If you want to date in New York, you need to be in THERAPY! @bumble
Summary
A straphanger drops a scorching take: if you want to date in New York, you need to be in therapy. Plot twist? She's a therapist herself who's not currently in therapy. Kareem challenges her logic as she admits she's been burned by "bad boys raw dogging life" and can't date anyone named John, which eliminates millions of potential matches. The conversation spirals into a genius startup pitch: First Date Therapy, where couples attend therapy together on their first date to find out if it'll work. She volunteers to be Kareem's co-host. He clarifies she'd be one of the dates, not the co-host. The confusion is palpable, the chemistry uncertain, but the billion dollar idea? Absolutely real.
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So, what's your take? If you want to date in New York, you need to be in therapy. 100% disagree. I think therapy is not a prerequisite to dating. I feel like guys need to talk to a therapist about their problems and not to pretty girls. I think girls need to talk to a therapist about their problem and not handsome guys.
I think girls are already doing this. Girls are not in therapy.
I think they are. They're not in therapy.
They—who can we ask? You can ask me. I've been here for a long time. Are you in therapy? Of course not. Why would I go to therapy? I'm—I'—I've already done it.
It does seem like you have some things figured out. I have a lot of things figured out. Yeah. As a matter of fact, I'm a therapist.
That doesn't surprise me. Really? Yeah. Okay. So, why are you saying this? Have you been burned by—by the bad boys of uh—the bad boys of raw dogging life? The bad boys have just been getting to me on a personal level.
That sounds like a you problem. Call your dad and say, "Hey, what kind of guy should I be looking for?" Okay. Is his name Hank?
His name is John. Could also be a good guy. I actually feel like I can't date Johns because of that.
You're making the dating pool so much smaller cuz there are millions of guys named John. It's probably the second most popular name in the world after Muhammad. Yeah. Johns and Johns.
I think there is a lot of wonderful dating to be had in New York. What if you meet someone and the first date—yeah—is couples therapy? I think that would be like my dream date.
That's great. That's going to be my new prompt on Bumble. No, I think it's not a bad idea. Wait, I could set up a couples dating therapy thing. It's called First Date Therapy. Yeah. This is actually a billion dollar idea.
I'm on the edge of my seat. And the first date, you go to this couple's therapist with me and I tell you if it's going to work out or not. Yeah. And I'm like, I could be your co-host.
What? No, you're one of the dates. Oh, guys, I—there's no co-host.
Wait, your therapist has a co-host?