“It’s not about ‘you complete me.’ You just choose to lead a better life because you’re living it together instead of alone.”
-Samantha Howsden WardWhy is midlife love BETTER, even during COVID? Devin, Morgana, and the funny, fabulous, blue-haired “Mom of TikTok” (3.1 million followers!) Samantha Howsden Ward, explore why midlife gives you the upper hand in married life. We talk about self love, body image, online dating, children, attraction and discernment, If you want to experience happy and lasting love, this episode is for you!
Highlights:
10:21 Tik Tok Mom
14:03 Find a Date In A Dating App
23:47 The No Expiration Date Partner
29:30 Somebody To Complete You vs Somebody To Support You
37:06 Love at 20’s vs Midlife Love
43:54 Self-Shaming, Unhealthy Living, Self-Loving
51:50 Your Children Are YOUR Priority
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Quotes:
19:11 “I don’t care how good-looking somebody is. I don’t care how magnetic they sound, unless you are in their presence.” – Samantha Howsden Ward
19:21 “Never ever meet until you have video chatted, because you can tell so much from a video chat that you can’t tell from pictures and texting.” – Samantha Howsden Ward
25:46 “The key is to get a middle-aged guy who does not repeat the same year over and over again.” – Samantha Howsden Ward
28:06 “In our relationships, when we’re stuck together, you have to take time away from each other, so you have time to miss each other, so you have something to talk about when you’re together.” – Samantha Howsden Ward
31:14 “Finding partners midlife, we start to understand people. We don’t expect perfection, we just expect somebody to be a good, honest human, to love us and to share our lives.” – Samantha Howsden Ward
31:39 “It’s not about ‘you complete me.’ You just choose to lead a better life because you’re living it together instead of alone.” -Samantha Howsden Ward
41:42 “Self reflection is always good and improving ourselves is always good. But don’t ever get caught in guilt. Learn from it.” – Samantha Howsden Ward
43:05 “When we think the only reason we’re going to get a guy is by being young and hot that is probably the worst time to catch the right guy.” – Samantha Howsden Ward
50:30 “People relate to us more as human beings as less as what can they do with our bodies. Which I think makes real love easier.” – Morgana Rae
53:53 “Your children are still your first priority, not that relationship. If you’re going to be happy with your partner, your children need to be okay.” – Samantha Howsden Ward
Meet Samantha Howsden Ward:
Samantha Howsden Ward, a mother of two from Nebraska, is “The Mom of TikTok.” Earnest and charismatic, Ward shares brief parenting lessons, dances, and life stories through her TikTok account. She started her TikTok account — monw0102, which stands for “middle of nowhere” — in 2019. Samantha’s main goal is to improve parent-teen communication and this comes through in the content that she shares on TikTok. Her advice is down-to-earth and transmits zero parenting judgement. She recently was featured in a front-page story in the Wall Street Journal. The story detailed teenagers’ efforts on TikTok to criticize the app Life360. The Life360 app allows users to share their current locations with each other. But parents often use the app to keep tabs on their kids. Ward’s main goal is to improve parent-teen communication and this comes through in the content that she shares on TikTok. Her advice is down-to-earth and transmits zero parenting judgement.
