GenX Stories

Crazy for You - First Relationships

February 12, 2020 Eve Simon & Sacha Cohen Season 1 Episode 4
GenX Stories
Crazy for You - First Relationships
Show Notes

Ah, dating in the 80s and 90s...

  • Eve discovers boys and Bulletin Board Systems, and becomes Queen of the Geeks.
  • Sacha spends high school pining for older boys who don’t pay any attention to her, and in general felt like a big loser until college.
  • Sacha’s first college boyfriend, losing her virginity (finally!), and getting alternative mixtapes featuring 4AD bands.
  • Eve explores dating an older guy and phone phreaking.
  • Dating pre-social media and why we’re so thankful it didn’t exist back then.
  • Peer pressure and life before #MeToo 
  • Sacha sows her wild oats at Model U.N.
  • Eve and her boyfriend program side-by-side at computer camp, then he comes to visit at her parent’s house.
  • Sacha spends years dating bad boys, and finally meets her husband at age 40.
  • Eve (aka “Schoolie”) reconnects with an old love on LinkedIn.
  • Leah from the Good Girls Talk About Sex podcast shares her first kiss story.
  • Derek narrowly avoids an arranged marriage.


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