Settling vs. Compromising, Emotionally Abusive Relationships, And My Parents Love Story

We Met At Acme

Dear Media, Lindsey Metselaar

Education, Society & Culture, Relationships, Self-improvement

4.2 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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On this week’s solo episode, I answer your submitted questions about how my parents met, settling vs. compromising, emotionally abusive relationships and parents, different sex drives, tips to get to a second date, my dating rules, if you ever really know if someone is “the one,” partners who struggle with mental health, and more!

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a deer media production.
0:06.6	Hey guys, welcome back to We Met It At Me. We're doing a solo today. I asked if you guys would
0:12.5	rather hear a live podcast or a solo and you said solo, which warms my heart. So we're doing that.
0:20.0	And I'm working on getting some single guys for upcoming episodes because it seemed like
0:25.9	that was a hit for you. So if you have any that you recommend, send them my way. I also wanted to
0:32.3	remind everyone that we have a show coming up in DC January 28th. So if you haven't already gotten
0:38.6	a ticket, go to We Met It At Me.com slash tour and check it out. Okay, the first thing that we were
0:46.8	going to talk about today is if it's possible to be too independent after being single for five
0:53.1	years. I mean, I've actually heard about this a lot, but I don't think you're too independent
1:00.4	necessarily, but it just I think it makes it harder for you to like get a relationship into your
1:06.5	life and be okay with the changes that happen when that happens. I remember I dated someone once
1:12.4	who had been single for a while before that. And they were so obsessed with their space. And it was
1:18.6	really hard to like integrate our lives because they were so comfortable just going home and being
1:24.8	alone. And it was a little too independent for me. Like I'm not co-dependent by any means, but I
1:32.1	just felt like there was a closed off space where there could have been an opening. So I think it's
1:39.9	just really important to work on being open-minded. If you have been single for a long time,
1:46.8	I don't think it's a lost cause by any means. I just think that you have to be more open-minded
1:52.8	to the possibility of making compromises for someone that could really be someone for you. And by the
2:00.8	way, you could be single for as long as you want. You could be single for the rest of your life. But
2:05.4	if you're looking for a partner, I feel that you need to compromise on that a little bit.
2:11.2	Speaking of compromise, someone asked what the difference between settling and compromising is.
2:17.2	We talked about settling a lot this past week in the polls on Instagram. I think that settling
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