Why Has The Bar Gotten So Low In Dating?
The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast
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3.8 • 14.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Dating can feel like a job these days, but Mr. Right is here to give some advice to bring the FUN back!
And we dive into our thoughts on why the bar has gotten so low when it comes to dating, and how we can hopefully raise it back up.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:29.3 | All right, I do part two family. i'm back with part two of our last podcast i am mr right i'm here to tell you all the things that men are thinking about and picking up where we left off with our |
| 0:33.8 | last set of questions well les, Leslie 46 says this. |
| 0:37.9 | She says, dating takes so much effort in time. |
| 0:40.6 | Time, I don't have anymore, like when I was in my 20s. |
| 0:44.5 | How can we make ourselves more excited about dating |
| 0:47.3 | and take away the stress and anxiety |
| 0:49.5 | from it being one more thing to do in our already busy day? |
| 0:56.1 | That's coming from Leslie, who's 46. |
| 1:00.8 | And right off the jump, I'm going to say, Leslie, I don't think maybe right now is a good time for you to date. It sounds like dating doesn't sound like fun to you, which I get it. Like there |
| 1:05.8 | are times that it just, you know, life is too complicated, or you are still recovering from a breakup or hurt, |
| 1:14.0 | and you're just not available because dating should be exciting. |
| 1:18.2 | Dating should cause a little anxiety and a little bit of stress |
| 1:22.1 | and a little excitement, a little bit of, all these things. |
| 1:25.8 | And so if dating feels like it is a chore, if it feels like it's complicated, |
| 1:30.8 | I think it might be just your particular situation. And you may need some time to heal and |
| 1:36.0 | work through this. Because if you go into dating, if you go out on a date with somebody, |
| 1:42.0 | and it's not exciting and And it's not fun. |
| 1:44.8 | And you think of it as a chore. |
| 1:48.2 | It's not going to go well. |
| 1:49.9 | And I think that you're setting yourself up for failure at the very least. |
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