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"Why am I not married yet?" is a question Leelah asked herself. She'd expected to be married long before she reached her late 40s. Leelah knew what she wanted and needed from a healthy loving relationship, but hadn't found it with any of her ex-boyfriends. One night, not long after a breakup, she showed up at a potluck dinner with a rotisserie chicken. So did Jack. Was that a sign that they had something, in addition to a fondness for poultry, in common? Find out.

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Do you have a long-standing rule that you'll never break? Siobhan's was to only go on first dates in public places. When Carl asked her to his house for dinner for their debut date, the invite came after they'd talked almost nightly for over a month. She'd done her online sleuthing. She felt she knew a lot about him. She said "yes!" On our Season 4 premiere, we find out whether Siobhan was right to break her rule and all that took place after she did.

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Pre-order First Date Stories: Women's Romantic and Ridiculous Midlife Adventures from Bookshop.org, Amazon, or your local bookstore and receive it as soon as it's published on September 14. Learn more about the book here.

Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Weekender," and get the mini Modern Day Dating Dictionary for free.

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After her 24-year marriage ended, Chloe was unsure of her identity and purpose. With her kids now adults, she found the courage to move across the country and start her life anew. In our Season 3 finale, Chloe shares how she reinvented herself in her early 50s. She met David soon after the pandemic began, learned about herself as she got to know him, and ultimately recognized that she's a badass.

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It's said that you need to know yourself before you can know who the right partner is for you. Isabel returns to the podcast to talk about how the unexpected happened when she embraced her vulnerabilities and focused on her own personal growth.

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"Can I trust him?" is a question that most every woman asks herself after starting to date a new man. If the answer is "No," the relationship is doomed to fail. That's why it's important that you look for "trust clues" early on. In this special episode, Jodi's guest, relationship coach Gail Weiner, LMFT, identifies critical trust clues for you to detect in dating profiles, early communications and on first dates so you are better able to answer that question straight away.

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Can you sense true chemistry and connection from texts, calls, and virtual dates? Or does that really only happen in person? Lexi returns to talk about her date with Jerome. After lots of phone conversations, she had already imagined a future with him. And then they met. Was she right? Find out.

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When there's not a pandemic going on, New Year's Eve is all about celebrating with others. Juliana had a New Year's Eve date with a man who talked a good game, but did he follow through? Listen to find out how she handled what happened.

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Blind dates can be a great way to meet men. But when a friend set Ruth up with Mark, she made a lot of assumptions about him that turned out to be wrong.

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Dating has slowed down because of the coronavirus. People are spending weeks or months connecting remotely before saying "hello" face-to-face. Jamie, who's in her late 50s and hadn't dated in years, chose to start again as Covid-19 was spreading. Barb and she chatted regularly for six weeks before making plans to meet. Jamie reveals what it's like to return to dating during the pandemic and the silver lining she discovered.

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Should you give a guy a second chance? That's a question Anne asked herself when she and Mike reconnected five years after their work romance ended. Tune in to find out what happened when she decided to give their long-distance relationship a try again.