Pacific Northwest: Dating through the Decades w/ Mike Stone

Can you recall a time when you weren't swiping on Bumble? Well Mike of The TallMikeWine Podcast (@tallmikewine) does, and he is here to tell us all about it! Growing up in Washington State in the '80s, Mike adopted a small-town mentality where you marry young and relatively quick. That led him to his wife, the third person he went on a date with, but also a divorce 8 years later when he realized he wanted to see what it was like to date other types of people as he moved throughout Washington. He talks about using personal ads in the newspaper, meeting people in the wild who had to leave messages on land lines, and a time when dating apps were actually websites so you had to wait until you got home from work before replying back to a message. Mike also shares his dating experiences, including an affair turned relationship, throughout the years - which led him to his current long term girlfriend that he met on OKCupid. While this episode explores Mike's journey throughout the West Coast with his Pacific Northwest (PNW) mentality, it also strongly focuses on the changes of dating over time due to technology.

 

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