Estrangement’s Alternate Endings

Death, Sex & Money

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Business, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Careers, Relationships, Sexuality

4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In our last episode, we look at how estrangement changes shape over the course of a life: how it can bend or harden, and how it affects new relationships, old memories, and the idea of family.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Anna.
0:01.8	Before we get started, I want to let you know that this episode contains descriptions
0:05.7	of disordered eating and a physical assault.
0:09.1	And right at the top, there's some strong language.
0:12.2	It's impossible to say that your kids don't talk to you without wondering if the person
0:18.5	on the other side of that wonders how much of a bitch you are.
0:22.0	How truly horrible you must have been to lose custody of your kids.
0:26.5	I didn't lose custody.
0:28.2	I'm estranged.
0:30.3	This is Death, Sex, and Money.
0:37.6	The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.
0:42.6	And need to talk about more.
0:45.0	I'm Anna Sail.
0:55.0	About how many years would you say it's been since you have been in a room with your
0:59.7	three kids?
1:02.5	All three of them?
1:04.5	Yeah.
1:06.5	2008?
1:08.5	14 years?
1:12.1	Yeah.
1:13.4	This is a listener we're calling Shavan, who lives in Canada.
1:18.6	And the years leading up to her estrangement from her kids.
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