The Moth Radio Hour: Not as They Seem

The Moth

Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 25.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, stories of hidden truths, white lies, and defied expectations—on dates, at a wake, and on the dance floor. This episode is hosted by Moth Senior Director Meg Bowles. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. Storytellers: Sharon Zegen learns the meaning of the phrase "be careful what you wish for." Bill Dempsey is unsure how to handle a case of mistaken identity. Isamula Elika Malesi steps out of her comfort zone and goes on a date. Mike Wang struggles with how to express his love for his father. Richard Westcott falls in love with dancing. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From PRX, this is the Moth Radio Hour. I'm Meg Bowles, and in this show, we have
0:17.2	stories of assumptions, missteps, and misinterpretations, books judged by covers,
0:23.5	and other things that may not be exactly as they appear.
0:27.7	Our first story falls into the category of careful what you wish for.
0:32.1	Sharon Zeghan shared it at a grand slam we produced in New York City, where WNYC is a media partner of the
0:38.1	Moth.
0:39.1	Here's Sharon.
0:43.1	I was 33 and I really wanted a boyfriend.
0:46.8	Everybody was in couples or so it seemed.
0:49.4	My friends were getting married, some were having kids, and I was dating.
0:52.9	I was dating a lot, but I was tired of dating.
0:55.6	I wanted to get to the living together, spend an evening in sweatpants in front of the TV,
1:01.0	eat scrambled eggs for dinner, go to bed to sleep together without sleeping together, but I never
1:07.2	made it that far. I felt inferior for not making it to the sweatpants stage.
1:12.6	So when I met this guy who was really into me, I thought to myself,
1:16.6	this time I'm going to pull through.
1:18.6	I'm going to work really hard to make it stick.
1:21.6	And it started well.
1:23.6	We were dating, we were dating a lot, spending weekends together, obvious Fridays, and at some point
1:29.6	it was clear. I had a boyfriend. What an accomplishment, success. There were just a few hiccups.
1:36.7	We had nothing in common. I wasn't really attracted to him. I basically wanted him gone.
1:48.0	So I was living this battle between heart and mind for a few months until at some point I thought to myself, okay, enough.
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