The Best Relationships Come To Those Who Wait Part 5
We Met At Acme
Dear Media, Lindsey Metselaar
4.2 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Your favorite series is back with stories from amazing couples who found love “later” on. Hope you enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:20.0 | Hey guys, welcome back to Wemen at Acmi. I'm so excited for this episode because it is the best |
| 0:27.6 | relationships come to those who wait part five. I can't believe we've done now five of these. |
| 0:34.3 | It is my favorite series that we do and I'm so excited to get into your stories. I haven't read any of these. It is my favorite series that we do, and I'm so excited to get into your stories. |
| 0:40.1 | I haven't read any of these ahead of time because I like to surprise myself and kind of read |
| 0:46.1 | them along with you. So let's get right into it. Hi, first and foremost, your family's beautiful |
| 0:52.4 | and sending you so much love and also thank you. |
| 0:54.6 | Oh, that's so sweet. After seven years of living and dating in NYC, I found your podcast. |
| 1:00.5 | Slowly but surely, I implemented the rules and started to learn to have higher standards, |
| 1:05.4 | detach, and recognize things and guys that didn't align with my values. |
| 1:12.5 | Two years into listening and nine years of living in New York City, I had finally decided to move back to Boston. I found an apartment |
| 1:17.6 | settled on a neighborhood and was scared to make the jump. After a string of bad dates in a month, |
| 1:23.2 | and at the age of almost 37, I went on a date with a guy visiting New York City from Boston. |
| 1:28.7 | I was exhausted from dating, had high standards, but essentially expected nothing. |
| 1:33.7 | I did break the rules and went to dinner and drinks, which turned into an eight-hour date. |
| 1:39.0 | I thought it didn't count because he didn't live in New York City. |
| 1:42.6 | As much fun as I had, I didn't really think |
| 1:45.0 | too much about it, given my experiences and heartbreak. Other than that, I followed the rules |
| 1:50.1 | through and through, not to play games, but to keep myself grounded. Oh, I love this queen. It turned |
| 1:56.1 | out he lived two blocks away from the apartment in Boston I had already signed for. We started dating and did |
| 2:02.1 | long distance until I moved in January. Even seeing each other every other week, Boston to New York |
| 2:07.4 | City was seamless. It was never a struggle. A year and a half later, we've moved in, shopping for rings, |
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