00:00One time I went on a date with someone from Grindr and he told me that he wanted to be
00:04friends. So like that's crazy from Grindr. You know what I mean? I'm Jake Shane and this is If
00:09It Were Me. Today I'm going through real life confesses from Cosmo readers and telling you
00:16how I would handle the situation. Am I nervous for this? Um no. Okay. Okay I'm gonna be honest
00:26in these. The Blockers. I just moved back in with my parents to save some money. It's
00:31been a month and I'm in serious need of human touch. The issue is my parents never leave
00:36the house. Is it crazy if I invite a Tinder hookup over while they're home? Like not crazy
00:44but definitely uncomfortable. I've actually been in that situation so many times. You
00:49they will leave the house eventually. They will. It's just like super awkward if they're
00:55like what are you doing? You know what I mean? I would never. To my parents I could
00:59never. It's not crazy like if you have that relationship with your parents I feel like
01:02that's fine but like no I just personally wouldn't do it. I do have crazy dating app
01:08stories and none of them are appropriate for this at all. I'm trying to think of like one
01:14that I can actually share. Um well no. One time I went on a date with someone from Grindr
01:22and he told me that he wanted to be friends. So like that's crazy from Grindr. You know
01:27what I mean? A. I love you. My friend sent me up on a date with one of her guy friends
01:32and we've been texting non-stop ever since. I thought we had a connection until my friend
01:36let it slip that he uses chat GBT to craft his flirty text. Should I continue talking to
01:41him or cut it off? I would continue talking to him. I don't see the problem. At least he's
01:46talking to you. I will also say about this the reason I don't think it's bad is because
01:50like he obviously cares enough that he doesn't want to sound stupid so he's like putting
01:54the extra he's going the extra mile. Maybe the my bar is in hell though so I don't I don't
02:00know. The scorekeeper. The guy I've been seeing for five months casually mentioned his body count
02:06when we were talking about past relationships. To say I was shocked would be an understatement.
02:11Am I prude to let it bother me? No I don't think you're prude to let it bother you but I would
02:17reverse the situations and would you be upset if he was upset with your body count? And I would
02:22prescribe that episode of Love Island where they do the challenge and they have to reveal their body
02:27counts. How much do you get into discussing exes with like your current relationships?
02:36I've never had a relationship so I've never had an ex so both sides of that question are
02:41not applicable to me. Body counts don't matter to me. Once again I will take what I can get.
02:50No but gay people do all the time and it's wild. Star-crossed lovers. I asked to see my
02:56situationship's birth chart and to my horror we are completely astrologically incompatible.
03:00I'm now questioning if it's meant to be. I usually take my horoscope with a grain of salt
03:04but should I take this as a sign to break it off? Well it's okay. For me it's like there's not many fish
03:10so it's like I'll take what I can get and I really mean that. I will take what I can get
03:15but if there's more fish out there and you're already seeing signs then yeah cut it off. I mean
03:21it depends how bad the star sign situation is. Like if it was Scorpio Leo I would say run. Actually
03:28bolt. Three little words. After dating my boyfriend for two months I said I love you. It just kind of
03:35slipped out but he didn't say it back. It's now been another month and he still hasn't said it. How do I
03:39casually bring it up to him? I would also be super upset if that happened to me but I think the
03:44proper advice is you just have to play like you don't care. If men think that you don't care then
03:50they'll act accordingly. Never say it again. Ever. Until he says it. And watch that episode of Gossip
03:59Girl where Chuck doesn't say it back. Or no is it Blair that doesn't say it back? Yeah it's Blair huh?
04:04I love Gossip Girl. Work it out. I've had a crush on one of my co-workers ever since he joined the
04:10company but never acted on it. This week he sent me an I miss you text when I was out sick. Oh.
04:16Should I take this as a sign to make a move or keep it strictly professional? Like I think you can
04:20make a move but a subtle move. Nothing too crazy. I think he's opened the door for flirtatious
04:27back and forths but nothing like too adventurous. Oh my god always. Yeah always.
04:39Have you ever done anything about it? Nope. Never. Nope. No. Phone a friend. I'm in London for the
04:45summer and hooked up with a rando inside one of those iconic red phone booths in the heat of a
04:50drunk moment. Fun change of scenery but extremely out of character for me. Now he's asking if I want to do
04:55it again. Should I say yes? I don't know. I feel like planning spontaneity is like takes away from
05:00all of it. And like the point of that was that it was spontaneous. So maybe just be like no but you
05:06can take me for a drink. Or like something else. You know what I mean? Like segue it into a date if
05:12that's what you're aiming for. I guess I'm not spontaneous when it comes to dating. Now it's time
05:19for the quickie. Big spoon or little spoon? Little spoon. Send a sexy pic or receive a sexy pic? I'd
05:26probably rather receive a sexy pic because I don't want to send one. Block your ex or stalk them on
05:31social media? Stalk them on social media. Break up IRL or ghost them? I mean it's just not applicable
05:38to me. It's never. I've never had to deal. But like I guess I could say ghost. Soft launch or hard
05:44launch. A mix of both. Soft to the hard. Dinner date or movie date? Movie date. I'm a really messy
05:51eater. So I hate eating in front of my date. I hate it. I had to do it last night and it was
05:55diabolical. Thanks for watching and make sure to check out Live with Jake Shane coming to a city
06:00near you and new episodes of Therapist with Jake Shane out every Wednesday at 7 p.m. Pacific.
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