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Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to this edition of Amy and TJ. And

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Speaker 1: you know, this is language that I'm not necessarily familiar with,

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Speaker 1: but I feel like we learn something new every day

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Speaker 1: from our daughters and maybe even wait, what is the

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Speaker 1: generation that Sabine is?

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 1: My god, is it jen A? Now it hasn't like

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Speaker 1: gone back to the beginning of the alphabet.

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Speaker 2: Damn all these young folks.

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Speaker 1: Yes, us gen xers are not familiar with so many

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Speaker 1: of the new terminologies out there for the dating world

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Speaker 1: that so many people find themselves in. But this has

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Speaker 1: been fun. Like I guess this all comes from TikTok

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Speaker 1: and Instagram, all sorts of new dating trends and dating

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Speaker 1: red flags that folks should be looking out for. So

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Speaker 1: if you're in the market or on the market so

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Speaker 1: to speak, for a relationship, we have a list of

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Speaker 1: new dating trends that you need to be aware of.

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Speaker 1: And I'm actually gonna see you haven't seen any of

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Speaker 1: these so far, so I'm curious I have. Let me see. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I have ten trends dating trends slash red flags. These

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Speaker 1: are terms that are now being used in the dating world.

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Speaker 1: I want to see how much of them you're up

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Speaker 1: on and I'd love to hear your best guess on

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Speaker 1: what you think they are, and then we can discuss

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Speaker 1: what they are and why they've become such a trend.

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Speaker 2: And is Jen alpha? By the way?

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Speaker 1: Okay, so I had the a thing, but it was Alpha? Okay,

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Speaker 1: Jen Alpha, Jen Alpha? Are they not dating yet? Are

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Speaker 1: they they're too young to date?

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Speaker 2: No?

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Speaker 1: Well give it like two years, babe, and she's going

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Speaker 1: to start dating. She's going to start knowing all of

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Speaker 1: these terms.

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Speaker 2: It's ridiculous.

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Speaker 1: She's twelve, yeah, going on thirty twelve. Okay, all right,

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Speaker 1: So the first new dating trend and I do think

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Speaker 1: you might know this one because you and I talked

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Speaker 1: about this. But the first one I want to discuss

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Speaker 1: is shreking. What do you think shreking is?

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Speaker 2: I remember the Shreking. Yes, it had to do with

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Speaker 2: the character Shrek. It had to do When I first

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Speaker 2: heard it, it sounded fun like shreking because it was.

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Speaker 1: A cartoon character Princess Fiona.

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Speaker 2: And but this is very negative. It has to do

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Speaker 2: with dating somebody you think is less attractive in hopes

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Speaker 2: that they'll treat you better.

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Speaker 1: Correct. Okay, you just nailed it. Ding Ding Ding, ing ding.

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Speaker 1: But here's the funny thing. So shreking is and look,

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Speaker 1: I think we've all heard this. In fact, I heard

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Speaker 1: my daughter's talking about this, saying so and so is

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Speaker 1: dating beneath her because she likes the attention she gets.

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Speaker 1: So they have friends who are deliberately dating guys who

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Speaker 1: they don't think are as attractive as they are because

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Speaker 1: they want to be treated better. Okay, so they get

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Speaker 1: the princess treatment.

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Speaker 2: Dear lady. Is this not an old thing that we're

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Speaker 2: just attaching a name? Yes, okay, we're just calling it.

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Speaker 1: You know what it is. I think here's the difference

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Speaker 1: between this generation and maybe ours. These kids admit to

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Speaker 1: it like they're like, yeah, I'm shreking, Like I don't

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Speaker 1: think anyone would admit to it. No, I love him.

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Speaker 1: He's got a great personality and yeah, I mean he

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Speaker 1: takes care of me. This is actually acknowledging what's going

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Speaker 1: on that and I and I don't know that it.

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Speaker 1: I was just assuming it was women doing it with men.

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Speaker 1: I can't imagine men would do it, you know what.

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Speaker 1: This is something that singularly I think women do. Can

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Speaker 1: you imagine a man would this be true? Dating Okay,

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Speaker 1: dating a woman who he thinks is less attractive than

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Speaker 1: him because he likes how she takes care of him.

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Speaker 1: Oh okay, that is a thing, isn't it. No, I

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Speaker 1: don't know you were laughing, so I just didn't know.

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Speaker 2: Imagio, that's why you were laughing amongst some of my friends. Okay,

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Speaker 2: but no, I'm trying to think of a single case instance.

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Speaker 1: I feel like it's the opposite with men, but maybe

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Speaker 1: I'm wrong. Oh that's funny. So yeah, you're getting shrecked. Okay, wait,

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Speaker 1: so actually it's funny you should say that, because that's

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Speaker 1: not exactly what getting shrecked is. So shreking is dating

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Speaker 1: someone you're not physically attracted to in the hopes they'll

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Speaker 1: treat you better. But getting shrecked means you dated an

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Speaker 1: ogre and did not get treated like a princess. So

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Speaker 1: you just got shrecked, that's what. That's what.

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Speaker 2: So you got the tides got turned on. You essentially

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Speaker 2: tried to do it and it failed.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I got shrecked. So even the guy who I

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Speaker 2: Okay, Damn, they're related, but different okay, correct treking Okay, yep,

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Speaker 2: shreking right again. I make sure we're on the same page.

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Speaker 2: This is an awful thing to do to somebody.

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Speaker 1: It's terrible. It's manipulative, and you're doing it so that

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Speaker 1: your ego gets filled. That's not love. That's manipulation. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think so, so yes, And that is not love, folks,

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Speaker 1: That is manipulation. That is me trying to make sure

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Speaker 1: that I feel safe at all costs, even at the

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Speaker 1: cost of my partner.

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Speaker 2: The part this sucks is then somebody thinking that's funny,

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Speaker 2: like you're bragging about it allmost that part is that's

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Speaker 2: that's tough.

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Speaker 1: All right. So so the second dating trend is called

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Speaker 1: bank seeing.

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Speaker 2: I saw that kind of doing. Okay, what bank see is.

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Speaker 1: The artist, correct, the street artist who's known for mysterious art.

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Speaker 1: It pops up and then it goes away.

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Speaker 2: The dating a dating trend. Okay, So can we go

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Speaker 2: with that? Is it possible? This is my guess. Is

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Speaker 2: it a trend of doing just that, of being there

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Speaker 2: one minute and then.

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Speaker 1: Poof, yes, disappearance, Yes, you nailed it. In the context

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Speaker 1: of dating, bank seeing refers to a calculated and planned

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Speaker 1: breakup the person who dumps distances themselves in their partner

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Speaker 1: for some time, and that abruptly announces a breakup. So

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Speaker 1: you got bank seed.

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Speaker 2: Okay, that is very much a a narcissistic that's an

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Speaker 2: ego driving thing to where you don't want to be

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Speaker 2: held responsible for not wanting to be in the relationship,

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Speaker 2: so you distance yourself. You're essentially creating an excuse.

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Speaker 1: Correct, So you're distancing yourself. You're probably driving the other

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Speaker 1: person crazy trying to figure out what's going on. So

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Speaker 1: you're creating a mystery the other person. Yeah, the other

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Speaker 1: person has no idea what's going on, but they definitely

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Speaker 1: feel the distance and they're starting to freak out and

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Speaker 1: panic and spiral. This is so mean and then just

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Speaker 1: abruptly and ounce of breakup like it was something that

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Speaker 1: everyone was expecting, when actually no one was expecting it.

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Speaker 1: This coming right, So yeah, bank sing that's the thing,

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Speaker 1: and uh yeah right, I mean it's an appropriate name

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Speaker 1: for uh what happens? Okay, Uh, the next the next

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Speaker 1: dating trend is actually a red flag. Gen z Ors

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Speaker 1: call this a red flag in relationships. It's called yap trapping.

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Speaker 1: What do you think that is?

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Speaker 2: This isn't a dating train as a flag.

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Speaker 1: It's a trend that people have seen while they're dating,

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Speaker 1: and they're saying it's a red flag.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, trapping, gapping, yapping has to do with talking and

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Speaker 2: running your mouth too much. You trap, we'll kind of

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Speaker 2: trap you trapped, but you.

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Speaker 1: Yep, I don't know what is Yeah, I mean you

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Speaker 1: kind of nailed it. Yeap trapping when someone dominates a conversation,

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Speaker 1: not letting the other person share their thoughts or feelings.

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Speaker 1: Gen Z's call this a red flag and relationship. So

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Speaker 1: I'm dating a yap trapper.

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Speaker 2: Someone who doesn't even allow you. It's not just a

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Speaker 2: person that talks too much, it's like you really don't

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Speaker 1: That's also to me a narcissistic quality where you actually

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Speaker 1: don't care at all what the other person thinks or believes.

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Speaker 2: Oh my god, you shouldn't have give me this one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah trapping, thanks so much, your yap trapping, bab gap

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Speaker 1: trapping me. Let's see how that works for you. All right?

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Speaker 1: This next, this is so interesting. I want to know

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Speaker 1: what you think this trend is. The next trend is

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Speaker 1: called a nanoship. What is a nanoship?

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Speaker 2: It's a relationship that requires the absolute minimum amount of

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Speaker 2: effort from the other person. Is that right?

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Speaker 1: You got you got it? You got it pretty well. Okay,

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Speaker 1: So a nanoship means two people in a casual and

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Speaker 1: non committed connection where they enjoy each other's company with

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Speaker 1: zero expectations. Is a nanoship possible?

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Speaker 2: Sweetheart? This is just two people having sex.

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Speaker 1: But you can't even expect the sex. See, there's no expectations.

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Speaker 1: You're just you're just coming together in a casual and

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Speaker 1: non committed connection. That could just be going to a movie.

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Speaker 1: That it's a nanoship. That sounds like a hell landscape.

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Speaker 1: We don't know what's going on. Well, it is a

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Speaker 1: dating trend, so yes, it could be sex, but it

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Speaker 1: doesn't specifically say it's just about sex. Yes, it is

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Speaker 1: the trend described two people being in a casual, non

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Speaker 1: committed connection where they enjoy each other's company with zero expectations. Fine,

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Speaker 1: a nano chefs different. Now, there's no how is that

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Speaker 1: actually possible? Do you think it's possible to actually be

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Speaker 1: in a long term nanoship?

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Speaker 2: Yes, friends with benefits is what they used to call it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but I guess the friendship is even not expected.

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Speaker 1: Like again, this sounds like zero expectations is zero? It's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Okay, they're just putting names and labels on these

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Speaker 1: So here here is the fifth dating trend to see

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Speaker 1: if you know what this means. It's called cushioning.

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Speaker 2: Oh my god, that's gonna mean so much dating somebody?

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Speaker 2: Is this a rebound situation? Have anything to do with rebound?

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Speaker 1: It's closely related, but not exactly.

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Speaker 2: About this guest, A little bit do with maybe dating

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Speaker 2: someone who is going to be a not going to

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Speaker 2: be a long term thing, but maybe a soft landing,

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Speaker 2: if you will, after you went through something difficult with

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Speaker 1: I could see why you would think that. And it's

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Speaker 1: closely related. Okay. So cushioning is a trend that means

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Speaker 1: keeping someone as a backup option, safety net in case

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Speaker 1: side piece. Basically, you're cushioning a relationship. You've got a cushion.

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Speaker 1: You've got another person who's your backup plan if your

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Speaker 2: Damn that's so, who are all cushioning? Which one?

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Speaker 1: Well?

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Speaker 2: You're with, or the one you're got on stand by.

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Speaker 1: No, the one on standby is being cushioned. You're cushioning

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Speaker 1: that person. So it's like you're you're that person's cushion.

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Speaker 1: So just in case things get ugly in the primary relationship,

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Speaker 1: you've got your backup plan. It's got your cushion. So

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Speaker 1: there are women or there are men who might be thinking,

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Speaker 1: am I being cushioned?

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Speaker 2: Do you have a cushion?

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Speaker 1: Hell no, I don't.

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Speaker 2: Am I your cousion.

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Speaker 1: You're my primary and my only, my one and only.

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Speaker 2: Then you wouldn't have said primary. People only say primary.

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Speaker 1: Stop stop trying to make something where they're.

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Speaker 2: Not making anything. I'm listening to what you say. I

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Speaker 2: don't have a primary woman, You know that right, You're

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Speaker 2: not my primary, You're my one. Introduce he this is row?

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Speaker 2: Is this my primary?

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Speaker 1: Is there is there ever a situation when that in

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Speaker 1: which that is acceptable? Only if both parties know yes, acceptable.

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Speaker 1: in the dating trends. This one is called future proofing.

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Speaker 2: Do you do it to somebody? Do you future trend?

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Speaker 2: Isn't that called mature dating?

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Speaker 1: That just sounds like a business partnership.

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Speaker 2: But if you can stay focused on that, if that

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Speaker 2: Is that involved with going overboard if you will, or

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Speaker 1: Ding Ding, You nailed it. Yes, open openly celebrating your

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Speaker 1: Do you know what? Do you know what I think of?

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Speaker 1: What I know? This has nothing to do with social media.

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Speaker 1: This is wee before social media. But I always think

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's like he that was ridiculous, and it

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Speaker 2: Your that's too much down the couch. No, nope, not

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Speaker 1: Please stop with the social media post, babe. Okay, it's

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Speaker 2: Okay? Is this dating someone who matches your particular maybe

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Speaker 1: of these dating trends. But the truth is, as you

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Speaker 1: And I think in that sense it's good because we're

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Speaker 1: a lot of them.

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Speaker 2: And it's just always good to be on the lookout.

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Speaker 2: That's okay. I mean, some of these have funny names

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Speaker 2: and all these things, but they are worth your time.

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Speaker 2: And again, this was kind of fun. We're having a

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Speaker 2: the Wow, this is really important stuff, right, Just about

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Speaker 2: every single one of them has impacted my relationship life

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Speaker 2: in some way, and maybe all of them even with you.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. So it's it's fun to stay up with

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Speaker 1: habits that we all fall into and maybe the ones

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Speaker 1: that we should let go of. And with that, everyone,

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Speaker 1: thank you so much for listening to us. I'm Amy

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Speaker 1: Robach along with TJ. Holmes. Have a great day.