Hey, it's Anna. All throughout this spring, you have been sending us your stories about

estrangement. Many of you have had a story to share. If you've listened to us for a long time,

you know this is the kind of thing we do. We ask our listeners to share their stories about big,

sweeping themes, and then you do. And then we get to put together beautiful collages of very

specific stories about things that can be tough to talk about in our personal lives. We are

still collecting your stories about estrangement. Please share an email or a voice memo with us

about what you've gone through or are going through. It can be about the experience of

separating from a particular relationship or even a community. Send those stories to us at

death sex money at WNYC.org. One thing that has come up as the team has talked about

estrangement is whether breakups count. Like estrangement, with breakups,

there's a stark change, something that was so close and intimate, become shut off, past tense.

But what's different is estrangement can feel like an extraordinary step, somewhat unusual,

while breakups, they can feel so mundane and every day

that it can compound the pain, like you are deeply hurting,

and also you feel like a cliche.

We made an episode all about breakups back in 2017,

and it's still among my very favorite episodes. It's about your romantic breakups, but also other kinds of breakups. And we're sharing that with you again this week. I hope you enjoy it. That's the hard thing about breakups. They change you, and it's not easy to come back from.

This is death, sex, and money.

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more.

I'm Anna Sale.

Thank you. and need to talk about more. I'm Anna Sale. A break-up is one of those rare things in life where there's a clear before and after.

You were together before, a team.

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