How should you handle ending a connection? Do you block them? Do you ghost them? Debbie talks about her decision to stop blocking people after a breakup and Caitlyn shares why she can also be an accidental ghoster… and on the flip side, Debbie and Caitlyn have been ghosted more times than they can count! So they’ll share how being ghosted has impacted them and speak to Chris Erickson (@JustAnotherChris) who has been ghosted multiple times… even IN PERSON. How much ghosting can a person take before it turns them away from dating all together? Listen now.
Have a comment or dating story to share? Give us a call at 801-575-5599!
Can’t get someone off of your mind no matter what you do? Stuck in an attachment you desperately want to move on from? We’ve all been there! In this episode, Debbie shares some effective tips she’s learned on how to remove someone from your brain! Tune in to learn the questions you need to ask yourself to evict the person who has been living in your mind… rent free.
Have a comment or dating story to share? Maybe more tips on how to remove someone from your brain? Give us a call at 801-575-5599!
Confused about your relationship status? In an endless cycle with someone who won’t commit? You may be stuck in a situationship! Join in on this lesson on situationships as we break down how to identify if you are stuck in a situationship and how you can get out of it before you get too attached! We’ll share some of our messy moments from our situationships that we’ve each been caught in, in hopes to help more people identify the red flags before you find yourself down bad crying at the gym 😉
Have a comment or dating story to share? Give us a call at 801-575-5599!
The downside of dating someone who’s broke! Can you afford someone else’s bad money problems in a relationship and can you fix them? Debbie and Caitlyn see this from different perspectives at their different ages. On one hand, Caitlyn has a bit more runway to correct financial issues in her late 20’s as many at this age are still getting on their feet. On the other hand, Debbie is concerned that bad money habits may never be corrected and lead to bigger issues while dating in her 50’s. Shane Stewart, Certified Financial Planner with DMBA joins the conversation to offer his advice on how to identify financial red flags and the downside of dating someone who’s broke. Can you change men financially? Tune in to find out more.
Have a comment or dating story to share? Give us a call at 801-575-5599!
Being single during holidays does not have to be miserable! In this bonus episode of Dating at Her Age Caitlyn walks Debbie through some tips on how to romanticize your life when single especially on holidays when your single status seems to be on full blast. Listen now!
Have a comment or dating story to share? Give us a call at 801-575-5599!
Who pays for the first date? That is the topic for this week’s Dating at Her Age episode! Is going dutch and splitting the bill an option or should the tab fall on the person who asked the other out? Tune in to listen to Debbie and Caitlyn’s different takes based off their experiences at different ages. Debbie shares how she got stuck with a $1,000 tab on one of her dates and Caitlyn explores her reasoning as to why free first dates are a great option for people in their 20’s who may be struggling financially. In this week’s Dater Hater segment, Debbie walks through some of the haters in her Tik Tok comments who disagree with her take on not giving convicted felons a second chance when it comes to dating.
Have a comment or dating story to share? Give us a call at 801-575-5599! You can also send us an email at daha@ksl.com
Is it possible to get off the dating apps and meet men in the wild in 2024? In this episode of Dating at Her Age, we discuss our desire to have less digital connection and go back to meeting people the old fashioned way…in person. Since it seems we all forgot how to connect with people in person, we called in some help from a mental health professional. Intermountain Healthcare and Real Salt Lake Psychologist, Tom Golightly, shares some tips on if getting off the apps is possible, how to better utilize them in the dating world, and how to get out there and interact with people in the wild, all while embracing the quirks and social awkwardness that may hold us back.
Join the conversation by calling 801-575-5599 and leave us a dating story and we may play it on the podcast!
Come along for the journey with Caitlyn and Debbie as they pull back the curtain to address the stigma of dating at different ages and the battles that come along with it. In this bonus episode of the new KSL Podcast Dating at Her Age, tune in to learn more about Debbie, 57, and Caitlyn, 29, as they are both ready to open up the conversation about dating at HER age.
Have a crazy dating story you want to share? Join the conversation and leave Debbie and Caitlyn a voicemail with your own dating story at 801-575-5599 and they may include it in the show!
Join the conversation and share your crazy dating story by leaving us a voicemail at 801-575-5599!
From catfish to convicted felons, Debbie and Caitlyn spool through their long list of disaster dates after they’ve connected with men on dating apps. Caitlyn’s date stood her up because he got arrested. Not to be outdone by Debbie’s coffee date with a convict. In this episode of the new KSL Podcast, Dating at Her Age, we’ll laugh about dating fails, the icks we get from men’s online dating profiles and men’s advice to women about their profiles. Plus how Debbie caught a catfish. This episode’s Dater Hater call is from a women who was fat shamed by a man over a dating app and she shares how she navigated the situation.
Join the conversation and share your crazy dating story by leaving us a voicemail at 801-575-5599!
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SALT LAKE CITY — I’m Debbie. I’m 57 years old. I’m single. Looking for a long-term, monogamous relationship. I’m a radio talk show host and a mom of three adult kids. I enjoy hiking, traveling, long walks, fishing, and paddleboarding.
For six and a half years, my very vanilla profile and few selfies on dating apps have gotten me nowhere.
Correction: it’s gotten me ghosted, stood up, broken up with, and at least two dates with convicted felons.
Dating app dumps
After divorcing in 2016, I resisted the new way of dating —apps. But eventually, with arm-twisting from friends, I caved and found my way onto Bumble, eventually Hinge, and way over my head on Tinder.
What I quickly found out — and continue to learn — is that at my age, the dating pool is shallow.
These apps, and the dating world in general, are littered with married men masquerading as single, men who’ve done time in prison, men who aren’t capable of following through with something as unromantic as a 45-minute coffee date to meet me.
For the record, I have no desire to date any of the above.
But this is where single women find themselves these days.
Dating app disasters
When I was dating in the dark ages, in my 20s, if I had told my best friend that I was meeting a stranger I connected with out of the blue, a man I shared no common friends with, a man I knew nothing about, she would have rushed me to a psychologist for fear I’d lost my mind.
And it turns out, dating in my 50s, has pushed me in that direction. Honestly, I’ve arranged therapy sessions to solely lay out my abysmal dating life that’s gone in circles.
Am I just unlucky? Too picky? Should I give up on dating and adopt a new dog?
Think about it. Who has time to dress up for a dinner date with a stranger you’ve spent two weeks chatting with, only to be stood up?
Who has the time, and money, to meet a man for lunch who will ghost you the next day, yet happily stick you with his $30 meal tab that afternoon?
Or, who wants to spend hours with a perfect stranger listening to how ‘crazy’ all his ex-wives are? All his ex-wives? Yes, all.
One man told me he had two ex-wives at the beginning of our date and by the end it was three. He must have run BACK to the altar while I escaped to a bathroom stall to kick myself for agreeing to a drawn-out dinner date, bookended with appetizers and dessert!
“Dating at Her Age” is born
After graciously keeping a front-row seat to my dating disasters for the last few years, my producer, the lead producer of the show I host on KSL NewsRadio, “Dave & Dujanovic”, Caitlyn Johnston encouraged me to put it all out there — on a podcast.
“Dating at Her Age” hosts Debbie Dujanovic and Caitlyn Johnston.
Caitlyn, who’s dating at 29 years old, has her own stories of dating app angst, situationships, and frustrations with dating men her age, which was a lightbulb moment for both of us. I told her, if she’s in, I’m in.
Within minutes of our commitment to this journey, and with the blessing of our bosses at KSL, we began writing down a list of topics.
We’ve now amassed enough dating disaster stories and lessons learned to carry us through 2030, at least.
I’m excited to share — and laugh — about what we’ve learned, and how our experiences have shaped the way we date.
I’ve learned I can’t date a man my age who has a 10-year-old child because I’m not in the same place I was 20 years ago and raising my own young children.
I’ve learned I can’t afford to financially rescue a man in his late 50s who’s spent his adult life making bad money decisions.
Caitlyn will teach me the red flags to know if I’m stuck in a relationship to nowhere; what single women her age call a situationship.
We’ve both learned to keep the first date simple, like a coffee date during daylight hours. It’s easy and safe. If a man doesn’t show, we grab a cup of coffee to go.
Come along for the ride
One of my favorite segments is called Dater Hater. We invite listeners to share their dating disasters and disappointments by leaving us a voicemail message on our Dating at Her Age hotline–801-575-5599. We may play them on air! So please share!
Many women Caitlyn and I know — and have yet to meet– are aimlessly swimming in a dating pool that’s been drained of good options.
So we hope you’ll take us along for the ride, follow and listen to “Dating at Her Age.” A new episode drops every Thursday, with bonus content too.
And yes, our Dating at Her Age podcast is free — just like us on Friday nights!
If one good thing comes from our dating disasters, let this be it.
