Good. Eve, everybody. How are y'all doing? Welcome to the show. Got a great show plan for you.

You ask and you shall receive. Someone slid into the DMs. Actually, two different people.

One person asked this directly, the other person a little more convoluted, but basically it was like, I need date ideas.

I'm boring, was literally the quote.

And I said, all right, show topic it is, but don't worry.

We're not just going to talk about summer date ideas, although we are going to talk about that.

But gems, just dating and relationship gems spread throughout the topic.

So this shows for everyone. Even if you

magically think, you know what, I'm not dating anymore. What? This is still ideas for you and your

friends. You might say, I've been with my partner for decades. We don't go on dates anymore. My

answer to you is yawn. Everyone needs to stay in the courtship cycle. People and relationships are not things that we get,

own, or have. They are active systems that we participate in. It's kind of like a plant. It's not like

sneakers. Sneakers are just something we get and we have. Look, those are my sneakers. Case

closed, handled, done. Nothing more needed. Relationships and people are like plants. Hey, is it

getting enough sun over there? Do you need to open the blinds? Move its position. How's the water

doing? Do you need to repot it? Has it outgrown the size of the pot. We always have to be checking in on them and

engaging them. They're active systems. So that's the first tip born out of just the topic of

summer date ideas. It's to remind you to keep dating. You know, maybe you're casually dating someone.

Cool.

Let's casually date two or three people as a way to slowly move and take time to assess whether

or not any of these people are individuals that were interested in being with.

Let's also remember while dating that or even in a current relationship because remember a lot of these

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