No More Hiding

Modern Love

The New York Times

Love, New York Times, Nytimes, Essay, Loss, Storytelling, Society & Culture, Redemption, Nyt

4.3 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

An A-student, a striving employee and a loyal friend, Terri Cheney is the sort of person who seems to have it all together. But, beneath her glowing facade, she faced the highs and lows of bipolar disorder. She kept her mental illness separated from her personal and professional lives, but she could not conceal this part of herself when it came to dating. After Terri’s essay, we peek into another story: the romance of Dave and Janelle Funchess. When they met, he knew he wanted to date her. For a while it didn’t happen, because she was with someone else. He was patient and persistent, until she said yes.

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0:00.0	Love now and...
0:04.0	The phone loves me.
0:05.0	It's the love.
0:06.0	It's stronger than anything.
0:08.0	The love, love.
0:09.0	And I love you more than anything.
0:12.0	It's too much.
0:14.0	From The New York Times, I'm Anna Martin.
0:17.0	This is Modern Love.
0:20.0	Today's essay is from a woman who meets a cute guy
0:23.0	at the grocery store.
0:25.0	They hit it off in the produce aisle.
0:27.0	They're chit-chatting.
0:28.0	It's a date which sounds perfect, right?
0:31.0	Except she has this nagging feeling
0:34.0	that date isn't going to go well.
0:37.0	This essay was also turned into a fabulous episode
0:40.0	of the Modern Love TV show.
0:42.0	It's called Take Me As I Am, Whoever I Am,
0:45.0	Written by Terry Cheney,
0:47.0	and read by Kirsten Potter.
0:53.0	I'm a bipolar woman.
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