Hey, it's Anna. Last week, we shared some of your one-night stand stories, mostly positive reflections on fleeting, no strings-attached encounters. But it also got us thinking about a story we shared a few years back, about a one-night stand that had deep, lasting, and painful consequences. It's also a really beautiful story.

So we're sharing that with you again this week.

Stick around for the end to hear an update.

Do you think you were a father?

Yeah.

Is it past tense?

Yeah, probably.

I wouldn't consider myself a father now.

This is death, sex, and money.

Please, they're dead. It's a little late to be neurotic.

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

Are you guys like boyfriend, girlfriend?

And need to talk about more.

I've always admired men like your father.

Wealthy, but not stuffy. I'm in a sale. Six years ago, when Tony was in his mid-20s, he was working as a

bartender and a photographer in a Western college town. One night after work, and after a few

drinks, he hooked up with a woman he dated back in high school.

It was just pretty random. The whole thing just kind of happened really fast and then was over.

Then, a few weeks later, she told him she was pregnant.

There was a really, really, really long silence after she told me, because I was pretty careful with what I

wanted to say, or was planning to say, I needed to, like, think about it for, for sure. And I told her

that it was her choice, everything. And if she chose to keep it, then I would be a good

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