Hot Dates: Help from an OKCupid Guru

Death, Sex & Money

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Careers, Sexuality, Business, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 14 June 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Louis is at his wit's end with dating apps...so we called in reinforcements. Plus, some musings from Ceci. All summer, we're following a group of listeners as they date in real time around the country. We're calling this series Hot Dates—if you missed the introductory episode, go back and listen to it first. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, let's see, things you've missed in the shenanigans that is my love life.
0:07.0	I got a message a couple of days ago. The message said, hey, I don't typically
0:20.1	fuck with that chicks, but I really like your smile.
0:25.0	Like excuse me sir? Am I supposed to be so enthrall that you would grace my profile with your presence, scroll
0:38.8	through my pictures to see that I am fat and then decide that you like my smiles so much, you will
0:47.2	overlook your typical barbaric, archaic,
0:51.0	stupid-ass rules about dating fat girls to let me know you like my smile.
1:00.0	That's the equivalent of, hey, you're real pretty for a black girl.
1:09.2	Get the fuck out of here.
1:15.0	Hey, it's Anna, with another installment in our series Hot Dates.
1:19.0	That was an update from C.C. who's 36 in Sacramento. Today we're also checking in with
1:25.3	Lewis, a gay man who's been struggling with online dating flakes in DC and we
1:31.0	brought in a little help. Hello?
1:33.0	Hello?
1:34.0	Hey, how's it going?
1:35.0	Good, Tobin, how are you?
1:37.0	Tobin Loe is the co-host of another podcast here at W&Misei studios called Nancy.
1:42.0	It's a show that focuses on the queer experience.
1:45.4	Lewis is a fan and since Tobin is also a self-proclaimed okay-cupid guru we asked
1:51.5	him if he had some online dating advice to share.
1:55.0	Just for some background. I like had a very similar story to you for a long time where I
1:59.2	had been dumped by a guy that I've been dating for three years.
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