I was showing you how to swipe.
Yeah, I didn't know what I was doing.
I'm Kim, I'm 25 years old from New York City
and I'm a producer and the co-host of Excuse My Grandma.
Welcome back to another episode of Excuse My Grandma,
it's Kim and my co-host.
Grandma Gail.
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I moved out of New York City and into Palm Beach,
Florida, with my grandparents in the middle of the pandemic.
And I was going on dates as a 25 year old single girl
and we would debrief after the dates,
we would pick out my outfits together,
and in describing these experiences to my grandma,
we realized how many differences there really are
from the late fifties, early sixties,
to now dating apps and social media.
So, we decided to start the podcast,
to show everybody what we really came to.
And fix her dating life.
Somebody can't focus on the person.
Kim and I basically do agree on a lot,
but our approaches are different.
First of all,
I don't like going on those apps and meeting strangers.
That's not the way I ever considered dating.
Cause I had never, ever seen this before.
I couldn't believe that young people
would really date like this.
And I was showing you how to swipe.
Yeah, we swipe to the left, we swipe to the right.
We got, we swipe, I swiped up, down.
I didn't know what I was doing.
People would disagree with you.
I don't care if you disagree Like I,
They're not in a relationship.
Our first topic is talking about red flags.
I guess one time a real red flag happened
when somebody came to pick Kimmy up,
and didn't come to the door,
but waited downstairs for her to come down.
That to me is just rude and was a red flag.
I don't think that was a big deal at all,
that the guy didn't come upstairs and meet everybody.
I think on the first date,
it's totally fine for me to just go downstairs,
put a little text saying I'm here and off we go on our date,
it doesn't have to be a whole production.
What about something like this?
The next topic is date night outfits.
This is something Kim and I disagree on.
My first date outfit would be a pretty little black dress,
something conservative.
We wore a little white gloves.
That's too much. (laughs)
Not Cinderella.
And Kim's idea of her first date outfit would be jeans.
I guess everyone's dressing down.
Not into the crop top look?
Let's talk about date night plans,
dining in or dining out.
I think dining out 100%,
just because I've had horror stories
with trying to cook and dine in.
So this one time I was supposed to cook for a date.
I never cook, so I needed grandma's help.
Went to the supermarket,
picked everything out, practiced it in my head.
Course she didn't boil the water first,
before she put pasta in.
So that was her first mistake,
which was a basic rule of pasta.
If you read the box.
I got so nervous,
that it was just a pile of mushy spaghetti.
It was inedible.
We ended up just eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
So I think the most important thing is
to pick a place that you've actually gone before,
so there's no surprises.
The next thing is the seating arrangements.
I'm big on this.
I think you have to be across from the person
you're on a date with, look into their eyes.
Actually get to know them.
It's too difficult when you're at a bar next to someone,
kind of staring into the abyss.
I think that's extremely awkward.
And I think it's all about the vibe to me,
that means a loud enough restaurant
where there's no awkward silences,
but that it is quiet enough
to actually have a conversation.
That's why nobody has a second date,
there's so many requirements.
It's so hard, just go to the neighborhood pizza place.
You would have been perfect.
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Oh my god, Gail!
Gail and Kim you're hilarious.
Kim, come on.
You didn't boil the water for the pasta?
(audience laughs)
Girl, no, you two are great.
Excuse My Grandma is on Apple and Spotify
and wherever you guys listen to your podcasts,
what a delightful dynamic duo.
And I love to see that the generations coming together,
and finding their way together.
It's, it's just terrific.
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