Dear Life Kit: My boyfriend’s female friendships stress me out
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🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This message comes from How to Be a Better Human, a podcast from Ted for the self-help skeptic. |
| 0:06.0 | Hear how you can laugh more in your everyday life, explained with science, insights, and hilarious stories. |
| 0:11.8 | Listen to How to Be a Better Human wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:16.2 | You're listening to Life Kit from NPR. |
| 0:21.6 | Hey, it's Mariel. |
| 0:23.3 | Happy almost Valentine's Day, you friggin' cuties. |
| 0:26.5 | Question, what do you think about dating people you're friends with? |
| 0:30.6 | Terrible idea? |
| 0:31.9 | Best idea you ever had? |
| 0:33.9 | I mean, I think it's a really great formula to have a best friend that you want to make out with. |
| 0:40.5 | Amy Chan is a relationship expert and a previous guest of Life Kit. |
| 0:44.6 | She helped us with getting over breakups a while back. |
| 0:47.2 | Her upcoming book is called Unsingle, How to Date Smarter and Create Love That Lass. |
| 0:52.7 | Speaking of, the couples who sustain strong sexual connections over the long term, the first characteristic |
| 0:58.7 | they all share, regardless of gender or sexual orientation or anything else, they like |
| 1:05.1 | each other. |
| 1:06.1 | This is fellow Life Kid alum, Emily Nagoski. |
| 1:09.3 | Emily is a sex educator, a researcher, and the author of the wildly |
| 1:13.3 | popular books, Come as You Are, and Come Together. So yes, Emily and Amy agree that relationships |
| 1:20.6 | can and should be built on a foundation of friendship, but they also acknowledge that when you |
| 1:25.6 | mix friendship and romance, things can get sticky. |
| 1:29.9 | For example, being friends with your ex. |
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