Best Before Date - modern dating exploration

This week on Best Before Date, first returning guest - Cecile!! Lots of new and awesome things since we last spoke (new relationship among the more exciting updates!) . Wouldn't be a Cecile episode without some juicy drama!

Check out the things we discussed timestamped below!

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IN THIS EPISODE:

- Lots changed (0:48)

- Clear intentions (3:11)

- From FWB to dating (5:06)

- Body count (6:46)

- Open book (8:02)

- Being bad influence (9:21)

- "I love you" (12:27)

- Single days (15:08)

- Quick questions (18:23)

- How to find love (20:22)

- Bad dates (23:12)

- Tattoos (27:50)

- Second dates (30:31)

- Good sex (32:10)

- Push the guy to be dominant (35:42)

- Date same guy as a friend (37:17)

- Crazy ex (40:52)

- Letting people know about bf (42:39)

- AL shares relationship advice (45:36)

- Insecure about her past (48:59)

- Go out with friends' ex (52:58)

- Enjoying Taiwan (53:40)

- Travelling during pandemic (56:24)

- Not extraverted (57:57)

- Addicted to apps (59:26)

- Apps are convenient (1:02:44)

- Gonna get off apps (1:04:53)

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This week on Best Before Date, Kapri drops in with some relationship tips like making a list of "must-haves" to better understand what you must have in a relationship duuh. We discuss porn preferences with some channel suggestions, and go over the "must have" list. She's the first out of the guest in a happy relationship, let's wish her luck!

Check out the things we discussed timestamped below!

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IN THIS EPISODE:

- Going back to US (1:16)

- Name (2:14)

- Quick questions (8:30)

- Therapy (10:17)

- Meeting boyfriend (11:40)

- Real relationship (24:22)

- Right person (26:25)

- Height (27:10)

- Teeth and nails (29:36)

- Thicc hands (31:13)

- Reasons for the list (32:16)

- An actual list (34:29)

- Cheap/posh guys (36:52)

- Only children (38:03)

- People person (40:00)

- Sexually compatible (41:24)

- Ambition and dreamers (43:23)

- Languages (45:32)

- Toxic boys and cheating (46:40)

- Use list as guidance (49:00)

- Lying (50:57)

- AL's list (52:14)

- Gym (53:57)

- Drinking (55:16)

- Communication (56:24)

- Body image (57:51)

- Is this fame? (1:05:05)

- Getting roasted (1:07:58)

- Citizenships (1:10:14)

- Cute vs Hot (1:16:08)

- Horny swiping and porn (1:17:53)

- Dating a pornstar (1:23:59)

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Oh... is this another guy?! First (mostly) straight one too!!!

This week on Best Before Date, history happens once again! Another straight guy joins AL in discussing living in Asia, types of dating, sexual preferences, and red flags to ignore in dating! Johnson also shares his views on yellow/white fever, boobs vs butt, and getting blackmailed into having sex! Listen to the end for some dumb masturbating stories. 

Check out the things we discussed timestamped below!

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IN THIS EPISODE:

- Living in Asia (0:45)

- Paying for sex (3:10)

- Yes man (5:09)

- Dating (6:49)

- Types of dating (7:39)

- Dating for fun (8:46)

- Late bloomer (10:40)

- Dating for support (14:37)

- Red flags (16:16)

- Ignoring red flags (19:52)

- Airline of choice (21:23)

- Dating for support looks (23:42)

- Meeting the dad of a hookup (25:01)

- Strong backs (28:48)

- Mustaches (30:12)

- Diversified portfolio (32:00)

- Boobs, butts or feet (34:13)

- Fitness girls (35:53)

- Body type (38:14)

- Straight men are terrible (41:06)

- Skinny or chubby (42:12)

- Being active (43:55)

- White in Asia (45:52)

- Dating your friend's ex (46:36)

- Blackmailed into sex (49:36)

- Thought I'd stop masturbating (52:42)

- Quick Questions (55:56)

- Fingers or toys (57:15)

- Duuuuuude!! (59:29)

- Bad masturbation experience (1:00:37)

- Finding dates (1:04:07)

- Advice for women and men (1:06:11)

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This week on Best Before Date, Yisi talks about leaving the boring vanilla life behind and joining the awesome and fun dark side of BDSM. Yisi is an avid practitioner of Shibari (an ancient form of rope bondage that originated in Japan) and dabbles in all sorts of BDSM play. We discuss sub-frenzy, picking the right playmates, gangbangs, and how to just deep your toes if you're curious! Moreover, Yisi participates in sugar dating and is quite freely sharing about her experience! Enjoy :)

Check out the things we discussed timestamped below!

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IN THIS EPISODE:

- Shibari (1:10)

- Gangbangs are boring (3:08)

- Being out of control (3:52)

- Dating wrong people (5:36)

- Play partners (7:24)

- Spanking session (8:33)

- Masturbating (10:53)

- Orgy with a mistress (11:42)

- Being a sub is easy (13:33)

- Slapping (14:57)

- Choking (15:41)

- Rape play (17:51)

- Needle play (18:57)

- Floor play (19:58)

- Sub frenzy (23:40)

- Aftercare (24:53)

- Quick questions (25:52)

- Sugar dating (27:34)

- Tinder got me into it! (29:18)

- Types of sugar daddies (30:30)

- Negotiating (33:18)

- Sex with married men (36:10)

- Older men (37:55)

- Still like vanilla (39:34)

- Can go without sex (41:41)

- Fetlife and apps (42:37)

- Reality vs Media (45:52)

- BDSM variety (46:24)

- Playmate preferences (48:57)

- Meeting subs (50:03)

- GL&HF (51:48)

- Straight? (53:02)

- Guy subs (53:53)

- Gangbangs (55:03)

- Body type doesn't matter (57:20)

- Shy (58:50)

- BDSM can be dangerous (1:00:14)

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This week on Best Before Date, Cara tells about the time she fell for a hot French guy, being a seasoned catfish for fun, and her interesting porn preferences. Cara also has her own podcast available at the link below! 

Check out the things we discussed timestamped below!

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IN THIS EPISODE:

- Matched a year ago (0:44)

- Hypothetical baby name (2:56)

- Fortune tellers and pregnancy scares (3:46)

- DM out of the blue (6:26)

- Acting (8:30)

- Going through a break up (9:24)

- Quick questions (13:05)

- Everyone just wants sex (15:29)

- A french guy (16:58)

- People fall for me (20:15)

- Weird dates (21:14)

- Learning through dating (22:27)

- Beware of catfish (25:17) 

- Self-esteem (29:56)

- Prank calling people of Toronto (32:53) ***SORRY***

- Dating after break up (36:11)

- Reasons to change (38:35)

- Reflecting on the relationship (40:51)

- First time (42:22)

- Faking an orgasm (44:27)

- Masturbating and first kisses (46:20)

- Guys are sneaky (47:54)

- Dates and hookups (49:40)

- The best and the worst (51:32)

- 100 dicks in UK (54:48)

- Porn (56:04)

- 2 guys 1 girl (59:08)

- White lies (1:00:10)

- Don't enjoy sex (1:03:12)

- Podcast plug (1:04:34)

- Condom ritual (1:06:02)

- Ghosts and blessings (1:07:44)

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This week on Best Before Date, Tony joins the roster of guests and digs deep by talking about reflection, gratefulness and self-esteem. He also shares his perspective on hookups, dating, and comedy. Check out this week's train wreck in an all new episode! 

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IN THIS EPISODE:

- What do you know about me? (1:37)

- Gay is an identity (2:11)

- Always thought I was funny (3:17)

- Language insecurity (5:15)

- Perfect spy (7:13)

- Lonely (8:36)

- Coming out (9:21)

- Strict parents (11:11)

- Brothers (13:29)

- Hookups for gay people (15:20)

- Relationships (17:27)

- Hookups are a drug (20:04)

- Cutting out hookups? (21:49)

- Hot tips for before dates (24:57)

- Gay guys give good handjobs (26:08)

- Reasons not to have sex (27:05)

- Loving yourself (28:28)

- Waking up happy (31:00)

- INSTAGRAM GIVEAWAY (35:19)

- Not in it for the money (36:24)

- First sexual experience (38:19)

- Biggest fear when coming out (41:03)

- Identity crisis (42:50)

- Tinder got me into comedy (47:25)

- AL gets emotional (53:08)

- Quick questions (54:14)

- Approached by women (55:52)

- Sex with men (57:55)

- I'm a slut (1:01:22)

- Self-reflection (1:03:03)

- Comedy rat-race (1:04:11)

- Same partners with brother (1:10:50)

- Most relationships start with FWB (1:12:26)

- How do you know you're friend-zoned (1:13:28)

- Scared of yourself (1:14:47)

- Accepting compliments (1:16:10)

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This week on Best Before Date, Hailan and AL start off by sharing a few short stories in Russian. Then Hailan dives into her exploration of the hookup culture, talks best lays, and reasons to stop hooking up. Al opens up about how he ended up in Taiwan. 

Check out the things we discussed timestamped below!

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IN THIS EPISODE:

- Start in Russian (1:01)

- Uncomfortable discussing sex in Russian (1:28)

- Taiwanese guys treat foreign girls differently (2:39)

- Approached on the street (8:22)

- Downloaded Tinder (11:25)

- Every guy on Tinder looks like a BTS member (15:09)- 

- Latinos are sexy (15:56)

- South Americans are similar to Russians (18:46)

- Gonna break up soon (19:51)

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- BACK TO ENGLANDSKI (21:56)

- Leaving Taiwan (22:13)

- How AL ends up in Taiwan (23:15)

- Sapiosexual - only one guy off Tinder (26:55)

- AL gets defensive about Avengers (30:37)

- Meeting people at clubs (35:49)

- Trying hookups (38:39)

- First hookup experiment (41:31)

- Never enjoyed it (46:56)

- Female orgasm and hookups (47:30)

- FwB dynamics (51:03)

- Why not date? (53:25)

- Hailan does hookups (56:56)

- The right way to sex (57:24)

- Why stop hookups (1:02:03)

- Quick questions (1:05:36)

- Kinks? (1:07:14)

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This week on Best Before Date, Karina is here to discuss hooking up with exes, dating women, taking a break, and dealing with the ones that got away. This one is mostly me making jokes and Karina staring at me with disapproval. 

Check out the things we discussed timestamped below!

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IN THIS EPISODE:

- Being cocky (2:11)

- Quick questions (3:04)

- Leaving Taiwan? (4:01)

- Gave up on Tinder (5:17)

- Tinder in different countries (7:05)

- Lockdown (9:21)

- Hot people know hot people (10:55)

- I didn't say THAAAT big (12:18)

- Hooking up with exes (14:00)

- Learning from dating (16:23)

- Meeting people organically (17:31)

- The right person (19:32)

- Blowing guys off (21:13)

- Direct or indirect approach (22:53)

- His place or hers (23:28)

- AL being ESL for a few minutes (24:50)

- Approached by men vs approached by women (26:15)

- Pause from dating (28:35)

- Dates with local guys (29:26)

- Saying "Mmmmm" (31:37)

- Favorite dates (32.55)

- Dates with girls (34:25)

- The one that got away (37:44)

- Getting back with an ex (41:10)

- Dating friends? (42:22)

- Hot-crazy scale (46:14)

- Looking for... (48:04)

- Getting someone (51:09)

- Labels (52:35)

- Bad dates (53:42)

- Knowing what you want (58:34)

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Wait... is this a man?! DAMN RIGHT!

This week on Best Before Date, history happens! First ever man to join AL in discussing dating, fucking, and everything in between! Rick is one of the most quick-witted, funny, and promiscuous people AL had the pleasure of meeting. From finding out about his sexuality, to being a sex party revolutionary, this is a must-listen episode! (also a must-share) As a bonus scroll down for the timestamps of all the times Rick roasts AL.

Check out the things we discussed timestamped below!

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IN THIS EPISODE:

- Taiwan compared to US (21:03)

- Most people are surprised by it (22:46)

- Quick questions (23:51)

- Finding hookups (25:25)

- Why AL dates (27:58)

- When AL got on Tinder (31:09)

- Chatting up girls on the street (33:44)

- Still have sex with women (36:50)

- Only reason to leave Taiwan (37:57)

- Seducing in a foreign language (39:19)

- Going through Taiwan's bears (40:58)

- Gay as an identity (41:54)

- Out of the loop in the gay scene (44:48)

- Bi girls are great (46:04)

- Why date? (47:06)

- Monogamy's not for me (48:48)

- Can't brag about the dudes you fucked (51:25)

- Anal (52:57)

- Uncomfortable with "LOVE" (56:28)

- It's trendy to be gay (59:31)

- People keep falling in love with me (1:00:25)

- How often do you sex it up? (1:02:02)

- The Truth (1:03:30)

- Dating podcast (1:06:00)

- Straight dudes are hotter (1:07:38)

- Therapy and commitment (1:10:16)

- Don't have a plan B (1:13:17)

- Horse market WTF (1:15:35)

- Have to be desired (1:17:14)

**********BONUS**********

- ROAST 1: Rick roasts my dick (20:32) *It's a short segment*

- ROAST 2: Rick roasts my body hair  (32:52)

- ROAST 3: Rick roasts my looks (38:42)

- ROAST 4: Rick roasts my facial hair (53:41)

- ROAST 5: Rick calls me a Twinkie Ken Doll (58:27)

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This week on Best Before Date, Jamie was a risky bet. She's only had one blurry photo on her profile. Instead of getting catfished, it turned out to be an amazing time! Jamie talks about her love of toxic people, distrust of cats, and what she thinks professional BDSM people do. Listen in on our trainwreck of a chat! 

Check out the things we discussed timestamped below!

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IN THIS EPISODE:

- First girl off Tinder (0:59)

- Risky business (1:43)

- Guys secretly love drama (2:55)

- Red Alert (4:36)

- AL be horny (7:09)

- Girls are smart (7:36)

- Sending dicks back (8:29)

- Thai girls in Taiwan (9:11)

- Trans people on apps (10:26)

- Ass has no gender (10:49)

- Everyone's a little gay (12:08)

- Getting close with a girl (14:12)

- How to get a girl (15:15)

- Looking for girly girls (17:57)

- Quick Questions! (18:21)

- Sex questionnaire before dating (19:48)

- The hottest fantasy (23:05) <----------MUST LISTEN TO THIS ONE

- Sex toys (24:15)

- Dating apps are like fulltime jobs (26:26)

- First impression of AL (27:42)

- AL's side hustle (29:36) <----------DM for pricing

- Reporting ugly people (31:28)

- Bumble is dope (32:16) <---------- (Please sponsor me, Bumble)

- AL thought he's getting catfished (32:45)

- I just love the "fucking" part (34:08)

- Definitely not anal (35:19)

- Dirty talk (38:01)

- You have to pee on people(39:32) 

- Adventurous sex (41:53)

- Relationships (47:24)

- Tattoos (49:05)

- If you're not sucking it someone else is (53:33)

- Red flags (57:01)

- Toxic people are fun (58:42)

- Hobbies (1:02:53)

- Men love to explain things (1:05:03)

- Cats are shady (1:06:47) 

- Cheaters (1:08:00)

- Dating Men with kids (1:09:57)

- Guys going down (1:10:56)

- Bad head? (1:14:13)

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