S7E7: The Best Partner I Ever Had

Love Letters

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🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

There’s a reason Meredith and her friend Kumar hit it off when they first met. Well, two reasons. One, they’re both obsessed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Plus, they both operate with expansive definitions of love, commitment, and partnership. That’s why, when Kumar was going through a major change in his life, Meredith knew just what it felt like. Email us at [email protected].

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0:00.0	So picture it.
0:07.3	It's 2017.
0:09.2	I get asked by the Australian Association in Boston to host their annual gala at a fancy
0:14.8	hotel.
0:16.2	Apparently some members are fans of my love letters column, so they think I'd be a good
0:20.0	host.
0:21.0	I tell them, look, I'm not Australian.
0:25.1	And I've never been to Australia, so I don't know why you'd want to choose me as your
0:29.0	MC, and they're like, we don't care.
0:32.6	Can you still host?
0:34.2	So I say, sure, why not?
0:36.9	I get my hair done, and I put on a fancy dress, and I show up to the hotel ballroom.
0:42.2	And there are Australian guys everywhere.
0:46.0	They're in their 20s and 30s, and they all sound like Chris Hemsworth.
0:51.1	A lot of them are very hot.
0:54.1	But what do I do?
0:56.0	Who do I wind up spending the evening with?
0:58.5	A gay man at my table, who happens to love two women, his mother, and Buffy the Vampire
1:04.4	Slayer.
1:06.2	Meet my friend, Kumar.
1:08.4	Hi, I'm Kumar Virupin.
1:10.2	I'm a scientist at Novartis.
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