Welcome to Dating A Broad, a remote dating podcast! In episode one, we discuss the pros and cons of being single in quarantine, why quarantine dating isn’t so dissimilar from dating as a digital nomad and why being in a relationship doesn’t necessarily make you happy. Plus, our latest virtual dating updates and crazy stories from our eight years of dating on the road!

Music by Ly Trang. Find her work at lytrang.bandcamp.com.

We mentioned a few bits of research in this episode:

Here, you can read about how single people tend to focus on their other relationships – friends, family and community – more than married people. https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/living-single/201810/are-single-people-happy-because-they-are-free

This one talks about how unmarried people with active social lives are happier than the average married person. https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/one_key_to_being_happy_when_youre_single

This article talks about ‘matrimania’ - https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/9kpz98/why-new-research-says-its-ok-to-stay-single-and-die-alone

Finally, it’s the stigma surrounding being single, rather than how you actually feel about being single, that leads some single women to feel less happy.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/may/25/women-happier-without-children-or-a-spouse-happiness-expert

Did you know Emma Watson identifies as nomad? No, us neither until we read this! It’s our reading recommendation this week. https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/emma-watson-on-fame-activism-little-women

Have a wild dating story? Send us an email to [email protected]. Or you can fill in one of our surveys. For nomads: https://ellyjearls.typeform.com/to/hbwwcJ. For non-nomads: https://ellyjearls.typeform.com/to/jyYkRU.

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