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Love Letters

S9E2: The Parent Trap

Love Letters

The Boston Globe

Love Tips, Breakups, Dating, Relationship Tips, Love, Dating And Relationships, Love Advice, Advice, Dating Tips, Marriage Advice, Breakup Advice, Relationship Advice, The Boston Globe, Boston, Society & Culture, Love Letters, Meredith Goldstein, Dating Advice, Letters, Relationships, Boston Globe

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

When Nimish left Nepal for college in the United States, he expected some serious challenges, like adjusting to a new culture and studying in a new language. Finding love was not top-of-mind. But as he got older and started to date more, Nimish’s romantic life became his biggest source of anxiety. Because with each budding relationship came an all-consuming question: How do I explain this to my parents? Email us at [email protected].

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0:37.0

Nimesh grew up in a three-room apartment shared by nine people. In one room

0:49.2

were his dad's three younger brothers, Namese's uncles. In another, his three aunts.

0:54.7

And end of the day, we would like sort of back up the living room and turn it into a

1:00.3

bedroom for my dad, mom, and me, which was good because I had access to the TV at late at night and just sneak out and watch Dragon Ball's eat.

1:08.0

The family lived in the heart of Catmandu Nepal, which sits in the foothills of the Himalayas.

1:14.0

It's one of the oldest cities in the world.

1:16.6

So like temples everywhere and roads behind houses that are like just barely like a kid can like squeeze through them.

1:24.3

Nimes spent much of his childhood running through these streets,

1:27.6

passing his days with friends as they explored home.

1:31.1

It was the time of his life.

1:33.0

We'd go out and just hang out on the stoops of these like really ancient temples and just like ride our bikes around.

1:41.0

No straight road in sight everywhere was just curves. It would feel like you'd gone

1:46.6

pretty far but turns out you just went in like a real windy path and you're very close to where you started.

1:53.0

In 2016, Nemish made a decision that took him farther from home than he'd ever imagined.

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