She SLASHED His Tires But HOOKED UP After?! | Dating Talk #110
Guests
Identified Speakers
Key Moments
“He like for the past like month beforehand was like oh I am going to come visit... nothing”
“I wanted this man to be vulnerable with me for so long he finally called me yesterday and opened up but the second he started crying I lost all interest in him”
“We go into the bathroom... we hear people in a bedroom... we start freaking out so we just run out... two weeks later it is the house”
“It was emotional cheating it was saying about how like you know maybe we could have worked I miss you I do not know if I am happy”
“I slashed his tires on his new truck... we both walked outside and finished off the job so that he could follow the insurance claim”
“I lost my virginity at 25 with the person who I thought I was going to end up with”
“Your friends came to our studio... they called everybody all the residents here on the call box wondering about you... your friends are really immature”
“I am really sorry about interrupting a podcast I feel really bad I am sorry”
“anybody here want to share body five five three um nine... Rhino 100 plus”
Topics Discussed
Each guest introduces name, age, and occupation. Guests: Ana (28, cocktail server/OF, Vegas), Ellie (21, SBCC poli sci, NC), Sophie (20, barista/tattoo artist), Julia (~21, barista/nanny), Sasha (27, bottle girl/photographer, married, from Brazil/Vegas), Jessica (19, student/Sacramento), Maia (21, CSUN), Portia (20, UCSB feminist studies, Guam), Ryan "Rhino" (26, YouTuber, LA).
Each guest describes current relationship status. Key stories: Ellie's 3-yr long-distance on-and-off NC boyfriend who didn't visit for her 21st birthday. Sophie's ended open situationship. Julia's recently ended 2-yr on-off semi-open relationship. Sasha is married 3 yrs (husband had 3 brain surgeries). Jessica's situationship after being cheated on badly. Maia: single 2 yrs after 5-yr HS relationship. Portia: just ended talking stage. Ryan: single since early 2023.
Discussion of dating apps. Sophie's Hinge profile reviewed by chat. Guests discuss match volumes, motivations for using apps. Ellie met one sneaky link on Hinge.
Round-table on whether guests identify as feminists. Portia identifies as feminist (nuanced). Others mixed. Ryan and Brian critique feminism as women's advocacy rather than true equality, pointing to military conscription and custody law reform.
Debate on whether it's insecurity or reasonable concern for men to not want their girlfriends going out to clubs and bars. Both Vegas nightlife workers (Ana, Sasha) weigh in on cheating they witness. Discussion of alcohol, lowered inhibitions, and situational infidelity.
Round-the-table discussion on wanting marriage and kids, desired timelines. Sasha married 3 yrs. Others want marriage by late 20s or 30s. Taking husband's last name debated.
Guests discuss expectations from a partner in a relationship. Ana and Sasha favor traditional roles (man provides/protects, woman cares for home and family). Ellie and Portia push back on financial expectations.
Discussion triggered by TikTok clip of woman losing attraction after boyfriend opened up and cried. Debate on whether men should be emotionally vulnerable with partners, and how women actually react vs what they claim. TikTok reaction: "I wanted him to be vulnerable but the second he started crying I lost interest." Brian and Ryan share personal experiences where vulnerability led to relationship deterioration.
Discussion of a viral clip of a female MMA fighter's boyfriend getting knocked out in a professional fight. She lost attraction and broke up with him. Panel reacts. Discussion of whether women lose attraction when men lose fights or appear weak.
Round-table: guests share political leanings (conservative, liberal, moderate, apolitical). Discussion of whether opposite political views are a deal-breaker when dating.
Julia describes a situationship with a man she later discovered was addicted to meth (thought it was just coke). He would spam-call her at 3-4am, have her steal and return bikes, and once led her to break into an unlocked IV house to hook up while residents were home. Two weeks later she accidentally discovered it was her friend's house.
Sasha recounts discovering emotional cheating (Snapchat messages to younger ex) on her then-boyfriend (11-yr age gap). Drove to his place, slashed 3 of 4 tires on his new truck. Went inside, confronted him. They made up the same night. Then both went outside and slashed the 4th tire together so he could file an insurance claim for all 4.
Round-table on physical and personality type preferences. Sophie likes skater-boy aesthetic. Ellie prefers 6' minimum. Sasha: dad bods okay, tattoos a turn-on, gravitates toward white men. Jessica: blonde hair, blue eyes, ~6'4" (wants to pass on genes to kids). Portia: no race preference, personality-focused.
Three of Portia's friends came to Brian's studio building and buzzed all residents on the call box trying to locate her. Brian learns from property manager Nick. Becomes frustrated that strangers are harassing tenants and threatening his tenancy. Portia apologizes; Brian remains annoyed. Portia apologizes again at end of show.
Brian argues male bodily autonomy concerns (military conscription, circumcision) are stronger than the abortion debate talking point. Portia (feminist studies) pushes back against direct comparison. Extended debate on reproductive rights, Ukraine war, and feminist organizational hypocrisy on equality.
Final segment. Round-table on whether body count matters. Ana and Sasha say women's body count is more important than men's. Sophie indifferent. Ellie disagrees. Voluntary sharing: some guests volunteer numbers (5, 5, 3, 9 — speaker attribution unclear due to diarization). Ryan jokes about 100+.
Brian Atlas