#brunchtalk: Should I leave a relationship that's good but not great?

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

🗓️ 25 June 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Would you rather stay in a mediocre relationship than to start over and be single? The thought of dating "from scratch" can be daunting but does it really justify staying in a relationship not meeting your needs? In this week's brunchtalk, we explore whether to try to salvage your current relationship or cut bait and how to reframe your mindset about what "starting over" even means. Got a question you need answered? Hit us up at [email protected] Follow us @dateablepodcast. Check out our website for more content, merch and more. Want to be around others who are also looking to improving their love lives? Join the Sounding Board at https://www.dateablepodcast.com/soundingboard Follow us @dateablepodcast. Check out our website for more content, virtual live show dates, and merch. Join the Sounding Board at https://www.dateablepodcast.com/soundingboard Thank you to our partners for this episode: Drizly: Download the Drizly app or go to Drizly.com and use promo code FAST5 for $5 off your first order. Cover art Photography Credit: Larry Wong #lwongphoto 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	The dateable podcast is an insider's look into modern dating that the
0:04.8	Huffington Post calls one of the top 10 podcasts about love and sex. On each
0:09.5	episode we'll talk to real daters about everything from sex parties to sex droughts, date fails to diaper
0:15.3	fetishes, and first moves to first loves.
0:17.8	I'm your host, U.S.U.
0:19.4	Former dating coach turned dating sociologist.
0:22.0	You also hear from my co-host and producer Julie Craft Chick
0:25.2	as we explore this crazy dateable world.
0:28.1	Hey Brunchables, welcome to Brunch Talk where we dissect and analyze and answer the questions
0:38.4	that you all have sent in. We love this portion because we get to weigh in and also get to hear what you all are going through and believe it or not the questions you all send in.
0:48.0	You're not the only one going through what you're going through.
0:52.0	So isn't that nice to know that?
0:54.0	It is nice to know that. I feel like when I was dating before this podcast, you feel like you're
0:59.4	on an island. Like you feel like there's something wrong with you because you're the only one going through something.
1:04.6	So the fast that other people write in similar stuff is actually
1:08.2	incredibly reassuring that there's indeed nothing wrong it's just this is what's happening, you know, these are the things that we're all dealing with.
1:16.5	Well, it's wild to me the stuff that people talk about with their friends versus what they're internally going through.
1:23.0	And I remember when I was dating and having these thoughts of,
1:27.0	well, I can't tell my friends this, this is unacceptable,
1:30.0	they should know about this problem I'm having,
1:32.0	or I shouldn't be having this problem and that's what makes us lonely in dating is these preconceived notions of what is a good problem to have and what's not a good problem to have.
1:41.3	I relate to that. I remember I got to a point that I didn't even
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