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From The New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.

Stories of Love, Laws, and Redemption.

I'm your host, Megna Chakrabardi.

How have you gotten through your worst breakups?

Tinder, New Hobbies, Cheap Alcathal, putting your saddest music on infinite repeat?

Well, Mark McDevitt writes about a friend who helped him get through a break up in his essay,

Misery Loves Fried Chicken 2.

William Jackson Harper is back to read the piece.

He stars in the good place on NBC.

You can also see him in the new movie, Mid-Somar, This July.

Nate was my break up, buddy.

We were introduced at Scruffy Murphy's Irish Bar by a mutual friend who thought we'd like each other.

And I like Nate instantly, with his tight, crew-cut and animated features.

He seemed transplanted from another generation.

You could easily imagine him as a bit player in a 50s war movie, yelling out lines like, hey, Sarge, over here!

He's in a hole!

Or, he shot me, Mom, bleeding!

We hung out that summer evening in support of a favorite local band.

But when our mutual friend, left Florida for Boston, and Nate started seeing a woman,

our fledgling friendships stalled out.

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