5865 Why Can't I Meet a Woman? Freedomain Call In

Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux

Stefan Molyneux

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🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 145 minutes

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Summary

Stefan engages with a caller in his late twenties who feels behind in dating after prioritizing career success. The caller expresses a desire for a meaningful relationship and future family but grapples with a judgmental attitude towards women and a focus on financial stability over emotional connection. As they explore the caller's family background, it becomes evident that a lack of open discussions about relationships has impacted his understanding of romantic dynamics. Stefan challenges the caller's views on self-worth tied to financial success and encourages a focus on character and virtues in potential partners. They discuss the importance of active listening in relationships, identifying patterns of defensiveness that hinder genuine connections. The episode concludes with an emphasis on redefining self-worth and pursuing love based on mutual respect and shared values, leaving the caller with actionable insights to engage more authentically in his romantic pursuits.

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0:00.0	Just the history of me or what the problem is?
0:03.8	Well, the problem is girls, right?
0:06.4	Yes.
0:08.7	Yeah.
0:09.5	So I've, the last couple of years, or for my old wife, I think I just focused on working.
0:31.6	Um... on working. I think I, I do say that, not put time in it, and now I'm behind on that. And I'm good on the career stuff, but very much behind on the girl stuff.
0:39.8	Right, okay.
0:47.5	So you're in your sort of mid-late 20s, and so it's, you know, 10 plus years that this hasn't happened or worked for you.
0:50.0	And how much does that bother you?
0:51.9	I mean, I know you're a happy guy in general, but how does that bother you as a whole?
0:58.3	It didn't really bother me, but now it sort of started to, I think I have to start on it.
1:04.8	And then I realized how much I was behind or don't have any experience.
1:10.6	And so I thought what your advice was to panic about it.
1:16.9	Right, right.
1:18.6	It was a little bit how I thought that it was a good idea.
1:24.5	And I'm also a little bit panicked about it because otherwise I have to date girls
1:33.5	that have like had like a lot of boyfriends or are like left or I don't know, something like
1:37.9	that.
1:39.0	Okay.
1:40.2	Yeah.
1:40.9	And what is it that you feel you're missing or that you want out of a girlfriend or a wife?
1:47.2	Is it like family and kids or what is it that you want?
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