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Dating While Gray™

Speed DWG: Dyeing To Be Dateable

Dating While Gray™

Laura Stassi

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.4650 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In the first episode of our new microcast, Speed Dating While Gray, a matchmaker makes a provocative, off-topic comment about Laura’s gray hair. This episode was produced by Anisa Khalifa. Transcript available at datingwhilegray.com. See Laura’s hair (then and now) on Twitter @datingwhilegray. Support the podcast with a donation to WUNC at wunc.org/give.

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0:00.0

Whenever I interview someone, my final question is something along the lines of, what else do I need to know?

0:09.0

Or what else would you like to tell me?

0:11.4

Some people then bring up something they initially thought wasn't relevant.

0:15.1

And we go down an interesting new path.

0:18.3

So when I talked with DC area matchmaker Michelle Jacoby for the podcast episode on Romantic Age Gaps, we chatted for about 30 minutes on that topic.

0:28.0

And then I asked her the question, anything else?

0:31.3

There was.

0:32.6

We spent another 10 minutes or so talking about Michelle's business and dating in general. And when that

0:39.3

conversation wrapped up, I asked her again. Okay, is there anything else I need to know?

0:48.2

Well, we could sit and talk for days and days and days about all aspects of dating.

0:57.0

But I can't think of any.

1:00.7

So I turned off my recorder and took off my headphones.

1:08.7

I unplugged and unclamped the microphones and stuffed everything into my equipment bag that I then slung over my shoulder.

1:12.6

We walked from the sitting room in her rambling house to the front door.

1:15.0

Stop there, and I said, thanks again.

1:15.8

I'll be in touch.

1:18.9

That's what Michelle said something so provocative.

1:22.1

I knew that this interview wasn't over.

1:27.1

She agreed to return to the sitting room so that I could set up my equipment again and get her

1:28.3

final comment on tape. You said something about my hair. I think it's beautiful. However,

1:36.0

well, because you're a single woman and you might at some point consider dating, I wanted,

1:43.0

I like to say I'm a truth teller in that, first of all, I think

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