The Parent Trap

Dating While Gray™

Laura Stassi

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.4 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

After two divorces, Gia’s on the fence about getting back out there. Daughter Lauryn aims to help by sharing ideas and resources, including this podcast! Then there’s gray dater Laura, whose partner seems less than enthusiastic about moving their relationship along. Are his grown kids the reason, or an excuse? Finally, DWG host Laura Stassi and her daughter compare notes on living together while exploring individual romantic pursuits. (How did that no-sleepovers pact turn out?)

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0:00.0	I've never been a parent who's like, this is grown-up business and kids need to stay out.
0:09.2	My therapist has told me that there's usually one of the kids that is secretly wishing for their folks to get back together.
0:18.2	She'll have 40-year-old adults on the couch that are saying,
0:21.5	I really wish mom and dad got back together.
0:23.5	And I know which one of mine is that.
0:28.9	Aside from my directional issues, do you have any thoughts on things I might be doing wrong
0:34.9	and things I might be doing right?
0:36.8	On one hand, I don't think you're doing anything wrong.
0:39.3	I think you're doing your best with the options you've got.
0:44.2	What does that mean?
0:48.4	When it comes to grown kids and their impact on gray relationships,
0:53.1	I'll quote from one of my favorite songs. Some days are
0:55.8	diamonds and some days are stones. This is dating while gray, the grown-ups guide to love, sex, and
1:02.9	relationships. I'm Laura Stasi, and on this episode, we're talking with parents and grown kids,
1:08.9	including one of mine. It's The Parent Trap.
1:18.0	Some young adults don't like to think about their mom or dad as someone's romantic partner.
1:23.3	Then there are young adults like this one. I'm Lauren. I live in Portland, Oregon.
1:29.4	I know that every conversation won't be tailored to me, being 25 right now,
1:33.4	but I enjoy every single story and every episode.
1:36.8	My podcast life is very much about love, so I appreciate this.
1:40.6	Lauren not only listens to Dating Wall Gray, she turned her mom on to us.
1:45.0	I'm Gia from Portland, Oregon, born and raised, mother of two adult children.
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