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Hey guys, it's Alana and you're listening to seeing other people unfiltered.

It's Thursday, so that means real-life daters are coming on to share their real, sometimes shocking, and always unfiltered experiences.

Think you're alone out there?

Think you're the only one whose ex hooked up with your mom or whose last date ended up being a catfish?

Think again.

My name is Danielle.

I'm 31.

I live in Los Angeles and am serially single to a point where I think it's my fiercely independenceness is the reason why.

The second you said you wanted to come on to talk about this, I was like absolutely the

hardest yes ever. I think this is something that people don't talk about a lot, but so many people can relate to.

In fact, I did an episode about this with an unfiltered guest last year, and it was one of the top five most listened to episodes of the 100 episodes I did in the entire year.

So it really is something that we need to be talking about. So thank you.

I think it needs to be normalized too. Like it's a combination between being like a fiercely

independent woman with also. And I talk to my girlfriends about this all the time. Like I have

been through so much in my period of time on this planet and am just

at a place where I'm so secure with myself and I know what I want that it also can be intimidating

for like other people and not honestly not just like men in a relationship standpoint, like other women, making new friends.

I think, I don't know.

Sometimes I feel like just who I am gets in my own way and it shouldn't be the case because

obviously the right people want to like empower all of those incredible strengths about you.

But at the same time, it's like, is who I am too much.

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