The Scarlet Edit: Infidelity, Divorce, Starting Over.8 Jan

Why He Likes Your Stories But Never Texts You Back

Welcome back — and welcome to the first solo episode of 2026.

I'm kicking off the year with two things: where The Scarlet Edit is headed in 2026 based entirely on listener data, and a dating concept I only recently learned that I think is one of the most important things to understand if you're single right now.

The data has been clear. You want honest conversations about affairs, shame, divorce, and starting over. Those are the episodes that hit. The ones that make people feel less alone. So that's exactly where we're going this year — more of that, more often, and more anonymous affair stories from women who can't go on the record. If that's you, my DMs are open.

Then we get into fantasy access — what it is, where it shows up, and why it's so easy to get caught in it. It's the pattern behind the guy who hearts your Instagram story but never asks you out. The one who texts just enough to keep you curious but never does anything that requires actual courage. He's not choosing you. He's just keeping you close enough to feel like an option. Attention and intention are two completely different things, and fantasy access is what happens when we confuse the two.

If you're dating after divorce, navigating emotionally unavailable men, or just tired of decoding mixed signals from someone who can't seem to show up in real life — this one's for you.

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