F*ck Buddies: A Sex and Dating Advice Podcast · Dain Miller & Niall Spain

Dr. Goon, Penis MD

·48 min·3 clips
A 19-year-old says he won't sleep in her bed because her ex-girlfriend used it.
1. F*ck Buddies: A Sex and Dating Advice Podcast answers listener questions about broken arms, sexual history, grief, and a letter to Luigi M. 2. Dave Miller and Niall Spang host the show, and they frame themselves as people who answer sex and dating questions "right here, right now." 3. The episode asks whether dating can work when someone has two broken arms and whether intimacy can survive a listener's insecurity about a partner's sexual past. 4. The hosts say a person with both arms in casts cannot drive, cycle, grab a bus pole, or easily leave home, so the injured person has to decide if dating is realistic. 5. They suggest low-mobility options like coming over for food and a movie, Zoom calls, or even a walk if the person can manage it safely. 6. They also argue that the person with broken arms may need to stay in the talking stage until recovery changes their capabilities. 7. On the bed question, they read a message from a 19-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman about his refusal to sleep in her bed because she had sex there with an ex-girlfriend. 8. Dave Miller and Niall Spang compare that request to rejecting a couch, kitchen counter, or favorite bar because a former partner once used them. 9. They say the issue can become a test of whether the listener is willing to accept a partner's rules about spaces that already exist. 10. They warn that if the complaint is allowed once, it can spread into other demands about bars, furniture, and other places tied to past relationships. 11. The hosts repeatedly return to the idea that the bed complaint can function as a weapon, because the partner is bringing "nothing to the table" while asking for a new bed. 12. They say the problem is not the bed itself but the insecurity behind treating a shared space as contaminated by an ex. 13. On the dead-boyfriend question, they point out that grief makes people want answers they may not actually be able to use. 14. They question why someone would ask a woman whether she slept with a dead boyfriend unless the goal was to hurt themselves or make the other person feel bad. 15. They also note that if the listener and the woman are already not fond of each other, the answer may not be truthful even if it is asked "politely and respectfully." 16. The hosts end that segment by steering the listener toward therapy and counsel instead of interrogation. 17. The tone moves quickly between blunt advice and jokes, including lines about "come ghosts," "blue boots and fuck bud," and a safari where monkeys rip off car mirrors. 18. The format is loose and conversational, with the hosts interrupting themselves, correcting details, and using exaggerated examples to make each point. 19. People who want blunt, comedy-driven sex and dating advice will likely enjoy this episode. 20. People looking for careful, formal relationship counseling will probably skip it.
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