Why Can’t Men Say ‘I Love You’ to Each Other? | With Ncuti Gatwa

Modern Love

The New York Times

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

4.3 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Do you tell your friends you love them? And do you say it like that, using those words? Is it easy for you to say? Is it fraught? Ricardo Jaramillo takes those questions on in this week’s essay. It’s read by Ncuti Gatwa, who stars in “Sex Education” on Netflix.

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0:00.0	Modern Love The Podcast is supported by
0:04.0	Produced by the I-Lab at WBUR Boston.
0:13.0	From The New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.
0:25.0	The New York Times and WBUR Boston.
0:29.0	Stories of Love, Loss and Redemption.
0:33.0	I'm your host, Megna Chacrabardi.
0:42.0	Do you tell your friends you love them?
0:45.0	And do you say it like that using those three words?
0:48.0	Is it easy for you to say?
0:50.0	Is it fraught?
0:52.0	Ricardo Haramiccio takes on those questions in this week's essay.
0:56.0	It's read by Chuty Gatwa.
0:58.0	He stars in sex education on Netflix.
1:06.0	I'm having L-Ware troubles, but my troubles don't involve a lover.
1:11.0	There's no romance or sex in this.
1:14.0	No flowers, candles or dancing.
1:17.0	My L-Ware troubles are with my boy, my best friend, Keechi.
1:22.0	I've told him I love him probably five or six times now, but he never says it back.
1:28.0	When people say I love you, especially for the first time, there are a number of things they may be saying.
1:35.0	Maybe it's, do you love me?
1:38.0	The questions smuggled inside the confession?
1:41.0	Or more urgently, please love me?
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