Redux: What About The Stepchildren?

Dear Sugars

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Dear, Advice, Sugar, Society & Culture, Cheryl Strayed, Steve Almond, Wbur, Boston

4.5 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

When the Sugars answered a letter from a woman who felt trapped in the role of "wicked stepmother," dozens of listeners wrote in asking the same question: what about the stepchildren, who have no control over the restructuring of their family? The Sugars respond with an episode devoted to the other side of the story. They're joined by Jane Alison, author of the memoir "The Sisters Antipodes," which tells the story of how her parents swapped spouses with another couple when she was 4 years old.

This episode was originally published on November 18th, 2016.

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0:00.0	Produced by the ILAB at WBUR Boston.
0:07.0	The universe has good news for the lost, lonely, and heart sick.
0:18.0	Sugar is here, the both of us, speaking straight into your ears.
0:23.0	I'm Cheryl Strayed.
0:25.0	I'm Steve Almond.
0:26.0	This is Dear Sugar Radio.
0:28.0	Oh dear song, won't you please?
0:35.0	Share some better sweet days with me.
0:43.0	I check my bedbugs every day.
0:51.0	Oh, and this sugar, you see in my way.
0:58.0	Hi Cheryl.
0:59.0	Hi Steve.
1:00.0	Cheryl, do you know what one of my favorite things, I have two favorite things about this show.
1:05.0	What are they?
1:06.0	Okay, the first favorite thing is getting to see my friend Cheryl Stray.
1:11.0	No it is, I value that, it's important to me.
1:14.0	And I'm not just saying that because you guilt trip me at breakfast.
1:17.0	I genuinely mean it is something I look forward to.
1:20.0	You can ask Aaron, the authority, and all things Steve.
1:23.0	I say I get a chance to really hang out and talk with one of my pals.
1:26.0	Oh, thank you.
1:27.0	And he means a lot to me.
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