Is Being A Hopeless Romantic A Bad Thing?
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
I’m joined by comedian Tess Tregellas to discuss whether being a hopeless romantic is a blessing or a curse. We chat about what makes a date epic, why you should always shoot your shot, meeting people IRL, and Tess’s best and worst dating stories. Finally, we hear about Tess’s upcoming 4th wedding and why we all need to be a part of it.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:04.8 | Hey guys, it's Alana and welcome back to another episode of Seeing Other People. |
| 0:10.1 | Together, we're navigating modern dating alongside experts and real-life daters who are sharing their stories. |
| 0:16.0 | Don't have a date for tonight? No problem. Come learn, laugh, and maybe even cry along with us as we navigate |
| 0:21.9 | the dating scene together. All right. Hey guys, welcome back to another episode of seeing other people. |
| 0:27.2 | We are here on the couch with Tess Tregellis. Tess, welcome to seeing other people. |
| 0:32.5 | Thank you. I'm so excited to be here. I'm so excited to be here. I'm, Jesus Christ, |
| 0:37.4 | it's been a long day. I'm so excited to have you here. |
| 0:41.1 | You are a comedian. You are a hopeless romantic in New York City. Very relatable. Yep. I'm living the dream. |
| 0:50.3 | What is it like, in your words, being a hopeless romantic in New York City? |
| 0:55.7 | My mantra for being a hopeless romantic right now is I'm not looking for anything casual. |
| 1:02.1 | I'm looking for things that are epic. |
| 1:04.2 | So, like, that's my whole thing. |
| 1:05.9 | I don't want to go. |
| 1:06.9 | And, like, even getting a drink or getting a coffee, like, you can still make those things |
| 1:11.8 | like special and epic. It doesn't have to be like skydiving, but I'm looking for like epic romance. |
| 1:18.4 | What would that epic coffee date be like? Oh my. It could be the little, it's like the little things. |
| 1:24.8 | You know when like someone says, I want to take you like someone |
| 1:27.7 | asked me recently if I wanted to go for a walk and I was like no I don't want to go for a walk but |
| 1:33.8 | if you say like hey I want to take you to three of the best coffee places and we're going to rate |
| 1:40.5 | each coffee and whichever one's your favorite we we'll go back on our second date. |
| 1:44.7 | I don't know. Make it like, let's get some like creative writing on these dating apps. |
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