Ep. 119 – Area of Effect: Dos and Don’ts of Roleplaying as a Couple.

Paris is back in this Patreon Exclusive Video Podcast!  We discuss what it’s like playing as a couple and with other couples in RPG groups, and the problems such situations can cause.

Tables are flipped over dalling in drive-thrus and terrible self-help books, Hygge is found in talking reliquaries and yard work.

Links: https://dndduet.com/dnd-for-two/ (resource for romantic 2-person intro D&D)

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Ep. 118 – Deal-Breakers, Rejection, and Cancel Culture: Can We Still Love Lovecraft?

Kelley and Roger discuss Justice League: The Snyder Cut as well as what to do when your heroes aren’t perfect and great artists turn out to me monsters.  Can dealbreakers evolve over time?

Tables get flipped over litter and imaginary addictions, and we find hygge in tornado warnings and cheap pizza.

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Ep. 117 – AI Matchmaking: Is The Tailored Algorithm Better?

We’ve joined the Geek to Geek Media Network, and invited Geektitude’s Joe Hogan to talk about all sorts of fun stuff, including the new dating app that scans your face, grades your profile for authenticity, and bases your matches entirely on looks. 

The Iris Dating App – https://www.irisdating.com

Tables get flipped, Hygge is shared – this is a Patreon Video Exclusive, so subscribe now and come watch us say the things you just heard 😀 

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Ep. 116 – Two’s Company, COVID’s a Crowd: Non-Monogamy During a Pandemic

Roger helps me with my unhealthy relationship with Alexa and then lays out his plans for the Love Pyramid, a supplement to his 7-Day Date System.

We do an in-depth review of HBO Max’s There’s No I in Threesome and we get to the actual show topic at the 57-minute mark and then go right back off topic seven minutes later – Success!Tables get flipped over commercials on DVDs (because it’s the ’90s)  and we find Hygge in the Space Program.

Links:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/open-relationship-during-coronavirus_l_5ef4e408c5b615e5cd3ac9af

https://www.vice.com/en/article/935vkd/safely-practice-non-monogamy-polyamory-during-covid-19-pandemic

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Ep. 115 – Putting in the Work – Relationship’in Ain’t Easy

Paris is back for this Patreon-Exclusive Video Podcast.  Join the Patreon at www.patreon.com/matinghabits

We discuss how it’s hard to reconcile different flavors of geekery, and we delve deep into another podcast that discusses how we may be missing the mark looking for “The Spark.”

We flip tables, find Hygge, and have a fantastic time!

Links:

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/08/965397828/how-to-fall-in-love-according-to-hinges-relationship-scientist

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Ep. 114 – The Friendzone Debate: You’re Incorrect, But I Still Like You…as a friend.

Don’t yell at us — we know it was the Phantom Zone!

Roger is back to debate whether or not the Friend Zone exists.  We talk about meeting one of the stars from Aliens, playing an Aliens RPG, and realizing that taking a second to Google the Phantom Zone shouldn’t be an alien concept.

Tables get flipped, Hygge is found, and we get one step closer to turning Roger’s 7-Date Program for Success into a book or something.

Links!

https://www.buzzfeed.com/gracespelman/the-friend-zone-is-not-real-sorry-dude

https://pricelindy.medium.com/the-friendzone-doesnt-exist-33ce35d4f0cb

https://www.mensxp.com/relationships/friendship/38143-sorry-to-burst-your-bubble-but-the-friendzone-doesn-t-exist.html

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Ep. 113 – Romance is Political: Can You Date Outside Your Party?

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Sean Ryan of AlphaCounter contacts us from a secret location to chat with Kelley about whether or not people can date someone from a different political party.

Tables get flipped over Attack on Titan Season 4 and the crippling depression that comes from using wheel-based age verification widgets.

https://time.com/5896607/dating-political-ideology/

https://www.rewire.org/date-politically-different/

https://www.popsugar.com/news/Pros-Cons-Dating-Outside-Your-Political-Party-45771864

https://www.thelily.com/in-the-age-of-trump-and-tinder-political-opposites-dont-often-date-but-these-young-couples-make-it-work/

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/24/most-democrats-who-are-looking-for-a-relationship-would-not-consider-dating-a-trump-voter/

Ep. 112 – Dating in 2021: New Year, Same Pandemic

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Roger returns to help me leaf through stacks of articles about how dating has changed since the pandemic started.

We tell you what we really think about Wonder Woman 1984 – spoiler alert, we hated it and rail against it from minute mark 12:30 – 46:40. That’s over a half hour of disdain!

Tables are flipped over the vaccine roll-out, and we get warm feelings from Flash Gordon and the local Starbucks Baristas.

Articles from the show:

https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20201022/dating-during-the-pandemic-online-and-restless

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/09/what-dating-during-pandemic-like/616533/

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/21550996/dating-love-coronavirus-covid-19-singles-relationships

https://thebolditalic.com/i-got-engaged-to-the-person-i-started-dating-during-the-pandemic-62dbfa48a83e

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/09/11/911991077/coronavirus-faqs-what-are-the-new-dating-rules-and-what-about-hooking-up

Ep. 111 – Mating Habits Holiday Extravaganza – We’re Back!

Speeding into the New Year!

WE’RE BACK! Roger returns to help me say F-Off to 2020 and get Mating Habits started again for 2021.

We celebrate the Holiday Season talking about awkward gift giving during the holidays with a brand new relationships, renting out movie theaters in the age of pandemic, and a new RPG podcast featuring me! where I play in a GURPS space opera across all times zones.

We talk about The Mandalorian Season 2 Finale [SPOILERS FROM MINUTE MARKER 16:05 – 21.58].

Aphrodisiacs aren’t really a thing, and in 2021, we’re still going to flip tables, but we’re going to right them again with reflections of Hygge to end things on a positive note.

LINKS!

Long article about something that doesn’t exist: https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/expedition-ecstasy-sniffing-out-the-truth-about-hawaiis-orgasm-inducing-mushroom

Article from WebMD: https://www.webmd.com/sex/features/aphrodisiacs-fact-or-fiction

Article re Cyberpunk 2077 Genital Customizer:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/kotaku.com/cyberpunk-2077s-genital-customization-options-leave-a-l-1845863407/amp

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Ep. 110 – The COVID-19 Episodes – Revolution

Joe Hogan from the Geektitude and State of the Geek podcasts joins me on this solemn episode of Mating Habits of the Modern Geek. In light of all the terrible things happening in our country (and the world) at the moment, Joe and I stay in our lane and voice our support for the protests and the Black Lives Matter Movement, and then go on to chat about some lighthearted stuff like streaming shows Never Have I Ever and Upload; table-top games like the Kickstarter-only Hel and To Hunt a Killer; and a couple of true-crime podcasts thrown in for good measure.

Here are some links to resources and information about the protests, how you can help, and some podcasts by people of color to talk more about the subject in a way that Joe and I cannot – stay safe out there!

Black Lives Matter – https://blacklivesmatter.com

Too Black Too Nerdy Podcast – https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-rtqxs-de53ae

Black Nerd Planet – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/966-black-nerd-planet-29715944/

Rolling Stone’s Comprehensive Donations List – https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/george-floyd-protests-bail-funds-police-brutality-black-lives-matter-1008259/