Lovemaxxing E3: Why Modern Dating Feels Like Parenting

**Dr.K** (0:00)
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**Britney** (1:00)
Yeah, we have a whole culture now of homosexuals, people who wants to come and live with you to just eat off you until you get tired.

**Dr.K** (1:06)
Can you tell me about homosexual?
Educate me, Britney, please. Having a relationship with you, I think, is not simple. Let's put it that way.

**Britney** (1:16)
Okay. My definition of infidelity is the exchange of communication. And what I mean by that is...

**Dr.K** (1:22)
Welcome to Lovemaxxing with Dr. K, the show where we talk to real people about their real dating struggles. I'm Dr. K, a Harvard-chained psychiatrist, and today we're going to meet Britney. Britney is a powerhouse. She's a recent PhD graduate, a professor at a university, and a full-time mother to three athletes. And she handles it all with ease. But she struggles to find someone who is an equal partner in life. Like, this is maybe a bit judgmental and a bit unfair, but, like, why do you keep on attracting deadbeats?

**Britney** (1:51)
You know what?
I've been asking myself this same question. I don't know.

**Dr.K** (1:56)
I work with, unfortunately, too many young men and young women and older men and older women, to be honest, who are looking for one of their partners to be their parent. Talking with Britney shows us why dating is so hard right now. You can have reasonable expectations, but that doesn't make them easy to meet. But I don't know if this makes sense. The people who are accurately able to assess what it takes to date you, also are accurately able to assess that it takes a lot. I mean, you call it the princess treatment, but it's not the princess treatment. I think what you're asking for is someone to take care of you every now and then.
This interview shows how complicated searching for the right partner can be. And if y'all want more insight into finding the right partner or making it work with the right person, check out Dr. K's guide to love, sex and relationships. Let's dive into the interview.
Can you just tell me a little bit about yourself?

**Britney** (2:52)
My name is Britney, I'm 37 I work in education, actually K-12, and professor at a university.
I'm like a jack of all trades. I do a lot of stuff like volunteer with my church, and I also am the manager of my kids' sports team. So I do a lot of things in that capacity. Again, I am a doctor as well. I have my doctorate in curriculum and instruction, but my biggest history of background is in social work. So my bachelor's and master's in social work. So working with the people, speaking for the people, advocating, right? So that's really a big just on my life. Mother of three, I have twin boys who are 11, and my daughter who is four. Very active in everything, church, sports, community.

**Dr.K** (3:42)
So my first impression sitting here is that you're kind of a powerhouse. Like, I mean, well-educated, professional, you know, involved with your kids, extracurriculars, right? So I think a lot of parents will like send their kids to extracurriculars, but it sounds like you're kind of in the trenches with them volunteering for their sports, and you're active in your church.

**Britney** (4:06)
Yes.

**Dr.K** (4:06)
So, I mean, you seem, can you help me understand a little bit about your energy level and like how you find the time, bandwidth, energy to do all of that?

**Britney** (4:18)
So I have a theory, and that theory model is you find time for the things that you want to do, right? And you can even apply that to dating. If you really want to, you will try, right?