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Love Life with Matthew Hussey

(Matt Monday): 4 Crucial Steps to Know If Someone Is Right for You

Love Life with Matthew Hussey

Matthew Hussey

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.82.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

We tell ourselves we have high standards—but is that actually true? Or are we just prioritizing the wrong things? And what if we meet someone who’s perfect on paper, but there’s no spark? Can chemistry slowly grow, or is it something we either feel instantly . . . or never will?

For today’s new episode, I sat down with Kristin Cavallari on her “Let’s Be Honest” podcast to talk about chemistry vs. compatibility, one of the biggest mistakes people make in dating, and what actually matters when you’re looking for a lasting relationship.

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0:00.0

In this video, you're going to learn the four crucial steps to see if someone is right for you.

0:09.7

This is one of the hardest decisions we will ever make in our life, who we spend it with.

0:15.5

Today's dating culture makes it feel insanely difficult to find anyone who's even serious,

0:20.7

let alone someone that we have the right level of chemistry and compatibility with,

0:25.6

that we think it can actually last.

0:27.6

And what about when we meet a nice person who we think is great on paper,

0:31.6

but we have no chemistry with them?

0:33.6

Can chemistry actually grow?

0:36.6

And are we having high standards for the wrong things?

0:42.3

What are the qualities you should look for in a partner? These are all things that I discuss in

0:47.6

today's video with Kristen Cavalieri on the Let's Be Honest podcast.

0:54.9

Check it out.

0:56.7

I think you're really going to enjoy this.

1:20.6

And let me know what you think is wrong with it?

1:22.2

And why are people having such a hard time finding a successful relationship?

1:32.2

I think part of it is that we are, our nervous systems are kind of programmed for dopamine. And I think it makes it really hard to sit with anything

1:39.3

for very long. We're so used to novelty now. Like I, in writing this new book, to sit there in front of a laptop and just write for two or three hours at a time was at times, in the beginning of the process was excruciatingly difficult.

2:00.0

Yeah. And I, and it really was like a wake up call for me

2:04.4

about how much my attention span has been hurt by, you know, the way that we live our lives today.

2:11.9

Right. And dating is a part of that. You know, the dating apps are this dopamine machine and it feels good

2:21.4

to swipe and it feels good to get matches and it feels good to get messages and it feels good to get

2:26.3

another one from a new person. And it's that that's a very addictive cycle for people. So I think

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