Social Media vs Real Relationships: The Truth No One Shows

The Mama's Den

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4.9 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This week in The Mama’s Den, we’re getting honest about relationships—and why social media often gets it wrong. From judging couples online to loving a version of someone instead of their full self, the Mamas unpack the real, nuanced reasons relationships work… and why they don’t. Because not everything you see online tells the full story—and sometimes, neither does love alone. If you’ve ever looked up and thought, “Wait… who have you become?”—this one is for you. The Mamas are building our community and ways to keep in touch with you. Share your email address here: https://tinyurl.com/MamasDen Make sure you connect with our Mamas on IG: @themamasdenpodcast Ashley - @watermeloneggrolls Codie - @codieco Melanie - @melaniefiona

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0:00.0	And we hit a rocky patch in our relationship at the end of our three years.
0:03.0	The last six months were just like, who have you become?
0:04.9	I don't even know who this person is.
0:07.0	And the thing that, of all the arguments and all the things, we got into one argument
0:13.0	and he said to me, this is who I am.
0:17.9	And I like who I am and I have no desire to change.
0:21.5	I don't need to grow. I like who I am and I have no desire to change. I don't need to grow.
0:22.9	I like who I am.
0:24.0	And those words to me are one of those things that is, that's it for me.
0:30.1	If somebody looks at me in any type of relationship and is like, I am unwilling to grow
0:36.0	to maintain the health of this relationship
0:38.5	like that's that's there's no conversation left for me what's up y'all's ashley it's melody and
0:44.5	cody here and you've tapped into the mammas den welcome welcome welcome to the mammas did podcast
0:51.6	no I'm not going to.
0:54.8	That's insanity.
0:56.8	We've switched seats, so we've switched roles.
0:58.8	It's a whole thing.
0:59.6	What's up, everybody?
1:01.1	I'm Cody, Elaine.
1:02.1	No, I'm kidding.
1:03.7	It's your girl, Ashley Chia.
1:05.5	I have four daughters.
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