261 | Reacting to Relationship Headlines

Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew

Shawn Johnson + Andrew East

Society & Culture

5 • 39.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Not sure how to even sum up this episode but let’s just say we covered A LOT of different relationship topics from the current “dating recession” and dating headlines to the draw of being a DINK (Dual Income With No Kids). This was an interesting one where Andrew and I got to give our takes on each of these topics and it was fun to hear each other’s perspectives! What do you think about these topics? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below! Love you guys! Shawn and Andrew Get 15% off Branch Basics with the code EASTFAM at https://branchbasics.com/EASTFAM #branchbasicspod #ad Want the best pillow ever? Go to https://LagoonSleep.com/EASTFAM and take their awesome 2 minute sleep quiz to find your match. Use code EASTFAM for 15% off first purchase Beam Kids is now available online at https://www.shopbeam.com/COUPLETHINGS Take advantage of our exclusive discount of up to 40% off using code COUPLETHINGS Follow our podcast Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/shawnandandrewpods/ Subscribe to our newsletter ▶ https://www.familymade.com/newsletter Follow My Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/ShawnJohnson Follow My Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnjohnson Shop My LTK Page ▶ https://www.shopltk.com/explore/shawnjohnson Like the Facebook page! ▶ https://www.facebook.com/ShawnJohnson Follow Andrew’s Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/AndrewDEast Andrew’s Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewdeast?lang=en Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody?
0:01.1	Welcome back to a couple things.
0:02.2	With Sean and Andrew.
0:03.3	We're back to relationship headlines, part two.
0:06.0	That's right.
0:06.5	If you miss part one, we're giving our take on some relationship topic, some headlines,
0:13.1	some kind of recent events.
0:14.8	Specifically, like, the recession as it pertains to dating.
0:20.3	And the dual income, no kids kids trend and is romance dead so we made
0:26.3	it through exactly a quarter of the headlines that we're supposed to and we're going to resume this
0:31.8	as the same topic finishing out our thoughts if you miss part one we'll link that down below. Go check it out.
0:38.6	But it is interesting. The long and short of what we covered the first time around is that
0:43.5	there seems to be less of an appetite. Yeah. At least for the past two decades for romance,
0:50.3	relationships, including sex. And a lot more pressure.
0:55.2	Yes.
0:55.9	A lot more pressure on people to be a very specific thing.
1:00.3	And to like, it's either success or failure.
1:02.7	And the stories that we're being served up on social media and media are all negative.
1:07.8	So it's not really like super encouraging for people to go down that route of dating or marriage or family.
1:13.6	We're exploring these topics as well with you.
1:16.5	So if we have awkward pauses or ums,
1:20.4	it's because we're just trying to process this as well.
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