Single Dads Dating Dilemmas

Tev brings the receipts. A second survey, this time 229 divorced dads answering 28 questions about what actually broke their marriage, not about dating but about what happened before. Because if you don't know what you're carrying, you'll take it straight into the next relationship.

Mike and Teva get into who actually pulls the pin and a real conversation about why so few men end it themselves, what it's like to be the one still trying while the other person has already quietly checked out, why counselling works but only when both people are actually in the room, and the infidelity number that stops the show. 

Plus Unhinged, as always, we have a bad date to share.

Also: the Desperate and Dateless Ball is coming back. Register your interest, dress nicely, and leave the work boots at home.

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This week the topic is green flags, because apparently everyone is so busy scanning for what's wrong that they've completely stopped noticing what's right. Teva breaks down exactly what a woman who is interested actually does, from how she texts back to whether she's leaning in across the table. Mike demonstrates the world's least attractive man spread, and they make a compelling case for inviting body language expert Alan Pease onto a future episode.

They get into eye contact, arm touching, phone etiquette, what it means when she keeps finding reasons to stay, and the one thing almost nobody talks about: whether she actually has her own life or is quietly looking for you to complete hers.

Plus Unhinged: a blind date in Buffalo, a catfish, a woman described as a rampaging herd of brumbies trying to eat everything before the locusts arrived.

Mike and Tev go somewhere they haven't gone before. The episode that everyone knew was coming and nobody was quite ready for. The one where they talk about sex after separation.

Email us your bad date stories: [email protected]

This week Mike and Tev go deeper than they've gone before. Not the apps, not the first date, not the opening line. The real reason dating is failing post-divorce - and why fixing the surface stuff isn't going to solve it.

They get into the unprocessed weight most dads are carrying without even knowing it. The grief, the identity shift, the guilt about the kids, the legal battles, the bitterness that leaks out when you think you've got it together. Why bleeding all over someone on a date is more common than anyone admits, and what to actually do about it. Plus why a world built for instant results is fundamentally incompatible with building something real, and what women are genuinely looking for in 2026 - straight from one who knows.

Unhinged this week is quieter than usual. A beautiful first date, a cancelled second, a book called 100 First Dates, and a man who bought a copy only to find he wasn't in it.

Homework: Do the workbook! Download it here - HERE

Mike and Tev rehearse some terrible pickup lines. Tev suggests some improvements and ACTUAL ways to talk to women in the wild.

This week Mike and Tev get into one of the big questions - how many women is it actually okay to be talking to at the same time? They dig into where the line is between playing the numbers game and just being a decent human being, why being upfront about what you want from the start saves everyone a world of pain, and why AI doing your dating for you is both tempting and deeply concerning.

No guests, no filter, just Mike and Tev working through the questions coming in from the DMs.

No guest this week, just Mike and Tev in the studio, and honestly that might be more dangerous.

This episode is pure Q&A. Mike answers the hard questions and Teva tells him he's wrong. They get into whether the half your age plus seven rule actually means anything, what to do when she ghosts you after a great date, whether kids belong in your dating profile, and the question everyone is too scared to ask out loud: Should you even be dating if you're still not over your ex?

There's also an anonymous tip from a dad who figured it out, a strong stance on love bombing, and a firm reminder that if you're going to lie about your height, she is going to find out the second you walk through the door. Closing out the episode, the thousand kilometre trip. A bloke cuts a solo trip short, drives home early, and pulls up to find someone who looked nothing like her photos. His words, not ours.

Homework: Do the workbook! Download it HERE!

Email us your bad date stories: [email protected]

Episode 2 brings in the show's first ever guest, a real single dad named Lockie, captured and recruited from a late night at the pub (or the gym - stories differ!)

Mike and Tev get into single dads dogs, the merits and dangers of the Tinder walk, and why using ChatGPT to write your opening line to a woman is a hard no.

Then Lockie joins for a proper Q&A. He gets into navigating the apps after 17 years in a marriage, the dopamine chase, why he doesn't regret jumping back into dating early, and what he wishes women understood about dating a single dad. There's also a strong take on rejection that might just become a recurring quote on the show.

Plus, this week's bad date story: a coffee date, a drive-by recon, a woman who hadn't updated her profile photo since 1989, and a man who burned his mouth on purpose just to get out of there faster.

And homework. Even though apparently nobody did last week's.

Consider this your orientation. In the first short episode of Single Dads Dating Dilemmas, Mike and Tev introduce themselves - two people with, by their own admission, questionable dating credentials - and make the case that's exactly why single dads should listen.

They dig into the findings from a survey of 541 single dads.

From there, the conversation gets into the games, the mixed signals, the impossible checklists, and why showing up as the freshest version of your post-divorce self probably isn't the flex you think it is.

And closing out the episode, a bad date story from one of Teva's followers. 

Homework this episode: What does your ideal life look like in three years, and what kind of relationship fits into it? [email protected]

Single Dads Dating Report - READ HERE