Beauty, the Beast, and Getting Shrekked

Fairytales promised us happily ever after. Modern datinggave us “Shrekking”—the trend where people date down, assuming a lessattractive partner will treat them better, only to end up ghosted, dumped, orwrecked anyway. It’s like trying to outsmart heartbreak with bargain-bin logic,and spoiler alert: it doesn’t work.In this episode, we break down why “Shrekking” isn’t just afunny meme word but a symptom of how burned-out dating culture has become. Fromthe myths we tell ourselves about attraction, to the way we use people asemotional safety nets, we’ll unpack why this trend is less about Shrek and moreabout the swamp we’ve built in modern love.