First Date Stories: Women's Romantic and Ridiculous Midlife Adventures Available Now
Jazine and Chad
First dates can be surprisingly awesome or unexpectedly bizarre. This one is of the strange kind.
Jazine, a divorcee in her 40’s with little online dating experience, was shocked at several turns her first date took. You might be too.
Season 1, Episode 3
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Jodi knows that dating can be challenging - especially in your late 30s and beyond. A successful businesswoman, she found herself navigating the dating world later in life. Jodi realized there was no place that demystified the dating scene and offered support, inspiration and camaraderie to female daters in midlife. That’s why she created First Date Stories. She is also the founder and President of Espoir Ventures, LLC, the company behind First Date Stories, and the author of "First Date Stories: Women's Romantic and Ridiculous Midlife Adventures," which was published by She Write Press.
Maxine and BrianFor our Season 2 premiere, we explore dating and heavy drinking. Maxine used to get drunk on dates to deal with her nervousness and ended up in relationships with the wrong men. Hear about her date with Brian, how she awoke to her unhealthy dating pattern, and what she did about it.
Cindy and MikeCindy was just 46 years old when her husband died. Following years of mourning, adjusting, and renewal, she started dating again. A concern of hers was going out with newly separated men. Find out what happened when she decided to say “yes” to a date with one.
Tracy and CraigTracy is an experienced dater. When she connected with Craig online, she liked what she saw and read. But as their first date approached, she got cold feet and wanted to cancel. Tracy met him anyway. Did they turn out to be a good match? Listen and find out.
Carolyn and Her Fifty First DatesIt’s not unusual to date the same kind of person again and again, but Carolyn didn’t want to do that. Following a breakup, she decided to date a wide variety of types of men so that she could identify the qualities she wanted in a long-term partner. She named her adventure the “Fifty First Dates Project.” Find out what happened, what she learned during her two and a half year dating odyssey, and whether it led her to her Mr. Yes.
Ruth and MarkBlind dates can be a good way to meet men. Sometimes people make presumptions about who they’re going out with based on what they know about the person who made the introduction. When a friend set Ruth up with Mark, she made a lot of assumptions about him that turned out to be very wrong.
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