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Girls Gotta Eat

What Men Are Thinking When They’re Dating feat. Niko Emanuilidis

Girls Gotta Eat

Ashley Hesseltine and Rayna Greenberg

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.529.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

We have the dean of Daddy Academy himself, Niko Emanuilidis, back on GGE to spill all the tea on the male POV. We talk about low effort dating (does a coffee date mean he’s not interested?), why guys don’t confirm a date the day of, how long a dating break should last, and if you can win someone back once they’ve pulled away. Then we dive into the four phases of dating someone (essentially the first three months) and we LOVE this conversation and breakdown – how each phase should play out, what you should find out about a potential partner in each phase, how things change after sex, why and how men “vet backwards,” when to discuss being official, the difference between being exclusive and being boyfriend/girlfriend (we debate this one!), and the point at which you should call it if things aren’t clear. Before Niko joins us, Ashley reveals a regretful thing she did at the airport and Rayna headlined a sushi restaurant unintentionally. Enjoy! Follow Niko on Instagram @nikoeman, Tiktok @thedaddyacademy,  and YouTube.  Follow us on Instagram @girlsgottaeatpodcast, Ashley @ashhess, and Rayna @rayna.greenberg. Visit girlsgottaeat.com for live show tickets and more. Thank you to our partners this week: Rocket Money: Reach your financial goals faster at  https://rocketmoney.com/gge. The Testaments: Watch the The Testaments now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney Plus for bundle subscribers. Terms apply.  FP Movement: Go to http://fpmovement.com to shop their full line of activewear and workout gear. Liquid IV: Get 20% off your first order at https://liquidiv.com with code GGE.  ZBiotics: Get 15% off at https://zbiotics.com/gge with code GGE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

At this point, I would say men vet backwards.

0:02.9

The emotion of the lust, right?

0:05.6

And the excitement is what's driving a man really early.

0:09.0

And then...

0:10.3

And then... This podcast is a Dear Media production.

0:28.8

Hi guys.

0:29.8

Hi guys.

0:30.5

Welcome back to another episode of Girls Gotta Eat.

0:32.7

Welcome back.

0:33.6

We are finally in New York together.

0:35.5

I finally got her here with me.

0:38.4

December was the last time we were here together. The way you talk about New York is like we both didn't live here for so many years. I was on my way over. I was building the case. I was like, I will tell her I lived here twice as long as her. And I was like, no one's going to care about that. I'm not going to argue with that. I'm not trying to fight you on that. I really was like how much,

0:55.7

do you ever have those moments for,

0:56.7

like, how much longer

0:57.3

is somebody going to let about that. I'm going to argue with that. I'm not trying to fight you on that. I really was like how much, do you ever have those moments for, like, how much longer is somebody going to let me get away with this? Every day in my marriage. Every day. And every day in mine. No, this is great. So glad to be here. Well, we will have just, we won't be here any longer. As we record, I'm going to be here the whole week. I'm really excited. You'll see. You'll see what it's like to live in New York. What are you doing this week? I don't, I don't actually know. You said you have plans every day. You actually have not given me the rundown. I only know about tonight. Okay. Here's their itinerary. So as we're recording on a Monday, just one week from when this episode drops. So we're recording today and tomorrow. We've guests and a snack and everything. I'm doing page six radio this week, which will be really fun. You love them. They are so fun. We are both doing this like man on the street thing that's going to be really fun.

1:46.1

And I am going to peruse some homes to buy here.

1:54.6

Just looking.

1:55.9

Okay.

1:56.4

You want to get a feel for.

1:57.8

I want to get a feel.

1:58.8

So you're not going to buy something right now.

3:24.9

You know, right? I'm going to be honest with you. It's about time. It's sunny. We were to hear me you and your husband the other night and I was like, shoot me straight. Are we moving to New York or not? I'm not gaykeeping to you guys or to Raina. We truly don't know what the plan is. Raina will discuss her own plan soon. But I don't want to rent again. Whatever happens, like we love L.A. and we're happy in our house in L.A. We will stay there. We can stay there as long as we want. Honestly, we have that flexibility. But I want to buy next. And if it's here, I want to see what's going on. And I want to look around in my budget. This great realtor. Yeah. It's this hotballed guy that you had in your Instagram story at a wedding and people were like, what's happening? My longtime friend. Yeah. Yeah, it's a friend. So I'm doing that this week and then doing some different things. I'm going to do some press for my special. I announced that last week. That is going to be on April 30th on YouTube and on May 1st on Prime Video. I'm so excited. Here comes the bride. I cannot wait for you guys to see it. So some things for the special too. And then we have a really good friend turning 40 and having a birthday party over the weekend. Okay. So you're stacked. Stacked. Dinner's every night. You're going to see that you like it. Plans every night. See, I don't know about the plans every night. Some shows at the stand. I have that one party. All right. I think I'm caught up now. I have a dinner Friday night. You're going to dinner with him Friday. Kelly and Louisa. I don't know. You didn't tell me about this. You did. You said I have plans every night. I was like, I don't know about this. Do you want to know more? I'm going to go to Barry's with Anna Royisman probably this week at some point. Probably see Bobby. You're looking at me. Glaring. I didn't know. I didn't know about all this. Usually I get the schedule. All right. Let's see your partners. All right. We'll thank our partners and we'll jump right into it. Thank you to Rocket Money. Reach your financial goals faster at RocketMoney.com slash GGE and The Testaments. Watch the Testaments now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney Plus for bundle subscribers. Terms apply. And thank you to FPMovement. Go to FPMovement.com to FPMovement.com to shop their full line of activeware and workout gear. And thank you to LiquidIVe. Get 20% off your first order at LiquidIV.com with code GGE and Zbiotics.

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