Confident Dating: How to Show Up as the Real You EP 715
On a new TAGS LIVE aka Talk About Gay Sex the live edition Host Stevie V and Co-host Kodi Maurice Doggette are back with an all new discussion on how we show up on our dates as our real selves or do we put up a facade to be who we think people want to meet?
We break down why queer dating feels so intimidating, how to stop shrinking yourself or over-performing on dates, and what it really means to “show up as the real you.” We also talk about what confidence is not, the moments we’ve lied to ourselves to be chosen, and how dating confidence evolves with age and experience.
This episode includes tools, stories, very honest confessions, and a gentle reminder:
You’re not auditioning — you’re connecting.
The hosts share personal stories of how they showed up for past dates when they were younger and not as confident as they are now...
Confidence isn’t about being perfect. It’s about being real, relaxed, and present
The misconception that confidence = being bold, loud, flirty, or dominant
Internalized fear of rejection and its impact on confidence
How dating confidence is really about clarity, boundaries, and comfort
Showing up as ourselves not the version we think they want...
Confident behaviors that attract the right guy...
Tips that work on a date like flirting, listening and sharing...
Hot Topic: 3rd lawsuit filed against Ursaline High School in Ohio involving Football players harassing a gay student...
Hot Topic: Adult MAGA performer Cory Mendelsohn is arrested for assaulting husband and boyfriend...
Hot Topic: What does a Top actually smell like and what fragrance if any do Tops where...?
Hot Topic: Colman Domingo feels sexier than ever at 55...we discuss
Advice: Only 28% of Straight Men feel comfortable seeing two men kiss....
Advice: A guy loved bombed another for 5 dates and now has ghosted him out of the blue...
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Links:
3rd Federal Lawsuit against Ohio High School relating to homophobic attacks.. https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/education/ursuline-high-school-third-lawsuit-football-players-assaulted-harassed-gay-student-youngstown-subodh-chandra/95-13ec363b-f0c2-4f6a-9101-12decc3097a6
NSFW performer Corey Mendelsohn arrested for assaulting husband and boyfriend: https://str8upgayporn.com/white-supremacist-gay-porn-star-cory-mendelsohn-arrested-for-domestic-battery-after-assaulting-maga-husband-jared-mitchell-and-19-year-old-boyfriend/
