
You Need To Listen: Episode 17 - WTF Is Shrekking?
Sep 4, 2025
24:39
Add a new word to your dating vernacular.
Shrekking, which is, for lack of a better description, the lowering of your dating standards in the attempt to be treated better, only to experience relationship disappointment still.
Inspired by the movie Shrek, this is just one of the dating trend that exemplifies the superficial nature of modern dating. Another example? The 666 rule, which refers to men who are 6 feet tall, have six-pack abs and make over six figures.
In this latest episode of the You Need to Listen Podcast, Kristin Brey and Steve Scaffidi explore the evolving (or devolving) standards of dating and explore the problems facing singles. How do you match up, get along, and let's be honest, get it on?