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Did you have an image of what you wanted the financial piece of your romantic life to look

like? I didn't think I would ever be in the situation, to be honest with you. Like the situation

of being in love with somebody? Oh man, I've been in love before,

but I think that being a bit of a free spirit, it's easy to fall in love. I think that part's

really easy. But there was a feeling around the time we started to say things like, I love you,

and talk about, well, I actually feel like like this might be weird to say, but I feel

like I want to pursue more relationship escalatory things with you. And that was such a big

conversation. And he's like, yeah, I feel the same way.

Our guest today is a 34-year-old who we're calling Charlie.

They're a filmmaker.

They work in post-production.

And for the last three years, they've been living in the Bible Belt.

I never thought I would be living in the Bible Belt.

But here I am. I ended up finding my dream job here. I also thought I would be living in the Bible Belt, but here I am.

I ended up finding my dream job here.

I also found my partner here.

Very weird.

When we talked, Charlie had been with her partner for about six months, but the two of them

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