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The episode discusses cultural differences between the US and UK, focusing on the concept of being 'begs' and explores various topics including parasocial relationships and Love Island UK.

Happy Monday loves, This week's episode we talk about why people can actually thrive in the US and it might even be because in the UK we are scared to be "begs"? We discuss parasocial relationships, our fave villains and of course, Love Island UK We're eager to start answering some of your dilemmas again so please contact us using the info below! Let us know what you’d like us to chat about next week! Feel free to DM us or tweet us your thoughts — we love hearing from you! x --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can send dilemmas by using this link: ⁠https://bit.ly/3FzyTGG⁠ (If you'd like to listen to our episodes ad-free, please join our Patreon :) ) If you are thinking about getting therapy but not sure where to start, check out our sponsor ⁠www.betterhelp.com/BGL⁠ HOSTS:⠀ Jas: ⁠twitter.com/jas_bw⁠ + ⁠www.instagram.com/jas_bw/⁠ Vic: ⁠twitter.com/victoriasanusi⁠ + ⁠www.instagram.com/vicsanusi/⁠ BGL socials: ⁠www.instagram.com/blackgalslivin/⁠ + ⁠twitter.com/blackgalslivin/⁠ Tik Tok: @blackgalslivin Chat to us using the hashtag #blackgalslivin⠀ Artwork by @thecamru Learn more…

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