modern dating advice scares me
2/12/202649 min
[video available on spotify] as many of you probably already know, i'm single for the first time in a long time. rather than rushing into my next relationship, this time around i’m committed to learning. there are a lot of great resources out there on dating and romantic relationships, but there are also a lot of people on the internet who don’t know what they’re talking about. today we’re going to go through some of the toxic dating advice that i've found online. Drivers wanted. Learn more at vw.com eBay is the place for pre-loved and vintage fashion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsEmma Chamberlain· Host0:00
as many of you probably already know, because I've discussed it probably too many times on this podcast, I'm single. Ah, Emma's single! And I haven't been single in a long time because I've been in back-to-back consecutive relationships, and so I'm reentering the world of dating with almost a fully formed prefrontal cortex. Okay, when I first started dating, I was 17 years old. I barely had a brain then. That thing barely worked. I don't think I ever self-reflected, I don't think I ever thought any deeper about romantic relationships than, "Do I like this guy? Yes or no? Does he like me? Yes or no? Okay, let's date. Yay!" Like, when I started dating, I was a child. Now, I'm an adult who still feels like a child sometimes, but who is technically an adult. I feel like this time around being single, I'm committed to learning, you know what I mean? Like, I, I don't know, in the past when I was single, I was just rushing into my next relationship, and I've really used this single era to do thinking [chuckles] and to learn about dating and romantic relationships and love. And listen, I'm scared that I'm gonna get into a relationship sooner than we all expected, and everyone's gonna be like, "Emma, you said you were gonna