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(Video podcast available on Spotify & YouTube) Join Madeline and her hilarious friend Daniel on this week’s episode of Pretty Lonesome as they chat first impressions, embarrassing dating stories, and meeting over TikTok. Madeline and Daniel bond over having their fair share of bad dates. Madeline reveals how she has unintentionally been unimpressive on first dates, dozing off during booty calls and falling victim to her clammy hands. Madeline also admits to having fruit flies throughout her flat as a result of leaving mounds of garbage bags in the landing. She keeps telling herself that she will take the bags to the bins, although she has not yet gotten around to it. She even tried to enlist the service of “Rubbish Taxi” to help her, but even they refused as it was far too much for them to handle. Daniel pokes fun at her for needing to pay for trash cleanup when she could have just taken the trash out herself for free. Woven in throughout these funny stories and laughs is the story of two friends trying to figure out how to navigate adulthood, dating, and friendship, which is something everyone can stand to learn a bit about. Follow and connect with all things @PrettyLonesome across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Would you ever consider going to therapy with a friend? In this episode from NPR Invisibilia, two best friends — who are so close they call themselves brothers — were drifting apart, so host Yowei Shaw asked psychotherapist Esther Perel to help. This episode was recorded in collaboration with Perel's podcast, Where Should We Begin?

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