On the unpaid emotional labor of dating men

Conversations with My Walls · Aug 26, 2026 · 10m · transcript

This episode peeks inside the unbalanced “relationship economy,” taking a slice out of my past relationships to explore how social conditioning encourages us women to over-invest, while allowing men to get away with emotional borrowing.

Highlights:

* The cost of prioritizing a partner’s comfort over your own

* The comic book problem and Cazzie David’s superhero game

* Why tradwifery doesn’t help

* A “cupful” of perspective to stop over giving

Mentions:

* Cazzie David on Instagram

* Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (Hulu)

* Gilmore Girls Season 1, Episode 14 (“That Damn Donna Reed”)

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