Widowed*

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co.

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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In case you didn't know, we're still making episodes that are available exclusively on Nora's Substack! - Grief comes with so much judgment. Everybody is sure that there's a right way to do it, and only for a certain length of time. If our grief doesn’t neatly fit into a category, we worry that it’s illegitimate. Erin knows this judgment very well. She’s a widow … or is she? Did you know we’re on TikTok? Yep, it’s true. Follow Nora. You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So you give him all of those ultimatums, you lay it all out and there are sponsors basically.
0:12.6	Don't let the door hit you on the ass.
0:15.9	I'm Nora McNearny and this is Terrible Thanks for Asking.
0:23.6	If you've done any online dating in the past, I don't know, 15 years or so, you know that
0:29.0	it can be rough.
0:32.0	It can be unpleasant.
0:34.0	It can just be difficult.
0:35.2	I've dabbled a little bit in this arena, but really all dating is like walking around
0:42.9	the world like that little bird from the children's book, are you my mother?
0:47.2	But instead asking people, are you my person?
0:51.6	In 2009, Erin found herself dipping her toes into the murky water that is the online dating
0:57.8	pool.
0:59.6	At this point, Erin was a few years out from leaving an abusive marriage and was feeling
1:03.9	hopeful about the future.
1:06.0	An online dating was new to her, but she had heard good things.
1:11.2	But the reality, the reality of online dating, it looked a little different.
1:17.0	Oh, boy, I got a lot of weird matches.
1:22.2	A guy who had, he was a teacher and he had, I think, 23 cats.
1:26.9	And then I got a lot of cops.
1:28.2	I'm sorry.
1:29.2	We're going to pause right there.
1:30.6	He had, how many cats?
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