Eat, Pray, Leave

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co.

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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0:00.0	Um, how are you?
0:05.0	Most people answer that question with fine or good.
0:11.0	But obviously it's not always fine and it's usually not even that good.
0:17.0	This is a podcast that asks people to be honest about their pain.
0:22.0	To just be honest about how they really feel about the hard parts of life.
0:29.0	And guess what?
0:32.0	It's complicated.
0:34.0	I'm Nora McNerney.
0:37.0	And this is Terrible.
0:40.0	Thanks for asking.
0:42.0	And I'm Megan Palmer, a producer here at Terrible thanks for asking.
0:51.0	The promise of marriage is sold to girls from a very young age.
0:55.0	It's one of the first things that I remember being taught to want.
0:59.0	Before I could even begin to understand what romantic love and long-term partnership even meant.
1:06.0	As a toddler, I watched Disney princesses who were brave and strong.
1:12.0	Ariel left her entire family behind to pursue her dream of walking on two legs.
1:17.0	And the climax of her story was just a giant wedding.
1:21.0	Snow White was put into a coma by a jealous stepmother.
1:25.0	Then woke up and married a guy she had basically just met.
1:29.0	And I loved these movies.
1:32.0	I paraded my barbies down the aisle of my Nana's front staircase,
1:36.0	mashing their hard plastic heads together to seal the deal with a doll kiss.
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