S16 Ep277: Are Your PREFERENCES Keeping You Single?

Heart of Dating

That Sounds Fun Network

Christianity, Relationships, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Today we're diving into the realities of compromise in relationships as Kait and JJ unpack why holding too tightly to our preferences—like location, routines, or lifestyle—can make dating harder, especially as we get older, and share honest stories of what healthy (and not-so-healthy) compromise looks like in marriage! Find out your Dating Personality Type for free by taking our QUIZ here! https://www.heartofdating.com/quiz Join Basics of Dating! The 6-Week Program for the Christian single feeling stuck, anxious, or healing from heartbreak. https://www.heartofdating.com/basics-of-dating Love Heart of Dating Podcast? Want to support us AND be a part of the fam? Join us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/heartofdating Subscribe to our YouTube channel here! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ1PswEXEyeSddMmOSiRKGw Crushing on a cutie? Download this FREE Resource on how to show interest: https://www.heartofdating.com/resource/how-to-show-interest Want to further your dating knowledge? Check out our ultimate dating library! https://www.heartofdating.com/resource/ultimate-dating-library Kait wrote a book! Snag Thank You For Rejecting Me on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3E59cLQ Want to meet some epic Christian Singles? Join our huge HOD Family on FB! https://www.facebook.com/groups/heartofdatingpodcast Come hang with us on the gram: http://instagram.com/heartofdating http://instagram.com/kaitness https://www.instagram.com/jjtomlin/?hl=en Interested in advertising on this show? Learn more here! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16V_c91F1iIYNZOVvrEinrB9h2dsZq-kZFqYYEDQ4A60/viewform?edit_requested=true . . . . . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	I want to find someone that's amazing. That's in my similar age bracket. And I want them to drop
0:35.7	everything that they like to fit perfectly exactly
0:39.3	into all the things I like.
0:41.6	Unrealistic.
0:42.4	So you're saying you can't have it both ways.
0:44.8	No.
0:45.5	Would you have moved to Seattle for me?
0:50.0	Why is that funny?
0:51.6	Wow.
0:52.6	There's very, very few things I would not let go of for a really great godly spouse.
0:59.6	Yeah.
1:00.0	You know, you came to me very clear.
1:02.6	I want five kids.
1:04.2	I came to you very much like my max.
1:07.3	I'm open to it.
1:08.7	No.
1:09.3	No, you said I'm open to that. No, I didn't. You were trying to impress me.
1:13.0	I did not say I was open to it. You signed a blood contract saying that you'd be open to it.
1:17.5	Marriage is not about squeezing someone into your preexisting life. It's about building something new together.
1:41.0	We're living in a time where people are staying single longer than ever before.
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