Dear Sugar: Am I Too Young To Get Married?
Dear Sugars
WBUR
4.5 • 5.9K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2015
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
In this short episode, the Sugars take a question from a young woman who is engaged to the man she's been with since she was 19. As a child of divorce, whose parents were married young, the letter writer knows that there are risks.
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| 0:00.0 | Must remember, do not forget. |
| 0:07.0 | Remind me to bring photo ID. |
| 0:11.0 | Reminder, set. Babe, can you make sure I don't forget my photo ID when I vote. |
| 0:17.0 | All right, love. |
| 0:19.0 | However you remember, you'll need photo ID to vote on the 2nd of May. |
| 0:24.0 | Find out more at Electoralcommission.org. |
| 0:26.8 | UK slash voter ID. |
| 0:30.0 | Dear Sugar is supported by |
| 0:41.0 | The universe has good news for the lost, lonely, and heart sick. Sugar is here, the both of us speaking straight into your |
| 0:46.2 | ears. I'm Cheryl Strade. I'm Steve Almond. This is Dear Sugar Radio. |
| 0:51.6 | Oh dear song, won't you please? |
| 0:59.0 | Share some little sweet days with me. |
| 1:05.0 | I check my bell-bives every day. Oh, in the sugar, you see in my way. |
| 1:20.0 | Dear Sugar, I'm 23 years old and I'm getting married this fall. My fiance is a kind and |
| 1:27.4 | wonderful man with a big sense of humor and an even bigger heart. He's 25 and we've been together since I was 19. Since we got |
| 1:36.6 | engaged a few months ago I've had very few worries or anxieties about getting |
| 1:40.8 | married. I truly love him with all my heart and even more than that I |
| 1:45.2 | think we have what it takes for a happy marriage. We have many things in common. |
| 1:49.3 | We want the same things out of life. We respect value and support each other. We also recognize |
| 1:55.1 | the importance of our individuality and encourage each other to grow, both within and outside |
| 1:59.8 | of our relationship. I don't underestimate how hard it's going to be or what a huge life |
| 2:04.6 | altering commitment marriage is, but I just think we have the foundation to make it |
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