A short YouTube monologue by Vanessa Marin (episode uploaded as "Listen to episode 200 ⬆️") reflecting on scheduling in romantic relationships. The speaker reframes the common joke that scheduled time is dull, arguing that what feels "spontaneous" early in relationships is actually planned anticipation — scheduling builds excitement rather than kills it.
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I mean, I thought, much like most people think when it comes to scheduling, like, it's the butt of a lot of jokes in TV shows and movies. It's basically couples. Like, a couple has gotten older and life has gotten more stale. But I've seen how helpful that has been for us and for other people. But I think the thing that really has changed my mind is starting to understand that the reality with scheduling is that actually that hot, spontaneous that I'm putting in quotes right now, that was actually hot and fun and exciting, not because it was spontaneous, but because it was planned. The reality is, at the beginning of a relationship, you are literally carving out time in your day. You're planning in advance when you're going to meet up with someone. What we think is spontaneity is actually anticipation building and building and building.