I Was Your Father, Until I Wasn't

Death, Sex & Money

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

4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

A listener named Tony wrote to us about his deep love for his daughter, and what it was like to discover that he wasn't her biological father.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Anna.
0:02.1	Last week we shared some of your One Night Stand stories, mostly positive reflections
0:07.8	on fleeting, no strings attached encounters.
0:10.9	But it also got us thinking about a story we shared a few years back, about a One Night
0:15.1	Stand that had deep, lasting, and painful consequences.
0:19.5	It's also a really beautiful story.
0:22.6	So we're sharing that with you again this week.
0:24.7	Stick around for the end to hear an update.
0:28.6	Do you think you were a father?
0:30.3	Yeah.
0:31.3	Is it past tense?
0:33.0	Yeah, probably.
0:34.8	I wouldn't consider myself a father now.
0:37.4	This is Death, Sex, and Money.
0:43.4	Please, they're dead.
0:44.4	It's a little late to be neurotic.
0:45.7	The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.
0:49.0	Are you guys like boyfriend, girlfriend?
0:51.3	And need to talk about?
0:52.3	One.
0:53.3	I've always admired men like your father.
0:55.4	Well-seed, but not stuffy.
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