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Hey guys, it's Alana and you're listening to Seeing Other People Unfiltered.

It's Thursday, so that means real-life daters are coming on to share their real, sometimes shocking, and always unfiltered experiences.

Think you're alone out there?

Think you're the only one whose ex hooked up with your mom or whose last date ended up

being a catfish?

Think again.

My name is Jacob.

I'm 28.

And just here to talk about all things dating in New York.

Happy to share my experience.

And I don't know, whatever you're feeling.

I'm really excited to see where this conversation goes. So a little context for everyone. Jacob and I have a mutual friend, and I was talking to that friend about the episodes. And I was like, yeah, like, if you, I feel like you might have friends who would want to come on. And I was thinking initially, like, I know a lot of her, like, girlfriends. And that's kind of where my head was at. And she was like, oh, I know the perfect guy, my friend Jacob. Like, he would be so perfect for this. I'm going to text him. I'm like, okay, I know absolutely nothing about Jacob, but I trust you, sure. So here we are. And I'm very excited to have you. Well, thank you for having me. Love Erica.

Yeah, I'm sure you met David before.

David's one of my best friends from college. We've definitely, you know, have our fair share of dating stories.

Oh, I'm sure. Unlike Erica, who downloads a dating app goes on one date,

and that's it. That's so funny. And also, I think I, I'm sure she told you about their first date,

but wasn't it at like a TED theme bar? It was like a name theme bar. That's like so David and

Erica, it was just like the perfect first date

for them. It was game over after that. Oh, for sure. Well, I'm really excited to have you. Let's start

kind of by setting the stage with what's going on for you right now in your dating life.

Luckily, I met someone on Hinge about a year ago.

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