What a Creep's Sonia Mansfield, Part 3 (S8E13)

What a Creep's Sonia Mansfield, Part 3 (S8E13)

From Storied: San Francisco by Storied: San Francisco

March 5, 2026 · 33 min · Season 8 · Episode 13

About this episode

Sonia Mansfield shares her journey through dating, marriage, motherhood, and a breast cancer diagnosis while raising a child with special needs in San Francisco.

Part 3 picks up right where we left off in Part 2. While she was still working that real estate job, Sonia was treating dating like a part-time job. She signed up on several dating sites (this was before swipe apps like Bumble). She went on many awkward coffee dates. Then a friend introduced her to a guy, and the two hit it off right away. They were inseparable from the moment they met, in 2008. They moved in a couple months later. In 2010, they got married, and had a kid shortly after that. But in the middle of all this amazing life shit, Sonia was smacked with a breast cancer diagnosis. She was 38. Sonia had never necessarily wanted to be a mom. She was always happy for friends when they started having kids, but figured it just wasn't in her stars because she wanted a different kind of life. But her new partner and eventual husband told her it was a deal-breaker, and she figured, Why not? They moved from Dogpatch to Glen Park around this time, because they wanted to raise their kid in The City but needed more space to do that, and the options weren't great. Their son was born and they began raising him, eventually getting him into SF public schools. When the kid was about…

People in this episode

Guest: Sonia Mansfield

Topics covered

  • dating
  • parenthood
  • breast cancer
  • autism spectrum
  • San Francisco

Keywords

  • dating sites
  • coffee dates
  • breast cancer
  • autism
  • public transportation

Mentioned in this episode

Places: San Francisco, Dogpatch, Glen Park

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