Left Off the List, PTSD, and Marissa’s Rules for Raya

Have you ever been left off a friend’s invite list and felt it in your stomach? On this episode of The Dash, Elizabeth Chambers and Marissa Hermer get right into it: one of them finds the mailbox empty. The other is on the list. Then comes the extra sting, the first night out after a post-divorce hibernation, and your name is not at the door. The ladies go deeper than the guest list. Marissa shares being diagnosed with PTSD and the unconventional treatment she tried first — and why her answer was an immediate no thank you. They break down the code names they give the men they date, and how those nicknames actually get assigned. Marissa is dating The Spy and still on Raya “for research.” She walks through what actually works on a dating-app profile. Elizabeth has the opposite playbook and maps her perfect night out — just not in L.A. Plus: first-date dos and don’ts, the surefire red flags people talk themselves out of seeing, and the shocker of who sits in Marissa’s top three most important people. If you search dating after divorce, Raya dating app, PTSD, friendship betrayal, first date red flags, or Bravo-adjacent girls-on-the-phone energy, this is the episode. Follow The Dash with Elizabeth Chambers and Marissa Hermer. New episodes weekly from Lemonada Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices