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Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Before We Got Together I Identified As Gay

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Esther Perel Global Media

Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-improvement

4.716.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Before they got together, he identified as straight and they identified as gay. What does it mean to make space for their queer identity while they date a straight man? And is that possible as they move into a more serious phase of their relationship? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

None of the voices in this series are ongoing patients of Esther Perel.

0:08.6

Each episode of Where Should We Begin is a one-time counseling session.

0:12.8

For the purposes of maintaining confidentiality, names and some identifiable characteristics

0:18.2

have been removed.

0:20.2

But their voices and their stories are real.

0:26.3

Between forgetting the cellar tape, trying to squeeze eight people around a six-seater table

0:30.2

and the cat taking down the tree.

0:32.2

Again!

0:34.2

Christmas can be tricky.

0:36.6

At least with Royal Mail, sending parcels is easy.

0:39.8

You can save time and money when you buy your postage online and will collect from

0:43.0

your door for £0.

0:44.8

Whether you have one, two or twenty to send, just click, save and will collect.

0:49.9

Visit RoyalMail.com forward slash send.

0:53.3

Simple.

0:54.3

On 31st December, for details online.

0:57.2

This episode is brought to you by Slack.

0:59.9

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1:04.0

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1:09.1

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1:10.1

Plus, Slack is full of game-changing features, like huddles for quick check-ins or Slack

1:14.9

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