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“We had never spent the night together, and now our next date would involve a 10-day trip with only a few other travelers and crew on a cargo ship?”

What’s the most unusual place you’ve ever been on a date? We asked Modern Love listeners, and the responses did not disappoint. Rummaging through landfills, listening to cases in night court … the stories got weird. And there’s one that our host, Anna Martin, considers the most bizarre of all (hint: dead bodies).

For our last episode of 2022, we start with Dev Aujla’s essay about how he wound up traveling on a cargo ship across the Atlantic Ocean with a woman who, weeks earlier, had broken up with him at the advice of her astrologer. Then, we hear from all of you.

This is our last episode before the holidays. We’ll see you in 2023!

Today’s story

• “Relationships Move Fast on a Slow Cargo Ship,” by Dev Aujla

Thank you to the many listeners who shared their date stories, including Na’Tosha De’Von, Daisy Dow, Jeanne Galligan, Gareth Miles, Emily Russell, Martin Blumberg, and Elizabeth and Christopher from New Hampshire.

Hosted by: Anna Martin
Produced by: Elyssa Dudley, Julia Botero, Christina Djossa and Hans Buetow
Edited by: Sara Sarasohn
Engineered by: Dan Powell
Theme Music by: Dan Powell
Original Music by: Marion Lozano
Founder, Modern Love: Daniel Jones
Editor, Modern Love Projects: Miya Lee

Special thanks: Mahima Chablani, Nell Gallogly, Julia Simon, Jeffrey Miranda and Anna Diamond at Audm.

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