When Your Loved Ones Just Don't 'Get It'

Dear Sugars

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Boston, Wbur, Sugar, Cheryl Strayed, Society & Culture, Dear, Relationships, Advice, Steve Almond

4.6 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2016

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Our loved ones are the people who are supposed to understand us. But what if they just...can't? Where do we turn then, and how do we fight the feelings of resentment that this lack of understanding can stir up? The Sugars discuss with writer and artist TaLynn Kel, author of The Establishment piece “My Husband’s Unconscious Racism Nearly Destroyed Our Marriage."

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0:37.0	The Universe has good news for the lost, lonely, and heart sick.
0:42.0	Sugar is here, the both of us,
0:44.0	speaking straight into your ears.
0:47.0	I'm Cheryl Strait.
0:48.0	I'm Steve Almond. This is Dear Sugar Radio.
0:52.0	Oh dear, don't you please.
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1:12.0	Oh, and this Sugar,
1:17.0	you see in my way.
1:21.0	Hi, Steve.
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