Season 7 Episode 8: Friends with (other) benefits

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

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

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

4.7 • 910 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Bobby shares how he stays friends with girls he meets on dating apps – and also their current boyfriends. We discuss why being the “nice guy” can lead to dating fatigue, how to date with conviction, and differentiating between what you want vs risks you’re afraid to take. WE WROTE A BOOK! HOW TO BE DATEABLE (Simon & Schuster) is available now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Want to remove distractions from your dates? Download Brick and get 10% off at https://www.getbrick.app/DATEABLE Our Sponsors: * Avocado Green Mattress: Check out their mattress and furniture sale: https://avocadogreenmattress.com/DATEABLE * Get Rain of Shadows and Endings wherever books are sold or at Kensington Publishing https://www.kensingtonbooks.com * Quince: Get free shipping and 365 day returns at https://quince.com/dateable * Ruggable: Get 10% off your first order, sitewide, with promo code DATEABLE at https://ruggable.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	The dateable podcast features real stories from real people of how they make modern dating work.
0:06.3	Or not? I'm your host, U.A. former dating coach turned dating insider, if you will.
0:12.8	On each episode, you'll hear commentary from my producer Julie Craftchick
0:16.8	and other surprise co-hosts.
0:19.2	This episode of Datable is brought to you by 500 brunches.
0:22.6	500 brunches connects like-minded people
0:25.2	with similar interests to meet in real life over brunch.
0:28.5	You answer a quick questionnaire
0:29.8	about your interests and how you spend your time,
0:32.4	and then they'll match you in small groups of 6 to 8 at a brunch spot in San Francisco.
0:37.0	Get a free entry into a brunch now by signing up at 500branches.com and using the code Date Able.
0:48.7	Hey everyone, welcome to another episode of Datable,
0:51.4	a show all about modern dating.
0:54.5	On this episode, we're going to be talking about the friend zone.
0:57.4	We actually had an episode about the friend zone a while ago and how this couple came out
1:02.2	of the friend zone and now they're married.
1:05.0	But today we have our guest Bobby on the show who is sort of notorious for always being friend
1:11.2	zone.
1:12.2	A little bit. Friend zoning or sometimes doing the friend zoning at times too.
1:16.1	So a little bit of both ways. So Bobby is our expert friend's owner. He is 30 years old from New Hampshire. He's been in San Francisco for four years and currently on a dating sabbatical.
1:28.0	Okay. From what we've known about Bobby, he is a self-proclaimed nice guy and seems to
1:34.9	often fall into the friend zone he's been called over to carry boxes up the stairs
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