
Ant: I’m getting dressed.
Colin: I’ll meet you there.
Ant: 👍🏻
Daphne: Wait.
Daphne: Fran, what does Mum want us to do?
Fran: We’re all being asked to come over.
Fran: No in-laws. Just us.
El: It’s early.
Ben: El.
El: I’m just saying.
Hy: Can this be an afternoon thing?
Fran: I missed morning snuggles because of this so no.
Hy: Fine.
Greg: She’s going to call everyone.
Greg: Act surprised.
Ant: It’s too soon.
Greg: They’ve been dating for what? Two years?
Hy: I thought you approved?
Ant: Of dating!
Ant: Not getting married.
Daphne: Mum doesn’t need your approval.
El: Is she going to change her name?
Fran: Probably not.
Fran: She’s too established.
Colin: He should have asked us first.
Ben: Agreed.
Ant: I’m calling him for a meeting.
Daphne: When?
Ant: Next week.
Greg: An everyone meeting?
Ant: I am aware of the logistics.
Ant: And that some of you don’t feel as passionate.
Fran: If you set a meeting, I’ll go.
Ant: You will?
Fran: I agree he should have asked us first.
El: 🤯
Daphne: Set the meeting, Ant.
Ant: I’ll keep you posted.
Ant: Invite is out.
Colin: We’re doing it at BG?
Colin: I figured we’d get lunch.
Ant: Everyone can expense a delivery.
Colin: Thank you!
Ben: He’s too charming.
Colin: Stay strong!
Daphne: I can’t argue with a spur of the moment proposal.
El: So we get mad at Mum for saying yes?
Daphne: No.
Daphne: Mum deserves to be happy.
Ant: We make her happy.
Greg: We shouldn’t be the only source of her happiness.
Ant: The kids too.
Ben: Lot of pressure you are putting on Charlie’s little shoulders, Ant.
Hy: They look so happy, though.
El: Mum hasn’t smiled like that in a while.
Ant: So what do we do?
Colin: Mum said they aren’t telling anyone just yet.
Daphne: That’s good. We can table this for now.
Ant: Fine.
Daphne: What are your other halves saying?
Ant: We aren’t telling them.
Daphne: We aren’t?
Ant: They are not announcing just yet anyway.
Ant: No one tells.
Colin: Are you serious?
Ant: I’m invoking my Dad card.
El: Rude, Ant.
Ant: I don’t use it.
Ant: You know I don’t.
Ben: Alright, Ant. Calm down.
Ben: We won’t tell.
Ant: I want confirmation from everyone.
Hy: I won’t tell.
Greg: Fran was on speakerphone.
Ant: Fran?
Fran: Neither of us will tell.
Ant: Thank you.
Daphne: I won’t tell anyone.
Ben: Not telling.
Colin: My lips are zipped.
El: I won’t tell Cress.
Greg: I’m not saying anything.
Ant: Great.
Colin: No pleasure doing business?
Ant: Not for this.
Daphne: Hy. El. Which one of you stole my jacket?
El: I don’t like your clothes.
Hy: It was El.
Ant: This should be in the sister chat.
Hy: Fran will murder us.
Daphne: She’s deep in her composition.
Daphne: Simon can’t even go over for lego.
El: The Sister chat is the only one she currently doesn't have muted.
Colin: So you come in here?
Ant: She mutes this chat?
Ant: I thought she stopped that after Andrew.
Colin: Give Daph her jacket back, Hy.
Hy: I don’t have it.
Daphne: She mutes most chats.
Daphne: I think only you and I can get around the muting.
El: No I can.
El: See?
Hy: Wait, the green one?
El: FRAN
Daphne: Yes.
Hy: Sorry. I’ll bring it to brunch.
Hy: El has the brown one you’ve been looking for.
El: Hy!
Daphne: El!
El: I’ll bring it to brunch.
Daphne: Told you El.
Daphne: FRAN
Ant: FRAN
Ant: Okay wow.
Ant: I’m texting Michaela.
Ant: Someone text Michaela.
Daphne: She has you muted?
Ant: She yelled at me to leave Fran alone.
Ben: 😂
Ben: I’ll text Michaela.
Ben: Fran wants to know what you want.
Ant: She needs to come in here and ask that herself.
Ben: BTW
Ben: Greg also mutes this chat.
Ant: NO ONE SHOULD BE MUTING THE BIG CHAT.
Ben: I do sometimes.
Ben: When I’m working.
Daphne: Same.
El: I just set my whole phone to DND at work now.
Ant: Greg? Fran?
Greg: What’s up?
Ant: You mute this chat?
Greg: You can get around it.
Ant: And Fran?
Greg: Fran.
Fran: Yeah?
Ant: Greg is the alarm?
Fran: He won’t call me for anything dumb.
Fran: Also Daph, El has some of your jeans.
Fran: Hy has some of your shirts.
Fran: El, Hy has your black jacket.
Fran: Hy, Daphne has that dress you’ve been looking for.
Fran: I’ve muted the sister chat. Have at it.
Daphne: Are you serious right now?
Ant: SISTER CHAT.
El: Fine.
Fran: I unmuted the big chat, Ant.
Fran: Don’t make me regret it.
Ant: We’ll do our best.
Ant: Which one of you gave Neddy sweets?
Colin: Sorry.
Ant: Seriously?
Ant: I’m telling Kate.
Colin: No. Don’t.
Ant: Too late.
Daphne: Wait, was that you with Augie and Bel too?
Colin: No comment.
Daphne: Colin.
Ant: Kate told Simon.
Colin: Why are you guys like this?!
Fran: Seriously?
Ant: Sorry. We’re moving it.
Hy: Ant.
Ant: What?
Greg: I didn’t say anything.
Greg: Gareth got there all by himself.
Ant: I’m staying out of it.
Fran: Take this to The Sequel chat.
El: I don’t have that muted!
Fran: Then mute it.
El: Done. Have fun kids.
Hy: Fine.
Ben: Why is my supply order opened?
Daphne: That was yours?
Daphne: Why are you sending things to Mum's?
Ben: I do that so Sophie doesn’t have to walk the box to my shed.
Daphne: I thought it was my stuff.
Ben: It had my name on it!
Ben: Why are you sending things to Mum’s?
Daphne: It’s easier to pick up from the office
Daphne: Also it’s a surprise for Simon.
Fran: FF chat.
Fran: Now.
Ben: Sorry.
Daphne: Sorry Fran.
Ant: Fran are you working?
Fran: I’m on a break.
Ant: Good.
Ant: Are these moods because of the Secret?
Daphne: No. I was looking for my jacket.
Ben: I was mad about my stuff.
Ben: But Daph did a great job organizing it.
Daphne: Thanks.
Hy: I’m not mad at Greg anymore.
Greg: Oh good.
Hy: But it’s hard not talking about the secret!
Hy: I want to talk about it.
Ant: Talk to us.
Hy: I want to talk to someone else.
Hy: Michaela is the only in-law who knows.
Hy: Right?
Fran: No.
Hy: Fran please.
Fran: I will ask.
Fran: Only Hy.
Hy: Thank you.
Fran: And she says you get one conversation a month.
Hy: I’ll take it.
El: Fran?
Fran: Having Andrew time.
El: 👍🏻
El: One of your spawn got Cress sick.
Colin: Spawn?
El: It was probably Thomas.
Colin: He is fine.
El: She only held Thomas and Andrew recently.
El: Andrew doesn’t get sick.
Greg: He has a runny nose right now.
El: He does?
Greg: Fran mentioned it when I watched him yesterday.
Fran: He has a small cold.
Fran: Cress probably got it from him.
El: Oh.
El: Is he okay?
Fran: He’s feeling better.
Fran: We already apologized to Cress.
El: Well, it’s fine.
El: It happens.
Colin: Seriously?
Greg: Who told Mum about Lucy going dress shopping?
Greg: Daph? Hy?
Hy: No. She told us not to.
Daphne: I wouldn’t do that to her.
Colin: Sorry.
Greg: How do you even know?
Colin: Pen is going.
Greg: Why did you tell Mum?
Colin: I’m sorry.
Colin: It was an accident.
Greg: Was it?
Colin: What do you take me for?
Fran: Anthony.
Greg: Someone who likes to tell Mum everything.
Colin: Rude!
Ant: BridgerBoys.
Greg: Fine.
Ant: Go ahead and mute it.
Ant: Just check in occasionally.
Fran: 👍🏻
Colin: The vibe at brunch was bad.
Hy: Because Fran is pissed at all of us.
Ben: Which made Michaela pissed.
Ben: Which made the in-laws pissed at everyone but their spouse.
Daphne: Colin?
Colin: Yes?
Daphne: Are you making a statement or offering a solution?
Colin: A solution.
Colin: I would like to suggest we finally do our Sibling Sleepover Night
El: When did we decide to have one?
Greg: The summer.
Ben: We should have done this during the New Year.
Ben: It’s hard to get a night away.
Hy: Also I like sharing a bed with Gareth.
Greg: Eww.
Daphne: I get it Hy.
El: Where would we do this?
Ant: Kate is helping Edwina and Mary unpack next weekend.
Ant: She’s taking Neddy for Sharma time.
Ant: The house will be free.
Daphne: Tentative yes.
El: Yeah. I’m clear.
Greg: In.
Greg: Fran?
Colin: YES
Hy: Saturday night or Friday Night?
Ant: I would prefer Friday.
Hy: I can do that.
Fran: Yes to Friday.
Fran: Also all the chats are unmuted again.
Colin: 🎉
El: It’s in?
Fran: Yes.
Greg: Congrats!
Fran: Thank you.
Ben: Yes to Friday.
Daphne: Also yes to Friday.
Colin: Who is in charge of snacks for the sleepover?
Fran: Bring your own snacks.
Colin: Guys!
Greg: BYOS
Daphne: Are we doing matching pyjamas or a menu or something?
Ben: No?
El: Oh the Brother Nights must be boring.
Colin: You guys do matching pyjamas?
Hy: We do a theme for the whole night.
Colin: I knew you guys had more fun.
Greg: Are we watching movies or just talking?
El: I refuse to just talk all night with you lot.
El: We’re going to end up talking about Fran’s sex life and Daphne’s kids fighting.
Hy: Well, what movies are we watching?
Ant: I’ll pick.
Daphne: No.
Ben: Yeah no.
Fran: Everyone bring two movies.
Greg: 👍🏻
Colin: Are we carpooling or…
Hy: I will pick you up. Be ready when I get there.
Colin: 👍🏻
Daphne: Are we having drinks?
Ant: Some drinks. But not too many.
Ant: We’re all a bit too old for that now.
Ben: Speak for yourself.
Daphne: I got stuck on a call but I’m on my way.
Hy: Who is able to pick up Colin?
Colin: I’m coming right now!
Ant: I don’t know what that was between you two but figure it out!
Ant: Colin?
Ant: Eloise?
Fran: Eloise wants everyone to know that she is not talking to Colin for the foreseeable future.
Ben: She told me the same.
Ben: Then he told me the same.
Daphne: He also told me the same.
Ant: 🤦🏻♂️
Greg: Brunch is awkward and now I’m mad at them.
Ant: No more fighting.
Ben: Does anyone know what the in-laws are doing?
Daphne: Cress and Pen are on it.
Ben: 👍🏻
Fran: I’ve been drafted in the Colin/Eloise war.
Hy: I’m sorry, Fran.
Fran: Save your sorries for after I ask Michaela to step in.
Ant: Michaela?
Fran: As I am sure you are all aware the in-laws use me as a last resort when they don’t want to do things or to fix things.
Hy: What?
Daphne: They do?
Ben: They do.
Fran: I use Michaela’s psychology degree as a last resort to fix things.
Fran: I now have to ask her to mediate this conversation.
Ant: She’s a sex therapist.
Ant: I don’t foresee her being helpful here.
Fran: Her specialty is issues around sex.
Fran: She still had to take general psychology courses.
Greg: We need all the help we can get.
Ant: You have a point.
Daphne: She doesn’t use the degree with the in-laws?
Fran: Only in emergencies.
Fran: She doesn’t like to use it with loved ones.
Ant: Michaela loves us?
Fran: No comment.
Greg: 😬
Ben: Come on!
Hy: I think Fran is trying to spare our feelings.
Fran: She doesn’t like to say it but yes.
Ben: Awww.
Hy: Well, sorry to Michaela.
Fran: I will pass along the message.
Daphne: When is this happening?
Fran: Saturday at 2.
Ben: Can she meet with them earlier?
Fran: I am not going to ask her to adapt her schedule for their idiocy.
Ben: It was just a question.
Ant: Ben. Fran.
Fran: Sorry.
Fran: They are driving me nuts.
Ben: Forgiven.
Ben: Same.
Hy: I’m tired of being a go between those two.
Ant: You?
Hy: Ben and Fran quit.
Hy: And they know not to bother Daph.
Greg: Why?
Hy: Simon.
Greg: Right.
Ant: Has anyone talked to Pen?
Ben: She’s annoyed.
Fran: Lucy and Gareth are on it.
Ant: 👍🏻
Daphne: Cress is at her wit’s end.
Fran: She can get in line.
Ben: Can it be earlier on Saturday?
Fran: I’m trying to see if she will change her plans with Gareth.
Hy: I will change the plans.
Fran: Saturday at 11
Daphne: What’s before 11?
Fran: Simon and Kate.
Ant: Let me try.
Fran: Saturday at 9.
Ben: Before 9?
Fran: Me and our son.
Ant: Saturday at 9 it is.
Daphne: Okay. Pen texted that it is going down now.
Ben: Where is she?
Daphne: In the yard with Cress and Thomas.
Hy: Andrew is in there with them?
Daphne: Pen and Cress offered to take him but Michaela said no.
Greg: Oh no.
Hy: She will murder them if he cries.
Fran: They’ve been here for 10 minutes and she looks like she wants to scream.
Ant: I empathize.
Daphne: Are you helping or just sitting there?
Fran: I was going to help but Michaela has taken over.
Fran: It’s something to watch.
Hy: Calm down.
Fran: I’ve never seen anyone get them to stop talking with the word no.
Fran: It’s so sexy.
Greg: CALM DOWN
Ben: Eloise shut up?
Ben: While fighting with Colin?!
Daphne: Well, maybe we should ask her to do this more often.
Fran: No.
Fran: She looks exhausted.
Ant: How is it going?
Fran: There have been tears.
Daphne: From who?
Fran: Colin and Eloise.
Hy: How?
Fran: Michaela made them cry when she mentioned Cress, Pen and Thomas.
Fran: They’re hugging.
Fran: I think we’re good.
Hy: 🙌🏻
Greg: So, what does Michaela want?
Fran: I’ll ask.
Fran: She has asked to never be pulled into a major Bridgerton fight again.
Ant: I can’t promise a never.
Ant: But she is the last person on my list.
Fran: She’ll take it.
Colin: Sorry everyone!
El: We are all good now!
Ben: Glad to hear it.
Ant: I want this apology in person tomorrow.
Colin: What?
El: No. We apologized.
Greg: In person.
Daphne: Mum included.
Colin: NO
Fran: I’m telling Michaela.
El: We’ll apologize tomorrow.
Hy: Thank you.
Ben: Just want to let the record reflect that those were weak apologies but we all have agreed to forgive you.
El: Thanks.
Colin: Yeah. Thanks.
Ben: But you owe everyone one favor now.