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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

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Meredith visits her sister, Brette, on the West Coast, where Brette is recuperating from knee surgery. Together they tackle a letter from a writer who, after a series of serious relationships, wants a year of just being single. But what if that means missing out on a connection of a lifetime? Send your own letter to [email protected].

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody. It's Meredith and I'm here on the West Coast with my sister, Brett. Hello, Brett.

0:11.3

Hello, Meredith. Okay. So actually, we're here because Brett has been trying out California and

0:17.5

has been staying here for a while. And she recently got a full knee replacement surgery, which

0:23.6

sucks, or is good actually, but sucks right now. So we're coming to you with one sister who

0:29.9

is fully with it and one sister who is, what, two hours of sleep, oxycodone, what else?

0:36.8

Well, better today because of your rules, Meredith. When you're caretaking for a sibling, you have

0:42.0

to be strict and stern about the sleeping rules, which are, don't miss your window. That's first

0:48.8

and foremost, right? Yeah. Like she's in pain. She can't sleep. And when she wants to sleep,

0:55.0

instead, she's been putting on Vanderpump rules and watching like 70 episodes of it, which

0:59.4

apparently she doesn't even like. I don't know, but now I'm in a hole. You call me the queen of

1:04.3

inertia. And so now I'm in like, I can't, it's like the one thing on television is Vanderpump rules.

1:09.5

And I just finished season six. And so, you know, sometimes I'm hate watching. Sometimes I'm not,

1:14.8

but it's like the only, I just, it's like some weird lifeline, even though I hate it. I don't know

1:19.1

what I'm doing. I don't know what the middle of the Venn diagram is of people who listen to the

1:24.0

Loveletters podcast and people who watch Vanderpump rules. I'm sure there is a middle. But anyway,

1:28.2

if any of you people have anything you want to tell Brad about Vanderpump or talk about it,

1:32.8

feel free because this is an area where like, I can't meet her in the middle. I know they're,

1:37.3

they're like two dudes with the same name who kiss the same lady, but I don't know anything else.

1:42.4

And I'm okay with that. Like, so, but the real reason we're going to talk today, we're going to,

1:47.9

we're going to answer a letter. But this is a really good time to send a letter because Loveletters

1:51.9

is also an advice column. We love answering letters. The letters actually help inform what the

1:56.8

seasons become because I see trends, patterns, and people's problems. And these letters are what

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