On today’s episode of RediscovHER, Mary Beth concludes her current online dating saga with the finale of her dating experience with Mr. Perfect. She also shares experiences over the past week as she continues to reinvent and rediscover her life.

Mr. Perfect: The Final Chapter 

• While they had originally planned a final break-up date, they ended up seeing each other three days in a row.
• After that third day, however, Mary Beth didn’t get a good morning text. Instead, she got a breakup text that afternoon.
• Mary Beth was mad after first seeing the text, but not because of the breakup. Rather, because she felt led on.
• He might’ve checked all her boxes, but one that Mary Beth forgot to look for was commitment.

Dating takeaways:

• Mary Beth used to put up with bad behavior, but she won’t anymore. Mr. Perfect leaving did her a favor and saved her from wasting time and ending up with the wrong person.
• The lesson here is to look beyond the obvious and superficial and look at someone's heart and intentions.
• The moral of this story? All that glitters is not gold.

A Lesson in the Garden of Gethsemane.

• Mary Beth was thinking about Jesus’s story in the Garden of Gethsemane - when he went through the most terrible time of his life.
• She thought about the Savior praying in the garden and noticed he asked his friends to come with him when he suffered.
• Jesus showed us to asks our friends to be with us when we need them.
• Friends won’t always support you or give you the help you need, and that’s on them. We can't control that. But Jesus’ example was to ask his friends to support him and be in his company.

Mary Beth works to express her true feelings. 

• Mary Beth wants to be more forgiving. When somebody sincerely apologizes for something they've done, it's easy to forgive. But when they don't even acknowledge what they've done, it’s much more difficult. 
• Anger was her go-to emotion because that's what she grew up doing. But anger is a secondary emotion that covers fear or hurt, and it makes everything worse.
• She’s worked hard over the last ten years to change and has reached the point where she can state what she’s feeling but not in an angry way. 
• However, she’s learned there's another level even deeper: what you really feel.
• That level is tricky to come to terms with, especially when it’s a complex emotion. 
• As we talk about our feelings, people can relate to us, and it just draws us closer together. And so, even though it seems scary at first, that's key to getting through difficult situations: to go through it with others.

As Mary Beth says goodbye to Mr. Perfect, she wishes him well. She thinks more about the Savior and how He understands everything she goes through and is thankful he has given her wonderful friends who support her through her experiences. 

The RediscovHER podcast will take a short, one-week break. Tune in to our next episode on June 4th to learn Mary Beth’s takeaways from the Garden of Gethsemane and more information about online dating.

You can get in touch with host Mary Beth Rosebrough on Instagram @rediscov.her.

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