Confessions of a Late Bloomer

Modern Love

The New York Times

Nytimes, Redemption, Society & Culture, New York Times, Love, Essay, Storytelling, Loss, Nyt

4.4 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Garrett Schlichte was exactly twice the age of his sister. When he was 28 and his sister was 14, she would dish to him on the phone about her teenage love life. But the feelings she was experiencing — like electric attraction and aching jealousy — were unfamiliar to Garrett. When he was a queer, closeted teenager, Garrett turned to romantic comedies to grasp the emotions of a real-life relationship. While his sister could revel in her teenage crushes, he had suppressed his like a secret. In today’s episode, we listen to Garrett’s essay about missing out on the thrills and challenges of young love — and what he has yet to learn. Then, we hear a Tiny Love Story about a woman who longs to get closer to someone who has grown emotionally distant.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Anna Martin.
0:03.8	This is the Modern Love Podcast.
0:06.7	Love now into the form of my own love.
0:12.5	A stronger than anything.
0:14.5	Feel the love.
0:15.5	And I love you more than anything.
0:18.5	You're too much.
0:21.4	So I've been watching a lot of rom coms these days.
0:25.0	My thing is, like I watch them and I'm like, this dating advice is awful.
0:31.7	Men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.
0:36.4	What exactly does third base feel like?
0:38.4	Like warm apple pie.
0:41.0	Yeah?
0:42.0	Sometimes you have to show a little skin.
0:44.4	This reminds guys of being naked and then they think of sex.
0:48.9	I'm not taking this stuff seriously.
0:52.0	But when I was younger, I kind of did.
0:55.8	When you're young and impressionable without much romantic experience, you can sometimes
1:01.2	rely on movies.
1:02.9	To give you a sense of what dating and love might be like.
1:07.8	At least that's what Garrett Schlickde did.
1:09.9	He's the author of this week's essay and it's read by McCloud Andrews.
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