Jared Freed

Right.

Right.

I don't think he wants a girlfriend at all.

Or a significant other at all.

Yeah.

I mean, her questions, are we both failing to meet each other in the way the other needs?

Is this a sign that we're fundamentally incompatible?

I think that's a strong way to put it.

I think you're just two people who are growing up.

And right.

And I've thought a lot about that as like, what type of, you know, boyfriend do I have to be at this point?

I, and I've said this before, like for that reason, I do feel like I should be better at this.

Like we should be living a life that like is a little bit more second marriage than it is first marriage.

even though I've never been married because of the age I've learned lessons via dating and having lived life a little bit and you know I think of like the arguments my parents would have growing up that were like arguments that I don't have to have you know like I should be not that I won't have arguments but just like you're more fully formed there's no thought of like

What will we do about, you know, I don't know.

There's like a million serious subjects that I'm like, I think those will be easier than maybe my parents have it.

Did it ever feel like his pursuit of work got in the way of,

Right.

Well, it's funny to relate in any small way to 21, grow together, grow apart.

That's the hard part about being 41 and meeting someone new.