"1000 Invisible Strings"
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
In this episode, our guest shares a joyful dating journey with her boyfriend that made her believe in the invisible string theory. They recount how growing up in neighboring towns on Long Island and sharing many mutual connections led to their eventual meeting on Hinge in January 2022.
Despite numerous past connections, including appearing in the same childhood photo, they never interacted until their fateful match on Hinge. She reflects on the serendipitous timing of their meeting and values the individual growth they both experienced beforehand, believing they met at the perfect time in their lives.
Join us as our guest candidly shares her story of love, personal growth, and the invisible strings that brought them together.
Don’t panic, grab panic panties! Check their store locator at panicpanties.com to find them at a CVS near you OR use code SOP for 20% off on panicpanties.com.
Say goodbye to your anxiety and say hello to relaxation with Sunset Lake CBD. Head to https://sunsetlakecbd.com/coupon/sop and use code SOP for 20% off your order. Pro tip: try their sleep gummies!
Fast and powerful relief is just a quick trip away. Find Claritin D at the pharmacy counter. Ask for Claritin-D at your local pharmacy counter. You don’t even need a prescription! Go to claritin.com right now for a discount so you can Live Claritin Clear.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:04.8 | Hey guys, it's Alana and you're listening to seeing other people unfiltered. |
| 0:09.9 | It's Thursday, so that means real-life daters are coming on to share their real, sometimes shocking, and always unfiltered experiences. |
| 0:17.8 | Think you're alone out there? |
| 0:19.0 | Think you're the only one whose ex hooked up with your mom |
| 0:21.5 | or whose last date ended up being a catfish? Think again. I'm from New York and I'm so excited |
| 0:28.2 | to chat about just my relationship and the journey getting into it and especially the fun, |
| 0:34.9 | invisible strings that brought my boyfriend and I together, which we love to talk |
| 0:38.8 | about. I am so excited to hear about it. I'm also excited for this episode in particular because a lot of |
| 0:44.9 | the unfiltered episodes are very heavy. And I feel like this might be a more lighthearted and |
| 0:51.1 | joyful and happy one. So fun. This is great. I feel like I need this. I imagine |
| 0:57.8 | everyone listening is like, oh good, like happiness in dating. We love that. So thank you for |
| 1:03.5 | being here and for wanting to come on to share your story. Oh my God, of course. I feel like when I was |
| 1:08.9 | dating, I would always hear these facts or just these |
| 1:11.9 | stories of people who ended up dating people that they already knew. And I would always be like, |
| 1:17.1 | thinking of the boys in my life that I'd interact with. And I was like, okay, I'm absolutely not |
| 1:22.0 | dating any of them. But it's funny to think of like someone being in your life can mean in like any way. |
| 1:28.9 | And so when I go through these invisible strings, I guess you'll see. |
| 1:31.5 | Like it's kind of cool to think about how maybe someone wasn't directly in your life, but you still cross paths. |
| 1:37.6 | Yeah, absolutely. |
| 1:38.4 | I remember hearing those facts too of like, oh, well, if you're 25 years old, then there's a 74% chance that you've already |
| 1:46.9 | met the person you're going to end up with. And I remember sitting there in my bed on the |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ilana Dunn, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Ilana Dunn and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.