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Dear Sugars

WBUR

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

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The Sugars get a letter from a young woman who has fallen head over heels in love. She and her boyfriend only met a month ago, but are already in deep. Everything seems perfect, and yet the letter writer can't help but wonder if the traumas of her new love's past are hiding somewhere under the surface, threatening to resurface. This episode originally aired Nov. 6, 2015.

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0:00.0	WBWR's last scene is back with surprising news stories about people, places, and things
0:06.1	that have gone missing, all told by tenacious public radio storytellers who refuse to let
0:11.5	mysteries go unsolved.
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0:15.1	Out now.
0:16.1	Follow last scene wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:24.3	The universe has good news for the lost, lonely, and heart sick.
0:29.2	The girl is here, the both of us, speaking straight into your ears.
0:34.2	I'm Cheryl Strade.
0:35.6	I'm Steve Almond, this is Dear Sugar Radio.
0:39.0	Oh dear song, won't you please?
0:45.1	Share some little sweet days with me.
1:09.0	Dear sugars, I'm a 34 year old woman who has never been married but has had a number
1:13.3	of long term relationships.
1:15.4	All of my relationships have been safe, meaning the men were pretty conventional, stable,
1:20.0	and came from good backgrounds.
1:22.0	I also come from a very good background.
1:24.5	I had an idyllic childhood with almost no big trauma to speak of.
1:28.5	My parents are still married and I see them often.
1:31.9	Recently I unexpectedly met the most amazing man whom I immediately fell for.
1:36.9	We share an incredibly deep heart and soul connection.
1:39.6	We were immediately head over heels in love, trusted each other, and both feel as though
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