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From the New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.

Stories of Love, Loss and Redemption.

I'm your host, Megna Chakrabardi.

It can be challenging to talk about sex.

And it can be really challenging to talk about the sex that people have later in life.

But writer Nancy Price Friedman wants to change that.

Lois Smith stars in the film's Marjorie Prime and Lady Bird.

She reads Nancy's essay, Yes, we do, even at our age.

I sat on the examining table in my urologist's office

and tried to cover myself with a ridiculous blue paper gown

that has become the standard patient uniform in our throwaway society.

Surely this wasn't designed with an adult in mind.

Put it on with the opening in the front.

The nurse mumbled probably for the 20th time that day, as she raced out of the room.

Or did she say to put the opening in the back?

Either way, it was never going to cover my thighs.

I hugged the two halves of the gown together as I waited for the doctor.

The urologist who most likely saw a similar scene in every examining room

ignored my open in the front gown and began to ask about my symptoms.

When did I first notice the problem?

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