Matt Kelly

Lacking any sense of curse, my mother gave birth to me on a Friday the 13th at Frankston Hospital.

Lacking the effort to think of a name, my parents fell back on the most popular boy’s name of that year.

My fate was sealed from the day I was born.

Jokes. It’s been a fun ride so far.

My name is Matt Kelly. I’m just an average bloke. Not a saint, far from perfect, but someone who wants to get better as a person.

Caption: Me as a little tacker.

I like telling stories, hanging out with my niece and nephews, and just generally connecting with people.

I don’t smile or laugh enough, which is perhaps part of the reason why I’ve put pen to paper for Mattychitchatty.

I think many of us could do with a little more connection, and a little more laughter in our lives.

Hopefully this mini-adventure of a website can help with that.

If you’d like to know more about me, I’ve left a questionnaire I had to fill out on a date a few years ago, at the bottom of the page.

Caption: Me with my niece Zarli.

Caption: Me and Sydney Sweeney.

I’ve got four kids. Matt is the eldest and he’s the only one not married. He doesn’t even have a girlfriend. I wish he’d do something about it. And I wish he’d stop photoshopping his head onto images with Sydney Sweeney.

Matt's mum Maree

Uncle Matt bought me lollies so that I would say something good about him here. They were the best kind of lollies too, that you scoop out of a plastic box with a giant scooper. Matt is good.

Matt's niece Zarli

Matty is one of the more popular guys at the dog park. The humans call him, ‘that weird guy who goes to the park who doesn’t even have a dog,’ but me and the other dogs call him, ‘That awesome ball thrower Matty guy.’

Golden Retriever Tom

A questionnaire a date once asked Matt to fill out

*Clearly I was being sarcastic with some of these answers.