Sex Worker Episode Summary: While Sarah travels around the Badlands of South Dakota by herself (never to be seen again?), Adam interviews Aubrie, a professional full-service sex worker, about her life and the misconceptions people have about her, in an attempt to further remove the stigma surrounding sex work. Also in this episode, Sarah updates…
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Fleabagging Episode Summary: Why do we make such bad choices when we’re dating? Is it a learning experience or just self-flagellation? This week, Sarah and Adam talk about fleabagging, which is a recently coined phrase describing the art of consistently dating people who are quite obviously wrong for you. Also in this episode, Sarah cries…
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Credit Score and Dating Episode Summary: This week on Dating Kinda Sucks, Adam joins Sarah in Nashville for their very first in-person episode in Tennessee! Your hosts got drunk and sat down in an AirBNB lobby to talk about how much good manners means in dating, how little good credit does, and how much good…
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Virtual Dating Episode Summary: Whether you’re in quarantine or a long-distance relationship, virtual dating may be your only real option when it comes to spending quality time with a potential date or suitor. Are there options beyond the basic FaceTime date, and how can you spice things up and keep them fresh and interesting until…
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Coronavirus Episode Summary: We never thought we’d be doing an episode on the challenges of dating during a time when society at large is being told to stay at home and avoid socializing with other humans thanks to a pandemic of COVID-19 (aka Coronavirus). Many people are insisting on going out, meeting up, and being…
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Closure Episode Summary: We’ve all had situations, whether romantic or otherwise, that ended and left us hanging. Do we have the right to find out why, or to face the person? When is it healthy to try to wrap everything up with a tidy bow and when does it become an obsession? What exactly does…
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Love Bombing Season Episode Summary: If narcissists and abusers had a rule book, rule number one would be “Love bomb.” The act of love bombing flatters, entices, and manipulates, and most of us have fallen victim to it at least once in our lives. But how do you recognize it and how do you avoid…
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The Audacity of Men Episode Summary: In this week’s episode of Dating Kinda Sucks, Sarah and Adam talk about the audacity of men. What is it that drives them to objectify women, mansplain, and violate boundaries on a regular basis, even unintentionally? Are there inherent behaviors and systemic beliefs that encourage and foster this behavior…
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How To Ask Someone Out Episode Summary: From online to in-person interactions, one of the most nerve-wracking aspects of dating is the act of asking someone out. How soon is too soon to move from Coffee Meets Bagel to coffee with bagels? How do you approach someone in a bar without coming across poorly? Sarah…
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