S12 EP48: Stop me if you've heard this one before

Where this was said

Playground Shaggers: The Rural Scotland Teacher Voicenote

At 31:05 · chapter starts 29:08

Rob introduces a listener voicenote from someone who grew up in rural Scotland, where, as they note, 'the dating pool is small.' The listener describes their school's only male teacher, a divorced and mysteriously charismatic figure called Mr. Simpson, who started dating the mother of a pupil named James. Every morning Mr. Simpson and James's mum would walk James to school and then engage in full, unabashed snogging in front of the assembled class queuing to go in — 'very unacceptable, probably quite traumatic for James.' Sometimes she'd return at lunchtime for more. The update: they married and then divorced again. Rob and Josh contrast this with their own children's mortification at even a raised voice at school drop-off — Rob's kids shut him down if he plays the music too loud in the car, let alone what they'd make of open-mouthed kissing.