#brunchtalk: How To Deal With Your Family Asking About Your Love Life Over the Holidays

Dateable: Your insider's look into modern dating and relationships

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

Relationships, Sexuality, Science, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.5 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Tis the season....for the grilling of what's going on in your love life. From questions about why you're still single to when we'll ever get grandchildren, the holidays can be a stressful time. But have no fear! In this week’s brunch talk, we’re discussing how to navigate these conversations in a way that puts you in control, why we need to remember our family members are probably coming from a good place with these questions anyway, and ways you can use these conversations to bring you closer instead of ruining the holiday. Got a question you need answered? Hit us up at [email protected] Follow us @dateablepodcast, @juliekrafchick and @nonplatonic. Check out our website for more content. Also listen to our other podcast Exit Interview w/ iHeart Podcasts available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode is sponsored by: Drizly: Download the Drizly app or go to Drizly.com and use promo code FAST5 for $5 off your first order. Uncommon Goods: Get 15% off your next gift at uncommongoods.com/dateable Bearaby: Get your hand-nit weighted blankets @mybearaby or bearaby.com HoneyLove: Treat yourself to the best shapewear on the market and save 20% Off at honeylove.com with the code DATEABLE Dateable is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at frolic.media/podcasts WE WROTE A BOOK! HOW TO BE DATEABLE is available for pre-order now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Meeting People IRL Kickstarter - CLOSES August 31st and get $10 OFF now through then! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dateable-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hi I'm Eui Shue and I'm Julie Kraft Chick. We're active daters turn dating sociologist.
0:05.6	Here to dive into everything modern dating and relationships.
0:09.1	Welcome to the dateable podcast. Hey everyone, welcome to Brunch Talk by the datable podcast.
0:18.4	This is where we answer your burning dating questions and we know that around this time of the year there are many of those more than usual.
0:28.4	Yes, Turkey with a side of dating problems that's where we are. Mmm sounds delicious. We'll give you heartburn and
0:37.4	maybe heartbreak. Well here's our question for this week's episode. Very much related. With the holidays around the corner, how do I deal with questions from my family when I go home for the holidays?
0:52.0	And for more context our listener wrote in and said I'm
0:56.0	dreading going home for the holidays because every year my family pressures me
1:01.2	about why I'm still single and when they can start to expect
1:04.8	grandchildren. It makes me not want to even go home for the holidays. How do I
1:10.5	deal with this? This just reminds me of my grandma's comment to me. I just saw my grandma when I went back to China. She's 90 and she said,
1:20.0	you know, you delayed my chances of seeing a fifth generation meaning I'm old enough to have
1:27.2	grandkids myself to give to her so that's a lot of pressure for my cousin's kid who's only nine.
1:34.0	She better start having kids soon so my grandma can see a fifth generation.
1:37.7	This is a tough one because relatives only have this to say to you.
1:42.0	They don't care about your career
1:43.2	they don't care about anything others like are you getting married are you dating
1:48.0	anyone are you gonna have kids like it's always top of mind for them I feel like it's a great opportunity for you to talk about all the other
1:57.7	awesome things going on in your life because they don't know if you don't tell them. they just think you spend all of your time trying
2:03.8	to date and trying to find someone right but what if you were to say well I mean I'm
2:07.6	doing my best in dating the love life department but check out all the
2:11.9	other amazing things I'm doing in my life.
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