Good evening, everybody. How are you all doing? Welcome to the show. I hope you're getting through the week. Well, what a week I've had. I have a cold, so you're going to hear to use them better, talking most importantly about dating

at burnout. It's something that I'm hearing a lot of people struggle with. So we're just going to

really talk about how to keep these apps in perspective for those that are like, what, I don't

need this show. I'm married. I'm not single or I am single, but I'm not looking to date. There's

still a lot for you to learn in this.

As always, these things are universal tips and tricks and tools.

But before we drop into it, let's just remember DMs.

They're always open.

If you got a question for us, drop it in the DMs on our Loveline, IG page, questions, topics, things you want us to circle back to dating apps.

Bum, bum, bum, the good, the bad, the ugly.

I know some people hate it. But remember, they give us access to partners and individuals that we wouldn't normally have access to back in the day, remember pre apps, pre technology. I remember

when these things first dropped. I remember hearing about them. I was like,

wow, that's fascinating that there's this thing you can download on your phone and it will tell you

how far away you are from individuals. Because essentially they first started more with these like

grinders, sex-based things. It was more of the sex-based apps that really kind of caught fire.

You know, online dating existed, but it very

much lived in the shadows. And it was something that people had shame about, like that, as though

there was something wrong with you if you couldn't meet someone in real time. Why? Some people

are working a lot. Some people aren't very social. Some people aren't able to access the kind of people

they date or would enjoy in their local area. Some people aren't able to access the kind of people they date or would enjoy in their

local area. Some people are, have different gender presentations and different sexual orientations

and we don't always have safe spaces and community. So a lot of reasons. But I remember there's a time

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