The Why Series: Why can't I meet people in real life?

Dateable: Your insider's look into modern dating and relationships

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

Science, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.7 • 910 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2017

⏱️ 3 minutes

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On this episode of the premium ‘Why Series’, we discuss why it’s so hard to meet people IRL and what we can do about it. We give you tips and tactics to start conversations, expand your network, and places to go to meet new people. We even have a 7-day challenge to make this actionable for you all! WE WROTE A BOOK! HOW TO BE DATEABLE (Simon & Schuster) is available now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Want to remove distractions from your dates? Download Brick and get 10% off at https://www.getbrick.app/DATEABLE Our Sponsors: * Avocado Green Mattress: Check out their mattress and furniture sale: https://avocadogreenmattress.com/DATEABLE * Get Rain of Shadows and Endings wherever books are sold or at Kensington Publishing https://www.kensingtonbooks.com * Quince: Get free shipping and 365 day returns at https://quince.com/dateable * Ruggable: Get 10% off your first order, sitewide, with promo code DATEABLE at https://ruggable.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	The Datable Podcast is hosted by me, I'm UA, a former dating coach in New York turned
0:07.8	active dater in San Francisco.
0:10.3	On each episode you'll hear commentary by my producer Julie Craft Chick and other surprise co-host.
0:16.0	This episode of Datable is brought to you by 500 Brunches.
0:19.6	500 Brunches connects like-minded people with similar interests to meet in real life over
0:24.8	brunch.
0:25.8	You answer a quick questionnaire about your interests and how you spend your time, and then
0:29.7	they'll match you in small groups of 6 to 8 at a brunch spot in San Francisco.
0:34.0	Get a free entry into a brunch now by signing up at 500branches.com and using the code
0:40.6	date able.
0:46.0	Welcome to another episode of the dateable podcast.
0:49.0	We're back for another installment of the dateable Y series where we dissect, analyze, and offer solutions
0:56.4	to some of the most common dating questions and conundrums.
1:00.3	Our question for this episode is, why can't I meet people in real life?
1:06.0	Do you ever find yourself fantasizing about meeting a romantic interest in real life?
1:11.0	Your love story would organically develop without a single swipe. But with everyone
1:16.8	glued to their phones these days, heads down while walking, and having a hard time being in the moment,
1:22.3	it makes it that much harder to meet people in real life.
1:25.0	In fact, we're meeting way more people in the virtual world than the real world.
1:30.0	So how do we change that?
1:32.0	Well, first, we start with you, changing some of your
1:35.3	habits and mindsets. Then we give you some foolproof strategies for
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