98. Halacha Doesn’t Apply in Miami…Apparently

Okay, we're back everybody.

Okay, Jeannie, do you want to tell another story?

I think I told all the really important stories that I've kind of like shaped who I am in this like dating persona

okay do you have any other items that you want to discuss

while I was reflecting I kind of had like a I guess like advice to kind of give of like dating the first thing I would say is like if you don't feel safe I think that's one of like the most important things.

I'm not talking just physically safe.

I'm more on like emotionally safe with someone.

It's going to be really hard to have open communication with that person.

And like I've said earlier on the podcast, like communication really is key when you're dating someone, especially if you're dating long distance, if you're dating someone who maybe is more religious than you or less religious than you.

You know, if you're dating someone who just in general, there's so many different ways forms of dating nowadays especially with like text texting versus phone calls having open communication and open and clear communication is so important and I think if that's something you kind of establish from the get-go it won't be weird if like you know after four dates if you say like hey like you've been talking about xyz can we clarify that it won't be like oh where is this coming from

you know yeah

So I'm very pro communication.

And then the other thing is, I think we put so much pressure on ourselves.

Like, I don't think the guys necessarily have as much pressure as we do.

Like, when I introduce myself, and I say like, Oh, I'm 28.

I say kind of like, Yeah, I'm 28.

And you know, you get like looks and you get like,

oh,

yeah, don't worry.

But then a guy will say like, oh, I'm 28.

And they're like, oh, you're good.

You have time.

And I think there is so much pressure when it comes to age.

and it's so sad how really it's so sad how much pressure we've either put on ourselves or through like society standards or through our community standards to feel like we're not we're not enough because we're just a person who doesn't have a husband and doesn't have kids yet but you could be someone who's amazing like I know who I am and everyone who knows me in my community knows who I am and I love Like, I love being a teacher.

I'm so happy being a teacher.