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Close Friends: The Podcast

Dating: the good, the bad, the falafel man

Close Friends: The Podcast

Lucy Mountain, Tara Margulies & Sarah Barrington

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.9523 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This week, the close friends are talking all things dating. Is it ‘ok’ to f*ck on the first date? How should you deal with ghosting? And why did Tara end up having to call a carpenter after one particularly active third date? Tune in to hear our stories, learnings and discussion around the best and worst bits of dating.

Best served with wine + an open mind.

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Contact us:

closefriendsthepodcast@gmail.com

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@lucymountain

@sarahb.london

@movewithtara


Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, just a little message before this week's episode. So this week's episode was recorded a week

0:06.1

before the very tragic circumstances regarding Sarah Everard started to unfold. And undoubtedly,

0:11.6

this has hit home for many of us and you are certainly not alone if you have been affected by it.

0:16.9

It didn't feel right to Sarah's episode without acknowledging this development. And nonetheless,

0:20.4

we hope you enjoy it and we'll definitely be delving deeper into this topic

0:24.1

alongside sexual harassment at a future date once we've collected our thoughts.

0:28.6

So thank you for understanding and we'll get on with the episode. Hello, welcome. Pull up a chair, grab your wine. You are listening to Close

0:45.4

Friends Pod where we hit record on our in real life conversations as friends about

0:49.4

surviving, thriving and diving headfirst into life, trying to be adults, but also trying to have a fucking good

0:54.9

time. This week, I'm your host, Sarah, and as ever, I'm joined by the wonderful Lucy.

1:00.4

Hey, guys.

1:02.1

That was the intro I gave you compared to the response. Let's try that again. I'm joined by

1:07.2

the wonderful Lucy. Hey guys.

1:11.2

It's much better.

1:12.4

And the fabulous Tara.

1:14.4

Hi everyone.

1:16.1

As ever, we also have Shirley somewhere.

1:18.8

Around my neck.

1:19.4

Around Lucy's neck.

1:20.4

Hello.

1:20.9

Shirley says, which is her way of saying hello.

1:24.0

So guys, I'm going to read out our close friend of the week this week.

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