Getting older is already enough of a mind-fuck, and now Danny has to start adding dating back into the mix? Are you fucking serious? We thought dating in our mid-30’s was bad, but now it seems so much worse. People are lying about their ages left and right, men we don’t even know judge us on if we’re “fuckable” enough (like we even asked them), dating apps are full of meaningless connections, but looking for men who spend their time online is a brand-new ick we didn’t know we had. Dating has never been easy—well, except for when we were 20, but does that even count?—and this time, Danny plans to sit in alone in her house and if someone wants to date her, he’ll have to do all the work to find her.

A new nose and a new Instagram account [1:11]

Going no-contact after a break up [5:03]

Raw-dogging grief [7:36]

Lying about your age in dating [11:12]

We’re either “fuckable” or “too old” [15:36]

Is age the only thing that matters? [18:51]

Men on Instagram is kind of an ick [20:48]

Dating feels so arbitrary now [26:43]

We just keep getting older (and we hate it) [28:42]

There’s power in owning your age [33:06]

Let people know you’re ready to date [35:03]

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The person you decide to build a life with is one of the most important decisions you can make, but also… Sometimes the person you once knew (or even the person you once were) changes unexpectedly. There are things we know now that we never could have predicted in our 20s and were getting married. When we picked our ex-husbands, we really thought we made the right choice, but shit happens and shit changes. Even with all the planning and foresight in the world, you can never predict how things will change, and putting pressure on marriages to be either perfect decisions or failures helps no one. Life changes all of us—sometimes for the better, but not always. Maybe that means picking an imperfect partner or ending a relationship we thought would last forever. All we can do is our best.

A 911 call [1:05]

Last minute surgeries [10:13]

Anyone can change, at any given time [14:17]

Life throws curveballs all the time [17:22]

Are you willing to work together through the hard parts? [22:04]

Your “perfect match” may never exist [25:20]

You don’t know what you don’t know [28:15]

Life changes all of us [32:58]

All we can do is our best [36:08]

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When you’ve travelled as much as we have, and worked from home for as long as we have, building an in-person community is harder than it looks. We have so many deep friendships that we love and cherish, but those people we love are often states away. That’s all well and good, except for the times when you’re in need, and you need the support of a community. It’s something we’ve taken for granted before, but as our lives change more and more, community is something we’re really craving. We’ll always love our online communities and our long-distance friendships, but we need our in-person communities too.

Missing out on community [3:42]

Is community easier to build with kids? [7:38]

Saying yes to every invite [11:11]

Some neighborhoods are friendlier than others [13:43]

Your community doesn’t need to be your BFFs [14:43]

Different levels of connection [17:59]

Are we just introverts? [20:37]

Relying only on your partner is a slippery slope [24:19]

It’s more important than we thought [27:30]

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