Rejection Episode Summary: Rejection can take many forms, and it’s never easy to deal with. In this episode, Adam and Sarah talk about the best ways to approach being rejected, healthy tools for dealing with it, and why it’s never appropriate to get defensive or act like a child when you get rejected. Also in…
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The Evolution of Relationships Episode Summary: Relationships aren’t easy, especially as they evolve and grow over time, with partners sometimes growing in different directions. This week, your hosts talk about the evolution of your relationship over the long term. Also this week, Sarah prepares for a visit from her boyfriend, and Adam embraces the life…
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Old-Fashioned Dating Episode Summary: If the dating apps aren’t working for you, should you try to meet someone the old-fashioned way? Or should you adjust your approach to using the apps to maximize their benefit and yours? Your hosts give you all the info you need to make sure you’re not searching in vain! Also…
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Social Media and Relationships Episode Summary: From being Facebook official to simply being Facebook friends, social media has added a modern complication to relationships. When should you add your significant other on FB? Does your boyfriend follow your finsta? Does your f*ckbuddy favorite your tweets? We’ll break down the healthiest way to incorporate social media…
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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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Finding Good Porn Episode Summary: In a quest to discover whether or not she enjoys porn, Sarah has spent the past two weeks reviewing a veritable motherlode of porn clips – a pornucopia, if you will – compiled by Adam. Watching everything from gay to fetish, trans to hotwife, Sarah’s ready to talk about what…
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New Normal Episode Summary: “I’ll just wait and do it once things get back to normal.” It’s too easy to put off everything – dating, sex, relationships, life – until the COVID-19 outbreak is over, but when will that be? When will things really get back to normal? Sarah and Adam try to offer some…
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Mailbag Episode Summary: This week on Dating Kinda Sucks, Sarah talks about BDSM and why she has restraints under her mattress, Adam talks about his crush, and your hosts dive into the Dating Kinda Sucks mailbag to answer questions from listeners dating all the way back to 2018! Covering topics from how to avoid gaslighting…
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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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