Single Ladies In Your Area - Listener Letter: "The loneliness that comes with solo travelling” (Patreon Teaser)

Episode Date: April 11, 2025

This week we hear from a listener who is solo travelling, and Amy and Harriet discuss the pros and cons.To listen to the full episode and to enjoy WEEKLY bonus content during the break, have access to BTS photos and videos, messages from Amy and Harriet, AND support the pod 💖 sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/singleladiesinyourarea OR isitham.org (really.)We want to hear your dating stories! Email in at [e-mail] Single Ladies In Your Area on Instagram @singleladiespodRecorded and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive.Photos by Matt Crockett and Linda Blacker.Design by Welcome Studio. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Come in. Come in. I feel like we're sort of sat in a jacuzzi. Come in. There's room. There's room. Oh, I wasn't thinking jacuzzi, but that's me. That's pumped me right up.

Come in, single ladies. Come in. Get in the jacuzzi. We were in a jacuzzi once. I saw shit in these yeast infections. Do you remember when we got told we were going to be in a jacuzzi once? We were in a jacuzzi once. We were in a jacuzzi once. We were in a jacuzzi once. We were in a jacuzzi once. We were in a jac to go ladies. We were in a jacuzzi once.

Remember when we got told off for being too loud in the beautiful tranquil spa and we were like, just squealing in the spa. Squealing, cackling. Ruining it for everyone else. Can you be quiet ladies? Yes. Well, single ladies in your area. Single ladies in your area.

We don't care. Get out of the jacuzzi. Get out of the jacuzzi. You haven't paid. Okay. Why are you naked? I don't know. Is that a problem?

Is that true? No, no. Is that true? No, no. No. We've got another letter from a listener. It's letters from a listener. Do do do do.

This is from Kat. Maybe a cat. That would be so nice. The cats are writing in, the dogs are writing in. This is from Kat. And the subject is simply, thank you. Oh, Kat.

Kat, you didn't need to say that. That's lovely. Hi, Harriet and Amy. I wanted to send a quick thank you. I was a single lady, very much not in your area last week on a holiday to Thailand. That is better. That is a better place to be.

I visited friends for a few days and then went it solo for the rest of the trip. Oh yes please. I love that. On Monday I was travelling from Bangkok to... Come on then Amy. Can't Channabri. Can you just say this word please just quick? Can't... From Bangkok to Canterbury. Come on then, Amy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Can-tchana-brie. Please, just quick. Can-tchana-brie. Canterbury. Can-tchana-brie. From Bangkok to Canterbury.

Don't worry about that. Making my way... To another place in Thailand. She was traveling around Thailand, starting at Bangkok. Who cares where she was ending up? Making my way with my mega backpack. I know the backpacks. Oh, I know the backpacks.

I heard I had one of them straps, you know, that goes from shoulder to shoulder and around your waist. It really does take the pressure off. We are sponsored by Mega Backpack. no gaisle out in the house. As crazy as it sounds. My pain could help someone else. Stories that heal. Share yours. Together, we are unsinkable.

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