S17E9: The Benefits of Situationships

Dateable: Your insider's look into modern dating and relationships

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

Relationships, Sexuality, Science, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.5 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Yup, you heard us right. We often talk about how situationships wreak havoc to your love life...but today we're back with a solo episode looking at how situationships may actually help you. We’re discussing what relational skills you can learn even in a situationship, how to use them to understand what you need in a partner (or what you'll never stand for again), and why even the worst situationship can help open your heart for something bigger and better. Follow us @dateablepodcast, @juliekrafchick and @nonplatonic. Check out our website for more content. Also listen to our other podcast Exit Interview w/ iHeart Podcasts available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode is sponsored by: Drizly: Download the Drizly app or go to Drizly.com and use promo code FAST5 for $5 off your first order. Mochi Melt: Get 15% off beautifully designed lube at mochimelt.com with the code DATEABLE. BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month of online therapy at betterhelp.com/dateable with the code DATEABLE Dateable is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at frolic.media/podcasts WE WROTE A BOOK! HOW TO BE DATEABLE is available for pre-order now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Meeting People IRL Kickstarter - CLOSES August 31st and get $10 OFF now through then! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dateable-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hi I'm Yui Shue and I'm Julie Kraftchik.
0:03.0	We're active daters turn dating sociologists.
0:05.6	Here to dive into everything modern dating and relationships.
0:09.1	Welcome to the dateable podcast. datable. It's another brand new episode of the datable
0:19.5	podcast where we dive into a dating topic that is top of mind for many of you who are in the
0:28.1	trenches of dating right now. Yes and today it's just the two of us which is always fun when it's just the two of us.
0:37.5	Like hearing that Will Smith song in my head. Just the two of us
0:47.0	I totally forgot about that and maybe have our listeners have never heard that song. That's okay.
0:48.0	You could look it up.
0:49.0	I just completely forgot about it until this moment.
0:53.0	Do Jen's ears know who Will Smith is?
0:55.2	No, they do, because he slapped the shit out of First Rock.
0:58.0	So, yes.
0:58.7	But not is like a pop rap star.
1:01.3	No.
1:02.0	I think that part was baby missed. We clearly don't need to go on like a
1:05.7	Will Smith tangent but I read like somewhere recently like him and Jada Smith
1:10.0	have been like separated for years and it's just like all affront. Yes and I have many friends in the
1:17.0	industry who say they're both not straight at all. Interesting. I've had more than like five people tell me they're not straight. They're not even
1:25.9	swingers. They're just like they're full on just using each other.
1:29.9	But like why at this point if everyone knows that their relationship is totally fake it's like just let it go at this point.
1:36.6	It does make you question all those Hollywood couples how many of them are real couples.
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