S8E1: Tim's Big Secret
Love Letters
The Boston Globe
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🗓️ 25 April 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
As a 20-something, Alex was determined to “win” at adulthood. And they did. They got a job, responsibly grew their savings, even bought a house. And then Alex met Tim, a kind and smart man who shared their passions, hobbies, and values. But a few years into their marriage, Alex discovered that Tim was carrying a pretty big secret – one that would jeopardize their hard-earned sense of security. Email us at [email protected].
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, we're about to wrap this season of Love Letters, which, as you know, has been all about love and money. |
| 0:05.6 | I've learned so much from our guests and their stories. |
| 0:08.7 | But before we go, I need to know, what are you taking away from this season? |
| 0:13.0 | What did it make you think about? Did it remind you of a money story from your life? |
| 0:17.7 | Do you have any money-related relationship advice that you just need to share with the world? |
| 0:22.8 | Send us a short voice memo, like three minutes or less, to lovelettersatboston.com. |
| 0:28.3 | That's lovelettersatboston.com. We might use it in a future episode of the podcast. |
| 0:33.5 | Please include your name. It can just be a first name or a pseudonym and where you're from |
| 0:37.9 | in the recording. I can't wait to hear what you think. |
| 0:47.6 | One night in January of 2020, Alex, a young professional who lives in Massachusetts, |
| 0:54.1 | musters up the courage to confront a marital problem, a marital mystery, you might say. |
| 1:01.1 | Alex turns to Tim, the husband in this story, and asks him, what the hell is going on? |
| 1:08.5 | I finally said, if I didn't know you better, I would think you had a drug problem. |
| 1:14.0 | I don't understand where your money goes. And he left the room, and he came back in like five or |
| 1:20.2 | ten minutes later, looking kind of white as a ghost, face fallen, and I was like, oh no. |
| 1:29.4 | What has happened here? What had happened? Well, it's a long story. A story about love, |
| 1:37.0 | money, trust, and whether a relationship, even a strong one, can survive a certain kind of |
| 1:43.4 | infidelity. He kind of did the like, I have to tell you something. And I didn't know what he was |
| 1:52.3 | going to say at that point. From the Boston Globe and PRX, this is Love Letters. I'm Meredith Goldstein. |
| 2:13.9 | Welcome to season eight of Love Letters, which is all about money and how it relates to love and |
| 2:27.2 | relationships. I need to say right off the bat that this topic is close to my heart and my soul, |
| 2:33.6 | or should I say close to my neuroses. As I told my financial advisor in the previous episode, |
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