Sometimes It's Not You, Or The Math | With Laura Prepon

Modern Love

The New York Times

Love, New York Times, Nytimes, Essay, Loss, Storytelling, Society & Culture, Redemption, Nyt

4.3 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

What if all the conventional wisdom about why you are single is wrong? Laura Prepon ("You And I, As Mothers") reads Sara Eckel's essay.

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0:00.0	Modern Love The Podcast is supported by...
0:05.0	Produced by the iLap at WBUR Boston.
0:13.0	From The New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.
0:26.0	The New York Times
0:29.0	Stories of Love, Loss and Redemption
0:33.0	I'm your host, Megna Chacrabardi.
0:42.0	If you're dating right now, you know it's a whole new world.
0:46.0	You might be trying to figure out which of your app matches is worth a virtual date.
0:51.0	What the most flattering lighting is for a Zoom call.
0:54.0	What small talk you can make when you haven't left your apartment for a month.
0:58.0	It might even be enough to make you nostalgic for what dating used to be.
1:03.0	But this week's essay is a reminder that even when you could date in person,
1:07.0	finding the right person to be with has always been a challenge.
1:12.0	Sarah Eccle writes about that in her essay,
1:14.0	sometimes it's not you or the math.
1:17.0	Sarah's essay is read by Laura Prepan.
1:20.0	Laura is best known for her work in that 70s show and oranges the new black.
1:25.0	Now she's out with a new book.
1:27.0	It's called You and I as Mothers.
1:35.0	On my first date with Mark, he asked how long it had been since my last relationship.
1:40.0	I looked at the table, cupping my hand around my beer.
1:44.0	I always hated this question.
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