Dear Dad, It's Over

Dear Sugars

WBUR

Boston, Wbur, Sugar, Cheryl Strayed, Society & Culture, Dear, Relationships, Advice, Steve Almond

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2017

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We can't choose our parents, but we can choose whether or not to have a relationship with them. This week, the Sugars discuss parental estrangement. It's a follow-up to a conversation the Sugars had recently on the show about parents who feel alienated by their children. After that episode was released, an email appeared in the Dear Sugar inbox from a woman who believed the Sugars had discussed her father's letter. She wished to share her perspective -- that of the child who has chosen to estrange herself from …

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0:00.0	Strain, damn things Straint, damn things
0:04.3	Strain, damn things
0:06.6	Straint, damn things
0:08.9	Strain, damn things
0:10.8	Strain, damn things
0:12.2	Strain!
0:14.0	Strain!
0:15.1	Strain!
0:15.6	Strain!
0:16.5	Strain!
0:19.8	There's a whole range of strings and things,
0:21.9	called strings and things,
0:23.5	including cheese strings, yollies and cheese shapes.
0:26.4	Find them all in the cheese and yocatyle.
0:28.0	Strays and things.
0:30.0	Dear Sugar is supported by...
0:37.0	The Universe has good news for the lost, lonely, and heart sick.
0:42.0	Sugar is here, the both of us, speaking straight into your ears.
0:47.0	I'm Cheryl Strade.
0:49.0	I'm Steve Almond. This is Dear Sugar Radio.
0:52.0	Oh dear, so won't you please?
0:59.0	She has some little sweet days with me.
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