Season 8 Episode 6: Losing my Virginity (at 35)

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

🗓️ 27 March 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Sarah tells us about her newfound active sex life at 35 after breaking away from her Mormon upbringing. We discuss experiencing all the pleasure the body is made to experience, not being hindered by inexperience, and developing your own values/beliefs about sex. 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 or not.
0:05.8	Each episode will not only offer you a new perspective on dating, but will also change the way you date.
0:11.8	I'm your host, U.A.
0:13.0	former dating coach turned dating sociologist.
0:15.6	You'll also hear commentary from my producer Julie Kraftchik and other surprise co-host.
0:20.3	Hey everyone. host.
0:30.0	Hey everyone, welcome to another episode of Datable, a show all about modern dating. Here's a topic we haven't really talked about before, which is religion and dating and sex.
0:35.8	So our guest today wrote in and said, verbatim, I was raised to believe that sex was from marriage
0:41.5	and that marriage should happen in the temple with a fellow
0:44.0	Mormon. If that doesn't happen, have faith and you will have those blessings in the next life.
0:49.2	One day I realized the next life was not guaranteed and all I had was now. So we like to welcome
0:55.0	Sarah to the show. Hi Sarah. Hi, she's 36 years old, currently lives in Topeka,
1:00.3	Kansas for the last five years and she's originally from Georgia. She's
1:04.4	currently single and actively going on dates but also dating someone but
1:08.8	haven't defined the relationship. So first of all give us a little background on how you're a race and why you thought that marriage should happen in the temple with a fellow Mormon.
1:18.0	Well, that was just what I was told all my life as a kid and growing up.
1:22.0	Mormons believe that marriage exists in the next life,
1:25.6	but if you want to be with your spouse and your children
1:27.7	in the next life, then you have to get married in the temple
1:29.8	under the covenant in a special way,
1:32.3	otherwise your marriage isn't legit in the next life.
1:34.9	So with that in mind did you only date fellow Mormons? Well I never really dated anyone Mormon or not.
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