From PRX, this is the Moth Radio Hour. I'm Meg Bulls and in this hour we'll hear three stories of family

bonds and our connections in the

in 1991 the World Wide Web was unleashed

connecting the world in a whole new way

and these days we take for granted that we're all walking around

linked to each other by our devices. I recently lost my phone

while traveling and the absence of it was really startling. I felt oddly

unsafe not being able to call home or call friends. I haven't memorized

anyone's phone number in years and not

having access to Google or my GPS I felt completely disconnected because I was.

In this hour we'll hear stories of how technology ties us together and

specifically with our families. Our first story comes from Meg Farrell.

She told this at a main stage we produced in partnership with Live Nation at the

Vogue Theater in Vancouver Canada.

The theme of the night was Between Worlds.

Here's Meg Farrell live at the moth.

It was Friday afternoon, and I was at work

when I got an email from my wife. And it was empty except the subject line,

which just said,

these bitches are stealing our sperm by it all now. The thing is is I'm just not an impulsive person.

It took me five years to ask my wife to marry me.

It took me five years because I'm the kind of person

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