This week on Landline: The Last Real Conversation, therapist Devon Grant joins me to tackle one of life’s biggest questions:

Should your life partner be your best friend, your soulmate, your emotional support tiger… or just someone who politely pretends your pants never needed bleaching?

We talk:– Shitting your pants and spiraling into relationship dread– Why Nick & Nora and Calvin & Hobbes should not be your marriage counselors– The difference between codependency and community– Islands, metaphors, C.S. Lewis, and gender role whiplash– How one girl ruined Chuck E. Cheese forever

Perfect for:

* People who think they want their partner to be everything

* People who used to think that, and now just want their own bathroom

* Anyone wondering if it's normal to need a full emotional debrief after a bodily function

👂 Listen now, reflect later, email your therapist eventually.

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