Dates & Mates with Damona Hoffman Dear Mrs D Media, Inc.

Anna Iovine, sex & dating writer at Mashable, asks the question, "do people even want a hot vax summer?" She reports on the latest statistics on dating attitudes as we approach this summer of love. Damona covers headlines: Tinder allows users to block contacts to avoid awkward run-ins with people you know and Tiffany's released engagement rings for men! Dear Damona questions: is it a red flag if he keeps condoms by the bed and how much eye contact is too much eye contact?
Read the full article on Mashable! Link is in the show notes at datesandmates.com
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Dates & Mates is sponsored by TextNow. The app solves many major challenges D's clients face in dating today:
You can keep your main number private You can separate your personal and dating contacts Plus, It’s easy to use and FREE.
We are proud to collaborate with an app that empowers modern daters to feel safe and secure. If you want more information, check out Damona's video on when & how to give out your number: textnow.com/goyn
 
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Marni Battista of Dating with Dignity and Damona discuss why matches ghost and how you might be attracting ghosters into your life. Headlines for the week: inside the recent uptick in romance scams and why you should be excited about Bethany Frankel's engagement. Dear Damona questions: is it cool to play it cool and how to filter for the right match out of thousands of messages.
*** Sign up for Marni's free webinar at damonahoffman.com/ghost ****
Marni’s free webinar for women is called "Why Men Disappear - Is it Something I Did? And How to Stop Getting “Ghosted” for Good"
She goes more in-depth on the topics we just talked about like:

The exact things YOU do and say that make men disappear

Red flags that you’re dating a ghoster and how to attract higher quality men

How to cope when you do get ghosted and stop doubting yourself in dating

And most importantly, how to build back your trust in men so you don’t come across as jaded or bitter. 

Sign up using Damona's partner link damonahoffman.com/ghost

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Dates & Mates is sponsored by TextNow. The app solves many major challenges D's clients face in dating today:
You can keep your main number private You can separate your personal and dating contacts Plus, It’s easy to use and FREE.
We are proud to collaborate with an app that empowers modern daters to feel safe and secure. If you want more information, check out Damona's video on when & how to give out your number: textnow.com/goyn

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Introducing Double Date, a new podcast hosted by Marlo Thomas and Phil Donohue. Eavesdrop as they hold intimate conversations with their favorite, long-married celebrity couples about enduring love and all its challenges: family, career, conflict, addiction, illness, jealousy — everything under the sun. Hear those personal, and often hilarious, stories that all married couples like to tell--- from Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos; Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka; Bryan Cranston and Robin Dearden, and so many more. On this episode: Viola and Julius found deep love in the land of Opposites Attract. We visit their charming home in Southern California to find out who is the emotionally open one, and who leaves the bathroom a tornado site.

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Priti Joshi, VP of Strategy and Operations at Bumble, shares the skinny on how to optimize your dating profile and how to send the perfect first message. Damona dishes on this week's headlines: Learn from Halle Barry's drunken relationship history reveal and how dating app AI is influencing your attraction. This week's listener questions: what to do when the sex is bad but you can't stop thinking about him and how to quickly filter out the matches that aren't serious.
Bumble is available to download worldwide in the App Store and Google Play, or at bumble.com.
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Dates & Mates is sponsored by TextNow. The app solves many major challenges D's clients face in dating today:
You can keep your main number private You can separate your personal and dating contacts Plus, It’s easy to use and FREE.
We are proud to collaborate with an app that empowers modern daters to feel safe and secure. If you want more information, check out Damona's video on when & how to give out your number: textnow.com/goyn
Sponsors:
Want to learn to create the perfect dating profile? Register for Damona's class at LACC damonahoffman.com/perfectdatingprofile

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Get Damona's FREE Profile Starter Kit at ProfileStarterKit.com!
Do you want to go deeper in love? Join the Patreon at patreon.com/datesandmates
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Caroline Stanbury, star of Bravo's Ladies in London and host of the Divorced Not Dead podcast, joins Damona to talk about the chance she took on love that led to happily ever after with a much younger man, meanwhile still healing from a high profile divorce. Damona covers headlines: Shoot your shot like Lizzo with some flirty emojis and your relationship intentions are written all over your face. Damona answers questions: should you divorce your husband if he can't stop smoking weed and how to date when you're an American in a foreign city.
Want more from Caroline? Listen to Damona's episode of the Divorced Not Dead Podcast! damonahoffman.com/dnd
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textnow.com/goyn
Dates & Mates is sponsored by TextNow. The app solves many major challenges D's clients face in dating today:
You can keep your main number private You can separate your personal and dating contacts Plus, It’s easy to use and FREE.
We are proud to collaborate with an app that empowers modern daters to feel safe and secure. If you want more information, check out Damona's video on when & how to give out your number: textnow.com/goyn

Sponsors:
betterhelp.com/datesandmates
Get Better Help: real therapy, convenient and affordable. Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month. BetterHelp.com/datesandmates

Get Damona's FREE Profile Starter Kit at ProfileStarterKit.com!
Do you want to go deeper in love? Join the Patreon at patreon.com/datesandmates
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Damona introduces a new show, Happy Brain hosted by Heather Parady. Listen to this fun, bite-sized episode on practicing gratitude - plus Damona tells you why practicing gratitude will help you on your journey to find love.
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