46. The First Breakup One ft. Dara Pollak

Finding Mr. Height: The Podcast

Ali Jackson

Society & Culture, Relationships

3.9 • 712 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2022

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

Ali & Roark’s three-part breakup series begins with special guest Dara Pollak – author of a viral post about a blindside breakup. Dara is a wonderful and vulnerable storyteller, and she shares her emotional journey from relationship to breakup to moving forward afterwards. It is a very relatable story and they know the listeners will hear themselves in parts of Dara’s experiences. Before Dara joins the show, Ali discusses New Years Eve plans with the Rower, and Roark is back on the apps! Timestamps: Dara joins the show for Weird or Nah and Topic Talk at around 26:45 Where to find Dara: her blog post can be read at https://www.theskinnypignyc.com/2021/10/the-blindsided-breakup-story/; follow her on Instagram @darapollak If you'd like to hear our personal updates before everyone else as well as other exclusive content, join The Search Party on Patreon: www.patreon.com/findingmrheight. And, if you want to send in a "weird or nah" suggestion, share your own phone throwing moment, ask a question, or have general feedback, you can do it all at www.findingmrheight.com/podcast Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	I think that's how we started chatting was about food, if I'm being honest.
0:02.8	Yes.
0:03.3	Yes.
0:03.8	Because I think I was following you because of that plan.
0:07.2	Did she say, hey, big question for you.
0:09.1	What shared appetizers would you get if we were on a date?
0:29.8	No. Hello and welcome to another episode of Finding Mr. Hyde the podcast. I'm Allie, back with my co-host Roark. Hello. Hello. Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. Whatever it may be. Yes. It's welcome to 2022, I think. Right? Yeah. Yeah. All the things. Maybe. Yes.
0:35.6	It's welcome to 2022, I think, right? Yeah. Yeah. By the time people hear this, it will be 2022, which is just wild to think of. Totally. New Year's Eve is in like four days. I can't. Five days. Yeah. Whatever. It's soon. Yes. Too soon. and by the time people hear this, it will already have happened.
0:54.8	That's all just slipping away. It's soon. Yes, too soon. And by the time people hear this, it will already have happened.
0:58.4	That's all just slipping away.
1:00.7	What's going on with you?
1:03.0	Not too much.
1:09.3	I mean, I'm still, so I am in Dallas until Tuesday morning, first thing.
1:12.5	I'm like flying before the workday starts. And since I'm flying like back in time. Yes. Love flying west. Yeah. So not like a whole lot to report on that front
1:21.7	just because I've been home and also I've been broken up with. And that's still a thing. Okay. Yes. Um, but no, I, I guess I can report. So like,
1:33.0	I'm back on, I'm back on Bumble. Back in action. You and I are, are kindred spirits in this sense
1:40.0	that we both just back in action pretty immediately.
1:45.8	And because I think I also knew that like I wasn't because Christmas was happening,
1:50.4	I wasn't going to be able to meet up with anyone right away.
1:54.0	Yes.
1:54.4	And so I had like a few week buffer of like, let's see how it feels to swipe,
1:59.1	to start talking to people, da-da-da-da.
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