INDULGE ME

In this episode, we talk about micro-cheating, some of the many different ways it is interpreted by couples, as well as how it can be so uncomfortable for people to experience.

Quotes include:

"Pat, if I find a gal I can discuss Classic Fiction with naked, you better make me marry her". ----

"Erotic novels and R&B slow jams aren't exactly the safest places to go with "platonic friends". You'd be playing with fire my friend."

Platonic friendships can be confusing. This week, Pat, Garet, and Leah talk about how Platonic friendships exist today, if it's possible to be successful in having them, or if they're one big lie.

Quotes include:

"Great analogy Pat. Relationships are like addictions. And you know what? This podcast is like AA." ----

"Platonic relationships are less likely to happen for older people. I suspect the reason is because, at that age, your friends are all dying." ----

"Two thirds of people say they would be willing to sleep with their friend of the opposite sex. So next time you're at a bar with your friends, look to your left, and look to your right. They both want you."

In this episode, we look back on the 50 episodes that have been recorded to date, mention some of their favorites, as well as play clips from each. We get pretty introspective - a break the record for the most conversational rabbit holes explored in a single podcast episode. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed recording it.

We've recently come to understand a host of different verbs that have entered the realm of dating. Between "orbiting" and "kittenfishing", we discuss many different odd phrases that have entered the dating lexicon. Quotes include:

"Shoutout to our French audience. We love you guys". ----

"When I go out, I make myself available to women who are on the prowl. I make myself prey, and they are the predator."----

"Pat, if you're not nice to me, I swear to God I'll pour this wine on your skin. It'll soak in, and you'll fail Whole30".----

"We should do an episode while having IVs, as well as catheters. We should Instagram Live the whole thing".

There are loads of interesting research and development in the field of sleep. And because Garet and I know so much about it, we decided to use this episode to explore some of these interesting items. Quotes include:

"'Garet, do you ever wake up in the middle of the night?', 'No, I typically just use catheters'". ----

"Garet, that glass looks like you chewed up a bunch of popcorn and backwashed into the wineglass". ----

"I'm a grown man, I can take care of myself"

Tis the season to talk about all the ridiculous things about Christmas and the holiday season. Quotes include: ----

"'I'm not here to fuck spiders'. They say that all the time in Australia Pat. And guess what. The spiders are really big down there" ---- "My old professor used to buy his children rugs from the Middle East… And do you know what else comes from the Middle East? Jesus Christ." ---- "In Catholicism, you're either fasting, or you're feasting."

Pat and Garet talk about their experiences of living inside of the friend zone, and how both men and women seem to deal with the situation when it happens.

------ "Prom is tough for highschool kids. Their hormones are absolutely boiling, and their looking to explore other people's bodies." -------

 "Pat, I used to live in the friend zone. I used to have a penthouse in the friendzone. No, wait. I used to have a full-on bunker in the friend zone."

In this episode, we talk about examples of toxic masculinity in our society today. Quotes include -----

"It all goes back to daddy issues…" - "That's a tattoo I've been thinking about getting for a while". -----

 "One time, I tried to be a vegan for a couple of weeks, and someone called me a pussy. And that person was you, Garet. I have a voicemail to prove it."

Dealbreakers often times come up when on dates, and people seem to have a list they use when determining who they choose to spend their time with. On this episode, we talk about the pros and cons of these hard-and-fast rules, as well as some of our own dealbreakers.

Quotes include:

"If you're a sloppy kisser – like, I'm picturing Beethoven the dog now – I think I'm out". -----

"I'm lonely right now Pat." – "Is that why I've been hearing so much Barry White coming from your bedroom late late a night?" -----

"I could be a good dad. I've been to Ace Hardware three times this week. If some gal tells me she has four kids while we're on a date, I'm still interested". -----

"I'm out on girls who have pet rabbits."

Our favorite recurring guest Ben Dennis joins us on this smorgasbord episode to discuss career and job searching advice.

Quotes include ---

"Defending your job history with a potential employer is almost translatable to defending your relationship history to a prospective partner. Except, you can't just give your date a list of previous partners and their phone numbers" -----

"Typically you don't let interns work on big projects. When you're just coming out of college, don't plan on doing big stuff. The only time interns were really allowed to work on big stuff was the Boeing MAX, and we all know how that turned out."