Is It Okay to Have Crushes in a Relationship?

Girls Gotta Eat

Ashley Hesseltine and Rayna Greenberg

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.5 • 29.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Having crushes in a relationship – harmless or unhealthy? We are breaking it all down with data from our listeners and discussing how normal it is, what counts as “harmless,” the differences between men and women having crushes, the “work wife” trope, when fantasizing becomes a problem, and more. We break down an article titled “The Secret to a Great Marriage? Crushes on Other People” and a listener email with the subject line “Happily married, but still fantasize about others.. is that fucked up?” We also share our own experiences (including Ashley’s current crush). Before we get into the topic, we are discussing the hot topic of couples fighting over food delivery costs, and Rayna has a tour announcement! Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram @girlsgottaeatpodcast, Ashley @ashhess, and Rayna @rayna.greenberg. Visit girlsgottaeat.com for more. Thank you to our partners this week: Rocket Money: Reach your financial goals faster at https://rocketmoney.com/gge. ZBiotics: Get 15% off at https://zbiotics.com/gge with code GGE. Helix: Go to http://helixsleep.com/gge for 27% off sitewide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Crushes should be at a distance. I love that. Yes, if that farmer's market guy slid to the DMs,
0:06.1	oh, glad you liked the pasta, get out of here. You know I'm married. And now I can't have a crush on you
0:11.4	anymore. This podcast is a dear media production.
0:30.2	Hi guys.
0:31.5	Welcome back to another episode of Girls Gotta Eat.
0:34.0	Welcome back.
0:36.0	Mid-May.
1:28.4	That is what it is. I'm gearing up to be in New York for a whole month. Yeah. So I will be getting to New York today. And then we have some fun things this week. Raina's show in New York. I will be there. Oh, that's my special guest. Yes. I'm going to see theater Thursday night. Please come. Ashley will be at both shows. And then, yeah, I'm going to be on the East Coast for two weeks. That's crazy. And then we're going to see my family and then going to Boston for Memorial Day weekend, exotic. And I'm so excited. I just haven't been in Boston. And so I guess I was in Boston for the Thanksgiving holiday, but just summertime, springtime, you know, he's just spent so much time there when I was in a long-distance relationship. So, like, so excited to be there. You surprised me with that. I didn't know you were going to Boston. It's so exotic. I know. People like, what are you doing for the holiday? Going to my first Red Sox game. Oh, you've never been? I've never been. So that'll be next weekend. Do you care about baseball?
1:29.1	No.
1:30.3	Do you like going to baseball? I've never been. So that'll be next weekend.
1:27.8	Do you care about baseball?
1:28.7	No.
1:29.4	Do you like going to baseball?
1:30.2	I just have always wanted to go to Fenway.
1:32.3	I don't know why.
1:33.2	Oh, because it's like a classic.
1:34.3	Yeah.
1:34.4	Yeah.
1:34.9	You know that movie?
1:35.7	This was so many years ago.
1:37.3	Fever pitch.
1:38.0	It had Jimmy Fallon in it. actually only remember the cover art of that cartoon ball. Yes. Is that the cartoon ball?
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