Greg Behrendt: Stop Settling and Start Dating Smarter

Oprah's Super Soul

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Comedian, musician and co-author of He's Just Not That Into You, Greg Behrendt and his wife Amiira Ruotola explain why they believe so many women lower their standards when it comes to dating. Together, they share the biggest mistake women make in dating, what single men are really thinking and why it is important not to lower your personal standards. They also discuss their book It’s Just A F***ing Date.

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of
0:07.5	the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.
0:16.0	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right
0:23.0	now.
0:25.0	Tonight's life class is for all of you single women from 18 to 80 who are guilty of this,
0:32.0	luring your standards out of fear that no better man is going to come along. And we got
0:38.6	the men here to even vouch for it. And look who's back on the scene to bust up the biggest
0:43.1	dating myths that have women everywhere, all effed up.
0:49.0	They're all effed up, huh?
0:51.7	He started a revolution with those six little words that freed women around the world.
0:56.6	Remember, he's just not that into you. Would you get that? That selling author Greg
1:04.2	Barrett, and even though Greg wasn't her type, eventually she was into him.
1:10.8	Meet Greg's wife now of 13 years, Amira Brutola.
1:16.8	So here's a new book for this generation. Together they've written a book and it's called
1:24.6	It's Just an F and Date.
1:27.0	Right.
1:28.0	And it's a game changer, I think. So Greg tell our audience full of singles what this
1:34.2	is all about.
1:35.5	Women have lowered the standards for dating that dating has become unrecognizable.
1:39.6	It's at a point where it's like, tweet, tweet, sleep over, break up.
1:45.5	That's it. That's what dating is now.
1:47.8	And it's not a good bar and I have two daughters and they will go on dates.
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