Why Dating Feels So Negative Right Now ft. Matchmaker Maria

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Society & Culture, Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Comedy

4.7 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Is celebrating Valentine’s Day a basic expectation, or optional? Jared and Matchmaker Maria unpack a petty or prudent situation where a woman uses an entire couples spa gift card on herself after her boyfriend refuses to acknowledge Valentine’s Day at all. J & MM break down how attitude is everything in dating and why showing up authentically matters, especially for Gen Z. They also share what to do if you’ve been seeing someone for one day versus a few months for Valentine’s Day. Then, a listener asks how to tell a guy she wants to wait to have sex, without killing attraction, right before their first Valentine’s Day together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.0	The three Gen Z kids at the Today Show, it was so humbling for me because they're like,
0:19.0	like, they didn't know who I was, they didn't know I had this in my career. They didn't know anything. And it was just like,
0:23.4	are you excited to be on TV? And I'm like, I'm excited for this opportunity, but I've been on
0:27.7	live TV before. You have? And I'm like, okay. It's all so demeaning.
0:33.8	Like, don't talk to me like that.
0:38.2	Hello and welcome to the U-Up podcast. I'm Jared Freed.
0:43.0	And I'm Matchmaker Maria.
0:44.7	And it is so good to be back here with you, Matchmaker Maria, and you, the listener,
0:49.6	the viewer.
0:50.2	If you're on YouTube, thank you for watching.
0:51.9	If you're just listening, thank you for listening.
0:53.8	We are here during our maternity leave era for Jordana Abraham. If you're on YouTube, thank you for watching. If you're just listening, thank you for listening. We are here during our maternity leave era for Jordana Abraham. If you want to hear from
0:59.0	Jordana and get updates, sign up for you up with benefits. That's five bucks a month. Gets you
1:04.5	two extra podcasts a month. No ads, a day early release on the episodes. And again, you're going to
1:10.4	hear from Jordana and how
1:11.4	she's doing with the whole baby process, and we wish her the best and all the love in the
1:16.7	world. But today, Matchmaker Maria, it's so good to have you here. Thank you for having me. I love
1:21.8	that you called it the baby process. The baby process. Yeah, what would I call it? The baby thing? The baby, what would you call it?
1:30.7	Mothering? Being a mom? Mothering? Mothering sounds so formal. I guess baby process sounds formal, too.
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