257. Listener Storytime: Designing a Relationship That Breaks All the Rules

Finding Mr. Height: The Podcast

Ali Jackson

Relationships, Society & Culture

3.9 • 712 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Ali sits down with FMH listener Allison for a storytime episode all about building a relationship that works for you, even if it breaks societal norms. Allison shares what it was like feeling like a late bloomer as she navigated finding her now-partner in her late 30’s. From dating a divorced dad with two kids to navigating mismatched timelines around moving in, engagement, and merging lives, Allison walks through how they used curiosity, therapy, and a lot of real conversations to get on the same page without defaulting to what relationships are “supposed” to look like.

It’s a refreshing reminder that commitment can be real, secure, and deeply intentional even when your relationship doesn’t look traditional.

In Updates, we’re celebrating five years of the pod next month!! Join Ali on Saturday, February 28th, 8pm at The Folly NYC. RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/fmh5years for free entry and access to Ali’s first come-first serve bar tab. And Patrons - check out the Patreon for early entry info! Can’t wait to see you there.

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0:00.0	The cool thing has been that most times, and I'm like, oh, yeah, we, we like, you know,
0:04.2	had our commitment ceremony, but we're still going to live apart because we both like our own
0:07.1	places. And they're like, that is amazing. I am so jealous.
0:24.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of Finding Mr. Hyde the podcast.
0:32.6	I'm your host, Allie Jackson, and I am bringing you my positive and practical approach to dating relationships and a lot else about life from my own lived life experience.
0:39.7	I am so excited to announce when I'm about to announce we are doing a five-year anniversary party for the pod.
0:44.5	I can't believe it has been almost five years in February it will be of doing this podcast.
0:48.8	I am so, so, so grateful to each and every one of you listening, whether you've been listening the whole time or for a short amount of time.
0:50.8	I thank you.
0:52.0	And I want to throw a party in celebration of you.
0:54.2	So on Saturday, February 28th, in New York City, we are doing a party at the Folly, NYC. It's on Houston Street on the corner of West Broadway. I've been there a few times. I really like them there. I'm excited for them to host us. Doors are going to open to public pod listeners at 8 p.m. Patrons have a
1:11.7	little bit of an earlier entrance. So if you're a patron, go ahead and listen to the Patreon for more details on that. Entry is completely free. All you have to do is RSP, as I need to get a headcount for the bar to try to figure out how many people to expect. So there is a link in the show notes. I've also posted it to my Instagram story. You can also get to it directly if you go to tiny URL.com
1:30.6	slash FMH. there is a link in the show notes. I've also posted it to my Instagram story. You can also get to
1:28.0	it directly if you go to tiny URL.com slash fmh five years, the number five. FMH5 Y-E-A-R-S,
1:36.8	tinyurl.com slash FMH five years, just to say it again. You can RCP there. Again,
1:41.2	it is free. I just need your name and email so that I can have
1:45.1	that at the door. And there's going to be a bar tab that is first come, first serve for the patrons
1:51.2	for sure. And I'm going to add a little bit more to it for the public pod entry as well,
1:55.6	because I really want to say thank you. So you can bring friends, you can bring family,
2:00.2	partners, whomever.
2:02.1	The person that are CPs, though, like the listener is the one who gets to order off the bar tab,
2:05.8	but your friends and family can still enter for free. Everything is free. Cash bar and bar tab
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