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Dear Sugars

Friends With Benefits, Foursomes And Other Messy Relationships

Dear Sugars

WBUR

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

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

What if the man you love wants to break up but keep hooking up? How should you handle jealousy toward a lover's friend of the opposite sex? What happens when a foursome between couples reveals hidden feelings? Questions about messy relationships come in to the Dear Sugar inbox all the time. This week, the Sugars revisit an episode in which they discussed a handful of these questions in rapid-fire fashion.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, it's Steve Alman.

0:01.6

And Cheryl Strait, we have just celebrated the second anniversary of Dear Sugar Radio.

0:06.5

We hope to keep making the show for many years to come.

0:09.1

Ah, but here's the thing. You, our listeners, are a huge part of that,

0:12.8

and that's only going to happen if you can show your support in any amount at WBUR.org.

0:19.6

Slash Give Sugar.

0:21.2

That's WBUR.org. Slash Give Sugar.

0:24.4

And thank you.

0:25.5

So much.

0:27.4

Dear Sugar is supported by

0:30.8

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

0:38.4

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

0:43.7

I'm Cheryl Strait.

0:45.2

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

0:49.8

Oh dear song, won't you please?

0:54.8

Yeah, I'm a little sweet as we be.

1:01.5

I check my bell by every day.

1:09.3

Oh, and this sugar, you sing my way.

1:17.9

Well, we're going to do a rapid fire episode, another rapid fire episode,

1:27.5

and it's going to be themed, which is new concept, old concept, and the theme is going to be

1:33.1

messy relationships. And so I'm more or less legally bound to ask you, Cheryl, if you've had a messy

1:40.4

relationship.

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