The universe has good news for the lost, lonely, and heart sick.

Sugar is here, the both of us, speaking straight into your ears.

I'm Cheryl Strait.

I'm Steve Almond. This is Dear Sugar Radio.

Oh dear song, won't you please?

There's some little sweet days with me.

I check my bell by every day.

Oh and this sugar, using my way.

Hi Cheryl.

Hi Steve. So we are in week two of our episodes on friendship.

Last week we did the frequently asked questions.

This week we're narrowing our focus a bit to look at what happens when men and women are friends.

And the issues that might arise, why don't we just dive right in my friends?

Let's do it, let's do it my friend.

Alright Dear Sugar's, I'm a young woman in a tight-knit, male-dominated creative industry.

Our work is our art and our art is our work which means there's ample opportunity

to make meaningful connections that extend well beyond the proverbial water cooler.

I have a few close male friends I'm deeply connected to and I mean true friends

with whom I share strong but platonic emotional bonds.

I love the richness these relationships bring to my life, my partner does not.

He's convinced men and women can never truly be friends that attraction will eventually get the better of one

or both parties turning disastrous for all.

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