Best of Friends

Dating While Gray™

Laura Stassi

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.4 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

John and Jane click from the get-go after meeting on the dance floor, happily agreeing that being “just” friends is more than enough. When Lindsey’s seemingly perfect marriage shatters, she survives and thrives by starting a new tradition: breaking bread with her true companions. Suzanne promises Tom she’ll be by his side in sickness and in health. Their legal union unravels, but Suzanne’s commitment never wavers.

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0:00.0	This is Dating While Gray, the grown-ups guide to love, sex, and relationships.
0:11.8	I'm Laura Sassie.
0:13.1	On this episode, three stories of people who have forged strong and meaningful love connections.
0:19.5	Though romance is not part of the equation. It's best of
0:23.4	friends.
0:31.8	Remember back in season three when I went swing dancing at Maryland's Glen Echo Park? I heard from a lot of Glen Echo fans after that,
0:39.3	including an email from a woman we're calling Jane.
0:42.4	She's in her late 60s, has been divorced more than 20 years,
0:45.7	and she's a regular at Glen Echo.
0:47.9	But Jane's preferred dance style is Contra.
0:50.9	Basically, it's like square dancing.
0:53.1	Jane told me it's easy to pick up and fun. She invited me to
0:57.5	meet her at Glen Echo on a Thursday night. I arrived as the band was warming up. Hi, how are you?
1:06.4	Hello. This is Laura. This is her podcast. Yeah, yeah. That was Jane and another big fan of concert dancing. We're calling him John.
1:15.6	He's in his early 60s, has been married and divorced twice, and Jane wanted me to meet him because he's special to her.
1:23.6	Balance.
1:25.6	On the dance floor, John and Jane took turns guiding me through the caller's instructions.
1:30.3	With this neighbor, balance and swing.
1:33.3	I got the hang of it, sort of.
1:37.3	Robbins, Alabama, right, go once in a half.
1:42.3	It was a lot of fun.
1:44.8	Past two newiever docee-do once a little bit more, a wave across your balance now.
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