Block the Motherfucker
from Flirtin After Forty Hosted by Tracy Lopez
In this episode, I’m talking about the aftermath of my very questionable “can we be friends with benefits?” experiment with J-Man — and yes, you were all right. Bad idea. I know. I knew it too, but apparently I needed to gather my own evidence like a little emotional scientist. After one “indiscretion,” the door reopened to texting, feelings, sad conversations, and the very strange experience of being broken up but suddenly having a key to his house so I can watch his dog. So, you know, totally normal and not complicated at all. I’m also talking about hope — specifically the kind of big romantic hope that makes some of us still believe in deep, real love, even after roadblocks, heartbreak, and a few “learning opportunities,” as corporate America would say. Then I get into Burn the Haystack, a dating book and approach that is making me rethink how I look at dating apps, profiles, boundaries, and all the tiny red flags we have been trained to explain away. The big takeaway? We do not owe strange men explanations, debates, apologies, or second chances when they show us who they are. Sometimes the answer is just: block the motherfucker. And, because dating apps remain committed to being a public health concern, I share a few profile gems — including “dating me is like eating gummy worms with no teeth on a bareback camel ride,” a grown man looking for a “good girl,” and a 51-year-old man seeking women 18 to 45 with “no career women need apply.” So yes, the haystack is on fire. Bring snacks.
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