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This Is Why
This week we talk about why you or someone you like might have a fear of commitment and how to get over it or embrace it. In dating news we discuss the real reason for your fear of commitment & how to break up with someone you love. Then we answer your listener questions, including a listener who is afraid of relationships and another listener who is attempting an LDR without a DTR. Angela talks about battling over the registry with her fiancé and Laura talks about wanting Nic to join her health obsession.This week's episode is brought to you by:Squarespace (offer code: SINGLE)Care/Of (offer code: THISISWHY50)HoneybookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Happy new year everyone! It's our annual New Year, New You episode where we talk all about how to start the new year fresh when it comes to dating & life. We discuss our personal resolutions and goals and hopefully inspire yours! In dating news we discuss what the new phrase “self partnered” means & how to eat alone and like it. Then we answer your listener questions including one listener who is unsure if a guy is shy or uninterested and one hilarious bad date story. Angela has a co-worker who gives first dates a strange option of splitting an expensive meal and things backfire when Laura has an idea to achieve a "highly evolved" relationship.This week's episode is brought to you by:ThirdLoveSakara (offer code: XOLaura)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This week we talk all about religion when it comes to dating, interfaith relationships and dealing with family. In dating news we discuss how online dating is desegregating America & how to actually follow the dating advice you get. Then we answer your listener questions including one listener who is dating a guy who wants to wait until marriage to have sex and another listener whose ex wanted to wait until marriage to say “I love you." Angela gifts her friend a vibrator to help her deal with stress and Laura meets twins who date the same guy. This week's episode is brought to you by:Talkspace (promo code: SINGLE)Squarespace (promo code: SINGLE)Lola (promo code: SINGLE30)SakaraSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This week we talk about how get over fears that are holding you back from dating. We all get scared over crazy things real & imagined! Angela talks about going through her grandma's love letters and Laura talks about feeling like a traitor hanging out with a friend's ex and her new boyfriend. In dating news we discuss Tinder's new choose your own adventure series & tips for proposing an open relationship. Then we answer your listener questions including a listener who is afraid of being a spinster and another who doesn’t know who to swipe right on. This week's episode is brought to you by:BioClarity (offer code: SINGLE)ThirdLoveRothysSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This week we talk about how to keep your independence and identity in a new relationship. In dating news Facebook is officially a dating platform now & how much money the average American spends on dating. Then we answer your listener questions including one listener who is worried she’s made her boyfriend her entire world and another who has been dating a guy for a year who won’t call her his girlfriend. Angela has too many vibrators and Laura learned Nic could step up to the plate when she needed him to in the hospital.This week's episode is brought to you by:Your Super (offer code: SINGLE)SquareSpace (offer code: SINGLE)TalkSpace (offer code: SINGLE)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This week we talk about how to approach awkward conversations and reveal some of our most awkward convos we've ever had. In dating news we discuss why Americans are having less sex & new data that shows more than half of young people in America don’t have a romantic partner. Then we answer your listener questions including one listener who doesn’t know how to tell a guy she had sex with that it wasn’t good and another who wants to tell her boyfriend to keep his dog off the bed. Angela reveals a secret trick that helps her stay polite on dates she doesn't want to be on with Ian and Laura tries to figure out how much TMI is too much with babysitters. This week's episode is brought to you by Storyworth, Quip, Squarespace, and Care/OfSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This week we talk about how to reach out to people in their DMs! Maybe you know them already, maybe they're strangers, maybe you have a friend in common – either way, there is a way to do it and not be creepy! Angela's friend gets engagement boobs instead of a ring and Laura learns about scheduling time to swipe from a stranger. In dating news we discuss the new way teens are using Google Docs to message each other & why dating app addiction might hurt your chance of finding love. Then we answer your listener questions including a listener who wants to slide into DMs without being creepy and another listener who already slid and wants to know how to keep the convo going.This week's episode is brought to you by Myro and Raycon!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This week we talk about all the ways dating is hard and ways you can start to feel a bit better about it (and make it easier on yourself!). In dating news we talk about a man who could go to prison for “dining-and-dashing” on dates & why we sometimes feel sad after sex. Then we answer your listener questions including how to handle a 40-year-old lifeguard fuckboy and whether or not it’s okay to ask a girl to hang if she dumped you. Angela talks about her friend who traveled alone and why that should inspire daters to do the same and Laura talks about all of the TMI convos she's having with her new mom friends. This episode is sponsored by: Blue Apron and Care/of and Stitch Fix!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Should you stay in a relationship or should you go? That is the big topic this week! We go over a list of questions to ask if you're thinking about leaving a relationship that is just so-so (no one cheated, you're just not feeling it). We also test out the Satisfyer sex toy, Angela talks about why Ian is not proposing in Italy and Laura talks about feeling all the feels in the last few weeks with Nic before the baby. In dating news we chat about penis extenders and explain what rubber stalling is and why it's bad. Then we answer your listener questions, including one listener whose boyfriend doesn’t want to live with her if she moves away with him and another listener contemplating getting back with a former love.This week's episode is brought to you by Care Of, Blue Apron, and Quip!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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After 6 years straight of weekly episodes, this is our final This Is Why podcast (!). We get updates on how the show has affected people's lives, read mushy gush farewell messages and answer two last listener questions. In the news we discuss vaccinations & spending time with people who have different political views. Angela talks about her bridal shower venue getting double booked and Laura talks about getting yelled at by an old man. Thank you listeners for hanging out with us for the last six years and sharing your lives and listening to ours. What a wild ride! This week's episode is brought to you by:Coors LightItalic (offer code: THISISWHY)Advertise on This Is Why via Gumball.fmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This week's episode is called Making New Friends as an Adult. Ian is back as guest host while Laura continues her maternity leave. We talk about times we've seen people make friends by sliding into DMs and walking dogs. We answer your listener questions, including one listener who is struggling to make work friends and another who had to end a friendship over too much negativity. Then we talk about what's in the news: why sunlight is good for you & why we’re about to enter a “YOLO economy.” Angela gets a taste of her own medicine when Ian talks about her on another podcast and Ian drinks whiskey at his new barber shop.This week's episode is brought to you by:BetterHelpStitch FixAdvertise on This Is Why via Gumball.fmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This week's episode is called Keeping Arguments Respectful. Laura is still on maternity leave, so Ian returns as guest co-host. We talk about recent arguments we've had and how we keep it kind (after yelling a bit, of course). We answer your listener questions, including one listener whose boyfriend has gained weight and another listener who is dealing with some resentment after moving in with her boyfriend. Then we’re talking about what’s in the news: the COVID vaccine is affecting people’s periods & some people are skipping their second dose. Angela gets her first dose of Moderna and has a wacky period and Ian adjusts to post-vax life. This week's episode is brought to you by:Osea (offer code: THISISWHY)Advertise on This Is Why via Gumball.fmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This week’s episode is called Outgrowing Old Friendships. We talk about switching friendship orbits, when you need to confront a friend you no longer want in your life and when it's okay to let people float away or go in and out of your life. Then we answer your listener questions including one listener who realized her life is better without her childhood friend in it and another who lost two friends when they decided to start dating each other. In the news we discuss: a divorced man is ordered to pay back his ex-wife for housework & what you can and can’t do if you’re fully vaccinated. Angela and Laura find out that they both write down funny things that family members say in their notes app.This week's episode is brought to you by:Squarespace (offer code: SINGLE)Osea (offer code: THISISWHY)Finding YouSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This week’s episode is all about identifying energy vampires: those people in your life who drain your emotional energy. We talk about how to spot them and how to get rid of them! Then we answer your listener questions including one listener who has a difficult time trusting other women and another who found out something disturbing about her fiance’s family. In the news we discuss apology languages & why the "Sex & the City" reboot will cover COVID. Angela sees a psychic with her partner and Laura gets an email from a long lost co-worker.This week's episode is brought to you by:Squarespace (offer code: SINGLE)Coors LightAdvertise on This Is Why via Gumball.fmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Happy Valentine’s Day! This week we are talking about how we like to spend V-Day, the gifts we asked for and giving tips on how to safely spend the day of love. Then we answer your listener questions including one listener struggling to get on the same financial page as her boyfriend and another listener who isn’t sure if she is celebrating V-Day with a new guy. In the news we discuss the history of V-Day & how Martin Shkreli dumped his journalist girlfriend from prison. Angela talks about weird posts she gets tagged in on Facebook and Laura writes an angry email to her old doctors.This week's episode is brought to you by:Squarespace (offer code: SINGLE)Advertise on This Is Why via Gumball.fmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.