Natalie Tencic

In 2010, Megan Gannon was "footloose and fancy free, living overseas and having a great time." But when her fiercely independent mum Mary was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease that year, Gannon, then 30 years old, returned to Victoria. As her mother's condition deteriorated over the next couple of years, Gannon found herself in the role of carer. "It was really rough," she tells ABC RN's Life Matters. Not only because she was facing the prospect of losing her mother.

Be honest, how truthful is your dating app profile? If you regularly dive into the swipehole, you’ve probably noticed it’s chockers with cheesy one-liners, carefully constructed photos in exotic locations, we work hard to put our best selves forward but hide a lot of our real selves when swiping. “I kind of had this this moment where I was like, every time I go on the apps, I'm always just trying to be funny, and I'm never really honest,” The Hook Up’s producer Dee Salmin told me.

It’s a tale as old as Tinder. You match with someone you like the look of, get to chatting, things are kind of cute, maybe you go on a date or two but it never really goes any further. You keep messaging, and messaging, but that’s... kind of it. “It’d really be long endearing conversations and really deep conversations and lots of back and forth and messages and photos,” Hook Up listener Sarah told us of a recent guy she matched with.