183. Why you need to fire your coupled friends from giving you dating advice

The Date Brazen Podcast

Feb 13 2024 • 16 mins

This week, Lily serves up some real talk about why it might be time to bid farewell to dating advice from your coupled friends. You’ll hear why it's crucial to take the reins of your dating life and stop relying on well-meaning but misaligned advice from friends in relationships.

In this episode, Lily encourages you to set boundaries with friends who may unintentionally trivialize or patronize your dating experiences. She emphasizes cultivating supportive communities of single friends who genuinely understand and uplift your dating struggles.

The goal of this episode is to leave you feeling empowered to take control of your dating journey and assemble a crew of friends who've got your back.

Hot-takes and topics:

  • Your coupled friends don’t know your love story. Hot-take: They don’t know more than you because they are in a relationship and you’re not.

  • If dating advice friends give makes you feel small, or your dating experience is entertainment for them, it is time to fire your coupled friends from giving you dating advice.

  • Surround yourself with people who get your dating struggle and who are moving forward with you.

Links:

Pre-order Lily’s upcoming book, Thank You, More Please!

Creating a Confident and Joyful-as-fuck Dating Life That Makes the Right Relationship Inevitable

Danielle Bayard Jackson, Friend Forward Podcast

Show notes:
http://datebrazen.com/blog/fire-coupled-friends-from-giving-dating-advice

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