Ep. 11 - The 90-Day Relationship Test: When It’s Time to Go All In

On this episode of the Golden Sex Podcast, Diane welcomes back Brian Howie, host of The Great Love Debate, for a hilarious, candid, and unexpectedly insightful conversation about dating, commitment, attraction, and relationships later in life.

What starts with Botox, nails, jewelry, proposals, and whether a boyfriend should have a “maintenance fund” quickly turns into something much deeper: How do you know when it’s time to stop looking and actually give one relationship a real chance?

Diane shares that she and the man she’s been dating are about to try 90 days of exclusivity—no dating other people, no distractions, just the opportunity to see what happens when two people truly focus on each other. Brian argues that this is exactly what modern dating often gets wrong: keeping too many options open can make it nearly impossible to discover what a relationship could become.

They also get into what makes a great proposal, why spending ordinary Tuesday nights together may tell you more than romantic weekends away, living together versus maintaining separate spaces, jealousy, being publicly claimed by your partner, dating shows, “shiny object syndrome,” and the strange lack of a good word for the person who is far more significant than a boyfriend or girlfriend—but not necessarily a fiancé.

And Brian shares something especially revealing about his own relationship: sometimes you simply know when someone isn’t just a girlfriend - she’s the girl.

Funny, flirtatious, honest, and completely unscripted, this episode is ultimately about one big question:

When you find someone special, are you willing to stop searching long enough to find out just how special it could become?

And stay tuned—because Diane's 90-day experiment is officially underway.

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