Words With (I Wish We Were More Than) Friends | With Ben Platt

Modern Love

The New York Times

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

4.3 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2019

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

When he was working in Nevada, Justin Race met a woman he thought was perfect for him. The only problem? They had only ever talked to each other through Words With Friends. Justin's essay is read by Tony-winning actor Ben Platt, who stars in the new show "The Politician" on Netflix.

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0:00.0	Modern Love The Podcast is supported by
0:05.0	Produced by the Island at WBUR Boston
0:18.0	From the New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love
0:23.0	The Podcast is supported by the Island at WBUR Boston
0:27.0	Stories of love, loss and redemption
0:31.0	I'm your host, Megna Chakrabardi
0:40.0	When he was working in Nevada, Justin Race met a woman that he thought was perfect for him
0:46.0	The only problem, they'd never spoken outside of the online game words with friends
0:52.0	Justin's essay is read by Tony Winning Actor Ben Platt
0:56.0	Ben stars in the new show The Politician on Netflix
1:00.0	Her OKCupid profile mentioned that she was really good at Scravel
1:05.0	So I sent her a message challenging her to a game of words with friends
1:10.0	Loser buys the winter coffee, I wrote
1:13.0	You game?
1:16.0	She accepted, but told me coffee wasn't possible
1:20.0	She was in China for the school year teaching English and wouldn't be back until July
1:25.0	It was now January
1:28.0	I had moved to Reno from Washington, DC six months earlier to take a job at the University of Nevada
1:35.0	And I was having trouble meeting people
1:38.0	Over those months, I had messaged more than 60 women and heard back from only six
1:45.0	Leading to zero dates
1:48.0	So it seemed cruelly fitting that the first woman I really connected with had moved to China
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