Modern Dating Sucks – Here’s How We Fix It
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
We have a solo episode this week! I’m sharing what has been upsetting me about modern dating and what I would do to change it if I had a magic wand. Later, I answer listener questions about whether or not we are limiting ourselves off by having specific things we’re looking for in a person, how to navigate having feelings for your best friend, and what to do when someone comes back two weeks after ending 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. |
| 0:09.9 | Together, we're navigating modern dating alongside experts and real-life daters who are sharing their stories. |
| 0:16.1 | Don't have a date for tonight? No problem. Come learn, laugh, and maybe even cry along with us as we navigate the dating scene together. |
| 0:23.7 | Hey guys, what is up? Welcome back. We have a solo episode today. And it has been a minute since we've done one of these. |
| 0:31.6 | But there's something that has been on my mind that I have really wanted to dive into. But I didn't want to dive into it before I was really ready to, you know, |
| 0:39.7 | jump off that metaphorical diving board, if you will. |
| 0:43.3 | There are so many conversations that I have, |
| 0:45.4 | whether it be with you guys' listeners, |
| 0:47.6 | whether it be with my lifelong friends or with our expert guests |
| 0:52.0 | where I just wish I could like take modern dating and shake it and change |
| 0:59.2 | some of these things about it that frustrate all of us so much. |
| 1:03.8 | So I've been thinking about if I had a magic wand and could change things about modern |
| 1:08.3 | dating, what would I change? |
| 1:10.6 | What would I want to be different? |
| 1:12.4 | What do I think is getting in the way of everyone having a positive and a fun and an adventurous |
| 1:18.3 | experience in their singlehood? |
| 1:21.3 | Because at the end of the day, dating should be fun. |
| 1:24.5 | It should be a time to experience different things and different people and learn |
| 1:29.2 | and explore and grow. But instead, it's this daunting, soul-sucking thing that we have to do that is |
| 1:37.8 | almost guaranteed to come with anxiety and stress and pain. And that makes me so sad and nobody's immune from it. That's the thing. |
| 1:46.8 | It's like we all are going to deal with shit when it comes to dating. And I just think there are so |
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