10 years and counting

Samantha joins me on the podcast to talk about how people approach dating and how their search for chemistry can be confused with compatibility. Also she has her own pod called Sext in the City which can be found on: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sext-and-the-city/id1451563929

I think everyone has self sabotaged in a relationship or in my case in my singleness. Venus and I talk about the way we and our partners have used this defense mechanism. 

Now it's finally Round 2 of Ray's return.  After talking about movies we move over to TV Shows, more movies and books (and their adaptions) and more unrealistic expectations. We talk about love triangles and other typical tropes we find in media. 

Ray is back for Round 2.... 1.5. We're both movie nerds so the first half of this two parter focusing on us talking about the unrealistic expectations that are set by movies when it comes to sex, dating and relationships. 

Spending time in therapy has made me a more self aware person. Men are known to be emotionally unavailable so I decided to call up Savvy and talk about the difficulties of dating someone who is the complete opposite of her empathetic emotionally available self. 

Talking 🦄, Naj’s experience in an open relation...now marriage, my experience as a secondary and the complexity of being and talking about being in an open relationship.

Skip and I talk about the pros of taking a break from dating and relationships. It's time figure yourself out, enjoy your own space, don't be scared of vulnerable and clear that baggage. His social media (Twitter+IG) handle is @skipfrombk

As being one of the few male friends to my female friends it’s always interesting how they approach introducing me and how awkward it can be. I’ve been friends with Jessica for about 23 years and what better person to bring on the show. She even asked some compelling questions for when I do get in to a relationship.

I wanted to speak about this question because I saw a tweet where someone said that if you've been in a relationship for 2 years and not planning to get married then what are you doing? I decided to ask Pam to come on the show because I officiated her wedding and figured what better person to ask about dating, relationships and even marriage. She also has this awesome podcast where she and her hus...

Cory comes back on the pod, this time we are both sober. We talk about her getting back to using dating apps to find a cuffer and also that dreaded 2/14 during the breezy season.

Is FWB a kind of relationship? Do you need to be friends beforehand? What are the 4 stages of FWB? Alex and I talk about setting rules early and answering other questions about being in a friends with benefits.

Dania and I start off year 2 going through Instagram stories and answering why is it that people rush in to relationships.

Traveled out to Chicago to drink wine with Cory and talk about dealbreakers such as wanting kids, not liking dogs and how can you not understand our humor. Changes of volume occur in: 10:44 18:14 21:04 49:40

I ventured out to Long Island to speak with Jeff about the evolution of dating culture. Venturing to how dating culture changed from when our parents dated to during our college days to the current dating app culture.

Mercedes and I try to define what we consider short and long term dating/relationships. We also get to our experiences and the confusion of communicating one or the other.

When do you follow someone you’re getting to know on social media? The complexity of being in a relationship when social media and the outside world plays a factor. Also Michelle asked me how I felt about sharing SM passwords.....😳

Kate and I discuss the importance of communication when you’re getting to know someone and in relationships. How technology (texting and social media) plays a factor in the beginning. Also knowing that when you’re in a relationship you have to eventually talk about the difficult topics in order to grow as a couple. In order to contribute to the podcast Anchor included a Listener Support tab which...

Richard and I discuss an Instagram Story poll I ran where I asked what kind of cheating is worse: emotional or physical. We also discuss our experiences and how values factor into how people see cheating.

I use the call in feature in Anchor to talk with Cynthia about what dating life is like as a single parent. Theres going to be some minor audio snafus in the episode.

Brian and I talk about the range of setting expectations, also where and when to draw the line of your expectations when dating and getting in to a relationship.

Trying the call in feature on Anchor. Jordan and I talk about the vast spectrum of our own insecurities in the dating realm.

Made it to double digits. Ray and I talk about how difficult it is to open up your feelings with a significant other.

Scott and I talk about our experience with LDRs. You can find his podcast Fanboys in the hood here: https://soundcloud.com/user-322099689

Jasmin and I talk about avoiding talking about what people are looking for and not defining the relationship.

Jaz and I talk about being only children and how complicated we are.