HALF AN HOUR OF EXTRA CHAT! Patreon topics include: navigating opposing love languages, object and emotional permanence, thoughts on marriage and babies, pre-emptively asking for reassurance and habitually dating people with the same name...

Lots of excellent advice and perspectives in this gorgeous (and rather earnest) Patreon episode.

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Patreon topics aka the best revenge tale of all time, include(s): death, zero consent, hitch hiking, meth and crack, hurt male pride and peanut (singular). 

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Patreon topics include: orienteering, playing into stereotypes, emotional processing and being truly vulnerable. 

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Patreon topics include: the exclusive table read of Titty Witch: The Musical, manipulative sex playlists, self- trust and love and shagging on a dance floor. 

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Patreon topics include: being trolled, selfish exercise, a near death experience, missing toe nails, solo relationship therapy and if fooding be the food of love, food on. This chat is so gorgeous and raw and lovely!!

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Patreon topics include: grooming- the less creepy kind (less), earnest clowns, job shagging, mind palace games and Liam Payne's delusions of grandeur. 

P.S RIP Darius

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TW: body dysmorphia and general poorly brain chat.

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THE PATREON HAS HAD A GLOW UP! and she's stunning. A *brand new* set of exclusive questions posed to each guest each week! YOU ALSO GET "The Morning After" episodes landing via Patreon some weeks that the podcast is off the airwaves!! These episodes are previous guests coming back to reflect and answer new questions...

Patreon topics include: a revelation about Katrina's love language, over analysing, body image and a cameo from Georgina's boyfriend. It gets real deep.

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The Patreon is really special for both weeks. This week is basically a love letter to Jo Deane. It also includes some excellent insight from Jo Westwood and some juicy stuff from me. Enjoy!

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Patreon topics: Katrina is in the hot seat for once, answering some v v probing questions. Also in two parts. This week's is TOTES EMOSH and stacks in at over 15 mins, next week is lots of LOLs and is nearly half an hour of extra chat! One answer makes Jo cry... Jo never cries. Enjoy!

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Patreon topics include: The Early Funeral, a Bauhaus “secret” and MAFSA.

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This week, back by popular demand, Katrina’s guest is the ever merry Evelyn Molly. Topics include: cuffing season, shit presents, Hygge, some very naughty Christmas songs, people saying I love you and our very special guest: Brian the blow up snowman. 

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Patreon topics include: being terrified of Santa, 'Shag, Marry or Kill' the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, Katrina blowing her nose on her sleeve and the hilarious tale of Evie's first facial… *Ahem* 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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"I fancy Santa more than my own boyfriend. What should I do?"

"Is having mistletoe hanging in public places just asking for twatty guys to be even more twatty and horrid?"

"I'm starting to have doubts that Santa Claus is real ☹️ should I voice these concerns or continue potentially living a lie for the benefit of my family?"

"I think I'd rather be mates with Blitzen than Rudolph. Is that  kinda toxic?"

"I find spending time with my family super detrimental to my mental wellbeing. They trigger me and remind me of who I was before I actually took part in the real world. I don't want to spend Christmas with them but also can't shake the adage that blood is thicker than water. Is it acceptable to not spend Christmas with them?" 

"Right so I went on a date with a great gal, best date I've had in a while, mentioned I was looking for a room, and I know she's looking for a roommate, since she hasn't had any luck finding someone and has asked if maybe I was interested, her flat is gorg, she's an absolute spice but I can also imagine being pals"

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Patreon topics include the funniest moment of Dating My Mates and the usual Patreon exclusive questions. 

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"I don't think I understand sex. I've never had the kind of amazing experiences that people talk about in films and songs and even my friends have told me about. When people say "it's better than sex!" I just think… isn't everything? What am I doing wrong or maybe I'm just not someone who enjoys sex?"

"I am struggling with a friend of mine. She has been My friend for a long time, I guess she is my best friend but I think this has more to do with the fact we have been friends for a long time as I feel like I just annoy her. She makes jokes at my expense whenever we are around other people and I feel like everything is always about her. If I try to say how I am feeling about anything she says I am being selfish and I need to think about her feelings. I feel like I am walking on eggshells. I know that if I told her or walked away from our friendship she would tell people her side and I think she would get nasty about it. I don't want to be a bad friend but also this has started to really impact my mental health. What should I do Agony Aunt Kat?"

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"I recently broke up with a guy and I don't know if I made a mistake. I don't know if what I now know about my anxious/ avoidant attachment style is actually what was going on, or if I really don't want to be with him. What should I do?" 

"I recently got into a relationship and it's massively triggering my body hang ups. They don't say anything bad about my body but they also don't say anything good. I asked them what their best physical feature is (thanks to Dating My Mates lol) and when they said mine, they looked me up and down for a minute then said… face. I don't know if they just like my face LMFAO and I'm being sensitive but I look it as like, face is best of a bad lot type thing. I put on weight in lockdown and am trying really hard not to lose it to feel worthy but this is just making me want to not eat or I dunno. Plz help Katrina E. Lawrence." 

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This week, Katrina's guest is the hilarious and heuristic Hannah Joy Graves AKA Cult Mother. Topics include: height delusion, dismantling The Cool Girl, having standards, friendship break- ups and making people playlists. 

Patreon topics include sleeping in coffins, a very bad tree pun, sexy baby names and love readings.

Visit Patreon.com/datingmymates to hear Hannah's answer's to the Patreon exclusive questions...

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Questions:

I have never felt truly safe in a relationship. I feel like they're going to run away from me and then I get insecure and it ends up pushing them away. I don't know how to change this.  

I’m 26, I’ve been a lesbian since nine yrs young, always been with girls, and non binary trans masc. people. Recently in the past couple of years I realised I am pansexual. I want to have sex with a guy, the fantasy of dick inside me really turns me on. I have been on dates with four guys but dating them is not for me. I just want fun hot sex but in order for me to feel safe prior to sex I need to get to know them first. I wish I have the confidence to just say to someone I just met “Do you want to have fun, safe, caring and hot sex?” What advice would you give, Agony Aunt?

Answered on Patreon:

Even though I never really felt like my ex understood me, i really miss him. I felt like I’d been over it for ages, but when I’ve tried dating I’m unable to appreciate new people and I’m put off when they’re clearly into me. I don’t want to be with anyone now and I’m worried I'll be stuck feeling this way for so long that I'll miss out on opportunities for things like a family or even just having a nice healthy relationship with someone. Please advise on how i should get out of this funk?

I am with a really great guy. He is handsome and really respects me but there's just something missing. Am I being too picky? It's been six months and we see each other about three times a week. 

I am in love with my friend. A few years ago they told me they liked me but I didn't feel it so we pushed on through to stay friends. They just got a new girlfriend and I realised that I actually love him. What should I do? 

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Patreon topics include: National Spitting Day, The Rocky Horror (/Picture) Show, Serial Killers and The Politics of Pooping. 

Caution: very spooky content.

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Head over to Patreon.com/datingmymates for the exclusive Patreon only questions posed to Danny. Topics include: the most intimate part of sleeping with someone, a hot take on apples, a very philosophical life hack, octopus fucking and a haunted toilet. 

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Here's your free Patreon exclusive episode, enjoy!

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Oh hi! Welcome to Series 4- this week, Katrina's guest is you lot! Those of you who have written in to the @datingmymates Instagram, have your questions answered:

"1 super fun date, then ill, then got bad news and forgot. Do I still pursue?"

"I keep going for guys, then getting 'the ick' WHHHHYYYYYY?"

Head over to PART 2 to hear a free Patreon episode, with answers to:

"I keep dating guys who seem interested, then ghost or lose interest after date 3."

"Scared to have sex, it's been so long, thanks pandemic!"

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Topics include: a football chant seduction, Mark Ronson's porn documentary, pissing yourself, horrific dates, highly inappropriate films, blocking people and liking things vs. liking things.

P.S Sorry the beginning is a bit quiet on her end- Evelyn took a while to warm up to the idea of a microphone.

Some necessary translation:

Evelyn Molly aka the football hooligan of the family, was out from 2.30 p.m until 4.30 a.m. Nona is our grandma. Tiger Yard is where we used to live. I said ping pong balls. All the people we mention in passing are our gorgeous pals, name beeps are exes, as always- hope you're still enjoying me making the beeping noise. Not sure why I slip out of third into first person in these show notes.

Patreon topics include: the secret stripper, Evie's love notes from strangers, a very creepy ex, The Lawrence Curse, Harry Potter, and the foot fetish man- beans included. 

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Patreon topics include: feng shui, the romance of London, a rose by any other name, indulging in delicious heartbreak and non- libraries. 

Visit patreon.com/datingmymates to listen to a whole new set of exclusive questions and the archive of previous Patreon episodes. 💘 

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Head over to Patreon for twenty delicious minutes of extra chat with Nash, where he answers the Patreon only questions... YUM! Topics include: cheating, the colonisation of Zimbabwe and birthdays. Nash will forevermore be known as the GOAT of goats.

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Go check out Nash's podcast The Quick Stop F1 Podcast at: 

https://open.spotify.com/show/67h0S4FjNf70G3j6yI1EoL?si=gs9KePPNSlCaRKtPexUF3Q&dl_branch=1

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Patreon topics include: excessive water consumption, a deep dive into celebrity crushes, Jo's truly horrific match.com date, a very embarrassing/ disgusting vaping confession and some very funny and very touching answers to the Patreon questions. Basically us being highly dysfunctional with lashings of wisdom from Jo. There is mention of suicide and coercion. 

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Patreon topics include: the 27 club, breathwork, a lovely long, nuanced and fair (but apparently controversial) chat about Josh's political stance, identity politics and our views on vaccines (Covid, not the band). If you enjoyed this conversation, listen to Josh's podcast: 115 Miles. This is a truly great Patreon episode and possibly my favourite so far.

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Patreon topics include: petrol bombings, Godcasts, one vey funny relationship mistake and one very heartfelt relationship mistake. 

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Patreon topics include: the politics of dating, pretending to be on First Dates, Saul's list of things, bum play and ASMR. This was recorded a few weeks after the initial podcast, so the sound quality is back to beautiful and we have real life dating progress! Okay now is the time to double drop.

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Patreon topics include: Topics include: Madonna, a very modern (and necessary) life- hack, really mean teachers, a hostage proposal and inner city girls turned country bumpkins.

Visit: patreon.com/datingmymates In the intro, I said "free episode each week", you have to pay but it's basically free- a quid a week. Apologies for false advertising.

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Visit patreon.com/datingmymates for a whole new set of questions! Topics include: The Simpsons- reimagined, a wee LIVE ON AIR!, ghost skirts and an accidentally Nazi popstar.

P.S The first episode of the series is horrendous quality on my end- WAHAY! I did pay to try and get it fixed but I'm really sorry, mainly because you may miss some of the phenomenally hilarious things that I, I mean we, say.

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Will their platonic love blossom into romance? Will their shared dating trauma set the scene for a one-night stand? Or will they simply ghost one another after discovering way too much information? Tune into a new episode with a new guest each week to find out... 

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