Ep. 5: A dying man’s one piece of dating advice that will save you years of heartache

Your Dating Bestie Podcast · Jun 23, 2021 · 10m

In July 2008, Dr Randy Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, sadly died of pancreatic cancer. He was 47 years old, a husband, and a father of three young children, including one daughter.

He gave an abridged version of his epic speech, The Last Lecture, on the Oprah Winfrey Show. But it was something he said afterwards when Oprah was interviewing him that has stayed with me all these years...

It was the one piece of advice he wanted to leave his young daughter for when she grew up and started dating and having relationships with men (assuming she turned out to be a straight…