Hey, everyone, we're about to wrap this season of Love Letters, which, as you know, has been all about love and money.

I've learned so much from our guests and their stories.

But before we go, I need to know, what are you taking away from this season?

What did it make you think about? Did it remind you of a money story from your life?

Do you have any money-related relationship advice that you just need to share with the world?

Send us a short voice memo, like three minutes or less, to lovelettersatboston.com.

That's lovelettersatboston.com. We might use it in a future episode of the podcast.

Please include your name. It can just be a first name or a pseudonym and where you're from

in the recording. I can't wait to hear what you think.

You know how some couples have that one thing, that when it comes up, it always seems to spark

a little fight? My colleague Cara Baskin and her husband Brian have one of those things.

It goes something like this. You see, Cara is a very in-demand freelance writer and makes a good

living doing it. She writes about a lot of stuff for the Boston Globe and other outlets,

mostly stories about food and parenting and culture. But she would love to prioritize a book she's

writing about women and middle age. Brian encourages her to do exactly that.

Brian was, you need to do this. Think of this as a long-term investment in your career.

Like you might have to take a pay cut for nine months or whatever. But think of it as something

that will benefit you in the long term. To Cara, this is pure fantasy. She's looking at the

mortgage payments, the summer camp tuition, the college savings, and she's thinking, how can I

possibly give up any income at all? When Brian says that to you, I want to ask the uncomfortable

question. Are you like, dude, get a job that pays more? Yeah. Sure. Do you say it? Yeah.

How do you say it? Like that? And what does he say? Here's what he says. Then you should

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