S2E9: Benchwarming

Love Letters

The Boston Globe

Love Tips, Breakups, Dating, Relationship Tips, Love, Dating And Relationships, Love Advice, Advice, Dating Tips, Marriage Advice, Breakup Advice, Relationship Advice, The Boston Globe, Boston, Society & Culture, Love Letters, Meredith Goldstein, Dating Advice, Letters, Relationships, Boston Globe

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

If you’re dating, it’s a thing you hear a lot: A good way to meet someone is to take a class or join a social activity. Like playing on a co-ed volleyball team. Taking a sourdough bread-making class. Signing up for pottery. But does it work? In Episode 9, Meredith Goldstein looks at whether activities, classes, and clubs can lead you to love. Plus, something good happens to Erin. Email us at [email protected].

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Meredith.
0:02.0	Listeners of Love Letters know that mental health is something I take very seriously,
0:06.0	which is why I want to tell you about season 3 of the podcast Turning Points,
0:10.0	Navigating Mental Health.
0:11.0	Each episode gets real about the ups and downs of navigating mental health. Each episode gets real about the ups and downs of
0:14.2	navigating mental health and the turning points that can spark lifelong changes.
0:18.3	Host Francis Lease, a clinical therapist, talks with psychologists, doula's, writers and experts about breakdowns, breakthroughs, and everything in between.
0:29.0	Turning Points, a podcast from Point 32 Health in partnership with Boston Globe Media.
0:34.3	Find turning points wherever you get your podcasts.
0:37.1	I'm 71 with a boyfriend.
0:40.1	I'm more like a 39-year- old when it comes to dating.
0:44.0	We met at a ballroom dance almost two years ago.
0:47.2	This is a voice memo we got from a reader of my column
0:50.2	a few months ago.
0:51.3	Before that, I did a ton of online dating.
0:54.0	I kept a diary and wrote notes in the toilet of the restaurant and I'm not kidding about that.
0:59.6	So dating has always been scientific, sort of scientific researching for me.
1:04.0	We know it's like going on a trip to the dentist.
1:07.0	Necessary, but uncomfortable.
1:10.0	Okay, this was interesting.
1:15.0	From the Boston Globe and PRX, this is Love Letters.
1:19.0	I'm Meredith Goldstein. If you're dating, if you're dating, it's a thing you hear a lot.
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