Episode 48 - Hey Sugar Baby: The Risk of Being Blinded by Sweet Talk

Pet names are sweet and fun. But if you use them too early in your relationship, you risk falling in love with an idea of a sweetheart rather than the actual person.  Here’s how you can avoid that pitfall and help your relationship last.

1:30 Remember the beginning of your last relationship

1:46 The filter we see new lovers through

2:29 Milan Kundera quote about the risks of the first days of new love

3:22 The beginning of the relationship will determine what comes next

3:55 The risk of pet names

4:53 When my girlfriend called me “honey”, I cringed (here’s why)

5:50 Hilarious song parody about the lack of intimacy of pet names

7:06 It’s possible to recover from the distortion

7:50 It’s when you clutch onto the relationship that it slips through your fingers

8:25 Why I currently use pet names

8:42 This week’s homework

Resources: Milan Kundera: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Kundera. Song “Don’t Ever Call Your Sweetheart By His Name” By Christine Lavin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U8EcJLUlkw

Podcast produced by Sal DeRosalia

Music composed and performed by Aimee Mia Kelley

Photo by J E S U S R O C H A on Unsplash

Contact Information

Dr. Jessica Tartaro
Intimacy Coach & Connection Facilitator
Pronouns "She" + "Her"

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Email: DrTartaro@gmail.com
Website: https://www.drjessicatartaro.com/

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