Breakout star from Netflix's Jewish Matchmaking Harmonie Krieger (dating coach & matchmaker for Lox Club) joins me for a slumber party style (with sprinkled in coaching) deep dive on The Casual Dating Experiment: aka the summer I tried dating casually for the first time in my 30's. Grab your confetti and let's do this.
After another failed love story and on the rebound, I took a journalist lens on my dating life and spent 3 months breaking every romantic pattern I believed in (aka leading with deep, emotional connection) - just to find out what would happen. I'm sharing all my learnings, and why my thesis ("you're not missing anything") was wrong.
We dive into:
Lessons Learned: casual doesn't have to mean shallow, disrespectful, or disconnected. So... What else can it look like? What's the value of it?
The One Night Stand and the F*ck Boy: things that aren't cute in your 30's
Practical tips to make dating less soul-sucking, and more of a fun adventure again
Casual to serious: how to navigate shifting seasons and being in integrity with your needs
Margaret note: this episode has been edited to remove personal details for the encounters shared, stay with us on our couple choppy audio moments ❣️