The thing is, you should ask for reassurance whenever you want to fucking ask for reassurance.

However, I do understand that, like, when you're first starting to see someone and you're

first dating somebody, you're probably not wanting to, like, overload them.

You sort of have to accept that there is a certain amount of uncertainty that's going to be

present when you first start dating somebody.

And whenever people say, like, how soon is too soon

to ask for reassurance, it seems like they're saying, like, I feel like I'm really overwhelming,

and my needs is going to be too much for somebody. So you're already feeling like you're not being

authentic. Hi, I'm Margroves. I'm a human connection specialist and founder

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Well, this has been a long time in my dreams. You probably didn't know about me, but I was like,

you know, kind of secretly stalking you.

Therapy, Jeff, as you're so well known, welcome to the podcast. Yeah, I'm really excited to be here

and I'm happy that you reached out. Yeah, I wasn't super aware of you. And I did see you on

Instagram every now and then, which was really exciting. So when you reached out officially, I was super stoked to be here. Well, you know, the sign of a good stalker is someone not knowing they're doing it. I wouldn't be good at it if you're like, yeah, you've been creeping on my shit for a long time. You did well then. Good job. Yeah, I did well. I did well. Gold Star. Well, I'm pumped to have you here. I mean, I've been watching you distill information and break down people's dating, relating, all those types of experiences and such a consumable. I'm like, how did he do that in one minute? And I'm sure that is, you know, what has really brought you so much success because you're

able to bring these, what feels like very complex relational challenges into simple step-by-step

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