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5 min read"One Day the Right Guy Will Give This to You"
The hosts opened with a handwritten wedding invitation from a longtime listener and mental health therapist who recommends the podcast to her clients. Jordana and Jared read the note aloud, joked about crashing weddings in sunglasses, and reminisced about TLC's Four Weddings—a show where women rate each other's weddings, which Jared described as "the true American story." The conversation drifted into tasting menus (Jared's fix: end with a bowl of pasta), omakase as a third-date test ("it reveals how chill you are"), and a bachelor party golf outing where Jared found himself listening to men say things so crude he felt he needed a shower. "I don't know where men go," he said, before comparing the dynamic to how women talk when men aren't around.
The Ex on the Group Trip
A 30-year-old woman wrote in about her boyfriend of two months, who is going on a 10-person group trip to Croatia with his ex-girlfriend of five years. They still co-own an apartment they're selling. She's on a girls' trip to the South of France at the same time. She asked whether she should ask him not to go.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:52) **Welcome and Wedding Invitation from a Listener** - Jordana and Jared read a heartfelt note from a longtime listener and mental health therapist who credits the show with helping her leave toxic relationships and is now getting married.
- 2 (07:52) **Summer Dating and Seasonal Shifts** - Jordana and Jared talk about the end of summer and dating strategies for fall.
- 3 (10:30) **Tasting Menus and Omakase as Date Tests** - The hosts discuss the pros and cons of tasting menus and how they reveal a date's personality.
- 4 (16:24) **Jared's Golf Game with a Bachelor Party** - Jared recounts playing golf at Foxwoods with a rowdy bachelor party.
- 5 (24:54) **Email 1: The Ex-Girlfriend on the Group Trip** - A 30-year-old woman's boyfriend of two months is going on a group trip to Croatia where his ex-girlfriend of five years will be present.
- 6 (38:24) **Petty or Prudent: The Breakup Ring** - A 31-year-old woman's boyfriend of three years, on their second attempt at the relationship, showed her an engagement ring during their final breakup.
- 7 (50:44) **Traditional Betch: Engaged But Not Married** - A listener is annoyed by a couple she knows who got engaged but have no plans to actually get married, planning to buy a house and have kids first.
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Show Notes
Jordana and Jared debate whether it’s okay for your boyfriend to go on a trip with his ex, especially when they still own an apartment together. They also decide if an ex was petty for showing his former girlfriend the engagement ring he bought for her, and whether a bad first kiss is enough to end a great date. Plus, they talk fanny packs, tasting-menu dates, and why some couples get engaged without planning to get married.
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