S3E10: When Should You Have Sex?

Love Letters

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4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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If you want a new relationship to last, how long should you wait to sleep together? There’s an old adage that says three dates. But is that right? In today’s episode, we explore three takes on this question. Have a story of your own? Email us at [email protected].

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Meredith.
0:02.0	Listeners of Love Letters know that mental health is something I take very seriously,
0:06.0	which is why I want to tell you about season 3 of the podcast Turning Points,
0:10.0	Navigating Mental Health.
0:11.0	Each episode gets real about the ups and downs of navigating mental health. Each episode gets real about the ups and downs of
0:14.2	navigating mental health and the turning points that can spark lifelong changes.
0:18.3	Host Francis Lease, a clinical therapist, talks with psychologists, doula's, writers and experts about breakdowns, breakthroughs, and everything in between.
0:29.0	Turning Points, a podcast from Point 32 Health in partnership with Boston Globe Media.
0:34.0	Find turning points wherever you get your podcasts.
0:37.0	My friend Scott used to go to this place called Club Cafe here in Boston,
0:41.0	which is a great place to meet guys.
0:43.7	I was shy until somebody talked to me.
0:46.7	I would never approach anyone.
0:48.6	One of my highlights of my life was this guy walked into Club Cafe and he at the time he looked like Hugh Grant and I was like,
1:00.1	oh my God, this guy... Hugh Grant then or Hugh Grant now.
1:02.6	Hugh Grant then.
1:04.4	Okay.
1:05.0	And I just remember he was so preppy,
1:07.9	he was wearing this Ralph Wrencher.
1:10.8	And I remember thinking to myself, if I could sleep with that guy my life would be complete
1:16.8	I was very melodramatic and I was standing there and I and he went to get a drink and then he was standing right next to me and he turned to me and I turned to him and he said hi I'm Mark he was like hi I'm Scott and we chatted for maybe 30 seconds and I think I said do you live around here we should go back to your place and And he had this look of horror,
1:44.2	like nobody has ever like jumped him
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