Dating While Your Life Is Falling Apart + Friendship Drama & Big Life Questions
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
This week’s Cohosts for Life, we’re diving into some of your best (and most layered) listener questions yet. From navigating dating while dealing with a potential job loss, to figuring out what to do when a close friend slowly fades out of your life, we’re giving our honest, unfiltered advice. We also talk about family dynamics, what to do when your partner isn’t putting effort into relationships that matter to you, and answer a thoughtful question about religion, cultural backgrounds, and how couples navigate those differences long-term. Plus, we share dating wins, life updates, and everything going on behind the scenes lately.
ALL links here (submit a Q, pitch yourself to the pod, dating coaching & more)
Shop SKIMS Fits Everybody collection at skims.com.
Rula patients typically pay $15 per session when using insurance. Connect with quality therapists and mental health experts who specialize in you at https://www.rula.com/seeingotherpeople #rulapod
Stock up on the best elevated essentials + get free shipping & 365 day returns at Quince.com/seeingotherpeople
Get $10 off your Nutrafol subscription at nutrafol.com promo code SEEINGOTHERPEOPLE
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Do you want to know a fun fact? Sure. I hemmed these pants. Wow. You would never know. I guess not. I don't know. Things that you tell me, I guess. Yeah. You also never complimented my new nail color from two and a half weeks ago, but it's okay. Who's keeping track? I'm sorry. |
| 0:38.1 | It's okay. Forgive you. I did last time. You did. It's true. It's okay. I go from light pink to white-ish to light pink. It's hard to keep track. Yeah. Well, they look good. Thank you. Can we start over? Sure. Okay. Do you want to know what fun? |
| 0:41.7 | Did you hem your pants? |
| 0:45.3 | And I noticed you got your nails done. |
| 0:47.3 | They look so great. |
| 0:50.5 | I guess I'm keeping the whole thing in. |
| 0:55.7 | Welcome back to Co-hosts for life. |
| 0:58.0 | This is our Monday episode of Seeing Other People, |
| 0:59.9 | where Jake and I talk about what's going on in our life, in our marriage, |
| 1:03.2 | what my hobby of the week is. |
| 1:06.1 | And so much more. |
| 1:07.3 | We have a really great episode for you guys today. |
| 1:10.3 | We have so many listener questions. |
| 1:12.3 | You guys sent in such good questions this past week. Every single time I saw one come in, I was like, |
| 1:18.2 | oh my God, can't wait to answer this. Whoa, can't wait to answer that. Another. Whoa. |
| 1:22.3 | It's good to know people are out there listening. Yeah. Thank you. I mean, I love that you want us to help you out. And like I said, |
| 1:29.3 | like the more you guys can send in questions, the more will answer your questions. So thank you. |
| 1:33.8 | If anyone has a question for next week, you can always, always submit it in three different places. |
| 1:39.3 | One, there is a link in the show notes. The first link it takes you to all the links for all the things. |
| 1:45.1 | And one of those links will be a Google form for you to fill out with your questions. And that's the show notes in Spotify. And Apple. And any other place you're listening to the podcast. Okay. Correct. There's also always a link in my bio that takes you to all the links. And that's your Instagram bio. That's my Instagram bio at Alana Zun, if you're not already following. |
| 2:02.6 | And your TikTok bio. |
| 2:03.9 | And my Instagram bio. That's my Instagram bio at Alana Dunn if you're not already following. And your TikTok bio. And my TikTok bio at Alana Dunn if |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ilana Dunn, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Ilana Dunn and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.