My Partner's Privilege

Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Esther Perel Global Media

Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-improvement

4.7 • 16.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

This time there is no couch, but instead an unexpected phone call from Esther to a woman who is struggling with the differences between her and her partner's upbringing. He grew up in a comfortable suburb, she grew up having less, much less. She loves her boyfriend but wants to get past the resentment she feels towards the opportunities he’s had. Esther helps her think through how these differences might also play into new strengths between them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Every season for where should we begin, I receive thousands of applicants.
0:09.3	And one of the most frustrating things is that I'm only going to be able to see 10 couples.
0:15.8	And I've been grappling with this.
0:18.0	How can I connect with more of you?
0:20.4	There are so many powerful questions, so many pain points that I would like to be able
0:25.0	to at least address with you even if shortly.
0:29.2	So this series is going to be different.
0:32.0	It's you calling me with a very precise question, with your pain point, me calling you back
0:39.8	and together we think out loud.
0:42.8	And we go from where should we begin to where can you start?
0:47.0	Hi, so I have been with my boyfriend for two years now.
1:02.2	And I am super happy in this relationship.
1:07.2	But we are also very different.
1:09.4	We come from really different places.
1:12.2	I am Middle Eastern.
1:15.0	He is white.
1:16.0	I immigrated to this country when I was a kid, grew up with a single mom, lived in a multi-generational
1:22.4	household, didn't have a lot of money growing up.
1:26.8	And he had kind of the opposite upbringing, grew up in the typical American sheltered,
1:33.2	suburb.
1:34.2	And I knew that things weren't fair, that things were unequal, a lot of different levels.
1:39.4	But it didn't really get to me.
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