{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/652403b7cc56a90012ea4600/67b3760df7ed892410752f2a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"🤢 I Settled for a Musty Man – The Cost of Lowering My Standards","description":"<h3><strong>Episode 3 Summary: \"I Settled for a Musty Man – The Cost of Lowering My Standards\"</strong></h3><p>Listen… I knew better. But I didn’t do better. <strong>Why?</strong> Because loneliness had me out here <strong>accepting the bare minimum</strong>—and by bare minimum, I mean <strong>he didn’t even like to bathe</strong>. Yes, you heard that right. I ignored every red flag, every bad habit, and every funky odor, thinking I could <strong>make it work</strong>. But what I really did was <strong>lower my standards until I didn’t even recognize myself</strong>.</p><p>In this episode, we’re unpacking:</p><p>🔥 Why we <strong>settle for people we know aren’t for us</strong></p><p>🔥 The dangers of <strong>transactional relationships</strong>—where they take and never give</p><p>🔥 How <strong>loneliness tricks us into tolerating nonsense</strong></p><p>And most importantly… <strong>how to stop ignoring your own standards before you find yourself scrubbing a grown man’s armpits and questioning your life choices.</strong></p><p>📢 <strong>Tap in to The Rehab Lounge—because we are DONE making excuses for people who can’t even wash their damn hands.</strong> 🎙🔥💜</p>","author_name":"DeMorris Stroud"}