Vault: She's feeling pressure to have a baby

Summary

The Bert Show – "Vault: She's feeling pressure to have a baby"

Episode Date: July 31, 2026

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Overview

This episode delves into the very relatable topic of family expectations, focusing on the pressures to have a baby—especially in the context of parental and social pressures. Jen shares her personal experiences with mounting "baby pressure" from her family, particularly from her mother, and the roundtable, led by Burt, explores the relentless cycle of societal expectations. The segment is lighthearted but touches on real emotional nuance, as the hosts share stories and humor to highlight how common and complicated these pressures can be.

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Key Discussion Points

1. Jen’s Family Weekend and Realization

• Jen recounts returning home for Mother’s Day and a wedding, bringing her boyfriend to meet more of her family.
• She experiences first-hand that her parents, particularly her mom, are not as interested in her getting married again but are highly focused on her having kids.
  • “I am not getting marriage pressure. I am getting baby pressure.” – Jen [00:36]

2. Parental Eagerness and Comparisons

• Jen shares that her mom feels left out as her friends boast about their grandchildren—some even have great-grandkids.
• The emotional undertone: her mom’s heartfelt conversations about wanting to join the "grandparent club" are contrasted against the light teasing on the show.
  • “Jennifer. Okay, that’s when my mom’s serious...there are people there that are great-grandparents.” – Jen [01:13]

3. Past Relationships and Parental Priorities

• Jen notes that after her previous marriage and divorce, her parents seem less concerned with her marital status and more with her producing a grandchild:
  • “I don’t even think they care if I get married again. They just want babies.” – Jen [01:56]
  • “Could you just go elope really quick and just start having babies now?” – Jen’s mom, as recounted by Jen [02:09]

4. Sibling Comparison and Double Standards

• Jen reveals her brother is feeling "wedding pressure" while her family pushes her straight to "baby pressure," skipping the intermediate steps.
  • “He gets the wedding pressure…They’re just like skipping that part for me, like just hurry up and start reproducing now.” – Jen [02:45]

5. The Unending Cycle of Social Pressure

• Burt breaks down the never-ending nature of social expectations—how milestones only lead to new forms of pressure:
  • “When you’re single, people pressure you to be dating…social pressure never, ever goes away.” – Burt [03:08]

6. Empathy and Humor

• Jen expresses guilt about not giving her mom the grandchild she yearns for, emphasizing her mother’s readiness to “spoil [a grandchild] totally rotten.”
  • “I do feel bad about it though, because I know my mom’s going to be a great grandma…She just really, really wants that.” – Jen [03:33]

7. Playful Banter and Exaggeration

• The hosts interject with jokes, shifting the tone between serious and comedy, poking fun at the relentless family pressure and using exaggerated scenarios for humor.
  • “They were poking holes in the condoms you keep in your purse.” – Jeffrey [02:12]
  • “My mom was just reading through and…she was using a hole punch.” – Jeffrey [02:22]
  • “Some woman’s looking at the radio going, no, it’s not a freaking announcement. I wish my horny daughter would just do it already.” – Jeffrey [04:21]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Jen on her mother’s desires:
  “I think she feels really jealous of all of her friends that have grandkids. Cause I think you get to that stage in your life where you just want to spoil a kid rotten.” [03:33]
• Burt on social pressure:
  “Social pressure never, ever goes away.” [03:32]
• Jeffrey, humorously exaggerating parental pressure:
  “She was using a hole punch.” [02:22]
• Jen clarifies:
  “No, God, no. I just am getting baby pressure.” [04:16]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [00:36] – Jen describes returning home and the onset of baby pressure.
• [01:13] – Jen relays her mother’s pointed conversations about being left out of grandparent status.
• [01:56] – Shift from marriage to baby pressure.
• [02:45] – Family’s different expectations for Jen versus her brother.
• [03:08] – Burt unpacks the never-ending ladder of social milestones.
• [03:33] – Jen’s guilt and empathy toward her mom’s longing for grandkids.
• [04:16] – Jen clarifies there is no baby announcement—just pressure and talk.

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Tone & Takeaway

The dynamic is warm, teasing, and supportive, with the humor never far removed from real empathy. The hosts use their own experiences and voices to illuminate how relentless and universal family expectations can be, all while keeping the tone relatable and funny. For anyone feeling pressured about hitting certain “life milestones,” this episode will resonate and offer much-needed laughs along the way.

Transcript

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[Burt]

you're on the Burt Show. We were just talking about kids and Mother's Day and stuff like that, and Jen is starting to feel a little pressure.

[Jen]

Yeah, definitely. It's funny, I went home over the weekend for Mother's Day and also for a family friend's wedding and went with my boyfriend and we had a really great time. So he got to spend some more time with my family. He'd already met them once and met my grandmother and all this kind of stuff. Hung out. My brother and his girlfriend were home. So everybody was back home in St. Pete for a big fun weekend. So it was awesome. But I just started realizing that I am not getting marriage pressure. I am getting baby pressure. Like, my parents are so ready to be grandparents and they're not yet. And my mom has expressed it to me in ways before, like, really heartfelt ways. We've had, like, heart to heart talks. Like, it's hard for her when, like, all of her friends are grandmothers now and all of them are doting and showing pictures and sort of showing off about, like all of her friends grandkids and her friends have, like multiple grandkids. And then my parents went to my dad's 50th high school reunion last weekend or weekend before, and she goes, jennifer, okay. That's when my mom's serious. Oh, yeah, Jennifer. There are people there that are great grandparents. Okay. So like my dad's contemporary. Some are great grandparents at this point. So they not only have kids who have kids, but they also have kids. So they're just feeling left out of that whole part of it. And so I've been married before and since divorce and now in a new relationship. And I don't even think they care if I get married again.

[Burt]

Really.

[Jen]

They just want babies.

[Jeffrey]

They knew when you leave before you

[Jen]

were, seriously, they are like, get over. I mean, who cares? My mom's like, could you just go elope really quick and just start having babies now?

[Jeffrey]

Didn't you catch them when you were Sleeping around before Superman. Poking holes in the condoms you keep in your purse.

[Jen]

They do? Yeah, all the time. Yeah. My mom was just reading through and

[Jeffrey]

not even with like a needle and thread. Not even a needle. She was using a hole punch.

[Jen]

Stop it.

[Jeffrey]

She's like, click.

[Burt]

Jeffrey, if you called your mom today and told her that you were pregnant, she would be equally as excited as if you said you were engaged.

[Jen]

More excited.

[Burt]

More excited now Even more excited. Really?

[Jen]

Yes. Cause if I told her I was engaged, she'd be like, okay, when's the wedding? Let's hurry up and get that over with so we can get to the next stage.

[Jeffrey]

Let's get to the honeymoon.

[Jen]

She's doing that, right? She already planned a wedding. Show, whatever. Now she wants grandkids. And so the baby pressure is crazy. And it's really funny. Like my brother is the one getting wedding pressure. Cause he and his girlfriend have been together about two years. They're like perfect together, all this stuff. She's great, we love her, want her to be my sister in law, all that. So he gets the wedding pressure. And like they're just like skipping that part for me. Like, just hurry up and start reproducing now.

[Burt]

Yeah, the pressure never goes away. I've said this before, that when you're single, people pressure you to be dating. When you're dating, you should be in a committed relationship. If you're in a committed relationship, people want you to be engaged. When you're engaged, your wedding can't get there fast enough. When you're married, they want you to have a kid. When you have the first kid, they want you to have a second kid. And then when you have the second kid, I. All of a sudden they start telling you to get a dog. So it never. Social pressure. Never, ever goes away.

[Jen]

Man, I do feel bad about it though, because I know my mom's gonna be a great grandma and she's gonna be so good at it, is what I mean. And she just really, really wants that. I think she feels really jealous of all of her friends that have grandkids. Really dote on grandkids. Cause I think you get to that stage in your life where you just want to spoil a kid rotten. Your own kids, you can't spoil rotten. You gotta raise them right and this and teach them right and wrong and this and that and to be nice, disciplined little creatures. But with your grandk, let them go over the top and just spoil them totally rotten. And she's at that stage in her life and so is my dad. They're just ready for babies.

[Burt]

Right.

[Jen]

So when are you getting pregnant? Well, I'm, you know, looking at the clock. No, I'm not. I mean.

[Jeffrey]

Oh, come on.

[Burt]

And this is not an announcement or anything like that?

[Jen]

No. God, no. I just am getting baby pressure.

[Burt]

It's weird, you know, without even being

[Jeffrey]

somewhere in Florida, some woman's looking at the radio going, no, it's not a freaking announcement. I wish my horny daughter would just do it already. God, we know she likes it. Just get it on, woman.

[Burt]

Listen, it's the vert show.