Share the Pants: Dating, Marriage & Everything in Between

Love Is Blind Reunion: Low-Effort Men and the Women Who Keep Giving Them Chances

This season of Love Is Blind gave us plenty to talk about, but one thing kept showing up: low-effort men getting chance after chance from women who wanted these relations

Love Is Blind Season 11: Rob & Michaella, Red Flags, and When to Walk Away

Oh my!  This episode of Share the Pants is all about the Jekyll & Hyde moment in a relationship when someone shows you a side of themselves you can't live with. We&

Love Is Blind Season 11: Why These Couples Keep Getting It Wrong

Even though Love Is Blind Season 11 is pretty lame... it's giving us plenty to talk about!  This week, we’re looking at why these couples keep getting in their own w

Love Is Blind Season 11 Has a Vulnerability Problem

Season 11 of Love Is Blind is taking us to Boston and we've got some serious doubts. Spoiler alert: We're discussing the first five episodes of Season 11. The

Stop Calling All Romantic Chemistry a Trauma Response

Is chemistry the spark that tells you you’ve found someone special… or a warning sign? Dating advice seems to have split into two camps: chemistry is everything or chemi

I Didn’t Let Him Take Me Off the Market Until He Answered These Questions

What should you know about someone before you agree to become exclusive? When Joel told me after just three dates that he wasn’t interested in dating anyone else, I wasn

How Do You Make the Mindset Shift From Dating to Marriage?

A lot of the problems couples encounter in marriage could have been addressed while they were still dating. In this episode of Share the Pants, a listener asks us what c

3 Common Pieces of Marriage Advice We Don’t Follow

Some marriage advice gets repeated so often, we stop questioning whether it actually works. In this episode of Share the Pants, Joel and Nicole pull out one of their fav

He Showed Up Shirtless on Their First FaceTime. What Should She Do?

Nicole and Joel tackle a listener question about a man who decided the way to make a good first impresion was to show up on FaceTime... in bed... with his shirt off. Was

What Makes a Man Want a Second Date? My Husband Answers

What actually makes a man want a second date? Nicole puts her husband Joel in the hot seat to get the male perspective on one of dating’s most frustrating questions: Why

The Relationship Lessons Hidden in MAFS Season 20

What can a reality TV experiment where strangers get married teach you about choosing a partner, creating emotional safety, and knowing when to stop trying to make a rela

Relationship Anxiety: Is It Intuition or Fear?

You really like him. He’s kind, emotionally available, respectful, consistent, and everything seems to be going right. So why are you still wondering, Is this really my

Getting Married Doesn't Make You Ready for Marriage | MAFS Season 20

In this episode, we’re looking at three couples from Married at First Sight because they each brought their unresolved shit into the experiment in very different ways. C

Some People Don't Want a Partner. They Want a Plus-One.

This episode breaks down the relationship patterns hiding underneath the drama of Married at First Sight Season 20. From power struggles to compatibility issues, there’s

What a Great First Date Actually Feels Like

What does a healthy first date actually feel like? People say, "You'll know when you know." But... what does that actually mean? In this episode, we're taking

You Don't Need to Feel Confident to Start Dating

This episode explores the myth that you have to be the "best version" of yourself before you start dating. Most people think they need to feel 100% confident before they

The Insecurities I Had to Face Before Finding My Person

What did Joel have to overcome before finding his queen? In this deeply personal episode, Joel steps into the spotlight to answer a listener question about the insecurit

Did The Bachelor Make a Huge Mistake Casting Taylor Frankie Paul?

Before the season even aired, Taylor Frankie Paul's run as the Bachelorette became one of the most controversial in franchise history. Now that reports suggest the s

We Share the Pants Instead of Fighting Over Who Wears Them

Hear the story behind the name Share the Pants and what it actually means inside Nicole and Joel's marriage. They talk about wanting a traditional courtship: chival

How Long Is Too Long to Wait for a Proposal?

Our first listener question comes from a woman who's been with her boyfriend for 9 years and is wondering if she's wasting her twenties waiting for a proposal.