Relationship Status Podcast

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf Topic: Dear Nique Letter  On today’s lunch date episode, the crew discusses a Dear Nique letter from a lady who is seeking advice about whether or not she should ask her boyfriend for a 2-month break from their relationship. The writer claims she fears they’d both regret not having more partners prior to their marriage. C.L. explains that a wom...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf Topic: Taking a break in relationships.   On today’s episode of RSP, the crew discusses what it means to take a break in a relationship. They tackle the questions: what are the pros and cons of taking a break, do these breaks lead to closeness or distance, and what are legitimate reasons for taking a break? A popular opinion shared among the te...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf Topic: Relationship Direction  This week’s lunch date episode is in honor of the 2020 presidential election results. The news came across their screens as the team was preparing to record their latest episode. They immediately decided they’d do a special lunch date episode to discuss the election results and share in this historic moment. The h...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf Topic: Mommy and Daddy Issues  On today’s episode of RSP, Yusuf, Professor Tee, C.L. and Nique discuss mommy and daddy issues, and how, if left unresolved, those issues can impact the relationships you try to build with others. The ladies discuss the challenges they have faced conversing with men who are looking for a girlfriend to be a domesti...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf Topic: Relationship Direction  On today’s mid-week episode, the team is joined by a faithful listener, Danielle Sutton. Danielle joins the team to discuss the topic, “What assets do men and women bring to a relationship?” C.L. starts the conversation by saying men bring comfortability. The women chime in and say that logic helps bring comfort t...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf Topic: Relationship Direction  On today’s episode of RSP, the team takes some time to share listener feedback. Comments about previously aired shows serve as a great segue into the conversation about relationship directions. Nique’s personal story leads to the question, “Should couples discuss and be able to answer the questions, ‘What are we d...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Dear Nique On today’s lunch date episode, the crew reads a Dear Nique letter from a man who is reconsidering marrying his fiancé. He is uncomfortable with the changes she’s made since she began attending a particular church. Not only does she demonstrate a symbolic practice that our writer can’t understand, she also removed some sponta...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Relationships and Finances   On today’s episode of RSP, the team discusses finances and how money issues affect relationships. “Should men with financial problems try to date, and “Is it deceptive if a spouse has a secret account?” These are two of several questions the team tackles. Nique says she would most definitely ask a man how m...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Dear Nique On today’s midday episode of RSP, the crew responds to a Dear Nique letter. The writer wonders if she should be concerned about her boyfriend’s reaction to receiving a compliment from a gay man. She describes him as showing “rage,” towards this man, and she believes this to be a sign of homophobic behavior. While the crew ag...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Relationship Boundaries On today’s episode of RSP, the crew is back together again, and they are discussing relationship boundaries. Should couples have conversations about their boundaries in specific areas, or should they just go with a flow and figure things out organically? The crew discusses four common areas that challenge bounda...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Dear Nique On today’s episode of RSP, the crew discusses a Dear Nique letter. The writer admits to having a nonsexual affair with another woman, and he complains that since then, his wife continues to show signs that she doesn’t trust him. He questions whether or not she will ever see him for the good and not for his “mistake.” The tea...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Non- physical Cheating On today’s episode of RSP, the crew discusses nonphysical cheating. Is it a thing, and if so, what does it look like? C.L. starts off by saying he has a dilemma. “Should I text my ex and send her a Happy Birthday text,” he asks the team. From there, they discuss all the ways people violate trust in a relationship...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Listener Comments On this episode of Relationship status, the crew is joined by the host of the LBF Podcast K Antoinette "The Blogger", and they talk about the comments and reviews from the listening audience. CL admits to manifesting and delivering, Nique charges her crystals, and Yusuf reveals the bain of his existence. Yusuf and CL...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Friends and Relationships Pt. 2 On today’s episode of RSP, the team continues the conversation about friendship dynamics and how friends’ perspectives impact their friends’ romantic relationships. Can friends overshare information about their relationships? Are friends able to offer an unbiased perspective? Do our friends hold us accou...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Dear Nique On today’s lunch date episode, the crew responds to a Dear Nique letter where the writer asks, “Will a ho phase help me regain my self-confidence?” The writer shares that she discovered her ex cheated multiple times and learning those details did not give her the closure she thought she needed. C.L. points out that the write...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Friends and Relationships On today’s episode of RSP, the crew is joined by podcaster and blogger, K. Antoinette, a returning guest hostess and a new friend to the show. Before digging deeper into the topic of friendship, the men adamantly reject Nique’s reference of their closeness as a “bromance.” They discuss the types of friends: ac...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Dating Difficulties On today’s lunch date episode, K. Antoinette, the Blogger, joins the team to extend the conversation about dating challenges. In response to C.L.’s point that women share too much too soon, the ladies remind him that dating feels like an interview and men come with a list of questions. Yusuf, however, says that a si...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Difficulties in Dating On today’s episode of RSP, the crew is joined by K Antoinette the Blogger, founder of Let’s Build Futures, a service which provides mentoring and a space to have healthy dialogue on a variety of topics. Today’s conversation is about the common challenges millennials face when dating. Based on the generation cohor...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Dear Nique Letter On today’s lunch date episode, the team hosts their first ever live Dear Nique. Liz calls in to share her situation with the crew, in hopes of getting some advice. Currently, in her 5th month of pregnancy, Liz is appalled that her baby’s father not only thinks she’s a liar, but she also believes this once good man now...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Love Bombing O n today’s episode of RSP, C.L. poses the question, “Have you ever been love-bombed?”   A fairly new term, love-bombing is the practice of showering a person with excessive affection and attention in order to gain control, a behavior typically demonstrated by narcissists. During the conversation, Nique has a lightbulb mom...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Dear Nique Letter On this lunch date episode, two listeners join the show to share their insight on a Dear Nique letter from a writer who meets a seemingly chivalrous man in Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, he goes from chivalrous to frustrated within a 72-hour period. That frustration was demonstrated through him hanging up on the young lady...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Communication   On this week’s episode of RSP, the team is joined by podcaster and marriage/family counselor Katrina Bell and they talk about communication. C.L. asks Katrina for some advice for his friend L.C. They discuss the process that Katrina went through starting her podcast during the pandemic. They tackle the debate on whether...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Dear Nique Letter On today’s lunch date episode, the team responds to a Dear Nique letter. The writer needs help deciding if she should follow her heart and give her ex-fiancé a second chance, despite his prior betrayal. While the RSP hosts all agree that the woman is likely making a huge mistake giving him another chance, they acknowl...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: "Love" VS. "In Love"   On this week’s episode of RSP, the team discusses “love” and “in love.” They tackle the perceived differences between the two, concluding that many people treat the term “in love” like it’s the greater goal. Often used, the phrase, “I love him/her, but I’m not in love” suggests that love is not enough. C.L. chall...

Hosts: Nique Crews, C.L. Butler, Nateisha & Yusuf   Topic: Dear Nique Letter On today’s lunch date episode, the team discusses a listener’s letter to Nique. The writer states, “I have never had a successful relationship, as I’ve usually cheated or looked for something more (outside of my relationships). He mentions his father’s infidelities and wonders if it will take him just as long to get h...