Why He Isn’t Saying I Love You ft. Niko Emanuilidis

We Met At Acme

Dear Media, Lindsey Metselaar

Education, Society & Culture, Relationships, Self-improvement

4.2 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Niko Emanuilidis aka The Daddy Academy is on the podcast today! Niko and I discuss toxic masculinity, red flags people ignore, what it means to be “maternal,” dating books he recommends, his taxi cab theory thoughts, why guys take a long time to say I love you, and so much more!

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Chapters:

04:27 The Origin and Evolution of the Daddy Academy

31:22 The Unspoken Rules of Moving In and Engagement

32:06 Misunderstood Messages and TV Show Takes

34:22 Dating Myths, Advice, and Listener Questions

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:17.8	Hey guys, welcome back to We met at Acme.
0:20.1	I'm so excited for today's episode with Nico from the Daddy Academy. I think you guys are going to love his takes. Obviously, I, you know, as I always do with men, I give him a little bit of a hard time here and there, but nothing crazy. I actually agreed with a lot of what he had to say,
0:38.8	and we're both Libra's. So like, I can't hate on a Libra, you know. I hope you enjoy the
0:43.8	episode. If you do, share it with a friend, write us a five-star review. And don't forget,
0:49.1	we have a substack. We met at Acme. Or if you are into parenthood, we met at Baby.
0:55.4	And all of our episodes are on YouTube.
0:57.2	So if you'd rather watch it, just head over to YouTube.com slash we met at Acme and check it out.
1:02.7	Hey, guys, welcome back to We Met at Acme.
1:04.4	I'm so excited to be here with Nico Emanulidis from the Daddy Academy.
1:08.4	Hi.
1:08.9	Hey, thanks for having me on.
1:10.2	Thanks for being here. So,
1:11.4	Nico, what is your favorite romantic gesture? I like that right into it. So this is for someone
1:17.7	to do for you. For someone to do for me. Hmm. Hmm. You know, I, I'm pretty simple. I like,
1:26.2	I like words of affirmation. I just like hearing how someone feels and like that sort of like verbal confirmation of what we have going on, the love between us. Like that, that just means a lot to me. That's nice. Simple. I'm simple. I don't need some grand gesture. I don't need flowers. Right. Right. No, no, no. When is your birthday? October. Are you a Scorpio? No, I'm a Libra. Oh, you are? Me too. Oh, yeah, when's your birthday? September 28th. Okay, I'm October 17th. Nice. Very cool. How old are you? 31, turning 32. Okay. And you're from New York? From New York, from Westchester County. Nice. Familiar.
2:01.4	Very cool.
2:02.3	A town called Pleasantville.
2:03.2	Have ever been?
1:57.3	I have been, actually. Oh, have you? I have friends who are from Pleasantville. Really? Yeah. Who are they? I think I can say their name. Of course, now I'm blanking. The Lockwoods. No, I don't know. Rachel and Tracy.
1:58.3	It's a small town.
1:59.2	They're a little older.
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