"Freezing My Eggs and Freeing Myself from Dating Anxiety"
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Erica Borsak opens up about the realities of living alone, dating with a food allergy, and why she decided to freeze her eggs. She shares her experiences navigating dating apps, the pressure of singlehood, and how focusing on herself changed her perspective. We discuss independence, setting personal milestones, and the challenges of modern dating. Plus, Erica reflects on health struggles, societal expectations, and what she’s looking for in a partner.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:04.9 | Hey guys, it's Alana and you're listening to seeing other people unfiltered. |
| 0:09.9 | It's Thursday, so that means real-life daters are coming on to share their real, sometimes shocking, and always unfiltered experiences. |
| 0:17.9 | Think you're alone out there? |
| 0:19.0 | Think you're the only one whose ex hooked up with your mom |
| 0:21.5 | or whose last date ended up being a catfish. Think again. This was a long time coming. A long time |
| 0:27.4 | coming. I do this thing where if you're my friend, I kind of force you to come on the podcast. |
| 0:33.2 | And I've like lost track of who I've asked. And I texted you recently. |
| 0:54.1 | I was like, it was when we were both sick. Yes. And dying. Yes. I was just like, have I asked you to come on stop yet? And you said no. And I was like, well. But to be fair, we kind of like recently reconnected. So I feel like there's a time where we weren't, like, not that we weren't friends. But you know what I mean? |
| 0:55.6 | Like we've recently interacted more. |
| 1:10.8 | You mean like over the 10 years span? Yeah. We weren't friends. We were acquaintances. Okay. Erica Borsak, welcome to seeing other people. Backstory. Backstory. Erica and I shared like a mutual best friend. |
| 1:11.2 | Mm-hmm. |
| 1:13.4 | It's been longer than 10 years, but yeah. |
| 1:26.3 | That's so true. Since like eighth grade, really. We met once when we were in either middle school or high school, I feel like, at a Jonas Brothers concert. Oh, you were at the Nick Jonas in the administration concert with Sass. Some sort of. It was that. Yeah. It was that because that's when I met her for the first time. |
| 1:26.9 | Oh, okay. |
| 1:27.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:28.8 | Maybe it was that or at some point. |
| 1:29.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:30.5 | I stayed in your college dorm. |
| 1:31.5 | Yes, you did. |
| 1:27.8 | Fair. it was that. Yeah. It was that because that's when I met her for the first time. Oh, okay. Yeah. Maybe it was that or at some point. Yeah. I stayed in your college dorm. Yes, you did. Our freshman year. |
| 1:32.8 | Kesha. Yeah. Yep. What is that called? Juice jam. That was a great time. Yeah. |
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