That's the hard thing about break-ups. They change you and it's not easy to come back from.

This is death, sex, and money.

I'm here for my ex-husband's funeral.

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.

This is not about the money.

This is about you and me, and we're not good anymore.

I need to talk about more. It's over now. Really over.

I'm Anna Sale.

A breakup is one of those rare things in life where there's a clear before and after.

You were together before, a team.

Now you're separate and you're on your own.

Cynthia Panalva went through her hardest breakup four years ago.

He was my rock, he was my person.

I really miss that.

Her breakup was with her best friend. They'd been really close for about 15 years,

starting when they were teenagers growing up in Miami. They went to the same church,

their families knew each other, they even worked together.

So we saw each other like six days a week.

And then one day they had a conversation that changed everything.

I remember that he was trying to beat around the bush and I asked him,

are you coming out to me? And he didn't answer that.

And I... and he was so scared was so scared telling me and I was so scared for him I was so

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