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Hey guys, it's Alana and welcome back to another episode of Seeing Other People.

Together, we're navigating modern dating alongside experts and real-life daters who are sharing their stories.

Don't have a date for tonight? No problem. Come learn, laugh, and maybe even cry along with us as we navigate the dating

scene together. We have a solo Q&A episode today because I felt like I was in the mood to record

and I didn't have a recording scheduled and I've kind of had this new mindset and like rule for myself

where if I feel in the mood to do something,

I should do it because I feel like so often I don't feel in the mood to do whatever the thing is.

Like maybe it's working out. Like there are times where I literally dread going to the gym or

going to a workout class to the point

where like I want to cry thinking about doing it. So now if I'm ever considering it like, oh, like should I take this class at 430? Like should I go on this long walk? Like if I'm considering it where I kind of am tempted to or I'm like intrigued by it and not repulsed by it, then I do it. So today, I was like, ooh, I'm kind of in the mood to record right now, except I didn't have a guest. And I was like, well, that shouldn't stop me because I can absolutely record a solo episode. And I love recording solo episodes. And you guys all send in questions. So I'm excited. I love recording solo episodes. You guys sent in so many questions. I'm probably

going to have to do a part two next time I feel in the mood. But that sounds great to me.

Before we get into it, I need to take a moment of silence because something happened two days ago

that really changed my quality of living and my life. Um, rest in peace. My microwave died or broke.

And I didn't realize how much that would impact me. But when I tell you, it has been a really

difficult 48 hours of like multiple, multiple occasions where I have gone to heat something

up and not been able to heat it up. So first of all, I need to start by saying the microwave died

or I found out that it died when I tried to heat up a cookie. I really wanted like a gooey,

fresh baked chocolate chip cookie. And I had made chocolate chip cookies the night before in the oven.

And I wanted it to just like be warm and gooey. And so I went and I put it in and I was just chocolate chip cookies the night before in the oven and I wanted

it to just like be warm and gooey. And so I went and I put it in and I was just going to do it for like eight seconds and then it kept not working. And after a while I'd like heated this thing up for a minute and it was the same temperature from the fridge. And I was like, uh-oh, we have an issue here. and since then I've tried to make tea on multiple occasions.

I've tried to heat up soup.

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