Episode 5 took two attempts and two states before I finally got it out.

This is my first real solo riff. No guest. No full script. Just something that happened this week that sent me into a much bigger conversation about love, dating, marriage, social media, sex, family, and the things we expect another person to fix in us.

I come from a family where divorce has been much closer to the rule than the exception. Somehow, I still grew up wanting forever.

I talk through the three serious relationships that helped build my philosophy, including a broken engagement, while trying very hard not to tell anyone’s story but my own. I question the institution of marriage and the timelines we inherit in rural Alabama, but I also question myself, my selfishness, my need to be chosen, and whether I have always understood the difference between ...