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The universe has good news for the lost, lonely, and heart sick. The sugars are here, speaking

straight into your ears. I'm Steve Alman. I'm Cheryl Strade. This is to your sugars.

Oh dear song, won't you please? Yeah, some better sweet days with me. I check my

thoughts every day. Oh, and the sugar you see in my way.

Hi Steve. Hi Cheryl. Hi, Esther. Yes, hi. Welcome to part two of our mini-series on

Sexless Relationships. Those of you listeners who tuned in last week heard, is

Esther Perl talking with us, answering a letter about a sexless relationship. We're

going to continue that conversation now. Let's listen to this next letter that Steve's

going to read about a similar situation with some differences written by a man. Yeah,

in fact, we wanted to read it to you specifically, Esther, because we know that your work on intimacy

directly arises from your work on trauma. Yes, quick.

Dear sugars, my wife and I have been married for over 10 years. We got married as 23

year olds. When she discovered she was pregnant with our son, we had known each other for

only two months. That's when we got engaged. Marriage and raising children has been rocky,

but we've been in marriage counseling and continue to work hard to be loving and kind

towards each other and our children. My wife is an amazing mom, beautiful friend and an

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