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My Post-Europe Dating Journey: Dating Fails with Americans & the one European Jackpot
Season 1 · Episode 12

My Post-Europe Dating Journey: Dating Fails with Americans & the one European Jackpot

Once Upon a Trip · Mary Grace Crawford

November 19, 202433m 53s

Show Notes

A deeper snippet and deep dive into the American dating scene and stories!

Join Mary Grace as she divulges her experiences, fails executed and witnessed, and lessons learned from dating four different American guys in Atlanta, Georgia throughout the year after she left her life in Turkey and Europe behind, plus, as she reveals more about the one European from Germany who changed up the dating game entirely.

(00:00) Intro

(00:33) Episode overview

(02:00) Dating apps & being convinced to use one

(03:54) Guy #1: Mr. Bright and Handsome

(06:40) Dating fail #1 with Mr. Bright and Handsome

(07:53) Dating fail #2 with Mr. Bright and Handsome

(09:07) Why it ended & one sidedness

(10:31) Guy #2: Mr. Southern Christian Boy

(13:32) Different futures & ultimate dealbreaker

(14:56) The list

(16:17) How it ended & people are still good

(16:41) Guy #3: Mr. Superficial

(17:37) Mr. Superficial’s dating fail

(18:30) Work Inflexibility & insecurity

(19:05) How and why it ended

(19:36) Guy #4: Mr. Oblivious and Selfish

(23:48) Dating fail at the brewery

(24:45) Confronting the oblivion and selfishness

(26:51) Transition to guy #5: Marco

(27:47) My dating slump & prayer moment

(29:16) Meeting Marco on Hinge

(31:05) What Marco isn’t and is

(32:15) Last takeaways

(33:14) Episode wrap-up