#brunchtalk: How To Respond When Your Ex Asks To Be Setup With Your Friend

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

🗓️ 11 June 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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So you got a text from your ex....and they're asking to be set up with your friend. Wait...what? In this week’s brunch talk, we’re discussing how to respond when you get something from your ex that feels a bit in left field –and not to mention uncomfortable. We discuss if there's ever a time when your past romantic partners and friends should date, why someone may think it would be a good idea to try to expand their dating pool this way, and ways you can respond in a way that preserves your mental health. 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: HelloFresh: Get 16 free meals plus free shipping by going to hellofresh.com/dateable16 and use the code DATEABLE16 Drizly: Download the Drizly app or go to Drizly.com and use promo code FAST5 for $5 off your first order. 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 Ewie Schu and I'm Julie Kraftchik.
0:02.8	We're active daters turn dating sociologist.
0:05.4	Here to dive into everything modern dating and relationships.
0:09.0	Welcome to the dateable podcast.
0:11.0	Hey! podcast. around your burning dating questions. On a silver platter.
0:24.0	With a side of hash browns and maybe French toast.
0:28.0	I'm really into French toast recently, so I'm going to put that on our platter.
0:31.0	But here we are back again with another dating question now some of these questions we think a lot of people are experiencing some of these questions we think hopefully very few of you are
0:40.1	experiencing that applies to the question for this episode which is how do you
0:46.0	respond to an ex who's asking you to set up with your friend and for more contacts
0:51.6	our listener wrote in and said,
0:54.0	I recently ended a relationship, not on the best of terms.
0:58.7	I was surprised when my ex reached out and asked if he could be set up with my friend who he thought might be a good
1:06.7	fit for him based on their lifestyles. I honestly didn't even know how to respond and what to say to him. Any advice?
1:14.7	First of all, let's just get all the reactions out of the way. I'm floored, I'm shocked,
1:20.9	I'm a little bit just disgusted that this is happening the fucking balls on this person
1:27.0	to be asked to be set up with a friend. I will get all my reactions out of the way okay and
1:32.4	with all my reactions out of the way. Okay, and with all my reactions out of the way, I will say this.
1:35.4	One, it really shows you, thank God you ended that relationship because this is obviously
1:40.0	not the person right for you.
1:41.3	I think it's very disrespectful to come back and to be asked to be introduced to your friend.
1:46.5	And number two, I would say that you have to take the high road here. Do not stoop down to someone's level even though they're just
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