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Millennial Love: Why are we so obsessed with fairytale romances?

Listen to episode 11 now

Olivia Petter
Friday 01 December 2017 17:51 GMT
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From dating apps to celebrity relationships, ghosting to benching; The Independent digs deep into the murky waters of modern love in our weekly podcast, hosted by Assistant Lifestyle Editor Rachel Hosie and Lifestyle Writer Olivia Petter.

This week on Millennial Love we're joined by love and relationships coach (and all round romance guru), Ar'nie Rozah Krogh.

In the light of the royal engagement announcement, we're thinking about fairy tale romance - why are we so obsessed with the idea of being swept off our feet and is it a problematic ideal to hold?

Ar'nie also shares her thoughts on millennial dating, we discuss the plethora of apps that have become the norm and soak up her advice for young singletons on finding love.

It's available via iTunes and Acast, and we'd love it if you could download, listen, rate and subscribe.

Listen to episode 11 below and let us know your thoughts by emailing us at millennial.love@independent.co.uk.

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