Cath flew one-way across the country to meet a man she had already married in her head, and he cried instead of consummating. Bruna discovered she had been paying someones phone bill for two and a half years, to the tune of five grand. Mary's mum stormed a bank teller into a discount and came back with the hair to prove it. And Cath slid into a 24-year-old's DMs, purely, she swears, for the history content. Plus: the skin check Bruna avoided for years, the mentoring session that ended one woman's acting dreams, and the Unleasher wondering if 40 is too old to start again.

Medical and pre-operative advice varies by individual; always follow the fasting and medication instructions given by your treating medical practitioner or anaesthetist.

In your ears today: Bruna Papandrea, Mary Coustas and Cath Mahoney.

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