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Dating Terms Game Part 2: Halfsey-Ships, Situationships & the Rest | Brave Enough for Love

Brave Enough For Love··4 June 2026·41 min

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The Dating Terms Game is back. Part 2. Chris and Kabrina decode the new dating vocabulary that's everywhere right now — situationships, halfsey-ships (one person fully in, the other only halfway), breadcrumbing, and the rest. With a closing line we're putting on a t-shirt: "Love is blind. Dating's not." But first, the opening bit: the marriage hangover. The leftover habits and reflexes you carry out of your first marriage and into your new relationship — like jumping up to do the dishes because there's a 1% chance she might be mad you're not. (She's never been mad. The 1% wins anyway.) If you're dating in your 30s and 40s and beyond after divorce, or you just want a translator for the language Gen Z is using to date right now, this one's for you. ✓ The "marriage hangover" opener — Chris's dishes-and-the-1%-chance story ✓ The "am I too much?" voice that keeps showing up in your new relationship ✓ The "golden string" metaphor for two whole people who finally found each other ✓ Halfsey-ship explained: when one person is all in and the other shows up halfway ✓ Situationship as a SPECTRUM — and why so many people are accidentally in one ✓ A real script for telling a coworker "no, my partner and I will come to dinner" ✓ "Love is blind. Dating's not." — the line you're going to repeat for a year This one's for you if: you're dating after divorce and the vocabulary keeps changing under your feet, or you're a year-or-two into a new relationship and you keep catching yourself with reactions that belong to the old one. 💬 What dating term has confused you the most? Drop it in the comments and we'll define it (or roast it) in Part 3. 🔔 Subscribe for honest, funny conversations about love after divorce in your 30s and 40s and beyond. 📚 Resources & Links: 🌐 Website: BraveEnoughForLove.com 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3o9B86i28QSt5biD4but0F 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brave-enough-for-love/id1880364062 🎧 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a85721e4-20e8-4460-94d5-372e5bb34238/brave-enough-for-love 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BraveEnoughForLove 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@braveenoughforlove 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/braveenoughforlove/ 📧 Email: info@braveenoughforlove.com #DatingTermsGame #Halfseyship #Situationship #DatingAfterDivorce #LoveAfterDivorce #ModernDating #DatingIn30s #DatingIn40s #BraveEnoughForLove #DivorcePodcast #MarriageHangover