Episodes We Love: Sexless Relationships, Part 2

Dear Sugars

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

4.5 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The Sugars are joined by the therapist Esther Perel to discuss a letter from a husband who is in a sexless marriage and is looking for a way to help his wife heal from trauma. This episode was originally released on September 16th, 2017.

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0:00.0	Produced by the I-Land at WBUR Boston.
0:07.0	The universe has good news for the lost, lonely, and heart sick.
0:19.0	The sugars are here, speaking straight into your ears.
0:23.0	I'm Steve Alman.
0:24.0	I'm Cheryl Strait.
0:25.0	This is Dear Sugar's.
0:29.0	Oh dear song, won't you please?
0:35.0	Share some little sweet days with me.
0:43.0	I check my bedbugs every day.
0:51.0	Oh and this sugar, you see in my way.
0:58.0	Hi Steve.
0:59.0	Hi Cheryl.
1:00.0	Hi Esther.
1:01.0	Yes hi.
1:02.0	Welcome to part two of our mini series on sexless relationships.
1:07.0	Those of you listeners who tuned in last week heard Esther Perrell talking with us, answering a letter about a sexless relationship.
1:15.0	And we're going to continue that conversation now.
1:18.0	Let's listen to this next letter that Steve's going to read about a similar situation with some differences written by a man.
1:25.0	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.
1:34.0	Yes quick.
1:35.0	Dear sugars, my wife and I have been married for over 10 years.
1:39.0	We got married as 23 year olds.
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