Ghosts of Boyfriends Past

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Back-to-back minisodes as a little treat for those Readers who seemingly can't get enough of them! On this week's episode, Tom and Liz tackle the daunting challenge of meeting the parents of your partner for the first time and t...

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. We aren't going to give away too much about this episode's title; how well could an unwanted date possibly end? Today you will also be treated to more first date shockers, parents and re...

It sure is swell to have long-time friend of the show Matty tell his tale of misjudged romance. Matthew joins us this week to bravely share the story of his first serious relationship. A movie geek since birth, Matthew grew up entranced by film and the glossy, epic tales of soaring romance that swooned and swash-buckled their way across the silver screen. Yet when this leading man eventually conce...

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Apologies off the top for bombarding you with romance tales of terror Dear Reader, but we promise it gets better towards the end. On the show this week we hear that old diddling-the-maid...

Carly is back to talk about her engagement rings. Yes, plural. Yes, there’s four of them. Plus some wedding bands and eternity rings. Carly Alexander (née Quinn) returns to GOBP for her third storytime (and funnily enough given this ep’s topic this is the third surname she’s had since first appearing!) Carly is a Matilda Award-winning Brisbane actor and singer. Join the conversation: Ghosts of Boy...

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Welcome back to a questions-themed minisode everybody, Gee it's lovely to see you! On today's episode of Ghosts of Boyfriends Past; do YOU believe in love at first sight? Also, is there any merit to the idea of introducing a rat...

It’s a minisode that turned into a main episode! Tom has the spicy cough known as Miss Rona, so Liz decides to bring producer Zane on mic for a minisode story. But thanks to listener Penny’s excellent writing skills and absolute SAGA of a relationship story, this one turned into one heck of a maxi-sode. Buckle in, my friends, because this story of friends turned lovers turned cautionary tale is fu...

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Have YOU ever made a friend through sex? Some people on this planet have as we learn off the top of this week's episode. If you have we would absolutely love to hear your story, so pleas...

Angelica is back to tell us a story about a guy who was good on paper. But sometimes good on paper doesn’t work in real life. Especially if you accidentally get blackout drunk around his family. But did Angelica do something wrong? Or was Mr September leading her on? You can follow Angelica’s adventures here: TikTok @angelicaexplainsitall Instagram @angelicapeck Her first episode on Ghosts is Ange...

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Hello and Welcome to another minisode of Ghosts of Boyfriends Past. Some curly questions await this week. We receive a bit of a saga of a question concerning the idea of what you are allowed to do when you are on a break. We loo...

Relationships: Libby’s had a few. And it’s safe to say she’s ignore a few bright red flags that could have been neon signs. Libby Harrison is an actor and entrepreneur. You can see her in Jess Ham Productions’ upcoming production of Bombshells. April 14-17 2022. Ron Hurley Theatre, 28 Tallowwood Street Seven Hills. You can grab tickets here: https://www.trybooking.com/BXBWC Libby also owns a profe...

Jessica Ham was so sure she met The One that she already had a scrapbook full of wedding designs… at the tender age of 19. Then her dad told her he’d booked an appointment with a wedding planner… but there was just the small matter of the fact that Jess wasn’t actually, technically engaged yet. Brisbane’s Jessica Ham is a theatre producer and entrepreneur extraordinaire, as well as a loving mum an...

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. On today's little serving of Ghosts of Boyfriends Past we take aboard stories of bravery in the pursuit of shooting your shot; if you have a good story concerning asking someone out (or...

Angelica thought she’d ditch the apps and go solo for a night out on the town. She did not expect what happened to go viral on a global level. You can follow Angelica’s adventures here: TikTok @angelicaexplainsitall Instagram @angelicapeck You can read about Angelica’s story here: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/dating/us-woman-documents-solo-night-out-on-tiktok-ends-in-tears/news-...

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. So Readers, is there merit in playing hard to get? Do you enjoy the so-called thrill of the chase, or do you prefer if things are more black and white? On today's episode Liz and Tom explore this sticky question plus more; tough...

Kym has just jumped back into the dating game and it’s all digital now. Kym is back after her Ghosts debut very early on in the series (Kym and the Long Distance Lover https://thatsnotcanon.com/gobppodcast/episode18 ). Now she’s in her 40s and back on the apps looking for love. And she’s got a few stories to tell.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. We may have found the pettiest story ever shared on Ghosts of Boyfriends Past. A real opinion-splitter this one, we wonder if you will be for or against this Petty Crocker... We also div...

When Lucy fell in love and was proposed to, she said yes because, well… that was what we were supposed to do, right? But things didn’t stay rosy for long. What started with random jealousy and small disparaging remarks from her husband escalated to much more sinister acts of coercive control and abuse that left Lucy losing her sense of self and fearing for her life. When someone has spent nearly t...

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Today's episode of Ghosts of Boyfriends Past is packed full of wrinkly dating and relationship questions. Tom and Liz do their best to unpack just how do you like to be broken up with (provided you get to choose...)? We go in se...

Ghosts’ own Liz Best takes the hot seat this week for another tale from her hot mess ex vault. This week it’s all about that time she dated a Patrick Swayze doppelgänger who definitely left baby in the corner. Elizabeth is the host of Ghosts of Boyfriends Past and Castology podcasts, both on the That's Not Canon Network. A journalist and former relationships columnist, Liz has made a career out of...

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. We have some shockers for you up early today Dear Reader, so here is a thoughtful CRINGE WARNING as second-hand embarrassment is abound. Thoughtfully, Elizabeth brought in some sweet lit...

When you’re young, love-bombing looks like true love. But when the love bubble burst, Erin found herself a young mum with three kids, stuck in a toxic relationship in a very small town. Erin is a mother of five that dabbles in many things including but not limited to sewing, floristry, event planning, cooking, gardening. She generally says yes when asked to try something new. She also thinks...

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. EPISODE NOTES: Attempting to get along with your partner's parents is a tale of caution as old as time. How important is it? We attempt to unpack this question and the related off-shoots in today's episode of Ghosts of Boyfriend...

Annie met the perfect man on a flight and from that moment the two were inseparable. But when things began moving too fast, Annie needed time to catch her breath. Add in communication problems and this couple were speeding towards a collision course with reality.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Our incredible Readers have yet again nailed this week's brief; we put the call out for stories regarding having or wanting to bail from first dates and we got some doozies! You know a first date is going well when a fair argument over who...