Alison Hammond IS Aunty Agony Aunt

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Ah! I'm literally making this joke on the spot. Ah! Hello there, you are watching Dial Heart for Dilemmas

with me, Alison Hammond, and I'm gonna help sort out all your dilemmas

Just call me Auntie Ali. What's the phone? Hold on a sec

Hello? Hi there, Alison. Three months ago, I lent a dear friend a lovely, delightful little vase

as she didn't have one. And I think she thinks I've given it to her. How do I ask for it back

I've got flowers I want to put in it. Ta, love. I love that one

So you lent her a like a vase. I like the way you said, babe. Well, listen, here's the thing

There's no two ways about it. You want your vase back. And literally, you just phone her up and say

babes, you know that vase I lent you? Can I have it back, please? Literally, that's all you do

You ask for your vase back. Phone her up, babes, and don't feel any way about it

It's your vase. You want it back, you get it done. Heya, thank goodness you've answered

Me and the girls are celebrating 20 years of friendship this year. I want to have a massive party to mark the occasion

You want to have a night out planned by Alison Hammond. So what would you do to celebrate? Thanks, bestie

Oh, that's a good question. OK, a night out and you've been together 20 years

Oh so you know each other like the back of your hands Do you know what I would do This is what I would plan I plan a night at home with your mates okay So first of all I have like a cinema evening so I get all the popcorn going nuts snacks maybe a little takeaway

and I'd put on a movie that you all love. Maybe it's Dirty Dancing, maybe it's Pretty Woman

You know the film that you all love. Enjoy yourself, a bit of Prosecco, champagne, you name it, and just be with my friends

no one outside the friendship is coming in. Look at these lovely hearts

Hi Alison, I've recently started dating someone however they're a bit younger than me

What advice do you have on navigating an age gap relationship? Thank you

That's interesting because I know somebody who's dating somebody younger. Now what I would say is don't overthink it

Think about it. All it is is that you've been waiting in the queue a little bit longer than your partner

You're in the same world. You know what life is like. there's no difference other than you've been in the queue a little bit longer so you might have a

little bit more experience to give but remember you can still learn from other people and you can

still learn from people who are younger than you just enjoy your relationship be happy babs and

snog loads hello oh alison i'm single and i'm ready to mingle but i'm finding it so difficult

to put myself out there to meet some new people do you have any words of wisdom for someone looking

for love? That a really good question I love love I one person who absolutely promotes it loves it And what I would say is a very simple move right And it just this start smiling

And don't see it as you want to be girlfriend and boyfriend. Just see it as you want to make

friendships. Go and do something like join a choir or go and join a gardening group, whatever

just get out there and start meeting people. Don't think about the long game, oh I'm going to fall in

love. Forget all that and just think about meeting people. That's the first thing you're going to do

Secondly, if there is somebody that you quite like, give them a smile. You know when your face is open

and you're smiling, that straight away gives somebody the opportunity to come and talk to you

Smile. Smiling will get you everywhere. You are never fully dressed without a smile. Something so

simple. Smile, man. Edit that in. Yeah, thank you, guys. Great producer. Okay, sorry. Propose

myself. Merry Christmas. Hello, Alison. I've got a Christmas problem for you. My husband

doesn't want to decorate the house for Christmas this year. It's the first time the kids have

left home and he doesn't want the faff. The problem is I love the faff. I want to go big

How do I convince him otherwise? Lots of love, not a Grinch

He doesn't want the faff, babes. He doesn want the Christmas So this unfortunately is going to be one of those days where you going to have to do it yourself babes Go and get those decorations out decorate the house If he doesn want to go for it you gonna have to just bring him on board Get the Christmas tree up get the decorations up

and stuff him babes. Bar humbug. Enjoy your Christmas babes, get the ts out

and if he doesn't like it, he can get out. Merry Christmas at heart

Oh, the phone. Merry Christmas. Hey, Alison. I've got my work Christmas party coming up

and I really want to be the office bombshell. What advice do you have to make me the star of the festive doom

OK, babes, I've got you. You want to be a bombshell, you've got to think bombshell

You've got to embody bombshell. Do you know what I mean? You could go in in a T-shirt and jeans

If you're not thinking you're a bombshell, you're not gonna look good. There's no other person like you. You are a one-off. You're

unique. Everybody else is taken except for you. So you've got to know you are something

fly. Get the dress, get it on, get those heels on, get your makeup done, get your hair done

and just know you are the bomb. Well there you have it. That was Dial Heart for Dilemmas

with me, Alison Hammond. Did you enjoy it? Of course you did. See you next year