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A few years ago, I suddenly found myself single.

I'll spare you all the details, but basically after I figured out how to adjust to my new reality, to co-parent, et cetera, I started thinking about dating again.

Now, imagine, I'm in my 30s. The last time I dated was before dating apps existed, and I'm going into it with my 20th century sensibilities.

In the beginning, it was brutal. I couldn't figure out how to match with anyone. My profile was

terrible. I remember sharing my profile with Run and her just laughing. It felt so weird,

swiping on faces, like I was shopping for a new drum set. Sometimes dates

would be awkward, probably mostly because of me. Other times, people would just disappear.

Sometimes I'd want to disappear. Of course, it wasn't all bad. I met some amazing people,

but I always felt like something was off about all of it. I felt like the search

for a partner had been twisted and commodified into this detached consumer activity,

and I really wanted to know if other people experienced it the same way I did. So, I thought,

why don't we ask all of you, our listeners from all over the world,

what your experiences have been with modern love and with online dating? And man, did you all come

through? Um, let's see, Tinder. No? No. No. Not much height.

It was kind of just like a fun, like little hot or not, um, little game on my phone.

Logan. He's Australian. Not my type.

He's small.

Why is he six-one? I like to say I was playing Tinder.

And you think, oh, I have a rolodex of people that I'm counting on a meeting.

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