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Does He Just Want a Wife?

6/3/20261 hr 38 min

Jared is packing a tux for a black-tie-optional wedding, which leads to a debate about plus-one etiquette and who should pay for the wedding gift when you're newly dating. Then they discuss a listener’s theory that the best place to meet men is a Wednesday night bowling alley and introduce Jared’s Summer Strut Challenge: 12 walks in 12 weeks to grow your dating network through friends and family! They then break down whether excessive exclamation points and smiley faces are actually an ick, plus a tough question about dating someone who talks about marriage but never makes you feel cared for. And in Red Flag or Deal Breaker, they cover being compared to an adult star, getting discovered through a viral TikTok crush post, and farting in relationships. Check out Jared's new book! 👉 Order  Walking Red Flag: Dating Advice from Your Favorite Guy Friend Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clips

Summer Single Strut Challenge
Stop Pleasing, Own Feelings
Black-Tie Optional Meltdown
First-Date Farting Rules
Plus-One Gift Etiquette

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Jared Freid· Host0:00

    I have a story to tell. Um- Things can change at the drop, at the drop of a hat at this, on this podcast. I'm engaged.

  2. Jordana Abraham· Host0:05

    It's like, it's like the, it's like the ER. What? Are you engaged?

  3. Jared Freid· Host0:08

    [laughs] No.

  4. Jordana Abraham· Host0:09

    Okay. [laughs] That's not out of the realm of possibility.

  5. Jared Freid· Host0:14

    Well, it is not out of the realm.

  6. Jordana Abraham· Host0:15

    I would hope, I would hope I would hear in a different way than this, but anyway.

  7. Jared Freid· Host0:19

    Um, [laughs] yeah, you would definitely. [laughs] [laughs] I love that everyone goes personal. I hope I would hear differently than this.

  8. Jordana Abraham· Host0:28

    I mean, it's all about me. [upbeat music] Hello, and welcome back to the U Up podcast. I'm Jordana Abraham.

  9. Jared Freid· Host0:36

    And I am Jared Freid. It is so good to be back here with you, Jordana. We are virtual today. I am on a worldwide trip across this great country of ours promoting my new book, Walking Red Flag. Um, Jordana, how are you? What's going on? What's the haps?

  10. Jordana Abraham· Host0:55

    I'm good. Busy. Good. Busy is good.

  11. Jared Freid· Host1:00

    Busy.

  12. Jordana Abraham· Host1:00

    Yes. You got less time to think about all your shit, right?

  13. Jared Freid· Host1:04

    Well, yeah, busy, busy's the best. I, I think, uh, booked and busy- It is ... there, there's a reason that's like a, that's like a confident thing to say. Like I, I, you know, idle hands- Yes ... are the devil's playground.

  14. Jordana Abraham· Host1:16

    That's true.

  15. Jared Freid· Host1:16

    Isn't that the, the saying?

  16. Jordana Abraham· Host1:17

    Yes. I actually have always thought that about dating too. Like, the busier you are, the, the more, the like better you are with dating, 'cause you don't have time to like get too in your head. You're

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