JacPod Love, Dating and Chaos

Are Men and Women Really that Different?

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* Mature content advisory *

This whole podcast is about love, dating, and the chaos that comes with it. Not just in my life, but in other people's lives too. I'm trying to figure out where I might be going wrong, where I should be looking, what I should be doing, and what people are actually looking for.

I'm part of a WhatsApp group. Who isn't? (That's a whole other podcast.) I thought to myself, you know what, let me throw it out there. I’ll do a bit of a case study and talk to people I don’t know that well about love, dating, and all the trials we go through.

Luckily for me, Geordie and Nirin reached out and came to chat about their experiences in the dating world.

Of course, I had to get a guy’s perspective too. It wouldn’t be fair if it was just women ganging up on the guys. Maybe we as girls are doing something wrong.

Anyway, let’s see.

Coming up in this episode:

00:00 Introduction to Love, Dating, and Chaos
01:01 Personal Dating Struggles and Reflections
01:27 Challenges of Dating with Children
04:45 The Quest for Peace in Relationships
07:54 Dating Younger Partners
09:59 A Story from Philicity's Love Life
14:15 Online Dating Adventures
15:34 The Awkward Date Scenario
15:43 Dating Rules and Boundaries
16:36 Modern Dating Challenges
17:08 The Chicken Wings Incident
17:51 Transactional Relationships
22:26 The Importance of Communication
24:59 Physical Preferences in Dating
28:28 Concluding Thoughts on Relationships
21 May English South Africa Relationships · Comedy

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