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This week we're bringing you something special.

It's an episode of one of our favorite podcasts, Love Letters.

Love Letters tell stories about romance, marriage,

partnership, sex, loss, and the human heart, served with a side of advice. On the new season,

host Meredith Goldstein explores all the ways money plays into love, dating, and relationships.

Like, what happens when two partners come from different wealth backgrounds,

or who should pay for drinks on a first date? In this episode, Meredith asks, how do couples decide

whose turn it is to pursue a career dream? She talks to two women about how they balance their

goals and desires with those of their partners. I think you're going to

like this one. Here comes the episode. You can find love letters wherever you get your podcasts.

You know how some couples have that one thing, that when it comes up, it always seems to spark a little fight?

My colleague Kara Baskin and her husband, Brian, have one of those things.

It goes something like this.

You see, Kara is a very in-demand freelance writer and makes a good living doing it.

She writes about a lot of stuff for the Boston Globe and other outlets,

mostly stories about food and parenting and culture. But she would love to prioritize a book

she's writing about women and middle age. Brian encourages her to do exactly that.

Brian was, you need to do this. Think of this as a long-term investment in your career.

Like you might have to take a pay cut for nine months or whatever, but think of it as something that will benefit you in the long term.

To Kara, this is pure fantasy.

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