EP37 Does Dating Require Playing a Little Game?

I redownloaded Hinge. And immediately started spiraling. Here's my dilemma: I want to attract someone who will love my weird, goofy, unfiltered self. But also, they have to be attracted to me first. And the weird goofy version of me doesn't always translate in three photos and a bio before someone even knows me. So this episode is about that tension. The one between wanting to be completely yourself from the jump and also wanting someone to swipe right. Between showing up authentically and showing up attractively. Between being real and being strategic. We're getting into whether dating naturally requires a little bit of performance, what "just be yourself" actually means when someone has no context for who you are yet, the difference between being fake and just putting your best foot forward. Follow, like, comment, and subscribe :) Instagram: @casuallyspiralingpodcast & @julbishop Youtube: CasuallySpiralingPodcast Tik Tok: @casuallyspiralingpodcast & @julbishop12 Share your stories or questions to @spiralingpodcast@gmail.com Editing by Julie Bishop Cover Artwork by Angelina Richeson